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Post by maxwellperfect on Sept 17, 2018 16:22:32 GMT
Ultimately, it's just a convention. It does serve the useful purpose of keeping the audience entertained and engaged while the opening credits run, and often setting the mood for the story to follow.
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Post by mslo79 on Sept 17, 2018 20:30:07 GMT
johnspartanAgreed but not many stand out in general. I would disagree. part of Road to Perdition (2002)'s greatness is assisted by the stand out score. I also like Lord of War (2005) to which has a solid score that boosts the movie. both are a 10/10 movies for me as those two make up 25% of the movies I score a 10/10 in general as there are only eight movies I give a 10/10. but not all movies I score a 10/10 have a stand out score as I would say about five out of eight tops have a stand out score from memory. then I probably have some movies I score a bit lower that have a better than average score etc. there are some other movies that have a decent score but I tend to refer to those two because they stand out to me the most in the last 20 years and just stand out in general as counting all movies I would imagine it's probably close for me between pre-2000's and post-2000's when it comes to movie scores, especially when I limit it to movies I score a 7/10 or higher, which I would probably guess favors 2000's to date overall even though I would imagine that on a mainstream level you got more scores pre-2000's than post-2000's that are recognized by the masses etc.
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Post by Vits on Sept 20, 2018 18:46:18 GMT
It does serve the useful purpose of keeping the audience entertained and engaged while the opening credits run, and often setting the mood for the story to follow. What about theme songs played only during the end credits? |
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 20, 2018 20:42:18 GMT
...another one:
The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton should have accompanied "The Buccaneer"
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Post by maxwellperfect on Sept 20, 2018 22:46:24 GMT
It does serve the useful purpose of keeping the audience entertained and engaged while the opening credits run, and often setting the mood for the story to follow. What about theme songs played only during the end credits? Same answer, except it sends the audience home with the song in their head so they continue to think of the movie. |
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Post by geralmar on Sept 20, 2018 22:56:16 GMT
It worked in "High Noon" (1951); but it was ridiculous in "Ben" (1972) since Michael Jackson was singing a love song to a rat. I accept a theme song for a James Bond movie and an occasional comedy; but otherwise it's irrelevant and potentially damaging.
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