tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post754887794741495825..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: What Good Movie has Bad Music (and Vice Versa)?Patrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-34443135007408123742014-08-13T05:02:34.059-05:002014-08-13T05:02:34.059-05:00Yeah Jp. Fantastic sound track. Hiphop and hard ...Yeah Jp. Fantastic sound track. Hiphop and hard rock mixed together. Brilliant. Ice t and slayer is my favourite track. Forgot about that oneDennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13900651640246375537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-36468947076741899442014-08-11T14:22:25.122-05:002014-08-11T14:22:25.122-05:00Ladyhawke was the first movie that popped into my ...Ladyhawke was the first movie that popped into my head! Good film, but the 70's porn soundtrack is pretty odd. The Wheelwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127579006681588399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-55568139216703416582014-08-11T10:46:21.696-05:002014-08-11T10:46:21.696-05:00The rap over the credits of Blood Diamond is shock...The rap over the credits of Blood Diamond is shockingly cringe inducingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-52921655032666758762014-08-11T10:30:37.603-05:002014-08-11T10:30:37.603-05:00Sorry I'm late, but I'm sticking with my o...Sorry I'm late, but I'm sticking with my original answer: I like Ladyhawke a lot, but that Alan Parson synthesizer score is horrendous.Joseph Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168159790992899470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-54152937107563797562014-08-11T03:37:55.925-05:002014-08-11T03:37:55.925-05:00Good movie/bad score - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Ho...Good movie/bad score - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; the music would be fine as outdoor background music for walking around Universal Studios Theme Park on a sunny day, but doesn't fit for a Star Trek movie.<br />Bad movie/good score - every Friday the 13th movie through Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-74053516225552457982014-08-10T23:16:44.650-05:002014-08-10T23:16:44.650-05:00I like the epic orchestral score in The Chronicles...I like the epic orchestral score in <i>The Chronicles of Riddick</i>.Ivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-35303913365421712512014-08-10T17:11:35.599-05:002014-08-10T17:11:35.599-05:00Dune's score is classic.Dune's score is classic.Cameron Cloutierhttp://www.bodianstfilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-77266746035004351932014-08-10T16:43:02.767-05:002014-08-10T16:43:02.767-05:00I love the Blade Runner score, too. I'm a suck...I love the <i>Blade Runner</i> score, too. I'm a sucker for a lot of the synthesizer scores of the '80s, particularly genre stuff.<br /><br />I even like Toto's score for <i>Dune</i>.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-11067193318748952592014-08-10T16:37:16.384-05:002014-08-10T16:37:16.384-05:00Honestly, the score for Blade Runner is one of my ...Honestly, the score for Blade Runner is one of my favorite scores. The synthesizers sound like they're aching. Kino Notabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15852233217962741446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-27408442114139374762014-08-10T16:28:00.905-05:002014-08-10T16:28:00.905-05:00I really like the movie Judgment Night, I think it...I really like the movie Judgment Night, I think it works pretty well. That was a killer soundtrack, though.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867827164062216789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-85798401520304102312014-08-10T15:31:33.090-05:002014-08-10T15:31:33.090-05:00Which version of Legend? Tangerine Dream's sco...Which version of Legend? Tangerine Dream's score over the theatrical cut or Jerry Goldsmith's score over the International version? Cameron Cloutierhttp://www.bodianstfilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-16964261756048833352014-08-10T14:59:03.641-05:002014-08-10T14:59:03.641-05:00Good point Tom. I just found out that someone does...Good point Tom. I just found out that someone doesn't like the score to "Forbidden Planet"!Charles Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08135869584272794906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-36626492762473347462014-08-10T14:55:41.686-05:002014-08-10T14:55:41.686-05:00Bad movie, good soundtrack: Judgment Night! I stil...Bad movie, good soundtrack: Judgment Night! I still love Sonic Youth getting high with Cypress Hill and Dinosaur Jr. gettin funkee with Del Tha Homosapien. Faith No More and Boo Yaa Tribe!? <br />Great movies with bad music brings to mind Modern Romance. "You Are So Beautiful" over the opening AND closing credits was a bummer. When Brooks' character gets high on ludes and talks about how much he loves his records, he puts on "A Fifth Of Beethoven". Yikes!!!<br />Honorable good music mention for The Crow. Charles Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08135869584272794906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-56996430033914700702014-08-10T11:54:41.684-05:002014-08-10T11:54:41.684-05:00I've never been a fan of Bill Lee's score ...I've never been a fan of Bill Lee's score for Do the Right ThingMark M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14032046974098268331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-70429939178711729892014-08-10T09:07:46.989-05:002014-08-10T09:07:46.989-05:00Good movie with bad music - Passenger 57, the musi...Good movie with bad music - Passenger 57, the music sounds like you're shopping at the grocery store most of the time<br /><br />Bad movie with good music - LegendAdam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-11421704137889627772014-08-10T00:20:00.042-05:002014-08-10T00:20:00.042-05:00*wouldn't listen to it much now*wouldn't listen to it much now Brad Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18426952757794850746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-48542928924356223012014-08-09T23:46:42.233-05:002014-08-09T23:46:42.233-05:00My point exactly. Storytelling; fine, whatever. S...My point exactly. Storytelling; fine, whatever. Soundtrack, very good,<br /> of course!!Chaybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00696179838579647187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-65180624180398869802014-08-09T22:44:47.568-05:002014-08-09T22:44:47.568-05:00Good movie/Bad music - Forbidden Planet. I know t...Good movie/Bad music - Forbidden Planet. I know they were trying to be different but it's annoying as hell.<br /><br />Bad movie/Great music - Disney's The Black Hole & Xanadu.Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-39183405248722831672014-08-09T22:43:24.241-05:002014-08-09T22:43:24.241-05:00Good movie/bad soundtrack: "The Avengers,&quo...Good movie/bad soundtrack: <b>"The Avengers,"</b> my favorite movie of 2012. Seriously, Alan Silvestri's score is as vanilla and forgettable as the movie's first 15 minutes. In fact, this is the one area where DC kicks Marvel's ass, memorable soundtracks in its film adaptations: "Batman" (all scores, even the '66 movie), "Superman," (yes, even the "Man of Steel" thumping beats are kind-of memorable) and so forth with an occasional dog ("Green Lantern," which isn't bad as much as Marvel-like generic). Except for Danny Elfman's "Spider-Man" score (which sounds like everything else he's done for Tim Burton), John Ottman's music for the Brian Synger-directed "X-Men" movies and the WWII song in "Captain America," can anyone seriously say the music in anything Marvel's done in recent years is memorable and/or stays with you after the movie's over?<br /><br />Bad movie/good soundtrack: A few. Ken Thorpe's score for the Alan Arking 1968 vehicle <b>"Inspector Clousea"</b> is better than it has any right to be, especially considering it's up against Henry Mancini's uber-memorable "Pink Panther" music. <b>"Speed Racer"</b> is considered a "bad" movie (not by me, I dig it) but Michael Giacchino really goes to town with an epic Frankestein soundtrack that's goofy and cartoony one moment, action-packed the next and emotional and deep the next. Fred Myrow and Malcolm Seagrave deliver great tunes and a memorable theme to the otherwise crappy Don Coscarelli opus <b>"Phantasm"</b> (my opinion). James Horner's soundtrack for <b>"Battle Beyond The Stars"</b> is more epic and bad-ass than it has any right to be attached to such a low-budget "Star Wars" ripoff. Ditto for Horner's <b>"Legends of the Fall"</b> soundtrack, quality work attached to Oscar bait so ponderous and pretentious you're surprised the movie isn't called "The English Patient."J.M. Vargashttps://plus.google.com/u/0/114656828393049850554/postsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-71349428457133763702014-08-09T21:01:42.830-05:002014-08-09T21:01:42.830-05:00It's funny how subjective and personal taste i...It's funny how subjective and personal taste in soundtracks can be. (much like films as a whole)<br /><br />I actually really like the Vangelis score for Blade Runner. For me the synthesizers add to the Sci-Fi nature of the film. Moreover, the sparseness of the soundtrack at times no more than mere electronic beeps/tones in the cadence of the human heart are an auditory foreshadowing of the theme of the film as a whole. Juxtaposing that with the 1920s feel of "One More Kiss‚ Dear" by Don Percival to feed the film noir vibe. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475027751253870681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-32043578752784866142014-08-09T20:51:31.959-05:002014-08-09T20:51:31.959-05:00The Tangerine Dream soundtrack for "Thief&quo...The Tangerine Dream soundtrack for "Thief" (1981) doesn't do anything for me.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475027751253870681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-87127199023209277372014-08-09T18:58:28.818-05:002014-08-09T18:58:28.818-05:00+1 for Blade Runner. I don't mind that the mus...+1 for <i>Blade Runner</i>. I don't mind that the music is moody; it's just way too synthesized.Ivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-34794713646280145532014-08-09T18:51:50.129-05:002014-08-09T18:51:50.129-05:00Get on Up is OK. It uses non-linear storytelling w...<i>Get on Up</i> is OK. It uses non-linear storytelling which helps avoid some of the standard bio-pic beats. The soundtrack is very good.Ivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-15265961023085551602014-08-09T18:27:47.062-05:002014-08-09T18:27:47.062-05:00I have to agree on Vangelis. As great as Blade Run...I have to agree on Vangelis. As great as Blade Runner is (and it is!) the music sounds like something that would be playing at Massage Envy all day. I much prefer Tangerine Dream for those kind of scores (see: Near Dark). Wang Chung's score for To Live & Die in LA is pretty great & in that vein too.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867827164062216789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-39612371338933597042014-08-09T16:33:48.595-05:002014-08-09T16:33:48.595-05:00For bad movie, good score combos I would put forwa...For bad movie, good score combos I would put forward most of David Holmes' work! He has scored a couple of really good films but I'd happily listen to almost anything he has done. Ocean's sequels anyone?<br /><br />I would also put forward 9 Songs as my definitive answer to this. Awful, awful film but some great (and live) music.<br /><br />Great films, bad music is way harder. It may be cheating but how about Anvil? I know they were influential but the music in the film does nothing for me.<br /><br />Also, and I know this is far from popular opinion, I'm not a Vangelis guy...Scott McHarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12372957914321861326noreply@blogger.com