Once Thor arrives on the alien planet of Sakaar where everything is 80’s colored and exciting, the music really blows up<\/a> with electronic sounds. From here on out the movie is very electronic sounding and it creates a very different experience than what a normal Marvel fan might expect. I think for me at least the integration of the orchestra and the synthesizers was extremely cool and effective. The music was written by Mark Mothersbaugh<\/a>, and he has stated that he combined his knowledge of synthesizers from Devo with his knowledge and access to a 100 piece orchestra to create the score.<\/p>\n The video I chose is a teaser trailer for this film<\/a>. I particularly like this trailer because it highlights this transition of old to new in terms of score. The trailer begins with Thor hanging by a chain and voicing over, while a quiet choral interval is repeated in the background. As the scene fades and Thor begins to explain some background, the Led Zeppelin<\/a> comes in nice and strong. If you go back and listen to the opening of the trailer you can hear that the choral interval is the same exact interval featured in “Immigrant Song”‘s iconic call. Also if you go back with the knowledge of the upcoming Immigrant Song, you can hear the drums very softly present underneath the chorus. This trailer does a great job in my opinion of integrating the new and old styles of soundtrack from the dramatic orchestral score to the similarly dramatic and maybe even more exciting rock and roll background music. Even though the Led Zeppelin music had different connotations with it’s release and wasn’t written specifically to match this scene of film, it’s effects are similar and even more effective<\/a> in many ways. This could be possible because of the nordic connotations already in the song and the fact that it’s supposed to be “powerful and funny<\/a>“, something the movie strives for in itself.<\/p>\n These are some comments that I thought sum up my point very well. The first uses some crass language to describe the popularity of the movie and associates it all with the music, while I don’t necessarily agree with them because who knows what the music is going to be like before watching? But whatever. The second goes as far to place the music over the aesthetic attraction to Cate Blanchett! I’d say that’s a pretty cool statement in today’s sexist world of stupid men who love fighting movies with pretty women in them. Finally the third comment reveals that the song is also used in the movie and even though it is repeated, it’s presence only amplifies the experience! That’s cool, sometimes things get overused.<\/p>\n All in all I thought this movie was pretty cool, and it’s use of both orchestra and synthesized sounds made it a very interesting aural experience for me. I urge you to watch the movie and even listen to the soundtrack!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past weekend I went to see the new Thor movie with my dad, and one thing I really liked about it was the soundtrack. As a trombonist I’ve always been a fan of the rather epic soundtracks associated with sci-fi and adventure films, but this one was enjoyable in a much different way. The … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/gcornish.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/MHS123_Fall2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-27-at-2.24.44-PM-300x60.png\")
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