# Crummy movies with good soundtracks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871 "2011-11-14T05:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/21 "2011-11-14T19:04:12Z")
The movie Garden State was a snooze but the sound track was good. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/22 "2011-11-14T19:08:20Z")
**Young Einstein** - crap one joke movie, but a lot of great Aussie 80s bands on the soundtrack - Mental As Anything, Paul Kelly, The Models. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/23 "2011-11-14T19:17:08Z")
(I’m ashamed to say that I’ve watched this movie) Daddy Day Care It is exactly as bad as you’d think it would be. But they gathered a nice collection of songs to play in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/24 "2011-11-14T19:22:33Z")
**The Fountain** was a mess of a movie, but I still listen to the score sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/25 "2011-11-14T19:33:13Z")
Pretty much the perfect example of this is **Purple Rain**. To quote the esteemed Fox Mulder: > [@](#): > > Great soundtrack. Deeply flawed movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/26 "2011-11-14T20:00:23Z")
Debatable quality of movies, but two of my favorites because of the soundtracks: Summer of Sam and Boogie Nights Also, IMO, any Tarantino movie is redeemable because of the soundtracks. He is brilliant at that, even if you debate any of his other directing skills. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/27 "2011-11-14T20:09:33Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Also, “Sorcerer” a remake of “The Wages of Fear,” also not so popular and for good reason, had a great soundtrack by Weather Report. 😕 You mean Tangerine Dream. Very different band! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/28 "2011-11-14T20:25:16Z")
Bio Dome is awful, but its soundtrack is full of 80s goodness. Dream a Little Dream is a total mess, but it has a good mashup of stuff on the soundtrack, including Mel Torme! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/29 "2011-11-14T20:25:27Z")
_ **I Am Sam** _ (in which Sean Penn goes full retard) has a great soundtrack of Beatles covers. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/30 "2011-11-14T20:51:52Z")
Judgement Night > **[Amazon.com: Judgment Night: CDs & Vinyl](https://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Night-Various-Artists/dp/B00000297O)** > > Amazon.com: Judgment Night: CDs & Vinyl Was a landmark soundtrack for my uber-white suburban friends when we were in high school. Empire Records > **[Amazon.com: Empire Records: The Soundtrack: CDs & Vinyl](https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Records-Soundtrack-Various-Artists/dp/B000002G3W)** > > Amazon.com: Empire Records: The Soundtrack: CDs & Vinyl Is another disk with lots of eighties goodness ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/31 "2011-11-14T20:57:59Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > 😕 You mean Tangerine Dream. Very different band! You’re right, it was Tangerine Dream. Got a brain blip there. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/32 "2011-11-14T21:11:00Z")
I wouldn’t say “Practical Magic” is exactly a crummy movie; it’s a charming enough piece of fluff with mostly good performances of a weak script. But the soundtrack is outstanding, with music by Nick Drake, Nilsson, Joni Mitchell, and others, and capped of with [“If You Ever Did Believe”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ewqAQhiyo) by Stevie Nicks, which I think is the best closing credit song since George Harrison’s “Dream Away.” ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/33 "2011-11-14T21:13:52Z")
1942, the early Stephen Spielberg movie, is usually considered pretty bad, but I like the John Williams soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/34 "2011-11-14T21:14:06Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Some people don’t like **Joe vs the Volcano** (I loved it), but the soundtrack is one of the best I’ve ever heard. Includes the Elvis version of Blue Moon, which is pure musical heaven. Good call. Eric Burdon growling out “Sixteen Tons” is the best version I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/35 "2011-11-14T21:29:22Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Good call. Eric Burdon growling out “Sixteen Tons” is the best version I’ve ever heard. I prefer the Stan Ridgway version, much grittier. But not available on Youtube due to RIAA shit. It is available on Itunes though. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/36 "2011-11-14T21:33:56Z")
_Jack Frost_ starring Michael Keaton. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/37 "2011-11-14T21:36:13Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > You’re right, it was Tangerine Dream. Got a brain blip there. Speaking of Tangerine Dream, they made the pretty awful self-indulgent Michael Mann dudefest **Thief** very watchable. Another good one is **Blow** , a really average movie with a great [soundtrack](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027/soundtrack). And I can’t imagine anyone thinking **Boogie Nights** was anything other than a great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/38 "2011-11-14T23:30:40Z")
Saw the movie _The Piano_, and hated, hated, hated it. Michael Nyman’s score, though, was gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/39 "2011-11-15T00:29:58Z")
“Dances With Wolves”-terrible movie, excellent score. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871/40 "2011-11-15T00:37:03Z")
Sliver, Girl 6, Natual Born Killers, Batman Returns,The Crow…awesome soundtracks, questionable movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crummy-movies-with-good-soundtracks/602871.md?page=3)