In 2016, a raised a provocative question about Marvel Studios’ films: Why aren’t its film scores memorable in the way that franchises like Star Wars or James Bond are?
The video went viral, racking up more than 5.5 million views, and featured composers such as Danny Elfman speaking about the scourge of temp tracks — temporary music directors use to begin editing the film before the score is written.
The video argued that temp tracks have contributed to a certain “sameness” in blockbuster movies today.As fate would have it, the video not only sparked a conversation about modern scores, but also caught the attention of Devo founder (and Thor: Ragnarok composer) Mark Mothersbaugh.
“We were looking at that, going ‘Wow, OK.’ That helps explain some things that I kind of felt myself,” he tells Heat Vision of watching the video.
Soon after, he began working with Ragnarok director Taika Waititi on the score for that film. The pair spoke about pushing the boundaries a bit, and the result is an ’80s-tinged score with melodies worthy of Norse gods, as well as superheroes.
Here’s that video that sparked the conversation:
Mothersbaugh, who has also composed scores to The…
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