Did you ever watch a movie just because of the soundtrack?

zgurl49 · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:49 am Post subject:

Jade - Honestly I don't know what it was about Plunkett & MacLeane. I do know I was sick that night and Mr. ZG was making fun of the whole thing as it was on, so that may have influenced my thoughts. I promise I will attempt it again (probably this weekend as Mr. ZG will be working) and I will give my full report after. Smile

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mister_mouse · Captain Joined: Apr 15, 2009 Posts: 1464

Also watched (after hearing on SSt)
Fantastic Mr Fox, and I loved it so much I bought the DVD Smile

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Robin Hood- The Streitenfeld version and
Green Card - which was horrible.
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Birhar · Captain Joined: Apr 01, 2009 Posts: 1040

I hadn't heard anything about the movie "October Sky". After listening to the score, which I really love, on SST, I desperately wanted to see the movie. Although there are good actors in it and the movie is rated rather good at the imdb, I didn't really like it that much, as it was just another forseeable success story.

NessySheep · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:26 pm Post subject:

I can't even count the number of movies i watched because of the Soundtrack Wink

There were both very good and really bad movies among them, but it also made me watch movies which are not that well known Smile

j2brown · Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:16 pm Post subject:

Kajotex · Cadet 3 Joined: Feb 12, 2009 Posts: 12

I watched Kikujiro no Nasu because of it's score.
I regret nothing Smile

Luther_III · Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:20 pm Post subject:

On a number of occasions, hearing the soundtrack at SST has led me to rent the film. Probably the most notable:

Modigliani - Wonderful score. Awful movie.

Mr. Green

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Viola · Cadet 4 Joined: Nov 15, 2019 Posts: 15 Location: Warsaw

I went on X-Men: Dark Phoenix only because Hans' s Zimmer score. I hate X-Men, but I listened on spotify the score and was curious what the movie is about, so I went. Wasn't that bad, not good either, but the score, THE SCORE! save that day Smile

martino · Commander Joined: Jan 12, 2009 Posts: 601

Oh yes, I did. Many times. I wasn�t generally disappointed. Here is the list of soundtracks/movies I remember:
Girl With A Pearl Earring, Rise Of The Guardians, The Imitation Game, The Danish Girl, L�Odyssee by A.Desplat;
Moon, The Fountain, Requiem For A Dream by C.Mansell;
Kundun, The Hours, The Illusionist, Jane by P.Glass;
Perfume, Cloud Atlas by Tykwer/Klimek/Heil;
The Theory Of Everything, Arrival by J.Johannsson;
Deep Impact, Troy, The Spiderwick Chronicles by J.Horner;
Battle: Los Angeles, Now You See Me, The Mummy (so awful that I had to stop watching after 30 min) by B.Tyler;
The Village, Water Horse by J. Newton Howard
Paycheck, The Italian Job by J.Powell;
Legend, Near Dark by Tangerine Dream;
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford by Cave/Ellis;
Gattaca by M.Nyman;
Cloverfield, Super 8, John Carter, Tomorrowland, Zootopia by M.Giacchino;
Pacific Rim, Warcraft, The Great Wall by R.Djawadi;
Nocturnal Animals by A.Korzeniowski;
Amistad by J.Williams;
My Neighbor Totoro by J.Hisaishi;
Swiss Army Man by Hull/McDowell/Dano/Radcliffe;
Bogowie by B.Chajdecki;
King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword by D.Pemberton;
Kick-Ass, Layer Cake by Various Artists;
Ed Wood by H.Shore;
Stardust by I.Eshkeri;
House Of Flying Daggers by S.Umebayashi;
Alexander by Vangelis;
Sarkar by A.Mohile;
Lagaan by A.R.Rahman;
...

danleich · Lieutenant Joined: Apr 26, 2015 Posts: 174

Hehe long list there martino Very Happy

some of the movies are also on my "heard the soundtrack, watched the movie because of it"-list. The best and definitely leading title is however "How to train you dragon" as I heard the music here on SST before, liked it and decided to watch the movie because of it. Well, now it is one of my, if not the favourite movie Very Happy

But in general, I hear the scores first on SST, and then at some ppoint watch the movies, sometimes because of the soundtracks, sometimes because of talking in chat about it Smile

Adding a few movies that sticked to my mind that I watched because of the soundtrack:

The man from UNCLE D.Pemberton
Swiss Army Man (as mentioned above)
Thor Ragnarok (ok not only because of the score but also because people told me it would be good, it was Very Happy

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Lady in the van by george fenton
Sinbad, Legend Of The Seven Seas by Harry Gregson Williams (granted, I saw the most important plot parts of the movie during the FMF gala already, but decided to watch it in full length again)
.... propably more, but I can't wrap my head around them at the moment Very Happy

Viola · Cadet 4 Joined: Nov 15, 2019 Posts: 15 Location: Warsaw

Have to admit How to train your dragon 3 blew my mind, both by score and the movie. The piece Third date, As long as he's safe, and Once there were dragons are absolutely unforgettable.
I also went on Widows, again because of Hans's score

607 · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 4:24 am Post subject:

How To Train Your Dragon for me too, indeed! I probably would've seen it otherwise at some point also, as I like animated films, but I wanted to watch it primarily to get to know the context for that amazing score.
Also Pride & Prejudice, although I also watched that because my mother liked it, and I had read the novel some years before.

Bryophyte · Ensign Joined: Aug 26, 2011 Posts: 31

I watched 'The Social Network' because I had heard the score, and (unpopular opinion here) liked the score. Embarassed

The movie was okay in a "hmm, interesting" sort of way.
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Baratunda · Cadet 1 Joined: Sep 23, 2020 Posts: 2

Sin City is one of the films worth watching because of its soundtrack. Actually it is not the only reason but the soundtrack is gorgeous too.