Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-27637441-20160201004741/@comment-25285745-20160206025452

Let's look at a non-kaiju film example. Iron Man 's score has a lot of guitar in it, and there are plenty of rock songs played throughout the film. Iron Man isn't so much a "silly" film, but it's still relatively lighthearted and meant to be fun.

Then in contrast, we have The Dark Knight. It's also a superhero film, but it is considerably more dark and gritty in tone than Iron Man. Its score is more traditional and there isn't any rock music in the film. And it works very well.

Rock music just doesn't belong in a film as dark and serious as the original Godzilla or what Godzilla: Resurgence at least looks to be. It doesn't have to be restricted to "silly" films, but just films that don't rely on incredibly powerful and moody scenes that project a very dark and somber atmosphere. If they are used in a dark film, then they will make the film feel "silly" to me, even if the song isn't silly at all. In a film like the original Godzilla, all I want to hear in the score are very ominous pieces like "Godzilla's Rampage," and very powerful and somber original songs like "Prayer For Peace." I don't expect to hear rock songs, no matter how serious they are.

What I'm trying to say basically is that a song doesn't have to be silly to make a film seem that way. Even a very dark and somber song can feel out of place and ruin the tone of an equally dark and somber film. They just don't mix very well in my opinion.