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Some of the greatest movies of all time have also given us some of the greatest soundtracks of all time. From the eerie foreboding of Ennio Morricone’s seminal western scores to the stacked compilation accompanying Almost Famous to Kendrick Lemar’s brilliant work on Black Panther, good films and good music go hand-in-hand. Until they don’t.
Sometimes, a movie’s audio is way better than its visuals, either because the soundtrack is just that good or the rest of the project stinks to high heaven. Obviously, every director wants the best of both worlds, but it doesn’t always work out that way.
As a rule of thumb, the best features tend to have the most memorable soundtracks, creating an audiovisual experience that uses music as a means to enhance the action onscreen and immerse the viewer even deeper into the world. It should be the goal with every picture, although one can regularly outstrip the other.
While nobody sets out to make a film that’s solely remembered for its score, it’s happened more than once. The following five flicks are nothing to write home about, but at least they were elevated by a mesmerising soundtrack that ensured they’d be remembered for something, even if it wasn’t their merits as movies.
Five soundtracks better than the movie:
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