> Man, I'll try to defend the score (again for the 392th time) but because I
> really love it. I think I know what you find in the theme that may be
> wierd, is it the second phrase of
> The theme that sounds that it plays a note wrong? I think it is the same
> as his Star Trek theme, where one of the chords sounds off, but I don't
> know why, I just can't help it but love it! In 'Edge of Tomorrowland' and
> in the great 'End Credits' it sounds unpredictable and so cool. But even
> if the theme doesn't get you, I don't think the themes themselves are what
> makes the score so great, but how there are performed. It has so much
> energy and flows so well that I can't help it but smile!
> The performances of every theme is so enthusiastic and shameless that
> makes it great for me. The theme may be simplistic but there is no way
> that the oschestration and the arrangements can be call amateurish. Every
> time I listen to it I have a blast, more than Horner's Rocketeer (that I
> really love). Let me ask.. Don't you get a kick out of 'End Credits',
> 'What an Eiffel' or 'Tbe Battle Bridgeway' for their sheer energy?

I like "The Battle of Bridgeway" just fine. Unfortunately "What an Eiffel" is partially ruined for me by that theme, which plays throughout it for six solid minutes. The arrangements and orchestrations are great, they do nod to The Rocketeer as you say, but man oh man is that theme ever not within spitting distance of The Rocketeer. That's actually part of what makes it feel so awkward for me. The arrangement is worthy of a much more melodically sound theme than what it gets. There's a massive disconnect there. It's the uncanny valley of film scores!

I think it's absolutely nutsoid that Clemmensen gives Tomorrowland a higher rating than The Rocketeer by the way.