And number three: never, ever, under any circumstances, assume the killer is dead." Wise words Randy. Number two: the death scenes are always much more elaborate. "Number one: the body count is always bigger. "There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to create a successful sequel," says the character Randy (Jamie Kennedy). As in Scream, characters make regular references to the conventions of horror movies, only this time, the focus is on the way horror sequels attempt to outdo their predecessors. Scream 2 was once more directed by Craven and written by Kevin WIlliamson, and from the very start, it fully embraced its sequel status. The sequel followed the following year, but just as Scream wasn't an ordinary slasher movie, so Scream 2 wasn't an ordinary slasher sequel. Wes Craven's Scream was one of the biggest horror movies of the 1990s-it hit theaters in December 1996 and quickly became a critical and commercial smash.
However, horror series rarely get better as they continue-everyone has their franchise favourites, but for the most part, scary sequels tend to be lazy retreads of past glories, churned out quickly to cash in the success of the original before the public moves on.īut, of course, there are occasional exceptions. It's not unusual for a horror series to reach 5 or 6 movies-or, in the case of long-running franchises like Halloween or Friday the 13th, double figures. © 2022 Film Score Monthly. All Rights Reserved.Sequels are a big part of Hollywood, and the horror genre, in particular, is defined by franchises and follow-ups. Don't even need the rest of the score, as all the good stuff is in that one track. It's a supremely shitty score, but that end title cue is still a great listen in the car. Doesn't hurt that I love the film as well! It's funky! There's something so cheeky about it.
It's not my favorite Zimmer score by a long shot, but a poster above hit the nail on the head. So I pulled out the old OST and enjoy it quite a bit more. I played the expanded LLL version and (no fault on their part) just cannot get into it.
Today, its not one of the better Zimmer scores (Backdraft and Black Rain i.m.o) as it is too loud in bits, but still has the various themes and the music even suited in Scream 2 for the Dewey theme (Deakins theme in Broken Arrow)Ī fun movie with a tough score and Travolta is a blast in this too. This was one of those soundtracks when I saw the movie back in the days I immediately bought the score. Kendall even wrote the liner notes in the CD booklet, and then slashed the score in the magazine. I still remember those laughable reviews in FSM by Kendall/Bond. I still enjoy a lot of '90s Zimmer ( The Peacemaker is still my favorite of his), but Broken Arrow is just a really cool little score.Ī good one, but I haven't played it in YEARS. He liked it because it had a westerny feel to it. I remember driving around in the car with my dad playing it on the stereo. Which is not to say I don't enjoy a lot of his newer stuff - just rarely as much as the earlier stuff. Then came The Rock and The Peacemaker and the world of action film scoring still hasn't recovered! One of his cool action scores from that period when they were still kind of novel and funky and not too overproduced. Unlike alot of his later scores, Hans was able to incorporate genre sounds/styles into his score (some Morricone in there), so the score feels like a modern spaghetti western at times. It's a good score, with typical Zimmer action balanced with a really cool baritone guitar theme. General Discussion: Broken Arrow - Hans Zimmer