Post#361: Glam rock and smart men
That week where I was in pain contributed to a lot of good movie watching, and my favourite one after all the movie watching was probably “Iron Man”. I’m contemplating on going out and reading the comics too (who knows, I might turn into a comic nerd. And you know what? I’d be fine with that). But if Tony Stark were real… There’s something about intelligent, irresponsible men. But that’s a different story. ANYWAY. I’ve noticed that I’m starting to like movie soundtracks/theme songs. It’s one of those genres I’ve never really understood how anybody could like until now.
The Iron Man theme song is beautiful. I love the sound of the guitar. It sounds so raw. Ramin Djawabi composed the soundtrack and it got a rating of 3 stars out of 5 because according to Allmusic: “treats the superhero with a predictably heavy hand, resulting in a soundtrack that takes the slow-build menace of Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard‘s work on Christopher Nolan‘s Batman franchise and dials an industrial army that utilizes crushing percussion, huge strings, and a symphony of distorted guitars that echo Metallica‘s concerts with the San Francisco Symphony (S&M) minus the vocals.”
I don’t see anything wrong with dialing an industrial army that utilizes crushing percusion…. because it sounds pretty good to me. I think Djawabi should have been heavy-handed. Who do you think watches Iron Man? Actually, the better question is why do you think people watch Iron Man? You think to listen to a movie soundtrack that sounds like it walked out of Carnegie Hall? For the score, I love how some of the sound on the soundtrack is. mmmm.
I’m starting to pick up something for glam rock too. Like Joan Jett. And especially this song:
I had a thing for Joann Jett’s music for a while, but not to th epoint that I’d play her on repeat. But this track really has me hooked. And so do a lot of things that are guitar heavy right now.
hm.
EDIT:
So I was rereading this post later on in the day, and realized the composer’s name for the Iron Man soundtrack is Ramin… Rammin’.
Hahaha. I’m so funny I slay me.
