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It's not The Empire Strikes Back or anything, but I'm digging it. I have a feeling this will join Person of Interest in regular rotation for a while at any rate.
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I'm totally psyched for this movie, more so than MOS. yes, it appeals to the thirteen year old in me but what's the matter with that?
One thing it looks like they nailed that Michael Bay never was able to was the motion of large beings. They shouldn't move as fast as smaller beings especially when you see them from a distance which basically means all of the cameras. Just like a plan doesn't seem to b flying quickly who one views it from the ground, the robots and monsters should appear to us to be moving in slow motion which they appear to be doing in the trailer footage. Transformers had robots moving way too fast to be realistic in terms of the laws of physics. So yeah, I stoked to see this bad boy.
Great,David! Good to hear someone else with the optimism flag flying in the face of all these party poopers 
Darn straight! It's not high art but the genre almost by definition makes it so. I'm shocked at these posts from iO9 that state "Pacific Rim will be a flop!" when the movie hasn't even been released. I'm sure Del Toro and the studio are more than concerned about the negative buzz. Unless it's a clever reverse psychology tactic to get people interested...who knows?
I have enjoyed all of Del Toro's outings, even the pulpy Blade 2 which I think was the best of the franchise. It was playful, action packed, cogent, and just plain fun. It never took itself that seriously. I don't expect Pacific Rim to be anything more than a hellluva good kaiju romp like my childhood faves such as Destroy All Monsters.
Besides, it looks like Godzilla 2014 will be more serious and realistic (as realistic as a movie with a 300ft prehistoric radioactive spewing behemoth can be).
I couldn't wait for iTunes to sort out their album issues with Pacific Rim and downloaded a few tracks. I enjoy them all. They are FUN! And also, I come from an era when prog rock ruled and often you would get orchestra and rock married quite nicely (Alan Parsons Project, ELP). So guitar lines backed by full orchestra is cool with me. Probably why I also have no issue with MOS in this regard.
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Kiddie pseudo-rock droning.
And MOS gets all the hate?
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Kiddie pseudo-rock droning.
And MOS gets all the hate?
Not all of it. The Russian track is quite good and so is Mako. I hear Djawadi going for different chords than usual.
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Kiddie pseudo-rock droning.
And MOS gets all the hate?
This doesn't drone. It lands somewhere between The Rock and Tron Legacy. So far I like it more than MoS. It has melodies. Not saying MoS has NONE, but this is much more tuneful.
David, you are the official ray of sunshine on FSM these days.
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Kiddie pseudo-rock droning.
And MOS gets all the hate?
This doesn't drone. It lands somewhere between The Rock and Tron Legacy. So far I like it more than MoS. It has melodies. Not saying MoS has NONE, but this is much more tuneful.
David, you are the official ray of sunshine on FSM these days.
Thanks. It's amazing with Prozac will do for you. Or lithium. 
I think it's a fun score and honestly at times, pleasantly surprising where Djawadi takes the harmonies.
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I couldn't wait for iTunes to sort out their album issues with Pacific Rim and downloaded a few tracks. I enjoy them all. They are FUN! And also, I come from an era when prog rock ruled and often you would get orchestra and rock married quite nicely (Alan Parsons Project, ELP). So guitar lines backed by full orchestra is cool with me. Probably why I also have no issue with MOS in this regard.
I listened to the main theme, and you're right: while I do notice shades of Iron Man, it's just fun to listen to. The orchestra/rock collaboration is interesting; while I prefer the orchestral sounds, the mix is an interesting change. I'd be open to hearing more, especially after you posted how Djawadi has used some interesting harmonic progressions.
Check out The Shatterdom. The latter part of it features a Russian hymn that is like Poledouris' Red October. Yes it's that good. Nice harmonies and excellent arrangement. Dwajadi also has a portentous monster figure scored for massive low brass but as mentioned its all orchestra and not synths.
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Djawadi has used some interesting harmonic progressions.
Like what? I hear the same i - III - VI that you hear from RC composers all the time. I hear the dominant minor that you hear RC composers use all the time. "Pacific Rim" is pretty much just power chords on i - III in the key of D minor. "Mako" is pretty much i - VI - with the minor v again. There are some passing tones he's throwing in there and he'll occasionally move into a different tonality which I guess could be considered interesting.
I've been through the album several times. I'm not hearing anything remotely resembling "interesting harmonic progressions". To me this is the equivalent of the high school kid pounding out power chords in the guitar shop for hours on end. Even that attracts an audience which is fine but I wouldn't classify it as interesting just because he throws in a minor vi every now and then.
What am I missing?
Sorry I more meant his melodic lines and how they move around his chords. To me it doesn't sound like typical RC stuff. That Russian choral thing still sounds great and I've played it over again a few times. But hey, It admittedly isn't Shoenberg or Shostakovich.
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Check out The Shatterdom. The latter part of it features a Russian hymn that is like Poledouris' Red October. Yes it's that good.
What? Not every male choir is a Russian hymn.
Sorry to bust your bubble but I grew up in an ex-Commie country and I heard Russian style music all the time when I was young. This hymn is nothing like Russian stuff.
Red October, on the other hand, is in a complete different league.
Yes I know not every male choir is a Russian hymn. But it;s not like that cue screams Polynesian choir or Handel's Messiah now does it? There are some strong Russian flavors to that track.
Do you know what language they are speaking in?
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This score is really awfull, but much better than Zimmer's "Man of Steel".
Amazing!
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What? Not every male choir is a Russian hymn.
Sorry to bust your bubble but I grew up in an ex-Commie country and I heard Russian style music all the time when I was young. This hymn is nothing like Russian stuff.
Fair enough. But this is pretty clearly supposed to sound Russian. I don't know if it does to a Russian. But it does to an American. Because we hear stuff like Hunt for Red October or the Russian stuff in Independence Day or the Soviet bits from The Right Stuff and say "Ah! Russian!"
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