Is it me or did the movie' main theme sound suspiciously familiar to Zimmer's/Gregson's music from "The rock". IMO, to call it "inspired" would definately be an euphemism...
shareYep, it's practically the same theme. It's the ultimate and definitive victory for the US.
Steefdude
heh, and I listened 15 seconds and realized that it had to be Joe Hisaishi, famous from the Ghibli films... never thought of Harry G.W. or Hans Z. ...
shareYamato:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLPivQzUSWE&mode=related&search=
(0:15-0:40)
The rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3ATreIHLQg
(esp. 1:10-2:20)
yeah, but also listen to his ghibli works, here's a couple of his latest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuZK7rg94j0
Spirited away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5j2WQW0rcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpDMxVm9afM
Princess Mononoke. (ghiblis most action-oriented film)
So, this is purely hisaishi, but yes, there are clear inspirations. But then again, most big budget grandiose patriotic actions has that dramatic style over them. I don't feel that neither Hisaishi, HGW or Zimmer is uniqe in that respect...
And I still get more of a Ghilbli feeling from this soundtrack than than any hollywood production... maybe that's just me... being a miyazaki fan...
(but the similarity between Yamato and The Rock can't be ruled out)
Much of the more sentimental moments are remarkably similar to parts of Sarde's score for Tess. I was surprised at just how derivative and ineffectual the score was: Hisaishi is usually much better than this, but considering how cliched the material was it's perhaps not surprising that he found his mind drifting to other films.
"Gentlemen, is this a great moment or a small one? I'm afraid I don't know."
yep yep, apparently it wasn't just me :)
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