The last film you watched....

[Narukami]

Just this soundtrack or do you hate Vangelis' music altogether?

This soundtrack especially; he should have avoided the faux Orff generator. (Poor Carl Orff, what musical crimes have been committed in your name!) And in general, directors ought to avoid putting music to battle scenes altogether. Showing violence is usually sufficient to get the people's attention.

I must disagree and offer this clip from Akira Kurosawa's film Ran as argument. How Kurosawa uses music in counter point to the sounds of battle is most effective. I do take your point Jona, and in most cases might well agree. However... In the hands of a master, like Kurosawa, the use of music in a battle scene is nothing short of sublime.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpINMj9oXH0

:wink:

Narukami