I was thinking about this very topic in the days after I saw “Blade Runner 2049.” The music did an excellent job serving the visuals of the film, but it wasn’t especially memorable. The entire score must holistically serve the tone, content and themes of the film, but individual tracks must also be memorable in their own right. I believe that a truly great soundtrack can and must do both. Others argue that the score shouldn’t stick out and should instead subtly complement the images they correspond with on screen “Hedwig’s Theme” from “Harry Potter,” the “Superman” theme, the main title theme of “Star Wars,” the “Indiana Jones” theme - when we think of these films, inevitably, we think of these pieces of music. There exist competing ideas as to what makes a film score especially “great.” Some argue that the score should be as memorable and captivating as the film it accompanies - the collective body of work of John Williams comes to mind. The album cover to the original 1982 “Blade Runner” soundtrack (Courtesy of Warner Bros.
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