Monday, June 23, 2008

483. Various Artists / Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [Original Soundtrack]. 1992. 1.5/5

Soundtrack albums are always on a hiding to nothing. It’s very difficult to find the right balance of songs to please everyone in order to get the public to buy the album. As it is, I doubt I would have purchased this if I hadn’t received it as a birthday gift all those years ago.

Quite simply, this is full of average songs from unknown bands – apart from the two star attractions. Motorhead’s version of “Hellraiser” is here (as written with Ozzy Osbourne), along with Bruce Dickinson’s version of Alice Cooper’s “Elected”. Both songs are brilliant. The rest is just not inspiring at all, even when heard in the background throughout the movie.

Rating: Take out the two songs mentioned, and it would rate a 1. But you can’t live off two songs. 1.5/5.

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