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| 10 | This is music in a film which becomes one of its major selling points or unique identifiers. Generally regarded as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, this music really helps a number of [[CultClassic cult films]] keep a profile through the decades and is often the thing that people mean when they defend it with talk about its "atmosphere". |
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| 12 | Particular causes for such a soundtrack may be the use of a single popular band or musician for the soundtrack in contrast for using a score composer or using many songs from different sources. |
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| 14 | It is the existence of several Cult Soundtracks from the late 70's and 80's that lead to the more modern practise of focusing on getting a soundtrack and movie tie in for mutual publicity that leads to today's BreakawayPopHit phenomenon. |
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| 16 | Compare JustHereForGodzilla. A clue to spotting one of these is when the soundtrack announcement for the sequel leads to SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced. |
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| 20 | !!Examples: |
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| 22 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 24 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 25 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' fans have two sections of their brains. One section is for enjoying the show. The other section is for the music which is a sound unlike most other anime and musical director/composer Music/YokoKanno given as a reason to watch the show equal to everything else. It is observed through MRI scans that the bigger the fan, the more engorged the latter section of the brain. |
| 26 | * To a lesser extent, ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'''s soundtrack by Music/ThePillows. |
| 27 | * The [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} 13-episode TV version]] of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is considered by many to be a failed adaptation, but even the biggest haters tend to VASTLY prefer its music over the music in ''[[OriginalVideoAnimation Hellsing Ultimate]]''. |
| 28 | * Bruce Faulconer's soundtrack for the English dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has a pretty noticeable fandom. The same thing had happened before to Shunsuke Kikuchi's score for the Japanese original, with many fans going so far as uploading all of the background music, even the ones not officially released outside of the show, in order of appearance and production numbers, on Website/YouTube. |
| 29 | * ''Manga/InitialD'''s high energy {{Eurobeat}} soundtrack became so famous that the whole genre is SongAssociation with the Anime version of Initial D. Songs like Max Coveri's ''Running in the 90s'', Dave Rodgers' ''Deja Vu'' and Manuel's ''Gas Gas Gas'' [[MemeticMutation became memes]] on their own right to the point most people know Initial D's soundtrack without even knowing what Initial D is. |
| 30 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' was soundtracked by the late Japanese DJ Nujabes in collaboration with other artists. Physical copies of the music are hard to come by and highly sought after. |
| 31 | * The whole OST of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' is one of the greatest milestones of the anime music industry and arguably composer Seiji Yokoyama's magnum opus, jam-packed with everything from butt-rock insert songs to somber and majestic themes that are always timed just right to punch you in the heartstrings. To give an idea of its popularity in Japan, it was one of the first soundtracks to be released not with traditional J-Pop songs, but with just the background music. |
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| 34 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 35 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' includes the synthesised score by Vince [=DiCola=] and notable songs such as "Dare To Be Stupid" by Weird Al Yankovic and "The Touch" by Stan Bush have received a certain cult status amongst popular culture and the soundtrack has been re-released and remastered several times (including a separate album of [=DiCola=]'s music). |
| 36 | * Message boards would have you believe that ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'''s soundtrack is its key accolade. John Powell's score has certainly developed a rabid fanbase. |
| 37 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' is well-regarded for its soundtrack featuring artists such as Don Felder, Music/BlueOysterCult, Music/BlackSabbath, Cheap Trick, Sammy Hagar, and Devo. Even though the music rights kept the film from getting a home video release until 1997, the soundtrack has constantly been in circulation since the film was first released in 1981. |
| 38 | * One of ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''[='=]s major SleeperHit selling points was its soundtrack. Like ''The Bodyguard'', many people got into the soundtrack just for the movie's big AwardBaitSong, "Let It Go". An influx of parodies and {{YouTube Poop}}s of that particular tune only accelerated its source material's popularity among Internet users (in fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93PdbqThgs "Let It Go FK YOURSELF"]] is one of the - if not ''the'' - most viewed YTP's ever). |
| 39 | * ''WesternAnimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' received considerable online attention for its Jack Antonoff-produced soundtrack of 1970s cover songs by acclaimed 2022 artists. While it doesn't appear on the soundtrack album itself, a song for the movie was written by the rage-rapper Yeat ([[RatedGForGangsta with uncharacteristically clean lyrics about hating Vector]]), which ended up soundtracking a fad where teenagers would go and see the movie in full 3-piece formalwear. |
| 40 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' |
| 41 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' has a soundtrack featuring a who's who of hip-hop stars. Among its highlights were the Billboard chart-topping hit "Sunflower" by Music/PostMalone and Music/SwaeLee, and "What's Up Danger" by Blackway and Black Caviar, the latter of which soundtracks a pivotal scene in the movie where Miles realizes his full potential. |
| 42 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' has a full-blown ConceptAlbum primarily performed by Music/MetroBoomin. |
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| 45 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 46 | * Music/{{Queen}}'s ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' film soundtrack and ''Music/AKindOfMagic'', an unofficial soundtrack album album for ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' (using six out of nine of the album's listing). ''Flash Gordon'' and ''Highlander'' were quite kitsch and dated in their own way but the songs gave them both something memorable that people could look back fondly on and which nearly always get brought up in critiques. |
| 47 | * ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'' became a cult film in large part because of its soundtrack. |
| 48 | * Kevin Smith's debut ''Film/{{Clerks}}'' probably would not have been nearly as successful had he not ended up with a soundtrack filled with various alternative, grunge and punk bands. Most of the budget went towards getting rights for the music. In fact, the ''Clerks'' soundtrack made history. The movie was made by Smith selling his possessions and maxing out his credit cards, gathering a budget of just over $27,000. After Miramax picked it up for distribution, they decided it would be more marketable with a hit soundtrack. Securing the music rights cost over $50,000. This made ''Clerks'' the first film in history whose soundtrack cost more to produce than the actual film. |
| 49 | * ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'' -- In 1991, Music/NickCave and the Bad Seeds, Music/ElvisCostello, Music/{{REM}}, Music/DepecheMode, and a number of other artists were asked by Wim Wenders to make for his TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture piece the kind of music they thought they'd be making in the year 1999 as the world was about to end. |
| 50 | * ''Film/JudgmentNight'' mostly drew attention for its innovative RapMetal soundtrack, which included collaborations between famous AlternativeRock and HeavyMetal bands (Music/SonicYouth, Helmet, Music/PearlJam, Music/{{Mudhoney}}, Biohazard, Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/LivingColour, Music/DinosaurJr, Therapy?, Music/TeenageFanclub, Music/FaithNoMore) and [[HipHop Rap]] groups (Music/HouseOfPain, Music/CypressHill, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Fatal, Music/DeLaSoul, Music/RunDMC, Onyx, Music/IceT, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.). |
| 51 | ** ''Film/Spawn1997'' followed a similar path, pairing rock bands with electronica groups (Music/{{Filter}} and Music/TheCrystalMethod, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Music/{{Moby}}, Music/{{Korn}} and The Dust Brothers), selling fairly well and [[https://film.avclub.com/like-its-inspiration-spawn-s-soundtrack-cobbled-togeth-1798253881 earning assessments]] that it had more lasting appeal than the film itself. |
| 52 | * The 1958 French film [[Film/ElevatorToTheGallows Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud]] is generally more known today for the soundtrack done by Music/MilesDavis |
| 53 | * ''Film/{{Friday}}'' is a classic buddy/[[HoodFilm hood comedy]], but its soundtrack manages to gain even greater praise, blending hip-hop and classic funk and soul, and its tenth anniversary rerelease featured a second disc of nothing but additional old-school funk and soul. |
| 54 | * ''Film/TheWiz'' was a critical and commercial failure upon release, but having Music/DianaRoss and Music/MichaelJackson along with the cast of the original play led to a successful soundtrack album. |
| 55 | * As well received as the film ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'' was, one of its greatest achievements was to bring Old Time, Roots and Bluegrass Music back into the public ear. Its soundtrack album is legendary, having topped the album charts, sold over 7 million copies in the United States alone and won countless awards (including the Grammy for Album of the Year). |
| 56 | * Creator/TimBurton's film soundtracks, mostly done by Music/DannyElfman, have an extensive cult following. |
| 57 | * ''Film/MeanGuns''. You don't believe how many threads in Russia and Ukraine music search forums are dedicated to finding at least something from the film's score. Though the film itself also has a dedicated fanbase. |
| 58 | * The ''Film/PhantomOfTheParadise'' soundtrack, especially in Winnipeg, Canada where it went gold. |
| 59 | * ''Film/{{Hackers}}''' soundtrack was a sampling of techno, rave and electronica in the nineties when rave was near its peak, though the most famous was The Prodigy's "Voodoo People"; it went on to have two more volumes [[note]]the second and third volumes were increasingly InNameOnly, each featuring only a handful of songs actually heard in the film alongside material "inspired by" it[[/note]]. |
| 60 | * Music/ClintMansell is partial to these: |
| 61 | ** ''Film/{{Pi}}'''s soundtrack sets the scene for its hallucinogenic plot. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cq_QO_4Cx4 Pi r^2]] is more famous than the film it was made for. |
| 62 | ** ''Film/RequiemForADream'' features an amazing collaboration between Mansell and the Kronos Quartet. A remixed version of the main theme gained popularity for its use in the trailer of ''The Two Towers''. It's commonly called "Requiem for a Tower." |
| 63 | ** ''Film/TheFountain'' and ''Film/{{Moon}}'' both have popular soundtracks. |
| 64 | * Opinions are divided when it comes to the quality of ''Film/TronLegacy'', but most folks agree that the soundtrack Music/DaftPunk cooked up for it is a level of perfection Clu would sign off on. |
| 65 | * ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' composed by Music/BasilPoledouris, is famously known for causing hair to grow on listeners in previously unknown places, along with causing heavy metal fans to develop a hankering for classical music. It's also considered one of the all-time great soundtracks, despite the film itself being a total [[{{Camp}} Camp Classic]]. Creator/{{Intrada}} issued the complete score in 2012. |
| 66 | * ''Film/LostHighway'', ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' and ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'' featured soundtracks compiled by [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]]. |
| 67 | * ''Film/CoolWorld'' is largely panned, but its soundtrack, featuring industrial rock, electronic and pop songs, is a cult favorite. |
| 68 | * ''Film/EndOfDays'', likewise, was largely forgotten, but the soundtrack is noteworthy for featuring off-album tracks by Music/RobZombie, Music/Powerman5000, [[Music/HouseOfPain Everlast]], Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/SonicYouth, Music/{{Korn}}, Music/LimpBizkit and Music/GunsNRoses. |
| 69 | * The scores to films by Creator/JohnCarpenter are quite often a large part of their cult appeal. |
| 70 | * ''Film/{{Amelie}}'''s soundtrack, composed by Music/YannTiersen, received rave reviews and even went platinum in Canada. Its songs are still used as atmospheric music in a wide range of media. |
| 71 | * While ''Film/SpaceJam's'' quality is debatable, to say the least, many consider its soundtrack to be one of the most underlooked albums of the 90's (although it has gone 6 time platinum). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewOzi5-AZXU Hit Em High]] (featuring [[Music/CypressHill B-Real]], [[Music/WuTangClan Method-Man]], Coolio, Music/LLCoolJ, and Music/BustaRhymes), in particular, is considered to be one of the most overlooked songs ever (at least based on by many Website/YouTube commenters). There's also the Film/SpaceJam's theme song, with it [[MemeticMutation constantly being mashed up with what seems like almost every other recorded piece of audio.]] |
| 72 | * ''Film/{{Singles}}'' was a mostly-forgettable Creator/CameronCrowe romantic comedy, but its soundtrack was a huge hit. This due to the movie being set in Seattle and the soundtrack (and film) containing many of the stars of the then-nascent "grunge" movement. One of Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s biggest singles, "Spoonman," was originally conceived as a song playing in the background of a bar. |
| 73 | * [[TheNineties Nineties]] cult classic ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'' notably features a soundtrack mostly comprising [[TheEighties '80s]] pop hits due to its focus on reminiscing about their high school years (Class of '87). |
| 74 | * Music/BasilPoledouris' score to ''Film/Cherry2000'' was so popular among film scoring fans that the album used to go for over $1,000 in online auditions (the score was so rare that Poledouris didn't even have a copy until Creator/JohnWaters gave him his personal copy when they did ''Film/SerialMom'' together). A pair of reissues have since remedied this problem but it's still one of Poledouris' more popular scores. |
| 75 | * ''Film/CityOfAngels'' is probably one of the most famous examples from TheNineties. While the movie itself was largely forgotten within a few years, it featured songs by Music/GooGooDolls (including the still-popular "Iris", whose music video is based on the plot of this movie), Music/AlanisMorissette ("Uninvited"), Music/{{U2}}, and others. The album reached number one on the US Billboard charts for a while. |
| 76 | * Music/EduardArtemyev is one of those composers whose entire filmography has a cult following. |
| 77 | * ''Percy'' was an AwfulBritishSexComedy which would have been justifiably forgotten, were it not for the fact that the soundtrack was by Music/TheKinks. Features a bit of SoundtrackDissonance in which a woman strips to the gender-bending song "Lola". |
| 78 | * ''Film/{{Trainspotting}}'': Two soundtrack albums were released with various pop, techno and rock songs on it that helped its success. |
| 79 | * Creator/QuentinTarantino films reinvigorate the popularity of songs on their soundtracks as much as the careers of the actors in them. Tarantino generally selects them from his personal collection. Many Tarantino fans love his films especially for the soundtracks and have collected those as well. |
| 80 | * ''Film/KillingZoe'' 's electronic score by musical duo tomandandy [sic] became and underground club hit in Europe, and also helped to set Creator/RogerAvary apart from former collaborator Creator/QuentinTarantino. It's worth noting that the actual soundtrack album features the score in a drastically different form than was featured in the film. |
| 81 | * Music/EnnioMorricone: His music for Creator/SergioLeone 's spaghetti westerns has sold millions of copies throughout the decades and is appreciated and recognized even by people who haven't seen the movies. And perhaps even truer to the spirit of this trope, as a prolific and indiscriminate composer, he also penned music for a lot of less popular and at times just plain bad movies. His music is often the only reason why those are still remembered. |
| 82 | * ''Film/TheThirdMan'': A masterpiece of cinema, but equally remembered for Anton Karas' famous zither music, which sold over millions. |
| 83 | * ''Film/TwoHundredMotels'': Probably more Music/FrankZappa fans have enjoyed the soundtrack album than the movie itself, which literally is a BrokenBase among fans. |
| 84 | * Creator/FedericoFellini: The soundtracks of Music/NinoRota for his movies have become just as memorable as the films themselves. |
| 85 | * Music/JohnWilliams: The music he wrote for the most popular films of Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/GeorgeLucas is unforgettable in its own right. |
| 86 | * ''Film/TheBodyguard'': The soundtrack album sold millions. In fact it's one of the most best selling albums of all time. And yet, most people only bought it for that one song that is much better remembered than the film itself: "I Will Always Love You" by Music/WhitneyHouston. |
| 87 | * Creator/JerryBruckheimer has said that given ''Film/TopGun'' only topped the box office after a month, the music probably helped with the promotion. The soundtrack sold over 5 million copies, and both Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" and Music/KennyLoggins' "Danger Zone" have become enduring hits. |
| 88 | * ''Film/DangerousMinds'': A mostly forgotten movie, but Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" became a universal number one hit single and is remembered still. |
| 89 | * ''Film/{{Moonwalker}}'': Not a great or memorable film, but the music video for "Smooth Criminal" has become iconic. |
| 90 | * ''Film/Suspiria1977'': Still a cult favorite, equally because of the great soundtrack by Music/{{Goblin}}. |
| 91 | * The first [[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} Michael Myers film]] is still popular, but the soundtrack, oh boy! Many people who never saw any of the films in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise will recognize this catchy and haunting tune, because of its use in other movies and TV series. |
| 92 | * ''Film/{{Psycho}}'': Most films by Creator/AlfredHitchcock are memorable for Bernard Herrmann's music, but Psycho in particular has become a PopCulturalOsmosis in the sense that many people recognize the famous "shower stabbing" violins from the countless [[PsychoShowerMurderParody parodies]]. |
| 93 | * ''Film/TheGodfather'': Who could ever forget Music/NinoRota's mesmerizing score? |
| 94 | * ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Music/WendyCarlos' iconic electronical scoring of music by Beethoven and Purcell has achieved lasting appreciation, most specifically for the iconic rendition of "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary." The rest of the soundtrack are her own compositions and/or regular orchestral music. |
| 95 | * ''Film/ZorbaTheGreek'': Mikis Theodorakis' music is more famous nowadays than the film itself. |
| 96 | * ''Film/TheGreatEscape'': The music by Elmer Bernstein has become recognizable even to people who never saw this film. |
| 97 | * ''Film/TheSting'': Similarly, this soundtrack did a lot to make Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" popular among people unfamiliar with ragtime. Unknown to many viewers, the music was anachronistic for the time period portrayed. |
| 98 | * ''Film/ChariotsOfFire'': It may be difficult to find people who still remember the film itself, but Music/{{Vangelis}}' soundtrack is still famous even to those who never saw the picture. |
| 99 | * ''Film/FourteenNinetyTwoConquestOfParadise'' was a totally forgotten box office disaster, but Music/{{Vangelis}}' soundtrack sold in the millions. In fact, three years after the film, "Conquest Of Paradise" became a big hit and is still played in sport stadiums to this day. |
| 100 | * ''Film/BladeRunner'': Music/{{Vangelis}} yet again. The film is a classic in its own right, but the soundtrack is so popular amongst synthesizer enthusiasts that it's single-handedly responsible for the Yamaha [=CS-80=] being [[CrackIsCheaper so expensive]] today because everyone wants to sound like the "Main Titles". ''Blade Runner'' even inspired an entire synthesizer, the Black Corporation Deckard's Dream which unsurprisingly tries to imitate the CS-80's sound. |
| 101 | * ''Film/AmericanBeauty'': The soundtrack album was a best seller, due to Thomas Newman's recognizable score, but also because of the alternative rock songs by Elliot Smith, Gomez and Music/{{Eels}}. |
| 102 | * ''Film/TheHarderTheyCome'': One of the best examples of how a soundtrack album can become more popular and famous than the film itself. Even in the 1970s, when it first came out, many owners of the album were unaware it was a movie soundtrack. It's full with beautiful early {{Reggae}} music by Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, The Abyssinians and more. |
| 103 | * ''Film/TheVirginSuicides'': The soundtrack is a cult favorite written by Music/{{Air|Band}}. |
| 104 | * ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'': The soundtrack with music by The Pointer Sisters and Harold Faltermeyer became a hit album by itself. |
| 105 | * The German rock band Music/{{Can}} even released a whole separate album, ''"Soundtracks" (1970)'', with all the music they wrote for nowadays almost forgotten films. |
| 106 | * ''Film/TheCrow1994'' is well regarded, and part of that owns to a best selling rock soundtrack with Music/{{The Cure|Band}}, Music/StoneTemplePilots, and Music/{{Pantera}} among other big names. |
| 107 | * Music/PopolVuh scored several of Creator/WernerHerzog 's most famous films. |
| 108 | * Many {{Blaxploitation}} films also fall in this category. Some of the films weren't that memorable, but the soundtrack albums were appreciated a lot better. |
| 109 | ** ''Film/SweetSweetbacksBaadasssssSong'' launched this trend with an excellent score by Music/EarthWindAndFire. |
| 110 | ** ''Film/{{Superfly}}'' has an iconic soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield, with songs like "Superfly" and "Pusherman" getting airplay to this day. |
| 111 | ** ''Film/{{Shaft}}'': Music/IsaacHayes' legendary "Theme From Shaft", which is so {{memetic|Mutation}} that it was inducted into the UsefulNotes/NationalRecordingRegistry! |
| 112 | * ''Film/DeadMan'': The echoing, desolate solo electric guitar soundtrack by Music/NeilYoung is a cult favorite. |
| 113 | * ''Film/GhostDogTheWayOfTheSamurai'': The soundtrack album by the Music/WuTangClan is also a cult favorite. |
| 114 | * ''Film/RunLolaRun'', aka ''Film/LolaRennt'': The soundtrack became a best selling record. |
| 115 | * ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'': The single "Always Look On The Bright Side" from this album has become a popular song among the general public, even to people who aren't Monty Python fans. |
| 116 | * ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' both have eclectic soundtracks regarded MUCH more highly than the movies. Before that there was the ''Film/Batman1989'' soundtrack by Music/{{Prince}}. |
| 117 | * ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'', which even led to additional Spinal Tap albums. |
| 118 | * ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'''s soundtrack was a huge seller, and played a big role in reviving interest in "oldies" music in the '70s. |
| 119 | * ''Film/ForrestGump'' has one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time, that downright serves as a good summary of American music between 1956 and 1980. |
| 120 | * ''Film/TurkishDelight'' has a very iconic soundtrack, performed by Belgian jazz musician Toots Thielemans. |
| 121 | * The 1984 crime drama ''Mike's Murder'' is best known for its soundtrack by Joe Jackson, which was highly collectable due to being unavailable on CD for many years. |
| 122 | * The soundtrack to the 1996 movie ''The Preacher's Wife'', starring Music/WhitneyHouston and Denzel Washington, is to this day one of the best selling gospel albums of all time. It went 3x platinum in the U.S. and was nominated for 2 Grammys and an Academy Award. |
| 123 | * ''Music/ApolloAtmospheresAndSoundtracks'' by Music/BrianEno: the music was originally meant for a documentary film about the Apollo moon missions: ''Film/ForAllMankind'', but due to lukewarm audience reactions the project was delayed. The album came out in 1983, while the film only got an official release in 1989. Nevertheless: probably more people have listened to the album than does who ever saw the film. |
| 124 | * The ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'' movie was a box-office failure, but its soundtrack, an AffectionateParody of PowerPop, PopPunk, and BoyBand tropes that was put together by a slew of late '90s songwriters and producers led by Kenneth "Babyface" Edwards, wound up going Gold and remains a cult item among genre fans. It was even [[http://news.avclub.com/the-josie-and-the-pussycats-soundtrack-is-coming-out-on-1798346205 rereleased on vinyl]] nearly two decades later, and is a big part of why the film itself hasn't fallen into obscurity. |
| 125 | * ''Film/LastActionHero'', aside from [[DeconstructorFleet prefiguring this very wiki]], gathered {{grunge}}, traditional HardRock, ProgressiveMetal, and GangstaRap on its soundtrack, standing as an enjoyable snapshot of tougher-but-mainstream music circa 1993. |
| 126 | * The 1968 film ''Wonderwall'' is totally forgotten today, but the soundtrack written by Beatle Music/GeorgeHarrison, ''Music/WonderwallMusic'', is still held in high regard and reached far more notability. |
| 127 | * ''Film/{{Backbeat}}'' has this due to the amount of alternative rock talent ([[Music/SoulAsylum Dave Pirnir]], Music/DaveGrohl, [[Music/TheAfghanWhigs Greg Dulli]]) featured within covering old '50s standards with the same raw energy of the early Beatles. |
| 128 | * ''Film/SpaceIsThePlace'' is a 1974 movie starring Music/SunRa. The 1993 soundtrack album is the companion piece to it. |
| 129 | * The [[{{Blues}} swamp blues]]-esque ''Southern Comfort'' soundtrack by Ry Cooder is generally better remembered than the film itself. |
| 130 | * Music/PinkFloyd made two soundtracks for two obscure French hippie films. In fact, the films (''More'' and ''La Vallée'' and ''More'') are largely forgotten, but the soundtracks -- ''Music/{{More}}'' and ''Music/ObscuredByClouds'' -- are considered a part of the band's studio album canon. |
| 131 | * ''Film/Furious7'' quickly became one of the highest grossing movies of all time, and was accompanied by a [[Music/Furious7Soundtrack highly acclaimed soundtrack]] consisting of an AllStarCast of rappers, [=DJs=], and pop artists. It also produced "See You Again", which became one of the biggest hits of the decade. |
| 132 | * ''Film/{{Inchon}}'' was a notorious BoxOfficeBomb that has never gotten a legitimate video release, but its score by Music/JerryGoldsmith was popular enough to get rereleased multiple times over the years. |
| 133 | * ''Film/IntoTheWild'' was well received, due in no small part to the soundtrack which consisted of incidental music alongside songs by Eddie Vedder of Music/PearlJam. |
| 134 | * This was surprisingly common in R&B/hip-hop in TheNineties. Many well known '90s R&B hits were from movie soundtracks, such as ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', which had 5 top-10 Billboard hits and went 7x platinum, or ''Film/SetItOff'', which also went platinum and had four top-charting singles. |
| 135 | * ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' has an interesting example of this. The film has 2 soundtracks, the official movie score album and ''Black Panther: The Album – Music from and Inspired By'', which is an official ConceptAlbum based on the movie. The latter has 3 top-40 singles, but interestingly enough, only 2 of them appear in the movie: "Pray for Me" very briefly in the casino scene, and "All the Stars" in the credits. |
| 136 | * A lot of bad things can be said about the [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Transformers movies]], but even the biggest detractors will admit that the scores by Music/SteveJablonsky are perfection. The soundtrack albums full of rock and rap also have fans. |
| 137 | * ''Film/RealityBites'' was a modest hit at best, but the soundtrack sold over a million copies, with tracks like Lisa Loeb's "Stay (I Missed You)" and Big Mountain's cover of [[Music/PeterFrampton Baby I Love Your Way]]" (which wound [[RevivalByCommercialization revived by]] [[Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle another movie 23 years later]]). |
| 138 | * ''Film/RaiseTheTitanic'' was... a critical miss, to say the least. But the film also features a score from award-winning composer Music/JohnBarry, with many fans considering it among his very best work. |
| 139 | * ''The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh'': A 1979 movie from Creator/{{Lorimar}} in which a RagtagBunchOfMisfits use [[ItMakesSenseInContext use astrology to win a basketball game]]. The movie is not held in the highest esteem. The Sound-Of-Philadelphia-filled soundtrack album is another matter. Columbia/Legacy issued an ''expanded'' edition of the Lorimar Records soundtrack album in 2017.[[note]]Warner Bros. never owned Lorimar's discography. Lorimar Records' releases were usually distributed by CBS Records before they were part of Sony. Their last release was the ''Film/ActionJackson'' soundtrack, through Atlantic.[[/note]] |
| 140 | * ''Mord Und Totschlag'' (English title: ''A Degree of Murder'') is an obscure 1967 film from Germany that only got a DVD/Blu-Ray release in its home country in 2019, 52 years after its initial release. The film, however, is notable, in that it has a (still-unrelased) soundtrack that was composed by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} founding member Music/BrianJones [[note]] His girlfriend at the time, Anita Pallenberg, starred in the movie and she is the reason why he composed the soundtrack in the first place. However, by the time the movie premiered at Cannes in 1967, Anita had left Brian for Music/KeithRichards [[/note]] |
| 141 | * ''Film/HowardTheDuck'': Music/JohnBarry, Music/GeorgeClinton, Sylvester "Series/{{Airwolf}}" Levay, Music/ThomasDolby ''and'' Creator/LeaThompson! Creator/{{Intrada}} released a 3-disc set in 2019, fans of the movie or at least the talent involved were delighted. |
| 142 | * ''Film/Godzilla1998'' is a regretful, reviled Americanization of a Japanese icon. Its soundtrack, ''Godzilla: The Album'', spawned three successful singles (Music/PuffDaddy and Music/JimmyPage's "Come with Me", Music/{{Jamiroquai}}'s "Deeper Underground", and Music/TheWallflowers' cover of [[Music/DavidBowie "Heroes"]]), has exclusive tracks by Music/RageAgainstTheMachine and Music/FooFighters, and tracks by many other rock acts of the late 90s. |
| 143 | * ''Soup for One'', a forgotten melodramatic sex comedy, has a much better regarded soundtrack spearheaded by Music/{{Chic}} and the BreakawayPopHit "Why", by Music/CarlySimon. |
| 144 | * ''Film/NuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'' got negative reviews from critics (26% on Rotten Tomatoes) but its soundtrack by the likes of Music/JanetJackson, Music/JayZ, Music/MusiqSoulchild, Music/{{DMX}}, Music/{{Eve|Rapper}}, Music/MethodMan and a collab between Redman and Music/{{Eminem}} is a snapshot of the best rappers and R&B singers of the year 2000. |
| 145 | * ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' was a critical and commercial success at the time of its release, and still has fans today. But the soundtrack went on to become the best-selling soundtrack of all time, with over 45 million copies sold, and is still considered one of the most singular representations of the {{disco}} era. |
| 146 | * ''Film/MagicalMysteryTour'' is widely considered to be the weakest film Music/TheBeatles made. On the other hand, its [[Music/MagicalMysteryTour soundtrack]] (particularly the American version, which fills itself out to full-LP size by adding five singles that, as per British convention of the time, had never appeared on actual albums before) is generally considered a strong point in an already-strong discography. |
| 147 | * ''Film/StreetsOfFire'', aptly described as “A Rock & Roll Fable” in its advertising, had mixed critical success and was a BoxOfficeBomb on its initial release. But it became a huge cult hit in no small part because of its soundtrack, produced by Jimmy Iovine (yes, [[Creator/InterscopeRecords that one]]), which is basically the epitome of '80s cool. Fans of acclaimed songwriter Music/JimSteinman (yes, [[Music/BatOutOfHell that one]]) consider “Nowhere Fast” and “Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young” to be among his finest work, and “Sorcerer,” written (but not sung) by Music/StevieNicks, is equally beloved among her fans. And then there’s the BreakawayPopHit “I Can Dream About You” by Dan Hartman, which cracked the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, had not one but two music videos that were both fixtures on early MTV, and became by far the biggest hit of his career. |
| 148 | * Although Music/HowardShore produced soundtracks for many projects, his work for ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'' trilogies will always be the most recognizable. His score for ''The Lord Of The Rings'' was voted the best soundtrack of all time by a Classic FM listener poll for six years in a row. He was even offered to produce the opening theme for ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''. |
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| 152 | * ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' gained as much praise for the score by Music/BearMcCreary as it did for its diverse characterization, engaging plot, and high production values. For example, when the Season 4 album was released in July 2009, the only albums that outsold it upon release were of Music/MichaelJackson. |
| 153 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' didn't become a cult hit just because of its theme, but the fact that even a decade and a half after the show ended, the theme is near instantly familiar speaks volumes. |
| 154 | * Music/{{Vangelis}}’ soundtrack is one of the most famous elements of ''Series/CosmosAPersonalVoyage''. |
| 155 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'', particularly with New Who, has become renowned for the quality of its music, usually of the soaring orchestral variety. Large sections of the soundtrack are traditional standouts at the BBC Proms, alongside nationally beloved hymns like ''Jerusalem'', and the theme tune -- in all its many and varied remixed forms -- is practically hardwired into the British psyche. |
| 156 | * CultClassic ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' naturally does this intentionally, with a classic rock soundtrack that makes it very distinct from virtually every other show on Creator/TheWB/Creator/TheCW. Creator Eric Kripke made a point of writing in an early draft of the Pilot's script: ''CUE MUSIC And you can take your anemic alternative pop and shove it up your ass. Dean plays bass thumping, pile driving Zeppelin, and he plays it loud.'' It's become one of the show's signature elements (though budget cuts in the later seasons have meant that we hear the music less often), and the pairing of many classic rock songs with iconic scenes on the show have resulted in many of these songs becoming anthems for the show's fans -- perhaps most notably Music/{{Kansas}}' "Carry on Wayward Son". |
| 157 | * Creator/TheWeatherChannel has actually offered some of the music played during its 'Local on the 8's' forecasts on CD. |
| 158 | * ''Series/TwinPeaks'': Who could ever forget "Theme From Twin Peaks" by Angelo Badalamenti? It became a hit in the charts and more famous than the amount of viewers the cult series itself ever got. |
| 159 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': The group released several albums with music and sketches from the series. One album, "Monty Python Sings", became the best selling record in their catalogue because it compiled all their famous songs from the TV series, the films and the ones written only for the soundtrack albums themselves. |
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| 162 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 163 | %%* Frank Klepacki's soundtracks for the Westwood {{RTS}} games ''VideoGame/DuneII'', ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'', etc. |
| 164 | %%* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' has a beautiful soundtrack. There's a heavy emphasis on music and song in the game since the magic is all MagicMusic. The developers even went so far as to make multiple fictional languages and several dialects, in which most of the main songs are sung. |
| 165 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject''. The sheer number of fan-made remixes and arrangements of the series' music is ''staggering'', and a large portion of the fanbase is into the games [[JustHereForGodzilla simply for those songs.]] |
| 166 | * The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series is known for having stellar soundtracks, to the point that it's one of the few things the [[BrokenBase infamously divided fandom]] can usually agree on. |
| 167 | ** Both the Japanese/European and the American soundtracks to ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' are regarded this way, though opinions vary as to which is better. |
| 168 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' is known for two things: being widely agreed to be one of the worst ''Sonic'' games ever ([[BrokenBase generally, mostly, and usually, even if not quite universally]]), and having one of the best soundtracks of any ''Sonic'' game ever. |
| 169 | ** ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' is known for its [[{{sampling}} sample]]-heavy soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma, which is technically impressive given the limitations of the Platform/NintendoDS. |
| 170 | * ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is mostly known for its soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma, consisting of hip-hop and funk with heavy use of {{sampling}}, which could easily stand just as well on its own. Along with ''Sonic Rush'', the games that Naganuma composed music for made him a sought-after name for video game soundtracks, as can be seen by the efforts Team Reptile took to get him on board for ''[[VideoGame/LethalLeague Lethal League Blaze]]''. |
| 171 | * An unusual example: the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC0cvwnG0Ik mindbogglingly cacophonous "music"]] for ''VideoGame/CrazyBus'' has been subject to this. It helps that it's the only thing of real noteworthiness, as the gameplay itself simply consists of driving from one end of the screen to the other. |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/JourneyToSilius'', a game just barely rescued from the scrapheap after the company lost the license the game was originally based on, is generally remembered solely for its soundtrack. |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'': While the prerendered graphics for the original three SNES games may have aged poorly, the soundtrack still has quite a following to this day. |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/GrimFandango'': The soundtrack by Peter [=McConnell=] is made up of a mixture of FilmNoir-style jazz and Mexican folk music, perfectly matching the game's aesthetic. When Tim Schafer picked up the rights to "remaster" the game, he spent most of the budget hiring the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to rerecord the whole score. |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' featured music composed by Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos, Dan Gardopée (who were responsible for the equally cultic VideoGame/UnrealTournament and VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit [=OSTs=]) [[AndZoidberg and Reeves Gabrels]]. |
| 176 | ** Just like the actual game itself, ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'''s sound track was praised for living up to the original Deus Ex while still being unique and suitable for the new generation of gaming. |
| 177 | * The songs at the end of ''VideoGame/Portal1'' and ''VideoGame/Portal2'' have become very popular. |
| 178 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' - the game itself is divisive, but the soundtrack is regarded by almost all who hear it as one of the best in the history of video games. |
| 179 | * The soundtrack for ''VideoGame/Journey2012'' created by Austin Wintory was so well received that it very quickly became the best-selling Video Game soundtrack of all time, and was the first Video Game Soundtrack to be nominated for MediaNotes/GrammyAward (nominated against such names as Music/HowardShore, Music/JohnWilliams, and Music/HansZimmer) in 2013. The album was released on Vinyl in 2015 and Wintory has even toured, performing the soundtrack live. |
| 180 | * The ''Franchise/SilentHill'' series came to be known for its soundtracks as much as anything else - which is why the departure of composer Music/AkiraYamaoka from Konami was seen by many fans as the final nail in the series' coffin. |
| 181 | * Say whatever else you want about ''VideoGame/WayOfTheWarrior'', but the one thing that people can at least agree on is that the soundtrack by [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]] was probably the best part of the game. |
| 182 | * Andrew Sega's techno/rock soundtrack for the ''[[VideoGame/{{Crusader}} Crusader: No Remorse and No Regret]]'' games is memorable and popular among a segment of older PC gamers. |
| 183 | %%* Any OST by Jesper Kyd, especially ''{{VideoGame/Hitman}}''. |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'''s OST by Paul Ruskay is regularly considered one of the best, most evocative soundtracks of all time, and combines the original score with one non-original piece of music. ''Agnus Dei'', the choral version of Barber's Adagio for Strings starts playing when [[spoiler: the mission "Return To Kharak" begins, where the Mothership returns to the home planet Kharak, to see ''half'' of the planet being consumed by flames, with the entire population exterminated from orbit. Combined with world class voice work that sells the despair and devastation of the scene, it creates one of the saddest moments in the history of gaming, and sets the player a steel resolve to make the enemy pay for what they did.]] Also, the song that plays over the end credits, recorded by no less a band than Music/{{Yes}}, is pretty popular as well. |
| 185 | * "Cheetahmen" from ''VideoGame/Action52'' is loved for its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZlYGN5W2Yg soundtrack]] and little else. |
| 186 | * ''VideoGame/NappleTaleArsiaInDaydream'' is something of a hidden, NoExportForYou gem on Platform/SegaDreamcast. Its soundtrack has a higher profile than the game, since it was composed by anime soundtrack great Music/YokoKanno, with vocals provided by Creator/MaayaSakamoto in select songs. |
| 187 | * ''VideoGame/HongKong97'' has a "soundtrack" that's just composed of a fraction of a song looped throughout the whole game. Usually people enjoy getting it stuck in their head rather than dealing and coping with the horrendous gameplay and visuals. |
| 188 | * Tim Follin is recognized by some as one of the best 8 and 16-bit composers out there, who was unfortunately doomed to have most of his work tied to games that are either terrible or utterly forgettable. |
| 189 | ** ''VideoGame/SilverSurfer1990'' is known for two things: being [[NintendoHard unfairly difficult]], and having an amazing soundtrack. |
| 190 | ** ''VideoGame/SolsticeTheQuestForTheStaffOfDemnos'' is considered a pretty okay game, but it's not particularly notable. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_gObHt1uZA Its title screen theme]], on the other hand, is very often cited as ''the'' greatest piece of 8-bit music ''ever'' made, being a full-fledged ProgressiveRock epic. |
| 191 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Plok}}'' is usually considered a decent game by those who played it, but those who know of the game but haven't played it probably know it for its impressive prog rock-inspired soundtrack, which pushed the SNES soundchip to its limit (story goes that Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto literally could not believe that such high-quality sound could come from the SNES). |
| 192 | ** Of all games, he wrote music for the licensed ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' NES game. His prog-inspired soundtrack brings the game to MundaneMadeAwesome levels. As one comment on the game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE title theme]] puts it: |
| 193 | --->''TIM IT WAS JUST PICTIONARY'' |
| 194 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' has multiple examples: |
| 195 | ** The Game Boy version has a chiptune version of the Russian folk song "Korobeiniki", which is now universally known as "the ''Tetris'' theme". Even people who haven't played the game probably know it. |
| 196 | ** [=H2O=], which mainly made {{Puzzle Game}}s during the 5th generation of video game systems, would've been immediately forgotten after its debut game, ''VideoGame/{{Tetrisphere}}'' (despite using the VideoGame/{{Tetris}} name), were it not for its in-house composer, Neil Voss. Though ''Tetrisphere'' was never a high-profile release in any way, Voss was the one person on the team doing interviews with gaming magazines and websites and drawing attention to the game almost all by himself. He had also become notable among MIDI enthusiasts of the 90's, as his flavor of sample-heavy EDM and Trance music, created using the Nintendo 64's built-in sound programs, was completely unprecedented and raised the bar with what was thought possible with MIDI. |
| 197 | ** The Platform/PhilipsCDi version had many obstacles: the system itself is quite obscure (outside of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames a few]] [[VideoGame/HotelMario infamous exceptions]]), and the game itself is so famous on other systems that most people wouldn't care about yet another version on forgotten hardware. Nowadays, this version's main claim to fame is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byJLw-dQXHA its extremely chill soundtrack]], which is often compared to {{Vaporwave}} despite [[UrExample predating the genre by nearly two decades]]. |
| 198 | * Much like ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' before it, ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' just wouldn’t be the same without its eclectic mix of J-pop, hip-hop, rock, rap, and various amounts of funky tracks, which could easily be mistaken for actual licensed songs by the unfamiliar. |
| 199 | * The soundtrack for the first few seasons of the ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' remake were a delight and some of the tracks like "I'm Back (to Rise)" found success even outside of the game. When Mick Gordon departed from the game for ''VideoGame/Doom2016'' and was replaced by Music/{{Celldweller}} many were saddened (but the latter still has his fair share of fans). |
| 200 | * ''VideoGame/NieR'''s music (composed by Keiichi Okabe and a few other composers at his studio Music/{{MONACA}}) was one of the few aspects of the game that were praised by critics, and many consider it to be one of the greatest videogame soundtracks of all time. Its sequel, ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', received similar praise for its own soundtrack. |
| 201 | * ''VideoGame/WanganMidnightMaximumTune'' is perhaps best known for its Creator/YuzoKoshiro trance soundtrack. Ever since Namco decided to [[NoExportForYou keep the series on the Eastern side of the Pacific]] from ''Maximum Tune 4'' onwards, it's become the best-known aspect of the game in the western hemisphere. |
| 202 | * For many fans, ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is just as much a celebration of classic video game music as it is a crossover fighting game. Ever since "My Music" was introduced in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'', an absolutely ''massive'' and ever-growing [[https://www.ssbwiki.com/List_of_composers list of composers]] has contributed to the series, many of which are already listed on this page. Whenever a new character is announced, it often leads to excitement and speculation regarding which songs will be included with them. |
| 203 | * In addition to being one of the codifiers of the RTS genre, the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' series also made composer Frank Klepacki a household name among the games' fans. For a time, one could buy a CD collection of the soundtracks for several of them. |
| 204 | * Talk to any fan of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', and they will tell you that nothing quite establishes and contributes to its retro ''Series/MiamiVice''[=/=]''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}'' atmosphere quite like its soundtrack, comprised of NothingButHits from some of the most iconic popular musicians of TheEighties. In fact, it's been [[https://medium.com/super-jump/gta-vice-city-created-a-new-wave-of-80s-nostalgia-7073de093a12 suggested]] that the vast field of [[NostalgiaFilter '80s nostalgia]] as we know it was first truly [[TropeCodifier codified]] by this game. It certainly revolutionized the use of licensed music in video games; before, they typically featured original scores and/or a small handful of licensed songs, but after, soundtracks comprised of dozens, or even hundreds, of licensed songs became the norm. Rockstar Games, perhaps knowing how immediately iconic the game's soundtrack was, released [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City_Official_Soundtrack_Box_Set a seven-CD box set]] featuring nearly a hundred songs from it, a tradition they'd keep up with future games in the series. |
| 205 | * ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorldTheGame'' features a soundtrack by famed {{chiptune}} rock band {{Music/Anamanaguchi}}, which is considered by many to not only be one of the best things about the game, but contains some of the best and most recognizable work within the band's discography. The association between the properties was so beloved that Anamanguchi were brought on years later to score the anime adaptation ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff''. |
| 206 | * While ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is a modern classic in its own right, it's hard to overstate how much of that is owed to the excellent music, which has inspired an unprecedented volume of fan remixes, covers, and memes. "Megalovania" in particular has been memed into becoming one of the most recognizable pieces of video game music ever. |
| 207 | * The ''VideoGame/{{BEMANI}}'' franchise is, being a RhythmGame series, very well-known for its massive library of music, and many musicians who produce tracks for the series have fandoms of their own. In the 2010s onward when Creator/{{Konami}} made questionable (at best) business decisions regarding their franchises, it was cause for celebration for particular in-house ''BEMANI''-centric musicians to leave Konami and go freelance to be free of their ExecutiveMeddling and produce songs for other rhythm games, with TAG being one of the most well-known examples. |
| 208 | * The hyperviolent Wii game ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' is known these days for three things: being the debut of Creator/PlatinumGames; being one of the few Mature-rated titles released on that system (and boy, [[{{Gorn}} did it]] [[RatedMForMoney earn that reputation]]); and having a genuinely hard rap-rock soundtrack with beats from [=PlatinumGames=] in-house composer Naoto Tanaka and filled with talented indie rappers, which director Atsushi Inaba [[WordOfGod has said]] was inspired by the Music/JayZ and Music/LinkinPark collaboration album ''Collision Course''. The ''[=MadWorld=]'' soundtrack still widely comes up as among the best examples of a hip-hop soundtrack in gaming history. |
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| 212 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' had music by [[http://johnvantongeren.net/credits.html John Van Tongeren]] and [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923254/ Peter Wetzler]] with tracks sung by [=AOR=] bands [=FM=] and Refugee (cult bands in their own right). When Koch Vision was asking the fan list for DVD extras, the ''unanimous'' vote was for the soundtrack. |
| 213 | * The music of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has been enough to inspire an entire genre of fan remixes. One fan was ''banned'' from the ''Film Score Monthly'' forums after making increasingly obnoxious and offensive posts demanding releases of the series' scoring[[note]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The movie]] ''did'' have a score album however.[[/note]] |
| 214 | * The soundtrack album from ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', ''Evergreen Nights'', is [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic absolutely brilliant]], to the point where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouPYQlhempw "Run With Us"]], the series' ending theme, got to #2 on the Canadian music charts in 1987/88. |
| 215 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': The incidental music used in many of the cartoons has been compiled and released on CD. It's just as enjoyable as the cartoons itself. |
| 216 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Many songs from the series have become beloved among fans and have been released on no less than three soundtrack albums. |
| 217 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Carl Stalling's compositions for the Warner Brothers cartoons have become cult favorites themselves because of the wonderfully entertaining and complex arrangements and shout outs to famous classical music tunes and popular melodies. Also, because he borrowed a lot from RaymondScott's compostions Scott too became more famous as a result. |
| 218 | * ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': There are numerous fans who either don't like the show's plot itself or think it's alright but nothing special, but absolutely love the soundtrack and only watch the show for the high-quality Broadway-style musical numbers. |
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