Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-27637441-20160201004741/@comment-25285745-20160206022106

Just because a song may have "dark and gritty" lyrics doesn't mean it automatically should be in a "dark and gritty" film. Songs like this are not meant to appear in kaiju films. In a more serious kaiju film, hearing this would take me out of the experience entirely. For a scene of Godzilla annihilating a city, I would expect to hear either ominous orchestral music or potentially no sound at all, but not a rock and roll song, no matter how serious or gritty it is. It just feels forced to include a rock song in the score of most films, especially kaiju films. The use of "We're All To Blame" in Final Wars feels forced to me, even though it does draw parallels to the onscreen action. I'm not saying it's a bad song, but it just doesn't feel right. And Final Wars is by no means a serious film, so if I heard a song like that in a serious kaiju film, I imagine my reaction would be even more unsavory.