New Transformers theme song

Phantasee · Post by **Phantasee** » 2007-06-16 02:33pm

SHIT.

God damn, how hard did they have to work to screw it up?

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2007-06-16 02:58pm

Drooling Iguana wrote:You can listen to the official song here.

Abomination!

I am, however, consoled by the possibility that a hardcore geek type could dub the film over with music from the original film and release it on the Internet. If someone could do The Phantom Edit, then they could do that. And then I will be able to have my fill of 80s cheese.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-06-16 03:03pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Somewhere else, avoiding being Internet Dorks' magic bullet solution to any film soundtrack problems.

Honestly, though, I don't think Williams would be the right choice for a film like Transformers.

Fuckin' A. Williams is good, but he does NOT have the style for this. Jablonsky is a good choice since he's started doing movie scores. I'd have used him or Harry Gregson-Williams.

Anguirus · Post by **Anguirus** » 2007-06-16 03:04pm

What the hell? What is MuteMath even trying to sound like? Neither of these hold a candle to the Lion version, which would have been great to play over the end credits.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2007-06-16 04:24pm

Mobius wrote:
Davis 51 wrote:
Mobius wrote:i though it was Linkin Park doing it
That's not Linkin Park. MuteMath did 2 covers. The first one was released, but after strong negative reaction, they claimed it was the "wrong one," and released one that was even worse.
weird, that was totally believable for a Linkin Park made song.

Sorry to have fell in the trap

Admiral Ackbar would have been proud.

Seriously, Linkin Park is on the official movie soundtrack. Why they got a second-rate LP knockoff to do the soundtrack is beyond me.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2007-06-16 05:15pm

Both songs are terrible, but that first one is way worse.

But honestly I don't know why you're all QQing. The original Transformers theme song was fucking horrible. And "You've Got the Touch" has been a memetic joke for years now. Transformers music is clown shoes.

I think that people who are surprised that the movie has a bad theme song are either unreasonably expecting it to be something none of its predecessors have been, or their memories of the old one are clouded by nostalgia.

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2007-06-16 06:43pm

I can't help but feel a remix of Instruments of Destruction would have been better than any of what's been released so far.

I also think most of us probably are remembering the movie version, which was the best (and arguably only good) version released.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-06-16 07:05pm

Instruments of Destruction was neat. Except, these groups apparently can't play the 'because we can' fast 80's guitarwank, so that'd sound rubbish too.

But I hear the original was crap. Clearly nobody still enjoys 80's music, am I rite?

However, I really have to wonder why they want a 'theme song' at all - most movies don't have a 'complete with topical lyrics' theme song - and why they had to rape a 20 year old one to do it. Beeeee-zaaaahr.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2007-06-16 08:16pm

VF5SS wrote:Notice Jazz isn't mentioned in the Mutemath song. That because they're gonna kill off his Porsche ass. Haha.

I hope this is what passes off as a joke and not the other thing. What's it called? Starts with a S. Ends with Poiler.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-06-16 08:21pm

VF5SS is beyond such petty concerns?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-06-16 08:40pm

Stark wrote:VF5SS is beyond such petty concerns?

Stark, quick, COMPLAIN HIM TO DEATH!

Only then will you be fit to serve by my side and rule the galaxy, blah, blah.

Yeah, just kill him already. There's a cookie in it for you.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-16 08:42pm

Old Plympto wrote:
VF5SS wrote:Notice Jazz isn't mentioned in the Mutemath song. That because they're gonna kill off his Porsche ass. Haha.
I hope this is what passes off as a joke and not the other thing. What's it called? Starts with a S. Ends with Poiler.

I think it's more of an "Oh snap!"-type of premonition/speculation.

Old Plympto · Post by **Old Plympto** » 2007-06-16 08:47pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Old Plympto wrote:
VF5SS wrote:Notice Jazz isn't mentioned in the Mutemath song. That because they're gonna kill off his Porsche ass. Haha.
I hope this is what passes off as a joke and not the other thing. What's it called? Starts with a S. Ends with Poiler.
I think it's more of an "Oh snap!"-type of premonition/speculation.

I'm cool with that.

Redleader34 · Post by **Redleader34** » 2007-06-16 08:55pm

I hated the Black Labs version, it seemed like it was trying to hard to do a "RAR MODERN" version of the old one.

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2007-06-16 08:58pm

It's not even a particularly hard solo to play, but even so they decided they needed to plug it into synths.

If I had access to good recording gear, I'd try to roll out my own response to the lackluster response.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-06-16 08:59pm

Redleader34 wrote:I hated the Black Labs version, it seemed like it was trying to hard to do a "RAR MODERN" version of the old one.

And the other one was elevator music with somebody mumbling. I can see it fit the Micheal Bay explosion titles really well?

PS am I the only one who hasn't read the TF script already? y/n

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2007-06-16 09:02pm

I haven't. I've been trying to get out of my previous spoiling ways (I spoiled myself so hard with RotS).

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2007-06-16 09:26pm

Old Plympto wrote:I hope this is what passes off as a joke and not the other thing. What's it called? Starts with a S. Ends with Poiler.

A little of leaked scripted whining plus a little youtube clip action mixed with a twenty page thread on Seibertron.com entitled "JAZZ DIES!?!?" makes for some good humor. Oh ho ho.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2007-06-16 09:40pm

The actors have already been contacted for sequels you know.

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2007-06-16 09:48pm

That'd be sweet if he became Jazzimus Prime.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2007-06-16 09:48pm

It's not like they couldn't have Jazz's VA play another character in the sequel.

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2007-06-17 09:07am

For comparison, here's a youtube video someone knocked up with the original theme over clips from the new movie.

Youtube

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2007-06-17 01:12pm

Stark wrote: And the other one was elevator music with somebody mumbling. I can see it fit the Micheal Bay explosion titles really well?

Thank Primus it's only credit music.

I hope.

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2007-06-17 01:25pm

If they were gonna screw up a classic 80's movie track...the least they could have done is get it right.

It starts out as the original movie theme, then after he says "Transformers" the first time, it song itself switches to "City Under Seige" - where the "Decepticons are blitzing Autobot City...".

I mean, come on, how hard is it to play the right fucking song?

You can really tell if you play the Lion version, then switch to the Black Lab version.

Vegi · Post by **Vegi** » 2007-06-23 01:45pm

They were both pretty terrible. The Black Labs part made me think of some emo moody kid. The MuteMeth, while not terrible seemed to miss it completely except for the vocals, which were not bad.