Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-27637441-20160201004741/@comment-27637441-20160206023443

The King of the Monsters wrote: 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 to hear it in the middle of a kaiju battle. 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. It's not just the lyrics that are dark and gritty, but also the actual music. Rock music appears in Final Wars, not just Sum 41, but the actual score itself. Hearing rock in a serious film wouldn't change a thing. What if a violent rock song were to be played in a rampage scene? I'm not saying we should force rock onto a score, but it would be a great edition. Putting rock into a film isn't about force at all.