Great Theme Music On Not-So-Great Movies
 

Listening to this, the main theme from Capricorn One

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I can't help but think that it's a real shame that such great theme music (by the late great Jerry Goldsmith) was wasted on a not-so-great movie. (Capricorn One has its fans, I know, but, IMO, it's not so great).

So now I'm wondering what other great music is wasted on not-so-great movies.

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While I won't say the film is not so great, but I'm sure many will, I think John Barry's score for King Kong (1976) is incredible.

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Elmer Bernstein's epic score was wasted in the awful movie Slipstream (1989)

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Vangelis' scores for both 1492 and Alexander. And let's face it , if it weren't for Queen, Flash Gordon would NOT have the cult status it enjoys today.

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The Phantom Menace's score was very good.

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Tales from Earthsea:

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Magnolia. The film is pretentious garbage but the score by John Brion and the Aimee Mann's tracks are fantastic.

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Not sure how most people feel about Legends of the Fall but I absolutely love Horner's score for it.

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Since OP's asking for themes...

Experiment in Terror-Felt that the movie could've been a lot shorter, but no complaints about Mancini's badass music:


Dunwich Horror-Movie's so-so, but kudos to Baxter for creating the greatest mix of martial arts/giallo/crime-music I've ever heard!


A Bullet in the Head-Thought that the overblown action sequences hurt the movie, but I've never been able to forget the theme:


Inferno-Ok, finally a real Not-So-Great Movie:

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I think this may have the very first PG rated movie I ever saw in the theater, and it's theme has haunted me since.

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Solaris. Crappy remake, awesome soundtrack.
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not a movie, but a boxing reality show, with an amazing theme.

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90% of Morricone's themes would qualify for this thread. But I'll pick one:

A FINE PAIR (1969)

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The "Messiah" theme from the 1984 DUNE is pretty great. Too bad the movie is... Incomplete.

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John Barry did a ton of great scores for very bad/mediocre films.

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<b>The Mummy Returns</b> Terrible script but Alan Silvestri knocks it out of the park with his best work ever.

<b>Cutthroat Island</b> - Absolutely putrid movie in every way except for John Debney's masterful action-packed score.

<b>Pirates of the Caribbean At World End.</b> Bloated and overlong but it has Hans Zimmer's best work to date.

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Hated this movie but really liked the theme.

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Not Barry but a theme I liked to another shitty movie.

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You mean the Prophecy Theme?

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:thumbsup: One of my all-time favorite soundtracks.

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I always liked the main Batman theme from Batman Forever even though the movie itself isn't that great. I think the same theme was used in Batman & Robin if I remember correctly. It wasn't as good as the Elfman theme but I thought it was okay.

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SUPERGIRL - Jerry Goldsmith

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Plunkett & Macleane - Craig Armstrong

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