20 Reasons Why Moulin Rouge is the Best Movie Musical

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Elephant Love Medley

If you ask anyone who says that Moulin Rouge is their favorite movie to sing this song, they can do it word for word. While that might not be impressive to some people, it is when you hear how many songs are included in this one scene of the movie.

The “Elephant Love Medley” includes songs by David Bowie, Paul McCartney, and so many other amazing artists. There are just some snippets of famous works in the song but they all somehow work together. Songs about love are seemingly universal and this medley proves that if you heard one love song, you pretty much have heard them all.

But what is fascinating about the medley is that it isn’t cheesy. It runs the risk of being extremely so but something about it just works. Maybe it is the performances that Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman are giving or maybe it is just the way the song was constructed.

No matter what is actually is, it somehow works and makes the audience fall in love with these two characters just as they begin to fall in love with one another. We want them to succeed even though we already know Satine dies.