Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-27637441-20160201004741/@comment-27637441-20160206171507

The King of the Monsters wrote: I think you're missing the point, because we keep giving you different arguments, and your reply every time is something like "Electric Funeral is dark and gritty" or "A dark and gritty song like this is perfect for a dark movie." I don't know if you're even reading what I'm trying to argue. I'm not arguing that the song isn't "dark and gritty," all I'm arguing is that it doesn't belong in a Godzilla movie, for reasons I explained above. I don't think it would work at all in a serious Godzilla film, and that a film like that should stick with a normal score.

People seem to be obsessed with the idea of playing popular songs over films or shows just because of their tone or subject matter, without thinking about how they would actually work in the film. Godzilla films are not the type of movie where you play a rock song during a monster's rampage. Akira Ifukube's scores have defined kaiju films, and the other composers who have worked on the series have for the most part all been successful. The use of any rock song, no matter how dark or somber it is or how its lyrics relate to the subject matter, would in my opinion potentially ruin an emotionally significant or incredibly horrific scene. Not to mention, I would think a song like "Electric Funeral" playing over Godzilla annihilating a city would be trying way too hard to portray the message of nuclear devastation.

If you don't agree with my argument, then that's fine, but I hope you can at least understand what I'm trying to say. I don't think any rock songs would fit well during a key scene during a Godzilla film. Now if a character happened to be listening to a song during a brief scene or if a rock song played over the end credits, that might be a different story, but as for a rock song of any kind playing over Godzilla's rampage or another such scene, I would be very much against it. I'm reading what you're writing, and you're missing what I'm saying. Just because rock isn't orchestral or haunting doesn't mean it's not worthy of being in a kaiju film. There are plenty of rock songs that are haunting and serious enough for kaiju films, and would actually work in the kaiju films, Electric Funeral is one of them. Just because Electric Funeral and Godzilla follow the same subject matter doesn't mean they can't go together. I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say too. I am all for something non-rocky playing over a key scene, but rock can really brighten the value of a scene.