Inappropriate Soundtracks (2002)

added Nov 09, 2009 at 06:00AM UTC

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part of a series on Recut Movie Trailers / Movie Trailer Remix

About

Inappropriate Soundtracks are remix videos created by pairing a movie clip with unfitting background music—often happy and upbeat—to juxtapose the serious tone of the original scene. Following this simple AV-editing formula, YouTube users have recreated dozens of well-known movie scenes featuring popular songs from outside sources.

(see also: WHILE I PLAY UNFITTING MUSIC in Youtube Poop)

The Exorcist w/ Inappropriate Soundtrack

Origin

The majority of “Inappropriate Soundtrack” videos point to Something Awful (SA) forums as the origin of the fad, as quoted by the most active contributors on YouTube:

Boonehams: Inappropriate Soundtracks is inspired by the SA forums. Thanks, goons!
RiperSnifler: Inappropriate soundtracks from SA goons

The earliest thread discussing “inappropriate soundtracks” was created in Something Awful forums on May 5th, 2002, titled Ruin movies with inappropriate soundtracks.. again!. This is the earliest example that can be found on SA but in the thread itself there is talk that there was a previous one posted earlier that must have been deleted.

The first “Inappropriate Soundtrack” YouTube video was uploaded by user WhoDares, featuring the “body dumping” scene from GoodFellas and “Dirty Little Secrets” by All-American Rejects:

Spread

While its origin dates back to early 2000s in SA forums, Inappropriate Soundtracks gained much of its popularity recently through SA-related contributions on YouTube and other major video-sharing
platforms.

Derivatives

Batman Begins (2005) feat. Batman theme song:

Kill Bill Vol.1 (2003) feat. various songs:

Pulp Fiction (1994) feat. various songs:

Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (1980) feat. Jingle Bell:

The Shining (1980) feat. He Needs Me by Shelley Duvall:

Punisher (2004) feat. Raffi’s Bananaphone:

2012 (2009) feat. Raising Arizona soundtrack:

The Matrix (1999) feat. Top of the World by the Carpenters:

Saving Private Ryan (1998) feat. GI Joe Theme Song:

Shawshank Redemption (1994) feat. Mortal Kombat theme:

Braveheart (1995) feat. NFL theme song:

Philadelphia (1993) feat. Weird Science by Oingo Boingo:

Kill Bill feat. Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen:

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) feat:

Perfect Storm (2000) feat. High Hopes by Sammy Cahn:

Blog Coverage

There are also several blogs posting about the meme within the last year or so. Examples include:
Living Read Girl , Filmsight , Kottke and The Inquisitr.

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13 Comments

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 09, 2009 at 06:28AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

I see that this is somewhat similar to Recut Movie Trailers minus the remixing part. Can’t wait to see how this article unfolds!

Rihk
Nov 09, 2009 at 03:17PM UTC , Rihk wrote:

I’d say it’s a submeme of recut movie trailers. Maybe even part of a series on mutated movies, with the redone posters and crap.

Frketson
Nov 09, 2009 at 08:34PM UTC , Frketson wrote:

yeah good idea, maybe it could be grouped with them.

admins, i cant edit the article. Is something wrong?

Frketson
Nov 09, 2009 at 08:38PM UTC , Frketson wrote:

dw, now for some reason the edit entry button has appeared.

Matt Hopper
Nov 10, 2009 at 03:36PM UTC , Matt Hopper wrote:

I approve!

Quantum
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:26PM UTC , Quantum wrote:

Good one

Jostin Asuncion
Nov 29, 2009 at 12:32AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

This article is ready for confirmation. Awesome work, Frketson!

+1 Confirmation

Frketson
Jan 01, 2010 at 12:39AM UTC , Frketson wrote:

Thanks jostin, admins what do you think? Does it need anything else?

Jamie Dubs
Jan 26, 2010 at 08:04PM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

Does this meme have other aliases? What’s the most popular search term for it?

papayabadger
Jan 26, 2010 at 09:25PM UTC , papayabadger wrote:

+1 Confirm

Frketson
Jan 27, 2010 at 09:44PM UTC , Frketson wrote:

I’m pretty sure that Inappropriate Soundtracks is the most searched for title. Nearly all the main videos for this have that in the title or description somewhere.

Alan Burkholder
Feb 13, 2010 at 12:38AM UTC , Alan Burkholder wrote:

X does Y while I play Unfitting Music.

bamachine
Feb 18, 2010 at 12:20AM UTC , bamachine wrote:

I say that there is an actual cinematic version of this meme. In Kung Pow:Enter the Fist, one of the fights is set to Baby Got Back.

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