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Iron Man (soundtrack)

Iron Man: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2008 film Iron Man, featuring music composed by Ramin Djawadi. The soundtrack was produced in collaboration with Hans Zimmer and Remote Control Productions, and was released on April 29, 2008, by Lions Gate Records.

Iron Man: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film score by
ReleasedApril 29, 2008 (2008-04-29)
Length54:12
LabelLions Gate Records
Producer
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Djawadi joined the film after John Debney, who previously collaborated with director Jon Favreau, was unavailable. The score focuses heavily on electric guitar, as requested by Favreau, and was recorded with a rock band as well a traditional orchestra. The soundtrack also includes the classic 1966 Iron Man theme song, and a big band-style arrangement of it by John O'Brien and Rick Boston, who also frequently collaborate with Favreau.

The soundtrack was negatively received by critics, especially the score's use of electric guitar and Remote Control influences. However, the inclusion of the classic theme, in its original and modern cover forms, was received positively, and the soundtrack was ultimately nominated at the 51st Grammy Awards.

Background edit

After Iron Man director Jon Favreau's previous collaborator John Debney was unavailable to score the film,[1] Iron Man fan Ramin Djawadi sought out the role.[2] Filming on Iron Man had already been completed by the time Djawadi joined the production,[3] and rather than wait until he could see the completed film, as he usually would, Djawadi began "playing with ideas" as soon as he saw the first trailer.[2] Due to time constraints and the final cut of the film changing until "the last possible minute", Djawadi had help with arrangements and additional cues from Hans Zimmer and Remote Control Productions.[2]

Favreau requested Djawadi's score be more guitar and rock focused, with Djawadi's history playing guitar helping with this. Guitarist Aaron Kaplan performed most of the guitar for the score,[4] with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who makes a cameo appearance in the film, also contributing guitar performances.[5] The rock band Djawadi used was recorded at Remote Control, while recording of a full orchestra took place at AIR Studios. The final score was mixed at Remote Control.[4]

Musicians John O'Brien and Rick Boston, frequent collaborators with Favreau, provided a big band-style arrangement of the Iron Man theme song from the 1966 cartoon The Marvel Super Heroes.[6] "Institutionalized", a song from band Suicidal Tendencies whose lead vocalist Mike Muir went to school with Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., is also included on the soundtrack. Djawadi performed a piano rendition of Antonio Salieri's "Concerto in Do Maggiroe Per Pianoforte eo Orchestra: Larghetto" which was used exclusively for the film, and as such was not included in the soundtrack.[7]

Track listing edit

All music by Ramin Djawadi, except where noted.[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Driving with the Top Down"  3:10
2."Iron Man" (2008 version)Jack UrbontJohn O'Brien and Rick Boston1:05
3."Merchant of Death"  2:14
4."Trinkets to Kill a Prince"  3:07
5."Mark I"  3:53
6."Fireman"  2:09
7."Vacation's Over"  3:34
8."Golden Egg"  4:12
9."Damn Kid"DJ BoroboroDJ Boborobo1:12
10."Mark II"  2:47
11."Extra Dry, Extra Olives"  1:43
12."Iron Man"  3:30
13."Gulmira"  4:05
14."Are Those Bullet Holes?"  2:00
15."Section 16"  2:33
16."Iron Monger"  4:45
17."Arc Reaktor"  3:55
18."Institutionalized"
Suicidal Tendencies3:49
19."Iron Man" (1966 version)UrbontJack Urbont0:20

Release edit

The soundtrack was released by Lions Gate Records, who had a licensing deal with Marvel Entertainment,[8] on April 29, 2008.[9]

Reception edit

Critical response edit

Christian Clemmenson of Filmtracks.com was extremely critical of the Remote Control influences on the soundtrack, negatively comparing it to Steve Jablonsky's Transformers and scoring it one star out of five. He stated that there is "nothing inherently wrong" with an electric guitar-focused score, but Djawadi "is not yet ready to provide [the] level of intrigue" that other composers such as Debney and Danny Elfman were able to with the instrument. Clemmenson also questioned Djawadi's use of an orchestra, feeling that it gets "washed away in the mix so thoroughly that the rock band and a set of keyboards is all that was truly required for this music"[10] Jonathon Broxton at Movie Music UK said that Djawadi's approach "seems to have been to appeal to the lowest of common denominators with driving rock rhythms, pseudo-heroic crescendos, and increasingly accelerating tempos. It's the ultimate musical overkill – loud, fast, brash, devoid of any kind of depth, and failing entirely to comment on any nuances which may exist in the film". Broxton said, "it's not even good rock music ... the guitars do little more than repeat themselves over and over again, and the synth overdubs simply add another layer of aural sludge."[11]

Movie Wave's James Southall gave the soundtrack no stars, calling it "yet another phoned-in score" from Remote Control, "completely puerile garbage, as bad as film music gets".[12] Conversely, Christopher Coleman, writing for Tracksounds, gave the score a six out of ten, saying, "as much as I had prepared myself to dislike this score...as much as I thought I'd be among the throngs of haters...and as much as I long for classically-styled scores for superhero films, Iron Man has won me over." He felt that fans of the Remote Control style would find the score an "industrially-clever diversion", but for others it would only give "more fuel for your personal, [Remote Control]-bond-fires". He felt that the release "captures the most of the significant cues", but suffers from the inclusion of Suicidal Tendencies' "Institutionalized". Coleman concluded by saying that "a traditional, all-symphonic score would not have worked better for this film".[13] Allmusic gave the release three stars out of five, with reviewer James Christopher Monger saying that Djawadi "treats the superhero with a predictably heavy hand", and imbues the film with "enough bombast to fuel two sequels".[14]

Many critics praised the inclusion of both the Urbont's classic 1966 Iron Man theme song and the modern cover of it, with Coleman calling it "one of the best surprises of the movie and score",[13] and Broxton highlighting the cover as "a wonderful piece of feelgood jazz".[11] Clemmenson lamented the theme not being integrated into Djawadi's music, feeling that it is "so diametrically opposed to the Remote Control handbook for simplistic progressions that it's disappointing that Djawadi didn't take a stab at coherently interpolating it into the new work."[10]

Accolades edit

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2009 Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi Nominated [15]
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi Won [16]
Saturn Awards Best Score Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi Nominated [17][18]

References edit

  1. ^ Larson, Randall (July 22, 2010). . Cinefantastique. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ramin Djawadi: Compositore di Iron Man". Comicus. April 6, 2008. from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Weedon, Paul (October 17, 2013). "Ramin Djawadi on Game Of Thrones, Iron Man, Pacific Rim". Den of Geek. from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Brennan, Mike (May 17, 2008). "Breaking Out and Scoring with Ramin Djawadi". Soundtrack.net. from the original on August 7, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Guitarist Faces 'Iron Man'". BlabberMouth.net. May 6, 2008. from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  6. ^ Boston, Rick. "Iron Man Theme by John O'Brien and Rick Boston". Rick Boston Artist Musician. from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  7. ^ "The Marvel Life: Mike Muir". Marvel.com. March 7, 2013. from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Donahue, Ann (November 15, 2008). "Lions' Share". Billboard. p. 27.
  9. ^ "Iron Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. April 29, 2008. from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  10. ^ a b Clemmensen, Christian (May 25, 2008). "Iron Man". Filmtracks.com. from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  11. ^ a b Broxton, Jonathan (May 2, 2008). "IRON MAN – Ramin Djawadi". Movie Music UK. from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  12. ^ Southall, James. "Iron Man". Movie Wave. from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  13. ^ a b Coleman, Christopher. "Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi". Tracksounds. from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  14. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Iron Man [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]". Allmusic. from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  15. ^ Seijas, Casey (April 12, 2008). "'The Dark Knight', 'Iron Man' Rock the Grammy Nominations". MTV. from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  16. ^ "ASCAP Honors Top Film and Television Music Composers and Songwriters at 24th Annual Awards Celebration". ASCAP. May 12, 2009. from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  17. ^ . saturnawards.org. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
  18. ^ . saturnawards.org. Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Archived from the original on July 11, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2009.

External links edit

  • Iron Man Soundtrack - Soundtrack.Net
  • Iron Man soundtrack - the SoundtrackInfo project

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Iron Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2008 film Iron Man featuring music composed by Ramin Djawadi The soundtrack was produced in collaboration with Hans Zimmer and Remote Control Productions and was released on April 29 2008 by Lions Gate Records Iron Man Original Motion Picture SoundtrackFilm score by Ramin DjawadiReleasedApril 29 2008 2008 04 29 Length54 12LabelLions Gate RecordsProducerRamin Djawadi Hans ZimmerRamin Djawadi chronologyDeception 2008 Iron Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2008 Open Season 2 2008 Marvel Cinematic Universe soundtrack chronologyIron Man 2008 The Incredible Hulk 2008 Djawadi joined the film after John Debney who previously collaborated with director Jon Favreau was unavailable The score focuses heavily on electric guitar as requested by Favreau and was recorded with a rock band as well a traditional orchestra The soundtrack also includes the classic 1966 Iron Man theme song and a big band style arrangement of it by John O Brien and Rick Boston who also frequently collaborate with Favreau The soundtrack was negatively received by critics especially the score s use of electric guitar and Remote Control influences However the inclusion of the classic theme in its original and modern cover forms was received positively and the soundtrack was ultimately nominated at the 51st Grammy Awards Contents 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Release 4 Reception 4 1 Critical response 4 2 Accolades 5 References 6 External linksBackground editFurther information Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe After Iron Man director Jon Favreau s previous collaborator John Debney was unavailable to score the film 1 Iron Man fan Ramin Djawadi sought out the role 2 Filming on Iron Man had already been completed by the time Djawadi joined the production 3 and rather than wait until he could see the completed film as he usually would Djawadi began playing with ideas as soon as he saw the first trailer 2 Due to time constraints and the final cut of the film changing until the last possible minute Djawadi had help with arrangements and additional cues from Hans Zimmer and Remote Control Productions 2 Favreau requested Djawadi s score be more guitar and rock focused with Djawadi s history playing guitar helping with this Guitarist Aaron Kaplan performed most of the guitar for the score 4 with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello who makes a cameo appearance in the film also contributing guitar performances 5 The rock band Djawadi used was recorded at Remote Control while recording of a full orchestra took place at AIR Studios The final score was mixed at Remote Control 4 Musicians John O Brien and Rick Boston frequent collaborators with Favreau provided a big band style arrangement of the Iron Man theme song from the 1966 cartoon The Marvel Super Heroes 6 Institutionalized a song from band Suicidal Tendencies whose lead vocalist Mike Muir went to school with Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr is also included on the soundtrack Djawadi performed a piano rendition of Antonio Salieri s Concerto in Do Maggiroe Per Pianoforte eo Orchestra Larghetto which was used exclusively for the film and as such was not included in the soundtrack 7 Track listing editAll music by Ramin Djawadi except where noted 2 No TitleWriter s ArtistLength1 Driving with the Top Down 3 102 Iron Man 2008 version Jack UrbontJohn O Brien and Rick Boston1 053 Merchant of Death 2 144 Trinkets to Kill a Prince 3 075 Mark I 3 536 Fireman 2 097 Vacation s Over 3 348 Golden Egg 4 129 Damn Kid DJ BoroboroDJ Boborobo1 1210 Mark II 2 4711 Extra Dry Extra Olives 1 4312 Iron Man 3 3013 Gulmira 4 0514 Are Those Bullet Holes 2 0015 Section 16 2 3316 Iron Monger 4 4517 Arc Reaktor 3 5518 Institutionalized Mike MuirLouiche MayorgaSuicidal Tendencies3 4919 Iron Man 1966 version UrbontJack Urbont0 20Release editThe soundtrack was released by Lions Gate Records who had a licensing deal with Marvel Entertainment 8 on April 29 2008 9 Reception editCritical response edit Christian Clemmenson of Filmtracks com was extremely critical of the Remote Control influences on the soundtrack negatively comparing it to Steve Jablonsky s Transformers and scoring it one star out of five He stated that there is nothing inherently wrong with an electric guitar focused score but Djawadi is not yet ready to provide the level of intrigue that other composers such as Debney and Danny Elfman were able to with the instrument Clemmenson also questioned Djawadi s use of an orchestra feeling that it gets washed away in the mix so thoroughly that the rock band and a set of keyboards is all that was truly required for this music 10 Jonathon Broxton at Movie Music UK said that Djawadi s approach seems to have been to appeal to the lowest of common denominators with driving rock rhythms pseudo heroic crescendos and increasingly accelerating tempos It s the ultimate musical overkill loud fast brash devoid of any kind of depth and failing entirely to comment on any nuances which may exist in the film Broxton said it s not even good rock music the guitars do little more than repeat themselves over and over again and the synth overdubs simply add another layer of aural sludge 11 Movie Wave s James Southall gave the soundtrack no stars calling it yet another phoned in score from Remote Control completely puerile garbage as bad as film music gets 12 Conversely Christopher Coleman writing for Tracksounds gave the score a six out of ten saying as much as I had prepared myself to dislike this score as much as I thought I d be among the throngs of haters and as much as I long for classically styled scores for superhero films Iron Man has won me over He felt that fans of the Remote Control style would find the score an industrially clever diversion but for others it would only give more fuel for your personal Remote Control bond fires He felt that the release captures the most of the significant cues but suffers from the inclusion of Suicidal Tendencies Institutionalized Coleman concluded by saying that a traditional all symphonic score would not have worked better for this film 13 Allmusic gave the release three stars out of five with reviewer James Christopher Monger saying that Djawadi treats the superhero with a predictably heavy hand and imbues the film with enough bombast to fuel two sequels 14 Many critics praised the inclusion of both the Urbont s classic 1966 Iron Man theme song and the modern cover of it with Coleman calling it one of the best surprises of the movie and score 13 and Broxton highlighting the cover as a wonderful piece of feelgood jazz 11 Clemmenson lamented the theme not being integrated into Djawadi s music feeling that it is so diametrically opposed to the Remote Control handbook for simplistic progressions that it s disappointing that Djawadi didn t take a stab at coherently interpolating it into the new work 10 Accolades edit Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref 2009 Grammy Awards Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture Television or Other Visual Media Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi Nominated 15 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi Won 16 Saturn Awards Best Score Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi Nominated 17 18 References edit Larson Randall July 22 2010 Of Superheroes and Predators John Debney Returns to Sci Fi Cinefantastique Archived from the original on May 1 2016 Retrieved June 13 2016 a b c d Ramin Djawadi Compositore di Iron Man Comicus April 6 2008 Archived from the original on August 28 2016 Retrieved June 10 2016 Weedon Paul October 17 2013 Ramin Djawadi on Game Of Thrones Iron Man Pacific Rim Den of Geek Archived from the original on September 20 2016 Retrieved June 10 2016 a b Brennan Mike May 17 2008 Breaking Out and Scoring with Ramin Djawadi Soundtrack net Archived from the original on August 7 2016 Retrieved August 27 2016 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Guitarist Faces Iron Man BlabberMouth net May 6 2008 Archived from the original on March 10 2014 Retrieved June 10 2016 Boston Rick Iron Man Theme by John O Brien and Rick Boston Rick Boston Artist Musician Archived from the original on April 6 2016 Retrieved June 10 2016 The Marvel Life Mike Muir Marvel com March 7 2013 Archived from the original on April 21 2021 Retrieved June 26 2016 Donahue Ann November 15 2008 Lions Share Billboard p 27 Iron Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack iTunes April 29 2008 Archived from the original on May 26 2016 Retrieved August 27 2016 a b Clemmensen Christian May 25 2008 Iron Man Filmtracks com Archived from the original on August 18 2016 Retrieved July 31 2016 a b Broxton Jonathan May 2 2008 IRON MAN Ramin Djawadi Movie Music UK Archived from the original on July 21 2016 Retrieved July 31 2016 Southall James Iron Man Movie Wave Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved July 31 2016 a b Coleman Christopher Iron Man by Ramin Djawadi Tracksounds Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved July 31 2016 Monger James Christopher Iron Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Allmusic Archived from the original on August 14 2016 Retrieved July 31 2016 Seijas Casey April 12 2008 The Dark Knight Iron Man Rock the Grammy Nominations MTV Archived from the original on March 15 2016 Retrieved June 9 2016 ASCAP Honors Top Film and Television Music Composers and Songwriters at 24th Annual Awards Celebration ASCAP May 12 2009 Archived from the original on September 18 2016 Retrieved June 9 2016 Nominations for the 35th Annual Saturn Awards saturnawards org Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy amp Horror Films Archived from the original on February 21 2012 Retrieved March 17 2009 The Dark Knight receives five Saturn Awards at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards saturnawards org Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy amp Horror Films Archived from the original on July 11 2009 Retrieved July 11 2009 External links editIron Man Soundtrack Soundtrack Net Iron Man soundtrack the 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