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The Music was Better than the Movie

Sometimes movies suck; but that doesn’t mean everything about them sucks.

Joshua Beck
8 min readJun 30, 2019

It’s a fact of life: not all movies are good.

Exhibit “A.”

In fact, there are some really crappy ones out there, and Hollywood never seems to learn from these mistakes, cause they keep happening. This year, for example, has seen some great flicks like Avengers: Endgame and Us, as well as some critical bombs like Dark Phoenix.

But just because you didn’t like the movie doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to like. In fact, one of the few saving graces for any bad movie can be the music.

Recently I decided to compile a playlist of music that deserved better than the movie they were written for, simply because some of these works are beautiful and don’t really deserve to go down with the ship. I’ll include the playlist (which is still a work in progress, mind you) at the end of this article, but I want to take a moment to highlight and talk about some of my choices. Now, not every movie on this playlist sucked; some of them are actually personal favorites of mine. But even if the movie wasn’t a horrible film, it will be included if the music feels like a clear step above the film it was saddled with.

So, herein starts the list! It’s not comprehensive, and there are plenty more…

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Joshua Beck
Joshua Beck

Written by Joshua Beck

I am just clever enough to get into trouble…

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