With marching bands serving as popular American icons, many major films have featured bands or their music in memorable scenes. Here is a list of some of these films. If you are aware of other titles, please contact us, and we will add them to our list.
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Movie |
Year |
Studio |
Band |
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Aces: Iron Eagle III |
1992 |
Carolco Pictures |
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American Pie Presents: Band Camp |
2005 |
Universal Studios |
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
1997 |
New Line Cinema |
RCC |
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Bad News Bears |
2005 |
Paramount Pictures |
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The Big Chill |
1983 |
Columbia Pictures |
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Bratz: The Movie |
2007 |
Lionsgate |
RCC |
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A Bright Shining Lie |
1998 |
HBO |
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) portraying the U.S. Marine Band |
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Click |
2006 |
Columbia Pictures |
UCLA |
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Dear God |
1996 |
Rysher Pictures |
RCC |
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Don’t Say a Word |
2001 |
20th Century Fox |
UCLA |
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2002 |
20th Century Fox |
Morris Brown College, Others |
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Elmer Gantry |
1960 |
United Artists |
UCLA |
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Everybody’s All American |
1988 |
Warner Bros. Studios |
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Fatal Instinct |
1993 |
MGM |
UCLA |
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First Daughter |
2004 |
20th Century Fox |
UCLA |
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Forrest Gump |
1994 |
Paramount Pictures |
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Game Day |
1999 |
Core Productions |
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The Girl Next Door |
2004 |
20th Century Fox |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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Good Burger |
1997 |
Paramount Pictures |
RCC |
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Gridiron Gang |
2006 |
Sony Pictures |
UCLA |
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Hello Dolly |
1969 |
20th Century Fox |
UCLA |
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Hero |
1992 |
Columbia Pictures |
RCC |
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Hiding Out |
1987 |
Paramount Pictures |
UCLA |
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The Inkwell |
1994 |
Touchstone Pictures |
Hillside High School in Durham, N.C. |
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In the Line of Fire |
1993 |
Castle Rock Entertainment |
UCLA |
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Iron Eagle |
1986 |
TriStar Pictures |
UCLA |
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Jingle All the Way |
1996 |
20th Century Fox |
UCLA, Pasadena City College |
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The Last Boy Scout |
1991 |
Geffen Pictures |
USC |
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Legends of the Fall |
1994 |
Columbia TriStar |
UCLA |
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Little Nikita |
1988 |
Columbia Pictures |
UCLA |
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The Little Rascals |
1994 |
Universal Pictures |
USC |
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Max Keeble’s Big Move |
2001 |
Buena Vista |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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Mr. Woodcock |
2007 |
New Line Cinema |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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Miracle on 34th Street |
1994 |
20th Century Fox |
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My Blue Heaven |
1990 |
Warner Bros. Pictures |
RCC |
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My Fellow Americans |
1996 |
Peters Entertainment |
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Naked Gun |
1988 |
Paramount Pictures |
USC is marching, |
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National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers |
2004 |
P&A Distributors |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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The Other Sister |
1999 |
Touchstone Pictures |
RCC and UCLA |
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The Out-of-Towners |
1999 |
Paramount Pictures |
UCLA portraying the Ohio State band |
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The Princess Diaries II: Royal Engagement |
2004 |
Buena Vista Pictures |
RCC and Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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Pumpkin |
2002 |
MGM |
UCLA |
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Revenge of the Nerds |
1984 |
Interscope Communications |
University of Arizona |
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Road Trip |
2000 |
DreamWorks |
UCLA |
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Rudy |
1993 |
TriStar Pictures |
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Sgt. Bilko |
1996 |
Imagine Entertainment |
USC |
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She’s All That |
1999 |
Miramax Films |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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The Sixth Man |
1997 |
Touchstone Pictures |
UCLA and University of Washington |
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Spider-Man |
2002 |
Sony Pictures |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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Spider-Man 3 |
2007 |
Sony Pictures |
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Superman III |
1983 |
Warner Bros. |
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle |
1999 |
Dimension Films |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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That Thing You Do |
1996 |
20th Century Fox |
UCLA |
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To Be or Not to Be |
1983 |
20th Century Fox |
UCLA |
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The Truman Show |
1998 |
Paramount Pictures |
RCC |
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Wag the Dog |
1997 |
New Line Cinema |
RCC |
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The Waterboy |
1998 |
Touchstone Pictures |
UCLA |
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Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael |
1990 |
Paramount Pictures |
UCLA |
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When a Stranger Calls |
2006 |
Sony Pictures |
Ramona High School Dynasty Band |
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Witch Hunt |
1994 |
HBO |
