# When Poor Films Have Great Scores

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 25, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-poor-films-have-great-scores/702414 "2014-10-25T02:24:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-poor-films-have-great-scores/702414/21 "2014-10-25T19:12:27Z")

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In doing my classic movie reviews I came across a surprising one: _[Robot Monster](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7wUF0lKLQ3s&ei=3PVLVJ7jJIayyASI6ICgCg&usg=AFQjCNGqmlaPrHCW08kL1_MeIodwm44LYg&sig2=cmQvq81e0870O3-hQhj7EA&bvm=bv.77880786,d.aWw)_, which has an Elmer Bernstein score, which is actually pretty good. At least compared to the movie, it is.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-poor-films-have-great-scores/702414/22 "2014-10-25T19:23:45Z")

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_Star Crash_ had a score by John Barry, well up to his usual standard. (My understanding is that the director sucker-played Barry and Christopher Plummer by assuring each of them that the other was in the movie, indicating quality and serious intent.)

It’s a slider, but \*Reanimator \*has a score by Richard Band that is widely dismissed as a ripoff of “Psycho” - but I liked the title track so much I went and found the soundtrack LP.

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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-poor-films-have-great-scores/702414/23 "2014-10-25T21:18:06Z")

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Last of the Mohicans. I enjoyed the movie (many didn’t) but loved the soundtrack. Downloaded it, but some of the music in the movie was not present.

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