Video Essay Argues That Temp Tracks Aren't The Main Reason For Forgettable Film Scores
Just the other day, Mick wrote about Tony Zhou's latest Every Frame a Painting video, in which Zhou posits that a big part of the reason that Marvel Studios has consistently failed to produce a memorable film score for their blockbusters in that directors fall in love with temporary tracks they put in place when editing, and then simply ask the composers to recreate slight variations of those tracks for the final score. But YouTuber Dan Golding takes issue with that as the main cause for the problem, and in a new video essay responding to Zhou's, he points instead to digital creation of film music is the real culprit.
First of all, I'm extremely impressed at the speed with which Golding was able to produce this response video. It's a well constructed piece, not something he haphazardly threw together, and we don't often see video responses to viral videos come out within a few days of the first video making the rounds online.
Secondly, while Golding makes some good points here, I don't think he's completely solved the reasoning behind why so many blockbuster movie scores sound so boringly similar. He's clearly added some additional material to the conversation and fueled the fire a little bit, but we can't look at this as the definitive end-all be-all answer. There's something bigger going on, and while there are likely so many factors at play that we'll never be able to pinpoint it exactly, it's very cool for people who love all aspects of movies to see two well-informed pieces about the same topic come out in the same week like this. Bravo to both creators, and keep up the good work.
Via: /Film