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why the hell did they choose that Awful Music?

posted 11 years ago by reaseltbim
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I didn't think the acting was that bad. The action was pretty good. The plot was not bad,
the movie was just okay. Didn't hate it, Gina was alright.

But What the Hell was the deal with that awful, stupid bad music? It made me feel like I Was watching the Naked Gun movies or Austin Powers or something.

Honestly, what was the deal with the soundtrack here? That was what ruined this for me, I couldn't take the movie seriously because of that crappy music in the movie. It ruined any suspense or momentum the movie had going for it.

I almost expected leslie nielsen to show up at any moment. Or Charlie Sheen or something.
Why would they put dumb music on a movie like this? It almost made me want to stop watching it

[–] teaguetod 11 years ago

De gustibus non est disputandum. There's no accounting for taste. Apparently that old saying really is true.

I thought David Holmes' score was fantastic, and I actually came here to the message board to see if anyone else also thought so.

For me, the music added a stylish retro touch to the film, very classy, reminiscent of 60s & 70s spy thrillers. And combined with the fight scenes which were sometimes done with no music and minimal sound effects, I thought it enhanced the 'realistic' feel of those scenes.

The music was one of the things I liked best about this film. I thought it 'made' the movie.

But, hey, that's just me.

[–] reaseltbim 11 years ago

is not that the music was bad in itself. Okay, maybe I should have explained myself better.

It just didn't fit with the tone and the story. The director was trying to show us a serious story about betrayal. About double crossing.
the movie had no humor in it, no cool characters, no one liners. It felt as serious as you can get. (No slapstick)

And then they add music that belongs in a Lethal Weapon movie? wtf? I think that's what bothered me about it. That okay, the music would have fit better if the movie had more slapstick and it if was more tongue in cheek. Like I said, Lethal Weapon or the Expendables or something.
the music to me was kind of tongue in cheek and the movie was the opposite of that

But that's not what the movie showed us. At least I didn't feel any of that. The music and the movie do not belong together.
It would be like putting this music on the Bourne movies. You would be like, What the hell is this music doing here? wtf?

[–] teaguetod 11 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506999/board/thread/222935527?d=225537556 #225537556

Please see my comments from another thread, in the link above.

I agree they were going against expectations with the choice of music. But I think maybe they were making reference to older spy/action movies from the 70s, particularly Sidney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor (1975, with music by Dave Grusin), or any of several action/caper movies scored by Roy Budd: Fear is The Key (1973), The Marseille Contract (1974), The Black Windmill (1974), Diamonds (1975), and several others. (A lot of these films are pretty forgettable; today they're remembered more for Budd's music than anything else.)

[–] seanotrc 11 years ago

I agree the music was a weird choice and spoilt the whole thing for me, if I want to hear them sounds I'll type in Ron Jeremy on Google and watch his films

[–] CineFileMou 10 years ago

David Holmes, awful music? This is a funny world we live in.

[–] VargenSWE 9 years ago

The music did not fit at all. Seems they were trying to much to go for the "retro" sound, but it just didn't fit. The plot is okay, there are lots of good actors, but the music, and how scenes were shot were really weird. The fight scenes did not appeal to me at all, I think they should have had a different approach how the scenes would have been made.