Songs from film "Soundtracks" that weren't hits but were still great !

This song by Teri Nunn--while on vacation from Berlin--was a nice nugget from the Better Off Dead soundtrack:

 

I really like this Elton John track, Measure of a Man, which appeared on the Rocky V soundtrack. It was totally out of place on that soundtrack, which is otherwise made up of urban pop tracks.

It's a rare Elton track not written by Elton (it was written by soundtrack maven Alan Menken).

 

Does "Holiday Road" count (only made it to #82 on Billboard)?

Linsey Buckingham, of course.

 

"Dream Away" by George Harrison was a good upbeat closing song for the 1981 film Time Bandits. The song was released a year later on his Gone Troppo album as well as a single:

 

George Harrison's contribution to the Lethal Weapon 2 soundtrack, Cheer Down, was another winner that deserved better than it got on the charts (it didn't even chart on the Top 100):

 

The Cure - Burn (the Crow soundtrack)
NIN - Burn (Natural Born Killers soundtrack)
REM - It’s a Free World Baby (Coneheads soundtrack)
Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage (one of the Twilight soundtracks)
Neko Case - Nothing to Remember (Hunger Games soundtrack)

 

This lovely ballad from Ice Castles. I don't know why it flopped, it sounds like a sure hit:

 

And Carly Simon's Let the River Run, from Working Girl. It won her a Oscar, but failed to crack the top 40:

 

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Roger Waters - Hello I Love You from The Last Mimzy

 

and to continue the run of great George film songs...

George Harrison with Vicki Brown - Shanghai Surprise

 

Eno covering a soul classic from Music from the Film Married to the Mob.
The soundtrack also features Goodbye Horses by Q. Lazzarus which became more famous in The Silence of the Lambs because Buffalo Bill liked dancing.

 

Movie: Never Been Kissed
Semisonic - Never You Mind
Post-grunge/power-pop

 

Movie: *Trance...end credits.
Emeli Sande/Rick Smith - Here It Comes
Pop/Soul
*Highly recommend movie! Psychological suspense/thriller - James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassei
Danny Boyle flick/soundtrack matches VG+++. This song not representative of the film. No Spoils.

 

Matthew Sweet - ‘Farther Down’

Written for the soundtrack of ‘Can’t Hardly Wait.’