I think it’s just a PR stunt or something that titillates the filmmakers...
You have nailed the exact business model for Zimmer and Remote Control.
I’ve pointed this out before and it’s pure client services tactics, offering something “unique” that makes the client feel like they’re getting more value and provides a marketing hook to promote the film and music.
Because ONLY Johnny Marr of The Smiths and Britpop fame can play electric guitar properly for Inception...
Because ONLY 12 of the WORLD’S BEST DRUMMERS can play for Superman...
Because ONLY the exact same razor blades that punk rockers Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen would use to cut themselves could create the punk sound on cello that was 100% REQUIRED for The Joker in The Dark Knight...
Because ONLY a giant pipe organ augmented with a digital pipe organ sample library can play for Interstellar and required Zimmer to be locked away in an apartment in London “like [he] was out in space and the rest of the world was very, very far away” refusing to see people so he could achieve brilliance...
This BS writes itself and gets heavily promoted, selling us the idea that Zimmer is some crazy experimental genius over and over again...
It’s pathetic, and a huge turnoff, and quite frankly very uncreatively LITERAL (britpop electric guitar for Inception’s existential ennui, the power of SUCH MANY LOTS OF drummers and steel metal sculptures for the strong and powerful “man of steel”, pipe organ for space like 2001’s Thus Spake Tharathustra, punk rocker razor blades for the dark punk Joker character, a gigantic tribal drum for King Kong because he’s a “tribal primate”...)
I miss the days of 90s Zimmer where he just put out the same, catchy, muscular rock anthem orchestral music regardless of the scenario and didn’t come up with some BS story about it to sell it. I loved that stuff because at least it was honest.
Also, how non-vegan is it that Holkenberg is whining about not finding an animal large enough to make a 10 foot drumhead when they could just use a plastic drumhead like much of the drum-making industry?
Super ironic too considering that the original King Kong was about an animal being mistreated as nothing more than a “beast”.
I hope PETA and other animal rights groups raise issue with this.
Have you not heard Alita Battle Angel or Sonic? Both are pretty good. Alita has some really beautiful cues and Sonic is bursting with energy.
I actually love Zilla: King of Monsters but can't remember any of the music other than the one really pretty piece when the Japanese guy sets off the nuke. So I'm all for bringing in some fresh blood.
I love this cue from "Alita":
I saw GvK yesterday and I had a more favorable response to the music than I had for GKOTM. The music was not buried under dialog and sound effects and I saw the movie at a Dolby Cinema theatre. These two factors made the music more impactful and enjoyable for me and would probably do the same for anyone else.
Someone posted either here or on FB that they had ordered this album on Amazon from importCDs and received a pressed disc. Of course I can't find the post now... Anyhow I got my order today from importCDs and sure enough it's also a CDR.
And I don't think anyone has posted about this but the actual title music for the film is missing from the album. Whose bright idea was that? Even the first two tracks on the album are out of film sequence.
The title music is still missing from the album and it's an important piece of music in the movie.
If you've seen the movie, and it sounds like you haven't, you would know that the score starts with some of Kong's music from the second album track, goes into the TITLE music and THEN next comes a portion of the first track from the album, Godzilla's attack on Pensacola. The remainder of Kong's music from track two would come after that.
The album is 67 minutes. It's not like there wasn't enough space for the title music.
The title music is still missing from the album and it's an important piece of music in the movie.
If you've seen the movie, and it sounds like you haven't, you would know that the score starts with some of Kong's music from the second album track, goes into the TITLE music and THEN next comes a portion of the first track from the album, Godzilla's attack on Pensacola. The remainder of Kong's music from track two would come after that.
The album is 67 minutes. It's not like there wasn't enough space for the title music.
For your information, i saw the movie and those two tracks are suites (the main titles are missing, yes, but the Godzilla's attack is the titleled Apex Cybernetics), but mostly of the set-pieces are in the album (Tasman Sea, Nuclear Blast, The Royal Axe, Mega, Hong Kong...)
Actually, the firs track is two minutes of a MUCH longer suite, presented by Holkenborg in his youtube channel.
Based on the music as it's actually used IN the movie, album tracks 1 and 3 seem like they should go together. Why it's broken up like this doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks for sharing the youtube links. The unreleased music from the theme demo is very nice.
Based on the music as it's actually used IN the movie, album tracks 1 and 3 seem like they should go together. Why it's broken up like this doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks for sharing the youtube links. The unreleased music from the theme demo is very nice.
Track 1 is two minutes from a suite, nothing in that belong in track 3
Track 3 is another different set piece (different variations in the movie, but the same)
Hi guys. Needing some advice here. I ordered the CD over a month ago and I really hadn't even opened until this morning. Well to my surprise the case was empty! no disc! and having ordered from amazon my return window ended last Saturday. I spoke with them and there was nothing they could do about it now, and I already spoke with two different agents.
Is anything I could do at lest to get a disc anywhere else? anything?
I am not one to post negative comments but damn this is one horrible score. I honestly tried several times to get into it... it’s a crime Bear couldn’t continue his monsterverse score. His Godzilla score is so much more entertaining, with REAL themes to latch onto. That Rodan cue alone is just incredible. I do like some of Tom’s scores... he had some good cues in JL. How could such a tent pole popcorn flick like KvG miss the mark by such a wide margin?
I am not one to post negative comments but damn this is one horrible score. I honestly tried several times to get into it... it’s a crime Bear couldn’t continue his monsterverse score. His Godzilla score is so much more entertaining, with REAL themes to latch onto. That Rodan cue alone is just incredible. I do like some of Tom’s scores... he had some good cues in JL. How could such a tent pole popcorn flick like KvG miss the mark by such a wide margin?
Simple. Producers don't like, nor are they interested in good music (for the most part).
I can report that after a very long wait I finally received my package with the physical CD and I was VERY pleasantly surprised, because I was absolutely certain that I will receive a cd-R, but instead I got a factory pressed CD.
I collect CDs from many years and I can tell for sure the difference between a cd-R and a proper CD. The one I received looks great all around (it is silver, the booklet is factory made and perfectly cut, all colours are Ok).
So there has been indeed a proper factory pressing of this, albeit most probably in very small quantities.
Someone posted either here or on FB that they had ordered this album on Amazon from importCDs and received a pressed disc. Of course I can't find the post now... Anyhow I got my order today from importCDs and sure enough it's also a CDR.
I own two copies of this soundtrack now. One was ordered through importcds, the other was ordered from FYE.
I am pretty confident that both of them are CDRs. They are virtually identical but two different media were used. One is very obviously a CDR. The other not so much as it is silver. But the weight of the discs is virtually the same. And the inserts are virtually identical.
