Real Steel

 (5 customer reviews)

Amazing score!! Danny Elfman's best score since Batman. This is easily one of the best scores of the year! It is my 2nd favorite score of the year! Very powerful score. Pure brilliance. I get chills everytime I listen to it. I have seen the movie twice in the theater and when I listen to the score it makes me want to go see it again!

I think Danny Elfman is one of the hardest composers to put a finger on most notably because his style changes a lot. While he remains one of the greatest auteurs in the film music world, his style does change very often. I would find it pretty impressive if anyone listening to this blindly would guess Danny Elfman scored it. So what does that mean? Nothing, it's just an observation. The score is pretty good though.

Ever want to listen to something that is just pure inspiration? Something that is as far away from pretentious scoring as you can get? Well, Real Steel may be for you then. That's what this score is. It's a down to earth story that we've all heard or seen before in some fashion, but that doesn't mean it isn't good. The simple instrumentation makes it feel like a romcom score, but Elfman executes it with such precision that you can't help exposing your heart strings for some tugging. Then we get into the action music. Elfman mixes in strings with some hard...Read more

Film scores these days are increasingly becoming themeless soundscapes.That cannot be said of Elfman's Real Steel. This score has a beautiful and fun personality and is a joy to listen to. My favorites are Final Round, The People's Champion, and Twin Cities Intro.