What film was exit music made for?

Songfacts®:

• This was written for the 1996 movie Romeo and Juliet starring Leonardo Di Caprio. While Radiohead were on tour with Alanis Morissette, Baz Luhrmann, who directed the movie, sent them a tape of the last part of the film and asked them to write some music for the closing credits (hence the name "exit music"). The band liked what they saw and came up with this.

• The story in the song is about Romeo and Juliet, and their chance of romantic escape. Unfortunately, you can't change literature, and they don't make it. As the song says... "Now we are one, In everlasting peace" >>

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• Radiohead also contributed "Talk Show Host" to the movie, which was used in a scene when Romeo is first spotted. >>

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• The Johnny Cash album At Folsom Prison was an influence on this track. When Thom Yorke set out to write a song for Romeo and Juliet, he said he "had a half-formed song going one way, but then I got totally obsessed with the prison tapes by Johnny Cash."

  Sonically, the Cash influence can be heard in how Yorke's vocal comes in very loud.

• The instrumental version of this song was used in the movie Unfaithful with Diane Lane and Richard Gere. It's on in the background while they are in the living room, towards the beginning of the movie, before things start to fall apart. >>

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• Thom Yorke (from Humo magazine July 22, 1997): "When we saw the scene in which Claire Danes holds the Colt 45 against her head, we started working on the song immediately. I had something with 'Romeo & Juliet' a long time already. I had a crush on Olivia Hussey, who played Juliet in the '60s, for a long time. I first saw the movie when I was 13. I just couldn't believe why Romeo and Juliet, after they had made love, didn't run away together. Romeo should have packed his bags, jump out of the window and eloped with her!"

• In 2014, this was featured in the season finale of the CBS TV series Person of Interest.

• The jazz musician Brad Mehldau released a cover in 1998 on his album The Art of the Trio, Vol. III.

The first time I heard Exit Music in TV show was in Person of Interest season 3 finale. Then I've also found out that it's been used in Westworld and also Black Mirror. And of course the movie Romeo & Juliet. It must've been used in couple other TV shows or movies that I didn't know about. Or is it other song? Is it Crepe?

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· 5 yr. ago

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

It's use in Black Mirror is so damn chilling.

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the feeling of dread watching these awful people having their life crumble in seconds matches the song perfectly

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It was also used in the very last episode of Father Ted.

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"Father, do you mind if i turn on the radio?"

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· 5 yr. ago

You really messed up everything

Exit Music (For a Film) Bodysnatchers, and The Tourist have all made appearances in Bates Motel; With Bodysnatchers and The Tourist being in the actually show, and Exit Music being used for an add to promote the final season.

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Is Bates motel actually good? I couldn't get through the first episode.

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Just found out the other day it's also been used in the season 1 finale of The 100 (pls don't judge watching with my younger brother lol)

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· 5 yr. ago

I'm as fucked off as you are

Exit Music was also used in a TV advertisement promoting the prevention of child abuse. I'm at work so I can't search youtube for it or else I'd throw the link down here.

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it's also used in a show called my mad fat diary

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Few years later, now, I’ve heard it used in the season 1 finale of Westworld, as well as the movie Fresh on Hulu!

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Peaky Blinders uses like 2-3 songs from Amnesia throughout the show

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Ive seen it used in the umbrella academy

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