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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Tron, any of them. Would hesitate to even call them mediocre though lol

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a game for the SNES called Act Raiser, I think it was by Quintet or Taito or Square, one of those. You play Actual God taking back the world from Probably Satan, you do this partly in a side scrolling platforming combat style, and partially in an overhead city building style. Surprisingly good soundtrack for a game as weird as it is.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Actraiser is one of my all time favorite games; I replay it every couple of years.

The combination of Sim & Platformer always kind of apealed to me because I play a variety of genres and weird combos like that are always interesting.

Actraiser 2 dropped the city building and I lost interest.

[–] dingleberrylover@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Turok 2 for GBC. Mediocre game, but man, the OST is a banger.

[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 76 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.

(I personally love the movie and rewatch it every couple years but it didn't do well, IIRC.)

I murdered a lot of reapas in Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer to some of those songs.

[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

| Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.

The last real Daft Punk release.

[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.

The movie was OK, but I vastly prefer the original. It has a certain 80s "Gee whiz aren't these newfangled computers the greatest" feeling that you just can't recapture.

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

A Rose in the Twilight. Pretty unexciting and quiet puzzle platformer with a main character that’s slow and hard to control and dies easily.

Then past the main credits, it pulls out a secret final boss fight with this banger.

[–] LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has an awesome soundtrack.

The movie itself, has aged towards somewhere between mediocre and good.

[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Oh I still like that movie

[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 10 points 3 days ago

We are Sex Bob-Omb and we're here to make You think about death and get sad and stuff

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The TV show Suits has a great soundtrack, but I’d argue that it’s not mediocre though.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been trying to get into that because I crave juicy legal stuff. Bit tired of the supergenius-assholes trope we see in Sherlock, though, and it seems like Mike is a super genius and his boss Harvey is a genius asshole. Yes I let YouTube shorts dictate what new shows I delve into ✋😔

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It’s not a super-genius thing, it’s a perfect memory of thing’s he has read and the super memory trope is rarely used in the show. So you’re safe. Even when it is used, it’s somewhat explained well.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, looking forward to having a new show to binge then! Thank you

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[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The fountain (2006). The soundtrack was partially produced by the band Mogwai.

[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You thought it was mediocre? Man, that's one of my favorite movies.

Same. Did you know that all the nebulas and other space stuff, pretty much all the cgi, is not cgi? It's images of things taken through a microscope. The bubble around the tree for example is a single cell. So cool.

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I think without the score it would be mediocre. The music is why I love the movie so much.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If Spawn counts as a mediocre movie with good music, then you'd think Flash Gordon would be in the same category. But I don't think either of those movies are mediocre.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

I mean, cool, I fucking loved it, but let's be real that outside of John leguizamo, the performances were mid. And it had almost no lasting impact. It's just kind of an "oh yeah that was a movie wasn't it" mid 90s comic book schlock.

But that album was like, actually peak 90s metal/ hardcore.

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[–] chunes@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Imagine slotting

into your SNES in 1993 and hearing THIS. The game kinda sucks but the music keeps you going.

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[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oasis of fear, sexploitation movie, not very good, but cool scenery, the song weirdly slaps and is sung multiple times in the movie in different genres, I was shazaming the song couldn't find it and found out it was sung by the actor for the movie. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9g08tc

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[–] mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

How has nobody said 2006 RuneScape?

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Movies

  • Sucker Punch
  • Transformer 2 and beyond. The movies were shit but the score was top notch
  • Blue Hawaii

Tv Shows

  • The Book Of Bobba Fett
  • Star Trek Enterprise
[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Star Trek Enterprise

Not again! I refuse to let that get stuck in my head for a week. I REFUSE! runs away screaming

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[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago (5 children)
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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Lord of the Rings: Vol I for SNES. The game is worse than mediocre. It’s utter trash. I remain convinced they blew the budget on the soundtrack! It does a lot of things you really don’t hear that often on the SNES! Amazing!

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Huniepop is a porn game with the barest of stories between the titties, juvenile humor, and honestly the porn itself is just so-so. This is all wrapped around what is admittedly a pretty good match 3 puzzle game, but the soundtrack! For chill atmospheric music, that shit is fucking incredible.

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 14 points 3 days ago (14 children)

I want to mention like three different games, but for each one someone would rightfully come after me for saying the game itself is mediocre. So I'll just say I personally love these games, but I see with pretty clear eyes that aspects of them haven't stood the test of time.

Mirror's Edge, The Neverhood, and Yuri's Revenge all have amazing soundtracks.

And after that disclaimer if you still try to pick a fight about how they're not mediocre games, I'm going to also pretend I'm fighting the person who called them mediocre and then crawl out of our cartoon fight cloud.

[–] marquisalex@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Terry Scott Taylor has an incredibly deep back catalogue on his Bandcamp page - some pretty middle of the road, and some totally weird, worth having a rummage and seeing what you get... For those who don't want to play lucky dip, there's the full soundtrack to Neverhood, plus a couple of related albums (Songs from the Neverhood Vol 2 which was the platformer sequel, and Return to the Neverhood - which was released as a companion to the graphic novel).

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

I was honestly remiss in not mentioning him, his bandcamp is a treasure trove.

[–] sleepdrifter@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

Just started another playthrough of catalyst after 5 years, absolutely serene soundtrack. Sure the game has issues but it's for sure one of my favorites

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I really like the tunes in Pacific Rim. Mediocre acting, decent action.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The ‘80s Conan the Barbarian film with Arnie.

Utterly awesome soundtrack by Basil Poledouris.

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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Lazarus, it was an anime written by the same guy that made Cowboy Bepop. It was alright, but they hired Bonobo to do the soundtrack for it and it's just amazing...

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean I'm seeing a lot of Tron legacy, but Tron Ares has a fantastic soundtrack and I'm in no rush to actually watch the film

I'd pay money for someone to deepfake jared leto out of it.

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