Jenny Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 One of my favorite songs is "Iris" by the GooGoo Dolls, which was featured in the movie "City of Angels". I found the movie boring and predictable (besides the fact that I think Nick Cage looks like Droopy Dog)and the song's popularity definitely outlasted the movie. What movie that you didn't care for have a great soundtrack or theme/featured song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt_Acid Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Psycho. I guess you would call that a score. It's not that Psycho was a bad plot or anything, just the way Hitchcock chose to put things together, really gave the mininum suspense and fright, when it had so much more potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 One of my favorite songs is "Iris" by the GooGoo Dolls, which was featured in the movie "City of Angels". I found the movie boring and predictable (besides the fact that I think Nick Cage looks like Droopy Dog)and the song's popularity definitely outlasted the movie. Jenny, you are so right about that song. I must confess that I am a huge Goo Goo Dolls fan. That movie was a steaming pile of excrement. John Rzeznik conveyed all that emotion in a 3 minute song what that 2 hour movie couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Endymion Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 "13 Going On 30" (I recently had the questionable pleasure of seeing it), has a pretty good 70's/80's soundtrack (and Billy Joel's "Vienna" is played in full around the middle of the movie). Stephen King's movies (even the low budget ones which are FAR below his books) usually have good soundtracks, e.g. "The Stand". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 Stephen King's movies (even the low budget ones which are FAR below his books) usually have good soundtracks, e.g. "The Stand". Endymion, you hit that right on the head. I love King, but he needs to stay out of the movie business. He does like good old rock & roll, and that is refreshing to hear in his movies. And of course anyone who can inspire the Ramones to write a song for his movie is a genius! "I don't wanna be buried in a pet sematary I don't want to live my life again..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addictedtoclassic Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 Anyone ever see The Nightmare Before Christmas? The movie was not that good, but the music was fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 She's the one...pathetic teen movie - awesome soundtrack starring only Tom Petty and The heartbreakers :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_jr_ Posted October 29, 2004 Report Share Posted October 29, 2004 By the same token, some movies can be made to seem better than they truly are because of a good soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXX Posted October 30, 2004 Report Share Posted October 30, 2004 Hehe. Bernard Herrmann made a similar comment, but, then, he usually worked on film scores for fairly reputable films Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzcat Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Speaking of Bernard Hermann Pirates of the Carribean was fairly lame but the soundtrack was reminicsent of the stuff he did for the old time swashbucklers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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