@Ricardus My personal gripe in that vein is that, as far as I can tell, there exists no recording of the version of the Star Trek: The Next Generation theme used in the end of Star Trek: Insurrection that isn't painfully dynamic range compressed.
Listen and cringe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMsmsQUC2_4
I don't expect it to make me tear up like the "welcome to Jurassic Park" moment in the Jurassic Park theme (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlmYh27MHg), but, as-is, it just leaves me feeling cheated.
@Ricardus Ugh. That reminds me of another soundtrack travesty: The Ivory Tower from the Neverending Story soundtrack.
Luckily, in my case, a fan managed to cut together a voiceless film version of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yegQ9X2QSeI
It turns out some fandoms can be particularly dedicated on that front. For example, the Thomas the Tank Engine fans.
Some of them do things like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafxUXvQ7L0 by splicing clips from different dubs and others even identify the synths used and make new masters.
@Ricardus Apparently what they put on the soundtrack is essentially a beta version of the piece that got used in the trailer but wasn't good enough for the movie.