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[DarkJediKnight]

Had a back and forth woyh someone about Top Gun over golf (yes. Not volleyball). I feel this movie benefited big time from their soundtrack. Stuff like Danger Zone, Take my breath away is pretty much synonymous with this movie.

What movies come to mind that are popular largely due to their soundtrack?

 

[Azubah]

Tron 2.

 

[JCHandsom]

Baby Driver

EDIT: Read the title but not the OP's question, but whatever, Baby Driver has a kickass soundtrack

 

[chrisPjelly]

Interstellar. The ending would have been GARBAGE without the amazing score backing it up.

 

[Bedameister]

Inception

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Tron 2.

That was an epic music video for sure

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Friday Night Lights.

Explosions In The Sky made it much better.

 

[LiK]

Guardians of the Galaxy

 

[TCRS]

Drive

Great soundtrack

 

[Jezbollah]

Bladerunner

 

[soundscream]

.

 

[LoveCake]

Every Quentin Tarantino movie.

 

[jacob armitage]

2001: A Space Odyssey i believe benefits from its soundtrack more than any other film, but it doesn't quite fit your criteria. Still, first thing that came to mind!

 

[SchrodingerC]

Drive. Fantastic soundtrack that I still occasionally listen to.

Oh and pretty much every Darren Aronofsky movie.

 

[ascii42]

Star Wars and Lord of the Rings have plenty of other things going for them, but the soundtracks are certainly a major part of those movies.

 

[HStallion]

Conan the Barbarian

 

[Inferno313]

All of them.

Or at least, damn near most of them.

 

[Moppeh]

Le Mepris

 

[UnemployedVillain]

All of them.

Or at least, damn near most of them.

Yeah this. I'm assuming he means greatly benefit, or movies that were propped up by their soundtrack?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Disney: The Thread

 

[Einchy]

All of Tarantino's movies, dude picks some great music.

 

[Ostinatto]

Every Quentin Tarantino movie.

This.

 

[paplikaplik]

Star Wars

 

[Zophar]

.

Definitely. Movie is a little run-of-the-mill but the soundtrack is genuinely one of the GOATs.

 

[paradise_circus]

Hanna with the score composed by the chemical bothers.
Danny the dog by massive attack.
the raid by mike shinoda

 

[Thaedolus]

Last of the Mohicans. Fairly average movie but its phenomenal soundtrack made it much better.

 

[hitme]

Interstellar

hell, any movie that had Hans Zimmer doing the music.

 

[Yoshi]

Star Wars, the only good thing about it is the soundtrack and the soundtrack is magnificient.

Also, Jurassic Park, the main theme is incredibly strong and gives the first half of the movie an outstanding atmosphere.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Frozen with a different soundtrack would have suffered the same fate as The Frog Princess

 

[zeemumu]

Dragonheart.

Even if you haven't seen the movie you've likely heard this theme somewhere in some other movie trailer or at an awards show

Same goes for Requiem for a Dream's big dramatic version.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

for a lot of these films, it's a smart combination between visuals and audio that leaves an impression, not simply a song or score slapped something uninteresting. It's usually carefully thought out if a filmmaker has any kind of vision. (Hell, even Top Gun is very smart about it. Tony Scott certainly had his unique gifts)

 

[-Gozer-]

It Follows

 

[Subpar Spatula]

Guardians of the Galaxy is a good example of music elevating an average movie.

 

[Anteater]

don't know if it's popular but Stay's ost was good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAJRde9jBkg

 

[gutter_trash]

Tron 2.

Yup
OST + ambiance boosts the movie

 

[Inferno313]

Seriously though, it's Lego Batman.

I’m starting with the man in the mirror
I’m asking him to change his ways...

 

[Spiritwalker]

LotR for sure.

 

[lightskintwin]

How has nobody said Flashdance or Purple Rain yet?

 

[AlteredBeast]

Every great movie benefits from their soundtrack... You can't have one without the other.

Field of Dreams
The Shawshank Redemption
and
Road to Perdition

benefit a ton from their subtle uses of score and composition. Bombastic scores like those from Inception and the Dark Knight do the same in the opposite way.

 

[Syder]

It's a fantastic movie in it's own right but GoodFellas' soundtrack is incredible.

 

[ProtomanNeo]

Star Wars the thread

 

[adamma666]

Judgment Night. Anything else is just plain wrong

 

[lightskintwin]

I took OP meant movies that was elevated due to their soundtrack and would otherwise be trash if you removed it.

 

[Psychoward]

Drive
Tick of the Clock
Nightcall

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Flashdance?

 

[Legend of Aims]

Tron legacy
Interstellar
LoTR

 

[lightskintwin]

Frozen with a different soundtrack would have suffered the same fate as The Frog Princess

The Princess and the Frog's soundtrack > Frozen's soundtrack

 

[Linkura]

Frozen with a different soundtrack would have suffered the same fate as The Frog Princess

Get out of here, Princess and the Frog has a better soundtrack than Frozen.

My picks:
Office Space
Big Lebowski
Psycho
The Thing

Also some of my favorite movies. <3

The Princess and the Frog's soundtrack > Frozen's soundtrack

My man.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I took OP meant movies that was elevated due to their soundtrack and would otherwise be trash if you removed it.

Can you really separate the soundtrack from even a classic like Blade Runner though? I feel like if they didn't also nail that aspect, the score and ambiance, it would fall flat, regardless of the visuals. I would say the same about another sci-fi flick, Gattaca.

 

[xam3l]

Interstellar

hell, any movie that had Hans Zimmer doing the music.

As a fan, I wish that was true.

But Nolan + Zimmer are trully a match made in heaven.