Music in Film and Television
The band contributed the song "East Hastings" from their first album F♯ A♯ ∞ to the UK film 28 Days Later, though the song was heavily edited; this was an unusual step for the ensemble. However, the track is excluded from the CD soundtrack.
In 2005, the band allowed songs from Yanqui U.X.O. to be used in the documentary film Bombhunters, stating that while they didn't normally allow their music to be used in films, they could align with the social nature of the film.
A segment of the track "Providence" was used to promote the BBC drama series Superstorm, which aired in April 2007.
The horror-movie documentary The American Nightmare used the song "Moya" from Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada and "Providence" from F♯ A♯ ∞ as incidental music and over the closing credits.
The band is also referenced in the movie Pineapple Express when protagonist Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) says to his girlfriend Angie (Amber Heard) "You are gonna go to college next year. You'll get into Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the fucking Shins, and you'll blow a bunch of dudes and become a lesbian." Screenwriter Evan Goldberg has said that this reference was because "Jay Baruchel is from Montreal and loves Godspeed, so we did it to poke at Jay. But I like Godspeed, Godspeed's good."
A segment of the track "9-15-00" is used in Top Gear, during a review of the Tesla Roadster. The BBC did not clear this usage and Top Gear's producers subsequently apologized.
A shortened segment of "9-15-00" is used in a scene of the film Adoration during which Simon (Devon Bostick) describes various acts of terrorism.
Excerpts of Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls and "East Hastings" were also used throughout the BBC documentary The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall.
The band also contributed music to Jem Cohen's Chain.
On the Spanish internet series "Malviviendo", episode 8-No Girls, the storyteller and main character describes an album of Godspeed You! Black Emperor as "2 hours of music in only 4 tracks".
Parts of "Gathering Storm" were used in the Australia scene from skateboard company Cliché's film Bon Appetit.
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