We would be remiss if we didn’t say some people are the worst, lazy Googler’s ever. And it would be a lie for us to say questions repeatedly and incessantly asked of us do not annoy the shit out of us. So to hopefully put an end to the chatter, here’s everything you ever possibly wanted to know about the music in the three official “Iron Man” trailers that are up on Apple.
We haven’t paid strict attention as the comic-geek blogs seem to have this fairly well covered and we’re usually predisposed to shitting on (or ignoring) most comic-book trailers and projects because frankly, most of them look terrible (see “The Incredible Hulk” for a very recent example), but the “Iron Man” cast (Robert Downey Jr., Terrance Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow) and trailers look top-notch. It could very well turn out to be the insipid dreck that is most superhero films, but director Jon Favreau and co. seem to have this one up sewn up rather well.
This new trailer is the HD one that debuted at the end of February.
The beginning features the completely umistakable hesher track “Back In Black” by raspy Australian rasy AC/DC. Perhaps you have may have heard of them. Then there’s a lull with some orchestral score (the :44 second mark) which is the worker of the film’s composer Ramin Djawadi. At 1:24 in the trailer, the techno-rocking sounds of ersatz shoegazer’s Curve can be heard (the track “Hell Above Water” from the 2001 album The Gift). At 1:42, “throw a little hot-rod red in there,” you can hear the ubiquitous cock-rock track “Cochise,” by former alt-god, turned wanker Chris Cornell’s last group Audioslave. The end of the trailer naturally features the Black Sabbath metal classic, “Iron Man.”
And the other versions of the trailer are much the same. The “Iron Man” TV spot features solely Audioslave (the same song). And the teaser trailer showcases, Curve, Filter (“Hey Man Nice Shot“) and once again Ozzy’s old doom metal rockers, Black Sabbath.
Consider this a public service announcement, consider the matter now completely closed* (*(there might be some Filter played at 1:14 in the regular trailer, we’re too lazy to double check and are annoyed with how long this post has taken to write already).
“Iron Man” will likely destroy the box-office competition when it comes out in theaters May 2.