Not me. 😂 Not even with a score by John Powell. I can't stand movies with fights that are drawn out for dramatic effect. It doesn't increase tension for me, wondering if the "hero" will win the fight. It just annoys me. So I 100% understand why he wouldn't do another score for such a movie.
Powell scored another documentary, actually! In 1999 he scored Disney's 'Endurance', a documentary about Ethiopian runners at the 1996 Olympics. The doc itself bombed, but Powell's score is incredible and I consider it in his top five works of all time.
@@FilmScoreandMore Please do! Given your taste in Powell's scores, I think that you'd really enjoy this one. It was the third film he ever scored; he is credited as the composer on both the album and on Wikipedia. I imagine that he didn't acknowledge it because it was such a failure at the box office. But when you listen to a track like "Chasing the Bull," it's so obviously John Powell.
@@FilmScoreandMore Only one thing to you know, the ost of endurance is all over the place, for some reason the credits of it are very strange in RUclips, every track has someone different in it for some reason even if it was Powell actually
I feel like Powell would've been a perfect fit for James Gunn's upcoming Superman (which John Murphy is scoring). While Gunn is certainly no stranger to lengthy, grisly fights - whether rated R or PG-13 - his movies do have things to say about masculinity, fatherhood, emotional maturity, kindness, found family, etc. And it appears the film is ducking a lot of the cynicism of recent installments in favor of the bright-eyed optimism that Supes is known for, so maybe JP would be a strong fit for this material and director. But regardless, there's still a lot to look forward to from Powell, like live-action Dragon, Wicked Part One (and presumably Part Two next year as well), and a Christmas(!) movie this December. The latter film, titled That Christmas, is being directed by Simon Otto, who was the head of character animation on the Dragon trilogy; Powell's admiration for animators is definitely real 😉.
I knew some were hoping Powell would sign on for Superman. And I get the sense that he just doesn’t see much in the genre regardless, only if he deems it “subversive” (which is subjective and he doesn’t seem to think for most of them). Those other projects are something to look forward to! I need to keep an eye on That Christmas, sounds intriguing.
I’m one of the guys that agree with you, and have to say: It’s really crazy how non ironically he practically made a Superman score two times, one for Hancock and other for call of the wild lol
@@FilmScoreandMore The last part of Buck takes the lead, 4:43 or 4:44 minute mark. But other than that, it’s because Superman IS from Kansas. A more folk style score could work really well. Oh, and snowy climb has a obvious feeling of “Superman has to stop a tragedy” ost. Oh, there’s also bolt that actually works well for Supes actually, more in the battle aspect
That's sad, because his score for _X-Men: The Last Stand_ is in my top 3 favorite scores of the _X-Men_ film franchise (along with _Days of Future Past_ and _First Class)._ I think he could bring a great sense of scale in a score for a superhero movie.
Although I'm a super big fan of superhero movies, I can't really blame him because a lot of movies are kinda the "endless fights". Sometimes, of course, it matters to the movie, but other times it really is just fights for the sake of fights. Still would love to see the score he could make for the right superhero movie
He is definitely one of the most talented composers out there, miles ahead most of others in the industry. I don't want him to score superhero movies either. But adventure movies, like Solo, that's a different thing. Hopefully he'll find time for those. His former collaborator, Harry Gregson-Williams, is doing lots of 'historical' projects, like The Gilded Age, The Last Duel, now Gladiator II, so it would be interesting to see Powell to try this genre too.
X3: The Last Stand is one of the greatest film scores ever written. It's so diverse in its representation of the different characters' emotional states, be it ArchAngel, Jean Grey or Kitty. It's such a well crafted score. John Powell, you are a gift to cinema.
@@FilmScoreandMore It dosent feel out of place, instead i think that was a great choice, Fills in the void for Voice-Over videos. I commented because that was unexpected.
@manvith_poojary Thank you, but I really do need another solution. I’ve just been copy and pasting the same background music tracks from previous videos for too long.
If i make a superhero movie my first choice would be John Powell.. i'd make it my cinematic mission to convice him to sign on lol I totally get him and respect him af, and i'm glad he's making music he believes in
I wonder what it would take to convince him? You might have to make Hancock 2, of course I have no idea what his experience was on that one. He might hate it, even though he did a “good job.”
@@FilmScoreandMore I think it would go like "Well it has to be orchestral, rich and just have you do it the way you feel it should be. Don't let yourself be influenced by no big percussions and ostinatos. just make it rich !"
Yeah i would put an emphasis on how the character themes and motifs he'll create will drive the plot forward and take center stage in alot of the movie. And give him 90% precent of the budget as salary should do it
@@ShabatMP5 John Powell often creates themes centered around story ideas instead of characters, to represent what the characters stand for instead of the characters themselves. So he would definitely create something interesting. Although, I'm not sure 90% of the budget is actually feasible. I doubt he'd need it anyway.
Most good superhero movies already have good scores. I'm glad he's sticking to what he wants to do. the HTTYD trilogy has an incredible score. And his work on KFP 1 and 2 was great as well. He's better at drama than endless fights.
An interesting analysis. One thing I've noticed over the years has been the push to get a composer to write in a particular style rather than hiring the composer who's style best fits the movie. Until maybe the mid 2000's, there were lots of composers working that all had very distinct styles. Then John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Basil Poledouris & Michael Kamen died. Since then, movie music (and TV music) has gotten quite generic with a shift towards ostinato, rhythmic, soundscape over melody. Movie music styles obviously change and adapt with the times, but I'm not sure where movie music is now is an evolution of where it was. It just seems that music is treated like a necessary evil that can be buried in the dub rather than the emotional core of the movie that needs to be heard. Just my thoughts.
One of the things John Powell said he prefers about animation is it at least gives him an opportunity to write melodies, something that seemed to be lacking in his live action requests.
I meant to score one of their upcoming movies. It could be either Monopoly, Clue, G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant, the Play-Doh movie, the G.I. Joe and Transformers crossover movie or perhaps maybe a film continuation of Hanazuki: Full of Treasures.
@rayanissaad5473 You never know. His career has a lot of surprises. For example, he’s scoring the upcoming Wicked movie. He does a lot of things you might not expect.
Do you think John Powell's style would fit in an animated film like Into and Across the Spider -Verse? I mean it is animation and it has many scenes with emotional depth, and fun action sequences that, at least to me, don't feel like endless fights. Though I have to say, I wouldn't change the more electronic music of Daniel Pemberton, as his music style is great and really fits that world (perhaps you could make a video on that?).
He could do a good job! Check out his theme for Hancock, which has electronics in it. The same could be said for other superhero movies, but he doesn’t seem to have any interest in it. ruclips.net/video/Pc0idx7ACJk/видео.htmlsi=lHf8qFM31CIXuzIy
I mean, not all superhero movies are action movies, for example Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 doesn't have a lot of actions, and the movie focused more on the character driven dialogues
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@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat Is that just every composer? Ryan Leach once pointed out to me "Hans" is also German for "John," so go ahead and put him in there too.
@@FilmScoreandMore Yeah, just every film composer I can think of who share a first name. John sure wins. I now added Jeff, Nick, Klaus, George, Bruce, Aaron and Howard. What's really surprising is I can't come up with more that two for James. From now on it's John Zimmer! 😂
powell is a perfect example of wasted talent because of personal politics. He could of been legendary composer but all he does is kids animated movie cause he's a pacifist and doesn't like violence
@ personally I think so and it’s not like he’s choosing super deep animated movies. He’s freakishly talented but it’s wasted on movies like migration, ice age etc etc. when he was announced for star wars I almost lost my mind and he delivered.
@@Cheeks730 I see what you mean, but I disagree that it's wasted. He's not a vessel just for music, he's a person with preferences. He prefers animation over live action, although it's worth noting he has two projects out this month - one live action and one animated. Wicked and That Christmas.
@ very excited for wicked, he likes movies in general but he does animation cause they don’t have violence in them and crazy action. I’m sure he likes animation but from all the interview I’ve seen he likes them cause there’s no shooting killing etc etc. he’s the most talented composer to come out of RCP but unfortunately he’s wasting his potential but if he loves what he does than hey I’m happy for him
@ He loves animation for sure, but for multiple reasons. One of them is he finds live action is increasingly limiting in the type of music he’s allowed to write, that animation at least allows him “to write melodies.”
Who's excited for Avengers: Endless Fights with a score by John Powell?
Not me. 😂 Not even with a score by John Powell.
I can't stand movies with fights that are drawn out for dramatic effect. It doesn't increase tension for me, wondering if the "hero" will win the fight. It just annoys me. So I 100% understand why he wouldn't do another score for such a movie.
@@QueenMonny Fair enough!
Powell scored another documentary, actually! In 1999 he scored Disney's 'Endurance', a documentary about Ethiopian runners at the 1996 Olympics. The doc itself bombed, but Powell's score is incredible and I consider it in his top five works of all time.
Really? I’ll have to look into that. I wonder why he didn’t acknowledge it.
Thanks for passing that on.
@@FilmScoreandMore Please do! Given your taste in Powell's scores, I think that you'd really enjoy this one.
It was the third film he ever scored; he is credited as the composer on both the album and on Wikipedia. I imagine that he didn't acknowledge it because it was such a failure at the box office. But when you listen to a track like "Chasing the Bull," it's so obviously John Powell.
@mannymarotta Come to think of it, I think I’ve heard it come up in discussions of his work, maybe interviews.
@@FilmScoreandMore I hope you listen to it sometime!
@@FilmScoreandMore Only one thing to you know, the ost of endurance is all over the place, for some reason the credits of it are very strange in RUclips, every track has someone different in it for some reason even if it was Powell actually
I feel like Powell would've been a perfect fit for James Gunn's upcoming Superman (which John Murphy is scoring). While Gunn is certainly no stranger to lengthy, grisly fights - whether rated R or PG-13 - his movies do have things to say about masculinity, fatherhood, emotional maturity, kindness, found family, etc. And it appears the film is ducking a lot of the cynicism of recent installments in favor of the bright-eyed optimism that Supes is known for, so maybe JP would be a strong fit for this material and director. But regardless, there's still a lot to look forward to from Powell, like live-action Dragon, Wicked Part One (and presumably Part Two next year as well), and a Christmas(!) movie this December. The latter film, titled That Christmas, is being directed by Simon Otto, who was the head of character animation on the Dragon trilogy; Powell's admiration for animators is definitely real 😉.
I knew some were hoping Powell would sign on for Superman. And I get the sense that he just doesn’t see much in the genre regardless, only if he deems it “subversive” (which is subjective and he doesn’t seem to think for most of them).
Those other projects are something to look forward to! I need to keep an eye on That Christmas, sounds intriguing.
I’m one of the guys that agree with you, and have to say: It’s really crazy how non ironically he practically made a Superman score two times, one for Hancock and other for call of the wild lol
@jfbsp1893 I thought I heard something in the Call Of The Wild that reminded me of Superman, but it was small.
What reminded you of it?
@@FilmScoreandMore The last part of Buck takes the lead, 4:43 or 4:44 minute mark.
But other than that, it’s because Superman IS from Kansas. A more folk style score could work really well.
Oh, and snowy climb has a obvious feeling of “Superman has to stop a tragedy” ost.
Oh, there’s also bolt that actually works well for Supes actually, more in the battle aspect
@@jfbsp1893 The Call Of The Wild has bits of a heroic adventure sound, but it still feels distinct from a full-on Superman score (to me).
That's sad, because his score for _X-Men: The Last Stand_ is in my top 3 favorite scores of the _X-Men_ film franchise (along with _Days of Future Past_ and _First Class)._
I think he could bring a great sense of scale in a score for a superhero movie.
He could and he has. His X-Men score was definitely great. Hancock also has an excellent end credits theme.
Tbh I think that Last stand is only behind First Class, I have to say that Jackman, if free to do what he want, can be a beast too.
@@jfbsp1893 Pun intended? Because both movies have Beast?
@@FilmScoreandMore Now, it is one lol
Although I'm a super big fan of superhero movies, I can't really blame him because a lot of movies are kinda the "endless fights". Sometimes, of course, it matters to the movie, but other times it really is just fights for the sake of fights. Still would love to see the score he could make for the right superhero movie
It definitely varies quite a bit. And seemingly no one has approached him with something he’s really interested in (in a while).
His X-Men score is sooo good. I love the stolen superman ostinato repurposed for an edgier super hero sound
Have you heard it in Hancock? It works great there in the context of Hancock trying to step up and be an actual hero.
He is definitely one of the most talented composers out there, miles ahead most of others in the industry. I don't want him to score superhero movies either. But adventure movies, like Solo, that's a different thing. Hopefully he'll find time for those. His former collaborator, Harry Gregson-Williams, is doing lots of 'historical' projects, like The Gilded Age, The Last Duel, now Gladiator II, so it would be interesting to see Powell to try this genre too.
I’d love something like that! And obviously I want him to love what he scores.
X3: The Last Stand is one of the greatest film scores ever written. It's so diverse in its representation of the different characters' emotional states, be it ArchAngel, Jean Grey or Kitty. It's such a well crafted score. John Powell, you are a gift to cinema.
It's a good score! Definitely one of the highlights of the movie.
That Into The Hole and Toothless Flies Alone theme in the background 😅
Yeah, I know it’s out of place. I’m working on getting better background music, I’m afraid it just didn’t work out for this one.
@@FilmScoreandMore It dosent feel out of place, instead i think that was a great choice, Fills in the void for Voice-Over videos.
I commented because that was unexpected.
@manvith_poojary Thank you, but I really do need another solution. I’ve just been copy and pasting the same background music tracks from previous videos for too long.
John Powell would have been the perfect music composer for a Flash movie. Just listen some of his tracks for Disney's Bolt, it's really great !
I'm sure he would have, if only he wanted to.
Flash, Superman, Green Lantern, and Static Shock, Plastic man, booster gold…
He could do one score for any Superhero tbh lol
@@jfbsp1893 Hey, he always does a “good job.”
If i make a superhero movie my first choice would be John Powell.. i'd make it my cinematic mission to convice him to sign on lol
I totally get him and respect him af, and i'm glad he's making music he believes in
I wonder what it would take to convince him? You might have to make Hancock 2, of course I have no idea what his experience was on that one. He might hate it, even though he did a “good job.”
@@FilmScoreandMore I think it would go like "Well it has to be orchestral, rich and just have you do it the way you feel it should be. Don't let yourself be influenced by no big percussions and ostinatos. just make it rich !"
Sounds like a good pitch!
Yeah i would put an emphasis on how the character themes and motifs he'll create will drive the plot forward and take center stage in alot of the movie.
And give him 90% precent of the budget as salary should do it
@@ShabatMP5 John Powell often creates themes centered around story ideas instead of characters, to represent what the characters stand for instead of the characters themselves. So he would definitely create something interesting.
Although, I'm not sure 90% of the budget is actually feasible. I doubt he'd need it anyway.
Most good superhero movies already have good scores. I'm glad he's sticking to what he wants to do. the HTTYD trilogy has an incredible score. And his work on KFP 1 and 2 was great as well. He's better at drama than endless fights.
He’s definitely good at what he does, and I’m glad he knows what he prefers.
An interesting analysis. One thing I've noticed over the years has been the push to get a composer to write in a particular style rather than hiring the composer who's style best fits the movie. Until maybe the mid 2000's, there were lots of composers working that all had very distinct styles. Then John Barry, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Basil Poledouris & Michael Kamen died. Since then, movie music (and TV music) has gotten quite generic with a shift towards ostinato, rhythmic, soundscape over melody. Movie music styles obviously change and adapt with the times, but I'm not sure where movie music is now is an evolution of where it was. It just seems that music is treated like a necessary evil that can be buried in the dub rather than the emotional core of the movie that needs to be heard. Just my thoughts.
One of the things John Powell said he prefers about animation is it at least gives him an opportunity to write melodies, something that seemed to be lacking in his live action requests.
@@FilmScoreandMore Amazing. Thanks for sharing that
@martindenham2207 No problem! Those full interviews are in the description, they’re worth checking out.
@@FilmScoreandMore Cool. I love anything to do with film music
@@martindenham2207 Yeah, I always link my sources.
Would Powell score a Pixar, Hasbro, anime, horror or video game movie?
He said (I think in the same interview) he feels the same way about horror. It’s the same tension/release function, he just doesn’t find joy in it.
@@FilmScoreandMoreDo you think Pixar or Hasbro will ever hire him?
@rayanissaad5473 Pixar, maybe. But I don’t know how good he is at making toys.
I meant to score one of their upcoming movies. It could be either Monopoly, Clue, G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant, the Play-Doh movie, the G.I. Joe and Transformers crossover movie or perhaps maybe a film continuation of Hanazuki: Full of Treasures.
@rayanissaad5473 You never know. His career has a lot of surprises. For example, he’s scoring the upcoming Wicked movie. He does a lot of things you might not expect.
Do you think John Powell's style would fit in an animated film like Into and Across the Spider -Verse? I mean it is animation and it has many scenes with emotional depth, and fun action sequences that, at least to me, don't feel like endless fights. Though I have to say, I wouldn't change the more electronic music of Daniel Pemberton, as his music style is great and really fits that world (perhaps you could make a video on that?).
He could do a good job! Check out his theme for Hancock, which has electronics in it.
The same could be said for other superhero movies, but he doesn’t seem to have any interest in it.
ruclips.net/video/Pc0idx7ACJk/видео.htmlsi=lHf8qFM31CIXuzIy
He already made one score like that, for Adventures of Pluto nash.
ruclips.net/video/pJNUDhaolsc/видео.htmlsi=OFe5IDIraXGUUT-0
@@FilmScoreandMore Pluto nash is more accurate. ruclips.net/video/pJNUDhaolsc/видео.htmlsi=OFe5IDIraXGUUT-0
Listen to his adventures of Pluto nash score and you will know that he could.
@@FilmScoreandMore Also adventures of Pluto nash
I mean, not all superhero movies are action movies, for example Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 doesn't have a lot of actions, and the movie focused more on the character driven dialogues
I know there's more substance and variety to them, but John Powell doesn't seem to see much value in them. At least not enough.
He is the composer of animation
Frequently.
Well... never say never!
Absolutely! The fights could end!
What's the deal with the John's creating the best movie scores
Maybe it’s all in the name?
John Barry
John Williams
John Scott
John Morris
John Debney
John Frizzell
John Powell
John Ottman
John Murphy
John Paesano
John Lunn
Jon Brion
Jon Hopkins
Johnny Klimek
Johnny Greenwood
James Horner
James Newton Howard
Howard Blake
Howard Shore
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Fielding
Trevor Jones
Trevor Rabin
Trevor Morris
Michael Kamen
Michael Nymen
Michael Small
Michael Penn
Mychael Danna
Michael Giacchino
Michael Wandmaker
Alan Silvestri
Alan Menken
Mark Isham
Mark Knopfler
Mark Mancina
Mark McKenzie
Marc Shaiman
Marc Streitenfeld
Marco Beltrami
Marcelo Zarvos
Randy Edelman
Randy Newman
Joel Goldsmith
Joel McNeely
Cliff Eidelman
Cliff Martinez
Christopher Young
Christopher Tin
Christopher Benstead
Christophe Beck
Chris Boardman
Clint Eastwood
Clint Mansell
Clinton Shorter
David Raksin
David Shire
David Newman
David Arnold
David Holmes
David Buckley
David Hirschfelder
David Foster
Dave Grusin
Harold Faltermeyer
Harry Gregson-Williams
Craig Safan
Craig Armstrong
Alexander Courage
Alex North
Alexandre Desplat
Danny Elfman
Daniel Licht
Daniel Pemberton
Daniel Hart
Dan Romer
Paul Williams
Paul Hertzog
Paul Buckmaster
Paul Haslinger
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Warbeck
Steven Price
Steve Jablonsky
Bill Conti
Billy Goldberg
William Ross
Robert Folk
Rob Lane
Richard Harvey
Richard Robbins
Richard Band
Richard Gibbs
Richard Marvin
Brian May
Brian Tyler
Joseph Trapenese
Joseph Bishara
Joseph Vitarelli
Joe Hisaishi
Joe Kraemer
Thomas Newman
Thomas Bergersen
Tom Holkenborg
Tom Tykwer
Tom Howe
Thom York
Patrick Doyle
Patrick O'Hearn
Patrick Cassidey
Patrick Williams
Jeff Rona
Jeff Danna
Jeff Russo
Geoff Zanelli
Nicholas Pike
Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Hooper
Nick Glennie-Smith
Nick Phoenix
Klaus Dolinger
Klaus Badelt
George Duning
George Fenton
George S. Clinton
George Kallis
Georges Delerue
Giorgio Moroder
Bruce Broughton
Bruce Smeaton
Bruce Fowler
Aaron Copland
Aaron Zigman
@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat Is that just every composer?
Ryan Leach once pointed out to me "Hans" is also German for "John," so go ahead and put him in there too.
@@FilmScoreandMore
Yeah, just every film composer I can think of who share a first name.
John sure wins.
I now added Jeff, Nick, Klaus, George, Bruce, Aaron and Howard.
What's really surprising is I can't come up with more that two for James.
From now on it's John Zimmer! 😂
4:47 UK's framerate regulation.
Yep, 25 FPS is pretty standard.
Maybe because he already did.
He’s been there and done that.
powell is a perfect example of wasted talent because of personal politics. He could of been legendary composer but all he does is kids animated movie cause he's a pacifist and doesn't like violence
But is it wasted talent if he's choosing the projects he wants? Is being a legendary composer his goal?
@ personally I think so and it’s not like he’s choosing super deep animated movies. He’s freakishly talented but it’s wasted on movies like migration, ice age etc etc. when he was announced for star wars I almost lost my mind and he delivered.
@@Cheeks730 I see what you mean, but I disagree that it's wasted. He's not a vessel just for music, he's a person with preferences. He prefers animation over live action, although it's worth noting he has two projects out this month - one live action and one animated. Wicked and That Christmas.
@ very excited for wicked, he likes movies in general but he does animation cause they don’t have violence in them and crazy action. I’m sure he likes animation but from all the interview I’ve seen he likes them cause there’s no shooting killing etc etc. he’s the most talented composer to come out of RCP but unfortunately he’s wasting his potential but if he loves what he does than hey I’m happy for him
@ He loves animation for sure, but for multiple reasons. One of them is he finds live action is increasingly limiting in the type of music he’s allowed to write, that animation at least allows him “to write melodies.”