You could splice that into a custom mix playlist.
Science fiction movies that did not do well but had really great soundtracks.
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Children of Dune (Syfy network) didn't do very well, but I would hold its soundtack up to any of the movies, Lynch or the new ones. It's so good it's been recycled and people who never even heard of the miniseries have heard the music. Also has the only pop song ever written in Fremen.
Dark City - budget $27 million. Box Office $27.7 million.
Great soundtrack - especially the Diector's Cut, which restores Jennifer Connolly singing, which was dubbed in the theatrical cut.
Great soundtrack - especially the Diector's Cut, which restores Jennifer Connolly singing, which was dubbed in the theatrical cut.
Totally agree on the soundtrack with this one.
Not sure if I would call Inama Nushif a pop song...
Meatloaf: "...Opportunity bless my Soul!..."
Audience In The Movie Theatre (Midnight Showing): "...SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL!!!..."
"Hot patootie, bless my soul..."
"...SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL!!!..."
There was a theater in Portland, OR that showed it every weekend when I was there 10 years ago.
They gave themselves over to absolute pleasure and sins of the flesh.
From filmtracks.com...
Outland was a rare sci-fi gem with a brilliant Goldsmith score. His fantasy film scores were in a masterful class by themselves.
Strong score and underrated film.
OHMSS was successful, and yes, it had a good, arguably great score. Easily one of the best Bond scores to date.
Bicentennial Man was a box office bomb but had a lovely soundtrack by James Horner. One can forget about the Celine Dion thing, if one chooses to.
The downside is that Paula West's beautiful cover of The Very Thought of You didn't even get a credit and was left off the soundtrack. I'm not sure why, since it was part of one of the most pivotal scenes and she's even singing it live in the scene.
The downside is that Paula West's beautiful cover of The Very Thought of You didn't even get a credit and was left off the soundtrack. I'm not sure why, since it was part of one of the most pivotal scenes and she's even singing it live in the scene.
Crappy science fiction movie called Prisoners of the Lost Universe.
The original score was by Harry Robertson.
Normally you could say it was just a pay check, but, sadly, the original story and screenplay are credited to him, so he wrote this garbage.
Suite of scoring. Check out that opening cue!
The original score was by Harry Robertson.
Normally you could say it was just a pay check, but, sadly, the original story and screenplay are credited to him, so he wrote this garbage.
Suite of scoring. Check out that opening cue!
Lost in Space (1998) had an amazing Bruce Brougton score
Starcrash - John Barry was too good for that movie
Masters of the Universe - Bill Conti's music is to die for
Metalstorm: The Destruction Of Jared-Syn - Richard Band's best work
Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone - Elmer Bernstein made lovely music here
Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith letting us know what his Superman theme might have sounded like
Alien³ - Everyone hates this movie but me (and it did well at the box office so it may not quality). Having said that, Elliot Goldenthall did incredible work here.
RoboCop 3 - underrated score by Basil Polidouris
Same with Starship Troopers, a criminally underappreciated film with a killer score
Waterworld - James Newton Howard at his best
Does King Kong Lives count? Easily my favorite John Scott score.
While we're talking about Scott, The Final Countdown is really nice too.
Trying to focus on films not already named and it's easy since a TON of SF films tank at the box office but have great scores.
Starcrash - John Barry was too good for that movie
Masters of the Universe - Bill Conti's music is to die for
Metalstorm: The Destruction Of Jared-Syn - Richard Band's best work
Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone - Elmer Bernstein made lovely music here
Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith letting us know what his Superman theme might have sounded like
Alien³ - Everyone hates this movie but me (and it did well at the box office so it may not quality). Having said that, Elliot Goldenthall did incredible work here.
RoboCop 3 - underrated score by Basil Polidouris
Same with Starship Troopers, a criminally underappreciated film with a killer score
Waterworld - James Newton Howard at his best
Does King Kong Lives count? Easily my favorite John Scott score.
While we're talking about Scott, The Final Countdown is really nice too.
Trying to focus on films not already named and it's easy since a TON of SF films tank at the box office but have great scores.
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Uh...how could there be a LOTR movie 14 years before it was published?
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