Musical Score for the Sequel

I hope he returns. His work on the new film was amazing.

I'd rather have Akira Ifukube d it!

No, wait...

In all seriousness, Desplat's score was pretty great, and with a few improvements here and there, I have complete confidence he could create and even better score for the sequel(s)!

But please, for the love of God, PUT SOME IFUKUBE CUES IN THERE!!!!!!!!

i agree with danzilla. he can come back but there needs to some versions of the original ifukube score

From the standpoint of musical sound, I appreciate Desplat's score for how different it is compared to most blockbusters today. It stands a part from the electronic, Zimmer-esque scores that have saturated blockbuster filmmaking. Godzilla has a fairly old school, orchestral sound.

However, in the gulf of soundtrack scores, Desplat's work is some of the weakest in both the Godzilla series and blockbuster movies in general. I've come to appreciate it, but I can still count 5-10 movies scores I enjoyed more than Desplat's Godzilla from this year alone. Even if the score sounded unique, Desplat doesn't do a lot with it and it's very inconsistant. Godzilla's main theme typically underscores the MUTO and various other themes are randomly placed without any cohession to specific characters or situations. Plus the motifs, while fun, just aren't that strong or memorable.

So while I applaud Desplat for seperating his score from the sound of Hans Zimmer [and his clones] for the sake of diversity, I admit that I hypocritically love those works as well. The fact is, for all their lack of standout sounds, Harry Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky, Trevor Rabin and, of course, Ramin Djawadi have all composed more compelling blockbuster scores.

If Desplat were to be replaced, I'd be fine with that. I think Michael Giacchino would be an excellent contender due to his work on Cloverfield's very Ifukube-esque ending theme. (A piece that is some of Giacchino's very best work.)

Of course my dream composer would be Brian Tyler. I would run through a field of thorn bushes nude and agree to being dragged by a truck over broken glass with my mouth over the exhaust pipe if it meant he would compose Godzilla 2.  

Regardless of who composes for the sequel, I would really like to see some of Ifukube's themes incorporated into the score. What better way to honor the inclusion of three of Godzilla's most classic co-stars than to include updated versions of Ifukube's cues from films like Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster?

He did good but they should have Michiru Oshima do the score . She did great on the millennium series.

^As much as I enjoy Oshima I doubt we'll ever hear her themes again. I also doubt Legendary would chose a composer outside Hollywood's radar. Besides I'm more interested in composers that have yet to tackle the series.

If any composers from previous films return to score more films, I see Koh Otani being the most likely candidate. He's the closest the kaiju genre has come to having a composer as recognizable and iconic as Akira Ifukube, yet he has his own unique style that is completely distinct from Ifukube's. However if he does get another crack at the Godzilla series, I don't see it being until after Legendary's trilogy is over and Toho resumes making films.

I`d keep Desplat, mostly because i want the music too stay simmiliar too the first film. But if i where forced too choose someone else;

Michael Giachino who, like someone above mentioned, made the Cloverfield theme which was very Ikufube-ish. Or maybe John Williams.

Like ZillaHater, I like it best when there's some musical consistancy between movies, but in some cases I don't think consitancy is worth enduring subpar work. For example, Thor's theme was very unmemorable and quite bland in the first movie. When Thor: The Dark World came out, Brian Tyler (whom, again, I would do awful things to have compose Godzilla 2) was asked to score the film (late in the game) and he came up with a far more enjoyable, exciting and appropriate theme for the character. If it means the characters and movie get a boost in quality from the music I'm all for composer changes.

And John Williams rarely comes out of retirement to score movies unless it's a Spielberg film or some other very special project. Fans can forget about him.

I have to agree with zillahater, gman2887 on this. Desplate's score was decent but nothing memorizing like Ifukube's.

I hope he does return along with jim rygiel.

I think I'm a little late to this topic, but who cares!

Desplat's score was very Ifukube-esque, but with no memorability. It doesn't stand out very much, and to be honest, it's too loud on the left ear. I feel his score was very background-musicy. I mean, there are some themes in there, but none for Muto and no solid one for Godzilla.

I was kind of dissapointed with the soundtrack, except for a couple of tracks.