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#1. "Moon River"
Film: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Music: Henry Mancini
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
Performed by: Audrey Hepburn

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#2. "Puttin' on the Ritz"
Film: Young Frankenstein (1974)
Written by: Irving Berlin
Performed by: Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle

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#3. "Leaning on the Everlasting Arm"
Film: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Music: Anthony J. Showalter
Lyrics: Elisha A. Hoffman
Performed by: Robert Mitchum & Lillian Gish

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#4. "Singin' in the Rain"
Film: Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Music: Nacio Herb Brown
Lyrics: Arthur Freed
Performed by: Gene Kelly

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#5. "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"
Film: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969)
Music: Burt Bacharach
Lyrics: Hal David
Performed by: BJ Thomas

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#6. "Mrs. Robinson"
Film: The Graduate (1967)
Written by: Paul Simon
Performed by: Simon & Garfunkel

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#7. "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)"
Film: High Noon (1952)
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics: Ned Washington
Performed by: Tex Ritter

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#8. "Tiny Dancer"
Film: Almost Famous (2000)
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Performed by: Elton John & Cast of Almost Famous

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#9. "Suicide is Painless"
Film: MASH (1970)
Music: Johnny Mandel
Lyrics: Mike Altman
 

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#10. "Streets of Philadelphia"
Film: Philadelphia (1993)
Written by: Bruce Springsteen
Performed by: Bruce Springsteen

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#11. "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Film: The Breakfast Club (1985)
Music & Lyrics: Keith Forsey & Steve Schiff
Performed by: Simple Minds 

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#12. "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow"
Film: O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
Traditional
Performed by: Dan Tyminski

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#13. "Ballad of Easy Rider"
Film: Easy Rider (1969)
Written by: Roger McGuinn
Performed by: Roger McGuinn

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#14. "Over the Rainbow"
Film: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Music: Harold Arlen
Lyrics: EY Harburg
Performed by: Judy Garland

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#15. "I Cross My Heart"
Film: Pure Country (1992)
Written by: Steve Dorff & Eric Kaz
Performed by: George Strait

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#16. "Wings of a Dove"
Film: Tender Mercies (1983)
Written by: Bob Ferguson
Performed by: Robert Duvall

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#17. "The Weight"
Film: Easy Rider (1969)
Written by: Robbie Robertson
Performed by: The Band

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#18. "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Film: Wayne's World (1992)
Written by: Freddie Mercury
Performed by: Queen

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#19. "The Yankee Doodle Boy"
Film: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Written by: George M. Cohan
Performed by: James Cagney

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#20. "Cocaine Blues"
Film: Walk the Line (2005)
Written by: TJ Arnall
Performed by: Joaquin Phoenix

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#21. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
Film: Bonnie & Clyde (1967)
Written by: Earl Scruggs
Performed by: Flatt & Scruggs

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#22. "My Favorite Things"
Film: The Sound of Music (1965)
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by: Julie Andrews

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#23. "In the Heat of the Night"
Film: In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Music: Quincy Jones
Lyrics: Alan & Marilyn Bergman
Performed by: Ray Charles

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#24. "Coal Miner's Daughter"
Film: Coal Miner's Daughter
Written by: Loretta Lynn
Performed by: Sissy Spacek

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tie #25. "I'm Easy"
Film: Nashville (1975)
Written by: Keith Carradine
Performed by: Keith Carradine
 
"Your Song"
Film: Moulin Rouge (2001)
Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Bernie Taupin
Performed by: Ewan McGregor