That Music Doesn't Work At All

I watched The Wild Geese over the weekend. There isn't much to say about the movie itself. All the characters I liked died, and I was strangely unmoved by Richard Burton's getting his revenge at the end. The way the inspirational leader Limbani gradually reached the South African Coetze was kind of touching. So naturally they both died, Coetze trying to say Limbani, only for Limbani to die hours later.

It did give me an idea of a question to pose to you. Actually, hang on. My dad convinced me to watch Donovan's Reef, and John Wayne just spanked another lady. How many movies does he do that in? Oh well, at least it had Lee Marvin being drunk and violent. Back on topic.

The movie also had this utterly inappropriate opening and closing theme song. Some sort of orchestral music, with gentle singing about wild geese. This after all this shooting and killing, which ultimately amounted to nothing, because it was originally set up by a banker wanting more favorable copper prices, and the military dictator was willing to negotiate. The killing served no purpose, and it was largely done by men not motivated by ideals, but by money, or frequently to simply escape the drudgery of their lives, perhaps recapture past glory. Nothing beautiful or graceful about it at all.

I only know of two movies with less appropriate closing music. One is the original Last House of the Left, which had some sort of twangy, goofy banjo thing going. This in a movie about rape, murder, revenge killing, and so on. The other was Panic in the Year Zero, which had a jazzy tune which made no sense in a film about the breakdown of society after a nuclear war.

To that end, what are some movies you've watched where either the opening or closing music seemed completely out of place with the movie?