Vindicated – Dashboard Confessional from Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2's main theme song is Dashboard Confessional's “Vindicated”. The song was first released specifically for the movie, much like Kroeger's “Hero” at the beginning of our list, and included on the soundtrack. “Vindicated” takes us away from many of the songs on our list that evoke a "heroes are rockstars" theme, and takes us to a new place where our heroes are vulnerable and, dare we say, a little emo. The song reflects the major themes of the film, as it should, considering Chris Carrabba wrote the song directly after a screening of it. "And I am flawed but I am cleaning up so well/ I am seeing in me now the things you swore, you saw yourself."