{"id":664,"date":"2026-02-20T13:32:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=664"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:32:48","slug":"3-major-hit-songs-you-definitely-still-remember-that-were-almost-left-off-movie-soundtracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-major-hit-songs-you-definitely-still-remember-that-were-almost-left-off-movie-soundtracks\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Major Hit Songs You Definitely Still Remember That Were Almost Left Off Movie Soundtracks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A movie&#8217;s soundtrack can make or break an entire film. For decades, music has provided an emotional tone, created a dramatic atmosphere, and evoked emotion for both actors and viewers. Music has made ordinary movies memorable, and gives unforgettable films unmistakable sounds to remember them by. 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Here are a few major hit songs you definitely remember, but were almost left off movie soundtracks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Somewhere Over The Rainbow&#8221; From &#8216;The Wizard Of Oz&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Somewhere Over the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz (1\/8) Movie CLIP (1939) HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PSZxmZmBfnU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Written for MGM&#8217;s 1939 film <em>The Wizard Of Oz,<\/em> &#8220;Somewhere Over The Rainbow&#8221; sets the tone for the movie in the first ten minutes of the film. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/judy-garland\/over-the-rainbow\">The song represents<\/a> Dorothy&#8217;s longing to escape her dreary life on an old farm in Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen composed the music and Yip Harburg wrote the lyrics. Yet executives nearly cut this Academy Award-winning song from the film because they felt it slowed down the opening ten minutes and worried audiences would find it boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The associate producer of the movie saw the song&#8217;s worth and insisted it be kept in, giving the ultimatum that if the song goes, he goes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/why-over-the-rainbow-was-almost-cut-from-the-wizard-of-oz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Far Out Magazine.<\/em><\/a> Ultimately, producer Louis B. Mayer decided it wasn&#8217;t worth the fight and told them to keep it in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;My Heart Will Go On&#8221; From &#8216;Titanic&#8217;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"C\u00e9line Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Official 25th Anniversary Alternate Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9bFHsd3o1w0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s nearly impossible to think of James Cameron&#8217;s 1997 film <em>Titanic<\/em> without hearing C\u00e9line Dion&#8217;s &#8220;My Heart Will Go On.&#8221; But the filmmakers almost left this song about endurance after death off the soundtrack, which would have made the film even more heartbreaking by removing its biggest note of comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, Dion simply didn&#8217;t like the song. \u201cIt didn\u2019t appeal to me,&#8221; she said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/why-celine-dion-didnt-want-to-record-my-heart-will-go-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2019 interview<\/a> with Andy Cohen. &#8220;I was probably very tired that day \u2014&nbsp;very&nbsp;tired. My husband [Ren\u00e9 Ang\u00e9lil] said, &#8216;Let\u2019s hold on.&#8217; He talked to the writer and he said, \u2018Let\u2019s try to make it, like, a little demo.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t just Dion who had qualms about adding the song. According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@celinedion\/video\/7361106555363773701?is_from_webapp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview with <em>Vogue<\/em>,<\/a> Cameron didn&#8217;t want any type of music in the movie. 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