Music to end a film by

January 7, 2006 9:22 AM

I'm looking for folksy, elegiac, repetitive songs that have a sort of nostalgic "holding onto a moment" sort of feel. Ok, that's sort of vague, so here's some examples:

* "The Staunton Lick" by Lemon Jelly - is actually used at the end of the second season of Spaced in exactly the way I'm thinking of.

* "For Me" by Mara Carlyle - it's the album closer, and has much the same effect as an end-of-film song

* "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens - Not used at the end of any films I'm aware of, but has a similar sort of vibe to it, so much so that when I heard the album for the first time I thought it had come to an unexpected end...

posted by Jon Mitchell to Media & Arts (22 answers total)

Nada Surf's "Inside of Love" was used in a way you are referring to at the end of an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS.
posted by riffola at 9:27 AM on January 7, 2006

"Sand and Water" by Beth Nielsen Chapman. It's used at the end of an ER episode where a very premature baby dies. It's incredibly sad, though.
posted by needs more cowbell at 9:42 AM on January 7, 2006

Accidentals of the West (mp3) by David Goodrich
posted by The White Hat at 9:46 AM on January 7, 2006

obvious: Radiohead's Exit Music (For a Film)
posted by carsonb at 9:51 AM on January 7, 2006

Some might not be folksy, but:

Last Songs, by DNTEL

Song For You, Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch -- (Orange Sky is very very overplayed, though..)

1947 Way Home, by Mondo Grosso -- this one is instrumental and very 'moving places going somewhere else'ishy..

Cathedrals, by Jump Little Children -- this is probably what you want..
posted by provolot at 9:51 AM on January 7, 2006

"Beautiful Day" Lou Reed.
"Pass It On" The Coral.
"Stay Young" Oasis.
David Hopkins has some really nice songs too but I don't have the CD here so I can't tell you the names of them.
posted by fshgrl at 9:52 AM on January 7, 2006

I found this song online once called "heaven's ashes" by Chris Wrenn... I think it fits the bill.
posted by muddylemon at 9:55 AM on January 7, 2006

"To Be In Your Eyes" by The Church (from The Blurred Crusade)

"Slowly Goes The Night" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (from Tender Prey)

"All My Life" by Echo & The Bunnymen (from Echo & The Bunnymen)

"Ringing In My Ears" by Adem (from Homesongs)

"Good Song" and "Sweet Song" by Blur (both from Think Tank)

"Strange Battle" by Regia (from The Art of Navigation)
posted by mds35 at 9:58 AM on January 7, 2006

"Hallelujah" (written by Leonard Cohen, covered notably by Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright and others) has been overplayed almost as much as "Orange Sky," but you can't deny its haunting quality. Previously discussed on AskMe.
posted by junkbox at 9:59 AM on January 7, 2006

Song:Illinois is where i found that heaven's ashes songs. It features folksy, haunting elegaic songs usually. Good site.
posted by muddylemon at 10:19 AM on January 7, 2006

I'm not sure if it's exactly what you are looking for or not, but several songs from from Bright Eyes' "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" might fit the bill. Radiohead might provide some options too, especially the brainsplittingly obvious "Exit Music", Brian Eno's "An Ending", and...actually, anything by Eno would be good.
posted by charmston at 10:20 AM on January 7, 2006

"wipe those prints and run" - Beulah
"these are your friends" - Adem
"don't be scared" - Andrew Bird
"running returning" - akron/family
"slipping through the sensors" - Fruit Bats
"farewell transmission" - John Vanderslice
"you could die or this might end" - Ted Leo (not so folksy)
"someday" - Ween (not kidding...well, maybe kidding)
"blew away" - Smashing Pumpkins

all from my "movie enders" playlist.
posted by carsonb at 10:33 AM on January 7, 2006

"Twilight" By The Twilight Singers.
posted by crabintheocean at 10:35 AM on January 7, 2006

"Havalina" by the Pixies.
posted by samh23 at 10:41 AM on January 7, 2006

Fish and Bird -Tom Waits
posted by edgeways at 11:47 AM on January 7, 2006

• "Let's Dance" by M. Ward
• "We Were Patriots" or "The Recognition Scene" or "There Will Be No Divorce" by the Mountain Goats --- actually, a lot of tMG might work for you, so check 'em out
• "Muddy Hymnal" or "Each Coming Night" by Iron & Wine
• "Lucky Buzz" by Richard Buckner
• "Crazy Love" by Van Morrison

Also I second "Hallelujah," but only the Jeff Buckley version. When it comes to "Hallelujah," if it's not Jeff Buckley ... it's crap!
posted by jacobm at 1:17 PM on January 7, 2006

You may find several here
posted by Mach3avelli at 1:49 PM on January 7, 2006

"Tomorrow, tomorrow" by Elliot Smith
posted by joshuaconner at 2:54 PM on January 7, 2006

A few suggestions:

"Sweetest decline" - Beth Orton
"We rule the school" - Belle and Sebastian
"Wires" - Athlete
posted by greycap at 3:27 PM on January 7, 2006

Response by poster: Thank you all, I will try as many of these out as I can get my hands on...
posted by Jon Mitchell at 3:45 PM on January 7, 2006

"Where do you go to my lovely?"-Peter Sarstedt
posted by madstop1 at 3:19 PM on January 8, 2006

Songs for a blue guitar, the whole damn CD, esp Have you forgotten and the title track.
posted by bigmusic at 7:40 PM on January 8, 2006