The best comic book movie soundtrack?

[The Curmudgeon]

With the abundance of comic book movies we've seen lately, very few have had notable rock/pop stars lending thier names and tunes to the official soundtrack. Whilst the likes of Kick Ass have great soundtracks, there's no distinctive lead single that makes you think of the movie when you hear it. And no, Sabbath's Iron Man doesn't count. And the only one I can think of is the Watchmen's truely dire Dylan cover by My Chemical Romance. But the least said about that the better.

And when you really think about it - ho boy, there's not an awful lot of good ones to choose from, is there? Even Spider-Man got lumped with that dick from fucking Nickelback for the soundtrack single.

And so I had to inevitably conclude that - sigh - Batdance really IS the best lead single from a comic book movie. Now, biased as I am, even I know Batdance isn't exactly Prince's best work. Although, to be fair, it's an adventerous, bold choice of song, far removed from the lumpen, tedious power ballads we get nowadays (Snow Patrol for Spider-Man 2? Really?) I can only imagine the studio bosses at Warner Bros when they first heard it, though. "So... we're trying to distance ourselves from the campy 60s Batman, and we've financed a song that has "Batmaaaaaaan" repeated all the way through it. Awesome."

I dunno if you've seen this (and I'm amazed it's still on Youtube given the artist in question), but this is the follow up (and superior) single from the Batman album, Partyman. I had never actually seen this video until about a month ago. It's hilariously naff, but Prince.. oh man. Straight as I am.. he looks fucking amazing in this!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Bj_So1PuA&feature=related

Sorry, did I say Batdance was the best lead single from a comic book soundtrack? Well, I DID think that when I originally went to write this, until I thought of the CLEAR winner. Of course!

Have you got it yet?

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I don't know why I didn't think of it before, the obvious choice.

So am I right, though? Are there really so little quality comic book movie soundtracks? Or have I just got some kind of memory loss? Can YOU think of any?

(Unless you count this one)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gkhtYE7ijU&feature=PlayList&p=06C44038115B0B8A&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=71

[trashcanman]

Kabukiman is too awesome to count. It just wouldn't be fair. Personally, I coul dcare less about songs written for movies. They are usually pure commercial garbage. If the first two Spidey films have an Achilles heel (aside from the Goblin costume) it's the music, and the singles were beyond horrible. The whole idea of modern superhero theme songs is just lame. On the other hand, I'm in love with the soundtrack to "Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl", which was based on a comic. That's how it's done, gentlemen.

[The Curmudgeon]

Shit, I haven´t even heard of that one, and if I wasn´t on some crappy internet cafe thing I would have to research that. The name alone is money.

Yeah, the Spidey soundtracks were dreadful, and it´s a real shame because I would have loved to have a cool Spider-Man soundtrack in my collection, but a Chad Kroger song in The Curmudgeon´s life? Unthinkable.

[trashcanman]

I imported VG vs FG from the UK and have never been happier with a blind buy. That movie is simply the most delightfully insane and giddy piece of grindhouse I've ever seen.