What mediocre game, show, or movie has an incredible soundtrack?

6 months ago by chunes to c/asklemmy

Dalacos 77 points 6 months ago

Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.

(I personally love the movie and rewatch it every couple years but it didn't do well, IIRC.)

I murdered a lot of reapas in Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer to some of those songs.

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tordenflesk 17 points 6 months ago

| Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.

The last real Daft Punk release.

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early_riser 12 points 6 months ago

Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.

The movie was OK, but I vastly prefer the original. It has a certain 80s "Gee whiz aren't these newfangled computers the greatest" feeling that you just can't recapture.

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Dalacos 4 points 6 months ago

Weirdest Sheridan and Londo fanfic I've ever seen. ๐Ÿ‘

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tal 1 point 6 months ago path: 0 21122007 21123444 21123505, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
tal 5 points 6 months ago path: 0 21122007 21122830, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 2
Dalacos 5 points 6 months ago

Rinzler's my fav, tiny gods it's still so good. Thanks for the share.

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pugnaciousfarter 3 points 6 months ago

End of line ๐ŸคŒ

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NigelFrobisher 4 points 6 months ago

True, the soundtrack single handedly elevates it - thereโ€™s not much without that.

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pilferjinx 28 points 6 months ago

The fountain (2006). The soundtrack was partially produced by the band Mogwai.

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BarbudoGrande 5 points 6 months ago

Love the movie and love Clint Mansell scores. Didn't know about Mogwai and that's dope! Only just recently discovered them.

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triptrapper 4 points 6 months ago

You thought it was mediocre? Man, that's one of my favorite movies.

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MutilationWave 2 points 6 months ago

Same. Did you know that all the nebulas and other space stuff, pretty much all the cgi, is not cgi? It's images of things taken through a microscope. The bubble around the tree for example is a single cell. So cool.

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pilferjinx 2 points 6 months ago

I think without the score it would be mediocre. The music is why I love the movie so much.

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TropicalDingdong 25 points 6 months ago

Spawn movie.

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logicbomb 13 points 6 months ago

If Spawn counts as a mediocre movie with good music, then you'd think Flash Gordon would be in the same category. But I don't think either of those movies are mediocre.

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TropicalDingdong 20 points 6 months ago

I mean, cool, I fucking loved it, but let's be real that outside of John leguizamo, the performances were mid. And it had almost no lasting impact. It's just kind of an "oh yeah that was a movie wasn't it" mid 90s comic book schlock.

But that album was like, actually peak 90s metal/ hardcore.

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logicbomb 6 points 6 months ago

I might have a strange definition of mediocre, but basically, I think that if I had seen the movie once, and then I decide it's worth watching again, then somehow it must not be mediocre. I've seen Spawn several times.

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Dalacos 6 points 6 months ago

I think "mediocre" in this context would be mediocre to most people. Rather than you specifically. At least, that's why I added some brackets explaining my Tron: Legacy answer in this post. (I personally don't think it's mediocre but imagine most did.)

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tal 3 points 6 months ago path: 0 21122543 21122841, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
user1234 24 points 6 months ago

Tron: legacy

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HobbitFoot 3 points 6 months ago

and Tron: Ares

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user1234 3 points 6 months ago

Haven't listened to that one yet. I'll have to check it out.

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chunes 21 points 6 months ago

Imagine slotting

into your SNES in 1993 and hearing THIS. The game kinda sucks but the music keeps you going.

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Infernal_pizza 3 points 6 months ago

I've never played mystic quest but I heard that song in Super Mario Bros Crossover!

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LedgeDrop 17 points 6 months ago path: 0 21128134, hotness: undefined, score: 17, children: 2
ComfortableRaspberry 10 points 6 months ago

We are Sex Bob-Omb and we're here to make You think about death and get sad and stuff

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TheMinister 4 points 6 months ago

Oh I still like that movie

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IWW4 16 points 6 months ago

Movies

  • Sucker Punch
  • Transformer 2 and beyond. The movies were shit but the score was top notch
  • Blue Hawaii

Tv Shows

  • The Book Of Bobba Fett
  • Star Trek Enterprise
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Dalacos 10 points 6 months ago

Star Trek Enterprise

Not again! I refuse to let that get stuck in my head for a week. I REFUSE! runs away screaming

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UnpledgedCatnapTipper 8 points 6 months ago

It's been a long road...

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Dalacos 6 points 6 months ago

If karma truly exists you're going to get it stuck in your head longer than I will.

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njm1314 5 points 6 months ago

Sucker Punch arguably would have been a better film if they went full Daft Punk and didn't bother with actual dialogue.

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tal 5 points 6 months ago

Sucker Punch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZyCKVMzrX4&list=PLE0FA3E5E02103254

Transformer 2 and beyond.

Playlist is of all Transformers movie soundtracks, but this link will start at Transformers 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJNmOd3tWB0&list=PLKsSQjMAbBxjWkTmuCQb9rAiQEEmso4em&index=20

Blue Hawaii

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m-T4tarPy4&list=PLvDaQTRzMiRoM6RfTOasp2BOxwzrYkf-9

The Book Of Bobba Fett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJVuM-g9Gc8&list=PLuSPz2swq5PEF_6w4nLiwYbbISibLyKER

Star Trek Enterprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdFp_ifToHU&list=PLtFDQ-QrwVZ3LdIL0fhcoInmVsUbFXpeE

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yakko 15 points 6 months ago

I want to mention like three different games, but for each one someone would rightfully come after me for saying the game itself is mediocre. So I'll just say I personally love these games, but I see with pretty clear eyes that aspects of them haven't stood the test of time.

Mirror's Edge, The Neverhood, and Yuri's Revenge all have amazing soundtracks.

And after that disclaimer if you still try to pick a fight about how they're not mediocre games, I'm going to also pretend I'm fighting the person who called them mediocre and then crawl out of our cartoon fight cloud.

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chemical_cutthroat 6 points 6 months ago

Never played Yuri's Revenge, but the first two are certified bangers. I need a Neverhood Remaster.

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yakko 3 points 6 months ago

With C&C, my sense that those games are somehow below par come mainly from a perception that RTS is a largely dead genre.

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tal 4 points 6 months ago

According to this list, the annual release count peaked around 2000, but RTSes are still coming out at a decent clip, maybe half the rate as they did then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/...

Some thoughts:

  • The genre as it ran in its heyday was really aimed at keyboard+mouse play. I don't think that it translates incredibly well to mobile or console. I remember trying to play Supreme Commander on a gamepad and not really liking it.

  • Depending upon how one classifies games (the above list appears to treat real-time tactics games as a subgenre, which I wouldn't), some real-time strategy games might go into a different bucket, the real-time tactics genre.

  • I think that RTSes gave birth to some child genres, like MOBAs, that to some extent compete for marketshare.

  • There were a lot of 2D RTSes that came out around 2000. I mean, it was something of a glut. I think that it was just a good match for the game hardware and computer capabilities of the time. But...you'd kind of expect some subsequent decrease if that's the case. Other genres have had similar booms based on being a good match for the hardware of the time. For example, third generation consoles and fourth generation consoles saw a huge number of side-view 2D platformers, because they were a decent match for what the hardware could do. There are still modern side-view platformers that come out, but it's a far smaller percentage of the game market than it was then.

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yakko 1 point 6 months ago

You're probably right. I know there's a open source RTS project for Linux, I've been meaning to check it out.

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TheJesusaurus 3 points 6 months ago

Why specifically Yuri's revenge?ย 

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yakko 1 point 6 months ago

The soundtrack! Maybe it's nostalgia goggles, but I love the combo of classic cinema samples, guitar riffs, and mad science beats.

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marquisalex 3 points 6 months ago path: 0 21122160 21145437, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
yakko 2 points 6 months ago

I was honestly remiss in not mentioning him, his bandcamp is a treasure trove.

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realitaetsverlust 3 points 6 months ago

Yuri's revenge isn't even close to being mediocre tho, it was an amazing addon for an already amazing game.

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sleepdrifter 2 points 6 months ago

Just started another playthrough of catalyst after 5 years, absolutely serene soundtrack. Sure the game has issues but it's for sure one of my favorites

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massive_bereavement 1 point 6 months ago

The Neverhood is a flawed gem, one of those fantastic point&click adventure games that have some of that moon-logic malaise so common in Sierra games, up to an absurd point.

Yet every other aspect of the game is polished and fantastic enough I would recommend it with enough warning.

I would definitely not call it mediocre, it is anything but that, it is also in retrospective a worse "game" than some contemporary titles like Broken Sword or ToonStruck.

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yakko 2 points 6 months ago

That's just it - the writing, animation, music, the art direction, the voices - all stunning. But, the gameplay lets it down. What makes a mediocre game for me is, if watching someone else play a thing is a preferable experience, it's not such a good game - speaking strictly of the "gameplay" aspects of the work.

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massive_bereavement 2 points 6 months ago

I could catch a lot of flak from this opinion but I wonder if Cyberpunk 2077 could fit in this category: I have probably something around 100 hours in that game just because I like going around in the city and there's some great writing, both for the main questline and even some random side-quests. But as much freedom I have from choosing how I want to deal with a mission, neither combat nor hacking is fun IMO. Hacking feels more like an overpowered magic ability that if you put enough points into it, it lets you cheat the game, and fighting is mostly a big mess, be it physical or shooting.

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yakko 2 points 6 months ago

I should give it a go sometime, or at least listen to the OST.

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Dalacos 5 points 6 months ago

Recently got reminded of this (sadly) due to Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa passing.

The first "MORTAL KOOOOMBAT" yell from the song still owns some space in my head.

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njm1314 5 points 6 months ago

No no no, they said mediocre.

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redhorsejacket 2 points 6 months ago

I assume your tongue is fairly firmly in your cheek, but I can't think of a better example for "mediocre movie" than Mortal Kombat. Lots of stuff to like about it (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Robin Shou's hair, Goro, several of the sets, etc), mixed in with mostly underwhelming martial arts and cinematography, with characters whose depth reflects their origins. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but I'm not crusading to convince people of Paul W.S. Anderson's misunderstood genius lol

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MutilationWave 2 points 6 months ago

What did you think of the new one? I thought it was awesome.

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redhorsejacket 2 points 6 months ago

Admittedly I don't remember a tremendous amount of it, but my recollection is mildly positive. If the 1995 movie is 2.5 stars outta 5 (in my personal rubric, that equates to 'I like it, but acknowledge it's not good', and also happens to be where all of Paul W.S. Anderson's films live), I'd give the 2021 version 3 stars.

It benefits from making use of the R rating, and having better fight choreography and stunt performances. I think those are much more important to get right than characterization or plot, at least in a Mortal Kombat movie.

For what it's worth, idgaf about the lore of the franchise, so a fan of the games may take issue with that take, but my perspective is one of a fan of martial arts movies, not necessarily an MK fan.

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early_riser 2 points 6 months ago

I thought for a sec you were talking about the game and not the movie. I'm not into fighting games or gore for the sake of gore but the game is a cultural landmark.

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Apeman42 12 points 6 months ago

Huniepop is a porn game with the barest of stories between the titties, juvenile humor, and honestly the porn itself is just so-so. This is all wrapped around what is admittedly a pretty good match 3 puzzle game, but the soundtrack! For chill atmospheric music, that shit is fucking incredible.

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Hossenfeffer 11 points 6 months ago

The โ€˜80s Conan the Barbarian film with Arnie.

Utterly awesome soundtrack by Basil Poledouris.

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snoons 11 points 6 months ago

Lazarus, it was an anime written by the same guy that made Cowboy Bepop. It was alright, but they hired Bonobo to do the soundtrack for it and it's just amazing...

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snoons 1 point 6 months ago

(โ˜โ—žโ€ธโ—Ÿ)โ˜ž

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djdarren 8 points 6 months ago

Batman & Robin

A mediocre movie, but the soundtrack featured Smashing Pumpkins, Bone Thugs n' Harmony, Jewel, Goo Goo Dolls, Underworld, and Moloko among others. Incredible collection.

Also, R. Kelly with a great song, but, well...

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Railing5132 2 points 6 months ago

Or, Alternatively, the original Batman with the soundtrack by Prince and the New Power Generation

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user1234 2 points 6 months ago

I'm not sure the movie was even good enough to be called mediocre, but the soundtrack was amazing.

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Witchfire 8 points 6 months ago

I wouldn't say mediocre, it was a pretty fun game for its time, but the Sanctum soundtrack by Coffee Stain Studios was fantastic

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Rhaedas 8 points 6 months ago

Pictionary

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chunes 5 points 6 months ago

TIM IT WAS JUST PICTIONARY

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cybervseas 3 points 6 months ago

Solstice

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Dalacos 7 points 6 months ago

Just thought of another answer.

Queen of the Damned movie.

Wore out the CD back in the early 00s. Had some pretty damn big names doing songs for the OST, Kidney Thieves: Before I'm Dead is still something I listen to on occasion to this day.

Might be a bit of nostalgia and bias in this answer though.

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Someonelol 1 point 6 months ago

Woah that wasn't a mediocre game it was above average at worst.

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early_riser 6 points 6 months ago

Waterworld for the SNES

Silver Surfer on the NES

Plok (SNES) The boss theme in particular.

I forget the guy's name but he did both OSTs for the above two games and he has a reputation for giving bad games amazing soundtracks.

Mechanicus Not a bad game by any means but the music and sound design punch way above their weight for a game of this scope.

Tunic (Also very good but probably very niche)

EDIT:

Void War Probably not bad but self-admittedly very derivative of both its inspirations (FTL and Warhammer 40K)

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tal 4 points 6 months ago

Waterworld for the SNES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVPiwUNtrps&list=PLE2B2D36E13981D26

Silver Surfer on the NES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQlLl2j5THQ&list=RDZQlLl2j5THQ&start_radio=1

Plok

Including the whole game's soundtrack as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSW4M28XQg&list=PL2A1A350EBB242BDF

I forget the guyโ€™s name but he did both OSTs for the above two games and he has a reputation for giving bad games amazing soundtracks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Follin

Some other people mentioned his game music in other games in this thread as well.

EDIT: Parent poster went back and updated post with hyperlinks to all the music plus more music. I wasn't adding them just to add noise, promise. :-)

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nantsuu 4 points 6 months ago

Tim and Geoff Follin! Tim is the more famous one but Geoff (RIP) and his contributions to Plok and Silver Surfer and others are great too.

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early_riser 3 points 6 months ago

Tim Follin albums always came with a free game inside, that was pretty nice of him.

A YouTube comment under the Pictionary video

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LuigiMaoFrance 2 points 6 months ago

Silver Surfer is a perfect answer.

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magic_lobster_party 6 points 6 months ago

Crysis 2. I donโ€™t think the game wouldโ€™ve been much without the bombastic Hans Zimmer theme.

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Fondots 6 points 6 months ago

Not exactly the soundtrack, it was fine, but nothing special and overall forgettable

But I want to give a small shout-out to Morbius for having really good sound mixing. I definitely expected it to be a "whispers and explosions" kind of movie where you couldn't hear the conversations, and action scenes blew your eardrums out, and the background music was all over the place

But no, everything was at a reasonable volume, I could hear everything crystal clear.

There was just nothing worth hearing unfortunately.

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9point6 5 points 6 months ago

I mean I'm seeing a lot of Tron legacy, but Tron Ares has a fantastic soundtrack and I'm in no rush to actually watch the film

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pugnaciousfarter 4 points 6 months ago

I'd pay money for someone to deepfake jared leto out of it.

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chonglibloodsport 5 points 6 months ago

Lord of the Rings: Vol I for SNES. The game is worse than mediocre. Itโ€™s utter trash. I remain convinced they blew the budget on the soundtrack! It does a lot of things you really donโ€™t hear that often on the SNES! Amazing!

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captain_aggravated 5 points 6 months ago

There's a game for the SNES called Act Raiser, I think it was by Quintet or Taito or Square, one of those. You play Actual God taking back the world from Probably Satan, you do this partly in a side scrolling platforming combat style, and partially in an overhead city building style. Surprisingly good soundtrack for a game as weird as it is.

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ouRKaoS 2 points 6 months ago

Actraiser is one of my all time favorite games; I replay it every couple of years.

The combination of Sim & Platformer always kind of apealed to me because I play a variety of genres and weird combos like that are always interesting.

Actraiser 2 dropped the city building and I lost interest.

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j4k3 5 points 6 months ago

I liked Stealth's soundtrack when it came out. Radio had gotten quite corporate-stale at the time, and the tracks had a upbeat rock personality I did not know I wanted to explore. I'm no audiophile, and it is not something I actually pursued. It was just something I noticed at the time. I rarely take notice of stuff like that.

In terms of movie music in general, anything from John Williams is amazing to me. I think it is because John has a knack for communicating logical empathy and emotions in music that tells a parallel story within the scenes of the movie. He is not creating a simple background soundscape or echoing the emotions the visual storytelling. Instead, he is sneaking in behind you from the shadows and taking on a staring role in your experience without ever announcing himself or allowing you to see how he expands the performing stage. After that initial experience of the film, when you hear any small part of John's score, that entity he conjured comes to life again, reminding you of his unspoken staring role in ways no one else I know of is capable. Some others certainly create beautiful backgrounds and soundscapes, but I have never experienced anyone else that conjures a presence in the same way as John Williams.

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Rhaedas 4 points 6 months ago

Williams has a gift for creating a general theme, character motifs, and layers of the music that don't just sing but tell you the story you're seeing. He's our Mozart or Beethoven who was around at the right time to use the vehicle of cinema to paint his pictures.

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osaerisxero 4 points 6 months ago

Homeworld 1, and to a lesser extent Homeworld Cataclysm Emergence

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Dymonika 1 point 6 months ago

Homeworld could have done so much more with its 3D premise, yeah, but man, that tutorial music is haunting!

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NigelFrobisher 4 points 6 months ago

A load of Amiga games I could mention - Shadow of The Beast, Shadow Of The Beast 2, The Killing Gameshow, Turrican 2, Blood Money - mostly Psygnosis. They were known for it at that point.

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SlurpingPus 2 points 6 months ago path: 0 21126311 21141569, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
massive_bereavement 1 point 6 months ago

Agony's main theme was so fantastic it got stolen by a major metal band.

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LuigiMaoFrance 4 points 6 months ago path: 0 21125937, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
missingno 4 points 6 months ago

Shatter. Got the OST alongisde the game from one of the early Humble Indie Bundles, spent far more time listening to that OST than playing it.

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tal 4 points 6 months ago path: 0 21123246 21123349, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
BurgerBaron 2 points 6 months ago

It's also Module's best work in my opinion, he peaked with that game OST.

I've been following him on Bandcamp and bought the Shatter vinyl record long ago. Haven't like any of his more recent albums ๐Ÿ˜…

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BigBananaDealer 4 points 6 months ago

starfield's soundtrack is absolutely jaw dropping, probably zur's best work yet

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tal 3 points 6 months ago path: 0 21123602 21123988, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
BigBananaDealer 1 point 6 months ago

i forgot to mention, the death metal was insanely good too

band is called Starfield

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Rhoeri 4 points 6 months ago

The TV show Suits has a great soundtrack, but Iโ€™d argue that itโ€™s not mediocre though.

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FinjaminPoach 4 points 6 months ago

I've been trying to get into that because I crave juicy legal stuff. Bit tired of the supergenius-assholes trope we see in Sherlock, though, and it seems like Mike is a super genius and his boss Harvey is a genius asshole. Yes I let YouTube shorts dictate what new shows I delve into โœ‹๐Ÿ˜”

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Rhoeri 3 points 6 months ago

Itโ€™s not a super-genius thing, itโ€™s a perfect memory of thingโ€™s he has read and the super memory trope is rarely used in the show. So youโ€™re safe. Even when it is used, itโ€™s somewhat explained well.

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FinjaminPoach 3 points 6 months ago

Okay, looking forward to having a new show to binge then! Thank you

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Rhoeri 0 points 6 months ago

Definitely binge-worthy. And Luis is amazing. I envy a first-time watcher.

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FinjaminPoach 4 points 6 months ago

This is tricky because I always find thst the best art, no matter the funding or size of a team behind it, is paired with great music. I'll try and get one for each category though.

(Spoiler tags are just to condense the comment)

Movies:

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  • Star Wars Sequels like SOLO and The Force Awakens (Rey's theme + the third trailer's medley.)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), might not count as mediocre but i found it hard to follow. The music is done by this brilliant composer Wojciech Kilar who also composed for the perfect and very memorable film, Le roi et Le Oiseau
  • Probably another controversial suggestion - Pirates of the Caribbean

Games:

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  • Sims 4. Its soundtrack is so incredible but the game is just not entertaining to me. Also see: The Sims Medieval and Spore (nice job, EA...)

Shows:

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Quilotoa 4 points 6 months ago

Not a mediocre game but the opening track of Civilization IV, The Lord's Prayer, is magnificent. It won a Grammy.

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early_riser 3 points 6 months ago

It won a Grammy.

IIRC it was the first song from a video game to do so.

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tal 2 points 6 months ago path: 0 21122282 21123065, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
Quilotoa 2 points 6 months ago path: 0 21122282 21123065 21124006, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Zealotte 4 points 6 months ago

Willow for the NES has some songs that will still randomly take over the ol' jukebox of the brain to this day.

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dingleberrylover 3 points 6 months ago

Turok 2 for GBC. Mediocre game, but man, the OST is a banger.

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KRAW 3 points 6 months ago

I personally love Killer7, but I won't pretend that most people would enjoy it. However the soundtrack is great.

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Triumph 3 points 6 months ago

To Live and Die in LA soundtrack by Wang Chung is arguably better than the movie.

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Ozymandias1688 3 points 6 months ago path: 0 21128871, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Clockwork 3 points 6 months ago

Expedition 33

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Dymonika 2 points 6 months ago

What about it was mediocre?!

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Clockwork 2 points 6 months ago

Didn't like how the plot hooks you in with Gustave & Lune having to deal with a world on the brink of the end, and then it becomes Verso & Maelle having to deal with family drama. Massive disappointment.

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Dymonika 1 point 6 months ago

Interesting, I hadn't thought of it that way... fair!

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tgirlschierke 3 points 6 months ago

someone said E33 so I'm pretty sure I won't get crucified for this: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

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vortexal 3 points 6 months ago

Sonny 2017, the game wasn't as good as the two flash games but the OST was just as good (granted, it was just remixes of music from the flash games).

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Dymonika 3 points 6 months ago

I feel like the entire, boring indie game Regions of Ruin was carried by its epic music.

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slippyferret 3 points 6 months ago

Pretty obscure, but a 1994 PC game based on the Lawnmower Man movie called Cyberwar. Came with the OST on CDROM. It was my jam in middle school.

https://youtu.be/G6PdHUeHm5w

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dil 2 points 6 months ago

Oasis of fear, sexploitation movie, not very good, but cool scenery, the song weirdly slaps and is sung multiple times in the movie in different genres, I was shazaming the song couldn't find it and found out it was sung by the actor for the movie. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9g08tc

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dil 1 point 6 months ago
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dil 1 point 6 months ago

I like the version at 7:00, it starts with another one

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Tollana1234567 2 points 6 months ago

sgu was pretty mediocre and somewhat subpar in the 1st season by scifi standards, and its previous incarnations(shows), but had great sound/music track though.

star trek enterprise , the original opening theme, not the wierd cringe singing they later replaced it with. and the other themes for the rest of the series. the singing was shoe-horned in and pretty inappropriate for the nature of the show, much like the ending of FF-X2 inappropiate cheerful singing as the "world" was getting annihilated by the unseen realm.

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Suck_on_my_Presence 2 points 6 months ago

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

It's a walking simulator with a lot of talking and a mechanic I didn't understand. I couldn't get into the actual game. I had found the soundtrack first and gosh it's gorgeous. Great folk music.

I recommend the Vagrant Song, the deep south version

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mbp 2 points 6 months ago

How has nobody said 2006 RuneScape?

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ceenote 2 points 6 months ago

Pearl Harbor

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RobotToaster 2 points 6 months ago

yugioh the movie

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Fleur_ 2 points 6 months ago

Tron, any of them. Would hesitate to even call them mediocre though lol

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RodgeGrabTheCat 2 points 6 months ago

I really like the tunes in Pacific Rim. Mediocre acting, decent action.

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AMoralNihilist 2 points 6 months ago

I've been absolutely loving the new EUV soundtrack. They absolutely did justice to EUIV (also incredible soundtracks)

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ReedReads 2 points 6 months ago

The Legend of 1900

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Katana314 2 points 6 months ago

A Rose in the Twilight. Pretty unexciting and quiet puzzle platformer with a main character thatโ€™s slow and hard to control and dies easily.

Then past the main credits, it pulls out a secret final boss fight with this banger.

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vrek 2 points 6 months ago path: 0 21124209, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
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ollie 1 point 6 months ago

quite a few modern Sonic the Hedgehog games

some of the games have been quite mid (though i still enjoy anything sonic for the most part, thankfully i dont look at things very critically and can just enjoy a piece of media) but the soundtracks rarely fail to get me in a good mood!

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missingno 1 point 6 months ago
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