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Middle of the road pop... safe yet popular. Easy choice for the movie execs.

For all the people who think this is a bit "Nickleback" just remember that Goo Goo Dolls have been around a fair whack longer.

Death Broker wrote:Christ!!!! Couldn't they have used some **** METAL!!!!
ya know ,Lamb of God,Unearth,old Metallica **** I'll settle for Trivium. it is a movie about giant "metal" robots heh
hell throw in some Slayer(War Ensemble) for Megatron,it'd be a great soundtrack for an ass kicking!!!!

Listening to that **** makes me feel like im about to have a root canal.

You sir, are a man of taste.

I always advocated Ozzy's "Iron Man" for Megatron's awakening scene, as he starts standing up, and it gets faster as he destroys the interior of the Sector 7 bunker in which he is contained (This is not a spoiler, just a theory on how he revives in the film, and the ensuing chaos he causes).

Some Joe Satriani would also be great for metal hand-to-hand combat scenes. The whole "good vs. evil" orchestral crap is waayyy overplayed. Look at Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Spiderman, etc. etc. etc.

I love orchestrfa, but it has been diluded by films, that IMHO, are NOT, I repeat, NOT EPIC.

Star Wars...epic.

Spiderman...um, NOT epic.

But a film with giant robots killing each other...should have metal and electronica (over 130 BPM).

Want a clue? Download DaRude's "Sandstorm". That would kick during a battle.

According to the Credits from the last Trailer, the person composing the orchestral movie score is Steve Jablonsky.

According to IMDB he composed the music for the Trailer as well.

Based on the music from the movies that I have seen on his list and the music from the Trailer, the orchestral score is in very good hands.


PS, I can't get the Link to the Streaming File to work!

Well, I have a Mac, and don't have the plug in, so I can't hear it, which seems like a blessing?

Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:geez....soft rock for a heavy metal war?? We need some techno-metal, or just plain metal. In all honesty, the other day I was listening to 'Nobody's Real' & 'When Worlds Collide' by Powerman 5000, & thought, "Hey, that'd be perfect for this movie".

Eh, at least in that last trailer they seemed to have a symphonic variation on the classic TF theme. That & IIRC Stan Bush is coming up with something to add to the soundtrack.

When Worlds Collide!!! YESSSS!!!!!

That would be so perfect and fitting the theme of "Their War. our World." It would rule in a battle scene!

Alas, we did not make the film, and the Goo Goos song will probably play during a death scene or something. lol

I think Stan Bush deserves to be in the OST, IMHO. And the orchestral variation to the original theme is a tasteful nod to the faithful who have kept the course since G1.

At least the orchestra will pwn, if nothing else.

NightFall wrote:Well, I have a Mac, and don't have the plug in, so I can't hear it, which seems like a blessing?

It is. truly, it is.

Liege Evilmus wrote:
I always try to make it a point and mock top 40!

Err, yeah ... folks who always make that a point deserve someone to perpetually mock them too. Too much effort, man. Here, take this t-shirt that says "I am different from all of you." Happy? Good.

I was teethed on metal of the 70's&80's. Still I'm cursed with people thinking of hairglam crap and Michael Bolton's "Everybodies Crazy" each time I bring that up.

Yes, a Judas Priest, Megadeath, Iron Maiden compilation soundtrack, or if you could actually resurrect enough of these bands to produce originals, would rock so much more ... maybe, but that's not what a commercial blockbuster soundtrack strives for. My guess, most of the songs on this soundtrack album won't even be in the film per se, just the credit sequence. I mean, we're talking about a film going for a 13 and up demographic, and as much of that demo as possible. It ain't gonna be "hard", sorry to say.

Ultra Magnus wrote:'The Touch' would have been MUCH better. Thankfully, the Symphonic Score music in the trailers has me pretty stoked...

'The Touch' would have buried the TFs shot of getting back onto the pop culture radar. It'd be mocked even at ComicCon. Mark Wahlberg covered it in Boogie Nights because it was _Lame_. That was the joke.

Death Broker wrote:Christ!!!! Couldn't they have used some **** METAL!!!!
ya know ,Lamb of God,Unearth,old Metallica **** I'll settle for Trivium. it is a movie about giant "metal" robots heh
hell throw in some Slayer(War Ensemble) for Megatron,it'd be a great soundtrack for an ass kicking!!!!

Listening to that **** makes me feel like im about to have a root canal.

Yes, Napalm Death should've done the whole sound design for the film. But realistically, metal just isn't mainstream enough to justify a dedicated soundtrack within the genre ... wouldn't get airplay, wouldn't get sales.... Movies are a biz.

Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:geez....soft rock for a heavy metal war?? We need some techno-metal, or just plain metal. In all honesty, the other day I was listening to 'Nobody's Real' & 'When Worlds Collide' by Powerman 5000, & thought, "Hey, that'd be perfect for this movie".

Eh, at least in that last trailer they seemed to have a symphonic variation on the classic TF theme. That & IIRC Stan Bush is coming up with something to add to the soundtrack.

Stan's trying to come up with something "for" the soundtrack on his own. The producers never approached him, and he has no contract to do so. He may well write a new "transformers song" but that doesn't mean it'll end up on the soundtrack.

PM5K would be a pretty cool soundtrack for the 80s animated movie, in fact I think I was just inspired for some mash ups. That said, I think a PM5K soundtrack for the live action film may push it too far into a cartoonish direction, and while it's a giant robot war movie, I think they're trying to avoid being too cartoonish.

I dunno, the "guy's movie" when I was a kid, Top Gun ... well the soundtrack was a little lame ... lots of softies. Didn't prevent everyone wooping it up when the jets were going at each other. I don't think this'll be any diff.

Eeesh, I'm no goo goo doll fan but it's just ONE song on a soundtrack that probably has 17 tracks. Generally speaking they tend to be pretty diverse anyway. You're not going to get the crow soundtrack here but a list of songs that were intended to reflect different moments in the film. Give it a chance, you just might get some "die autobot" sample thrown in some dirty 16th chord progression somewhere, just keep yer panties on.

Hmmm, not a bad song, Still I want Stan Bush to do some songs!

Sunstar wrote:I think its okay. Better than the touch. I loathe the Touch...

BLASPHEMY!

Anyway that song wasnt too bad but what the film really needs is something that encorporates at least 3 different genres of music. For example something like the Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children soundtrack would kick ass in this movie.

YouFearGalvatron wrote:Thanks Bay, thanks for turing the soundtrack into something lame.

Answer me a couple of questions.

1 - Do you know how much involvement Bay has in the actual making of the soundtrack?

2 - How do you know the soundtrack is lame when you've only heard one song?

Venomous Prime wrote:

Decepticon Spike wrote:I feel like less of a man for listening to this song.
I hate the whole emo sound.

There is nothing emo about the Goo Goo Dolls...

Emo is Fall Out Boys, Hawthorne Heights, and The Used.

The Goo Goo Dolls are Soft Rock/Alt Rock.


Remember people there is a love story between Shia and that chick going on too.

and it looks like between Josh whatever and his wife too.

The movie maybe be about giant robots, but there are other
It sounds factors to it too.

I personally like the song, and no, that doesn't make me less of a man like one poster said

If you like it, it's fine. I just don't think it belongs in a TF movie.

Burn wrote:

YouFearGalvatron wrote:Thanks Bay, thanks for turing the soundtrack into something lame.

Answer me a couple of questions.

1 - Do you know how much involvement Bay has in the actual making of the soundtrack?

2 - How do you know the soundtrack is lame when you've only heard one song?

Good questions.

Midnightplatypus wrote:

Liege Evilmus wrote:
I always try to make it a point and mock top 40!

Err, yeah ... folks who always make that a point deserve someone to perpetually mock them too. Too much effort, man. Here, take this t-shirt that says "I am different from all of you." Happy? Good.

I was teethed on metal of the 70's&80's. Still I'm cursed with people thinking of hairglam crap and Michael Bolton's "Everybodies Crazy" each time I bring that up.

Yes, a Judas Priest, Megadeath, Iron Maiden compilation soundtrack, or if you could actually resurrect enough of these bands to produce originals, would rock so much more ... maybe, but that's not what a commercial blockbuster soundtrack strives for. My guess, most of the songs on this soundtrack album won't even be in the film per se, just the credit sequence. I mean, we're talking about a film going for a 13 and up demographic, and as much of that demo as possible. It ain't gonna be "hard", sorry to say.

Look, if musics good, it's good reguardless of genra! But I been hearing some crap song lately about an umbrela and I swear, they ran out of words about a third of the way through that song. And yes that deserves to be mocked along with all the other tunes that fall into that collective "I love you more than my Peeps.." WHat the hell is that!?!

Now I also agree that a Pure Metal SoundTrack sadly just wouldn't work, but something with an edge would be nice, someone mentioned PowerMan 5000, maybe some Sound of Urchin, Get One True Thing for the romance end, Give DragonForce a montage, and let KMFDM round off the score with Cubanate.

And also my friend, all the example bands you mentioned, not only still record but they also tour every summer! Check your facts.

No, this is all wrong, ALLLLL wrong.

What would be really good is if Wu-Tang and Metallica both did their own personal interpretations of the Transformers Theme tune. That would be cool and MORE CREATIVE than this GOO DOlls thing.

At least do something interesting.

As a male, why would I want to listen to this again?

WhiteRabbit wrote:

Apex Convoy wrote:Oh, God, please, no Metallica! I think that this movie should go the route of *surprise* 300, and just integrate metal sounds with symphonics.

Agreed. No wuss rock, no retarded thug metal either. Just a great score comprised of orchestral symphonies laid over industrial beats and guitars.

I think the only conventional "songs" heard in the movie should be either coming from Bumblebee or just overheard in the settings.

Apex Convoy wrote: The music from the trailer sounded badass

If you mean the 300 trailer, that was an instrumental called "Just Like You Imagined" by Nine Inch Nails, a great example of moving music with some weight to it.

i couldn't agree more with you. remember now guys, a movie is not meant to be a music video.

I thought the song was OK, not the greatest but good.

Personally, I have to agree that hard rock and metal might be more suited to the movie, but any genre is OK as long as it fits with the scene.

I just can't wait to hear the REAL music, the Score, the really Rockin' stuff that you KNOW will accompany this movie... Remember how they touted the 1986 movie as a "Rock n' Roll adventure"? I (personally) LOVED Vince DiCola's Score for that flick. I would really like to know that he could do for this film. However, the people that Michael Bay usually works with for his movies do a great job, so I'm not too bothered. Armageddon had that lame Single from Aerosmith, but the movie also had PLENTY of other great songs from that band throughout. I just wish they would have chosen a more Rockin' tune from a more Rockin' group as the "Hit Single".

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Fairly bland song. I just heard it and have already forgotten it. Not bad background music, but it is typical soft rock. Expect to here it in offices and elevators.

My thoughts exactly. I usually like the Goo Goo Dolls, but this song is... well, boring. There's nothing special about it, it's as bland as the film's new movie poster.

Conceptron wrote:No, this is all wrong, ALLLLL wrong.

What would be really good is if Wu-Tang and Metallica both did their own personal interpretations of the Transformers Theme tune. That would be cool and MORE CREATIVE than this GOO DOlls thing.

At least do something interesting.

Yes get 2 bands that have really done nothing much of note in the last 10 years to make a very niche song that will only appeal to the people that frequent this site and it's sister sites. Let's not do something that will get out a larger audience as a whole.


You gotta start looking at the big picture conceptron. This isnt something that is meant to just appeal to the 10 or 20,000 tf fans out there.(probably more but I just needed a number) This is meant for the millions and MILLIONS of movie fans that are getting more interested in this movie the closer we get to 7/4/7