When the 90s X-Men cartoon crossed the Pacific and aired on TV Tokyo from 1994 to 1995, it got a brand new theme song and opening title sequence featuring the music of Japanese rock band Ambience and their song “Rising”.

Kurt Russell and James Spader co-star in 1994’s Stargate, directed by Roland Emmerich, as they lead a team through a mysterious portal and end up on a world with similarities to Ancient Egypt being ruled over by brutal overlords with advanced technology and armor modeled on Egyptian mythology.

An eternal 90s jam, Ini Kamoze’s “Here Comes the Hotstepper” has long outlasted the movie it was included on the soundtrack for, 1994’s Robert Altman comedy Ready to Wear aka Pret-a-Porter.

1994’s live-action version of The Flintstones launched an all-out promotional assault that helped it become a massive worldwide hit and one part of that was The B-52s performing a new version of the iconic TV theme, “(Meet) the Flintstones”, for the movie’s soundtrack.

While The Smithereens’ version of The Outsiders’ classic “Time Won’t Let Me” was not as successful as the original, their version is the only one that features JCVD in the music video, as the song appeared in 1994’s Timecop.

Shy and insecure bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers an ancient magical mask that allows him to turn into the unstoppable trickster known as The Mask but it also makes him a target of local crime boss Dorian Tyrell.

US Air Force Colonel Jack O’Neill leads a team through a mysterious teleportation device and finds a planet inhabited by people who resemble ancient Egyptians and are being ruled by a ruthless ruler who claims to be the god Ra.

Outside of Mark Mancina’s memorable and propulsive score for 1994’s Speed, the other music tie-ins are not well known at best and forgotten at worst, like a title track off the soundtrack album from none other than Billy Idol.