>not a single recognizable musical theme Why are Marvel soundtracks

>>79360018
the movies are targeted towards kids...
enough said

>>79360053
so is Star Wars but everyone knows the imperial march.

>>79360018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vfqkvwW2fs

>>79360075

Came here to post this

Iron Man 3 main titles is nice

>>79360018
What is The Avengers theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VGJGXMUhmc
>>79360124
this too

Well there is The Avengers theme, Captain America's March and Iron Man 3 theme but apart from that i can't remember anything.

>>79360053
yeah not like any kids movies have memorable themes

>>79360018
>tfw even Sony can do a better capeshit soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQe8j92j-Eg

>>79360075
I never understood this video. Yeah they play a bunch of music that is mostly to set the mood, but there are titles that stand out and are remembered.

Such as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VGJGXMUhmc

Like in Ant Man when they played it when they showed the Avengers base, everyone knew the song instantly.

>>79360018
Captain America Theme from Winter Soldier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgZ_0msKRAE
My fav

>>79360162
It was composed by Danny Elfman, of course it's musi-kino.

>>79360162
You shouldn't count old Sony though, back then they were actually decent. Their fuck ups started around 2006.

>>79360138

Your average person wouldn't know that is the theme, nor would they be able to hum it on the spot

>>79360018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4uoNAFfvKg

Marvel movies as a whole still have generic shit music though. This credits theme is the only noteworthy thing from the Doctor Strange score, the rest of it was grade-A boring.

>could you sing a theme from Batman v Superman
>yeah it goes like BAM BAM BAM BAM DAM DAM DADADA DAM! DAM! BAM BAM BAM! DAM! DAM! DAM!

>>79360296
I only remember this because how out of place it was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_o7XUX3fg

>>79360124
>>79360142

I only ever saw IM3 once. Which song is it?

More importantly why is every major blockbuster so forgettable?

>tfw video games have better soundtracks than hollywood blockbusters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTsD2FjmLsw

>>79360341
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5lmDMcmW6c

>>79360245
>Your average person wouldn't know that is the theme, nor would they be able to hum it on the spot
Have you asked one to do it?

>>79360341
I think this is the one they're talking about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJ07onCqAs

One of maybe 3 tracks from Marvel flicks I actually remember

>>79360296
New Superman theme, Batman suite and WW guitar riff are memorable at least

>>79360368

This song is fucking great

>>79360368
That theme hyped me so fucking much during the briefing

It is a trend in Hollywood right now to not make memorable scores. Directors intervene and effectively tell their composers to not do their job. They simply say "I envision this music for this scene, copy this track. Don't come up with anything new, just have your orchestra cover this piece of music."

It is really annoying and one of the real and underrepresented signs that Hollywood is declining. The death of James Horner was a tragic loss that only made this problem worse.

>>79360018
>implying DC is any different

Recommend me a superhero theme that deals with self-sacrifice

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>>79360018
>A single X-Men movie has more memorable soundtracks than the entirety of MCU
How embarrassing.
https://youtu.be/2JKVgem3Q6o
https://youtu.be/q0xi0XIsBBY
https://youtu.be/2V_mQh_cDlk
https://youtu.be/7PGtROAYhW8

>>79360189
That sounds like every other film is the problem.

This is text book generic chord movements.

>>79360368
its hummable too. That 7/4 time signature is boss.

>>79360162
It just sounds like someone swinging on webs in the 3/4 time change.

>>79360368
Yup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_CsijQsYY4

I thought this was pretty memorable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrXwAeJ87Bk

>>79360245
So? Short of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, normies wouldn't be able to hum any movie theme on the spot. Fuck off, autist.

>not having an eidetic memory for movie scores

plebs

Antman and Doctor Strange had GOAT themes
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O_5NwVy8L5M
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4uoNAFfvKg

>>79360855

Did I upset the marvel baby?

>Harry Potter
>James Bond
>Lord of the Rings

These franchises are just as popular as Marvel, and I guarantee most people could hum the themes on the spot.

>Every Frame a Painting started this meme
>went out to interview fucking normies if they remember music

of course normies don't remember anything. thats why they're NORMIES.

>>79360607
This, I can't remember a single note of music from Man of Steel, Batman v Superman or Suicide Squad. Nolan's Batman movies had great scores but those movies aren't part of the DCEU.

>>79360855
Jurassic Park, Titanic, Close Encounters, Pycho, Vertigo, Saturday Night Fever, Taxi Driver, Rocky, Terminator films, Dark Knight, Inception

got absolutely fucked, Marvel cuck.

>>79360018
This bothers me. Even fucking transformers has recognizable ones.

>>79360018
Raimi Spider-Man movies were the only ones with recognisable, consistent themes. But not MCU so not valid.

>>79360607
Nope. DC isn't any different. Its still shitty either way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBuIbjIvoko

Even the Thor movies had great music

>>79360018

Probably because they never use the same theme twice.

Harry Potter used the same theme for 10 years, James Bond used the same for over 50, of course those themes are going to be recognizable.

OTOH, we've had two Avengers movies three years apart, with only nominally similar themes, and their theme probably changed the least. Captain America is probably the only film in the MCU that had the same person do the score for more than one film (Henry Jackman for WS and CW), and those themes don't sound remotely similar.

Marvel's had great scores. Their problem isn't talent, their problem is they don't give anyone a chance to get attached to them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIhX1OAI5XM

This is the most memorable to me. Just because the credits were kinda cool

Reminder that only the following capeshit movies have memorable scores:

>Richard Donner's Superman movies
>Tim Burton's Batman movies
>Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies
>Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy

That's it. Those are the only capeshit movie scores that have had any lasting impact on cinema/pop culture. No one remembers music from the X-Men movies, the MCU movies or the DCEU movies. These are the cold hard facts.

>inb4 "B-BUT I REMEMBER THIS BIT OF MUSIC FROM [insert shitty capeshit movie here]!"

>>79360336
This is still crap but at least its actually memorable

>>79360855
I really like Marvel movies, but if you genuinely believe that good music (which marvel doesn't have) isn't important in good movies then you're just an idiot.

>>79360995
oh look
movie themes that are constantly used in popular culture and in parodies

I wonder why people remember them!

>>79361352
>Nolan's batman
I don't remember a single bit except the fucking plane scene

>>79361352
>>Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy
"No!"

>>79360162

Harry's Suite from fucking Amazing Spider Man 2 is better than anything from Marvel Studios.

>>79361440
>not remembering Hans Zimmer's magnum opus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DSq-LhOyU

>>79361440
Is this bait? The Joker's theme from The Dark Knight is one of the most instantly recognizable film score pieces of the 21st century.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zyhQjJ5UgY

>Implying capeshit cartoon theme songs aren't god tier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZGN9fZvQhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IzSGvXc_PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbnT-cIDVM

>>79361160

I've listened to almost all of the MCU soundtracks. I actually think the two Thor films have the best scores in the MCU. Followed by the first Captain America movie.

>>79360296

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN

Lex's theme.

>>79361440
>>79361466
You two are retarded. I would post music from The Dark Knight but anons have already done that.

>>79361498
It's literally just garbled noise. How can you call this recognizable?

>>79361498

This is shit.

>>79360607

The MoS soundtrack is a masterpiece and Zimmer and Junkie XL made some very bold decisions for BvS.

Ok, maybe this isn't an orchestral score that Hans Zimmer crapped out with a xylophone and a synth keyboard, but they did partially rewrite this song to use it in the movie. It's a better fit for the character than making something new, even if it is a bit of a shortcut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yocBQlw_mCA

>>79360018
The Agents of SHIELD theme is very memorable, it's the only MCU theme I even know

>>79361396
I never implied that, stop assuming shit you fucking troglodyte.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH_6iFYiryY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zYB1PLjKv0

Electro's theme from TAS2 is more memorable than most MCU tracks.

>>79360018
Master of the Mystic was nice.

>>79361583
It enhanced some of the most memorable scenes from The Dark Knight and it was everywhere for years.
>>79361620
This is remembered. Name some capeshit scores that are more memorable than The Dark Knight.

>>79361581

>music

This is your mistake. You and those other anons mistake formulaic, pump-up noises that lack emotional depth for music.

>>79360053
>Implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clgyklnB3yw

DESHI DESHI

>>79361409
>implying anyone would use generic marvel scores in anything other than its respective capeshit

>>79361409

There's a reason they're used in pop culture and in parodies. Its because they're recognizable and well made scores.

Congratulations on missing the entire point of this thread, you fucking moron.

>>79360955
>of course normies don't remember anything. thats why they're NORMIES.

can't get more euphoric than this

>>79360368
Bioware does good music I'll give them that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABDTMWq30o

>harry potter
I can kind of hum it, I guess
>lotr
People can hum that, what? Which song exactly?
>Jurassic Park
I would know the song, but I can't really hum.
>Titanic
Humming a celine dion song, I guess, truly amazing music
>Close Encounters, Pycho, Vertigo
hell no
>Saturday Night Fever
A disco song which was featured in it or what do you mean?
>Taxi Driver
Reaching like a mofo here
>Rocky
Okay
>Terminator films
I guess
>Dark Knight, Inception
Fuck no


>being able to hum a theme means it's good
Okay?
Next you're telling me that lines which are quoted be retards mean the dialogue is good otherwise it's terrible

>>79361886
or maybe because the music isn't the intergral part of the movies

there is no "first view of jurassic park" that would allow for music to be dominant in the scene

>>79360075
>asking strangers to hum music
Skiiiiip
>random scene from iron man 1 which has some background music
Wtf is the point here? Not watching more of that inane nonsense.

>>79361931

Its more that they're recognizable. They stand out, and are arguably good. Sure some people would say certain songs are bad, you can't please everybody, but the fact is they're songs that people can say "oh I know what movie that is for"

That can't really be said about Marvel, except maybe one or two, like the Avengers theme

>>79361931
>Which song exactly?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUIZvAe3RBg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pGaz_qN0cw

>>79361731

>muh memorability

Not even going to bother. There's much more to film scores than the memorability of a single theme. Memorable theme = good overall score; this is literally you.

>>79360629
>Not this theme
https://youtu.be/WKIRcZCvUR8
Gtfo with your garbage

>>79362027

>I'm a marvel cuck that can't make any compelling arguments

>>79360995
>Close Encounters, Pycho, Vertigo, Saturday Night Fever, Taxi Driver
What the fuck are tou talking about? Most normies haven't even seen those movies.

>>79362100
Fucking taxi driver, vertigo, psycho and other shit though? Get fucked and I don't see you asking people to hum it which again is an extremely retarded metric to gauge how good a score is from a movie

>>79362282
I'm not the guy you replied to at first. Don't ever reply to me again.

>>79362178
This thread is about memorability, you autist.

>>79362195
>asking strangers to hum a music song is a compelling argument
Lmao, you pinhead

>>79362100
>>79361931
I bet everyone on this board could recognize the shire theme in LOTR by the second note. That flute is like permanently programmed into everyone's brains to associate with Gandalf's voiceover and Sean Austin shouting "Frodo!"
Comes in at 2:40.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjAAC13al9s

It's a fair point that recognizing 3 notes of a theme doesn't make the score good, but the point is that, if you remember it, the music probably did its job. It lodged itself in your brain when you were feeling a particular emotion, and now when you think of that music you feel that emotion. board-fags will argue but that's generally the point.

>>79360018
Wrong the avengers theme is very recognizeable. That said however marvel refuses to have consistent themes for their characters and i really dont get it. So i agree with your thread. WTF is Fiege doing.

>>79362313
They won't hum either
>can you hum this theme from a movie
just because some autist on youtube did that doesn't mean that is somehow a great way to find out if a score is memorable

>>79360995
>Close Encounters, Pycho, Taxi Driver, Inception
What are their theme song?

>>79362258
>>79362282
I'm not that guy but Psycho has the most famous, most parodied and most replicated sound motif of all time, it has its own spot on pop culture and I'm sure everyone aside from your flyover hellhole can remember it right away.

>>79362346
>I bet everyone on this board could recognize
Not humming, but recognizing, way off-topic, bro. Be quiet.

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>>79361750
You're seriously bringing up emotional depth while discussing capeshit scores? Top kek.

>>79362391
>I'm not that guy but Psycho has the most famous, most parodied and most replicated sound motif of all time,
So? Being able to recognize that is pisseasy, humming it when asked on the street is not the same, you fucking imbecile

>>79360018
I can clearly remember the Avengers theme, even though I don't like it that much, but the the end credits themes from Winter Soldier and Iron Man 3 are great.

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>>79362395
Man you told me

>>79362100
Concerning Hobbits is the comfiest soundtrack score

>>79362391
What about taxi driver, vertigo etc. Shut up, dumbass.
Best soundeffect in movie history is the willhelm scream, because it's instantly recognizable and is used in a million movies, great argument you have there, princess.

>>79362499
Our overlord youtuber what's-his-face told us how to find out if a song is recognizable though(pedestrians should be able to hum it)

>>79362549

This thread is about recognizable music. Somebody posted that video in response. This thread isn't about Every Frame a Painting, so stop getting your thong all twisted up. Personally I don't dislike the Marvel music at all, some of it is pretty great, but its just background filler, and could be swapped out and people would hardly even notice.

>>79361931
>Next you're telling me that lines which are quoted be retards mean the dialogue is good otherwise it's terrible
Not everything has to be black or white my little cuck. The problem with marvel is that it's always grey

>>79362549
I think just maybe he's using those street interviews as what's called an "example" to make a point. The intention of his little youtube video isn't that, for a film score to be good, you should be able to instantly hum the opening bars of a theme on the spot. No one here is saying that's a good metric by itself.
But it does kind of illustrate the point that other movies (even much smaller, more obscure ones) conjure up musical themes without any prompting. This tells you that they did a better job of being memorable or noticeable, which either A) speaks to their quality or B) speaks to their pop culture relevance.

There are plenty of films on the Oscar list for best score from the past two decades that I could never conjure up a single bar of. Does this make them bad scores? No, that's a dumb argument. But the impact of the film on current cinema or on popular culture a decade on is likely less because of it.

>>79362100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pGaz_qN0cw makes me happy

>>79360730
So is the original Superman theme...but I love it. Explain that shit.

>>79360730
I kind of agree. The chord progression doesn't bother me as much as the use of the drum kit

>>79361352
>Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy
Nope.

>>79361645
>The MoS soundtrack is a masterpiece
It is absolutely forgettable and essentially generic shlock. So is BvS. Zimmer is a shadow of who and what he used to be artistically, for years now, so shut up, retardo

>>79362909
Sample size is way to small to extrapolate any meaningful data from that bs

>>79362362
You don't know the inception theme? Are you 5 years old or what?

>>79360073
But Star Wars wasn't owned by Disney until recently and now suddenly the movies aren't as memorable.

>>79360368
that tune, I can hear the voice speaking over it

>human, you've changed nothing, your species has the attention of those infinitely your greater, that which you know as reapers are your salvation through destruction

mass effect 2 was an absolute 10/10, I'd hope for a mass effect tv or film series but they'd fuck it up probably.

binged the expanse recently and notice a few background themes sounded like they'd been lifted straight from mass effect, none like that it's a bit loud and bombastic, but the more sedate tunes from the first game.

>>79362362
You don't know the theme of Psycho? Are you shitting me?

I don't like comic book films at all. The only ones I enjoyed were Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Marvel films are absolute trash and the soundtracks are terrible. Yes, The Dark Knight soundtrack was way more memorable and unique, I still remember it to this day and I've only seen the film twice, when it just came out and a year after that.

>>79360162
That's elder god tier though. It's not fair to compare it to recent stuff because nothing can compare to it.

>>79362549
So?

>>79361931
>not being able to hum at least 5 lord of the rings tracks
wtf is this shit, get off this board you fucking faggot

>>79361485
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDsCtDRV2uA

This is Zimmer's best.

>>79360194
I love this as well.

>>79360245
Nor would they be able to hum any of the score from TDK, Deadpool, Man of Steel etc.

>>79360194
Did this come out before or after Mad Max? Because one of it is basically a copy.

>>79363655
TDK soundtrack is way more memorable and known than any marvel track out there.

>>79361931
>>79362391
>>79362453
>NOBODY KNOWS THAT
>everybody does
>OH YEAH? W-W-WELL U STOOPID!

Great argument retard, stick to your fucking pleb shit and don't ever try to discuss actual movies ever again.

Thing is Marvel just uses licenced music for their movies.

I man i still remember " a blue man dam daba dam dam a blue suit a blue life " from iron man 3

or meme songs from meme galaxy

or ac/dc themes from iron man 1-2

>>79363697
Marvel often just almost copies other songs, they are so unoriginal

>>79362507
>Shut up, dumbass.
Exactly, shut up.

>>79363566
>implying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_U4in8WeS0

>>79363756
Simply not true and you sound bitter.

>>79360018
Iron Man had a great soundtrack. And I don't mean ACDC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5riyajbsq0

>>79363751
So you agree that the pinnacle of sound effects is the willhelm scream, good for you, fag

>>79363743
You think an average member of the public would be able to hum any of it?

>>79363756
The score for Guardians of the Galaxy was pretty decent I thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI-LtD7L3Wc

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>>79360018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA52uNzx7Y4

The only theme I remembered form all the marvel movies is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHyO8ztfE8k
But it got boring after I listened to it a couple of times.