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I finally saw the film. Can't say I was particularly impressed, I guess the reason why it was succcessful was that it actually told the Facebook story. Had it been about some other more unknown company, the film may had vanished without a trace.
The score was different and quite refreshing, and I love the fact that a score like this can actually win an Oscar. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece though, and it's not a CD I have any plans of buying, but a track like Intriguing Possibilities nails the story musically, in a Jan Hammer kind-of-way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vvs4__2XRI
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Yeah, I didn't get all the hate for it, though I did think Inception deserved the win that year. "Intriguing Possibilities" is one of the highlights for me, too.
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Now there's a classic FSM response if there ever was one.
Yeah, that guy is as predictable as the bad weather in november.
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Not every film needs to slap you over the head with heavy musical rhetorics. In the case of SOCIAL NETWORK -- which was so dialogue-heavy -- it was more a matter of creating ambiance.
I agree. I thought the film was superb, and while my taste in film music is more "old school", The Social Network had the right kind of score. Both Zuckerberg or the Winklevoss twins were cold, unsympathetic characters so a melody-driven score would not have suited them.
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For the record, their Dragon Tattoo score worked much better, especially the parts that copy Tangerine Dream 
Not really sure I hear a lot of Tangerine Dream in this score... care to elaborate?
I don't have the soundtrack and have only seen the movie once, so I can't pinpoint exactly. But there was a scene, maybe a montage - seem to remember it was something basically indoors, Craig typing, maybe a research montage or something - yes this IS as vague as possible  - but there was a track that to me sounded very very much like Tangerine Dream's Phaedra/ Rubycon style. Some other ambient passages also had that vibe to me.
It was enough to stand out to me while watching and think "oh wow, some TD influence here". Now it was maybe by accident or totally unrelated but just sounded like TD to me - but that was the biggest memory I had from the score.
Anyway I don't wanna be like some more recent dear departed board members  . I love electronic scores, am a huge defender of them, but Social Network, for me, just wasn't a good one. In no way was it Oscar material, but hey, how many times do most of us agree with the Academy on that one?
I know the score and the movie have an audience and that's great. Carry on. All is well. Peace, love and understanding.
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