(Finished June 17th, 2018) The Effective Soundtrack of "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past":

Hello,

"Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" is the 2009 movie that stars Matthew McConaughey, the lovely Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer and Lacy Chabert. It also stars a young Emma Stone, not sure how they made such a beautiful woman to look so gawky. McConaughey plays a lothario that obviously puts on a show of being a sexual braggadocio in order to protect himself from the one thing that truly scares him, love. A soundtrack should add poignance to scenes and this movie that does that expertly. (I hate to use the word poignance as it sounds, but in this case it fits perfectly. These songs also tracks well with the time I was growing up. While the movie was only good, the way the music was used was perfect.

(Thanks to https://reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/ghosts-of-girlfriends-past-songs/ for the list of songs for this blog.)

I've left the list of the songs and some of the scene details from the reelsoundtrack.wordpress.com blog below. For my blog I'm posting the best songs from that movie. It has a lot of great songs that I haven't thought about for awhile.

The trailer:

reelsoundtrack.com states this is the song in the trailer, this is also a great song. The Last Goodnight "Pictures of You":

Gavin Rossdale and All Too Much "Hush":



KC & The Sunshine Band "Get Down Tonight":

Poison "Nothin' But A Good Time":

Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance":

This song was used very effectively twice in the movie and what a great song it is. REO Speedwagon's "Keep On Lovin' You":



Kool & The Gang "Ladies Night":

Joan Jett "I Hate Myself For Loving You":

Sneaker Pimps "6 Underground":

Macy Gray "I Try":

Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time":

Nat King Cole's "L O V E":

Simply Red "Holding Back The Years":

Ralph Sail Experience featuring Sharon Jones "You Can't Hurry Love":

I'm posting this twice because it's played twice in the movie and because I like it:



Opening – Don’t Say Love (The Smooth Mix) by All Too Much

• Hush by Gavin Rossdale and All Too Much
• Score! by All Too Much
• Driving in snow – Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
• Gillian’s Song by Dan Rose
• Dancing – Let’s Groove by Earth Wind and Fire
• Yeah (Dream Of Me) – The Interstellar Remix by All Too Much
• First ghost appears (split second) – Nothin’ But A Good Time by Poison
• Middle school dance – The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats
• Jenny slow dance with other guy – Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon
• Bar with Uncle Wayne – Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
• Lessons with Uncle Wayne – Ladies Night by Kool & The Gang
• Basement party – I Hate Myself For Loving You by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• Basement song 2 – Nothin’ But A Good Time by Poison
• Bar with long hair – 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps
• Talking to Jenny at the bar – I Try by Macy Gray
• Montage – Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
• Love’s Theme by Love Unlimited Orchestra
• Dance rehearsal for wedding – L O V E by Nat King Cole
• Sleep (The Ambient Mix) by All Too Much
• Three exes at assistant’s house – Holding Back The Years by Simply Red
• Jenny’ wedding – Here Comes The Bride by Ralph Sall
• Jenny’s wedding song 2 – Wedding March by Ralph Sall
• Chasing after brother’s bride in old car – Burning Love by Elvis Presley
• Wedding reception – You Can’t Hurry Love by The Ralph Sall Experience featuring Sharon Jones (originally by The Supremes)
• The kiss – Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon
• End credits – Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past by All Too Much featuring Matthew Sweet
• Got a Lot Of Love For You Baby by The Ralph Sall Experience

themusicaddict