Editing Nick Cave (section)

=== Music in film and television ===
Cave's music was featured in a scene of the 1986 film, ''[[Dogs in Space]]'' by Richard Lowenstein.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/dbase/1997/pascho.htm|title=''Dogs in Space''|website=Murdoch.edu.au|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321234247/http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/dbase/1997/pascho.htm|archive-date=21 March 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cave performed parts of the Boys Next Door song "[[Shivers (The Boys Next Door song)|Shivers]]" twice during the film, once on video and once live.

Another early fan of Cave's was German director [[Wim Wenders]], who lists Cave, along with [[Lou Reed]] and [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], as among his favourites.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/25/2254785.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527213138/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/25/2254785.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2008|title=Wenders unveils ode to rock'n'roll at Cannes|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=24 May 2008|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref> Cave and the Bad Seeds appear in the 1987 film ''[[Wings of Desire]]'' performing "[[The Carny]]" and "[[From Her to Eternity (song)|From Her to Eternity]]".<ref>Dave Tacon, "[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/wenders/ Wim Wenders]", [[Senses of Cinema]]. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.</ref> Two original songs were included in Wenders' 1993 sequel ''[[Faraway, So Close!]]'', including the title track. The soundtrack for Wenders' 1991 film ''[[Until the End of the World]]'' features, another Cave original, "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World". Cave and the Bad Seeds later recorded a live in-studio cover track for Wenders' 2003 documentary ''[[The Soul of a Man]]'', and his 2008 film ''[[Palermo Shooting]]'' features two original songs from Cave's side project Grinderman.<ref>"[https://www.pbs.org/theblues/aboutfilms/wenders.html The Blues: The Soul of a Man]", [[PBS]]. Retrieved on 25 November 2008.</ref>

Cave's songs have also appeared in a number of [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbusters]] – "There is a Light" appears on the 1995 soundtrack for ''[[Batman Forever]]'', and "[[Red Right Hand]]" appeared in a number of films including ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'' (1994), ''[[The X-Files (film)|The X-Files]]'' (1998); ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]'' (1996), its sequels ''[[Scream 2]]'' (1997) and ''[[Scream 3|3]]'' (2000), and ''[[Hellboy (2004 film)|Hellboy]]'' (2004; performed by [[Pete Yorn]]). In ''[[Scream 3]]'', the song was given a reworking with Cave writing new lyrics and adding an orchestra to the arrangement of the track. "People Ain't No Good" was featured in ''[[Shrek 2]]'' (2004). ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' (2010) music supervisor Matt Biffa chose to use Cave's "[[Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus|O Children]]" in the film because it was "really uplifting".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-09 |title=The story of how a Nick Cave song was used in 'Harry Potter' |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/story-how-a-nick-cave-song-used-in-harry-potter/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2000, [[Andrew Dominik]] used "Release the Bats" in his film ''[[Chopper (film)|Chopper]]''. Other films that use Cave's songs include ''[[The Freshman (1990 film)|The Freshman]]'' (1990), ''[[Gas Food Lodging]]'' (1992), ''[[Box of Moonlight]]'' (1996), ''[[Kevin & Perry Go Large]]'' (2000), ''[[Mr In-Between]]'' (2001), ''[[Romance & Cigarettes]]'' (2005), ''[[Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant]]'' (2009) and ''[[About Time (2013 film)|About Time]]'' (2013).

His music also appear in a number of major television shows, including ''[[Trauma (American TV series)|Trauma]]'', ''[[The L Word]]'', ''[[Traveler (American TV series)|Traveler]]'', ''[[The Unit]]'', ''[[I Love the '70s (British TV series)|I Love the '70s]]'', ''[[The Others (TV series)|The Others]]'', ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]'', ''[[After Life (TV series)|After Life]]'' and ''[[Jack Irish]]''. "Red Right Hand" is the theme song for ''[[Peaky Blinders (TV series)|Peaky Blinders]]'', which also features cover versions by artists such as his ex-partner [[PJ Harvey]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Laura Marling]], [[Iggy Pop]] and [[Jarvis Cocker]] of [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]], [[Patti Smith]] and [[Anna Calvi]]. In a 2019 interview with ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'', [[Cillian Murphy]], who plays [[Tommy Shelby]] in ''Peaky Blinders'', mentioned that Cave personally approved the use of the song for the series after watching a pre-screening of the show.<ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqRHgm6LLLo&t=657 Cillian Murphy: VICE Autobiographies]", [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]. Retrieved on 21 August 2019.</ref>