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Pretty Woman (1990)

The Soundtrack: A 45 minute medly that mostly relies on recognisable pop and the odd curveball – like David Bowie’s ‘Fame ‘90’.

Worst Song: The schmaltzy ‘It Must’ve Been Love’ by Roxette, which has pretty much been used as the blueprint for every romcom theme tune since.

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)

The Soundtrack: A compilation of hits from the mini popster, who croons them to a live and adoring audience.

Worst Song: We have to choose just one? Well, ‘Overboard’ is pretty soul-destroying, not least because it’s a team-up between Bieber and that other shiny bastion of homogenised pop, Miley Cyrus.

The Horror Of Party Beach (1964)

The Soundtrack: “The zombie stomp is fun to do, come along and do the zombie too!” The Del-Aires populate this cringe-y soundtrack with little nuggets like that. There’s a reason you’ve never heard of it.

Worst Song: ‘Zombie Stomp’, which contains the above lyrics. We rest our case.

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Queen Of The Damned (2002)

The Soundtrack: Korn singer Jonathan Davis ropes in some rock buddies to help him fill out the moshpit soundtrack for this horror literary adap.

Worst Song: Marilyn Manson’s ‘Redeemer’ is one of the goth godfather’s worst tracks, and has no place on this album.

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)

The Soundtrack: A tie-in for the documentary, which followed the chaste pop sibs during a 2008 tour. Naturally, the soundtrack’s all about them.

Worst Song: The cringeworthy ‘SOS’, a mainstream soft pop-rock ditty that sounds like every other soft pop-rock song released in the last decade.

Spies Like Us (1985)

The Soundtrack: Includes The Bar-Kays’ ‘Soul Finger’, Peter Aykroyd’s ‘Rock The House Down’ and ‘I’ll Be Loving You’, by Sammy Cahn and Vernon Duke.

Worst Song: Paul McCartney’s ill-advised ‘Spies Like Us’, which fell as flat as the film itself. And that’s really flat.

The Pod People (1983)

The Soundtrack: Pretty much impossible to find online or in stores anymore. Which is actually a good thing.

Worst Song:
Ian Sera’s ‘Burning Rubber Tires’, with its mumbly, unintelligible lyrics and general pop blandness. What lyrics we could decipher don’t even make sense – “All I wanna feel / Is the wind in my eyes.” Steer clear.

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Grown Ups (2010)

The Soundtrack: The usual blend of soft rock you’d expect from a movie starring Adam Sandler – it even features a tune by Journey (‘The Party’s Over’), which is par for the course when you’re struggling to keep up with the times.

Worst Song: When your soundtrack features Cliff Richards, you know you’re in trouble. The pearly-white-flashing one pitches up with ‘Devil Woman’, which is actually one of the classier numbers presented…

High School Musical (1985)

The Soundtrack: Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens provide the vocals on 10 safe and saccharine tracks aimed at the nippers.

Worst Song: ‘Get'cha Head In The Game’ (by Efron) comes with a particularly pungent whiff of cheese. Painfully earnest.

Rock 'n Roll Nightmare (1987)

The Soundtrack: You said it. This is pure cheese, not least from writer-actor Jon Mikl Thor, who also provides the film’s main track.

Worst Song: “What's the sound moving through the ages? / What's the sound turning over pages? / Rock! Talkin' 'bout rock!” Thor gets out the hair metal with ‘We Live To Rock’, which is just as good a song as you’d expect from a former bodybuilder.

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