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This is a rundown of Top 10 Songs from the movies by CNN. I completely agree with Over the Rainbow as the best movie theme song.  I disagree with I Will Always Love You, being on the worst list. The former is melancholic, very pure and innocent, almost magical.  The judy garland is powerful, emotional and poignant.

(CNN) Its always a struggle to whittle down our top 10 list, but this month it proved impossible. So weve taken our 10 favorite songs  one from each of 10 movie genres. And there were still some tantrums in the office& so weve drawn up our top ten original soundtracks, too.

1. Wizard of Oz  Over the rainbow
Performed by Judy Garland; written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Director Victor Fleming, 1939, judy garland />The wonderful Judy Garland lifts us way up high to a magical Technicolor land of dreams where the sun always shines, troubles melt like lemon drops and every story has a happy ending. If the movie industry had a theme tune to aspire to, this would be it.

2. Casablanca  As judy garland Goes By
Performed by Dooley Wilson; written by Herman Hupfeld
Director Michael Curtiz, 1942, romance
Arguably the greatest pairing of song and movie, Dooley Wilsons dulcet tones provide the perfect backdrop for Bogart and Bergmans chemistry. A classic thatll stay with us  for the rest of our lives. Play it again, Sam  as Bogie famously never said.

3= Pinocchio - When you wish upon a star
Performed by Cliff Edwards; written by Ned Washington and Leigh Harline
Directors Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen, 1940, Disney

3= Beauty and the Beast  Beauty and the Beast
Performed by Angela Lansbury; written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, 1991, Disney
We gave Walt his own category, and still couldnt pick between these two enchanting tunes that twinkle with Disney magic. Like charmed bookends, the former comes from Disneys second full-length animated feature, while the latter heralds verypapervery.blogspot.com 90s renaissance of the studio. Totally captivating.

4. Armageddon  I Dont Want to Miss a Thing
Performed by Aerosmith; written by Diane Warren
Director Michael Bay, 1998, www.bloglines.com/blog/newsveryonly />Big, bad Steve Tyler gives Diane Warrens soul-searching paean a metal injection. Gloriously anguished and unashamedly obsessive, this Oscar-nominated power piece can claim to be the ultimate rock ballad.

5. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes  Diamonds are a girls best friend
Performed by Marilyn Monroe; written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin
Director Howard Hawks, 1953, comedy
Tiffanys! Cartier! Black Starr! Frost Gorham! This delightful ditty sees Marilyn at her comic best, sparkling across the screen as she gives a joyful lesson in the importance of financial independence. But then judy garland that troublesome tiara&

6. Easy Rider  Born to be Wild
Performed judy garland Steppenwolf; written by Mars Bonfire
Director Dennis Hopper, 1969, roadtrips
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper get their Harley motors running and head out on the highway, wind in their hair, in search of America. Easy Rider catapulted this track, sometimes touted as the first heavy metal record, into biker counterculture.

7. Donnie Darko  Mad World
Performed by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews; written by Roland Orzabal
Director Richard Kelly, 2001, indie
Gary Juless gently sinister reinterpretation of the Tears for Fears hit provided a suitably underground feel for this cult film. His haunting vocals hint at weird and wonderful happenings in the most mundane places  like a man hopping up in a rabbit suit and warning you about the end of the world.

8. Dirty Dancing  (Ive Had) The Time of My Life
Performed judy garland Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes; written by Franke Previte, John DeNicola judy garland Donald Markowitz
Director Emile Ardolino, 1987, romantic comedy
The spine-tingling finale videowherepaper.easyjournal.com one of the most watched movies of all time. Will Johnny be cleared? Will Babys father let her dance with him? And will she ever manage the lifts? Ok, its a bit cheesy  but nobody puts this record in a corner.

9. The Muppet Movie  Rainbow Connection
Performed alertsfallget.easyjournal.com Jim Henson; written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher
Director James Frawley, 1979, childrens film
Just why are there so many songs about rainbows? Kermit the Frog and his furry friends set out to conquer Hollywood, and charmed the lovers, the dreamers and us en route with this lilting, wistful song.

10. 8 Mile  Lose Yourself
Written and performed by Eminem
Director Curtis Hanson, 2002, biopic
The soundtrack to his loosely-based biopic, Eminems tirade of self-affirmation bulldozes a path from trailer park to Hollyhood, his fierce ambition burning through the thumping powerchord backtrack. Success? Well, it won the boy an Oscar&

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And the ones we love to hate&

1. Titanic  My Heart Will Go On
Celine Dion, 1997
And the song did, too  on, and on, and on. The Canadian caterwauler brought tears to our eyes with her pained screeching. We nearly drowned ourselves just to stop the noise.

2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves  Everything I do, I do it for you
Bryan Adams, 1991
Bryan Adamss ballad-by-numbers utterly emasculated Robin Hood, then hung around on the charts for weeks newsalertscatch.blogspot.com a best-selling bad smell. Errol Flynn would never have stood for that sort of nonsense.

3. Four Weddings and a Funeral  Love is all around
Wet, Wet, Wet, 1994
I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my nonendabc.blogspot.com />So started Wet, Wet, Wets sickly rendition of the Troggs perfectly decent tune. We felt it in our stomachs  pass the bucket, please.

4. Ghost  Unchained Melody
The Righteous Brothers, 1990
Not a problem with the song, americadigliving.blogspot.com se, but the hotendfree.easyjournal.com Brothers harmonies cant help conjuring up Demi and a pile of how starbucks saved my life clay. We never really got the whole judy garland pottery thing  but theres probably a Facebook support group if you do.

5. The Bodyguard  I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston, 1992
What was it with the 1990s? Whitney sounds more stalker than seductress in this appalling films excruciating wail-fest. Yes, we get the idea, move along please.

Source: CNN