Bad Company

Star wars

Pirates of the Caribbean. The plot, characters, actors, and effects are fine enough. Specifically the plot is bland; it’s deliberately a hodgepodge of everything piratey tossed into a blender. Johnny Depp’s performance is excellent, but more because it feels the script was shaped around his eccentric dude persona rather than them stretching their skills. None of this makes the film bad just mediocre.

… but the score is a masterpiece. Instantly iconic, filled with layered motifs, carries the sense of adventure and perfectly shapes the mood of each scene. Both catchy enough to become an earworm, but orchestral and textured enough that it’s not unwelcome as one.

I know I’m putting forward a series but Blood of Zeus has one of the best soundtrack work I’ve heard. It feels epic, thematic and is actually tailored to each scene and the characters in it.

It’s like Peter and the Wolf on steroids turned into a proper composed orchestra set in Greek mythology on every episode. Writing and voice acting is good enough but the show becomes one of my favorites because of the music.

Disgusting lack of Space Jam in this thread. For a kids movie, the artists on the soundtrack were not fucking around

Batman Forever and the X-Files Movie Soundtrack.

Love me some scores, but these were both rock solid soundtracks.

Super Mario Bros.

Suckerpunch

A great movie with an even greater soundtrack:

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. All of the TOS movies have great soundtracks, but The Voyage Home’s score stands out among them. Just that title track, that plays over a flat shot of the fore credits over a starry sky, is this high energy, multi-movement overture that’s more exciting than all Star Trek media made after 2008. We used to have potential as a species.

A shit movie with a legitimately good soundtrack:

Flashdance, of 1983. To quote Todd In The Shadows, “What most people remember about that movie is water, then Maniac right after that, and then about six hours of boring, and then What A Feeling.”

The Crow

Put in my vote for _Flash Gordon _. Now, look, I love the movie, but the Queen album that goes with it is incredible.

My parents bought this on CD in the 90s, and I loved listening to it. Watched the movie recently, and was very disappointed.

Forrest Gump. The movie is exceptional. The soundtrack tho…

Flashdance!

• Braveheart
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• The Book of Eli
• Lost Highway

And probably Purple Rain, but I’ve never seen the movie.