Tom Holkenborg's ARMY OF THE DEAD (2021)

[TheUlyssesian 2,478]

Movie out on Netflix May 21st 2021.

 

Tracklist

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/05/12/army-of-the-dead-soundtrack-album-details/

 

1. Viva Las Vegas – Richard Cheese & Allison Crowe (5:55)
2. Scott and Kate Part 1 (5:24)
3. Scott and Kate Part 2 (2:49)
4. Scott and Kate Part 3 (4:42)
5. Toten Hosen (3:56)
6. Swimming Pool (1:05)
7. Not Here (1:50)
8. 3 Flares (4:42)
9. Battle Hallway Part 1 (4:00)
10. Battle Hallway Part 2 (6:41)
11. Zeus and Athena Part 1 (3:17)
12. Zeus and Athena Part 2 (4:14)

 

That is a shockingly short tracklist after the 4 hour album for ZSJL.

 

First single

 

 

I saw the film last night. I think it will be a hit with audiences.

 

The music did not stand out all that much but a couple of cues did stand out. This single might be one of them. I think it plays at an emotional moment. It is like a father-daughter relationship theme.

 

The most memorable music in the film is definitely Wagner. Now you might ask - what now?

 

But Götterdämmerung is a major plat point - it is the name of the safe they have to crack. The safe maker was a man called Wagner and he made only 3 other safes. Their names? You you guessed right - Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried.

 

So there seemed to be quite a few cues from Der Ring des Nibelungen. I don't think they were adapted by Junkie. Seemed like they were straight tracked in. Though I could be mistaken.

[Stark 312]

Apparently Holkenborg is composing both the prequel film and the animated series that Netflix is putting out... Tom finally got himself a franchise!

[TheUlyssesian 2,478]

He has Mad Max too. He will be scoring Furiosa.

 

And technically he already composed for a franchise - he scored BvS and ZSJL. But curiously there he chose to discard almost all the thematic material from BvS and write everything from scratch.

 

 

[Stark 312]

The theme choices in ZSJL were bizarre, though to be fair, half of the Zimmer callbacks in the score weren’t included on the album. I wasn’t counting DC as a franchise for Holkenborg because that universe is a disconnected mess and its musical framework is by Zimmer, not Holkenborg.

 

I didn’t know about Furiosa, that’s excellent.

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https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.660428-31

 

Disc 4 track 9 is the track used in the film - the famous Siegfried's Funeral March.