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Music soundtracks were big in the ’90s, and as it turns out Amy Lee<\/a> began to formulate the sound of Evanescence<\/a> after finding inspiration in one of the decade’s biggest soundtrack hits.<\/p>\n Evanescence formed in 1994 when Amy Lee was just a teenager, but their first major album didn’t arrive until nearly a decade later with 2003’s Fallen<\/em>. As the teen years were a formative time for Lee, she reflected with Abe Kanan on the Audacy Check In<\/a>\u00a0about their shared love of ’90s soundtracks. It was then that Lee revealed one major ’90s soundtrack song that played. a role in developing the sound she wanted for her band.<\/p>\n As Kanan and Lee reflected on being the same age and growing up in a period where movie soundtracks were major players in the new music world, Kanan dropped Singles<\/em> and the Batman Forever<\/em> soundtracks being amongst his favorites. That led Amy Lee to share a favorite of her own.<\/p>\n \u201cCity of Angels<\/em> was where that Alanis Morissette<\/a> \u2018Uninvited\u2019 song happened,” shared Lee.<\/p>\n “It was kind of like huuuuuge to me,” she shared in a more animated manner. “It kind of was like one of those things where I had the idea, kind of, for our band. Like cinematic strings and stuff but like rock<\/em>, contemporary. All that crossbreeding was so beautiful and epic, dark.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee also threw in a shout out to The Crow<\/em> soundtrack as well.<\/p>\n City of Angels<\/em> was a 1998 film starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. While the film was a success at the box office, the soundtrack may have eclipsed the movie in terms of popularity.<\/p>\n “Uninvited” was the lead single from the movie’s soundtrack and it was notable as the first offering from Alanis Morissette after the humongous success of her mid-90s smash album Jagged Little Pill<\/em>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: The Best Rock + Metal Soundtrack for Each Year of the 1990s<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Morissette wrote the song and co-produced it with Rob Cavallo. Starting with a subtle four piano notes, the track continues to build in intensity with an epic and haunting string backing leading into a major instrumental climax before its more intimate conclusion.<\/p>\n The song was never issued as a single, but it did reach No. 26 for Alternative Airplay.<\/p>\n The City of Angels<\/em> soundtrack also yielded another smash hit in the Goo Goo Dolls<\/a>‘ chart-topper “Iris,” as well as U2<\/a>‘s “If God Will Send His Angels” and Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” as charting songs.<\/p>\n The soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 Album Chart and has been certified five times platinum in the U.S.<\/p>\n Evanescence are currently building up to a potential soundtrack smash of their own. The song “Afterlife” is set to arrive this Friday (March 28) from the soundtrack of the Netflix animated series Devil May Cry<\/em>.<\/p>\n Tens of thousands of rock and metal songs have been released in the 21st century. Here are the 25 best ones of these last 25 years!<\/p>\n Entries written by Rabab Al-Sharif (RA) Chad Childers (CC), Joe DiVita (JD) and Lauryn Schaffner (LS).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Loudwire Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat ’90s Soundtrack Song Helped Shape Evanescence’s Sound?<\/h3>\n
Evanescence’s Amy Lee Guests on the Audacy Check-In<\/h3>\n
About the City of Angels<\/em> Soundtrack and “Uninvited”<\/h3>\n
Alanis Morissette, “Uninvited”<\/h3>\n
The 25 Best Rock Songs of the Last 25 Years (2000-2024)<\/h2>\n