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Jun 22, 2020 · From A Star Is Born's "Why Did You Do That?" to Postar's entire freaking soundtrack, we ranked the best "bad" movie songs that actually rip.
- Vinnie Mancuso
- Flash Gordon (1980) Highlights: "Flash's Theme" by Queen; "The Hero" by Queen. Though Flash Gordon has been claimed as a cult classic in the years since its release, the movie is more like a heavy-handed parody with bad special effects and poor acting.
- Batman Forever (1995) Highlights: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2; "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal. Batman Forever. Release Date. June 16, 1995. Director.
- Xanadu (1980) Highlights: "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John; "Suddenly" by Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard. Xanadu was so derided that it literally inspired the creation of the Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, recognizing the worst movies in any given year.
- Space Jam (1996) Highlights: "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly; "Space Jam" by Quad City DJ's. Space Jam. Release Date. November 15, 1996. Director. Joe Pytka.
May 24, 2024 · Soundtracks are an important component of many films. They can elevate good movies to great movies, or they can be the saving grace of an otherwise bad movie. This list is about the latter....
- ‘Saturday Night Fever’ (1978) It's okay to think that disco sucks, but there's something different, and dare we say special, about the Bee Gees-and-beyond soundtrack to John Badham's love letter to leisure suits (which we named the fifth best soundtrack of all-time).
- ‘Flash Gordon’ (1980) In the pantheon of Saturday-matinee action movies, Mike Hodges' take on the comic-strip hero Flash Gordon ranks somewhere near 1984's Supergirl and 1997's Steel (starring Shaq!)
- ‘Under the Cherry Moon’ (1986) Prince's movie after Purple Rain was not, alas, its sequel; that dubious honor belongs to 1990's Graffiti Bridge, which sees The Kid and Morris Day's rivalry continue into the next decade.
- ‘Maximum Overdrive’ (1986) Stephen King is the man to credit for AC/DC's Who Made Who album's release as the soundtrack for his big-screen adaptation of "Trucks," the short story from his Night Shift collection about machines turning on their makers.
Aug 15, 2024 · Alongside this trend of technically superlative, creatively bankrupt films is the bad movies great soundtracks dichotomy. Such is the case with the following movies, the soundtracks for which feature music so good you might forget the films that spawned them.
- Eric Conner
Yes, many bad films have great songs in them. However, this is the rare case where the music is also awful. This has to be one of the hardest lists I have ever compiled because of how rare it is to find music that can be seen as the negative point in any movie.
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Jan 22, 2024 · After a while, bad becomes more a genre than a criticism. Below are 10 truly bad soundtracks. Some rise to the level of so bad they’re good, but most are just, well, bad.
