The Mission and just about any other movie foolish enough to hire Ennio Morricone.
Also: The Phantom Menace.
Most star wars tbh. It seems like no franchise catches more criticism than star wars, about plot, dialogue, acting, etc. But I’ve never heard a complaint about the soundtrack (for the main saga anyway). John Williams just doesn’t miss.
Yes, Williams is the guy that brought leitmotifs to movies (or at least the one everyone’s heard of).
There was a YouTube criticism of Marvel Super Hero movies that was basically going around asking people to hum themes from favorite movies, almost always John Williams: Star Wars, Jurassaic Park, Indiana Jones… then he´d ask people to sing people from a Marvel movie, ANY Marvel movie, and people who just mumble incoherently that they couldn’t think of anything. All those characters, all those movies, and not a single damn theme identifiable with any of character or movie, just a bunch of music generically recycled for Action or Sad or Bemused. Biggest missed opportunity in music history.
There’s also some good commentary about how themes that had definite meanings in the original trilogy got recycled and reused until they meant nothing specific. I think Luke’s theme in the swamp became Generic Music for Using the Force.
Great Expectations
https://www.discogs.com/master/55110-Various-Great-Expectations-The-Album
The Village. Certainly one of Shyamalan’s better films, but the soundtrack is off the charts beautiful.
JUDGMENT NIGHT! Metal and hip hop collabs
This 100%
Came here to say this as well. Movie is kinda meh but the soundtrack is so solid I even like the Coldplay song on there! (and imo Coldplay is WACK)
I enjoyed this movie at the time. Was I wrong?
It’s not a terrible movie. I think the main complaint about it is the use of the manic pixie girl trope.
No. I enjoyed it immensely. That’s just how good the soundtrack is; to be even better than that.
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Sometimes I am objectively wrong in things I’ve enjoyed. For example, the original Hitman video game adaptation movie from 2007. I enjoyed it when it came out despite it having an abysmal score on Rotten Tomatoes (currently sitting at 16%). I watched it several times and really enjoyed it. I recently rewatched it, maybe two years ago and… what was that guy (old me) thinking?
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I haven’t actually seen Tron: Legacy, but I assume the film cannot possibly be as good as the Daft Punk album it came with.
Honestly, Tron: Legacy is not that bad compared to Tron: Ares, which I was going to write down before I saw your comment.
Tron: Ares was not that bad either. The visuals were a clear upgrade from Tron: Legacy and a handful of clips I’ve seen from the original Tron movie. You can notice that that they put a lot of details in places like Ares’ HUD, consoles, the proprietary 3D printer and the virtual red-coloured world whose name I can’t remember right now.
The soundtrack does complement the movie, although I noticed that they repeated certain “melodies” across the movie more than I would’ve liked. It’s obviously not at par with Daft Punk but it resembles the spirit of the Tron franchise.
The plot is a real rollercoaster in terms of quality and believability. The backstory and plot of the main protagonists feel solid and so is the interaction between each other. Somehow Jared Leto decently fits the role of Ares and his dialogues don’t feel out of place or cringey. On the other hand, the story gives too much power to the antagonist to the point that it clearly feels unfair. Also some action scenes feel like they’re happening just because they have to, and probably give material for the trailers to give the viewers something to look forward to while watching the movie.
If you have no qualms with the involvement of Jared Leto, I would recommend that you give this movie a try. It’s certainly not a masterpiece, but it’s surprisingly well made for a movie that that considered a flop by the users at Lemmy.
Those “repeated certain melodies across the movie” have a name. It’s called a theme and is something that’s pretty common in movies, opera, musicals, symphonies, etc. An entire work can have a theme that is modified, built upon, expanded or changed as the narrative progresses. Individual characters or places can have their own unique themes. Daft Punk’s entire style is built on repetition, so it should be no surprise that their musical score work would highlight that.
Really thought you were going to say leitmotif.
That’s a great word!
I haven’t seen that one either, but I’ll assume it’s worse purely on the basis of not having Daft Punk.
it does have Nine Inch Nails though and Trent has done some phenomenal soundtrack work (though obviously not comparable to daft punk)
Is that the current state of film sequels? The sequel from ten to twenty years ago that we all thought was bad is not nearly as bad as the latest sequel, what has happened to films?!
I just see it as a big ass music video
have you seen Interstella? Amazing and also a big ass music video 😎
Thanks for the notice :) Yeah thats also a nice music video!
Im kind of a big daft punk fan :)
It’s not. It’s a subpar plot and some questionable acting carried by gorgeous visuals and a stellar soundtrack.
It’s still my favourite movie of all time, but the soundtrack is stil better.
carried by gorgeous visuals
She sure did.
Where else can you see Jeff bridges fighting Jeff bridges on a bridge?
Good point on the Bridges Bridges bridge fight, MajorMajormajormajor.
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I like the Reconfigured version better with Glitch Mob and others.
Lord of the Rings, imo. Nothing wrong with the movies but the soundtrack is just that good
Gonna have to say there’s no way I can separate the visuals from the music in LoTR. I would never answer with this.
Hence the existence of the word “synergy”. LOTR is one of my all time favourite films exactly because the music matches the environment so well.
The synergy goes so far beyond the music & the visuals. Every person working on those films poured their hearts and souls into it; it had to be a childhood dream to be able to realize that world.
Yeah no doubt.
Fair enough, the visuals are also really top tier. IMO the most stunning parts are just where they filmed it (New Zealand?) tho, so I don’t see them as being quite as specific to these movies as the music is
Yeah, New Zealand really is a magical place. Pretty cool they had all those old civilizations to film in. They must have done a lot of work getting Minas Tirith camera-ready after all those years. And it was especially cool of them to hire an indigenous Balrog instead of just setting a Europpean actor on fire the way most movies do.
Lmao, that’s why I said the most stunning parts imo. The bits of the movies that make me stop and say “wow” are mostly just the mountain shots as the fellowship hikes and the green hills around the shire. Nothing against the rest of the visuals (like you mentioned, the cities were done really well), I’m just much more interested by nature personally
For me, the nature moments don’t have too many musical tie ins with the exceptions of the herogasm helicopter shot for the full fellowship theme shortly after leaving Rivendell.
When I listen to the soundtrack I see Minas Morgul, and Weathertop, and Khazad-Dhum, the Argonath, the caverns below Khazad-Dhum…
Pacific Rim (film series)
Harry Potter (film series)
Ahsoka (television series)
LotR: The Rings of Power (television series)
The Hobbit (film series)
Moana 2
Frozen 2
Arrival (2016)Pacific Rim (film series)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=p_ygvX0xarw&list=OLAK5uy_mzmiQMPs5TToMKbyVgXsTcMN9xqoukByo
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mG-jEslLk5g&list=OLAK5uy_kLSsdL0puPso-96ygd13pq9JV3V3avGsY
Harry Potter (film series)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=UuPb1J_RCJM&list=OLAK5uy_kM3OV5L7OwxtQ4iIsHL1Pq-jPSzGQOv1U
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8AU8IbwT_XM&list=OLAK5uy_mxoTUotWheVH9Co0j2tLVF_yKdNzXJ1sU
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kTvrtWm0XA8&list=OLAK5uy_meQHDhix948adCSH_rLATq_u9l0IBCEsE
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kL3ynj-gClw&list=OLAK5uy_m6K0GSdrSJFiAifwmKL7GdJqsaHAG5XmQ
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mDRURF2NRr8&list=OLAK5uy_myl2hCwITbioibvGilhE440-M84NtuL_A
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1qjYnzw6oJU&list=OLAK5uy_mN72JI9I6SnNMrEWdzGgVAsEWVrtcov8Y
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tLLhaXzE3Ho&list=OLAK5uy_mfGHVrEQuEcHUEBGK79KFDgwHyxoJWL0Y
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=PPogqE-0QBk&list=OLAK5uy_llH4gqvXxflM730YlPHTADNOIUo842pxc
Ahsoka (television series)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MM_mvrxxQYo&list=OLAK5uy_nJ2LhhNXYJCGEhCNOOVJylSzrRpEg84ok
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6IspcNMgID8&list=OLAK5uy_nPSJO6uXzOdfr0LNf4D1qtv2RfMI8AkKE
LotR: The Rings of Power (television series)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ckiomjKA44M&list=PLO6S2qKFLcloloUyYdfvXiCy6Yr0JRHrU
The Hobbit (film series)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dx-m96bmDE&list=OLAK5uy_kelsA6OHAycQ7XdZWAHD6rZP3bxQptPSw
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=V08382X4BxE&list=OLAK5uy_m8WW2Un4N7mg7xoj7Dnse8xsJQ9BchaMc
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GdGYZXgrPBo&list=OLAK5uy_mwcEjcBnQJ2q3jW2pXGYVeqSD54CjEkN8
Moana 2
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=9I2jlWpLzlM&list=OLAK5uy_lVLn7ffN4wDhIPHSPL72PlyAPssFMx3ZE
Frozen 2
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dpza2z4jmDk&list=OLAK5uy_l2t40nmEa6SdjLgKbs2bBu-rQl6tvqClw
Arrival (2016)
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZjJacozBc&list=OLAK5uy_nrrl_U-d9Wz644Xoj334GmDH1oiT86BEQ
Pacific Rim theme song lives rent free in my head. An amazing movie. Also came out around the time I started paying attention to directors so it’s my “first” Del Toro movie and I have watched everything he’s made since.
I don’t remember any of the music from Arrival so I guess it’s time for a rewatch.
Fun fact! Arrival used On the Nature of Daylight by Max Richter to such powerful effect that it cost them a shot at the Oscar for Best Original Score. The Academy determined that this non-original-to-the-film piece of music had too much of an emotional impact and would cloud judgement of the actual original score, so the film wasn’t nominated in the category.
(That song is so beautiful. It gets used all the time in media because it so perfectly encompasses the feeling of hope in the face of despair. It was one of the first songs I listened to after the 2024 US election to try to make myself less catatonic.)
Arrival, really? I rewatched that last week. It’s a great movie but the soundtrack is pretty much just BWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUAAA!!!
Let me introduce you to Inception Cat.
Lol thanks for that
Ahahahaha yeah I know what you mean, but I really value these… Ambient? Natural? Glottal? Weird stuff. 😛
And yes the movie is phenomenal.
LotR: The Rings of Power (television series)
TBF the sound track could have been a nail scratching a blackboard and it would still be better than the show.
The theme when Thrawn first appears gave me chills.
The Phantom Menace
The phantom menace is still probably the second best main-line star war second to empire strikes back.
I had the Star war jibblies with first Rey StarWar cycle but phantom menace has all the good of any starwar
“MeyChupaDeyWhulbuh SeyBulbah(saur)” said with all the gusto of a child never once chanced the opportunity to swear. 👌👌
Cannot echo this enough
Kor-ah, Mah-tah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah.
Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Yood-hah, Kor-ah.
Kor-ah, Syahd-ho. Rah-tah-mah, Daan-yah. Kor-ah, Kee-lah, Daan-yah. Nyo-hah, Kee-lah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Syahd-ho, Kee-la, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Kor-ah, Daa-nyah. Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah.
Kor-ah, Daa-nyah. Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Nyo-hah, Kee-lah, Kor-ah, Rah-tah-mah. Syahd-ho, Kee-la, Daan-yah, Rah-tah-mah.
Kor-ah!
Fragment of an old Welsh poem translated into Sanskrit–how could you miss? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_of_the_Fates
To copy felsiq’s comment, Sinners. The movie is phenomenal but the soundtrack? Holy moly.
Hmm. Idk about that one. For one thing, its a movie about music, or at least with music front and center so I think its hard to separate the two. But I thought the cinematography was beautiful and the action scenes were badass as well. And the story was great.
Spawn. The movie was laughably bad and I have banned it from my memory. However, the soundtrack is a collection of collaboration between metal bands and electronic artists and is really awesome.
Considering the other super hero movies we had at the time I thought it was ok. The HBO animated series is much better.
Came here hoping to see this! That’s the only soundtrack I keep on my phone. Dee Snider’s Strangeland also had a banger soundtrack for such a bad movie.
Dee Snider’s Strangeland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AA8eEULzcY&list=PLN3IXyARrKqPDmud2Cc2AXOwh_4DLT-nW
Note that this is not some sort of official soundtrack; rather, it’s apparently just a playlist of songs that appeared in the movie, uploaded by different users, which might mean that volume and encodings or maybe that versions are not consistent with those in the movie. I don’t see an official soundtrack on YouTube Music; one might never have been released.
hell yeah, seconded, Spawn soundtrack is full of bangers!
really a lot of 90’s movies had top-notch soundtracks, i will even go out on a heretical limb and say i liked the soundtrack for The Crow more than the movie.
Well the soundtrack is awesome. I love the movie very much as well though.
Another good 90s movie soundtrack is the one for Judgment Night. Same concept as the Spawn soundtrack, but with callaborations between hiphop and metal. I have not seen the movie though.
I haven’t even seen the movie, but the soundtrack is awesome (Judgement Night).
Ha I just listed that. The movie was OK. Might watch again looks like 34 on rotten tomato
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The Curtis Mayfield album for the movie ‘Super Fly’ made more money than the actual movie.
Thanks. Sill me, I should have added the link myself.
Tron: Ares. The movie would be vastly improved if the dialogue track went missing.
You mean, as a feature-length music video for Nine Inch Nails? I concur.
Yes, precisely. If you asked me in the 90s what I would think about present day Trent Resnor I would have probably called him a sellout but now I’m honestly just loving all the sweet jams he and Atticus Ross are putting out both as NIN and in their various movie soundtracks and scores.
Dazed and confused
Amelie. I like the movie too though.
Comptine d’un autre ete is absolutely beautiful.
