Feel Good Movie Trailer Music

I love watching movie trailers. Sometimes, they get me pumped up to see the movie. But most of the time, the trailer is ten times better than the movie itself. And that's why I love them. A brief introduction to the main characters, a set-up to the main problem, a few funny one-liners and the tagline "coming soon." I only have to sit through a good minute and 30 second preview instead of a drawn-out 2+ hours. I've saved so much time this way.

But what I really love is the music they play in the last half of the trailer. You know, the part where the main character(s) either a) begin to fall in love, b) learn some kind of life lesson, or c) have a heart-wrenching tear-filled moment. And as soon as that moment happens, they play some Michelle Branch or Avril Lavigne song. And you know that I'm right.

But I do love when an unknown song (to me anyway) is played during the trailer that makes me want to watch the trailer over again and find out what the song is.

Some recent examples include:

The Kevin Costner/Ashton Kutcher movie The Guardian involving the United States Coast Guard's rescue training program. Costner plays the older, rougher rescue swimmer and Kutcher, the wiseass rookie. And when the two have a moment realizing that saving lives is more important, Snow Patrol plays in the background.

Watch the trailer here
Snow Patrol - Run from Final Straw (buy)

Next up is the upcoming flick In The Land of Women starring Adam Brody and Meg Ryan. Brody stars as a young man fresh from a break up trying to get back on his feet again. He ends up falling for the daughter of Ryan, and when they kiss, we listen to Trading Yesterday.

Watch the trailer here
Trading Yesterday - One Day from The Beauty & The Tragedy (buy)