Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-27637441-20160201004741/@comment-27637441-20160206223516

The King of the Monsters wrote: It has nothing to do with a song being worthy or how haunting, dark or gritty a song is. As I've said countless times, it just doesn't work in a kaiju film. In my mind, there are no rock songs that could possibly work being played over a very serious and horrific rampage scene. Adding a rock song, no matter how serious it is, does not add anything to a scene that a traditional score can't. In fact, it could ruin the scene by either taking away from the emotional content, or desperately trying way too hard to portray an idea. I still don't think you're really understanding what I'm saying. I will try and restate it as clearly as possible. Even if a song is dark and serious, that doesn't mean it will work in an equally dark and serious scene. I can't think of "Electric Funeral" or any other rock song working well at all during a key scene in a kaiju movie. Rock songs do not complement the onscreen action very well, because they call too much attention to themselves. In a kaiju film, the score should strengthen the onscreen action and enhance it, not call attention away from it. A rampage scene should be underscored by the music, not overshadowed. The onscreen music should be subdued and ominous, not in-your-face trying to cheaply elicit an emotional response. The use of outside music often feels tacked-on and trying to blatantly draw some extra marquee value. Now, that really depends on the genre or the film itself, but in terms of kaiju films I don't think a rock song would work very well at all, unless it was just diegetic music in one scene or it plays over the end credits. Electric Funeral can strengthen onscreen action.