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9 Songs That Were Written For A Movie’s Soundtrack, And 9 That I’m Struggling Believe Actually Weren’t
"Alexa, play the <i>Twilight</i> soundtrack."

9 Songs That Were Written For A Movie’s Soundtrack, And 9 That I’m Struggling Believe Actually Weren’t

If you’ve ever heard a song and thought, “wait, what movie was this in?” Firstly, same, and secondly this intrigue got me thinking…

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Here’s a list of songs that were either created specifically FOR a movie, or have become suuuuper associated with a particular movie, but actually existed ~way~ before.

1. As a Twilight stan, learning that “Decode” by Paramore was written for the soundtrack makes it even more iconic.

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Paramore wrote this song to feature on the soundtrack for the first Twilight movie. Lead singer, Hayley Williams, discussed that the song reflected the tension and complicated relationship between Edward and Bella.

Here’s the official video:



















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Are there any other songs we missed out? Let us know in the comments which songs you always link to a movie!