Last night I celebrated my birthday by finally got around to watching the latest American attempt at a Godzilla movie with "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" directed by Michael Dougherty one of the most painfully underappricated directors whose previous work includes Krampus and Trick 'r Treat. Here getting to play out his Godzilla nerd fantasies by making the film that we want to see ie. Giant monsters destroying cities and battling each other not fancy cutaways and boring soldier characters embarking on cross country journey's. Needless to say as some who has been obsessed with these movies since they were 8 (now 37) this movie delivered big time.
What also certainly stood out though was this end titles track by Bear McCreary which also teases the upcoming Godzilla VS. Kong. McCreary though is one of the truly great modern composers and whose credits include Battlestar Galatica, The Walking Dead, Black Sails and Happy Death Day and here he knocks it out of the part again, really capturing the destructive nature and awe inspiring sight of the Kaiju on screen. At the same time his score is peppered with elements of Akira Ifukube's previous Godzilla scores which McCreary pays homage to throughout the film.
With this track though a cover of a Blue Öyster Cult's 1977 track "Godzilla" it's all about the legend himself Godzilla with that pounding drumbeat, orchestral soars, taiko chanting and aggressive rifs capturing the magisty of the King of Monsters. Adding to this is vocals from System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian who these could easily be one of his own tracks wether with his band or his solo work as he is certainly no stranger to this kind of dramatical flair in his own composures. If anything though this is certainly one not only for this mixtape but the gym tape aswell.
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