I blame Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad for now solidifying that EVERY single action scene now has to be scored by some classic oldies or generally poppy song. It happened in Captain Marvel despite not matching the tone of the movie at all. It happens all the time in Umbrella Academy, Doom Patrol, Preacher, Legion, etc. The only cape shows that don't do this are shows that were already pre-established before GotG and SS but even these shows often fall prey to it with a couple of instances in The Flash and Agents of SHIELD.
I blame Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad for now solidifying that EVERY single action scene now has to be...
Andrew Nelson
Julian Butler
I can understand Captain Marvel doing it because from my understanding the movie is trying to get you nostalgic of the good ol' days or whatever, but it is shitty. I am thankful base Russos don't ever do it imagine how shitty it would have been if Led Zeppelin or whatever started to play when Thor arrived in Wakanda during Infinity War.
Christopher Green
In the case of SS, much of the songs were made for the movie. I think that was so they could throw another marketing angle in there ("All these songs by these hip artists! Come watch our movie and buy the album!"). I think it's really just for nostalgia points and nothing else. The problem with that is the original score suffers.
Nathaniel Nelson
Yeah Russos seem like they want to keep to the cinematic-ness of the movies. They however do it a lot in Deadly Class which they are directing but music does play a huge role in Remender's comics
Matthew Gutierrez
that reminds me of scene from Sincity where the guy is crushing other guy's head with some shitty song in the background, i don't remember where i saw it but it was hillarious
John Cooper
It made sense with GotG because it was thematically appropriate with Peter, a man who never grew up and whose most treasured keepsake was a mixtape of old pop music from his mom.
Suicide Squad did it because they were aping GotG.
Jace Lopez
This was a thing well before GotG, GotG just happened to be one of the only examples where it works.
Chase Butler
All they did was copy Dreamworks.
Levi Morales
It didn't work in Captain Marvel because 90's music is SHIT.
Isaac Campbell
Learn from your masters, young one
Caleb Gray
literally no other marvel movies do this. pretty sure no other dc ones do either. pretty sure youre just here to complain about these three specific movies.
in the 00s, tie in soundtracks were everywhere, they barely exist at all anymore.
Adam Flores
What other movies besides Guardians, Shrek, and Captain Marvel does this?
Cooper Bennett
Not to mention it was mostly diegetic because the contents of the tapes were used as framing devices.
Joseph Cooper
I DON’T GIVE A DAMN BOUT MY BAD REPUTATION!
Jaxon Myers
Movies already did this since the early 2000's it's kind of like how in te 80's training montages needed to have music playing. In Guardians of the Galaxy at least it made some sense to have the music there is not limited to just fighting scenes and the music ties to Peter's mother and it's meaningful to him because it's the last thing he had of her. It's also a form of not having Peter let go of the pass.
The zune idea I guess breaks a lot of that (it's not from his mother and it doesn't have music from his past) but they had to find a way to keep the music theme for vol. 3.
It was bad in Suicide Squad and in Captain Marvel it was just "Durrhurr remember the 90's"
Jason Smith
Ragnarok and Suicide Squad, I guess you could say Into the Spider-Verse too
Shrek isn't a superhero movie
Wyatt Flores
Not that user but Ragnarok really have that many? There was that one song that played at the beginning and end, as well as the Willy Wonka song, but the rest was either synth or orchestral iirc
Bentley Evans
watchmen
Josiah Barnes
It was really Tarantino who started this trend
Samuel Miller
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Was the World's End Pre-GOTG?
Jayden Smith
Like, this is something I would do when I was a teenager when I listen to music and timed it in my head, but the people who are uninspired when they do it just bring the technique down. The tempo of the fight should match the tempo of the song. Captain Marvel's use was just so weird.
Jackson Smith
I didn't see CM but 90s music is definitely shit so I'm gonna believe you.
William James
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This is the best form of this sort of scene and you can't convince me otherwise.
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Like, this is the pinnacle to a fight set to music.
Jose Martin
A lot of action movies that want to add some kind of lighthearted tone to their actions scenes do it. But it's also a staple in a lot of 3D animated movies. It's used to make viewers born during the time the music was popular to feel nostalgic and enjoy it more. It's very common once you pay attention to whenever it happens.
It's also a thing in Iron Man 2. Favreau said it was pretty difficult and costly to get a remix of Robot Rock.
Liam Morgan
>movie uses actual good music in its soundtrack
>complain
I don't understand
Nolan Wright
I don't remember any instances of it happening with animated movies
Luke Russell
Guardians use of music worked because they made it serve an actual purpose. The songs used are exactly the kind you would hear in the year he was abducted as a kid, and the fact they were a reminder of his mom is a reason for him to keep playing it as an adult.
They also tried to make the music fit each scene. Flying through Knowhere to Moonage Daydream fits. A montage to Cherry Bomb fits. Peter reading his mom's last letter, followed by happy endings for everyone, while Ain't No Mountain High Enough plays fits. Both uses of The Chain fit. They even made Brandy important to the actual story.
Then there are the moments where they deliberately pick the least fitting song possible for comedy. I admit to loving unfitting music scenes in anything.
Juan Jenkins
it works to great effect when it works, it's just really bad when it's overdone or doesn't.
Consider that marvel's soundtracks were infamous unmemorable before they started putting licensed tracks in their films. Nobody remembers sad orchestral score #52 that played when yinsen died in iron man, i'd wager most people that've seen it remember immigrant song at the end of thor.
Mason Sanders
Hey you leave Legion outta this, it only has like one actual fight per season, and I only remember the one song in the last episode of S2. Anything else it does is solely because Noah Hawley's a weirdo.
Nathan Walker
I love the MCU but the soundtracks are pretty lackluster. The only original songs I can recall from the top of my head are
>Avengers theme
>Guardians theme
>Black Tears
Lucas Bailey
opps was made for black panther iirc and that song was pretty rad
Nolan Moore
i haven't seen the movie yet, but my friend told me its Lilith Fair: the soundtrack, ie all late 90s lesbian "rock"
Logan Diaz
Winter Soldier had some great sound design, it's a shame they didn't really give any other character their own distinct character sound motif it would've been neat if someone like Thanos was accompanied with a memorable theme
Landon Watson
Gwen Stefani is the one that's played during the climax of the movie
Gabriel Morris
No Doubt, I guess?
Alexander Collins
Is Wonder Woman the most memorable Superhero theme of the last 10 years or so?
Ryan Reyes
Camden Turner
I hope you're joking.
Anthony Bell
Nope, it's played during her climatic battle.
>en.wikipedia.org
>Additional music featured in the film includes "Just a Girl" by No Doubt
Cameron Sanchez
The problem with Skwad was way overdoing it. They had like six fucking songs in the first 5 minutes of the movie.
Jacob Murphy
>Shrek isn't a superhero movie
Bullshit, otherwise he wouldn't be a part of a Super hero team then.
Luke Foster
Well in gotg it fit but in ss it was laughable
Adam Wright
This makes me sad, really.
Liam Bailey
Manasteal has a better theme song. When that piano kicks in I still feel a twinkle in my eye
Cooper Cox
Here's the full listing
>Additional music featured in the film includes "Whatta Man" by Salt-N-Pepa, "Connection" by Elastica, "Only Happy When It Rains" by Garbage, "Waterfalls" by TLC, "Come as You Are" by Nirvana, "Just a Girl" by No Doubt, "Man on the Moon" by R.E.M., "Celebrity Skin" by Hole, "Crazy on You" by Heart, "Kiss Me Deadly" by Lita Ford, and "You Gotta Be" by Des'ree.[7][8] The Radio Times praised the selection of tracks saying "Once again, Marvel has absolutely nailed its movie soundtrack" but also notes that the songs are not well integrated with the film, in the way James Gunn achieved with Guardians of the Galaxy.[9]
Thomas Richardson
of course its the most popular song from them
Juan Hill
>Blame something misunderstood because people don't understand it
you know that bazooka you're clumsily handling can be turned on you with ease, right?
Juan Ward
It kind of fit with Umbrella Academy, the whole show was cheesy as fuck in a way I personally enjoyed. I was mostly there to see Sheehan reprise Nathan from Misfits though, and mostly got that. Except Klaus was less sociopathic and actually got character development, but I don't have a preference either way.
It's weird. Nothing in that show was GOOD but it was memorable. The bank robbery really stuck, as did that scene of Hazel and Cha-cha burning down the lab while stoned.
Oliver Cox
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