The 16 Greatest Movie Music Moments Of 2014 — buzzfeed.com

David Michôd’s post-apocalyptic movie is set in an Australia filled with brutality, in which people have begun murdering each other over sparse resources and personal slights. It’s not a place for upbeat musical cues, which is why there’s something particularly jolting about the moment when the gruff Eric (Guy Pearce) and his hostage-turned-helper Rey (Robert Pattinson) make their way over the rough terrain to the shiny sounds of Keri Hilson’s “Pretty Girl Rock.” Better still is the cut to Rey alone in a car, aimlessly singing along to Hilson’s entreaties that people not hate her because she’s beautiful. Civilization may be dying, but some songs, like cockroaches, will apparently live on forever.

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