Steve Jablonsky returns for TF:ROTF!

[Wolverini]

From TFW2005 (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-9/steve-jabonsky-to-return-to-provide-score-for-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-165429/) :

Music 4 Games (http://www.music4games.net/News_Display.aspx?id=991) is reporting that composer Steve Jablonsky will be providing the musical score for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, like he did for the original live-action movie last year. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is due out in theatres on June 26, 2009.




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Excellent to hear! I loved the score in the first one. Cant wait to hear what he has in store for this one.

If old news, please remove.

[Rocker22]

Yeah I like the work he did on the first one, should be good again.

[Golgo-13]

Great news.

[Avangarde]

:up:

[izimfan]

hope its like the original.

[D4rkShaDoWz]

yes!! the score was awesome for the first one!

[izimfan]

i just hate it when they change the score entirley when its a sequel, its happend before.

[Milu]

Hope the score CD doesn't come out three months after the film's release again!

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Excellent, his music was excellent in the first movie, and definately added to it in a big way, hope they keep the same theme's as well, especially the Autobot theme and the Optimus theme.

[Lazlo Panaflex]

i just hate it when they change the score entirley when its a sequel, its happend before.
Like with the X-Men films and the Burton/Shumacher Batman films.

[ismahawk]

dude steves jablonskys score for the first transformers was freaking awesome!!!!
hope we see a lot of the same this time around!

[macdawson]

Great news. Hope he brings back the main themes from the first movie, obviously they will be somewhat different, rearanged, but if the core cues are maintained, it will be awesome.
And i agree with previous posts and hope it won't take as long as the first CD to come out.
Anyone know if they still plan on publishing the 2Cd set with the full score from the first movie? That would be AWESOME. There's that CD running around the net with more cues but i want a CD with studio quality sound and with ALL the music. Many cues are still missing.

[LinDuh]

Oh thank goodness. I was hoping they wouldn't go with someone else. Of course, now I have to wonder if we'll have to endure another nail-biting annoyance of getting our hands on the score to purchase for ourselves. Hopefully they learned their lesson and realized that people want to purchase score not "movie soundtracks." Please don't make us create and sign another petition!

[Brian Braddock]

Good news.

His score for the 1st movie was really good.

My favorite track being 'Scorponok'

[Kal-El 8]

Fantastic news I loved his work in movie 1 .

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^His score in TF elevated so many scene's it was unbelievable, so glad he is returning but hopes he keeps the same theme's, while adding a few new ones. Obviously The Fallen will need his own theme.

[venomvsspidey]

yeah what about the 2-cd complete?

[Silver Knight]

Good news.

[RouthIsSuperman]

That is awesome news, because for some reason when I heard the opening credits, I had chill bumps because it was so awesome. Just like I had when I first heard Superman. To me, the music just "fits". Once I heard the opening credits, I knew that we had a solid soundtrack in store for us throughout the movie.

[SamuraiSon6]

excellent news, i really enjoy his work on the first movie. does anyone know what other work he has done, i would like to check it out?

[LightningFlash]

I hope Fallen's theme is epic.

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

That is awesome news, because for some reason when I heard the opening credits, I had chill bumps because it was so awesome. Just like I had when I first heard Superman. To me, the music just "fits". Once I heard the opening credits, I knew that we had a solid soundtrack in store for us throughout the movie.

Yeah I know what you mean, as soon as I heard the Autobot theme in the opening credits, I sort of knew we would be getting a great score, and Jablonsky didnt dissapoint, the score was amazing and I hope he keeps the main theme's for the sequel.

I hope Fallen's theme is epic.

:up: Should be, Prime's from the first movie was awesome as was The Autobot theme.

[Cth]

excellent news, i really enjoy his work on the first movie. does anyone know what other work he has done, i would like to check it out?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jablonsky


Steve Jablonsky (born October 9, 1970) is an American music composer for film, television and video games. He has composed the soundtracks to the movies The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Steamboy (2004), The Island (2005), Transformers (2007), D-War (2007) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). He was also a contributor on Team America: World Police (2004) among many others. In addition, he helped compose some of the music to the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and composed the theme music in 2003 for the BBC's Seven Wonders of the Industrial World. He continues to write music for the television show Desperate Housewives (2004-current) since the fourth episode . His track "Trailblazing" served as the opening theme for WrestleMania X8 and WrestleMania XIX.

Steve also wrote the music for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, taking the place of the former Command & Conquer music composer Frank Klepacki, who was unable to write the game's score due to his involvement with Universe at War: Earth Assault.

Jablonsky's most recent projects include the scores for the Michael Bay live action feature film Transformers, the South Korean film D-War and Gears of War 2. He works in Hans Zimmer's studio Remote Control Productions.

[Silver Knight]

I was thinking about this the other day, how much would Steve have recieved for the entire score of TF1?

Random question I know but an intresting one.

[RonStoppablefan]

I'm glad about this, I liked the music he did in the first film. So I hope he does it just as good.

[SPIDERMAN117]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6BCj1Yesvc

This would be something cool to have as "Fallens" Theme.

[Golgo-13]

I am really really really looking forward to the score for this movie. I was listening to the TF1 score today, and it is beyond epic. In fact at times i feel it's TOO good to go with a film like Bay's version of TFs.

[CELTICPRED]

Seeing the news this afternoon on the main page, is Zimmer now an official co-composer for this?

[Kal-El 8]

I loved Autobots & Decepticons theme

[CELTICPRED]

Arrival to Earth and Autobots are my favorites.

I just hope that Zimmer really being in this adds an extra layer of grandiose to this.

[Golgo-13]

Zimmer was co-composer on TF1 also.

"No sacrifice, no victory" =Epic!

[CELTICPRED]

But Zimmer wasn't officially listed, even though Jablonsky said Zimmer helped alot and kept him "on track".

I'm asking/wondering if Zimmer is getting an official co-composer listing.

[liesse00]

score preview

http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Revenge-Fallen-Score/dp/B002DD46P2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1245192760&sr=8-3

[CELTICPRED]

score preview

http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Revenge-Fallen-Score/dp/B002DD46P2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1245192760&sr=8-3

Thanks for posting that.

I like what I'm hearing, even though the choral elements of some of the songs could be a lot lower, like Infinite White.

[Kal-El 8]

My favorites from the first movie score soundtrack

"Autobots"
"Decepticons"
"Optimus Prime"
"Bumblebee"
"Arrival To Earth"
"No Sacrifice, No Victory"
"Scorponok"
"The Allspark"
"Deciphering the Signal"
"SOCCENT Attack"
"You're a Soldier Now"
"Sam on the Roof"
"Autobots to the Rescue"
"Optimus vs. Megatron"

Can't wait for ROTF score

[Zaku]

Yeah, I saw the movie again today. Had not seen it over a year and the score in the movie was awsome. Also have the CD and it's amazing. Hope he came up with something good for this sequel as well. Having Zimmer is also a plus, can't wait to get my hands on the album.

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

the score is frickin epic a HUGE improvement over the first score.

[CELTICPRED]

Most if not all of the score is up on youtube.

Take a listen. :up:

[Bunker]

Just finished the track "Prime".

Good stuff.

EDIT: I'm about half-way through and wow, this score has a completely different feel than the last one. It's way more eery, forboding, and has a lot of techno elements. I can't wait to see how it's utilized in the film.

[Robdixxo]

Dear god, judging from the samples on Amazon, this score is like a mishmash of everything Zimmer's done in his career. There's nothing original about it. It even goes the route of the over dramatic, middle-eastern female vocalist made popular in Gladiator, which will no doubtedly be played over a montage where the good guys are getting pummeled horribly by the bad guys. Terribly cliche and uninspired work from Jablonski, who is one of Zimmer's cloned, but less talented stooges.

[CELTICPRED]

Is this actually coming as a surprise to you? Especially after what we got with the first score.

I just brush it off and actually enjoy it even if it's not the most original score out there.

[Robdixxo]

Is this actually coming as a surprise to you? Especially after what we got with the first score.

I just brush it off and actually enjoy it even if it's not the most original score out there.

Nah, I'd rather listen to Zimmer's soundtracks so I can get the original, better versions of everything Jablonksy ripped off. LOL.

[Frank Noir]

You guys have no idea what you're talking about. Just because Jablonsky uses female vocals, doesn't mean he's ripping off Zimmer. Gladiator is probably the only score you know or remember from Zimmer, but he wrote other stuff as well. Even Zimmer doesn't have one single style. Take THe Weather Man, or Frost/Nixon.

And in my opinion Jablonsky did create something original. Ever hear a theme like the one for The Fallen in a blockbuster movie? The sounds he uses for ROTF are quite inspired. Listen to Heed Our Warning for example. The bass with a delay effect and the male choirs. It's perfect. And unusual.

[CELTICPRED]

You guys have no idea what you're talking about. Just because Jablonsky uses female vocals, doesn't mean he's ripping off Zimmer.

You do realize that Zimmer has helped Jablonsky with the Transformer scores, and that Zimmer shovels out some of his themes to various composers, right?

Just listen to a few of the tracks from the first movie, so many prevalent sections are extremely reminsent of those heard in Batman Begins and TDK, hell, there's even the faint 2-note call of Batman present in one of them.

Gladiator is probably the only score you know or remember from Zimmer

Nope.

Ever hear a theme like the one for The Fallen in a blockbuster movie? The sounds he uses for ROTF are quite inspired.

To be quite honest the first thing I thought about when I was listening to The Fallen track was Zimmer's work on Joker's score.


Just saying. No need for you to be overly antagonistic.

[Frank Noir]

You do realize that Zimmer has helped Jablonsky with the Transformer scores, and that Zimmer shovels out some of his themes to various composers, right?

Just listen to a few of the tracks from the first movie, so many prevalent sections are extremely reminsent of those heard in Batman Begins and TDK, hell, there's even the faint 2-note call of Batman present in one of them.



Nope.



To be quite honest the first thing I thought about when I was listening to The Fallen track was Zimmer's work on Joker's score.


Just saying. No need for you to be overly antagonistic.

I wasn't. And I'm sorry if it seemed that way.

I can understand why you'd think of the Joker's theme. That's also something that's unusual for a blockbuster. Maybe Zimmer helped Jablonsky with that (The Fallen's theme), but the rest it's pretty original. Remote Control/Media Ventures original, that is, because they all use the 2-3 or 4 ascending or descending notes 'theme'.

[Mantis Rapture]

I'm pretty cerrtain Zimmer isn't credited in the movie. All i remember is 'Music by Steve Jablonsky and Linkin Park'.

[Frank Noir]

I'm pretty cerrtain Zimmer isn't credited in the movie. All i remember is 'Music by Steve Jablonsky and Linkin Park'.

He isn't credited in the film, but on the score it says 'Hans Zimmer - additional music'.

[JediXAngel]

I will assume this is the Official ROTF Music thread?

OMG I LOVE "Infinite White" on the Music Score LISTEN to it!!!

TsohyA97ksU

[JediXAngel]

LOVE the Females Vocals!!!

I hope the Movie is AS emotional as the music is!

[The Guard]

I can't stand it when people say things like "Gosh, those two or three notes sound like something I heard in another movie".

There are only so many notes in the world.

Most of this sounds pretty good, especially the "Prime", "Tomb of the Primes" and "Matrix of Leadership" tracks.

[CELTICPRED]

I can't stand it when people say things like "Gosh, those two or three notes sound like something I heard in another movie".

Oh, you do?

I'm sure you're talking about my post, but it's more than relevant seeing as Zimmer had a hand in Batman and Transformers' work.

[Robdixxo]

I can't stand it when people say things like "Gosh, those two or three notes sound like something I heard in another movie".

There are only so many notes in the world.

Most of this sounds pretty good, especially the "Prime", "Tomb of the Primes" and "Matrix of Leadership" tracks.

You just love defending crap, don't you? First the Watchmen movie, now this. It's funny watching you go on, especially when you dissect bad reviews from nobody critics. LOL. You must have no life.

And I understand how composers have their own styles and their stuff can often times sounds alike, but Jablonsky's scores for the Transformers movies are just plain uninspired ripoffs. It's like Zimmer told him, "Hey, here are my scraps, do what you want with them." Listen to King Arthur, and you'll see where 50% on the new score comes from. You could probably watch most of the other movies Zimmer has scored to find the rest, but most of those movies probably suck and were directed by Micheal Bay. LOL.

[The Guard]

Yup. Getting pretty tired of people (not saying you specifically are doing this, it's just a trend I see) who can't tell the often not-so-subtle differences between themes going "X sounds just like Y! Ripoff!", when in fact X does NOT sound just like Y.

Such is the nature of music, though. I haven't heard much of anything in the last few years that didn't sound like I'd heard something similar before somewhere. And I'm sure that somewhere, someone wrote something similar to this, and Jablonsky or whoever else, having not heard every piece of music in history or being able to remember it all, didn't realize their music was similar. Such is the nature of composing. Composers talk about "influences" all the time and all that.

I don't particularly care if Zimmer had a hand in Transformers scoring, because I don't mind them having a similar sound. That said, the Transformers scores don't sound all that much like TDK, or even BATMAN BEGINS.

Besides,

Zimmer didn't invent

"Dadadadadadadadada"

And

"Dadadadadadadadada" isn't that clever to begin with. I've seen it used in countless movies, to the point where now I expect to see it in any action/thriller.

[Robdixxo]

Such is the nature of music, though. I haven't heard much of anything in the last few years that didn't sound like I'd heard something similar before somewhere. And I'm sure that somewhere, someone wrote something similar to this, and Jablonsky or whoever else, having not heard every piece of music in history or being able to remember it all, didn't realize their music was similar. Such is the nature of composing. Composers talk about "influences" all the time and all that.

Not the same. Jablonski and a number of other current composers like Bladelt and Gregson-Williams all work or worked within Zimmer's studio. They're considered his proteges. That's why their work all sounds the same, but never as good as Zimmer.

[The Guard]

You just love defending crap, don't you? First the Watchmen movie, now this. It's funny watching you go on, especially when you dissect bad reviews from nobody critics. LOL. You must have no life.

WATCHMEN wasn't anything approaching crap.

And dissecting ridiculous reviews is a hell of a lot of fun. You should try it sometime.

And I don't recall saying this score is brilliant or original, just that I like certain parts of it, and that it doesn't sound like TDK to me.

Now then, one one hand you say that I have no life, and then you tell me that KING ARTHUR is where this stuff comes from. Really? You care that much about Zimmer and his scores that you can pinpoint a "ripped off track" from KING ARTHUR?

Really?

Intriguing. Specific track, please.

And I understand how composers have their own styles and their stuff can often times sounds alike, but Jablonsky's scores for the Transformers movies are just plain uninspired ripoffs. It's like Zimmer told him, "Hey, here are my scraps, do what you want with them." Listen to King Arthur, and you'll see where 50% on the new score comes from. You could probably watch most of the other movies Zimmer has scored to find the rest, but most of those movies probably suck and were directed by Micheal Bay. LOL.

I have enough of a life that I would prefer not to listen to the KING ARTHUR score just to see where this material could have come from. If you know the tracks, kindly present them.

[CELTICPRED]

I don't particularly care if Zimmer had a hand in Transformers scoring

Ah, the finger in the ears na-na-na-na I can't hear you approach. Cool.

That said, the Transformers scores don't sound all that much like TDK, or even BATMAN BEGINS.

Go listen to Transformers and Begins back to back.

[The Guard]

Not the same. Jablonski and a number of other current composers like Bladelt and Gregson-Williams all work or worked within Zimmer's studio. They're considered his proteges. That's why their work all sounds the same, but never as good as Zimmer.

I fail to see how you can say "not the same", because I didn't qualify "influences". I'm certain that "influences" ranges beyond "Who I worked with and studied under"

Regardless, what's your point?

Are we discussing the quality of his protege's career work now, or are we discussing where this score's influence came from?

[The Guard]

Go listen to Transformers and Begins back to back.

No. Again, I have enough of a life (read: other things to do) that I don't care to listen to two hours or scores simply to see what you're talking about. If you are so certain that TRANSFORMERS is a ripoff of the BATMAN BEGINS score...kindly present the similar tracks, moments, etc. I mean, TRANSFORMERS is half rock music and rock inspired music.

[The Guard]

Ah, the finger in the ears na-na-na-na I can't hear you approach. Cool.

Uh...no.

Try reading my whole sentence, and my whole point.

I don't particularly care if Zimmer had a hand in Transformers scoring, because I don't mind them having a similar sound. That said, the Transformers scores don't sound all that much like TDK, or even BATMAN BEGINS.

I don't care because it was irrelevant to my point. If you'd like to start a seperate discussion on the merits of Jablonsky's work, feel free to do so. I will not be involved, because I simply don't care that much.

[CELTICPRED]

No. Again, I have enough of a life that I don't care to do so simply to see what you're talking about. If you are so certain that TRANSFORMERS is a ripoff of the BATMAN BEGINS score...kindly present the similar tracks. I mean, TRANSFORMERS is half rock music and rock inspired music.

lol. I love that I have a life argument. Especially on SHH with more than 15K posts.

Give me a day or 2 and I'd have a list for you.

[JediXAngel]

NOBODY invented the female vocals. A lot of movies use this effect!

It's NOT just the damn Zimmer effect at all!

[Robdixxo]

Now then, one one hand you say that I have no life, and then you tell me that KING ARTHUR is where this stuff comes from. Really? You care that much about Zimmer and his scores that you can pinpoint a "ripped off track" from KING ARTHUR?


Learn how to read. I never said I didn't like the original grand daddy. Zimmer is a good example of what you were talking about. Yeah, he has a very specific sound, but he can create memorable themes, that may sound alike, are different enough not to be ripoffs of each other. Unlike his stooges. And it's not that hard to point out a ripoffed track when musical cues in movies are often repeated throughout and get stuck in your head. But aside from that, I do listen to Zimmer's work a lot, and I don't mind admitting that. Why don't you go read your funny books and get back to me. :whatever:

[macdawson]

Go listen to Transformers and Begins back to back.

I've heard both many times and i don't find that many similarities.

[The Guard]

lol. I love that I have a life argument. Especially on SHH with more than 15K posts.

Over 7 years, I've made an average of 7 posts a day. Doesn't strike me as that extreme. Whether someone has a life or not is pretty subjective. People value different things. I don't even believe there's an argument to be had there. I just find it to be an instance of the pot calling the kettle black.

Give me a day or 2 and I'd have a list for you.

Fair enough. It doesn't have to be an exhaustive list, I'm just curious.

And I agree on the female vocals bit. It's pretty much become a standard, if uninspired, way to communicate emotion in a score.

[CelticPredator]

lol. I love that I have a life argument. Especially on SHH with more than 15K posts.

Give me a day or 2 and I'd have a list for you.

TWO tracks that sound similer. OH GOSH!

Soccent Attack. And Downtown Battle.

But I can tell you, as a score buff, I have NOT heard the Main theme, or Bumblebee's theme anywhere. :boba:

[CELTICPRED]

The amount was never the argument. fyi.

[Kal-El 8]

Transformers: ROTF The Score on YouTube (http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2009/06/transformers-rotf-score-on-youtube.html)

1) Prime (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s_wkbnKMHE)
2) Einstein's Wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N53Dc1lH0FM)
3) NEST (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLWmBqwrWb0)
4) The Shard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3CO3Ez0ZOk)
5) The Fallen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_mVpHTGlXA)
6) Infinite White (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daF1eduxGAg)
7) Heed Our Warning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ctVaz3OXs)
8) The Fallen's Arrival (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wjqVqEFIWQ)
9) Tomb of the Primes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NOTENucFAc)
10) Forest Battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3YHAQnHTKM)
11) Precious Cargo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbB5vu0aPlQ)
12) Matrix of Leadership (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7lhMDeSqZE)
13) I Claim Your Sun (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXG-ke_mY64)
14) I Rise, You Fall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWhA537ioDQ)

[LightningFlash]

The amount was never the argument. fyi.

Have you checked out the band Austrian Death Machine?

[CelticPredator]

The amount was never the argument. fyi.

So...


We all know there IS cues that sound like such and such....but thats what the Zimmer people do. Make scores that sound like Zimmers, so filmmakers can get a Zimmer style score, for cheaper then what Zimmer costs.

[The Guard]

What DOES Zimmer cost?

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Thought overall the score was great again, I wish he would have kept the Prime theme from he enters the final battle in the first movie, I think it was used for Bumblebee this time, but should have been kept for Prime. Great score again though.

[CelticPredator]

What DOES Zimmer cost?
33 bucks, and some crack.

[Hush]

Im glad Jablonsky is back his score was epic last movie but it was also reminiscent of Pirates. Then again thats a great score so why not have an influence from a good piece, ya know?

[Hush]

Im glad Jablonsky is back his score was epic last movie but it was also reminiscent of Pirates. Then again thats a great score so why not have an influence from a good piece, ya know?

[Golgo-13]

Is the score worth buying?

[The Chris]

I think I'll buy the score whenever I can. Steve did another great job. Prime, Matrix of Leadership, and Infinite White in particular stand out for me.

[mistahimaskwa]

Is the score worth buying?

If you're a fan of the first one, then "yes" but personally, I think they should have included more of the revised/edited versions of the old themes that were used in ROTF.

For example, in the movie, I heard the "Arrival to Earth" theme but with a different orchestration and it sounded AWESOME :woot:

[dark_b]

Is the score worth buying?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=transformers+revenge+of+the+f allen+score&search_type=&aq=f

:cwink:

[Golgo-13]

Just got back from seeing it. The music wasn't as good as TF1 but maybe this is just a case of me having to grow into it a bit.

[Krimasen]

I agree. The soundtrack isn't bad at all, but it's not at the awesomeness of the first one. It didn't feel as epic to me (although the forest battle theme is good).

[Krimasen]

I've heard both many times and i don't find that many similarities.

I agree. I can hear some similar elements, but I don't know why people say they sound so much alike because they really don't.

[dark_b]

listening to the score again. the best parts are :
- OP starting to fight in theforest
- Sam having visions of the Primes
- Jetfire saying hes last words before he combines with OP
- and i also like the music when they throw the dead OP down ( at least i think this is the part ) . its called Precious Cargo.

[Bunker]

This score can't hold a handle to the first one. I was watching the first one last night and the score really gave the movie an epic feel. ROTF's just accentuated the mediocre-ness of the movie.

[LinDuh]

Ah. The score. I'm a movie score FREAK and "Transformers" is definitely up there as a favorite, probably tied if not a wee bit better than "Gladiator." You can imagine my excitement about the score for "Revenge of the Fallen" being released before the movie. I pre-ordered it in a heartbeat just in case it they changed their minds.

Anyway, it definitely hasn't topped the first one, but mostly because a good deal of the music from the film aren't included. I found that very disappointing. Granted, even a majority of the tracks from the first film's score were merely different versions from what was actually in the film, (Like Optimus, AllSpark, Autobots) but at least they were there in some way. I didn't have that for the 2nd score. It's just a tad too...ominous. It had most of the tunes for the bad guys, but not enough for the good ones. There's no nice balance. Not many heroic themes mixed in as in the 1st film's score.

There weren't many heroic themes in the movie either, but there were at least a couple that were very reminiscent of the first movie (like Optimus' first entrance onto the screen, or the Arrival to Earth theme during the hunt for Jetfire scene) That's not to say it sucks, because it really doesn't. I still listen to it pretty much every day (right after I listen to the first film's score, anyway), but it still does miss that certain OOMPH that I loved about the first one. I find myself only listening to my favorite tracks: Prime, NEST, Infinite White, Tomb of the Primes, and Forest Battle. Those are the only ones, for me anyway, that have a little bit of beauty and mystery to them. NEST is just cool because of how they laced in a Linkin Park tune. I found that awesome.

Well anyway, I do still hope Jablonsky stays in the game, however, cuz I'd love to hear what he'll whip up for the 3rd film.

[empire]

DL the soundtrack off ITunes and its growing on me. The track, Prime is a standout. The Nest is also a good track. As a few have mentioned, its not at the same level as the first and I totally agree but this one is not bad. Worth the buy, IMO.

[craigdbfan]

The reason why NEST has really sticked with me is thanks to the part when Ironhide so majestically rolls in with so much grace and authority and transforms.

I just always associate that tune with Ironhide now.

[Mr. Earle]

H6x9__W42Yc&feature=PlayList&p=1F3566547CE3C1CF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3Listen from 3:00 onwards. This should have been used from the time Optimus says "i'll take you all on". It even has the singing part that makes it all the more dramatic.

BTW, when is the OST coming out?

[dark_b]

earle i disagree 100%. this music in no way fits IMO with the fight. this kind of music is used for really the finale where its all over IMO.

it just doesnt fit .

[Mr. Earle]

Pcz6yAYDT4g&feature=fvstAlso, I am looking for the music starting at 1:25. I searched the OST's tracks on youtube and i cant find it in any of them. And i dont think i heard it in the movie. Anybody know?
earle i disagree 100%. this music in no way fits IMO with the fight. this kind of music is used for really the finale where its all over IMO.

it just doesnt fit .I think its majestic and mourning at the same time. It would go well because it would give a sense that Prime is howling ass and yet he is not going to win it.

[dark_b]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g5CGP-iWwg

1:05 - 1: 55

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[Mr. Earle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g5CGP-iWwg

1:05 - 1: 55

:up::trans:I thought it was in ROTF's OST. It sounded new when i first heard it in the trailer. Thanks a lot!!!
Awesome music! Btw, those sound effects during the trailer enhance the music a lot. Megatron's claws hitting the ground, the explosions, etc

[macdawson]

Since before the official CD came out, the music for the first Transformers has been a much sought after item. First thing to appear was a 13 track promo wich latter expanded to 52 tracks, some of wich were also released in the official score CD. None of the main themes were present on these promos, except "Scorponok". Between this 52 track promo and the official CD you would have an almost complete score. Several packs containing this were released but, despite some edited material in place of suposedly unreleased material, nothing new was released since then, except for "Megatron Awakens (Unused Track)" wich was available at a Steve Jablonsky fan site since August. Since the begining i knew there was music that was unreleased, like the track used when Blackout lands at SOCCENT or a few used as BGM in the featurettes in the bonus DVD. And finally, last monday i finally got the full score. And believe me, when i say full i mean FULL. All the previously released material is there plus a full 13 tracks of new material including demo versions and unused material., including the full 8m17s of "Arrival to Earth (Original Version)". For those who might get it and say there is still some score music missing from this release, there isn't. The music that is in the movie and not in this full released is mostly modified versions of these tracks. If you want it, just PM me as i don't know if direct links are allowed here.

Now, if only the same thing was done for RoTF...

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

The ROTF score slowly grew on me the more I watched the movie, its still nots as good as the first movies, but there were some superb moments and re-treads.

[macdawson]

The ROTF score slowly grew on me the more I watched the movie, its still nots as good as the first movies, but there were some superb moments and re-treads.

I always loved to have versions of a same theme, especially when that theme is good. The versions of Autobots and Arrivalto Earth used in RoTF were awesome. Pity that only a small part of them made it to CD form.
But tracks like Prime, The Shard, Forest Battle and even N.E.S.T. are great.

On the Full TF Score i mentioned on my previous post, the charm of the unused tracks is that they are versions of Autobots and Bumblebee with a more military edge to it, like battle versions of them. The 8 minute long Arrival is exactly like the one on the CD except that it has an 3 minute long intro before the actual Arrival music. For me that scene always made me think of the line on BB's radio "like angels from heaven, Hallelujah!", thas the feel that whole scene gives, not war machines coming to Earth but the arrival of our saviors. This intro reenforces that feel, it sounds just grand and heavenly.

[dark_b]

The ROTF score slowly grew on me the more I watched the movie, its still nots as good as the first movies, but there were some superb moments and re-treads.i agree. it also grew on me. but it didnt have the big impact that the first score had.