In the midst of all the speculation regarding the big-screen version of Watchmen, the musical score probably wasn't all that high on the list -- but it can be just as important. As any moviegoer knows, sometimes the music can make or break a movie (for a good example of how music can ruin a flick, look no further than The Perfect Storm or The Last Samurai). ComingSoon.net is reporting that Tyler Bates has been signed to compose the score for the film.As any fan-boy can tell you, Watchmen is Zack Snyder's adaptation of Alan Moore and David Gibbons classic graphic novel. The story is set in a fictional New York in the 80s where "masked vigilantes" have affected the events of everything from the Vietnam War to Watergate. Over the last year, the rumors flew fast and furious about the cast until Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Patrick Wilson were all officially announced.
Tyler Bates started his career back in 1993, when he wrote the music for a sci-fi B-movie called Blue Flame. By 1997, he had already released his own album with his band Pet, but the album failed to become a hit and he has been in the movie business ever since. Bates has a long standing relationship with director Zack Snyder, having done the score for 300 and Dawn of the Dead. Snyder was quoted as saying that
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1-23-2008 @ 6:34PM
Akbar Fazil said...
"Snyder was quoted as saying that Baker's score for 300"
Should read "Bates"
But yes, I agree the score to 300 is wonderful and fits it well (although it seems to lean heavily on the work of Bear McCreary). Let's hope he can do the same for Watchmen.
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1-23-2008 @ 9:21PM
theConundrumm said...
another film ruined by a dreadful score: Alien Resurrection...
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1-23-2008 @ 9:47PM
NvM said...
That's good.
Both movies had pretty good scores, a couple 300 tracks even stood out.
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1-24-2008 @ 1:43PM
Adam said...
But didn't it turn out that Bates had "borrowed" much of the 300 score from Titus, by Elliot Goldenthal, and then claimed it as his own?
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3-10-2008 @ 11:59PM
Thomas said...
Adam; Bates STOLE, note for note, Elliot Goldenthalls score to Titus Thats why its acutally good music, However, when he dropped it into 300, it was so ill placed, that was one of the factors that almost made me walk out
Add on the fact that Zack cannot direct to begin with, then using his old buddy who has no musical skills what soever, the Watchmen is going to be an utter disaster
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