Tron, any of them. Would hesitate to even call them mediocre though lol
Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.
(I personally love the movie and rewatch it every couple years but it didn’t do well, IIRC.)
I murdered a lot of reapas in Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer to some of those songs.
| Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.
The last real Daft Punk release.
Depending on who you ask, Tron: Legacy.
The movie was OK, but I vastly prefer the original. It has a certain 80s “Gee whiz aren’t these newfangled computers the greatest” feeling that you just can’t recapture.
Weirdest Sheridan and Londo fanfic I’ve ever seen. 👍
True, the soundtrack single handedly elevates it - there’s not much without that.
Spawn movie.
If Spawn counts as a mediocre movie with good music, then you’d think Flash Gordon would be in the same category. But I don’t think either of those movies are mediocre.
I mean, cool, I fucking loved it, but let’s be real that outside of John leguizamo, the performances were mid. And it had almost no lasting impact. It’s just kind of an “oh yeah that was a movie wasn’t it” mid 90s comic book schlock.
But that album was like, actually peak 90s metal/ hardcore.
I might have a strange definition of mediocre, but basically, I think that if I had seen the movie once, and then I decide it’s worth watching again, then somehow it must not be mediocre. I’ve seen Spawn several times.
I think “mediocre” in this context would be mediocre to most people. Rather than you specifically. At least, that’s why I added some brackets explaining my Tron: Legacy answer in this post. (I personally don’t think it’s mediocre but imagine most did.)
I think “mediocre” in this context would be mediocre to most people.
I think you cannot ask about something subjective without getting people’s personal opinions. If you ask about an aspect of a mediocre thing, then you can expect at least some debate about what counts as mediocre, and probably none of the people’s answers will be correct.
For me, a “mediocre” movie would be something that I would only watch again if a friend wanted to watch it, but if it was just an option and I got to choose, I’d never choose it. But if it was just “on”, I might not change the channel. Let’s see, like The Rock directed by Michael Bay.
And then there are “bad” movies that I wouldn’t watch even if I had a friend who wanted to see it, like any other Michael Bay movie that I’ve seen. Armageddon had pretty good music, but it wasn’t mediocre. It was bad.
/shrug, you do you. I’m just leading a horse to water. But I cannot fill a cup which is already full.
Imagine slotting
into your SNES in 1993 and hearing THIS. The game kinda sucks but the music keeps you going.
I’ve never played mystic quest but I heard that song in Super Mario Bros Crossover!
Huniepop is a porn game with the barest of stories between the titties, juvenile humor, and honestly the porn itself is just so-so. This is all wrapped around what is admittedly a pretty good match 3 puzzle game, but the soundtrack! For chill atmospheric music, that shit is fucking incredible.
Lazarus, it was an anime written by the same guy that made Cowboy Bepop. It was alright, but they hired Bonobo to do the soundtrack for it and it’s just amazing…
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Woah that wasn’t a mediocre game it was above average at worst.
I wouldn’t say mediocre, it was a pretty fun game for its time, but the Sanctum soundtrack by Coffee Stain Studios was fantastic
Lord of the Rings: Vol I for SNES. The game is worse than mediocre. It’s utter trash. I remain convinced they blew the budget on the soundtrack! It does a lot of things you really don’t hear that often on the SNES! Amazing!
Plok (SNES) The boss theme in particular.
I forget the guy’s name but he did both OSTs for the above two games and he has a reputation for giving bad games amazing soundtracks.
Mechanicus Not a bad game by any means but the music and sound design punch way above their weight for a game of this scope.
Tunic (Also very good but probably very niche)
EDIT:
Void War Probably not bad but self-admittedly very derivative of both its inspirations (FTL and Warhammer 40K)
Silver Surfer is a perfect answer.
This is tricky because I always find thst the best art, no matter the funding or size of a team behind it, is paired with great music. I’ll try and get one for each category though.
(Spoiler tags are just to condense the comment)
Movies:
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- Star Wars Sequels like SOLO and The Force Awakens (Rey’s theme + the third trailer’s medley.)
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), might not count as mediocre but i found it hard to follow. The music is done by this brilliant composer Wojciech Kilar who also composed for the perfect and very memorable film, Le roi et Le Oiseau
- Probably another controversial suggestion - Pirates of the Caribbean
Games:
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- Sims 4. Its soundtrack is so incredible but the game is just not entertaining to me. Also see: The Sims Medieval and Spore (nice job, EA…)
Shows:
- il Medici a Netflix original
Not exactly the soundtrack, it was fine, but nothing special and overall forgettable
But I want to give a small shout-out to Morbius for having really good sound mixing. I definitely expected it to be a “whispers and explosions” kind of movie where you couldn’t hear the conversations, and action scenes blew your eardrums out, and the background music was all over the place
But no, everything was at a reasonable volume, I could hear everything crystal clear.
There was just nothing worth hearing unfortunately.
Not a mediocre game but the opening track of Civilization IV, The Lord’s Prayer, is magnificent. It won a Grammy.
It won a Grammy.
IIRC it was the first song from a video game to do so.
There’s a game for the SNES called Act Raiser, I think it was by Quintet or Taito or Square, one of those. You play Actual God taking back the world from Probably Satan, you do this partly in a side scrolling platforming combat style, and partially in an overhead city building style. Surprisingly good soundtrack for a game as weird as it is.
The TV show Suits has a great soundtrack, but I’d argue that it’s not mediocre though.
I’ve been trying to get into that because I crave juicy legal stuff. Bit tired of the supergenius-assholes trope we see in Sherlock, though, and it seems like Mike is a super genius and his boss Harvey is a genius asshole. Yes I let YouTube shorts dictate what new shows I delve into ✋😔
It’s not a super-genius thing, it’s a perfect memory of thing’s he has read and the super memory trope is rarely used in the show. So you’re safe. Even when it is used, it’s somewhat explained well.
Okay, looking forward to having a new show to binge then! Thank you
Definitely binge-worthy. And Luis is amazing. I envy a first-time watcher.
