the songs in the movie don't fit with what's happening on the screen... really weird, and tasteless; *beep* 'adult-alternative' songs are completely out of place with rape and voyeur.
shareMost of the songs were pretty awful. They did not provide good contrast. They only distracted and were bad songs in general.
shareI just hated how the dialog would be at a reasonable level AND THEN THE MUSIC WOULD BE LOUD! A lot of movies do this. Clearly we need better audio people.
shareI agree man. Music was totally off!
Also it was not ironic like that guy below you said and it wasn't obvious enough to even seem like that's what they were going for.
It was a little distracting.
I don’t get why they used the material they did.
The soundtrack played out like a barrage of songs instead of being a tool to highlight and emphasize. A continues endless loop of material recorded by new artist nobody ever heard of.
The mood as well as any substantial dialogue never gets a chance to develop mainly because the soundtrack never comes up for air. It seemed more like the film was trying to do a cross promotion more so then to decorate their film accordingly. That’s the only thing I could think of. Unless it was a favor asked by an investor whose child is trying to break out as a recording artist.
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While I thought the movie as a whole was decent, that music just aggrievated the hell out of me. It was cranked up to 12 while the rest of the movie was at a 9.
I mean I got that the music was supposed to contrast with the situations on screen along with seemingly describing what the characters were thinking or feeling but jesus man. It was obnoxious.
The songs themselves were horrible, and McKee ruined his whole movie with them.
If he was trying for an ironic effect, he should have tried to do something more like what Wes Craven did with the original "Last House on the Left", with those terrible country music love songs during some of the violent scenes.
I think they did the same thing with the original "Toolbox Murders".
There was another movie that started with a sick, violent scene of a girl being strangled in a car, and then it went into this beautiful song. It had to be one of the sickest juxtapositions I've ever witnessed in my life. I couldn't believe it was happening.
I just saw "The Woman" on the Chiller channel on cable TV, which has commercials, so it was heavily censored. I don't think I could stomach the uncut version.
I actually liked the music. The fact that most flicks play hardcore music during these scenes was kind of refreshing. The female characters were liberated at the end and starting a new life. Rave music wouldn't have been fitting.
shareUltimately, who cares if you liked the music? I see plenty of people who realize that being taken out of the moment by the music fits this twisted film. To this family, horrible things are everyday life. If you realize that then really, who cares if you like the music or not. I don't know why people come on here to discuss how they used red when you preferred blue. Nobody cares about your subjective taste. Just talk about the moves the film makes or doesn't make. What effect that creates. And, instead of your gut reaction, which nobody cares about, why not give a more objective political discussion of the film. Films all do certain work. What work does this one do? What films does it react against? PLEASE STOP WITH YOUR PERSONAL NONSENSE! NOBODY CARES! Nobody cares about what music you like or don't like. We are not your family or friends, and do not have to purchase you albums for Christmas.
shareI actually liked the music and surrealism of it, makes a change from the same old clichés, each to their own obviously though. :-)
shareI also like the music in the woman and it fit perfectly
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if anyone is still reading this thread here is a breakdown of the music in The Woman.
There are two distinctive styles of music in the film:
a) Soft/alternative rock songs with upbeat tempo and big, obvious lyrics. (when Chris first spots her through his gun, the rape scene, school montage)
b) atmospheric, electronic, instrumental music. (when Belle approaches the Woman being scrubbed by Chris, when the Woman attacks at the end, opening montage etc.)
The presence of the upbeat music during disturbing scenes is one of the first indications that what we are watching is a satire. The horror is in service of a crashing together of ideas and this includes playing off of the style of teen coming of age movies and grindhouse.
The music is applied in the following ways:
a) the soft/alternative with obvious lyrics is used when suggesting how the male point of view and passive manipulation is twisting horrifying, awful situations into something perfectly normal, righteous and homely. The playful music undermines the seriousness of the horror just as Chris is undermining the humanity of the women in the film and playing it all with a twinkle in his eye. This is the reason this style of music is so dominant for much of the film, in the house and even when the kids are at school. They still can't escape it.
b) the atmospheric, electronic music is used to represent the theme of the internal struggle of the women, separate from Chris. For example, it is heard when Belle watches Chris wash the Woman. This whole scene is about the two woman. How one is being abused and looking to the other for help. Belle's internal struggle to fight for what deep down she knows is seriously wrong about the situation is expressed through the music. When she doesn't help the Woman knows she is beyond being good. Compared to the ironic, cruelly jaunty Chris/male dominating music, this is more played for genuine, deep emotional conflict of the women.
The music was god-awful. Sounded like the mixed vocals on a home computer. 5/10
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Hellsfoxes, that is one of the best analyses of this film I've read. It's easy to say "the music sucked everything sucked the movie sucked", not so easy to sit back and think about why the music was used in the way that it was, and deconstruct its relation to the themes of the story and the images of the cinematography. The alt rock music isn't my cup of tea either, but a standard dark soundtrack throughout this film would have felt more generic to me. The lyrics for the alt rock songs all had something to do with what was happening on the screen at the time, and I think your breakdown of how the sound and film were linked was spot-on. Again, the alt rock isn't something I'd listen to, but who cares? It was used for this film and it was one of the constituents that made the film a unique viewing experience.
I saw this movie in 2011 but just watched it again on Netflix this morning. I *beep* love this movie, as I love May. Maybe that means there's something wrong with me, I don't know. But I thought this was a great film, definitely refreshing in comparison to all the other lackluster horror films that are shat out on a constant basis.
That's just brilliant, Foxes. I don't know if I'd entirely write off all the "gentler" songs as being only related to Chris's calm lack of humanity, but that's an amazing analysis.
shareI definitely agree! The music was so bad and so out of place.
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100% agree - the music was very annoying and way too loud compared with the rest of the audio I continuously found myself adjusting the volume. Totally ruined the film for me. Utter rubbish. Great pair of tits though and nice SUV...
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