Here’s a second, supplementary video we made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfQ_9DIItI
And a new Twitter account about temp music we made: https://twitter.com/SoundsLikeTemp
Watch Dan Golding’s great response video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcXsH88XlKM
Off the top of your head, could you sing the theme from Star Wars? How about James Bond? Or Harry Potter? But here’s the kicker: can you sing any theme from a Marvel film? Despite 13 films and 10 billion dollars at the box office, the Marvel Cinematic Universe lacks a distinctive musical identity or approach. So let’s try to answer the question: what is missing from Marvel music?
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Taylor Ramos: https://twitter.com/glassesattached
Tony Zhou: https://twitter.com/tonyszhou
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Interviews filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Special thanks to David Chen for feedback: https://www.youtube.com/user/davechensky
The Hollywood Reporter 2012 Composers Roundtable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP793Rw1cIQ
The Hollywood Reporter 2014 Composers Roundtable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSAF9_ZHjfc
Music Cues:
Daniel Pemberton – Orchestra Tuning Up (from The Movies (2005) video game)
Ramin Djawadi – “Test Day Eleven” (Unreleased from Iron Man)
Patrick Doyle – “8m52 Warriors Find Thor ALT” (Unreleased from Thor)
Henry Jackman – “The Smithsonian” (from Winter Soldier)
Danny Elfman – “Heroes” (from Age of Ultron)
Danny Elfman – “Farmhouse” (from Age of Ultron)
Patrick Doyle – “Ride to Observatory” (from Thor)
Henry Jackman – “A New Recruit” (from Civil War)
Temp Music Examples:
300 (2007)
Elliot Goldenthal – “Victorious Titus” from Titus (1999)
Tyler Bates – “Returns a King”
Titus owned by Fox Searchlight Pictures
300 owned by Warner Bros. Pictures
THOR (2011)
Steve Jablonsky – “Einstein’s Wrong” from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Patrick Doyle – “Hammer Found”
Transformers owned by Paramount Pictures
Thor first owned by Paramount Pictures, then transferred to Walt Disney Studios
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015)
Henry Jackman – “Captain America” from Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Junkie XL – “Brothers in Arms”
Winter Soldier owned by Walt Disney Studios
Mad Max: Fury Road owned by Warner Bros. Pictures
DRIVE ANGRY (2011)
Hans Zimmer – “Mombasa” from Inception (2010)
Michael Wandmacher – “Mass vs. Acceleration”
Inception owned by Warner Bros. Pictures
Drive Angry owned by Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment
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Black Panther and Ragnarok changed this
"thore arrives to wakanda"
i haven't seen iron man but i know the iron man song
Anyone here after the Black Panther Oscar win for Best Score?
I could remember the Iron Man theme from when he first comes out of the cave.
Even though I remember a lot more, the theme from the X-Men Movies (from FOX), the only theme song I barely was able to hum, was the Avenger's Theme :/
May be just me, but the score from Black Panther was the exception. Killmongers theme was brilliant.
This video did not age well
I go to the Battle of Hoth, always gives me chills, no pun intended
Avengers theme is great. Could sing it straight away
Wow…. Brothers In Arms is one of my favorite songs OUTRIGHT, nevermind movie scores… so that was mindblowing.
Wtf no one remembers the winter soldier, riding with the top down, guardians of the galaxy, not even the avengers theme?
Brilliant analysis.
The main Avengers Theme and the Captain America theme are the only ones that stick in my head.
Spiderman Spiderman goes where ever a spider can
The Avengers anthem is pretty memorable though.
No wonder The Last of Us felt like such a wholesome emotional experience for me. The music stuck out so much and risks were taken by not adding such predictable music to certain scenes.
Listen, I’m not a gamer at all but as a fan of different movies in general, the game didn’t seem so much as a game but rather an experience almost realistic.
Comeback pls
The issue is that there is a sort of avengers theme, but it's not super memorable! As soon as you hear it though, you go, "oh yeah that's the avengers music!"
example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVq4zJ1WbaQ memorable section starts at 1:05
Winter soldier had great music and sound design. I use movie scores to study and the only ones I put in there are caps music and some from the avengers. Also Blackpanther and Ragnarok had amazing music and eere so unique.
I can, and have, hummed a major theme from every movie in the MCU, in order, on demand. They all have great themes with identifiable motifs. They just don't play all by themselves over an extended title sequence the way Star Wars and some if those others do.
They also don't keep the same theme through each movie, even the ones about the same characters. But honestly, I like that we get new more memorable themes each time, rather than just rehashing the same theme over and over.
I can understand what you're saying, and you have some good information, but I honestly disagree with your overall point. I think the editing and presentation of the music isn't always as bold as it could be, but I don't think that makes it worse. And being exceptionally memorable doesn't make it good. Being GOOD makes it good. And there are some amazing scores, and themes throughout every movie in the MCU.
Marvel never had a memorable song because they didn't use their theme songs in the trailers they advertise, so people could only experience the music when they watch the movie. Look what happened when Marvel put the Avengers theme-song in the trailers for Infinity War? Now all my kids are humming it whenever they play with their action figures. People remember stuff based on repetition. This is basic advertising 101. None of this nonsense about how Marvel plays it safe with its music. Look at the crowd reaction to Thor's moment here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkgdH1It4qY). You want to tell me Marvel themes don't invoke emotion? Nonsense.
…and then Blade Runner 2049 came in and kick ass.
Oh my God this is so sad :'(
it is okay.let is focus on the story,theme tune for all sucks and boring anyway.
Avengers theme is damn memorable
Well, let's see: I remember my kid-based Superman, Batman, Spiderman music, and also the Star Wars opening theme. I also remember the All in the Family music and—oh yes—the original Star Trek "music" (having Loulie Jean Norman [bless her heart] make ghastly jumps from one end of the hearing spectrum to the other–just made my head hurt). What do these "songs I can sing from memory" all have in common? They're all annoying!! Ok, I'm just a listener and have no skin (or expertise) in this game like you apparently do. So you are no doubt technically right. But as just one listener, I'm also right: to hear that the Marvel music has something wrong with it or is not actually great music, this strikes no chords with me. (Although for me, the Marvel Music does not compare to DC's Batman/Zimmer's Dark Knight Trilogy, which is simply stunning music–and I can't hum any of that either; to do so would profane it!). So, even when the Star Wars music first came out (I was in the then "Mann" Chinese Theater the day Star Wars opened in 1977), I did NOT like the Star Wars opening theme at all because it sounded way too campy for my taste (even though, overall, I liked [and still like] the Star Wars music overall–just not the annoying opening theme that I can't get out of my head.). So I was thrilled with the Star Trek Motion picture (and later movies, especially ST 3) music a couple of years later. It was great music to listen to. Ok, now to your choices in scoring the movies–merely as a watcher/hearer: I did not at all mind the narration in Cap Am—in fact, it felt more like being in the museum instead of somebody's music video; or the Warriors entry in Thor (I did not like your choice of music at all); nor especially did I like the removal of the music from the Iron Man scene, since (for me) the music in that whole series of scenes builds to a very cool and vibrant emotional point—this series of scenes is actually among my favorites in all of the Marvel movies because of the music. To remove it ruins the build! Obviously, I've been seduced by the dark side. (I appreciate your video. 🙂
Hearing the score in just the trailer for Spider-Man Far From Home, this is slowly changing. The music in the trailer is amazing
The Avengers theme from the first Avengers when they all come together in the battle of NY is the only memorable amazing bit of music
Ok now things have changed:
Black Panther (entire soundtrack)
The Avengers theme
The Guardians theme
The Music Playing During The Snap
Ik it was already a song but Led Zeppelin’s in Thor
Reply with others ???