I'm not a big fan of "social messaging" anything, but I cannot deny the appeal--and the power--of these modern conventions. When studios are now posting exclusive information on Facebook and actors and directors are promoting their projects on Twitter, you have to stop and take notice.
So, today I am (reluctantly) offering news from Twitter-land. In this case, it's a pretty important step in the process of filmmaking and it pertains to one of CBM's most highly anticipated properties:
Iron Man 2.
This news comes today from director
Jon Favreau's
verified user account:
First day in London scoring Iron Man [2]. Takes a day to stop white knuckling the backseat driving with the driver on the right.
Why is scoring so important? It's the music! Just pop in any recent DVD you have laying around and check out one of the deleted scenes. They typically cut these scenes before the scoring begins, so you can see how boring a movie is without the music included.
Ramin Djawadi scored the rock-centric score to
Iron Man, but Favreau's
Elf collaborator,
John Debney is scoring
Iron Man 2. While Debney typically crafts a more "orchestral" sound with his scores, the recent news that
AC/DC will release an
Iron Man 2-related album means we're probably going to be rocking it again in the sequel.