You mentioned the obligatory children's choir covers of pop songs, there is also the other side of that coin with "children's lullabies sung in menancing ways," obviously mostly used in horror movie trailers.
Also, not trailercore but should've been - the theme song from "Raising Arizona," the amazing bluegrass cover of "Ode to Joy" (which I didn't recognize somehow until just a few years ago), criminally was not used in the trailer for the film, just the iconic "Huggies Heist" scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsiMJDCWvFQ&t=80s
For me peak Trailercore will always be Mumford & Sons. In the late aughts you couldn't have the TV on for 15 minutes without a commercial playing them (or one of their imitators), trying to gin up some emotional engagement.
The association is so strong that when I saw the Marcel trailer and heard the music telling me to 'cry sucker cry', I actually assumed it was an M&S song! Even though they sound almost nothing like Phil Collins! (Sorry, Phil.)
Love your piece about Trailercore and that Social Network song has stuck with me for a long time.
Perhaps it's the exception that proves the rule, however I must disagree with your comment that 'George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone,” which signals to viewers that the movie is a comedy in which someone who is not really bad to the bone acts as though they are bad to the bone' because Junior in "Problem Child" is in fact, bad to the bone IMHO.
Would throw in Under Pressure and Once in a Lifetime, both of which were featured in turn of the millennium Nick Cage trailers (Adaptation and Family Man, respectively).
Also curious if you had any thoughts about that Worldcoin piece on BuzzFeed? Feels like it can't be good for orb's ranking.
A couple of misplaced referents that confused me -- you call Phil Collins' song "Higher Ground" when you're referring to "Take Me Home" by him, and the song with "Higher" in the title that you refer to later, again, as "Higher Ground," seems to be "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood, if your playlist is any guide. As a Genius™️ I was able to suss this error out effortlessly, but some of your less clever readers might still be puzzling over where to find the Stevie Wonder or Red Hot Chili Peppers in your Trailercore playlist.
I steadfastly refuse to watch movie trailers (even in theaters) and hilariously many of the songs on this playlist are some of my favorite songs of all time. I will need to think on this new revelation.
You mentioned the obligatory children's choir covers of pop songs, there is also the other side of that coin with "children's lullabies sung in menancing ways," obviously mostly used in horror movie trailers.
Also, not trailercore but should've been - the theme song from "Raising Arizona," the amazing bluegrass cover of "Ode to Joy" (which I didn't recognize somehow until just a few years ago), criminally was not used in the trailer for the film, just the iconic "Huggies Heist" scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsiMJDCWvFQ&t=80s
thanks for recommending Chaoyang Trap, Max!
For me peak Trailercore will always be Mumford & Sons. In the late aughts you couldn't have the TV on for 15 minutes without a commercial playing them (or one of their imitators), trying to gin up some emotional engagement.
The association is so strong that when I saw the Marcel trailer and heard the music telling me to 'cry sucker cry', I actually assumed it was an M&S song! Even though they sound almost nothing like Phil Collins! (Sorry, Phil.)
Moral of the story, I may be going deaf
Love your piece about Trailercore and that Social Network song has stuck with me for a long time.
Perhaps it's the exception that proves the rule, however I must disagree with your comment that 'George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone,” which signals to viewers that the movie is a comedy in which someone who is not really bad to the bone acts as though they are bad to the bone' because Junior in "Problem Child" is in fact, bad to the bone IMHO.
Would throw in Under Pressure and Once in a Lifetime, both of which were featured in turn of the millennium Nick Cage trailers (Adaptation and Family Man, respectively).
Also curious if you had any thoughts about that Worldcoin piece on BuzzFeed? Feels like it can't be good for orb's ranking.
Love the Trailercore playlist but feel like “Bittersweet Symphony” is missing?
A couple of misplaced referents that confused me -- you call Phil Collins' song "Higher Ground" when you're referring to "Take Me Home" by him, and the song with "Higher" in the title that you refer to later, again, as "Higher Ground," seems to be "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood, if your playlist is any guide. As a Genius™️ I was able to suss this error out effortlessly, but some of your less clever readers might still be puzzling over where to find the Stevie Wonder or Red Hot Chili Peppers in your Trailercore playlist.
DeVotchKa - How It Ends: trailercore or something else? Same with The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me.
I steadfastly refuse to watch movie trailers (even in theaters) and hilariously many of the songs on this playlist are some of my favorite songs of all time. I will need to think on this new revelation.