Brave New World has one of the worst soundtracks in a Marvel Movie

I just watched the movie for the first time today and man... the soundtracks are so distractingly BAD. It sounds like stock footage and half of them don't even feel like they belong to the scene. How did we go to the incredible days of Henry Jackman to this?

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tom320002026-01-10 18:25

Agree, completely forgettable score, I miss Henry Jackman, Tyler Bates, Brian Tyler, Alan Silvestri, Natalie Holt

TomClancy58732026-01-10 18:31

Just like the movie itself

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 18:43

My biggest issue with GotG Vol 3 was that Gunn didn't bring back Tyler Bates, and whoever the new composer was barely used the amazing main theme from the other two movies.

Glad we at least still regularly get Michael Giacchino (and tbh if it's not already confirmed I feel like Silvestri is very likely scoring Doomsday/Secret Wars)

tom320002026-01-10 18:45

I actually like Gotg Vol 3 score as well, but I agree that it was missing some elements from first two movies

Defiant-Channel23242026-01-10 20:49

I think they did confirm a while back that Silvestri is coming back.

BatmanForever232026-01-11 15:26

He is, he was credited with the Doom theme in the F4 post-credits scene - funnily enough, credited before the actual scene.

ThaiChi5552026-01-11 03:04

This was really puzzling for me, Tyler Bates has so many collaborations with James Gunn that it kind of just suddenly stopped makes me think those two had some sort of falling out. It was really kind of was one of the only things missing from GotG3 for me. Seriously, Tyler Bates' filmography includes almost everything Gunn is known for from Super, Slither, PG porn, and Gunn's segment for that god awful Movie 43. I half expected Tyler Bates to be the composer for Lollipop Chainsaw.

armageddonquilt2026-01-11 05:54

Yeah that's the vibe I was getting too, especially since Gunn didn't bring him on for Superman either (and while I loved that movie, the OST is easily the weakest part outside of the remixed John Williams theme)

evapotranspire2026-01-10 20:03

Patrick Doyle is also awesome. For me, Natalie Holt's score for Loki is simply GOAT.

usethe4th2026-01-10 18:34

I don’t remember much about this one, but I thought Laura Karpman’s work in The Marvels and What If was excellent.

Mason-Jin2026-01-10 19:05

she has a tendency to write more ballad-like, meandering songs instead of epic, and high-energy themes for heroes; I was also really frustrated that she didn’t bring back the score from Captain Marvel in The Marvels because that was one of my favorite themes ever

Any-Transition952026-01-10 22:02

It's really frustrating how frequent this happens in the MCU, even back in the Infinity Saga. Music leitmotif is like the easiest thing you can maintain consistently across films, it helps keep the audiences emotionally attached to the character. It should be an essential part of storytelling just as much as dialogue callbacks are in the MCU.

Mason-Jin2026-01-10 22:18

Yeah, and I totally understand that composers want their style to shine thru, but at the end of the day it’s a cinematic universe and should have coherence not just visually and narratively but also sonically

_Lunafreya_2026-01-10 22:22

Captain Marvel has one of the best themes in the MCU as well, and one of the best soundtracks overall. ‘I’m all fired up’ is such an epic track.

The Marvels was bland in comparison.

evapotranspire2026-01-10 20:02

Agree, I loved the music for What If! But I don't remember anything about the soundtrack from Brave New World.

Verb_Noun_Number2026-01-10 20:36

I really didn't like that she didn't bring back Captain Marvel's theme from Captain Marvel and Endgame. Her new theme is meh. Her Ms. Marvel theme is good, but doesn't make up for it. Pinar Toprak should've come back.

These_Wish_51012026-01-10 18:37

This film had music?

Kronos8429302026-01-10 18:40

I hate that Sam's theme from the Falcon and the Winter Soldier didn't come back

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 18:51

For all of the continuity the MCU was doing well in their first few phases, they've almost always done a bad job of having consistent leitmotifs. Iron Man and Thor both had three separate main themes across their three movies.

unicornioevil2026-01-10 18:53

We’re lucky the Avengers theme is consistent. I wish they would understand how important a consistent theme is to making a character iconic.

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 19:03

I'm actually not sure Age of Ultron used that main theme even once, but since then it's been a mainstay in every Avengers movie, and referenced in a few others.

NES_Classical_Music2026-01-10 19:06

one reason why AoU does not feel like a real Avengers movie. Danny Elfman just doesn't compare to Alan Silvestri.

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 19:08

I mean I think Danny Elfman is iconic in his own regard, and I also think both the movie and soundtrack Age of Ultron are pretty underrated. The main theme may not be the same as the one from the previous Avengers, but it's definitely sounds like it was inspired by and evolved from that one. If they'd just had more of an inclusion of the main leitmotif I'd have been fully happy with it.

Danal12026-01-10 19:15

The AoU soundtrack is incredible, but it doesn’t sound like Avengers

luvu3330002026-01-10 20:55

The end credits music slaps

ThaiChi5552026-01-11 03:45

> Danny Elfman just doesn't compare to Alan Silvestri.

You can't be serious. Respect to Silvestri because of BTTF and Forrest Gump, but come on. For Superhero movies Danny Elfman has done Spider-Man, Hulk, Batman, Dr Strange and both Avengers and Justice League. This man's music can be heard virtually everywhere if we're going to use hyperbole. You'll hear his stuff at a Disney, Universal AND a Six Flags theme park.

NES_Classical_Music2026-01-11 03:51

i mean specifically for AoU. they are both incredible composers.

but for me personally, when Alan Silvestri returned for Infinity War AND Endgame, it was like being born again.

ThaiChi5552026-01-11 04:21

I was disappointed Silvestri didn't return for AoU, considering Joss Whedon used him for the first Avengers. I was happy that it was a composer I liked in Danny Elfman because of his extensive filmography, but I agree on your point, I don't think Danny Elfman did much to elevate that particular score probably because he took over from a different composer. I think the same can be said about Josstice League.

LordAyeris2026-01-10 19:16

I actually rewatched Age of Ultron recently and they do use it - for the end credits. Elfman also uses small parts of it throughout the film for his score but never the full thing

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 19:42

Oh I just relistened and it's pretty explicitly in there. I don't know how I memory-holed that, I genuinely love the Age of Ultron main theme. All the more reason to now.

My favourite bit of trivia from that soundtrack (that I've not seen anyone else talk about) is how there's a moment in it that feels 100% plagiarized from another major Disney franchise soundtrack. I'll link the moment here, see if you can identify it before checking under the spoiler tag.

2 minutes 10 seconds into Darkest of Intentions (Brian Tyler):

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYo9QjqNZzU&list=OLAK5uy\_mbq8uQkzJnc4jAVHHTcOMY6Z4MG38KgEM&t=130s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYo9QjqNZzU&list=OLAK5uy_mbq8uQkzJnc4jAVHHTcOMY6Z4MG38KgEM&t=130s)

Answer below:

>!It's nearly identical to a recurring leitmotif from, in my opinion, one of the most underrated Zimmer scores, Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End. It can be heard all across the soundtrack, but in an almost identical tempo at the start of I See Dead People:!<

>![https://youtu.be/9TMq9pZOzZE?list=PL9764C7E6932DBBD6](https://youtu.be/9TMq9pZOzZE?list=PL9764C7E6932DBBD6)!<

Mathdino2026-01-10 21:26

Here I thought you were making a /r/shittymoviedetails joke about Pinocchio, haha.

VannesGreave2026-01-10 19:37

Alan Silvestri understands, it's why he re-used a ton of leitmotifs not just from the Avengers, but from Cap 1 in Infinity War and Endgame.

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 19:49

I mean it helps that he composed that theme for First Avenger himself. By and large, there haven't been any issues when composers have remained scoring the same characters. Spider-Man and Ant-Man both got Giacchino and Christophe Beck respectively in all three movies of their trilogies, and both got a consistent trilogy of soundtracks that build on each other while keeping the main leitmotifs intact.

In an example similar to yours, Brian Tyler (partly) did the music for Age of Ultron and got to bring in his main track from Iron Man 3. On the other hand though, when composers for the same franchise switch over, bringing back previous music seems to be the exception rather than the norm. Hell, even getting a brief reprise of an older theme (like Mark Mothersbaugh did for the Thor 1 and 2 themes in Ragnarok) for a brief "cameo" essentially feels like a special treat when it rarely happens.

CaptHayfever2026-01-10 21:37

That's it exactly. They switch composers, & either the new composer doesn't want to incorporate someone else's work, or the studio doesn't want to pay someone else royalties.

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 21:48

There's times switching composers has been absolutely bizarre to me. Micheal Giacchino's Doctor Strange soundtrack was adored, the guy basically works at Disney considering how much he does for them (he even composed the Marvel Studios fanfare), and Danny Elfman isn't exactly a budget replacement..I guess Sam Raimi must have really insisted on it.

But then other choices are even stranger. Why didn't Gunn get Tyler Bates back for GotG 3 when he was SO consistent on ever other aspect of those movies? Mark Mothersbaugh matched Taika Waititi's weird so well for Ragnarok, but then Waititi dropped him on Love and Thunder in favour of... Michael Giacchino?

At least he stayed on for all three Spideys, Beck did all three Ant-Mans, Alan Silvestri seems pretty locked now in for any Avengers stuff, and I cannot imagine a world where Coogler doesn't bring back Ludwig Gorranson for the third Black Panther.

TreyWriter2026-01-10 22:42

At least Elfman uses Giacchino’s theme a fair bit. I think the bigger thing was that Giacchino likes to partner with directors he’s collaborated with before, and his 2022 was pretty well spoken for between The Batman, Thor: Love and Thunder, Jurassic World: Dominion, Lightyear, and Werewolf By Night (which he also directed!).

rzelln2026-01-10 23:40

I missed Dr Strange's theme. Also Captain Marvel's.

Ganj3112026-01-11 00:20

Raimi and Elfman have collaborated a bunch though. He scored the first two Spider-Man movies (maybe the third, I don’t acknowledge that one). Elfman also did Batman ‘89 and TAS, and those are absolutely iconic, so I have no qualms with him scoring a superhero flick. And Oingo Boingo rules.

armageddonquilt2026-01-11 05:52

Yeah I feel like Elfman is getting a lot of unwarranted dislike in other comments in this thread, I personally think he's iconic. I just wish they'd kept Giacchino for Doctor Strange after doing such a great job on the first one. He had a very specific "sound" for the character that made it into other movies with him, even if the theme itself didn't.

Syjefroi2026-01-11 06:44

Honestly could just be scheduling sometimes. Tyler Bates did all the John Wick movies and the 4th one came out at the same time as GotG3. Wick 1 and 2 were out the same year as GotG 1 and 2, but spaced apart by at least a few more months.

fuzzyfoot882026-01-10 21:57

[The Marvel Symphonic Universe](https://youtu.be/7vfqkvwW2fs?si=cudXhhTx5sDhDmra)

I come back to this video all the time because film scores in general have gotten weaker over the years. Part of it is how films are edited now, using “temp music” to basically complete scenes before the actual composer had even touched the film. Elfman talks about this a lot and how to most composers imitating other composers has become a bane of their existence.

LordDusty2026-01-11 02:28

That video has some good points about things like temp music but I've always hated how it unfairly singled out marvel movies.

Trying to compare MCU scores that were barely 7-8 years old to the likes of John Williams or classic themes like James Bond that are 50+ years old, didnt make any sense.

The video would've been much better trying to make a more general observation of modern scores but they decided to single out the MCU because it was popular to shit on those scores at that time, even though you can poke holes in that choice.

Ironically the MCU is probably responsible for the only widely memorable theme in the last 20 years.

fuzzyfoot882026-01-11 02:55

Oh I’m with you. I personally can hum the Avengers theme and couple other pieces here and there when I feel like it. Avengers has had a consistent theme at the very least.

Before temp music, the composer could watch the film without music, or be told in detail what the film is about, characters, and such, and they can make themes that get interwoven throughout the films. Indiana Jones and fantastic example of this. The Indy theme is prevalent throughout all 5 films intentionally.

I think the spontaneousness of film scores has been lost because of temp music or because directors think it shouldn’t be noticed. And I also think the uniqueness of film scores has been lost also to temp music. One thing the video doesn’t touch on is that with temp music a film now has a score that might cover 5 different genres and asking a composer to imitate 5 different genres just makes all the music bland and gross. Allowing a composer to world build for you through their music is something I deeply miss in films.

SailorET2026-01-11 06:30

Silvestri and Giacchino are both brilliant film composers and luckily it looks like Giacchino is back for Spider-Man and Silvestri is handling the Avengers again. We'll see who they dig up for any future films, though.

luvu3330002026-01-10 20:53

They know, X-Men 97. Used in MoM, Ms Marvel.

SeniorRicketts2026-01-10 21:15

When the Thunderbolts* theme blended in with the Avengers violins... "Absolute cinema" 🙌

Neptune282026-01-10 18:58

I thought this was the best Iron Man theme

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsSHmKU0t7w

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 19:02

Agreed, and that one actually did get reused briefly in Age of Ultron!

SeniorRicketts2026-01-10 21:30

When Veronica gives him a hand

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 21:34

Naming Hulkbuster "Veronica" was such a stealthy reference, I liked it a lot

SeniorRicketts2026-01-11 06:29

I forgot, what was the reference?

Heisenburgo2026-01-11 03:03

> Veronica gives him a hand

*The Hulkbuster pulled you off?!!*

DuckyHornet2026-01-10 19:22

Exactly the song I hoped for

We watched 3 on Christmas Day at work this holiday season and I've been jamming to that ever since. It makes me want to dust off my vintage 70s electric organ and jam

luvu3330002026-01-10 20:58

#IRON MAN 3 IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE!!!

CaptHayfever2026-01-10 21:13

Iron Man's leitmotif is licensed metal songs, mostly AC/DC.

armageddonquilt2026-01-10 21:19

That's not what a leitmotif is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitmotif

In each of the three Iron Man movies, there's been a main theme for the character. In Iron Man, it's Driving With the Top Down (absolutely fantastic, would have loved if it stayed his theme throughout the MCU):

https://youtu.be/RvFXOlvEJbY

In Iron Man 2, its "I Am Iron Man", which in fairness to you was barely used in favour of AC/DC, and tbh is pretty weak compared to the other ones:

https://youtu.be/sK81B9G8y1M

And in Iron Man 3, we got the very originally named "Iron Man 3 Main Theme", which is pretty great and got used in Age of Ultron as well:

https://youtu.be/Ido-a1W8sN8

BKWhitty2026-01-10 22:41

I'll never get over Dr Strange having such cool, unique music in his first movie, the sitar music even being present in his other appearances in Thor and Spider-Man, and then fuckin' Danny Elfman being brought in to the second movie to give him the most generic, forgettable score out there. I'd give him credit for the classical music battle but it's not like he wrote that scene or came up with the idea.

Bitter-Raisin91022026-01-10 23:39

I liked Thor ragnarok’s music actually. They did a good job reusing some of the previous 2 movies’ themes, and it was a decent mashup of what has come before. but Thor 4’s music was awful

[deleted]2026-01-11 00:17

I think love and thunder was the only Thor movie where he had a different theme (and even then, I don’t know if it’s his or Jane’s hero theme). Thor one and 2 use pretty much identical themes in both tune and instruments while Ragnarok uses the same tune for Thor but is completely done on synth by Mark Mothersbaugh (I think that’s how you spell his name) to match the more alien tone of that movie.

armageddonquilt2026-01-11 05:50

I really don't think that's true. All three movies have very distinctly different tunes as the main theme. Thor 2 does bring back music from the first one, but has a different main theme. Ragnarok does bring back the other two themes (Thor 2 theme when he returns to Asgard near the start of the movie, and Thor 1 theme at the absolute end pretty much). But here, listen for yourself:

Thor: https://youtu.be/FjlSBZb9oMk

Dark World: https://youtu.be/dQAYaM6-L7M

Ragnarok: https://youtu.be/G22gUee8ijU

I am seeing common elements between all three, more so than I thought before, but it's still a different "tune" for each one.

CataquackAttack2026-01-11 00:58

I feel like Falcon's motif was definitely an exception in this before BNW! Winter Soldier, Ant Man, and FATWS utilized it so well.

armageddonquilt2026-01-11 05:53

And then when he got his own movie it was dropped! So incredibly frustrating.

Captain-Wilco2026-01-10 19:31

Wasn’t that theme originally from Winter Soldier? I feel like Henry Jackman, Michael Giacchino, and Alan Silvestri are the only marvel composers that actually reuse themes, it’s so frustrating.

LeSnazzyGamer2026-01-11 01:25

Alan Silvestri does NOT reuse themes. He reuses his own themes but everyone else’s are ignored. Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, Guardians, basically everybody who is not Captain America or the team Avengers.

cowpool202026-01-13 14:17

My biggest problem with the MCU since Phase 1 is the lack of re-using themes and motiffs. That's what makes themes so memorable and iconic. Imagine if Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man theme changed with every movie, I bet it wouldn't be remembered near as much. I'm so glad they stuck with the Avengers theme, even if AoU did change it slightly.

RocketRaccoen2026-01-10 18:43

Oscar shortlist btw, Son Lux and Michael Giacchino were robbed. Henry Jackman literally made a motif for Sam Wilson for the TWS and the series and it's a damn shame he didn't return for the film.

Responsible_Egg75192026-01-10 18:59

Thunderbolts’ score was so good. Really hope they bring back the main theme + First Flight for Doomsday

SeniorRicketts2026-01-10 21:34

Bucky's scene on the highway man... so good

But also the opening with Yelena fighting the OXE guys in the hallway

The "I'm here you're not alone" scene

Or the mid-credits, i can't forget any of the score

spacescaptain2026-01-11 05:44

*The Light Inside You Is Dim* is a highlight for me. It's such a quiet scene between Alexei and Yelena, and hearing the cello come in low leading into the "there is no higher calling" line really tugs at my heartstrings.

KingOfAwesometonia2026-01-10 19:08

Yeah I know the shortlist isn’t the nominations but it’s bizarre the one Marvel movie with the soundtrack even fans were lukewarm on got on

Immediate_Channel3932026-01-11 02:06

Absolutely loved Thunderbolts\* and FF's score. FF was my most listened to album in 2025. 19 hours.... Superhero movies deserve more recognition and awards in Hollywood

BraxtonFullerton2026-01-10 18:43

Yep. For as much as this movie went through rewrites and reshoots, it just feels so flat and lifeless. Bad effort from everyone except Harrison Ford.

WithArsenicSauce2026-01-10 18:44

Guess what Oscar it got nominated for...

Edit: Shortlist, not nomination

MarvG052026-01-10 18:51

Oscars nominations haven't been revealed yet

theSchiller2026-01-10 18:47

I really hate how hard they fumbled Sam’s first capt. Movie

TrollTollTony2026-01-10 20:10

Seriously, I liked Sam in winter soldier, civil war, falcon and the winter soldier, infinity war/end game... But this film was so bland and forgettable. Sam deserved better.

BangingBaguette2026-01-10 23:07

I think because it absolutely wasn't supposed to be his first. So many of those first D+ shows are rough because they were absolutely concepted as movies first, and I don't think any of them show that more clearly than FatWS.

Sure give characters like Wanda and Loki a show, but who the fuck at Disney was hitting the crack pipe so hard to think turning our new Caps first movie into a streaming show was a good idea. Like idc what anyone says Iron Man was the face of the MCU but Cap was the main character. Every movie in his trilogy influences more projects around them than any other characters, and he's literally the bookend of the Infinity Saga.

I also find it absolutely hilarious that FatWS was criticised for feeling like it was a movie stretching so hard to fit into a 6 episode runtime, and that it felt like it was reshot to all hell, and Marvel's reaction to that was to say "don't worry we hear you, we'll still reshoot it to all hell but the next one will be a movie...plus we got the director of Cloverfield Paradox on board!". Absolutely maddening decision making.

CitronSufficient10452026-01-11 00:49

I think Wandavision and Loki really worked as television shows, but Falcon & the Winter Soldier and Hawkeye could've worked better as movies.

Naive_Nerve53712026-01-10 18:48

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evapotranspire2026-01-10 20:04

That's a really good point. Karpman had a tough job for this one...

Any-Transition952026-01-10 22:09

The whole film is such a mess. It's really frustrating reading about what happened behind the scenes. Sam is one of our new main characters going into Doomsday, but it feels like Marvel Studios barely tried with his character's story at all.

You would think they had learned their lesson after trainwrecks like Quantumania and Love & Thunder. But no, this had to come out the same year as Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four, dragging down their box office and general interest in the MCU again.

kulitchipon2026-01-11 00:14

I wonder if BNW's poor story/performance had any relations to lack of interest in TB to be honest that even word of mouth at how good it is wasn't enough to get enough people to see it. FF at least is well-known and has a core fan group.

kulitchipon2026-01-11 00:11

I wonder when the music accompaniment is made though. Like do they wait for the movie to finish and then make the music? Or do they get descriptions of the unfinished/unmade scene yet and then make music? Or in BNW's case, they just slap whatever unused music they have over reshot films which is why they end up feeling disconnected?

ChaoticCaptain1772026-01-10 18:49

I can't even remember the soundtrack

ckal092026-01-10 21:47

I remember there were noises

Algae_Mission2026-01-10 18:52

And yet this got shortlisted but Fantastic Four’s score didn’t?

Any-Transition952026-01-10 22:00

It makes no sense at all.

Algae_Mission2026-01-10 22:47

Michael Giacchino must have angered somebody at the Academy because he’s been passed over for nominations quite a bit.

BangingBaguette2026-01-10 22:52

Biggest hear me out ever but gimme the benefit of the doubt....was no one else a lil underwhelmed by it?

I feel like I was baited in by the main theme and a few select other pieces like Carseat Drivers for example but a massive chunk of it either felt Giacchino Spider-Man OSTs wearing a retro futurism skin, or just typical blockbuster orchestra soundtrack. Just do a mental exercise and see if you agree with me: listen through it, and if you take out the 'ah oh ah oh' vocals, and take out the synths aren't you basically left with a pretty similar (if not dead on) OST to the Spider-Man movies he scored?

Like I'm serious there's so many tracks in there that have these cool unique sonics that stand out on first listen, but just dig a little deeper and you'll find (at least in my case) that rather than being wholly unique they're more just placed on-top of an OST I've already heard 3 times over in the MCU. I do think it's a great score, but I find the actual arrangements WAAY too similar to his Spider-Man stuff to really give the F4 its own sonic identity. The brass instrumentation throughout is really not trying to cover it's tracks at all and sound absolutely ripped out of Homecomings soundtrack.

trilllxo2026-01-11 18:19

I thought F4 was meant to sound like a combination of the avengers and marvel studios fanfare remixed for their earth. Similarly the new avengers is just a dark twist on the avengers theme song

BangingBaguette2026-01-11 18:43

I see it with Thunderbolts but F4 I think tries to bury the lead so much with it's retro futurism soundscape that I don't think that's really what they were going for.

I just found the whole thing disappointing personally cause I went into it expecting it to lean more towards Incredibles which sounds completely different top to bottom than any OST Giacchino has done for an MCU project. Instead I ended up getting an OST that uses interesting sounds as set-dressing rather than being that completely unique soundtrack I was hoping for. And don't get me wrong some tracks like I mentioned do sound completely new and fresh like the main theme, the talk show jingle and the carseat track, but he doesn't seem to commit to that sound fully, and more often than not just reverts back to the usual big budget orchestration sound with some tiny flourishes added on top.

FafnirSnap_94282026-01-10 18:54

I would argue that most of the film scores post-Endgame have been mid- terrible.

evapotranspire2026-01-10 20:05

I love the Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four soundtracks! I bought them both as soon as they came out and listen to them while I'm working.

crimsonf1sh2026-01-10 20:35

Shang-Chi, No Way Home, Wakanda Forever, Guardians 3, Thunderbolts, and Fantastic Four scores have all been good IMO

electrorazor2026-01-10 20:40

Shang Chi soundtrack was peak.

FafnirSnap_94282026-01-10 23:06

Shang Chi was good. The problem is, we will probably never hear those themes and motifs again which sucks. I hope I'm wrong.

AValorantFan2026-01-10 19:23

acquired taste, not everyones going to like it but it genuinely has some of my favorite pieces of music from the captain america franchise including transformation and the main title theme

but oscar shortlisted though so clearly im not the only one who feels this way

National-Yak14712026-01-10 20:16

You're not the only one who feels this way, but i can sure count them in just one hand.

AValorantFan2026-01-10 20:24

that’s great

Ornery-Extension46512026-01-10 19:29

Nah, worst movie of all time..

Live_Answer_38752026-01-10 19:36

For the record, it’s a score and not a soundtrack. Yes it is bad.

marioxb2026-01-10 19:46

Glad I'm not a music person and I don't notice movie scores too much, besides Speilberg and Lucas movies.

kulitchipon2026-01-11 00:22

Honestly, same. When I read about how good the TB supposedly was, only then did I rewatch and notice the music accompaniment. It's like my brain just disregards them at first viewing.

Subject-Ad50712026-01-10 19:51

I thought Laura Karpman was good in What If season 1, and then she composed The Marvels. I also liked her in Ms. Marvel. I guess she just got lucky. Her music in The Marvels sounds like Iron Man 3’s theme… Did she not notice…

Any-Transition952026-01-10 22:15

The Marvels scoring is just so confusing in general. Felt like she was just turning in homework. Like you said, she had better works.

electrorazor2026-01-10 20:38

Even worse when you compare to Thunderbolts and F4

kulitchipon2026-01-11 00:18

And both of those didn't get shortlisted for anything!

akbane2026-01-10 20:39

CA:BNW has the worst marvel everything. This is the WORST marvel movie to date easily. Yes even behind, thor l&t and ant man Quantumania.

Mammoth-Room-99342026-01-10 20:56

"one of the worst soundtracks".. The movie is total garbage..

Jaded_genji2026-01-10 21:06

Editing and music were so bad and amateur. Did Marvel really not want to put any effort into Sam’s solo movie man

FrogginJellyfish2026-01-10 21:29

I disagree tbh. I thought it was fitting the movie.

SorryRoof16532026-01-10 21:40

Thunderbolts* score was completely in a different league

CRdaddy2026-01-10 21:45

The whole thing stinks

PTSDBarnum27042026-01-10 22:05

I like the brass motif in action scenes but apart from that it's not memerable at all

Fawqueue2026-01-10 22:10

It's not just the soundtrack; the sound design was really bad, too.

zishazhe2026-01-10 22:19

I still think Marvel sent this movie to die. Red hulk, the leader should not have been in this movie. Serpent Society would have been a better main villain. And yes the Score was terrible.

kulitchipon2026-01-11 00:24

Don't the reshoots show they at least tried, though? But I guess at some point they just gave up

zishazhe2026-01-11 03:50

there wasn't any heart in the project from the beginning

PepperMintGumboDrop2026-01-14 03:18

Man I feel really bad for Anthony Mackie, he deserves better materials.

lubedupnoob2026-01-10 23:34

It's also one of the worst marvel movies so makes sense lol

N8CCRG2026-01-10 23:59

While I agree that Thunderbolts* and Fantastic Four are miles ahead of this, "worst ever" it is nowhere near. Iron Man 1 will forever hold that title. Tony testing out his suit for the first flight should've been an iconic, soaring, emotionally powerful moment. Instead they just gave us something that sounds like it came from a free CD demo of basic drum and rhythm guitar riffs.

ThatIowanGuy2026-01-11 00:14

And Captain Marvel low key has one of the best

Salty-Coffee46082026-01-11 00:36

Loki thor ragnarok and f4>>

BeijingArk2026-01-11 01:26

I thought that the score was the one thing that was good about this film.

AlternativeSuit1312026-01-11 01:44

My favorite track was literally from the opening. The musical cue kicking off as Ross takes the stage was smooth and powerful. It’s the only part of the soundtrack that I can recall off the top of the some.

Soulwarfare422026-01-11 02:55

I can't believe the Oscar shortlisted this over Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts for best music score

BNW is easily one of the worst and most forgettable music score of all time

RealSkyDiver2026-01-11 02:56

Always weird when a TV show has better score than the movie follow-up. Same with MOM, Wandavision had a FAR better score and main theme.

ParadoxWarrior2026-01-11 03:34

Thunderbolts* was my top score for the year — it’s frustrating that Son Lux got skipped for Laura Karpman, who, outside of the What If theme and “Honor Me” from Marvel Zombies plus the Ms. Marvel theme, does not hit for me in any other way.

F4’s score was also fantastic (heh) and I hate that out of three Marvel movies, two of which were leagues better than BNW, BNW got any kind of nomination.

SquirrelIsBack2026-01-12 09:30

one of the things i didn’t like about the movie was that the music was way too like.. out of place? it felt suspenseful when it didn’t need to be suspenseful, which made it feel weird.