Another example is the 1987 film Running Man. It was a decent film, but the 80s you-go-boy pop song that ended the film not only sucked, but lyrically also seemed to have nothing to do with the movie. It would've stunk even by Frank Stallone standards (the actual singer/writer was John Parr). Bleccchh. But then again, the ending of the film itself bit the big one too, so the contrast wasn't quite as stark as it was with the generally more serious No Way Out.

This movie is excellent evidence of how relatively crappy 80s music was, and how that crappiness infected film scores. That wretched pop tune that begins when Tom and Susan go on their trip to Chesapeake Bay is painfully cheesy, and way too light given the rest of the excellent drama at the center of this film. If this were made in the 70s there would've been much cooler music, like that in All The President's Men, The Parallax View, and so on. At any rate it wouldn't have been so laughably light, like a Dirk Diggler composition.
yeah, the 80s music blew, and movie score music was typical of that.
Oddly enough, it is actually easier to listen to now as nostalgia, than it was to grit your teeth and whiteknucle your chair arms through, at the time..
You are right, in contrast to 1970s music including movie scores..listen to Dirty Harry, Mr Majestykor Superfly-style black moviesthey were incredible..

SnoozeAlarm is right. This movie is excellent evidence of how relatively crappy 80s music was, and how that crappiness infected film scores. That wretched pop tune that begins when Tom and Susan go on their trip to Chesapeake Bay is painfully cheesy, and way too light given the rest of the excellent drama at the center of this film. If this were made in the 70s there would've been much cooler music, like that in All The President's Men, The Parallax View, and so on. At any rate it wouldn't have been so laughably light, like a Dirk Diggler composition.

I seriously DISAGREE. The music in this movie was great!!!

it was the 80s..the music is apropos