On Movies and Music
2) Have you noticed all of the previews/commercials for the new Harrison Ford movie “K-19: The Widowmaker”? This is not a judgement on the movie but, I have noticed that in these previews they play music from the soundtrack of “Gladiator”. To me, that seems to imply that the director/producer/what have you did not have the money/desire/devotion to quality to see that good music was written for K-19. This lack forced the preview makers to turn to a soundtrack that has already been proven successful, namely, the “Gladiator” soundtrack (ok, so maybe that was a judgement on the movie). Of course, another answer may be that the film makers didn’t want to tip there hand and give their music away. Interestingly, when the movie “U-571″ came out, it also played music from another movie in its preview (It played music from “Glory” - an excellent movie by the way, I highly recommend it). I don’t remember the music from “U-571″, so, maybe that is an indication that it was not particularly good (although, admittedly, I probably don’t remember the music from most movies). Now the odd thing is that “K-19″ and “U-571″ are the only two previews that I can recall playing music from other movies. Maybe it is a submarine thing? Anyways, I just though I’d share this little tidbit, fresh from the frying pan. I’m sure one of you movie afficionados out there will tell me that using music from other soundtracks in a preview is a normal part of the movie business, but hey, into the fire right?
