Iconic sounds suited to a chick flick

Chick Flicks regularly use non-naturalistic music with a fast beat such as "Hit me with your best shot" which was used in What Happens in Vegas and Bring it On Again. Modern chick flicks, such as Mean Girls or Cinderella Story use pop/rock music and feel good songs within their films to create a postivie, girly feel. A regular occurence in Chick flick movies is when music is played and the main character sings along, for example in Bridget Jones' Diary and scenes from What Happens in Vegas and Pretty Women.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0zfB1l1x0 This link is an example of this in "Bridget Jones' Diary" singing "All by Myself"

Most of the music pieces used in chick flicks are about love. There is always a special scene in chick flicks to show the special moment between the boy and girl who fall in love. This is where the main love song is used, for example, this scene in "A Cinderella Story".

There are also other ionic sounds used in chick flicks, which may not be pieces of music. In many chick flicks, there are a lot of girl fights so screaming is used. Crying is another sound which is typical sound of Chick flicks. Mean Girls is the perfect example because it includes crying, screaming, love songs, rock songs and slow, sad songs. This is a famous example of a “scream” sound used in Mean Girls.

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This soundtrack is the ultimate soundtrack for songs in Chick Flicks. This shows that there are stereotypical songs put into Chick Flicks and these are the type of songs that the audience want to hear. These are some of the songs featured on this CD. Mostly all of these promote a feel-good atmosphere and girl power, like “Respect” by Aretha Franklin.

1. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (Bend It Like Beckham)

2. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer (The Full Monty)

3. Respect - Aretha Franklin (Bridget Jones's Diary)

4. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross (Last Days Of Disco)

5. Lady Marmalade - Labelle (Long Kiss Goodnight)

6. Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes (Coyote Ugly)

7. Flashdance….What A Feeling - Irene Cara (Flashdance)

8. Burning Down The House - Tom Jones & The Cardigans (Someone Like You)

9. American Pie - Madonna (The Next Best Thing)

10. Let's Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams (Footlose)

There have been many famous crying scenes in chick flicks and these affect the audience because it makes us feel sympathy for the main character who we all love. The fast tempo music makes the audience feel good and lively and girls always love a cheesy number in films, for example in Music & Lyrics. Girl power, as said before is often promoted in chick flicks, and this one, in St Trinian’s is a perfect example. It also shows rock being used in chick flicks which is stereotypically expected.