What's the most forgettable theme by a respected composer?

Submitted by CorsairVI t3_127g9tm in movies

For me, rare is the person who can't hum or a capella any 3 John Williams themes on command.

But rarer still is the person who can perform the opening credits music from "The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn" (2011) out of thin air. Ask anyone familiar with Tintin to "hum the Tintin theme" and I'll bet dollars to doughnuts they'll come out with the classic theme song from the 90's TV show by Ray Parker (not the Ghostbusters guy) and Tom Szczesniak.

Sir Williams, I love your work, but nothing you could do for Tintin could beat such an intense and iconic piece (though the music for that ship battle flashback comes pretty damn close).

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eawardie t1_jee0utx wrote

Not sure about "forgettable". But I read/saw online that the theme for the live action The Lion King was very sloppily and poorly put together. And apparently Hans Zimmer had almost no involvement (even though his name is on it). Though how true it is, I do not know.

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Knowlesdinho t1_jee1a20 wrote

This reminds me of a game we used to play in the pub where you'd have to perform the intro to the superman intro, followed by Star Wars, followed by Indiana Jones, and for whimsy, followed by the A-Team. All had to be done in quick succession or you failed.

After a few beers, it's a little challenging.

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w_paskee t1_jeegtd9 wrote

Michael Giachinno, the Jurassic World trilogy, I love 90% of his work but for the life of me, I can't remember a single bit of the music

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PieceVarious t1_jeeq4wg wrote

I thought Williams's score for The Eiger Sanction was dull throughout, the worst tracks being his semi-pop/jazz scoring.

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saideeps t1_jef1bfy wrote

This almost entirely dependent on the success of the film. If the film is memorable people remember tunes from it. FWIW I think JW's work on Tintin was excellent.

Also TV themes will almost always thump Move themes for memorability because they are repeated over and over the course of several seasons for several episodes. The theme doesn't even have to be good to be remembered. I am pretty sure more people can hum Batman tv show theme more than the excellent and lauded work of Hans Zimmer and JNH in The Dark Knight.

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MalignantFanAccount t1_jefhqlr wrote

I defy anyone to remember that Philip Glass composed for at least one of the 50 Shades movies.

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MalignantFanAccount t1_jefihht wrote

Replying to eawardie (#2,522,032)

Honestly, I think Zimmer might be a good contender here. You can tell he put his all into Dune and No Time to Die but otherwise I wonder if he's just been slumming it.

The only thing memorable about WW84 score was that they just borrowed John Murphy's Sunshine score for one scene. (To incredibly embarrassing effect by the way). That might very well have been Patty Jenkins decision, but then the Top Gun: Maverick score (which I like a lot) heavily borrows from the exact same piece. (Don't believe me watch the YMS review where he plays them both in succession).

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