What bands would you like to see on the soundtrack?

[mrhillz]

So, I think this is the only thing that hasn't really been covered. Everyone wants vince dicola doing the score, but what about other bands? I wouldn't mind a hard rocking soundtrack, like how the original one was. How about these guys:

Avenged Sevenfold
Pantera
Korn
Metallica
Iron Maiden (yeah, I know they haven't done any studio work in years, but can you imagine them doing a cover of The Touch? :D )

[Cataclizm1]

Nine Inch Nails!

[Nightrain]

One of my favorite songs is Whatever by Our Lady Peace, aka Chris Benoit's song. I always thought that would be a tremendous science fiction song.

[mrhillz]

I think even Galvatron wouldn't mind some metal in the TF movie :D

http://galvatron.ytmnsfw.com/

[IACON]

I want to hear Iron Maiden doing a cover for White Snake's original "TF" track.
But I general, I would like to have John Williams as the music compositor for this film.

[Omegatron1]

There's not a whole lot of 'nu metal' that I get into, but I'd think they'd put together a great soundtrack. I want some upbeat rock/rap stuff, like what Alien Ant farm did on the Spider-Man soundtrack. And some G N' F'n R. The real GNR, with Slash and Axl and Izzy and Duff. if none of them are dead yet. :dj

[Josh]

i dunno if i'd want a new score done by Vince DiCola

i think maybe itd hinder the "specialness" of the first movie

i'd love it if they had one of the songs make a cameo
like having "The Touch" playing on a radio in the bkg or something xD


uh, but yeah. i'd like to hear Skillet [or a band similar to them in style]

they've got a cool blend of real heavy rock with some keyboard stuff and mixing in classical instruments [i dunno how else to say. check 'em out to see what i mean :P]

i think they'd do a rad song for the soundtrack or somethin

[enduser0001]

System of a Down, Audioslave, Matisyahu, Fall Out Boy those are all band I'm diggin' on right now.
Definitely Sebastian Bach formerly of Skid Row and Iron Maiden.

[Depthcharge]

Breaking Benjamin would be a good one... The song they did for the Halo 2 game soundtrack, called "Blow Me Away," was supremely awesome and fit that part of the game very well.

Who here can't hear Black Sabbaths' "Iron Man" playing the first time Megatron or one of his goons appears and starts wrecking up a city?

[Omnibus Prime]

Fuck all that. If it's a rock soundtrack at all, it's going to be flavor of the month bands and that's a horrible idea. It should be a symphonic score, period. Something that won't sound dated by 2008, never mind several years.

If it's a case of them cranking out a secondary 'soundtrack' of songs 'inspired by' the movie in addition to the score, and the only intrusion is Nickelback or some shit played during the credits, fine. Just don't subject me to fucking advertising by sprinkling snippets of half the songs throughout the movie.

[Josh]

Who here can't hear Black Sabbaths' "Iron Man" playing the first time Megatron or one of his goons appears and starts wrecking up a city?

*raises hand*

xD

[Psychrome86]

Vince was cool for his time. his time has gone. i'm with omnibus prime, just a symphonic score.

all this talk of how it should be G1, it should have the original voices, it should have the original guy doing the music. we already had that, why do you want it again? maybe if this movie was being made back when power rangers hit the big screen. back when big action KIDS movies were being made. A lot of us are adults now or have a better taste in movies and want to see a movie of today's style. it can be done. look at the matrix, not a kids flick.

[godsenddeath]

No 'Rap Metal'.

No 'R and B' of any shape from or fashion.

After that i don't mind.

[oprime73]

Megadeth

[KA]

U2.

mwahaha.

[Nightrain]

Are there any (successful) science fiction films that even have bands?

I tend to think they better stick with symphony only.

[IACON]

Are there any (successful) science fiction films that even have bands?

I tend to think they better stick with symphony only.

I think that a full symphony is the best for this kinda film. But please not Hanz Zimmer! Every score he writes sounds exactly like the one he did before.

[Dio]

Perhaps Michael Bay will be able to secure Aerosmith for 3/4 of the movie's background music. :D

In all seriousness though... it really depends on the angle you want to put forward. Harry Gregson-Williams has done some great stuff in the last several years, as have some of the composers mentioned already. I think a mixture of orchestrated score music, with a few tracks by established modern artists would be a healthy combination for this film.

[Josh]

depends on how you take "soundtrack" and stuff as well

like take the Matrix movies for example

Their soundtracks have ALL kinds of songs on them and only like one or two were ever played in the movie.

Soundtrack i think "bands who wrote songs for/about the movie"

now the musical score, is something else entirely. you wouldnt want anything but stuff like orchestral or whatever

[MegaMoonMan]

Primus, duh.

[REDLINE]

I don't want any bands in the soundtrack, other than maybe a cover or the original of The Touch somewhere as a fanwank... really just wanta kick-ass musical score... those add so much to a movie, as well as make them timeless! just look at star wars, LOTR, etc

[Sculpt-bot]

If they insist on having "bands" in the score, they should go with the metal bands that kick out some cool instrumental stuff. Some great examples:
Metallica- "Orion" off of Master of Puppets
- "Call of Cthulu" off of Ride the Lightning
Megadeth- the very beginning of "Set the World on Fire" from So Far, So Good , So What?
GWAR- "A short History of the End of the World" forget the album it is on.
Melvins- "Honeybucket" from Houdini (not totally instrumental, but kicks so much ass, it doesn't matter)
Check these out on I-tunes, close your eyes, and tell me you can't see (and FEEL!) giant robots kicking each others asses! Anything with "vocals" however would detract from the action. Definitely need a strictly instrumental score.

[Dusty]

Iron Maiden (yeah, I know they haven't done any studio work in years, but can you imagine them doing a cover of The Touch? )

Huh? Iron Maiden puts out a new album every 2-3 years or so. In fact the last two (Brave New World and Dance of Death) have even been as the re-uinted Iron Maiden with Bruce Dickinson. Killer stuff too....

I would love to see any of Maiden's music (new or old) on a TF movie, but I don't see that happening. They aren't mainstream enough. Even their old material isn't mainstream enough for a big Michael Bay Production.

I would expect plenty of Nu Metal and at best something like Avenged Sevenfold....

But if I had my pick, Judas Priest's "Metal Gods" would be absolutely perfect....

-Dusty

[KA]

Primus, duh.

good call, d00d.

[Ktulu]

I'd like it to just have an orchestral/electronic score specifically made to fit the film. No shitty Nickelback or Lil Jon attached to it just because they're popular with the MTV crowd you know?

[Ops_was_a_truck]

NO CRAPPY 80s MUSIC.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore the Transformers:The Movie original score - and I searched like crazy on Napster to get the complete Vince DiCola score until I had the whole thing - but that stuff has no place in a reimagining of Transformers as a money-making summer blockbuster, at least in my opinion.

[Draven]

Nine Inch Nails!
SO seconded. I'd love the movie to have a more techo/industrial edge to the soundtrack; imagine a big chase scene with "Wish" playing in the background.
If they go the orchestral score route as well (which I find highly likely), they should get either James Horner (Aliens), Graeme Revelle (Pitch Black), Joseph LoDuca (Brotherhood Of The Wolf) or John Williams (if you don't know what this man has done in the past, you must have been living in a cave for the past few decades).

[zopilote_z]

My wish is for something akin to the BladeRunner soundtrack (Obviously updated with today`s technology). Hans Zimmer is good with mixin´electronic music with orchestra. Just make one or two songs for the credits. And let Aerosmith do a cover of the original theme, just like they did in Spiderman.

[Mexi-Con]

LINKIN F'N PARK!!
or P.O.D., Korn, Disturbed, Motorhead for Rock. For Rap, Kanye West (who just re-did the MI3 theme) Some REAL Hip-Hop! NONE of that G-Unot, Crunk muzik or catchy hook Pop-Rap'N'B garbage! Common, Tribe, Fugees, Rhymefest, Little Brother, Some of that real shit if they throw Hip-Hop in the mix. Maybe they could have Rick Ruben & Kanye Excec-produce the Soundtrack.

[Mexi-Con]

SO seconded. I'd love the movie to have a more techo/industrial edge to the soundtrack; imagine a big chase scene with "Wish" playing in the background.
If they go the orchestral score route as well (which I find highly likely), they should get either James Horner (Aliens), Graeme Revelle (Pitch Black), Joseph LoDuca (Brotherhood Of The Wolf) or John Williams (if you don't know what this man has done in the past, you must have been living in a cave for the past few decades).

Oh Shit! how could I forget NIN!! :rock :dj
HAWT!

[Nephthys]

I,also, think techo/industrial style of music would fit this movie well.

[airfox]

Easy!

Transformer by Smashing Pumpkins.
MFC (Many Fast Cars) by Pearl Jam.
Machinehead by Bush.

:D

Seriously, I second the score should be instrumental, maybe orchestral sounding at times, and electronic sound at times. Something similar to The Matrix score.

If Bay and Co. can get John Williams to do the score, then what else would we need?

A couple of songs added to the soundtrack wouldn't hurt, because even if it's a Sci-Fi movie, it's also one based on present day Earth. Terminator 2 had that Guns n' Roses song at the end, just like The Matrix ended with Rage Against the Machine and Marillyn Manson.

What I don't want to hear as part of the soundtrack is Nu Metal, Hip Hop, Reggaeton or R&B.

P.S.: NIN would sound great there!

-airfox

[ChickenWing]

I want to hear Iron Maiden doing a cover for White Snake's original "TF" track.
But I general, I would like to have John Williams as the music compositor for this film.

Danny Elfman would be one outstanding option for the musical score.

[Fretburn]

I'd prefer a nice epic score. Kinda guitar heavy, but please keep the metal bands out of it. Maybe small excerpts for choice scenes but that's all.

Mrhillz: Nice job on the Dragonforce & Galvatron YTMND. And Maiden's last album was Dance Of Death from 2003.

[Fretburn]

Easy!

Transformer by Smashing Pumpkins.
MFC (Many Fast Cars) by Pearl Jam.
Machinehead by Bush.

:D

Seriously, I second the score should be instrumental, maybe orchestral sounding at times, and electronic sound at times. Something similar to The Matrix score.

If Bay and Co. can get John Williams to do the score, then what else would we need?

A couple of songs added to the soundtrack wouldn't hurt, because even if it's a Sci-Fi movie, it's also one based on present day Earth. Terminator 2 had that Guns n' Roses song at the end, just like The Matrix ended with Rage Against the Machine and Marillyn Manson.

What I don't want to hear as part of the soundtrack is Nu Metal, Hip Hop, Reggaeton or R&B.

P.S.: NIN would sound great there!

-airfox

Actually, that GNR song "You Could Be Mine" was featured during the scene where John takes off from his step parents on his bike and robs an ATM.

[Cobra_Commander]

i recon they should have lordi, they won the euro vision contesy and they kick ass. Maybe Matalica, trust company or saliva, well i love all those bands and i can think (well guess) of alot of place where there music would be good to use.

[airfox]

Actually, that GNR song "You Could Be Mine" was featured during the scene where John takes off from his step parents on his bike and robs an ATM.

Yeah.... John and the other kid were listening to it, IIRC.

-airfox

[Infosaur]

I can't belive nobody has thought of RZA.

Who is RZA? you may ask? Well he's a dj and producer from Staten Island, worked for a while with a group you may have heard of The Wu-Tang Clan?

Anyway he probably would have continued just producing rap & R&B albums, untill he spent a weekend reminicing about old Kung-Fu movies with a friend.

That Friend, Quintin Tarintino

The movie he scored,,,,,,,,,,,






*BAA*

*bAAH*

*BUMP*

Kill Bill.

Could be pretty badass

[Infosaur]

Double post

:Gouki:
post fatality

[Starsabrej]

Weird Al

[DrGrim]

Nine Inch Nails, Wumpscut, OhGr, and other "dark" industrial stuff for the "machine like" music to go with the main "machine like" characters. For action sequences that need a little bit of metal, I suggest Nothing Face, Fear Factory and such.

[Kickback]

I can stand NiN. I can stand Linkin' Park. I can even handle a rap song, because you have to figure you got teenage kids in this movie, they will probably have rap in the background, which will then be available on the soundtrack.

I'd like to hear some bands that have a good melody to them. I'm sorry but Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Gwar ... talk about ruining a movie. The movie needs to have flow to it, and that includes the music.

I'd love to jump in and be like "OMG SEVENDUST!" as they're my favorite band. But they wouldn't be good for this movie. They just don't match the themes I think would be represented.

I do believe that these bands have a shot though:

Ra
10 Years
Hoobastank
System of a Down
Godsmack (not that I want them, but hey, they did sponsor the band that had their TF song put in the Armada video game)

Rick Formas's orchestra Transformers theme (unlocked in the video game) would be pretty kick-ass.

[Sculpt-bot]

I'd like to hear some bands that have a good melody to them. I'm sorry but Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Gwar ... talk about ruining a movie. The movie needs to have flow to it, and that includes the music.

The songs I listed by these bands, are samples of INSTRUMENTAL music by them. Something similar playing during the battle scenes in the background I think would set a great mood. I don't see much difference in the bands you listed, in their actual music. The big difference comes in the vocals, which I think would be a distraction.(from the bands I listed as well) I absolutely LOVE System of a Down, but I think their vocals would be completely noticeable in something that should actually be a secondary sensory stimulus (auditory helping enhance the visual.)
As far as "ruining a movie", lets face it, if the music is capable of derailing a movie, it probably had mucho problems to begin with.
Still in the straight up instrumental score/no vocals boat.

[Ktulu]

....They just don't match the themes I think would be represented.

I do believe that these bands have a shot though:

...
System of a Down


Why is it that System of A Down, who is half political/half "party & nonsense" would fit Transformers in your opinion? Also, they're going on "hiatus" soon, though we all know what that means in the music world: nothing, so I suppose it wasn't even worth bringing up.

[TheIncredibleHulk]

I have to say no to Metallica. Especially modern day Metallica. Avenged Sevenfold would be good. For the ones that want GNR, maybe Velvet Revolver. Maybe because I'm a metal head, I think it should be all metal. Even metal instrumentals in there too.

[Cheetatron]

Classical score please. Contemporary music just feels dated when you rewatch these kinds of movies 5-10 yrs later

[Lazerbeak]

I'm a huge rock fan, and frequently listen to a good deal of the bands listed in previous posts. Regardless, I want none of them associated with the movie. A rock soundtrack (especially one with actual lyrics) would be unfathomably cheesy and cliche to me.

Give me a proper orchestra. As for a composer? John Williams. I've loved every score he's worked on, and I think he could really give the movie that "epic" feel.

That being said, I know full well that we're almost definitely getting a rock/rap/techno/etc. soundtrack in the movie.

[Liokaiser_bf]

Any kinds of Heavy Metal, don't care who.

If Jazz is in, then we can have that booming but Keep away from the all you hear is cursing crap music. If not stick to the Rock n Roll/Heavy Metal.

[Infosaur]

What about metal/classic fussion?

Like when full orchestras cover Metallica or Trans Siberian Orchestra's version of Chorus of the Bells?

[Yurre]

Some GOOD hip hop/rap... Maybe Mobb Deep, Wu-tang or even 50 cent/The Game...

And some GOOD Rock music, sort of like the 1986 tf movie theme song, that type of rock...

[_Soundwave_]

I would like to hear Slipknot, Soulfly, Killswitch Engage or Mudvayne

[Blunticon]

Unearth and def. Slayer!

[nuopus]

As long as that person who did the Touch from the original movie is nowhere on th sound track. His stuff was good back then, but sounds like total CRAP now. Ive heard people suggest him in the past, but hair bands are out. Catch their hair on fire and turn them into metal singers.

[_Soundwave_]

As long as that person who did the Touch from the original movie is nowhere on the sound track. It was Dirk Diggler that sang that song JK I just remember it from the movie "Boogie Night's" but I believe Stan Bush that sang it for the transformers cartoon movie.

[turk128]

Europe's Final Countdown, 'nuf said.

[REDLINE]

I want as few bands as possible. gimme orchestral, I want this movie epic!

[KA]

backstreet boys.

[REDLINE]

:throw

[Simian]

I'd like it to just have an orchestral/electronic score specifically made to fit the film. No shitty Nickelback or Lil Jon attached to it just because they're popular with the MTV crowd you know

No doubt..If it is on MTV please keep it off the movie...Thanks...

Iced Earth...that'd be cool.....

[redsquadron]

Which bands?
BLOODY NONE!!!

[Incepticon]

Ideally, I don't want a soundtrack full of flavor-of-the-month bands at all. All those kinds of soundtracks do is instantly date a movie and remind you years later how badly music tastes sucked (here's looking at you Spider-Man 2 feat. Nickleback doing your shitty title track!).

I would much prefer an original epic electro/symphonic score from one of the masters like Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson Williams or Trevor Rabin.

[nuopus]

Ideally, I don't want a soundtrack full of flavor-of-the-month bands at all. All those kinds of soundtracks do is instantly date a movie and remind you years later how badly music tastes sucked (here's looking at you Spider-Man 2 feat. Nickleback doing your shitty title track!).

I would much prefer an original epic electro/symphonic score from one of the masters like Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson Williams or Trevor Rabin.

I agree fully. I could better get into that soundtrack. BUT, putting my person opinion aside, which really amounts to crap when things like this are looked at. What they SHOULD do is put music on there that will sell the most albums to the current generation. Things like .... it should have music scores because it is an epic movie, don't use flavor-of-the-month bands because it can be dated easily, don't use trendy bands. All of that means absolutely nothing and just outlines personal preference.

Whatever will sell the most albums and make them the most money is what they SHOULD do. That is the reality of a money making business like this. And, what will sell the most albums is chart topping music. Some rap, alternative, metal. A CD full of music scores will not do as well in this music industry as a CD of some of the best rap, alternative, and metal.

[redsquadron]

They can do a "music inspired by the motion picture" CD if they want, but as soon as stuff like that intrudes into the movie itself it always comes across as a little crass to me: I'd rather the mood be set by a far more subtle score. Indeed, the music should underscore the action and not drown it out.

[Rodimus Major]

They can do a "music inspired by the motion picture" CD if they want, but as soon as stuff like that intrudes into the movie itself it always comes across as a little crass to me: I'd rather the mood be set by a far more subtle score. Indeed, the music should underscore the action and not drown it out.

I agree. If it's just full of whatever flavor of the week songs are popular now, it wil just come across as an extended series of music videos, and I'm sure not many people want that. It might help soundtrack sales, but would likely hurt movie ticket sales.

[blueandwhite]

Whatever will sell the most albums and make them the most money is what they SHOULD do. That is the reality of a money making business like this. And, what will sell the most albums is chart topping music. Some rap, alternative, metal. A CD full of music scores will not do as well in this music industry as a CD of some of the best rap, alternative, and metal.

The lack of a band-ridden sountrack didn't really hurt LOTR, Star Wars, Harry Potter, or pretty much any other blockbuster that had the good sense to go with an orchestrated soundtrack. It certainly beats enlisting a bunch of hack bands that whore out their trash songs to whoever is willing to pay.

Making a good movie doesn't require you to load it up with flavour-of-the-month music sung by hacks like Chris Doltry (or whatever his name is). Heck, why doesn't Bay just make a soundtrack using nothing but American Idol contestants. You know it would be popular. Personally, I feel one of the reasons that movie ticket sales are down is because too many execs are trying to do what is "popular" rather than what is original or creative. How many generic and utterly forgettable soundtracks does the public really want?

[Ironhide2005]

This is my list:
Nickel Back
Stan Bush(the touch)
Metalica

[TRANS+CRAZY]

Linkin Park... make them do up their own version of N.R.G.'s "Instruments of Destruction" or a song that's similar...

[aprim]

Nine inch Nails!

[Nemesis Predaking]

Linkin Park... make them do up their own version of N.R.G.'s "Instruments of Destruction" or a song that's similar...

That would be pretty cool IMO, Other bands i like to see
Mudvanye
Disturbed
Static-X
HellYeah
Tool / A Perfect Circle
Slipknot / Stone Sour
And last but not least Rammstein covering "the Touch" or "Dare"

[Skitch76]

Terminator 2 had that Guns n' Roses song at the end, just like The Matrix ended with Rage Against the Machine and Marillyn Manson.

Yeah, definitely need that loud kick-ass song at the end as the credits roll...and it should be a rap/rock Linkin Park-y kinda thing. And put it on the CD for heaven's sake. I hate that the Aerosmith cover of Spider-man didn't make it to the CD.

[Draven]

Nine inch Nails!
HELL yes.

[Ops_was_a_truck]

Fuck all that. If it's a rock soundtrack at all, it's going to be flavor of the month bands and that's a horrible idea. It should be a symphonic score, period. Something that won't sound dated by 2008, never mind several years.


2nded. Agreed wholeheartedly. Please, let any "hip new artists" associated with the TF film be associated in that their music was "inspired by" and NOT part of the film.

[TRANS+CRAZY]

That would be pretty cool IMO, Other bands i like to see
Mudvanye
Disturbed
Static-X
HellYeah
Tool / A Perfect Circle
Slipknot / Stone Sour
And last but not least Rammstein covering "the Touch" or "Dare"


Rammstein's good too, but I don't picture them singing "The Touch" or "Dare" (that should be left up to Stan Bush to sing them).

Other bands I think could go into playing songs for the movie are: Nickelback, Hoobastank, maybe Good Charlotte, and whoever it was that sang a song that went like this "Let the bodies hit the floor, let the bodies hit the floor."

[shockwave2005]

ugh.

No Vice DiCola for me either. It worked in 1986, but this is 2007.

I would prefer a full on score for this movie - I think that would be appropriate to give this film a more serious tone musically.

That and I don't want any crappy emo/metal/nu metal/etc. bands ruining an otherwise kickass movie.

The lack of a band-ridden sountrack didn't really hurt LOTR, Star Wars, Harry Potter, or pretty much any other blockbuster that had the good sense to go with an orchestrated soundtrack. It certainly beats enlisting a bunch of hack bands that whore out their trash songs to whoever is willing to pay.

Making a good movie doesn't require you to load it up with flavour-of-the-month music sung by hacks like Chris Doltry (or whatever his name is). Heck, why doesn't Bay just make a soundtrack using nothing but American Idol contestants. You know it would be popular. Personally, I feel one of the reasons that movie ticket sales are down is because too many execs are trying to do what is "popular" rather than what is original or creative. How many generic and utterly forgettable soundtracks does the public really want?

I completely agree. Unless we want this movie to be a f*cking joke, an instrumental score is most recommended.

[shockwave2005]

oops. double post.

[Deefuzz]

Bands I would like to see:

NIN
Tool or APC
Chemical Brothers
RATM

[Alc_Fluteo]

No 'Rap Metal'.

No 'R and B' of any shape from or fashion.

After that i don't mind.

I agree with you completely and 100%!!!!!!! :dj :music :rock

[Incepticon]

Wow. I seriously cannot believe I've seen Nickleback mentioned more than once as being a "good" idea for a potential soundtrack. I just love how assembly line manufactured cookie cutter music like that along with Good Charlotte, AFI, My Chemical Romance, etc. is considered so-called "alternative" by mainstream music sheep when it's just as Top 40 as Nelly Furtado, Christine Aguilerra, Justin Timberdink, Avril Lavigne, The Pussycat Dolls, etc. all are.

If they are hellbent on having a soundtrack instead of just a kick ass score, I'd heavily vote for some old school Industrial mixed with some newish Electro and EBM. Stuff like Front Line Assembly, Ministry, F242, maybe some *old* NIN, Combichrist, Flesh Field, Funker Vogt, The Birthday Massacre, etc. That, imo, would at least be interesting and somewhat suit the vibe of the movie, unlike mainstream bands A thru Z.

But of course, this is Michael Bay we're talking about, so the idea of having interesting bands is out. We'd probably get more Aerosmith, AC/DC, Green Day's latest ballad, Evanescence, and a ton of a-typical cock rock / wannabe metal crossover.

[nuopus]

I just love how crap like that along with Good Charlotte, AFI, My Chemical Romance, etc. is considered so-called "alternative" by mainstream music sheep when it's just as Top 40 as Nelly Furtado, Christine Aguilerra, Justin Timberdink, Avril Lavigne, The Pussycat Dolls, etc. all are.


And you actually consider "Top 40" a valid music genre? I think of Nickleback as being rock.

[Incepticon]

And you actually consider "Top 40" a valid music genre? I think of Nickleback as being rock.
Top 40 isn't a music genre - it's the universal category description that defines popular mainstream music. And yes, Nickleback falls into said category hook, line & sinker, as evidenced by their chart positions, media coverage and all around overkill of exposure on TV, the radio, sellout stadium concerts and soundtrack appearances. Just because they play schlock rock, it doesn't mean they're not Top 40. Exactly the same as how Pop Dance "artists" like JT or Rhianna or whoever are also on top of the charts. Music genres vs. overall category are two entirely different things... and I'm pretty surprised that even needs to be explained, actually.

[Alc_Fluteo]

I love Aerosmith so I'd like to see them in there.

However, I do agree that having "flavor-of-the-week" bands will completely ruin the movie-unless you do what they did for Spidey 1 and have the songs on the soundtrack but not really see them/hear them in the movie except as little blurbs or like playing on the radio of a passing car.

[Poho]

Dream Theater FTW

[Poho]

Wow. I seriously cannot believe I've seen Nickleback mentioned more than once as being a "good" idea for a potential soundtrack. I just love how assembly line manufactured cookie cutter music like that along with Good Charlotte, AFI, My Chemical Romance, etc. is considered so-called "alternative" by mainstream music sheep when it's just as Top 40 as Nelly Furtado, Christine Aguilerra, Justin Timberdink, Avril Lavigne, The Pussycat Dolls, etc. all are.



listen to this audio file i made. (http://nickelbackblowsass.ytmnd.com)

i refer to music like that collectively as "nickelback". i can't frigging stand simplistic music where everyone's recycling everyone else's songs (even their own) and writing more and more crappy angsty lyrics to them.

[Soundatron]

we need both rock and maybe a nice epic symphony. Maybe something liek that kinda ravy techno metal kinda stuff u hear in the old Batman Beyond cartoon.

[Omnius]

No 'nu metal', but I'd like something more industrial - NIN, Fear Factory, Ministry, but for the most part it has to be a musical score - maybe something along the lines of Bear McCreary's compositions for Battlestar Galactica?

[Scantron]

I'd like to see two soundtrack albums: An orchestral score/instrumental album of songs from the movie and a "from and inspired by" album, containing "inspired" songs and songs that play in snippets in the film. What I'd like to see on the "inspired" album (songs/artists/genres):

- No rap.
- No electronic/techno/industrial/whatever that "short piece of thumping/lyrics that's looped for ~4 minutes" crap is.
- A hip-hop/R&B (again, not rap) theme for Jazz.
- No Nickelback or bands that sound like Nickelback.
- No KoRn, SoaD, NiN, Linkin Park, Coldplay or Green Day.
- Rob Zombie - "Demon Speeding" would be the easiest pre-existing song to borrow, but something new would be nice.
- Metallica - "Fuel"
- Rammstein - I'd suggest "Feuer Frei" if it hadn't already been in XXX. I'd actually like to hear this group tackle the Transformers theme for the album...in German.

[Fretburn]

Anyone ever hear the Final Fantasy: Advent Children soundtrack? That, or something along it's lines would be perfect.

[Poho]

I'd like to see two soundtrack albums: An orchestral score/instrumental album of songs from the movie and a "from and inspired by" album, containing "inspired" songs and songs that play in snippets in the film. What I'd like to see on the "inspired" album (songs/artists/genres):

i dont really dig all that "from and inspired by" crap. if it's not in the movie/in the game, then why the @#$% is it on the CD? it's supposed to be the soundtrack to the movie/game, not random songs that people were commissioned to write to fill up space.

i.e. Hoobastank on the Halo 2 soundtrack. WTF.

[Rodr-Evil]

Maybe Anthrax or Strapping Young Lad.

[Brownstreak]

Fuck all that. If it's a rock soundtrack at all, it's going to be flavor of the month bands and that's a horrible idea. It should be a symphonic score, period. Something that won't sound dated by 2008, never mind several years.

If it's a case of them cranking out a secondary 'soundtrack' of songs 'inspired by' the movie in addition to the score, and the only intrusion is Nickelback or some shit played during the credits, fine. Just don't subject me to fucking advertising by sprinkling snippets of half the songs throughout the movie. Pretty much what this guy said. I don't want Fallout Boy, My Chemical Romance or any of the other clone army pop bands of this week on it. John Williams style soundtrack and music inspired by the movie ST.

[Pengutron]

I want to hear Dragonforce cover Lion's Transformer theme. Their high energy, heroic, postive attitude approach to their songs would really sit well with a TF movie.

As for other bands.... KMFDM comes to mind for a Decepticon song, like Instruments of Destruction was in the old movie. A Hans Zimmer score would be really sick. As long as it has a sense of heroism.

[Pengutron]

Anyone ever hear the Final Fantasy: Advent Children soundtrack? That, or something along it's lines would be perfect.

YES!!!!!!!

[JinraiPrime]

Last thing i want to see in this movie is another rap soaked cameo coated hip hop garbage soundtrack, id like to have a soundtrack that fits the action for once... and rap is ridiculous for this kind of movie... and fall out boy, my chemical romance... come on WHOO bring on Optimus Emo and Suicidotron

[Fretburn]

Maybe Anthrax or Strapping Young Lad.

FAR! BEYOND! METALLLL!


As Much as I love Dev, I think SYL would be a little too insane for, well, any film.

[theLostSeeker]

- No electronic/techno/industrial/whatever that "short piece of thumping/lyrics that's looped for ~4 minutes" crap is.

I beg to differ, I can't think of many types of music that would convey a certain "robotic" feel more than GOOD electronic/techno/industrial/whatever music.

[Optimatron]

CALM LIKE A BOMB by Rage Against the Machine....I was so pumped when I heard it in Matrix Reloaded...at least in the credits anyways...but a little exert during one of the fight scenes would be awesome in my mind. Other than that..
Pantera
God Smack
Rob zombie...basically anything hard.

[Phorpus]

Well I'd vote for Howard Shore or John Williams, Shore since he can create distinct epic music and Williams since he can pour out good music like a faucet.

But for a single band I'd say Simon and...*cough* Garfunkel...

...

...I'll go back to my room now.

[S250]

Michael Jackson!!! because his face transformed...

ok,seriously
Metallica(maybe some songs from their new album?)
Megadeth(new songs from their new album United Abomination)
Rammstein
NIN
Pantera
Aerosmith?(love song just like "I don't want to miss a thing" from Bay's Armageddon) :)

[Kickback]

I have a great idea.

I'm going to tell you all the bands that I like and that should obviously be in the movie somehow because they're the bands I like (duh). Then I'm going to tell you the bands that shouldn't be in the movie (because I don't like them), and if you even mention someone that is "popular" in any aspect, I'm going to remind you that they're a sellout and that they suck.

Let's be honest - a soundtrack is money, so they will throw in music that will sell to all kinds. If they do a band-type soundtrack, expect some new shit from popular artists and some older shit from popular artists. Throw in an orchestrated theme and walla, easy million copies sold.

Welcome to capitalism!

[Spartan Prime]

First, no "top 40 bands" or Avenged Sevenfold. If I hear one more overdramatic wail from those prissy sellouts I can't be held liable for what I might do.

I would like to hear bands you don't hear from otherwise. Bands that you don't see on whatever passes as "music television" nowadays because if it's on radio or TV, it's terrible.

This movie doesn't need over the top songs, it needs a great score an some tunes by bands who make good music an not catchy riffs.

I'd like to see no more than FOUR bands do guest tracks. Three for the movie, 1 for the credits, and I'd like to have them be, in no order:

12stones
Finger Eleven (none of their newer crap. I'm talking "Greyest of Blue Skies" type stuff)
POD
and maybe NonPoint.

[TRANS+CRAZY]

I want to hear Dragonforce cover Lion's Transformer theme. Their high energy, heroic, postive attitude approach to their songs would really sit well with a TF movie.

As for other bands.... KMFDM comes to mind for a Decepticon song, like Instruments of Destruction was in the old movie. A Hans Zimmer score would be really sick. As long as it has a sense of heroism.


Ooooh... Dragonforce and KMFDM... good choices, Pengutron.

[Aptom]

Fuck all that. If it's a rock soundtrack at all, it's going to be flavor of the month bands and that's a horrible idea. It should be a symphonic score, period. Something that won't sound dated by 2008, never mind several years.

If it's a case of them cranking out a secondary 'soundtrack' of songs 'inspired by' the movie in addition to the score, and the only intrusion is Nickelback or some shit played during the credits, fine. Just don't subject me to fucking advertising by sprinkling snippets of half the songs throughout the movie.

agreed. its stupid putting bands in films , especially rock bands. i watched 'the one' the other day. some people may like some wont. either way it was ruined for me by all the crap nu metal music. it should be an orchestra or a score.

[Rodr-Evil]

FAR! BEYOND! METALLLL!


As Much as I love Dev, I think SYL would be a little too insane for, well, any film.

OH! MY! FU! CKING! GOD!!!

lol you're right, is a little insane for any movie I think. Maybe Gremlins 3 in the future :lol I remember Slayer's Angel of Death in Gremlins 2 lol.

[turk128]

Here's my modest proposal: since they're bound to have at least one pop band contributing to the soundtrack, why not get Lordi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordi)?

I mean, you can't get more pop band than winning the Eurovision Song Contest, can you?