Soundtrack: Star Trek
I generally don't like listening to soundtracks without having seen movies. For one, it's somewhat of a spoiler because you get an idea of the mood of the movie and (provided the tracks are in order) of where the ups and downs are. Also, from past experience, I have learned that listening to a soundtrack a LOT before seeing a movie causes me to spend the entire movie going "this here music is fermiliar! :D" and I miss a lot of the movie because I'm fixated on the music. x.x; Still, I don't mind giving an OST a run-through or two before seeing the movie. I did it with 'Wall-E' and that went fine.
So, anyhow. Noah offered me a copy of the Star Trek soundtrack because of our mutual love of composer Michael Giacchino.
Star Trek is actually a lot different from the Giacchino I've become accustomed to. More akin to Medal of Honor, it's more of a dramatic, powerful score--I'm sure, in fitting with the movie. It reminds me much more of Medal of Honor than of the Giacchino scores I'm used to listening to: The Incredibles and Speed Racer. Not that there's anything wrong with that--because Medal of Honor is probably Giacchino's masterpiece, but I think I've just gotten used to the kind of energy that's in those other soundtracks.
It's also hard to judge a soundtrack by just listening to it while I'm working on the computer and not really fully engaging in it. Seeing the movie is really the best way to get feel for a soundtrack. So, for now, I have to withhold any real judgment. But at this moment, Star Trek came across as very Medal of Honor-esque: beautiful, but without any real grabbing, dramatic tracks, for me, anyway, as someone who hasn't seen the film.
I'll need to see the film and listen again. With Wall-E, that really changed my initial ideas about the score.
Love and peace,
Aemilius
So, anyhow. Noah offered me a copy of the Star Trek soundtrack because of our mutual love of composer Michael Giacchino.
Star Trek is actually a lot different from the Giacchino I've become accustomed to. More akin to Medal of Honor, it's more of a dramatic, powerful score--I'm sure, in fitting with the movie. It reminds me much more of Medal of Honor than of the Giacchino scores I'm used to listening to: The Incredibles and Speed Racer. Not that there's anything wrong with that--because Medal of Honor is probably Giacchino's masterpiece, but I think I've just gotten used to the kind of energy that's in those other soundtracks.
It's also hard to judge a soundtrack by just listening to it while I'm working on the computer and not really fully engaging in it. Seeing the movie is really the best way to get feel for a soundtrack. So, for now, I have to withhold any real judgment. But at this moment, Star Trek came across as very Medal of Honor-esque: beautiful, but without any real grabbing, dramatic tracks, for me, anyway, as someone who hasn't seen the film.
I'll need to see the film and listen again. With Wall-E, that really changed my initial ideas about the score.
Love and peace,
Aemilius