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Theme sounds huge!
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Apr 22, 2012 - 9:10 PM
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lonzoe1
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It's an updated Captain America, but it's better IMO. The action cues kind of mesh into one after a while, and there is so much action that there'll little room for anything else. But the theme is a winner and whenever Silvestri does go quieter it's gorgeous. There's some violas near the start (Thor?) and guitars in 'A Promise'. The latter is the best track on the album. Interesting. The action cues in his recent scores (especially GI Joe & A-Team) have the same problem of meshing into one too, imo. The action cues didn't really leave much of an impact on me b/c of that. I was hoping there would be some dramatic cues to balance the action cues. Guess they must've been left unscored in the film or left off the album. I have yet to hear the score, btw. Thanks for sharing. I would say that it's almost on par with Beowulf and The A-Team, but the theme isn't as strong as it could be. I say this with full knowledge that the album is 1 hour out of a 2.5 hr movie. It sounds like a continuation of Captain America (minus the optimistic heroism), but it seems to lack its own, distinct identity as a film score. I only say this because IMO, Silvestri raised his own bar pretty high with Captain America; along with Judge Dredd and The Mummy Returns, it is my personal favorite Silvestri score. Again interesting. I don't hold his Cap. score highly. I thought it was good but nothing special from him. That's interesting you say it's on par with Beowulf and A-team ( which I think is better than his GI Joe score) It's really got me interested in how this will stack up with his other action/adventure scores in the last decade. As well as how it'll turn out on it's own and how it'll work in the context of the film. One more thing does the theme scream Marvel's The Avengers to you? And is the theme used well and effectively throughout the album?
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I'm not that big into the great big action scores, but I will say this, Mr. Silvestri knows how to write some cool stuff. I really enjoyed Captain America like many others. Sad the march wasn't on the CD. After seeing the trailer, I can easily see this film making an insane amount of money. You know there are certain films you can see the trailer or just get a hunch on and this is certainly one of those for me that I know will make some money. Hope the movie is good as well.
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I'm with johnmullin. It's easy to say, thirty-six years later, that Williams' "Superman" fits the character like a glove, because we've lived with it for so long. The association is ingrained. In 1978, that was not the case, and I remember several of my classmates saying "That's Superman? It sounds just like 'Star Wars'!" I remember thinking Superman sounded like Star Wars back then too when I first heard it. Now: HOW IN THE HELL DID I THINK THAT?! Lots of people did. Do. (My wife still does.) I never have. And for me it's always sounded JUST like Superman (the character). (It's not all THAT far off of the George Reeve's theme either.) The funny thing is that my two year old daughter (now three) didn't want to listen to ANYTHING other than Superman. I never knew I could hear too much Superman. But apparently I can. So in a move of desperation I thought I'd throw on Star Wars and see if that was close enough. She made a face (A FACE!) and said "No, Daddy! Superman!" The Captain America march is perfect. I love the Thor theme but I'm not sure I'd listen to it independently and say "Hey! That would be great for Thor!" As it is I'm going to miss hearing it in the Avengers. Now I'm going to have to make a list of themes that are perfect for their characters. Elfman's Spider-Man will not be on it. (But hey, his Batman will.) I may wait to give the Avengers a whirl until I see the film. Just to shake things up.
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I'm with johnmullin. It's easy to say, thirty-six years later, that Williams' "Superman" fits the character like a glove, because we've lived with it for so long. The association is ingrained. In 1978, that was not the case, and I remember several of my classmates saying "That's Superman? It sounds just like 'Star Wars'!" I remember thinking Superman sounded like Star Wars back then too when I first heard it. Now: HOW IN THE HELL DID I THINK THAT?! because the main title is very similar in structure, orchestration, and themes. looking back SUPE ranks as one of the greates motion picture scores ever composed while SW - which everybody loved at the time of release- has lost some of its lustre bruce
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CAPTAIN AMERICA was adopted as the theme for MSNBC's republican primary coverage. talk about inappropriate! :; brm
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Finally saw this. Good solid score, but not the home run that the rest of the movie was. *sigh* The funny thing is that I think it was a bad idea for Silvestri to use his Cap theme. Just because he didn't have anything like that for the other characters. Every time you heard the Cap march I went "Yaaay!". I kept waiting for moments like that for the other six. Didn't happen. (Seven if you count Coulson. It would have been so cool to give Coulson a theme.) I was thinking about "other composers themes": They work out the rights for actors, costumes, stories. Other actors and directors work in other people's sandboxes all the time. Why is it just assumed that unless it's Harry Potter that the music has to be totally different when you switch composers?
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