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Mar 26, 2013 - 7:37 PM
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desplatfan1
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Morris comments about the score:
"I think everyone in the movie business must, to a certain extent, 'love' movies. It seems obvious to say, but it's not always apparent in this industry. Strange as it seems.
I bring it up because of the many things I discovered Antoine Fuqua and I have in common, is a deep seeded absolute unequivocal love for the movies. We're both constantly fans and professionals at the same time, and often talked in our score meetings about great movie moments we liked and connected with.
'Olympus Has Fallen' was a joy to work on, due largely to the captain and collaborator I found in Antoine. There was never a moment when we weren't both making the 'same movie' both working toward digging deeper to make the experience of Olympus both real and exciting. It was my kind of journey, one I am grateful to have been part of.
Antoine allowed and encouraged my musical concept of being both un-apologetically orchestral and (dare I say) 'old school' in it's melodic approach... and at the same time create something 2013, something hybrid, modern, something 'now'. To my ear, that blend is what makes the score to Olympus so unique.
We journey musically from a sweeping american flag and vistas, to the visceral attack on our White House (both air and land), into the 'subterranean' depths of the P.E.O.C. bunker and a dystopian White House, and back up to daylight again.
We found our way to a blend of aleatoric orchestral 'tension strands' over beds of deep, dark electronic layers to create the feeling of being captured and held hostage in a bunker that was designed to be a save haven. It gives the feel of constant unease and pulsating pressure that won't let you go.
Antoine loves music. It's something you can't fake. He connects with its energy and has immediate insight into how that music marries with the story and images on screen. It's a huge gift as a composer to have that in a director. We both talked about wanting to 'feel' as much as possible throught the movie. Our goal was to create a score, a film, that felt real, felt possible it could happen. We live in a post 9/11 world, so there isn't much disbelief to suspend for a movie like this.
I write this just as we finished watching the finished movie down for the first time before it goes to print. It's a great ride and hopefully this collection of music brings you back to the story and experience that was 'Olympus Has Fallen'.
Thanks for listening, Trevor".
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Never heard of the composer, so probably not interested anyway. checked out the samples, sounds like non-melodic junk that has been done 1000 before.
There is a main theme that is used multiple times throughout the film, so you clearly weren't listening very well or just didn't care.
Touche.
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A pity it's download-only.
I guess Morris is a decent composer, but I would rather have seen Fuqua returning to Mark Mancina, whom he worked with on Shooter, Training Day and Bait.
I guess Hans Zimmer would have turned it down though - many years since he scored Tears Of The Sun and King Arthur for the director.
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