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Worst Film Music Of All Time Contestant

posted 11 years ago by mail-2217
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If this had been made with a decent score I reckon this movie would NOT be the subject of constant derision. I fully acknowledge all its silliness, however it's not -that- bad if you can divorce yourself from 'the book' (which it has nothing to do with.) And in some areas it's quite interesting.

BUT... I'm thinking hard about a -worse- film score in modern movies and I can't come up with one right now. The soaring 80's guitar hero theme (repeated ad nauseum) is such a joke... It's akin to 'Flash Gordon' but without the humour.

Try imagining without soundtrack. It's a much better movie. Not great, but not awful.

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 11 years ago

The score is one of the film's great strengths.

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[–] Jgalatzan 11 years ago

Agreed

[–] Ite 11 years ago

This. I loved the soundtrack.

[–] Lady Cole 11 years ago

What are you smoking, the score is fantastic.

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[–] sommert-507-32566 8 years ago

Agree. I thought TOTO did a great job. Especially since I didn't think music scores would really be a strength for them since they did good regular rock. I still remember most of the themes

[–] Jetfire1959 8 years ago

Check out my thread entitled "Music Trivia". It has links to You Tube vids of Toto doing some of the Dune music live.

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[–] Slavic 10 years ago

I have to agree that the score is fantastic and very memorable, but at the same time it was excessively used throughout the whole movie almost to a nauseam. I mean how many times you've heard it play over and over in the movie? I got tired of hearing it by the end of the movie. I think they overdone it.

[–] jnericsonx 10 years ago

I like the "Triumphant" beat in the Big Battle piece most of all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj9UcKj7Dxo 2:42 in.

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[–] chouse1020 10 years ago

I'm another to agree that the score was really good.

Toto didn't have a ton of commercial success, but they were some of the best studio musicians of the era, and they did some neat work on this film. I especially enjoy the song Take My Hand - much different than the stuff on their other albums.

[–] DarthBill 10 years ago

The music by Toto was awesome. :)

[–] Ehrgeiz 10 years ago

Better than the stuff they actually play with their band.

[–] fredericoribeiro 10 years ago

Exactly. The incredible thing is just how the soundtrack is so different from their pop music. And so much better as well.

[–] alanake 10 years ago

The score is great. The beginning piece, while Irulan is doing her introductory voiceover, is one of my favourites from any film.

[–] Evonne97 10 years ago

This film score rocks! You don't know what you are talking about. All I hear from you is pretentious drivel.

[–] ixusillwrath 10 years ago

The score is absolutely fantastic, minus the end credits that sounds like something from a 'serious' episode of Family Ties.

[–] moonbus69 10 years ago

"WTF you talking 'bout, Willis?!"

While the movie was still in theaters, I ran out to a Tower Records and bought the LP soundtrack... and much later, bought a copy on CD.

One of my all time favorite movie-music soundtracks, up there with Blade Runner, Star Wars, and 2001...

The end theme, 'Take My Hand' still brings a chill up my spine, as it did the very first time (in the movie, I mean...)