Alexandre Desplat to score Godzilla

[gkgyver 1,645]

He's supposed to be killed by the oxygen destroyer dammit!

So, kill Godzilla at the end of every film, and resurrect him out of nowhere in each sequel, that's your plan?

It would be like Toho making one sequel to the original after the other in their Millennium series.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

That's not what I meant and you know it smartiepants.

If this movie is meant to be true to the tone and meaning of the first film, then the main scientist is meant to create a weapon that is potentially more dangerous than the atomic bomb, and sacrifices himself after destroying Godzilla with it to save the world from itself.

That is the heart of the original film but if it's another late-Showa Era remake where Godzilla saves the world from another monster, I'm a bit worried.

[Brónach 1,301]

Yes, although I'm actually ok with there being another monster and Godzilla surviving.

[KK 3,307]

There isn't going to be another monster. And Godzilla clearly looks like the main threat here, not the villain.

Although, I've never seen any of the Godzilla films before, so what do I know?

[gkgyver 1,645]

That's not what I meant and you know it smartiepants.

If this movie is meant to be true to the tone and meaning of the first film, then the main scientist is meant to create a weapon that is potentially more dangerous than the atomic bomb, and sacrifices himself after destroying Godzilla with it to save the world from itself.

That is the heart of the original film but if it's another late-Showa Era remake where Godzilla saves the world from another monster, I'm a bit worried.

There, question answered indirectly.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

You quote me and make a statement that makes no sense. You're the kind of writer that kills editors before retirement!

[BloodBoal 7,538]

There isn't going to be another monster.

Actually, yes, there is (are?).

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

So Bryan Cranston's going to sacrifice himself to save the world from blue meth Godzilla? Sounds about right.

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

He'll teach Godzilla which of them is the one who knocks and send him packing back to the depths.

[gkgyver 1,645]

You quote me and make a statement that makes no sense. You're the kind of writer that kills editors before retirement!

Of course it makes sense.

I don't think this is meant to be in spirit or in tone with the original.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

They should make it more like the '98 one!

[nightscape94 965]

You quote me and make a statement that makes no sense. You're the kind of writer that kills editors before retirement!

Of course it makes sense.

I don't think this is meant to be in spirit or in tone with the original.

The tone is definitely darker and more lugubrious than the sequel films. The '54 film made Godzilla a remorseless monster; an unknown quantity. The same appears to be true here.

[Jay 37,287]

Is this Desplat?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI3PTHaSpxU

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[crocodile 7,984]

Yeah, this is definitely Desplat.

Karol

[Jonesy 55]

Apparently, this one is a bonus track...

... and doesn't sound bad.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

At the beginning, I was like: "Meh". But as it went on, it got increasingly better. Sounds promising!

[crocodile 7,984]

Much better.

Karol

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

Mmmm yes, I dig it.

[KK 3,307]

That second cue had a "meh" start (as bB so elegantly put it), but yes, what followed was much better than what we heard on the website. Still curious.

[nightscape94 965]

Love the odd time signature. Sounds delirious.

[Faleel 5,337]

First track (Godzilla!) of the album:

https://soundcloud.com/g_force44/godzilla1

EDIT: it seems to be the same as above?

[nightscape94 965]

It's a track for ordering advanced tickets on Fandango.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,068]

Sounds fantastic.

[gkgyver 1,645]

Apparently, this one is a bonus track...

... and doesn't sound bad.

Like it a lot! Is that a 7/8 meter?

I especially like the dry sound.

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

Yeah that struck me too, it's quite dry.

The meter is mostly 8/8 alternating with 7/8 (or however you'd prefer to count it).

[Muad'Dib 1,800]

I adore what I'm hearing! Sounds a little old-school but still very fresh and contemporary, and I specially like how delicously perverse it sounds.

[Trent B 337]

Even my curiosity is peaked having heard these two clips.

[Richard Penna 3,670]

As someone who's not a Desplat fan in general, those do sound good.

First one had better be on the CD.

[Muad'Dib 1,800]

What's the high-pitched brass instrument that enters in 1:41? Is in an alto sax? Makes me think so much of Morricone's Untouchables.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

Sounds like a kazoo.

[Jay 37,287]

New TV Spot

[nightscape94 965]

Oh boy, I can't watch it at work, but that freeze frame cover for the vid almost gave me a nerdgasm.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,068]

Kazoo?

Try ram horn (shofar). Same instrument you hear in the Klingon section of the Star Trek V end credits. A synthesized version is the star of Jerry Goldsmith's Timeline as well.

[Faleel 5,337]

Thats the same instrument you hear in Rozsa's Ben-Hur, and Bernstein's Ten Commandments right?

[BLUMENKOHL 1,068]

Yes.

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

Don't forget Alien and POTA!

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

There's no Shofar in ALIEN.

Blume is mistaken, and I was joking about the kazoo. I have a feeling it might be a new instrument, or something introduced in the last couple of years - though it could also be synthesised. What's really unique about it is that octave glissando at the end. As smooth as a clarinet or slide whistle gliss.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,068]

Blume is mistaken, and I was joking about the kazoo. I have a feeling it might be a new instrument, or something introduced in the last couple of years - though it could also be synthesised. What's really unique about it is that octave glissando at the end. As smooth as a clarinet or slide whistle gliss.

Uh-huh.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

Blume is mistaken, and I was joking about the kazoo. I have a feeling it might be a new instrument, or something introduced in the last couple of years - though it could also be synthesised. What's really unique about it is that octave glissando at the end. As smooth as a clarinet or slide whistle gliss.

Uh-huh.

Look, no Ram's Horn in any of its forms across the planet can glissando like that. A lip bend? Sure. But for the sound in the video you need an instrument with an adjustable air column, either through a slide mechanism or keys.

[Dixon Hill 4,232]

There's no Shofar in ALIEN.

Oh nope, conch and serpent.

[Sharkissimo 1,973]

There's no Shofar in ALIEN.

Oh nope, conch and serpent.

The sound that everyone thinks is a shofar in the Main Titles and elsewhere is actually a superball mallet rubbed on a piano soundboard, with tonnes of reverb and tape delay.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,068]

It's an electric violin.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[publicist 4,643]

For what it's worth, 6 minutes of new GODZILLA movie with score. Sounds not unpromising:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AYES8ZF-K9I

[crocodile 7,984]

Sounds like Desplat was mostly allowed to unleash the orchestra. Good.

Karol

[Brónach 1,301]

Maybe someone cared about the score and that's why they got Desplat?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Preposterous.

[KK 3,307]

Ludicrous.

[Matt C 452]

Wow, the clips sound impressive. I'm actually surprised I'm with everyone in agreeing "this Desplat sounds promising."