The Marvel Craze

Marvel Studios has fed an audience of people who are crazy hungry for these superhero movies. I think that it would be a good idea to start talking about the already released music while we all are sitting in anticipation for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America 3, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and such future releases.

Lets start all the way back to the beginning: Iron Man. I like this score, though I can't say I do enough to listen to it very often. I'm giving it extra points because of how well it fits the film. After all, that's why it was made, right?

Here's some interesting quote that I found on Wikipedia:

AllMusic awarded the soundtrack three stars out of five stating that  composer Djawadi "treats the superhero with a predictably heavy hand,  resulting in a soundtrack that takes the slow-build menace of Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard's work on Christopher Nolan's  Batman franchise and dials an industrial army that utilizes crushing  percussion, huge strings, and a symphony of distorted guitars that echo Metallica's concerts with the San Francisco Symphony minus the vocals.

I think that this describes this music very well. The heaviness of the electric guitar suits the theme of this film perfectly.

Ramin Djawadi took time to share what he thought people would expect from this score:

"I'm sure people will be surprised with this score because we did do something different. I'm sure there will be some purists that will expect the typical, lush, orchestral score. Some people are going to love it and some people are going to hate it."

Driving With The Top Down
The heavy sound and feel of this sets up the overall theme of the film quite well. I like how it doesn't emphasize the electric guitar too much or too long, turning to just the classical strings at certain points. The perfectly balanced and blended guitar and classical strings sounds truly great. I believe the electric guitar should be an addition for intensity, like here, but not the main instrument because it so easily overpowers all the other instruments.



Iron Man: 2008 Version 
This song is actually the theme from the old marvel cartoon show. This significantly lightens up the mood.




Trinkets To Kill A Prince is a bit mysterious because that is when Stark is captured. It gradually gets louder as Stark's progress on his Arc Reactor continues.




Mark 1 is a great song with more intensity. The creation of the revolutionary suit of armor is happening!




Firearm provides the listener with more of an intense action packed song. This one sounds really good. It brings back the sounds that were introduced in the beginning with Driving With The Top Down. The chaos of cymbals may not appeal to everyone, but I think that they sound fine when they are controlled.




Vacation's Over, Golden Egg, and Extra Day, Extra Olives
Vacation's Over calms down things and dampens the intensity of the guitar in the previous tracks. I like how absolute calmness is reached to give the ears a rest. The problems aren't yet solved, but we need a short break.
Golden Egg continues this shortly in the beginning. It sounds more mysterious and gradually increases in tension and speed. It makes you feel the unrest, something is hidden and the story goal isn't reached.
Extra Day, Extra Olives takes on a new sound that is completely different when compared to the other music.




Iron Man
This devotes just about 3/4 of its time to quietly mysterious before exploding once again into the crazy cymbals and guitar.




Gulmira
The electric guitar had its rest, now it's time to invite it back in. Gulmira sounds interesting as it switches from the guitar, to almost silence, to classical strings, and then again. I think that throughout the other tracks that I have gone over so far, this one includes the most guitar.




Are Those Bullet Holes?
Once again, the score slows down almost to a rest. A relatively sad emotion is used here.




Section 16
It sounds a bit eerie here in section 16. It reminds me somewhat of one of the Dead Space scores, but much toned down on the creepiness.




Iron Monger
This continues the eerie sound from Section 16, but quickly adds the guitar and cymbals back in to add intensity. It brings the theme from the first song back in as the victory is nearing.




Arc Reaktor
This sounds quite like Driving With The Top Down. It brings the theme back very clear with the usual instruments that cause the slight disorderly sound. This song sound very victorious, though it ends with a slight sad feel to it. The hero won, but just barely.




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