Constantine soundtrack

[ivyfic]

I was just reading about the Constantine score on http://www.filmtracks.com (only the best soundtrack reviewing site on the web) and apparently there was this big studio controversy over it. To quote:

"the studio decided that Tyler's large-scale orchestral score lacked the pop and style that may have been underplayed in the film. Thus, the studio hired Media Ventures offspring Klaus Badelt, who, along with the usual team of assistants and ghostwriters (this is, of course, the man who caused Pirates of the Caribbean to be written by... seven... eight... nine people?), was responsible for 'enhancing' Tyler's music rather than replace it."

Badelt basically wrote over Tyler's score. That is not a recipe for success. I didn't notice during the film, but now I feel like getting the album just to listen to the train wreck. I love Media Ventures (Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt et al.), they do some great stuff (the Gladiator soundtrack being a prime example) but most of the time their scores do end up being rather homogeneous. They don't really stand up on their own. Ladies and gentlemen, the future of film scores.

Comments

[chuckro.livejournal.com]

You wrote a Hellblazer fic? Oh, I totally need to read this.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Well, it's a Constantine fic and there are definite differences in the backstories of the two (like, say, that Chas is 18 in the movie). But you read through my PR fic, so you could probably take it. It's better than the PR, I swear.