Yo, ho, yo ho...and why don't I have a Pirates icon?

[tj_dragonblade]

I picked up the soundtracks to Pirates 2 & 3 over the holidays, because despite their over-the-top moments here and there the PotC movies resonate with me on all sorts of levels that I feel more than I can verbalize, and the music is part of that and helps evoke that sense of...joy. Enjoyment. Liking-ness, excitement? *waves hands* Vocab seems to be switched off tonight. But. Hans Zimmer does all manner of awesomeness with musical scores, and these two are no exception. There's a playful epic grandeur that I love about it. Thus. I subject you to a handful of the bits that keep sticking in my head.

Up is Down

One Day

Drink Up Me Hearties

Davy Jones

Wheel Of Fortune

As usual, if links are wrong, yell and I'll fix. Enjoy. ^_^

Comments

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

Those scores are part of why i adore that trilogy to the fullest. I'm very rarely impressed with films nowadays and the PotC, and it's sequels all are favorites of mine. I've seldom seen such well done writing, much less PLAYING among the actors, the crew and everyone. The score was just icing in the cake! XD

[hemlock-inyx.livejournal.com]

I liked the first and second movies, and part of the third, but the ending ruined it for me. (And I really didn't like that I had to sit through the credits to see the final scene) And other than the song when all those people who are getting hanged started singing, I don't remember the sound track. >_>;

You know, is it just me, or did the ending just not seem...'Disney' like?

[deathlike.livejournal.com]

Giant Priestess leads to hentai and Giant Kakren leads to tentacle porn. Grab your pirate hat and a bottle of rum, and we are all set to go.

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

... *makes note to go back to DVD and check for final scene after credits*

Yes, the ending was very un-Disney, which was one of the the things that impressed me about it. It's not the cliche-standard happily-ever-after, even though it is overall a happy ending in that the main heroes live, the villains are defeated, and the sympathetic antagonist with all the angst on his shoulders is finally in peace even though his romance didn't quite work out - but then, that was sort of blown long ago. *shrug* I like the fact that I didn't see it coming, that I hadn't anticipated that whole turn of events. It's nice to be surprised by a movie every now and then, and with all the double-triple-quadruple-crossing going on all through the film I'd completely given up on staying ahead of the game. I like the fact that the trilogy presents a het pairing that, while I'm not hardcore 'shipping it or anything, it doesn't make me go 'Agh, no, they don't belong together!!' and I can totally get on board with it. There's enough chemistry between them and a deliciously understated sort of gender-role blurring through most of it that I like them being together in the end, even if their happy-ever-after is only for one day every ten years. It kinda makes me go *eyeroll* that Barbossa steals Jack's ship out from under him again at the very end, but...oh well.

[tj-dragonblade.livejournal.com]

The whole mood of the trilogy is just very playful underneath everything, and it makes for grand adventure story-telling at its most entertaining. The music pairs perfectly to that and makes the whole thing an experience worth immersing the mind in for those couple hours apiece. Good stuff, definitely. Very good stuff. ^_^