History Main / CultSoundtrack

* ''Film/TheVirginSuicides'': The soundtrack is a cult favorite written by Music/{{Air}}.

* ''Film/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' received considerable online attention for its Jack Antonoff-produced soundtrack of 1970s cover songs by acclaimed 2022 artists. While it doesn't appear on the soundtrack album itself, a song for the movie was written by the rage-rapper Yeat ([[RatedGForGangsta with uncharacteristically clean lyrics about hating Vector]]), which ended up soundtracking a fad where teenagers would go and see the movie in full 3-piece formalwear.

* ''Film/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' received considerable online attention for its Jack Antonoff-produced soundtrack of 1970s cover songs by acclaimed 2022 artists. While it doesn't appear on the soundtrack album itself, a song for the movie was written by the rage-rapper Yeat ([[RatedGForGangsta with uncharacteristically clean lyrics about hating Vector]]), which ended up soundtracking a fad where teenagers would go and see the movie in full 3-piece formalwear.

* ''Film/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'' received considerable online attention for its Jack Antonoff-produced soundtrack of 1970s cover songs by acclaimed 2022 artists. While it doesn't appear on the soundtrack album itself, a song for the movie was written by the rage-rapper Yeat ([[RatedGForGangsta with uncharacteristically clean lyrics about hating Vector]]), which ended up soundtracking a fad where teenagers would go and see the movie in full 3-piece formalwear.

** Of all games, he wrote music for the ''licensed Pictionary NES game'': with his usual prog rock touch, it brings the game to MundaneMadeAwesome levels. As one comment on the game's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwh3erQlyE title theme]] puts it:

* ''Film/TheCrow'' is well regarded, and part of that owns to a best selling rock soundtrack with Music/TheCure, Music/StoneTemplePilots, and Music/{{Pantera}} among other big names.

* ''Film/TheVirginSuicides'': The soundtrack is a cult favorite because of Music/{{Air}} wrote the music.

* The first [[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} Michael Myers film]] is still popular, but the soundtrack, oh boy! Many people who never saw any of the films in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}} franchise will recognize this catchy and haunting tune, because of its use in other movies and TV series.

* ''Film/{{Backbeat}}'' is has this due to the amount of alternative rock talent ([[Music/SoulAsylum Dave Pirnir]], Music/DaveGrohl, [[Music/TheAfghanWhigs Greg Dulli]]) featured within covering old '50s standards with the same raw energy of the early Beatles.

* The soundtrack for ''VideoGame/{{Journey}}'' created by Austin Wintory was so well received that it very quickly became the best selling Video Game soundtrack of all time, and was the first Video Game Soundtrack to be nominated for UsefulNotes/GrammyAward (nominated against such names as ''Music/HowardShore'', ''Music/JohnWilliams'', and ''Music/HansZimmer'') in 2013. The album was released on Vinyl in 2015 and Wintory has even toured, performing the soundtrack live.

** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' is known for two things: being widely agreed to be one of the worst ''Sonic'' games ever ([[BrokenBase Generally, mostly, and usually, even if not quite universally]]), and having one of the best soundtracks of any ''Sonic'' game ever.
** ''VideoGame/SonicRush''' is known for its soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma, which is technically impressive given the limitations of the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.
* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' is mostly known for its soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma, consisting of hip-hop and funk with heavy use of {{sampling}}, which could easily stand just as well on its own. These two games that Naganuma composed music for made him a sought-after name for video game soundtracks, as can be seen by the efforts Team Reptile took to get him on board for ''[[VideoGame/LethalLeague Lethal League Blaze]]''.

* Music/PinkFloyd made two soundtracks for two obscure French hippie films. In fact, the films (''La Vallée'' and ''More'') are largely forgotten, but the soundtracks titled ''Obscured by Clouds'' and ''Music From the Film More'' are considered a part of the band's studio album canon.

** ''Film/Spawn1997'' followed a similar path, pairing rock bands with electronica groups (Music/{{Filter}} and Music/TheCrystalMethod, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Music/{{Moby}}, Music/{{Korn}} and Music/TheDustBrothers), selling fairly well and [[https://film.avclub.com/like-its-inspiration-spawn-s-soundtrack-cobbled-togeth-1798253881 earning assessments]] that it had more lasting appeal than the film itself.

* ''Film/BatmanForever'' and ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' both have eclectic soundtracks regarded MUCH more highly than the movies.
* ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'''s soundtrack is performed by Music/SpinalTap.

** ''VideoGame/SonicRush'''s soundtrack is known for its soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma, which is technically impressive given the limitations of the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

** ''Film/{{Spawn}}'' followed a similar path, pairing rock bands with electronica groups (Music/{{Filter}} and Music/TheCrystalMethod, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Music/{{Moby}}, Music/{{Korn}} and Music/TheDustBrothers), selling fairly well and [[https://film.avclub.com/like-its-inspiration-spawn-s-soundtrack-cobbled-togeth-1798253881 earning assessments]] that it had more lasting appeal than the film itself.

* ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'' became a cult film in large part because of its soundtrack.

* ''Film/{{Singles}}'' was a mostly-forgettable Music/CameronCrowe romantic comedy, but its soundtrack was a huge hit. This due to the movie being set in Seattle and the soundtrack (and film) containing many of the stars of the then-nascent "grunge" movement. One of Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s biggest singles, "Spoonman," was originally conceived as a song playing in the background of a bar.

** ''VideoGame/{{Plok}}'' is usually considered a decent game by those who played it, but those who know of the game but haven't played it probably know it for its impressive prog-rock-inspired soundtrack, which pushed the SNES soundchip to its limit (story goes that Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto literally could not believe that such high-quality sound could come from the SNES).
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** ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' is known for two things: being one of the worst ''Sonic'' games ever, and having one of the best soundtracks of any ''Sonic'' game ever.
** ''VideoGame/SonicRush'''s soundtrack is known for its soundtrack by Hideki Naganuma which is technically impressive given the limitations of the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' featured music composed by Creator/AlexanderBrandon, Michiel van den Bos, Dan Gardopée (who were responsible for the equally cultic VideoGame/UnrealTournament and VideoGame/JazzJackrabbit OSTs) [[AndZoidberg and Reeves Gabrels]].

* ''Film/EndOfDays'', likewise, was largely forgotten, but the soundtrack is noteworthy for featuring off-album tracks by Music/RobZombie, Music/{{Powerman 5000}}, [[Music/HouseOfPain Everlast]], Music/{{Eminem}}, Music/SonicYouth, Music/{{Korn}}, Music/LimpBizkit and Music/GunsNRoses.

* Music/BasilPoledouris' score to ''Film/{{Cherry 2000}}'' was so popular among film scoring fans that the album used to go for over $1,000 in online auditions (the score was so rare that Poledouris didn't even have a copy until Creator/JohnWaters gave him his personal copy when they did ''Film/SerialMom'' together). A pair of reissues have since remedied this problem but it's still one of Poledouris' more popular scores.

* ''Film/KillingZoe'' 's electronic score by musical duo tomandandy [sic] became and underground club hit in Europe, and also helped to set Creator/{{Roger Avary}} apart from former collaborator Creator/{{Quentin Tarantino}}. It's worth noting that the actual soundtrack album features the score in a drastically different form than was featured in the film.

* Series/TwinPeaks: Who could ever forget "Theme From Twin Peaks" by Angelo Badalamenti? It became a hit in the charts and more famous than the amount of viewers the cult series itself ever got.
* Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus: The group released several albums with music and sketches from the series. One album, "Monty Python Sings", became the best selling record in their catalogue because it compiled all their famous songs from the TV series, the films and the ones written only for the soundtrack albums themselves.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''. The sheer number of fan-made remixes and arrangements of the series' music is ''staggering'', and a large portion of the fanbase is into the games [[JustHereForGodzilla simply for those songs.]]

* The songs at the end of ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' have become very popular.

* Say whatever else you want about VideoGame/WayOfTheWarrior, but the one thing that people can at least agree on is that the soundtrack by [[Music/RobZombie White Zombie]] was probably the best part of the game.

* "Cheetahmen" from ''VideoGame/{{Action 52}}'' is loved for its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZlYGN5W2Yg soundtrack]] and little else.

* The soundtrack for the first few seasons of the ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' remake were a delight and some of the tracks like "I'm Back (to Rise)" found success even outside of the game. When Mick Gordon departed from the game for ''Videogame/Doom2016'' and was replaced by Music/{{Celldweller}} many were saddened (but the latter still has his fair share of fans).

* ''Videogame/WanganMidnightMaximumTune'' is perhaps best known for its Creator/YuzoKoshiro trance soundtrack. Ever since Namco decided to [[NoExportForYou keep the series on the Eastern side of the Pacific]] from ''Maximum Tune 4'' onwards, it's become the best-known aspect of the game in the western hemisphere.

* Talk to any fan of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'', and they will tell you that nothing quite establishes and contributes to its retro ''Series/MiamiVice''[=/=]''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}'' atmosphere quite like its soundtrack, comprised of NothingButHits from some of the most iconic popular musicians of TheEighties. In fact, the game revolutionized the use of licensed music in video games; before, they typically featured original scores and/or a small handful of licensed songs, but after, soundtracks comprised of dozens, or even hundreds, of licensed songs became the norm. Rockstar Games would release [[https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto:_Vice_City_Official_Soundtrack_Box_Set a seven-CD box set]] featuring nearly a hundred songs from the game's soundtrack, a tradition they'd keep up with future games in the series.

* ''Film/{{Friday}}'' is a classic buddy/hood comedy, but its soundtrack manages to gain even greater praise, blending hip-hop and classic funk and soul, and its tenth anniversary rerelease featured a second disc of nothing but additional old-school funk and soul.

** ''Film/{{Spawn}}'' followed a similar path, pairing rock bands with electronica groups (Music/{{Filter}} and Music/TheCrystalMethod, Music/ButtholeSurfers and Music/{{Moby}}, Music/{{Korn}} and Music/TheDustBrothers), and sold fairly well.

* Creator/TimBurton's film soundtracks have an extensive cult following. Or, rather, Music/DannyElfman's work as composer has a cult following.

* While ''Film/SpaceJam's'' quality is debatable, to say the least, many consider its soundtrack to be one of the most underlooked albums of the 90's (although it has gone 6 time platinum). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewOzi5-AZXU Hit Em High]] (featuring [[Music/CypressHill B-Real]], [[Music/WuTangClan Method-Man]], Coolio, Music/LLCoolJ, and Music/BustaRhymes), in particular, is considered to be one of the most overlooked songs ever (at least based on by many Website/YouTube commenters. There's also the Film/SpaceJam's theme song, with it [[MemeticMutation constantly being mashed up with what seems like almost every other recorded piece of audio.]]

* ''Film/TheCrow'' is well regarded, and part owns to a best selling rock soundtrack with Music/TheCure, Music/StoneTemplePilots, and Music/{{Pantera}} among other big names.

* ''Soup for One'', a forgotten melodramatic sex comedy, has a much better regarded soundtrack spearheaded by Chic and the BreakawayPopHit "Why", by Music/CarlySimon.

* ''Film/Godzilla1998'' is a regretful, reviled Americanization of a Japanese icon. Its soundtrack, ''Godzilla: The Album'', spawned three successful singles (Music/PuffDaddy and Music/JimmyPage's "Come with Me", Music/{{Jamiroquai}}'s "Deeper Underground", and Music/TheWallflower's cover of [[Music/DavidBowie "Heroes"]]), has exclusive tracks by Music/RageAgainstTheMachine and Music/FooFighters, and tracks by many other rock acts of the late 90s.

* ''Film/LastActionHero'', aside from prefiguring this very wiki, gathered {{grunge}}, traditional HardRock, ProgressiveMetal, and GangstaRap on its soundtrack, standing as an enjoyable snapshot of tougher-but-mainstream music circa 1993.

* Creator/BasilPoledouris's score to ''Film/{{Cherry 2000}}'' was so popular among film scoring fans that the album used to go for over $1,000 in online auditions (the score was so rare that Poledouris didn't even have a copy until Creator/JohnWaters gave him his personal copy when they did ''Film/SerialMom'' together). A pair of reissues have since remedied this problem but it's still one of Poledouris' more popular scores.