‘The Marvel Symphonic Universe’—Or Why Hollywood Blockbusters All Have the Same Soundtrack
Video essayist Tony Zhou turns his analytical filmic brain to the contemporary film score in blockbuster movies, and in doing so explores why man,y like the soundtracks used in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, all sound the same. Their soundtracks don’t have the appeal of John Williams’ Star Wars for example, they’re entirely forgettable. This is because, Zhou notes, Marvel like to play it safe when it come to the music, it needs to not outdo the action and the visuals.
Plus when doing the initial cut of the movies, they use a temporary soundtrack to get the pace right—and this usually forms the basis of the end score, hence they all sound alike.
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