What's up with all these trailer songs?

I feel like it's been growing for a few years. Didn't the first trailer for The Social Network use a cover of 'Freak' by Radiohead?

Also, who performs this 'Wicked Game' cover?

Yes, just my thoughts. Netflix´s Bloodline is using a new versión of Metallica´s "Nothing Else Matters". I´m sure I´ve heard more.

Definitely. The anachronism is what bothers me. The original "Wicked Game" came out in 1989, the MCR book was published in 1951, and the setting itself is in the 19th century! The Winter's War movie is adapted from a Grimm fairy tale (Snow White) and the trailer has a pop song. I wish producers would stop trying to make things "cooler" by updating them. I understand creativity and putting a new spin on something, but if audiences can't take the trouble to enjoy something from a different time period, why should they watch it?

Currently listening to "Castle" by Halsey, which was in Winter's War, the movie itself, and is very obviously a pop song. There are so few movies based on traditional folklore that don't try to modernize them unnecessarily; can we have some? Please?

I generally hate cover songs because in most cases the artists doing the remake bring nothing new to the table; they are just plain versions of the originals. If an original is truly great, even bland remakes by mediocre performers will sound OK.

The tip of the iceberg: http://screencrush.com/movie-trailers-sad-covers/

What really grinds my gears is that the record label/soundtrack almost never mentions the original performer of the song (typically only who wrote the song), so many new listeners never realize that there is a better version out there.

How many folks incorrectly believe Johnny Cash originally wrote/performed 'Hurt'?

Because their taste in music has gone down the Bieber-bend, together with most of the rest of the planet, since reality show "stars" started karaoke-ing themselves to riches.