Feels Like I'm In Heaven
Apr. 20th, 2009 12:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kingandyJust watched MADAGASCAR - henceforth to be known as MADAGASCAR 1.
As we watched it (aside from noting how primitive the animation looked in comparison with MADAGASCAR 2) my attention was mostly grabbed by the soundtrack; there were two major themes which I realised had, in the sequel, been reworked into "Best Friends" and Alex On the Spot (slash Once Upon a Time in Africa). It's slightly odd watching things in reverse like that; you recognise the themes and interludes and the instinctive assumption is that it's a back-reference but a moment's thought reminds you that what must have actually happened is that the composer went back to his earlier work, picked out the theme, and developed it into more of a recognisable melody. Listening to the little tweety tension bed - as it appears in the first movie - it's hard to imagine that he didn't intend to blow it up into something larger as evidenced in the sequel.
We likes Hans Zimmer.
I think I may be turning into a movie soundtrack nerd.
I may have consumed about 4/5 of a bottle of mead.
As we watched it (aside from noting how primitive the animation looked in comparison with MADAGASCAR 2) my attention was mostly grabbed by the soundtrack; there were two major themes which I realised had, in the sequel, been reworked into "Best Friends" and Alex On the Spot (slash Once Upon a Time in Africa). It's slightly odd watching things in reverse like that; you recognise the themes and interludes and the instinctive assumption is that it's a back-reference but a moment's thought reminds you that what must have actually happened is that the composer went back to his earlier work, picked out the theme, and developed it into more of a recognisable melody. Listening to the little tweety tension bed - as it appears in the first movie - it's hard to imagine that he didn't intend to blow it up into something larger as evidenced in the sequel.
We likes Hans Zimmer.
I think I may be turning into a movie soundtrack nerd.
I may have consumed about 4/5 of a bottle of mead.
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Date: 2009-04-23 03:11 pm (UTC)Zimmer's great. The Dark Knight soundtrack is crazy awesome and completely listenable on its own as well.
He and Thomas Newman are like the twin gods of original soundtrack recordings if you ask me (which I realize you don't).
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Date: 2009-04-23 03:41 pm (UTC)Possibly it reminded me too much of the bedding from Elfman's Spiderman theme (though that, in turn, always felt like it wanted to be Elfman's Batman theme). Or, heck, even This Is Gallifrey.
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Date: 2009-04-23 03:54 pm (UTC)Seriously, though, that's cool. I tend to like atmospheric stuff. But I can appreciate a good theme now and again as well.