# Bad movie: great soundtrack **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885 "2014-01-27T21:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/81 "2015-10-21T23:59:51Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I was absolutely obsessed with _The Crow_ when it came out. I thought it was such an amazing movie. I lived on that soundtrack, man! > > I bought the Blu Ray a year or so ago and watched it. Holy cow what an awful movie! DAMN! > > Soundtrack still kicks my ass, though. I’ll have to check out the others now, too. At the time, I had a pen pal whose tween daughter was the same way. The thing I most remember is that her daughter had spent almost $100 just on trading cards associated with the movie. Never saw it myself. I was also going to mention “Xanadu” and “The Last American Virgin”. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/82 "2015-10-22T01:55:54Z")
_Transformers: The Movie_ (the 1986 animated one) is a crap movie by any objective standard, but has a kickin’ 80s soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/83 "2015-10-22T14:20:28Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Star Trek: The Motion Picture Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/84 "2015-10-22T16:06:33Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Mondo Cane** – exploitation “documentary” from 1962. Never been on TV, cable, and I’ve never seen a video on sale (so I’ve never seen the film), but the theme song “More” was playing everywhere in the early 1960s, and was nominated for an Academy Award. > > [More (Theme from Mondo Cane) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(Theme_from_Mondo_Cane)) > > Some people apparently liked the film, since it was nominated for two foreign awards, including the Palm d"Or at Cannes. But it lost both times. > > [Mondo Cane - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo_Cane) “Mondo Cane”, parts 1 and 2 both, are available on Netflix. Your post prompted me to bump them a little higher, so I guess I’ll find out how bad they are. 😛 There was an atrocious early 1970s teen-oriented movie called “Friends” that used to air on Lifetime when that was a brand-new channel. It also had a terrific soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/85 "2015-10-22T16:16:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Mondo Cane** – exploitation “documentary” from 1962. Never been on TV, cable, and I’ve never seen a video on sale (so I’ve never seen the film), but the theme song “More” was playing everywhere in the early 1960s, and was nominated for an Academy Award. > > [More (Theme from Mondo Cane) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_(Theme_from_Mondo_Cane)) I never had any idea what that movie was about, but “More” was my parents’ “song,” so I heard it a lot of times around our house (and even learned to play it on our electric organ when I was a kid). Now that they’re both gone, on the rare occasions I hear it I get a little sad. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/86 "2015-10-22T21:53:19Z")
My vote goes to Batman Forever. Barely passable movie, but a great soundtrack. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me. The Passenger. Kissed by a Rose. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game. There is a Light. Bad Days. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/87 "2015-10-22T22:53:32Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > _Transformers: The Movie_ (the 1986 animated one) is a crap movie by any objective standard, but has a kickin’ 80s soundtrack. It’s better than any of the Michael Bay joints, and for a kids movie made to sell toys standards it’s pretty top tier. While I disagree the movies are bad, I don’t think anyone can say the sountracks to Star Wars Eps 1-3 are anything but more John Williams brilliance. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/88 "2015-10-22T23:51:21Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > **Absolute Beginners** My nomination. Between remembering the advance hype and having, once upon a time, read _My Indecision Is Final_, I’ll still automatically give it another go whenever I come across it on television. Perhaps once a decade or so. It surely really can’t be as bad as I remember. It always is. Weirdly, even moments that I remember as being quite good from earlier viewings always turn out to be false memories. Yet that Bowie title song … ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/89 "2015-10-23T03:38:25Z")
I really liked the soundtrack to **I \<3 Huckabee’s**. It had a sort of hipster, indy sound to it, a type of music I don’t normally enjoy, but it was still excellent. The movie was complete slug shit. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/90 "2015-10-23T17:17:02Z")
I first thought of _Barry Lyndon_, which I agree was more of a score than a “soundtrack.” However, I loved listening to it, but in my mind it was a dumb movie (Sorry Stanley Kramer). No one has mentioned (at least that I saw) _Don’t Stop the Music_ Definitely a foul movie and granted the music was the tackiest of disco, but it was fun. Also the music was a rehash of absolutely every Village People album ever…but it was fun. Also _Darling Lili_ staring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson is a good example of this thread. Everyone agreed the movie was painful but if you liked the music of the WWI era, it is quite good. OK…one more and probably not a “bad” movie, but it was well outpaced by it’s soundtrack. _Thoroughly Modern Millie_. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/91 "2015-10-23T17:55:40Z")
> [@Beelzebubba](#): > > XANADU- the soundtrack was the only good thing about it! \*Xanadu \*has the distinction of having the only Olivia Newton-John songs I can tolerate. Never saw the movie, never want to. I don’t want to ruin the soundtrack. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/92 "2015-10-23T20:51:14Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > The original “Casino Royale”. Too many writers and directors, but the score/soundtrack by Burt Bacharach and Herb Alpert is the essence of groovy. Oscar nominated, no less. Casino Royale is my go to answer for this type of question. ---
**Author:** ![parsnip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parsnip/32/4564_2.png) [@parsnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parsnip)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/93 "2015-10-24T15:59:51Z")
Hot Tub Time Machine is 1986 pop encapsulated. > **[Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) - Soundtracks - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231587/soundtrack/)** > > Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) - Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... The Shep Pettibone Bizarre Love Triangle remix is my dog’s favorite song. 6 minutes of being chased around the back yard totally makes her day. > **[iTunes](https://www.apple.com/itunes/?id=359746323)** > > The latest macOS offers the world’s best way to play — and add to — your collection of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, and more. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/94 "2015-10-24T17:40:10Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > The Party Animal > > Really, really bad movie. Soundtrack features Buzzcocks, Untouchables and others. Great stuff. > > [The Party Animal - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Party_Animal) That reminds me of [Rock ‘n’ Roll High School](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079813/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2), which probably qualifies for the thread. I can’t say for sure, though, as I haven’t seen it in decades but I do remember it being terrible. ---
**Author:** ![CGav8r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@CGav8r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CGav8r)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/95 "2015-10-25T13:53:12Z")
> [@Beelzebubba](#): > > XANADU- the soundtrack was the only good thing about it! “In XANADU, did Newton-John, a disco roller rink decree…” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/96 "2015-10-25T16:48:41Z")
> [@CGav8r](#): > > “In XANADU, did Newton-John, a disco roller rink decree…” “…Where Gene, the Sacred Hooffer ran Through sound sets measureless to Man Down to an unforgiving sea.” ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/97 "2015-10-29T08:57:44Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > \*Xanadu \*has the distinction of having the only Olivia Newton-John songs I can tolerate. > > Never saw the movie, never want to. I don’t want to ruin the soundtrack. 😉 I’m a sucker for the old Olivia stuff, especially from the mid-late 70s (even though I wasn’t born until 1975). ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/98 "2015-10-29T15:34:05Z")
[Spawn](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120177/) was a very dumb movie, but the soundtrack is a great collection of 90’s electronica. The Crystal Method/Filter collaboration “Trip Like I Do” is one of my all time top 5 songs. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/99 "2015-10-29T15:41:29Z")
_Manos: The Hands of Fate_. The soundtrack is the best thing about the movie. Especially the end credits theme Forgetting You. It’s quite haunting. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885/100 "2015-12-11T04:27:16Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > “Mondo Cane”, parts 1 and 2 both, are available on Netflix. Your post prompted me to bump them a little higher, so I guess I’ll find out how bad they are. 😛 > > There was an atrocious early 1970s teen-oriented movie called “Friends” that used to air on Lifetime when that was a brand-new channel. It also had a terrific soundtrack. I watched Part 1 tonight. That could best be described as “National Geographic on acid”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-great-soundtrack/679885.md?page=6)