The Avengers

[christerholm]

Movie was awesome! Too bad the score was pretty much "wallpaper", I can't really remember any themes even.

[Jason.M.Watts]

Great movie! Watched it twice today!

I am a Nolan fan, and IMO, there should be no comparison to his Bat-films. They are two totally different beasts. I get tired of all the DC/Marvel competition amongst the fans. It would be similar to comparing a bio-pic of Lincoln to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". Furthermore, I doubt Mr. Nolan will let down the real Bat-fans.

Back to "Avengers": The Silvestri score seemed very phoned-in, much like his score for "Captain America". As was mentioned previously, there are really no major themes in the music, minus one little brass bit that appears, and gets re-worked a couple of times throughout. I used to be a big fan of Silvestri's, namely for his "Back to the Future" trilogy scores, and of course, "Forrest Gump". What happened? It seems like Silvestri doesn't even try anymore...

[Jason.M.Watts]

They should have brought back Patrick Doyle, who did an excellent job on the score for "Thor".

[RyanS]

Movie was great. I was NOT expecting to like it.

I thought the score was quite effective in certain parts.

[DanielJMoore]

Originally Posted by Jason.M.Watts

They should have brought back Patrick Doyle, who did an excellent job on the score for "Thor".

Agreed, he earned a spot in my collection with that one. Just got back an hour or so ago from watching, I did enjoy it, however a score did almost seem absent, at least a memorable one....

[Sherief83]

I thought the score worked. Not Silvester's strongest but It worked well. The film had no room for music anyway.

[ColtonProvias]

I agree with Sherief83, the film didn't quite have room for music. In this particular production, the sound effects and dialogue had to take precedence, thus leaving a tiny space for music to fill. All in all, the score worked well for this production and did exactly what it was supposed to do, support and create a particular atmosphere.

On a side note I want to address the 3-D aspect of this film. Ultimately you can go watch the film in 2-D and get a great experience as this film was not produced in 3-D. The Avengers was filmed in 2-D and then a manual process of converting to 3-D (3-D up-convert) was performed. The 3-D at some points thus isn't as strong or as well defined as a movie designed for 3-D shows (such as Avatar). So if you want to watch it in 3D, go ahead but be aware that this film was originally meant for 2D.

[pkm]

It's funny because there was 90 minutes of score in there. But a lot lot of sfx!

[peter5992]

Just saw the movie in IMAX 3D - fully agree with the others, it is a blast to watch, great entertainment, good sense of humor too.

[Jason.M.Watts]

Good news for those who liked The Avengers: The sequel has officially been re-slated for 2014, instead of the original 2015 release date. It's amazing what a billion dollars in ticket sales can do!

Jason Watts