"Clash of the Titans" - Ramin Djawadi (& Neil Davidge)

Clash of the Titans

Composed by: Ramin Djawadi (& Neil Davidge)

Release date: March 30, 2010

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Amazon users rating: 3/5stars.

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All About Soundtracks Review: Another entry in the 3D Hollywood frenzy, Clash of the Titans (a remake, actually) was, as expected, trashed by critics. As many other action flicks on contemporary cinema, it relies too much on CGI effects and wall-to-wall action, rather than character development, which, of course, asks for a type of music so bombastic that it almost seems entertaining.
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That type of music is well-known and already labelled by the name HANS ZIMMER. So, it must have been a simple for the filmmakers to decide what kind of composer they needed: either Hans Zimmer, or a clone. Second option was made and Ramin Djawadi is the unlucky guy.
Despite his fine work on TV series, Ramin Djawadi failled to bring a fresh sound to Iron Man, and fails again with Clash of the Titans.
Pretty much like Steve Jablonsky's work in the Transformers franchise, Djawadi found out cool and easy it is to imitate Zimmer's trademarks. However, unlike that franchise, Djawadi had the opportunity to come with something fresh, given the setting of the movie (Ancient Grece, Mediterrean Sea...). The only cue that gives a glimpse of musical setting is Argos, track 7.
Like Transformers, this score lacks real development, both thematic and emotional. And unlike Transformers, it pretty much fails to entertain, even if you don't expect something great.
The music has all been heard before, the style is all over Hans Zimmer filmography, the few themes are unmemorable and feel too familiar. Despite trying too hard to make the listener feel goosebumps with all this action standard music, it fails due to the lack of originality.
If that's not enough, this boredom runs for 75 minutes. And the worst cue is the 10-minute patience-tester Be My Weapon (track 20), a techno-industrial composition by Neil Davidge that completely feels out of place, given the setting of the movie.
Another non-senseness is the opening track, which is actually a song - The Storm That Brought Me To You. The transition from techno to orchestra is so unbelievable that it only weakens the album even more. The first orchestral cue is There is a God in You, a short cue that sums up all thats coming for the next 70 minutes: loud brass, heavy bass music layers, bombastic percursion, epic action familiar themes.
Failing the oportunity to construct an interesting setting for the music (which actually wouldn't make much sense, given the expected intellectual level of the target audience), Ramin Djawadi deliveres a score that has nothing of memorable, original or, at least, emotionally deep. It's all action, bombast. Loud music that may entertain patient listeners one time, but will certainly not be a repetitive play for their music libraries.
Simplistic and plain, there's nothing of memorable in this score. A Transformers-fan-friendly score for a Transformers-fan-friendly movie.

Noteworthy tracks: track 2, There Is a God in You, would suffice to have all the listening experience of this 75-minute-long boredom.

Score note: 2,5/10


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