Is it too much to expect a soundtrack to an action film to have
\na score which has a little more of a rock beat to it?<\/p>\n
That is precisely what I found myself thinking as I listened to
\nthe soundtrack to
\nThunderbirds<\/i>, yet another film this year scored by Hans
\nZimmer (who must be earning some serious overtime pay). With an
\naction-packed theme and kicking off the soundtrack with a
\nbeat-oriented version of “Thunderbirds Are Go! Original TV Series
\nTheme,” you can’t help but think that this is going to be an
\nexciting listen.<\/p>\n
Alas, we’re wrong. The score quickly dissolves back into
\ntraditional film scoring with no real excitement to the listener.
\nWhile there are passages which suggest serious action on the
\nscreen, it doesn’t have the same kind of snap that one would have
\nexpected, and ends up disappointing on several levels.<\/p>\n
Okay, I can understand utilizing the traditional school of film
\nscoring for portions of the soundtrack. Tracks like “Can’t Wait To
\nBe A Thunderbird” and “International Rescue” do set the proper tone
\nfor the action I can imagine to be occurring on the screen. And, in
\nthese instances, Zimmer does utilize his craft well, keeping the
\nlistener interested in what is happening, both in the speakers and
\nin their minds.<\/p>\n
Yet
\nThunderbirds<\/i> is an action movie, and the score sadly is
\nlacking in that kind of energy one would think the music called
\nfor. Tracks like “The Hood,” “You Need To Grow Up,” “Thunderize!”
\nand “Buggy Chase” don’t have much snap – or much of anything, for
\nthat matter. The soundtrack quickly becomes background material –
\nand while I am no film expert, I would like to think the music
\nshould be as much a part of the mood as the action on-screen.<\/p>\n
Closing the disc with a take on “Thunderbirds Are GO!” done by
\nBusted is a nice idea, but it does make me wonder who the film
\n(and, in part, the soundtrack) was marketed toward. People my age
\nand a little older remember
\nThunderbirds<\/i> as those freaky marionettes on the television
\nshow; while the film is definitely marketed towards re-generating
\nthe brand name for today’s youth, it almost feels like Zimmer aimed
\nfor the teeny-boppers with this selection. I don’t quite know if it
\nwas an appropriate move.<\/p>\n
\nThunderbirds<\/i> is a typical soundtrack which could have been a
\nspectacular one, had Zimmer thought outside of the box in terms of
\nthe music and its structure. A little less orchestra, a little more
\ndrums and electronic noises a la keyboards, and you would have had
\na disc that could have gone from zero to MACH-3 in ten seconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5729],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-38096","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-soundtrack","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38096"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}