{"id":10042785,"date":"2025-12-09T16:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/?p=10042785"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:10:10","slug":"year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-needle-drops-in-the-films-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/12\/09\/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-needle-drops-in-the-films-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in ReView: Vanyaland\u2019s favorite needle drops in the films of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every major awards show has a \u201cBest Original Score\u201d and a \u201cBest Original Song\u201d category, and most major critics\u2019 groups at least give awards out for the former. But the landscape of movie soundtracks has changed drastically over the years, and the needle-drop is nearly as important. <em>The Big Chill, Risky Business, Reservoir Dogs, Goodfellas, Guardians of the Galaxy,<\/em> and a billion other examples I can\u2019t be bothered to list out &#8212; the needle-drop is an essential part of modern cinema, and it\u2019s so weird that nobody seems to acknowledge that fact as a part of their end-of-the-year coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I\u2019m out to change things. After a full year of seeing (most) major releases, I\u2019ve selected ten movies that use ten non-original songs in truly transformative ways, and you might be surprised by what\u2019s made it on the list. No, that Iggy Pop song from <em>Superman <\/em>didn\u2019t cut, <em>One Battle After Another<\/em> got snubbed again, and I somehow wrote something positive about an Ari Aster movie. Yeah, this is a Best Needle Drops in Film in 2025 list, and all the rules have gone out the goddamn window. Let\u2019s get to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>After the Hunt <\/em>&#8212; <\/strong>Everything But the Girl, &#8216;Nothing Left to Lose&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was originally going to go with one of the two Smiths\/Morrissey tracks here \u2014 Chloe Sevigny\u2019s reaction to hearing them in a bar being the funniest part of a very witty movie \u2014 but I wound up choosing this closing credits track instead. Why? Well, it dovetails perfectly with the film\u2019s themes (beyond \u201ccancel culture\u201d or whatever) and let me know that Tracy Thorn and Ben Watt released a new record after a lengthy hiatus. The EBTG career arc was already delightfully strange \u2014 Bossa Nova to electronica in the span of a decade \u2014 and this song proves they haven\u2019t missed a step (and that Thorn\u2019s already-gorgeous voice has only grown richer with time). Good going, Luca. Great choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Everything But The Girl - Nothing Left To Lose\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M6QKZJeK-5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Eddington <\/em>&#8212; <\/strong>Katy Perry, &#8216;Firework&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It sucks that I can\u2019t be friends with John Waters anymore because he chose to die on this Ari Aster hill, but maybe we can be pals if I say something nice about one scene from this awful motion picture. The closest it comes to working is because of this beautifully-placed track, which is featured in a set-piece that sees Joaquin Phoenix\u2019s lead utterly humiliated following a confrontation with his arch-rival, Pedro Pascal, at a home fundraiser for the latter\u2019s campaign. It\u2019s the first time Aster\u2019s sense of irony is really pointed in a reflection of the truth, as you better bet that the DNC\u2019s status quo candidate would be blasting the shit out of this mid-ass tune over socially-distanced cold cut platters. The only other drop that might have worked as well is \u201cFight Song.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Watch Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Fight to Katy Perry in \u2018Eddington\u2019 | Anatomy of a Scene\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmaTTtyqnLE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>F1 <\/em>&#8212; <\/strong>Led Zeppelin, &#8216;Whole Lotta Love&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If there were patron saints for needle drops, Joseph Kosinski would be the one for \u201cDone-to-death boomer tunes that defy gravity.\u201d He somehow made \u201cWon\u2019t Get Fooled Again\u201d work in <em>Top Gun: Maverick<\/em> without having the whole crowd doing David Caruso impressions, and he made this \u2014 the most obvious choice for a racing movie\u2019s score, especially for a scene set at the <em>24 Hours of Daytona<\/em> \u2014 absolutely land. Plant\u2019s screaming, Page is wailing, Pitt\u2019s fighting for first, and fireworks are lighting up the palm trees: the right ingredients for a great introductory sequence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Brad Pitt wins 24 Hours of Daytona - F1 the Movie (2025) 4K\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zc-c7yMS7TI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Freaky Tales<\/em> &#8212; <\/strong>Metallica, &#8216;For Whom the Bell Tolls&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was kind of cool on Ryan Boden and Anna Fleck\u2019s <em>Freaky Tales<\/em> back when I saw it at Sundance in 2024, but, even then, I knew the film\u2019s bloody climax would be an absolute hit among those who\u2019d seek it out. You\u2019ve got Golden State Warriors legend \u201cSleepy\u201d Floyd dressing up like Wesley Snipes\u2019 Blade in home-team colors, going after a bunch of white supremacists on the same night he dropped 51 on the Showtime Lakers in the \u201987 playoffs. Dude suits up, grabs the katana, hits the road on the Sleepy-Cycle, and then takes care of business bloodily, all set to one of the hardest Metallica tracks of the post-Mustaine era. It\u2019s just goddamn fun, and so&#8230; Oakland. The entire soundtrack\u2019s a love letter to the Bay Area, and you can\u2019t have that without the GOATs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"For Whom The Bell Tolls (Remastered)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_HSa1dEL9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Marty Supreme<\/em> &#8212; <\/strong>Public Image Ltd., &#8216;The Order of Death&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a placeholder entry \u2013 you will know my real selection within the first reel of Josh Safdie\u2019s ping-pong epic \u2013 but I don\u2019t want to ruin that laugh for you, so we\u2019re going to go with John Lydon and company. \u201cThe Order of Death\u201d is one of the most cinematic PIL songs, and watching Timothee Chalamet hit the ping-pong club, rolling past his pals under the harsh lights and stone floors, will make you want to do the exact same fuckin\u2019 thing as soon as you leave the theater. It\u2019s the best walking music of all time, and makes any errand or outing \u2013 getting dog food, paying a parking ticket at the police station, Christmas caroling, and so on \u2013 feel like it\u2019s the coolest thing on Earth at that specific moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Order of Death\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0bk6Hbz0ZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>No Other Choice<\/em> &#8212; <\/strong>Cho Yong-pil, &#8216;Redpepper Dragonfly&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I could have gone with Sam and Dave or one of the other tracks that Park Chan-wook chose for this feature \u2013 still the best film released in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty Five \u2013 but there really was&#8230; forgive the pun, no other choice than this deep cut from Korean jazz-pop impresario Cho Yong-pil. It plays over one of the best scenes of the year, in which Lee Byung-hun\u2019s character goes to kill the first one of his \u201ccompetitors\u201d in the job market, a depressed, drunk audiophile with a wife as nutty as he is plastered. This is an actual needle drop \u2013 the turntable turns while the slapstick standoff that follows unfolds, perfectly in sync with the song\u2019s changing rhythms. It\u2019s the moment I knew it was something truly special, and this soundtrack choice made all the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Cho Yong Pil (\uc870\uc6a9\ud544) - Red Dragonfly (\uace0\ucd94\uc7a0\uc790\ub9ac) Lyrics [Color Coded Han\/Rom\/Eng]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cp49vfOGcKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>The Secret Agent <\/em>&#8212; <\/strong>Donna Summer, &#8216;Love to Love You Baby&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once or twice a year, we get a movie that tries to reinterpret disco-era sounds in an ironic light \u2013 in January, we got the lame-as-hell <em>Companion<\/em> trying to make Samantha Sang\u2019s \u201cEmotion\u201d into horror-comedy soundtrack fodder \u2013 but we rarely have movies that acutely tap into the hidden textures of a disco track like \u201cLove to Love You Baby.\u201d As much as I love Donna Summer, this is an unimpeachably creepy song, and it took Kleber Mendonca Filho to put it in this stark light. He uses the song\u2019s intro to score a sequence in which the stepfather-and-son hitman team makes their way along a rural Brazilian highway, with their headlights and taillights illuminating the road in pitch-black darkness. Neo-noir perfection right here, folks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby (Long Single Version) (1975)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SeWdQ-2Y1sU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Sentimental Value<\/em> &#8212; <\/strong>Labi Siffre, &#8216;Cannock Chase&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As illustrated a few times throughout this list, songs often serve as beautiful thesis statements in a soundtrack, and there are few moments of bittersweet ecstasy that land as well as this beautiful Labi Siffre cut, well-placed at the end of Joachim Trier\u2019s dramedy. I can\u2019t really spoil the circumstances for you, but let\u2019s just say that this is a big part of what makes that conclusion worthy of the well-earned ugly cries from the other people in the theater. It\u2019s just&#8230; so goddamned nice, man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Labi Siffre - Cannock Chase (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aavxo3n8-xE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>The Smashing Machine<\/em> &#8212; <\/strong>Cleaners from Venus, &#8216;Corridor of Dreams&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are few things funnier than imagining what it might have been like, back in the \u201880s, to tell Martin Newell that one of his mail-order Cleaners from Venus tracks would wind up as the closing track on the soundtrack for a Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson movie. Benny Safdie cued it up perfectly, too \u2013 the sounds of absolution, playing as Mark Kerr goes from sobs to smiles inside the locker room shower, realizing he lost the fight but won the battle. Also, this is the only song on the list with a good saxophone feature, so you know I had to put it on there just to rep the sax men out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Corridor of Dreams\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yqh-WPtmWMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Weapons <\/em>&#8212; <\/strong>George Harrison, &#8216;Beware of Darkness&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The flip side to the \u201cthesis statement\u201d track is the mood-setter, and I doubt there was a better introduction to a major motion picture this year than the one in Zack Cregger\u2019s <em>Weapons<\/em>, which presents to us the odd occurrences in the small town while George Harrison\u2019s creepiest track from <em>All Things Must Pass<\/em> enhances the surreality. It\u2019s slow, full of dread, and weirdly soulful \u2013 a tell that what entertainments that will follow are rooted in real pain. <em>Weapons <\/em>is a strangely powerful film, and it wouldn\u2019t work nearly as well without this sound as a key component. Now we just have to find someone to do \u201cMy Sweet Lord\u201d justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Weapons (2025) | Opening Scene\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7PbVRY6w8jE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every major awards show has a \u201cBest Original Score\u201d and a \u201cBest Original Song\u201d category, and most major critics\u2019 groups at least give awards out for the former. But the landscape of movie soundtracks has changed drastically over the years, and the needle-drop is nearly as important. The Big Chill, Risky Business, Reservoir Dogs, Goodfellas, Guardians of the Galaxy, and a billion other examples I can\u2019t be bothered to list out &#8212; the needle-drop is an essential part of modern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":10042786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19452,103],"tags":[36038,6019,36037,4553,36039],"class_list":["post-10042785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filmtv","category-spotlight","tag-best-of-2025","tag-film","tag-needle-drops","tag-soundtracks","tag-year-in-review-2025"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Year in ReView: Vanyaland\u2019s favorite needle drops in the films of 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Who doesn&#039;t love some needle drops? 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