> I understand why people keep saying that, but that music really *is* the
> joke. That's the whole point. The opening scene of Drebin foiling the bank
> robbery is staged and shot like the Heath Ledger/Joker bank robbery scene
> from The Dark Knight, and Balfe parodying that music is what helps sell
> the scene.

> The same with the Mission Impossible parody later in the movie - the
> P.L.O.T. Device and the scheme that the villain comes up with *is* a
> Mission Impossible scenario and, again, Balfe spoofing his own music for
> that franchise is a massive part of why the jokes land.

> Jon

Yeah within the first 20 seconds of hearing this score I started chuckling - we don't often get a composer parodying the kind of music he's often had to write straight-faced for serious movies, but when it happens (like HGW's wonderful power-anthem spoof score for Team America), it's quite humorous.