> I stated my question in the subject line and I'll state it again: What
> conceivable objection does Christian have with electronics being used in
> scores? I'm not getting this "view" at all! I wholeheartedly
> believe that if electronics are inserted into a movies score, the director
> or producer is making the conscious effort to elevate the proceedings
> beyond the realm of a traditional film score. Case in point: THIS movies
> score! Sure, this score's electronics are abrasive, but they fit the movie
> perfectly, just like they fit every other actioner Mister Gregson-Williams
> has ever been tied to! It's not as if the producer or director sit at home
> in the post production stages and automatically know from the get-go who
> the duties of writing their film's score is! Movies DO NOT get written or
> produced that way, no matter what you may think! That being said, the
> score for Total Recall serves (and on MANY occasions, exceeds) it purpose,
> electronics and all...this movies setting IS in the future AND also a
> chase movie after all...and I applaud the choice of Gregson-Williams in
> being this film's composer-du-jour because he served (and exceeded, as
> always) his purpose! I'm sick to death of every remake being compared to
> the film its remade from, score aspects and all! This is a different
> movie, they have better technology than they did back in 1990, Jerry
> Goldsmith's score served its purpose just like Harry's does. I just think
> that Christian should just come off of his view that a score that utilizes
> electronics is not good based just on it's own merits but has to somehow
> compete with everything that ONCE WAS the norm!

Goldsmith's score used plenty of electronics and CC gave that a very favorable review. It's not about electronics vs. orchestra, it's about whether the score is memorable or not. Goldsmith's was, this one isn't. End of story.