Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Captain America Themes

Alan Silvestri successfully composed a wonderful score for the original Captain America film. The time period for the film is during World War II (I think early 40's since the war ended in the film and that happened in 1945) and I think that he was perfect for the job. On the other hand, he didn't compose the score for the sequel. The Winter Soldier is a more intense, action packed film that takes place in modern society, so someone else needed to take a turn, and that was Henry Jackman. He did a great job adding the modern feel to the film and added an immense amount of intensity compared to the preceding film.

Silvestri's theme was very memorable, and was a fantastic time period piece and victory theme. Due to the short length oth this theme, I have included a few extra tracks that include the theme as well.




Jackman's theme is more modernized with the electronic sound that he included in it. I think that it is the music from the beginning of the film when they are recapturing the ship from the pirates. His theme from the original soundtrack album is significantly longer (9:41) compared to Silvestri's (1:06). Jackman didn't specifically compose a theme for his score like Alan Ailvestri, but you will notice that there is one there.

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