The Marvel Symphonic Universe

Here’s a second, supplementary video we made: And a new Twitter account about temp music we made: Watch Dan Golding’s great response video here: Off the top of your head, could you sing the theme from Star Wars? How about James Bond? Or Harry Potter? But here’s the kicker: can you sing any theme from a Marvel film? Despite 13 films and 10 billion dollars at the box office, the Marvel Cinematic Universe lacks a distinctive musical identity or approach. So let’s try to answer the question: what is missing from Marvel music? This video was made by Brian Satterwhite: Taylor Ramos: Tony Zhou: For educational purposes only. You can donate to support the channel at Patreon: Interviews filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Canada Special thanks to David Chen for feedback: The Hollywood Reporter 2012 Composers Roundtable: The Hollywood Reporter 2014 Composers Roundtable: Music Cues: Daniel Pemberton - Orchestra Tuning Up (from The Movies (2005) video game) Ramin Djawadi - “Test Day Eleven” (Unreleased from Iron Man) Patrick Doyle - “8m52 Warriors Find Thor ALT” (Unreleased from Thor) Henry Jackman - “The Smithsonian” (from Winter Soldier) Danny Elfman - “Heroes” (from Age of Ultron) Danny Elfman - “Farmhouse” (from Age of Ultron) Patrick Doyle - “Ride to Observatory” (from Thor) Henry Jackman - “A New Recruit” (from Civil War) Temp Music Examples: 300 (2007) Elliot Goldenthal - “Victorious Titus” from Titus (1999) Tyler Bates - “Returns a King“ Titus owned by Fox Searchlight Pictures 300 owned by Warner Bros. Pictures THOR (2011) Steve Jablonsky - “Einstein’s Wrong” from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Patrick Doyle - “Hammer Found“ Transformers owned by Paramount Pictures Thor first owned by Paramount Pictures, then transferred to Walt Disney Studios MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) Henry Jackman - “Captain America” from Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Junkie XL - “Brothers in Arms“ Winter Soldier owned by Walt Disney Studios Mad Max: Fury Road owned by Warner Bros. Pictures DRIVE ANGRY (2011) Hans Zimmer - “Mombasa” from Inception (2010) Michael Wandmacher - “Mass vs. Acceleration“ Inception owned by Warner Bros. Pictures Drive Angry owned by Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment Help us caption & translate this video!
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