There's a discussion going about it in the spotting thread, but I think it deserves a thread of its own.

Music for trailers is often just that - created solely for the trailer. In Hollywood they call it "trailerizing" (how original).

Some of the best ones in recent years were down by a company called Hi-Finesse (see how they reworked Fleetwood Mac's The Chain for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2), but a friend in the industry said they didn't do the WW84 trailer. He's asking around for me.

This wasn't done by New Order, and is not likely to be released. The standard version of Blue Monday will appear on the soundtrack.

Not keen on this version to tell the truth, yes its Blue Monday but it just sounds too puffed up and pompous for my liking but I suppose using the original wouldn't have got a lot of people too excited.

I have to disagree - I think it's amazing! It *makes* the trailer. There are so many comments on YouTube asking about the music - I love the exposure this is giving the band. Over 12 million views in one day.

No, it's by German composer/producer Sebastian Böhm.

YouTube

Yep - got to be a good thing.

I was going to post some more interviews on my Channel, but YouTube is getting so many Wonder Woman uploads, I think they'll get lost in the forest.
I'll wait until things calm down a bit.

Sounds close to a massive mix I had off winmx around 2005. Cool.

Loved the BM trailer, probably more than the film itself - which I watched last night.
Congrats to those involved with the original trailer; they made a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
I really enjoyed the first WW film in 2017 so I had high expectations for this one.
It was watchable enough, but all that "wishing" stuff felt like it had been written by an 8 year old.
Incidentally the first film gets its network tv debut in the UK on Tuesday (29th) at 7.30pm, for those who haven't seen it.

☝️ Yes it's Kristen Wiig. I don't think think they used her comedic gifts as well as they could have.

Once these films end up on official sites - whether it's Amazon Prime, Disney Plus or HBO max, they end up "out there" in the digital realm.
All you have to do is put an unofficial android app on to an android device (tablet, phone or Firestick) and use those apps to stream whatever you want. For free.
If i can do it, anyone can.
If you're worried about putting an unoffical app on a phone/tablet just get a Firestick from Amazon/argos for 20 quid. What's the worst that can happen?
Then just put apps on there, like Cinema HD, Bee Tv and Cyberflix. Then stream whatever the f**k you want, whenever you want.

She’s Israeli. All Israeli women are goddesses. If you ever get the chance, walk down Dizengoff street in Tel Aviv. Your head and senses won’t know what’s hit you. Mind blowing.

I don't think you're alone in thinking that the film was too long. And most reviews (certainly from fans) have been pretty critical, with most mentioning that there are very few action scenes, which isn't really ideal for a superhero flick. So I don't think it's necessarily your fault for drifting off; that appears common to quite a few people who've seen it.

It's a shame as I had high hopes for the film a few months back, liking Gal Gadot (hubba-hubba!!!), the character and the time period.
The first film was pretty reasonable too (although I think it was let down by being a bit 'CGI' at the end).



Talking of films being too long, I think this is a common problem with films these days, especially the Marvel ones. They seem to want each film to be 2.5 hours long.
I kind of blame Christopher Nolan for this with his Dark Knight Trilogy. Not that his films felt too long to me. They seemed about right.
It's just that, as they were so successful both critically and commercially, it seems that every director feels a superhero movie should be about that length (or thereabouts).

I just remember all the great action films of the 1980s / early 1990s being less than 2 hours long:

Predator (1h47m)
Terminator (1h47m)
Total Recall (1h53m)
etc.

Everything seems to go on at least 30 mins longer than it needs to.

Rant over...

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Well they did use one bit of 80s music- Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘ Welcome To The Pleasuredome’ in the gala do event evening scene but yeah I get your point.

And yeah the acting was hammy . And the pacing was weird. File under - great trailer, not so great film.

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They only used one bit of 80s music? Really? That's incredible (not to say completely stupid also). I just assumed that, although Blue Monday wasn't in there, there were a number of other classics being used throughout.

You have to ask the question, why bother setting the film in that time period? Half the reason anyone wants to set a film or TV series in a particular decade is so they can use contemporary music.
Also, nothing establishes a time frame with the audience better than some well placed music of the era. Something to make that connection.

Ask anyone about the 1980s, amongst the first things they'll mention are flashy clothing, hedonism on a Dionysian scale and a bloody brilliant soundtrack.

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