Soundtracks You Like from Movies You Don't Like
So, are there any soundtracks to movies you like from movies you don't? I would pick Magnolia. It has an amazing soundtrack, but the movie leaves me cold and bored. I also like the theme song by The Spinners for Spaceballs even though I never found the movie funny. How about you?
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I used to love soundtracks as a kid and about five years ago got back into listening and collecting them. Some of my favorites are for films I'm only lukewarm about, absolutely hate, or have never even seen.
All these are stuff I own- Not every title below is something I don't like, but the scores are too good not to highlight, and -for something like Blue Lagoon, for example- there are plenty of people who would pass it by simply because it's considered a lousy movie. Titles in bold are among my favorite scores. Alexandre Desplat Valerian And The City Of 1000 Planets Spoiler:
Basil Poledouris Big Wednesday Spoiler:
On Deadly Ground Spoiler:
The Blue Lagoon Spoiler:
Bruce Broughton All I Want For Christmas (was surprised how much I enjoyed this one) Spoiler:
Lost In Space Spoiler:
Claude Bolling The Awakening Spoiler:
Cliff Martinez Spring Breakers Spoiler:
David Arnold The World Is Not Enough (I have no affection for the Brosnan Bond films, with this one being a particular disappointment. The score, however, I'd put right up with the best of the series. Great listen from start to finish recalling the heyday of Barry) Spoiler:
Frank De Vol Hustle Spoiler:
Gabriel Yared L’Amant [The Lover] (this has become one of my absolute, all time favorite scores. I was amazed how much I loved this one, especially since the score never really stood out to me when watch the film itself) Spoiler:
Gato Barberi Last Tango In Paris Spoiler:
Geroges Delerue Her Alibi Spoiler:
Partners Spoiler:
The Pick-Up Artist Spoiler:
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Rejected Score) Spoiler:
Hans Zimmer Man Of Steel Spoiler:
Jerry Goldsmith Basic Instinct Spoiler:
The Mummy Spoiler:
Our Man Flint/ In Like Flint Spoiler:
John Barry Legend Of The Lone Ranger Spoiler:
Howard The Duck (this plays like a Barry Greatest Hits collection, as I hear snatches from his entire oeuvre in it including some Bonds, King Kong, Body Heat among others) Spoiler:
The Betsy Spoiler:
Deadfall (Short, but a fantastic listen. A perfect example of "hated the movie, loved the score") Spoiler:
You Only Live Twice Spoiler:
John Williams A.I. Spoiler:
E.T. (Loved this movie back in '82. It hasn't worn well for me since, and the thought of rewatching it makes me queasily sick to my stomach. As off-putting as I find the film now, I can't deny how much I still love the score. One of my all time JW faves) Spoiler:
Earthquake Spoiler:
Minority Report Spoiler:
1941 Spoiler:
Lalo Schifrin The Concorde: Airport ’79 Spoiler:
Return From Witch Mountain Spoiler:
Maurice Jarre Mandingo Spoiler:
The Only Game In Town Spoiler:
Michael Small The Driver Spoiler:
Michel Legrand The Summer Of ’42 Spoiler:
Francis Lai Love Story (a far better score in total than just the over exposed main theme would suggest) Spoiler:
Elmer Bernstein Saturn 3 (Like Blue Lagoon, I don't exactly hate the film- but almost no one would consider it a "good" movie. Great score though, including early phrasing that would be expanded into the lovely Taarna theme from Heavy Metal a year later) Spoiler:
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I’d say the St. Elmo’s Fire Soundtrack, the songs and the score, are much better than the movie.
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I did not hate this movie but the music is more memorable than the movie
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Wicker Man (2006) Marie Antoinette |
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Ocean's 12 - the worst movie of the Ocean's Trilogy because it got insufferably self-referential and in-jokey but the soundtrack is the best of the bunch with a lot of great tracks by David Holmes like this one:
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Randy Edelman
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The Village is not a great movie, but the soundtrack is outstanding.
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The Village is not a great movie, but the soundtrack is outstanding.
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Originally Posted by Brack
(Post 13673294)
I’d say the St. Elmo’s Fire Soundtrack, the songs and the score, are much better than the movie.
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I never really cared for Roland Joffe's The Mission, but I think Morricone's score is one of the greats of all time.
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