watchmen soundtrack
Most recently heard with the score to The Day The Earth Stood Still, award-winning film composer Tyler Bates offers a powerful, orchestral Original Motion Picture Score for his next blockbuster — Watchmen. [...] The Watchmen movie soundtrack was composed by Tyler Bates. [1]
The soundtrack also features a collection of classic songs by such artists as Nat King Cole, Simon & Garfunkel, and Janis Joplin, which, once heard in the context of the film, will never be thought of the same way again. [2]
Well before Watchmen even went into production, we knew that a killer soundtrack would be involved — not only because the graphic novel’s universe revels in a slightly different form of pop culture, but because Zack Snyder is pretty into the world of cinematic music. [...] Hit the jump to see the song lists for both the soundtrack and score. [3]
Watchmen may be the first soundtrack ever to include both Leonard Cohen and KC & The Sunshine Band. [4]
Watchmen director Zack Snyder and Bates listened to the soundtracks of 1980s films such as Manhunter, Blade Runner and To Live and Die in L.A. for inspiration. [1]
Considering the huge number of people that will see this film, I can only hope that this inspires a new wave of retro apprectiation (sort of like Wayne’s World and “Bohemian Rhapsody”). [3]
The Watchmen Music Collectors Edition 7″ Box Set will include My Chemical Romance’s “Desolation Row” from the soundtrack, along with 13 Tyler Bates tracks from the soundtrack. [1]
There’s the hauntingly melodic “The Sound of Silence,” some iconic Nat King Cole with “Unforgettable,” “Pirate Jenny,” which will grace the end credits of Tales From the Black Freighter, and my personal favorite — the wonderfully haunting and pretty much perfect “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen. [3]
Directed by Zack Snyder (300, DAWN OF THE DEAD), and based on the most coveted comic book graphic novel in history, the film begins as a pulp noir superhero murder mystery and escalates into a science-fiction-inspired near-apocalypse–all set in an alternate-reality 1985, where Richard Nixon is President. [5]
Music From The Motion Picture WATCHMEN, the film’s official soundtrack includes My Chemical Romance’s powerful reinterpretation of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row,” recorded exclusively for the film. [2]
Kind of a deconstruction of traditional superhero music just as the book was a deconstruction of the superhero. [...] The 1987 literary masterpiece ‘Watchmen’ has finally been squeezed into the film format. [6]
Snyder reveals plans for the animated DVD movie and an “ultimate” cut of Watchmen. [7]
Sources:
[1] Watchmen Movie Soundtrack - WatchmenComicMovie.com
[2] Watchmen
[3] ‘Watchmen‘ Soundtrack Details Released - Cinematical
[4] Amazon.com: Watchmen Soundtrack: Soundtrack: Music
[5] Watchmen Soundtrack CD
[6] Watchmen Soundtrack - Listen To It Here | Movie Moron
[7] IGN: Watchmen Trailer, Wallpaper, Pictures, Soundtrack and More.