Movie scores that don't fit the movie?

[Trevor]

I've always thought that the jaunty, upbeat score for FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE doesn't fit the theme of the film which is pretty down beat at times. 😊

[zombie no.one]

the score to THE OMEN 4 is completely incongruous to the franchise let alone the movie itself

short clip, listen to how badly it's whacked over this scene

https://youtu.be/P36xTzOpwdE?si=zIM9r1tDZINiT1EY

[Trevor]

the score to THE OMEN 4 is completely incongruous to the franchise let alone the movie itself

short clip, listen to how badly it's whacked over this scene

https://youtu.be/P36xTzOpwdE?si=zIM9r1tDZINiT1EY

Yikes 😳🤣

[claws]

Taken from a previous thread we did: Ladyhawke (1985)

The film soundtrack, composed by Andrew Powell, has met some criticism, with some saying the synthesizer laden track is incongruous for a medieval-themed movie.

Imagine if Schindler's List had a grunge soundtrack. It just doesn't fit.

[teenagehonvedfan]

Nightcrawler has a synthy soundtrack that doesn't really fit the vibe of the film.


Although I've grown into it now, the timpani heavy sections of the Commando soundtrack used to drive me nuts.

[ER]

I've always disliked anachronistic music, like heavy metal playing in a Medieval movie, for example.

[zombie no.one]

that's just reminded me, saw a movie recently that started with a kind of pre-cursor scene taking place in medieval times, and it had frigging emo electro-pop type music going on  ... can't remember the film, it might come to me

- something to do with an Irish demon or curse...

[Rev. Powell]

I think it was Deathstalker 2 that was set in this medieval fantasy world but had this 80s synth-pop sound I found ridiculous.

[vincentvision-3000]

INFERNO (1980) has some pretty jarring tracks I'd say. though inferno is a pretty strange movie in general

[The Burgomaster]

A lot of the low-budget films from the 1960s (especially nudist colony and soft-core sex films) always seemed to have monotonous music that just repeated from opening credits to end credits, like piano music someone found in a public domain music library.

[LilCerberus]

Shoot The Living, Pray For The Dead opens with a jazz number, & the rest is either electric piano or disco...

I was never all that fond of the "saloon piano" solos in Once Upon A Time In The West...

[claws]

John Williams is one of the greatest when it comes to scoring movies, but I didn't like his music for Spielberg's Hook (1991). It sounded over-the-top cringe/cheesy at times, like music for a TV commercial or something.

[lester1/2jr]

Last night I watched Something wild which had a confusing world beat/ reggae score. It's set in NYC and virginia and has nothing to do with reggae or the islands or anything like that. I don't know what the music should have been, but probably not that.

[Rev. Powell]

THE DOUBLE is a dystopian black comedy based on a Dostoevsky novel. The soundtrack is 50-60s Japanese pop music. It doesn't go together at all BUT it works amazingly.

[claws]

Last night I watched Something wild which had a confusing world beat/ reggae score. It's set in NYC and virginia and has nothing to do with reggae or the islands or anything like that. I don't know what the music should have been, but probably not that.

This is what A.I. told me about the soundtrack:

Demme's use of music in "Something Wild" mirrors the film's exploration of identity shifts and the breaking down of social barriers.

Love the soundtrack btw