Bumblebee Score (BY DARIO MARIANELLI)

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  1. AzT

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    It’s good, but I really miss Steve Jablonsky’s stuff. Autobots, No Sacrafice No Victory, and obviously Arrival to Earth I consider to be some of the best movie score tracks ever written, but that’s probably my inability to take the nostalgia goggles off talking. They had melodies and feeling that is just so hard to match. It must have been tough to fill those shoes, but I really do wish Travis had gotten Steve back.
     
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    Way too generic. Nothing here would be played for a team coming out at the Super Bowl, to put it nicely, as opposed to another composer we're all familiar with. Ironically, I like it the most when it channels Jablonsky's work.
     
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    It was... fine. Nowhere near Jablonsky's work. But the movie didnt need much more, it was very grounded so it fit.
     
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    Indeed.Not all movies need it you know,depends on what it tries to be.
     
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    Wow. I've never disagreed with a person more. The music in Bumblebee is distinctly average. I don't think Marianelli is a lesser composer than Jablonsky, but this score does not impress in the slightest. The Bay films my be garbage eye candy, but their scores are gorgeous and memorable.
     
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    That's fair enough, it's fine to prefer Jablonsky. Again, I'm not saying this is a groundbreaking or genius score, just that I prefer this score's high points (which are mainly Charlie's pieces).

    It's probably less a reflection on Jablonsy's work, and more a reflection on the fact that I'm kind of bored of the typical orchestral scores.
     
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    Fair enough.
     
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    I thought there were some scenes when the score was laid on a little thick ("emotional porn" we're talking about her dad, YOU MUST CRY NOW!!)

    So I told my wife after the movie, "hon I can guarantee there will be a thread on tfw.2005 about the score." I love you guys, and not just because I got a nice fresh "I told you so".

    After last year's "limited edition" vinyl G1 score, does anyone think they might to a small run press of the score on vinyls?
     
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    What was the name of the song when it showed charlie working on bee ?
     
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    I did like the score.
     
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    Not the same caliber of music as the other scores but I feel it's a worthy addition to the live action franchise. Plus it's a different composer, I went into it knowing that and not comparing it one to one with the others.
     
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    The soundtrack is meh if you ask me. Nothing outstanding that quickly grabbed my attention. In every bayformers there's always 1 or 2 soundtrack that's memorable and iconic to each installment,but there's nothing like that in bumblebee. I greatly prefer jablonsky over this.
     
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    i put one of the Bumblebee tracks for my alarm clock set for 5 am :D 
     
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    The Charlie theme is absolutely fantastic. The piano hits all the right emotional cues. Half the score I enjoy, the other half seems so... unfitting. It is weird. I'm listening to it more but it's odd. Sometimes it feels like a bombastic John Debney thing. One of the kitchen tracks sounds like Danny Elfman's stuff.
     
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    If there's one thing I would like back in the reboot series would be Jablonsky composing. Marianelli's score was just meh/underwhelming/serviceable/functional. Take a pick. That Cybertron opening itself would have benefited from Steve's music.

    EDIT: This may sound like a rant, but does anyone else feel that's its way past due that the live action franchise had an updated G1 theme song?!?

    Seriously, I was impressed with Michael Giachinno's update of the 60s Spider-Man theme for the Marvel Studios intro. It was badass!

    I would love to see a modern composer update it just like that. Settle whatever rights issues with Ford Kinder and Ann Bryant and get it done ! Sigh!
     
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