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Watchmen soundtrack
I was complaining about the Watchmen soundtrack. Here's what it looks like:
1. Desolation Row - My Chemical Romance
2. Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
3. Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
4. Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
5. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
6. I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & the Sunshine Band
7. You're My Thrill - Billie Holiday
8. Pruit Igoe & Prophecies - Philip Glass Ensemble
9. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
10. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
11. Ride of the Valkyries - Budapest Symphony Orchestra
12. Pirate Jenny [Live] - Nina Simone
I suppose this is a case of ymmv but to my ears, the soundtrack is like a blow from the balpeen hammer of pop cultural reference, and so hard a blow that stuns, thereby ceasing to have meaning. Breaking out the Simon and Garfunkel (particularly when he did) is like standing at the top of the stairs and yelling THIS IS IMPORTANT! Not only does Watchmen not require that kind of musical support, the musical choices call attention to themselves.
Anyway, I'm too tired to elaborate on this. Cut. Print. I'm about halfway through Kroker and Weinstein's Data Trash and I need to lead a seminar on it in 9 hours. So I'm obvs fried. Best line so far: "What could be more fun than death camps?" Oh Kroker.
1. Desolation Row - My Chemical Romance
2. Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
3. Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
4. Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
5. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
6. I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & the Sunshine Band
7. You're My Thrill - Billie Holiday
8. Pruit Igoe & Prophecies - Philip Glass Ensemble
9. Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
10. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
11. Ride of the Valkyries - Budapest Symphony Orchestra
12. Pirate Jenny [Live] - Nina Simone
I suppose this is a case of ymmv but to my ears, the soundtrack is like a blow from the balpeen hammer of pop cultural reference, and so hard a blow that stuns, thereby ceasing to have meaning. Breaking out the Simon and Garfunkel (particularly when he did) is like standing at the top of the stairs and yelling THIS IS IMPORTANT! Not only does Watchmen not require that kind of musical support, the musical choices call attention to themselves.
Anyway, I'm too tired to elaborate on this. Cut. Print. I'm about halfway through Kroker and Weinstein's Data Trash and I need to lead a seminar on it in 9 hours. So I'm obvs fried. Best line so far: "What could be more fun than death camps?" Oh Kroker.
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I kind of thought the sledgehammer blows worked -- it created this slight ironic distance from the film, which works with Watchmen, I think, because Watchmen is supposed to be very self-aware of how Meta it is and also everything by Alan Moore is kind of intended to have the subtlely of a sledgehammer.
All Along Along the Watchtower was perfect for the scene they used it in, IMO. It was like they'd premade a fanvid for your convenience. (And I'll admit, using very well known and even iconic popular music is something milage can vary heavily on. On the one hand, there's the eternal brilliance of Supernatural's soundtrack, which may be the best soundtrack to anything ever, but on the other hand, there's the heavy use of Evanescence music in the Daredevil movie, which just... I was watching it on DVD thinking "Somewhere on the internet this scene has been vidded to Evanescence" and then "Tourniquette" started playing and I quietly died of LOLs).
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ps. Apparently, the director chose (http://1heckofaguy.com/2009/03/08/leonard-cohens-hallelujah-mood-music-for-watchmen-superheroic-sex-scene/) Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah because using a better version of the song made it too romantic, and he was going for cuing people in on it being a ridiculous scene.
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However, the score completely rips off Vangelis with the Comedian's theme.
And it's not even subtle!
It's goddamn Blade Runner! Show some respect!