I think it depends on the definition of terrible. The first movie that sprang to mind when I read the question was Maximum Overdrive. A movie that I think most people consider pretty terrible although it’s always been a guilty pleasure of mine and I think the AC/DC soundtrack plays a huge part of that.
I think Watchmen probably qualifies here.
That was a decent movie imo. I know it’s subjective, but I thought people liked it.
But it wasn’t a bad movie. Maybe not the absolute peak of cinema, but it’s no where near “terrible”. They did a lot of things very right. Rorschach, for example, was absolutely perfect. Exactly like the graphic novel.
first Blade movie
Judgement Night. A decidedly milquetoast movie but holy shit that soundtrack was nothing but bangers.
Thank you for the recommendation.
Formative years memory activated. I must have had that soundtrack on repeat for months when it was released. Movie was awful.
Tron: Legacy
Best answer. Got motherfuckin Daft Punk for that movie. Have never rewatched the movie but listened to the soundtrack hundreds of times
Reconfigured version goes off, but the normal version is still so much better than the movie. I didnt hate the movie but I too haven’t rewatched it.
Great answer. I still like the beginning where he parachutes.
Boss baby
I really liked the sequel, Baby Driver, though.
Not sure if soundtrack === score here but I really enjoyed :
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Angels and Demons
Star Trek : Into Darkness
Mallrats. And the director’s commentary is good too.
I found Requiem for a dream boring and depressing but the main soundtrack is pretty good.
It’s SO boring.
St Elmo’s Fire. I only watched it because of the catchy “full eighties” title track and discovered that said title track totally outclassed the movie.
Drive.
Ryan Gosling plays the main character but is completely emotionless. It’s actually so bad it’s funny. The soundtrack is great though
Nightcall by Kavinsky is just so good
Is this another (real human) bean meme?
Tenacious D’s Pick of Destiny
I knew the soundtrack by heart before I ever stepped into the cinema so it was never gonna live up to the hype but goddamn.
The movie wasn’t terrible, just a regular stoner movie, but the soundstrack was indeed leagues better than the movie. It’s hard to match perfection though.
If tenacious D is perfection then I’ve been aspiring to all the wrong things. Dang
Godzilla (1998) soundtrack, with that Come With Me song by Puff Daddy, along with many other bangers.
More like it was Meh… Fireworks (Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?)
Kikujiro, 100%. Beautiful soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi so I blindly watched the movie with a friend. It made no sense (maybe cultural differences? lmao) and left us wondering “WTF” after the random child molestation scene which I think happened near the beginning. Maybe the movie is okay and we brought this upon ourselves by watching it with no context, but man, it was nothing like the music.
