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Michael Giacchino’s full Batman theme released
- Thread starter ManaByte
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Shadowplay1979
Member
I mean i guess its ok....i just miss when main themes had hooks
The best part is the two notes it uses from the burton theme
The best part is the two notes it uses from the burton theme
FunkMiller
Member
It’s a fantastic piece of music for a movie that’s a detective noir drama with some action beats, rather than yet another overblown, CGI ridden superhero movie.
SJRB
Gold Member
Kinda weaksauce. The entire slow orchestral bit in the middle has like zero punch to it, it just sounds like random ambient music. Also the second half is like a three minute buildup to a climax that never comes.
It's a shame the escalation that can be heard in the Main Trailer isn't in this bit, that's the best part of the theme.
It's a shame the escalation that can be heard in the Main Trailer isn't in this bit, that's the best part of the theme.
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Outpost #31
Member
My favorite Batman theme after Elfman's
thismeinteil
Member
I mean, it's definitely good for music playing in the background of a scene, but as the main theme? Pretty weak.
Dr Bass
Member
It's awful.
The two note "theme," if you can even call it that, sounds like a direct slice of Chopin's famous funeral march, and done in a way that it also brings the Imperial March to mind. Totally lazy, and if I caught that on first listen there is no way a guy like Giacchino didn't know what he was doing while working on it. The rest almost sounds like a first pass on the piano at chord progressions and he just went "yeah that's good enough."
He might have gotten direction from the director to do that though, who knows.
For those who don't know what I'm referring to (though you'll recognize it the second you hear it since it's one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music on the planet):
The two note "theme," if you can even call it that, sounds like a direct slice of Chopin's famous funeral march, and done in a way that it also brings the Imperial March to mind. Totally lazy, and if I caught that on first listen there is no way a guy like Giacchino didn't know what he was doing while working on it. The rest almost sounds like a first pass on the piano at chord progressions and he just went "yeah that's good enough."
He might have gotten direction from the director to do that though, who knows.
For those who don't know what I'm referring to (though you'll recognize it the second you hear it since it's one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music on the planet):
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Giacchino composes another yawn fest. Dude is overrated and shouldn’t even be compared with the likes of Williams or Goldsmith.
Heck I’d rather the likes of Zimmer and Giacchino are kicked to the curb, and actually talented folks such as Bear McCreary and Christopher Tin given greater opportunities.
Heck I’d rather the likes of Zimmer and Giacchino are kicked to the curb, and actually talented folks such as Bear McCreary and Christopher Tin given greater opportunities.
