I heard on NPR yesterday or the day before that the guy that did the Mad Max: Fury Road soundtrack also co-composed the Batman v Superman soundtrack. You remember that little guitar fill for Wonder Woman theme? Yep. That’s the one. That hooked me.
Why is this NPR news at this hour? Because he did the score for The Dark Tower, the movie that should’ve been all the rage. But that’s a different story.
After digging more into Antonius Tom Holkenborg’s page on Wikipedia I see that he did the soundtrack for Deadpool, too. He’s also going to helm the music for the upcoming Tomb Raider film.
Shut up. I don’t have a man-crush. 😉 I have a deep love of music and soundscapes.
Anyways, I don’t wanna say that movie music can make or break a show but it comes pretty damn close. Without Doof Warrior I wouldn’t have loved Fury Road as much as I did.
i’m gonna comment, but it needs to be compelling, so i’ll be back.
i don’t know how many times i saw Fury Road. The only thing that comes close is Birdman. Birdman is my current all time fave. It’s magic.
Fury Road is close.
and what these movies do for me is good and bad. they spoil me for a lot of what comes next. The Grand Budapest Hotel is another. So was Moonrise Kingdom. 4 of my all time faves came out approx 2 years from each other.
and yes, the music is essential. i’m more than a fan. When I saw Graham Sexton playing that guitar in Fury Road, I knew I’d witnessed history. It’s almost wrong he was called the Doof Warrior. My vernacular says doof is short for Doofus, a dork. The character is not.
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I think I have the soundtrack to The Grand Budapest laying around somewhere.
I should get Birdman’s as I was just reading it was composed by a jazz drummer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Sánchez_(drummer)
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