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Movie Review: Superman: The Movie (1978)

Apr 07, 2005 22:31

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twistedyouth April 8 2005, 06:15:59 UTC

Before I get into the movie itself, remember when movies had iconic scores, ones that you only had to hear a few notes from to find immediately identifiable? Movies like Superman, Star Wars, Jaws, The Godfather, Chariots of Fire, and James Bond films? Whatever happened to that? I can't think of any current movies that do that.

Because filmmakers today are pressured by their spin-doctors releasing the cash to them that a soundtrack full of hip and cool bands would serve a film much better than some silly composer. That, and techno music has somehow become the genre de jour when it comes to most action movies, and while I have nothing against the genre, it's hardly iconic compared to Vangelis, John Williams, John Barry, Michael Kamen, et al.

andythesaint April 8 2005, 06:20:13 UTC

Oh yeah, soundtrack sales definately come into play, but even films that do rely on scores don't seem to produce iconic scores anymore. Maybe we need more time, and then something like Lord of the Rings will have a song that joins the ones I listed (I wouldn't know, having never seen any of the movies). Maybe it's that our culture is too disposable to allow anything to become iconic anymore.

theskooch April 8 2005, 14:41:43 UTC

You haven't seen Requiem For A Dream have you? That would be more of an iconic score if the movie was more than a cult DVD hit. It was actually iconic to the point that the LOTR commercials were using one of the tracks to advertise LOTR, with no mention of the song not being ANYWHERE in the movie at all.

oyaguy April 8 2005, 06:24:43 UTC

Even John Williams has not seemed to have done anything of note lately. The Patriot? Nah. Minority Report? Nada. Catch Me If You Can? Nope. Harry Potter... maybe. But while Harry Potter had a fairly distinctive score, it wasn't mind blowing.

Pick a movie... Spider-man 2. What comes to mind first? Danny Elfman's score, or the Dashboard Confessional song Vindicated?

mikey_iaco April 8 2005, 14:34:12 UTC

Is this the Superman where the main villian gets thrown into that huge electric Coca-Cola sign? I love the product placement in that part, whichever one it's in. Needless to say I'm not familiar with the Superman movies, except to make fun of them.

andythesaint April 8 2005, 18:06:50 UTC

No, that's another one.