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The Wing Commander movie by Chris Roberts (yeah, of Star Citizen scam artist fame).
It's loosely based on his older Wing Commander games, and I think he funded it with some of the money Microsoft gave him to develop Freelancer.
It's a deeply mediocre movie, but the soundtrack, in particular the main theme, was pretty darn good.
All Disney star wars movies
Cloud Atlas
Oblivion
The movie itself is a boring holywood scifi (not actually bad, tho).
The soundtrack is a masterpiece by M83.
Was Last Action Hero good? I never saw it, but the soundtrack is loaded with 90s music.
Cool World
The Da Vinci Code
Sleepless in Seattle
Tarzan
1492: Conquest of Paradise. Very few people remember the movie (I still do and rewatch it regularly), but the soundtrack by Vangelis is an absolute banger.
In general, his soundtracks tend to be better than the movies. Alexander is another great example. Chariots of Fire and Bounty are fine movies, but still greatly enhanced by his soundtracks. Perhaps the only movie that stood on its own against a soundtrack by Vangelis was Blade Runner.
Yeah, I definitely like Vangelis stuff myself.
1492: Conquest of Paradise
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=UfHx0_z3bD8&list=OLAK5uy_kOfOjm87WdODYRYnphcPF3A3XI64jK5J4
Chariots of Fire
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-HfNE3EIo&list=OLAK5uy_lkHoq84JxhDV9-7EHWX48-f0zUxdyFizY
Bounty
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=kKI3ZoWiYBk&list=PLy5kryT0xrJMuOJ-hun3UHGDls50vvei0
Blade Runner
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=smpTDkLCYb0&list=OLAK5uy_neLURwHRNsWnZouMq5K_vGitaXhlKEr4g
Perhaps the only movie that stood on its own against a soundtrack by Vangelis was Blade Runner.
Yeah. Though...man, I really like Blade Runner's music, too.
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.
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?!
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.
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 am super proud to be late to the party and still have one useful submission: Flash Gordon, the 1980 hot mess that George Lucas passed on to make Star Wars.
The soundtrack is not the finest work by Queen, but is worth a tenth re-listen nonetheless.
Flash! Aah ahh!
King of the Impossible!
A Kind of Magic! I mean it's not really the soundtrack to Highlander, but it kinda is and it rocks
hot mess
Oi! Take that back!
Interstellar
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.
Queen of the Damned was an abysmal movie with a surpassing solid soundtrack with some of the biggest names in music at the time collaborating.
Jonathan Davis of Korn wrote half the songs and sang in the movie, but his record contract stated that he couldn't appear on an album put out by another label, so the solution was to bring in guest artists to sing instead. Chester Bennington from Linkin Park, Wayne Static from Static-X, David Draiman from Disturbed, and Jay Gordon from Orgy. If you were a nuMetal fan back then, this was an all-star lineup.
Also, honorable mention to Batman & Robin for being absolute dogshit but having one of the Smashing Pumpkins' best songs on it.
Scott Pilgrim vs the World each track is shear awesomeness (...and the movie is not bad either).
If you look into the details of the special (not visual!) effects the movie is even more awesome!
Have to disagree. The movie is awesome, lots of lines to quote, lots of visual gags. It (and the comic) were formative for me and it's one of the few movies that I feel really understands the millennial gamer nerd culture. And of course the music is great, but I couldn't agree with better.
I'll concede that labeling it as "not bad" was too harsh/critical.
When the movie was released, the movie, the plot, the soundtrack, the special effects - were fantastic.
You're absolutely right, it did a fantastic job of capturing "nerd culture" for that time.
It's not that I feel the movie aged badly, but it's not as "unique" or relevant as it was in 2010. Other films have picked apart pieces of what made SPvW such a unique experience (for example: Free Guy).
Additionally, the current "nerd culture" has changed. You'll be hard pressed to find younger gamers play pixel graphic games (although, they are missing out).
Certainly, not all topics are outdated (ie: LGBTQ), but enough of is.
The film is a perfect nerdy time capsule for 2010, but the soundtrack with that dirty grunge sound will be around for a lot longer.
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Hackers. The movie is great, the soundtrack is greater.
Frozen.
"Let It Go" is a banger and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise.
Arcane, although the songs are placed perfectly with each scene so maybe not better but I still listen to it all the time
