The Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is Analyzed in This Awesome Video

What makes a memorable score?

Great movies are often accompanied by great music. However, why do some awesome films have unmemorable music? What’s missing from these scores that others have?

 The latest video from the film analysis channel Every Frame a Painting answers these questions and more, through the lens of the MCU. 

Check it out below. 

Tony Zhou, the video’s creator and narrator, argues that the music in the films of the MCU do not evoke an emotional response from its viewers, and instead, the films play it safe with predictable or generic tunes. Zhou points out that some of the movies do have memorable tracks, like this piece from Captain America: The Winter Solider, but often the music is very subdued.

Zhou goes on to show that composing music that is “not supposed to be noticed” is a growing trend in the film industry. He then explores the trend through the use of temp music to define a film’s score, which means using a preexisting track before creating “original” music. 

You can see a number of examples of temp music in the Zhou’s accompanying video below. 

While I think most of us could hum the Avengers theme, this video does an awesome job at shining the spotlight on problematic practices, and showing why some tunes stick with us long after we see a movie. 

Click here to check  out more videos from Every Frame a Painting.