I've been listening to the brilliant Philip Glass a bit recently and learned yesterday that he co-composed last year's monumentally bad
Fant4stic with Marco Beltrami. Now I didn't see the movie (because I don't hate myself) but I couldn't imagine a Glass/Beltrami team-up being anything but awesome. So I checked it out the main theme, and I wasn't wrong:
It's really a shame to see such solid music go to waste on such a waste of a movie. But, of course, here at FE.org, it's not really a waste if we can repurpose it! My immediate thought when I hear that theme is some sort of modern sic-fi Western mystery (so basically HBO's Westworld, although that already has great music).
Anyway it got me thinking, what are some bad movies with really good music? And the flip side of the coin, what are some good movies with really bad music (that could do with a good replacement)?
Bad music, good movie is a bit tougher. There are a lot of good movies with bland or disappointing scores (the recent Marvel score discussion comes to mind) but not many that I can think of with truly bad scores.
Ladyhawke is a famous example (though I've yet to see the film). I think probably a lot of movies with synth scores from the 80s and 90s would qualify (as the the quality on them ranged drastically and they rarely fit the tone of the film).
Legend's another good example though the Goldsmith score in the director's cut more than makes up for the Tangerine Dream of the original.
Another bad one with good music is the Frankenstein Bruce Lee film,
Game of Death. The movie's a total train wreck, but check out this epic John Barry theme:
What examples can you guys think of? We could get some fanedit ideas rolling here. Maybe we can even match a good score from a bad movie with a good movie with a bad score! That'd be cute.