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Running can be a mundane activity. I say this from first-hand experience as one of those people who sweats it out twice a week on the treadmill. Movies, however, have found a way of making this dull pastime a little more interesting by adding a great piece of music to the process. Here are five of my favourite examples of how music and running combine to create that memorable onscreen moment.Running can be a mundane activity. I say this from first-hand experience as one of those people who sweats it out twice a week on the treadmill. Movies, however, have found a way of making this dull pastime a little more interesting by adding a great piece of music to the process. Here are five of my favourite examples of how music and running combine to create that memorable onscreen moment.
1. Frances Ha (2012) 1. Frances Ha (2013)
Irrepressible joy leaps with both feet in this clip from Frances Ha, as Greta Gerwig’s kooky, broke New Yorker finds out that she has a place to stay. You can’t wipe the smile off Frances’ face as she bombs down the street to David Bowie’s Modern Love, galloping, twisting and turning to the scratchy guitar and thumping drum beat. It’s just about the most perfect relationship in the film.Irrepressible joy leaps with both feet in this clip from Frances Ha, as Greta Gerwig’s kooky, broke New Yorker finds out that she has a place to stay. You can’t wipe the smile off Frances’ face as she bombs down the street to David Bowie’s Modern Love, galloping, twisting and turning to the scratchy guitar and thumping drum beat. It’s just about the most perfect relationship in the film.
2. Trainspotting (1996)2. Trainspotting (1996)
The opening scene of Trainspotting, with Ewan McGregor’s much quoted "Choose life" monologue, has become iconic since the film’s release in 1996 and is woven indelibly in Britpop culture. The drum beat kicks in, feet hit the pavement and we’re away, thrust into the action as Renton and Spud make their escape from a pair of security guards, all to the sound of Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life. The opening scene of Trainspotting, with Ewan McGregor’s much quoted "Choose life" monologue, has become iconic since the film’s release in 1996 and is woven indelibly in to Britpop culture. The drum-beat kicks in, feet hit the pavement and we’re away, thrust into the action as Renton and Spud make their escape from a pair of security guards, all to the sound of Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life.
3. Shame (2011)3. Shame (2011)
In this elegant tracking shot from Steve McQueen’s story of one man’s struggle with sex addiction, Michael Fassbender’s troubled Brandon sets out for a night time run along the streets of New York to an interesting choice of music, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E minor. In this elegant tracking shot from Steve McQueen’s story of one man’s struggle with sex addiction, Michael Fassbender’s troubled Brandon sets out for a night-time run along the streets of New York to an interesting choice of music, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in E minor.
4. Chariots of Fire (1981)4. Chariots of Fire (1981)
Probably the most memorable of all running scenes, Chariots of Fire opens with this classic shot of the 1924 British Olympics team running barefoot along St Andrews West Sands beach to the sound of Vangelis’ triumphant synthesizers, now synonymous with the sport and masterfully parodied by Rowan Atkinson at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Games. Probably the most memorable of all running scenes, Chariots of Fire opens with this classic shot of the 1924 British Olympics team running barefoot along St Andrews West Sands beach to the sound of Vangelis’ triumphant synthesisers, now synonymous with the sport and masterfully parodied by Rowan Atkinson at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Games.
5. Rocky (1976)5. Rocky (1976)
If Chariots of Fire exuded stiff-upper-lipped Britishness, all starched white shirts and collars buttoned up to the top, then this scene from Rocky sums up the gritty American underdog spirit as Sylvester Stallone’s everyman boxer runs through the local neighbourhood, cheered on by the townsfolk and finally sprinting up the 72 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, leading a train of adoring local kids like a sweaty, muscle-bound Pied Piper.If Chariots of Fire exuded stiff-upper-lipped Britishness, all starched white shirts and collars buttoned up to the top, then this scene from Rocky sums up the gritty American underdog spirit as Sylvester Stallone’s everyman boxer runs through the local neighbourhood, cheered on by the townsfolk and finally sprinting up the 72 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, leading a train of adoring local kids like a sweaty, muscle-bound Pied Piper.