List of songs based on a film

This is a list of songs partly or entirely based on a film. The list does not include songs that are related to a film as part of its soundtrack, original or not.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
List of songs based on a film
Song Artist Film Ref.
"2HB" Roxy Music Casablanca [1][2]
"Alice" Avril Lavigne Alice in Wonderland [3]
"The American Nightmare" Ice Nine Kills A Nightmare on Elm Street [4]
"Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman" The Tubes Attack of the 50 Foot Woman [5]
"Attack Ships on Fire" Revolting Cocks Blade Runner [6]
"Brownswille Girl" Bob Dylan The Gunfighter [7]
"Calvero" The Pillows Limelight [8]
"Carlotta Valdez" Harvey Danger Vertigo [9]
"Chain Saw" The Ramones The Texas Chain Saw Massacre [10][11]
"Children of the Damned" Iron Maiden Village of the Damned [12]
"Cinderella Man" Rush Mr. Deeds Goes to Town [13]
"The Clansman" Iron Maiden Braveheart [14][15]
"The Crimson Ghost" Misfits The Crimson Ghost [16]
"Dawn of the Dead" Michale Graves Dawn of the Dead [17]
"Day of the Dead" Misfits Day of the Dead [17]
"Dead by Dawn" Deicide The Evil Dead [18]
"Death of an Interior Decorator" Death Cab for Cutie Interiors [19]
"Debaser" Pixies Un Chien Andalou [20]
"DNA" Gavin Dunne Prometheus [21]
"Dream Warriors" Dokken A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors [22][23]
"The Edge of Darkness" Iron Maiden Apocalypse Now [24]
"Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" My Chemical Romance Dawn of the Dead [25]
"Enjoy Your Slay" Ice Nine Kills The Shining [26]
"Eyes Without a Face" Billy Idol Eyes Without a Face [20][27]
"Evil Dead" Death The Evil Dead [28]
"Fidelity" Regina Spektor High Fidelity [29]
"Fitzcarraldo" The Frames Fitzcarraldo [30]
"Freak Flag" Ice Nine Kills The Devil's Rejects [4]
"From Now On We Are Enemies" Fall Out Boy Amadeus [19]
"Ghost of Frankenstein" Misfits The Ghost of Frankenstein [31]
"A Girl Like You" The Smithereens Say Anything.. . [32]
"Godzilla" Blue Öyster Cult Godzilla [33]
"A Grave Mistake" Ice Nine Kills The Crow [4]
"Gump" "Weird Al" Yankovic Forrest Gump [20]
"Haddonfield" Wednesday 13 Halloween [34]
"Heartlight" Neil Diamond E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [35]
"Hello McFly" Relient K Back to the Future [36]
"Hier kommt Alex" Die Toten Hosen A Clockwork Orange [37]
"Home" Breaking Benjamin The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [38]
"How I Go" Yellowcard Big Fish [39]
"I Can Transform Ya" Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz Transformers film series [40]
"Imitation of Life" R.E.M. Imitation of Life [20]
"It is the End" Ice Nine Kills It [4]
"Jaws" Lemon Demon Jaws [41]
"The Jig Is Up" Ice Nine Kills Saw [4]
"Jurassic Park" "Weird Al" Yankovic Jurassic Park [1]
"The Kelly Affair" be your own PET Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [42]
"Key Largo" Bertie Higgins Key Largo [1]
"King Kong Song" Abba King Kong [43]
"Kirsten Supine" Swans Melancholia [20]
"Land of the Dead" Misfits Land of the Dead [44]
"Leon" The Japanese House Léon: The Professional [45]
"Lost Boys" The 69 Eyes The Lost Boys [46]
"Love Bites" Ice Nine Kills An American Werewolf in London [4]
"Man on the Edge" Iron Maiden Falling Down [1]
"Matilda" Alt-J Léon: The Professional [1]
"Meet Me in Montauk" Circa Survive Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [47]
"Merry Axe-mas" Ice Nine Kills Silent Night, Deadly Night [4]
"Mortopsycho Nightmare" Bob Dylan Psycho [1][33][48]
"A New Hope" Blink-182 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope [49]
"Night of the Living Dead" Misfits Night of the Living Dead [50]
"Nosferatu" Hugh Cornwell Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens [51]
"Ode to a Superhero" "Weird Al" Yankovic Spider-Man [52]
"Of Wolf and Man" Metallica The Wolfen [53]
"One" Metallica Johnny Got His Gun [20]
"Ouch" be your own PET Dawn of the Dead [54]
"Out of the Silent Planet" Iron Maiden Forbidden Planet [55]
"Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn" The Black Dahlia Murder The Evil Dead [56]
"Return of the Fly" Misfits Return of the Fly [57]
"Rocking the Boat" Ice Nine Kills Jaws [4]
"The Saga Begins" "Weird Al" Yankovic Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace [58]
"Savages" Ice Nine Kills The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [4]
"Scissorhands (The Last Snow)" Motionless in White Edward Scissorhands [59]
"The Seventh Seal" Scott Walker The Seventh Seal [60]
"Shining" Misfits Poltergeist [61]
"Skinny Blues" The Pillows The Lost Weekend [62]
"So Long, Astoria" The Ataris The Goonies [1]
"Stabbing in the Dark" Ice Nine Kills Halloween [4]
"Stranger in Town" Toto Whistle Down the Wind [63]
"Sweep the Leg" No More Kings Karate Kid [64]
"Thank God It's Friday" Ice Nine Kills Friday the 13th [4]
"Twilight of the Dead" Misfits Land of the Dead [65]
"The Union Forever" The White Stripes Citizen Kane [66]
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" Metallica One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [67]
"Where Eagles Dare" Iron Maiden Where Eagles Dare [20]
"Wind It Up" Gwen Stefani The Sound of Music [68]
"The Wicker Man" Iron Maiden The Wicker Man [69]
"The World in My Hands" Ice Nine Kills Edward Scissorhands [4]
"Year 3000" Busted Back to the Future Trilogy [70]
"Yoda" "Weird Al" Yankovic The Empire Strikes Back [52]
"Youngster (Kent Arrow)" The Pillows Quadrophenia [62]
"Your Number's Up" Ice Nine Kills Scream [4]
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