Never saw the movie , but I loved the soundtrack. Any other examples?

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n00barama@reddit

Manhunter. Great movie, great soundtrack.

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everythingbeeps@reddit

Not the same but I saw The Crow once and didn't like it at all, but the soundtrack is legendary.

As far as movies I never saw, Last Action Hero is one. Had the soundtrack, l.oved it, never ended up seeing the movie.

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Carnivorous_Mower@reddit

If you ever do watch Last Action Hero, remember it's a parody of action films. It's a bit of silly fun. Unfortunately, a lot of people didn't get it when it came out so it flopped.

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everythingbeeps@reddit

Oh I know exactly what it is, that's kind of why I haven't watched it. I'm not really enough of an action movie watcher to appreciate it, probably.

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I loved the film. The soundtrack is one of the better albums ever released, period. Every track rocks your face off. Even the Cure song, Burn which is one of the better tracks. I don't care for them, but that song is certified killer.

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everythingbeeps@reddit

I had for years resisted getting into the Cure, and Burn was what finally convinced me to give them a shot.

I loved the hell out of them for a handful of years, but it kind of went away and I haven't listened to them in probably two decades.

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toodledootootootoo@reddit

I listened to it last night cause I had an out of the blue craving to hear that song. So fucking good

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Tardisjanitor@reddit

My mind was blown when I learned the NIN track was a remake from an old 80s Joy Division song. Trent’s version rocks ass and I love it.

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Carnivorous_Mower@reddit

Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight. Bad movie, great sounds.

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gotfoo@reddit

Anthrax should have been on this soundtrack.

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Carnivorous_Mower@reddit

We got Slayer instead, so no complaints from me.

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BehavioralSink@reddit

Bring the Noise with Public Enemy was two years prior.

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Various-Space-680@reddit

Mission Impossible 2

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noise-nut@reddit

Soundtrack to Johnny Mnemonic was awesome

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2cats2hats@reddit

I still think of that metal-opera scene sometimes. :D

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JacksonKittyForm@reddit

Pump Up the Volume, even with the different version of Everybody Knows.

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carlivar@reddit

Empire Records

Movie was kind of dumb, except to just stare at Liv Tyler.

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Sad-Status-4220@reddit

For me, this is the ultimate Gen X soundtrack.

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Skindigga@reddit

Del and Dinosaur Jr is dope as shit.

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Laxevaag113@reddit

Grosse Point Blank

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Five_Toes_Left@reddit

Soundtrack is awesome...almost like a best of the 80's compilation. The movie ain't bad either. I always considered it to be sort of an 'unofficial' sequel to Better Off Dead.

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6rayRabbit@reddit

Until the End of the World, a film by Wim Wenters. Lou Rees, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Rem, etc etc.

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IntoTheSunWeGo@reddit

Great soundtrack. The movie was good, I thought, but 3 hours was a little ridiculous even for me.

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ConsumerAnthemist@reddit

Return of the Living Dead

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Effective_Device_185@reddit

REPO MAN ('84) is killer.

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zombuca@reddit

This is a better soundtrack than the movie deserved.

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Tardisjanitor@reddit

Are we talking movies we didn’t see but loved the soundtrack or just epic soundtracks? Sorry I got lost in the comments. However, Hackers (absolutely not what hacking is like) has an epic soundtrack.

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BoneDaddy1973@reddit

I had the Last Action Hero soundtrack, and never saw the movie. Great soundtrack!

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marigolds6@reddit

New Jack City soundtrack was impressive, but I never knew anyone who saw the movie. Same thing with SubUrbia. Above the Rim is probably the best example i can think of not already mentioned.

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dawg_will_hunt@reddit

Spawn soundtrack. Some bangers on that one

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Respond-Leather@reddit

The soundtrack to the movie "Singles"

Never seen the movie to this day. Still own the CD soundtrack album and listen to songs from it on Spotify regularly

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Muggi@reddit

lol same

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Jewzilla_@reddit

The soundtrack came out three months before the movie. And it’s better than the movie. I believe that people went to see the movie because of the soundtrack. One of the first dates I went on was seeing the movie. I tried watching it again a few years ago. It hasn’t aged well.

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Gluverty@reddit

Godzilla 2000, The Crow, Trainspotting (though that movie is brilliant), And the x-files

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linkmantaray@reddit

“I love you, Mary Jane. Sugar come by and get me high”

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big_galoote@reddit

Spawn soundtrack

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SirSignificant6576@reddit

Repo Man

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egdirbkram@reddit

Spawn soundtrack has a couple good pairings by unlikely metal/electronic groups.

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Suspicious-Yogurt480@reddit

Soundtrack to the animated film Heavy Metal, I think many more kids at he time had the record/tape than seen the movie. A lesser known film, also animated, was 1981's American Pop, also an R-rated movie, but a decent soundtrack for the era.

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yukonman27@reddit

The street fighter soundtrack was dope. Never saw the pic though

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battery_pack_man@reddit

This was such a weird and odd concept of the soundtrack that tied into the plot.

Came out before korn paved the way for rap rock 2.0, which was just butt rock+ black cultural appropriation. But this was cool as it had each track collaborate with different bands across the divide to come together. I thought it was great and the de la track still slaps.

But I cannot think of this sort of thing being attempted at this scale anywhere else.

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