Here it is: The music to the most anticipated get-together of heroes in cinema ever since I don’t know, years and years! So how does the Score sounds? (ps: I haven’t seen the film)
Composed by legendary Hollywood Composer Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Mummy Returns) who also wrote an excellent score for last year’s Captain America: The First Avenger . When it was announced that Silvestri would also write the score to this year The Avengers I have nothing but anticipation.
All in all, this score is both an improvement and a step back from the aforementioned Captain America. Improvement, because it makes for an engaging listening experience throughout, whereas Captain’s score is a bit of struggle to get through in the first half (the second half redeems it though).
Having all these heroes which have their own musical anthems and worlds must be a super difficult task, however Silvestri solves that problem by writing a main theme to represents all the heroes as a single entity “The Avengers” .
The main theme for The Avengers is surprisingly simple but pretty memorable, though not as grand as Captain America’s march (and a little short for my taste). The theme brings to mind Silvestri’s work in The Mummy Returns, The A-Team, and a bit of The Delta Force.
Overall Silvestri has done a pretty good job tackling this gargantuan of a score, even if it doesn't live up to what his Captain America's score promised (several cues from Captain America are used in the score as well , those with sharp ears would notice).
4/5
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