In their place? The London Philharmonic Orchestra. With Call Of Duty, Battle: Los Angeles and The Expendables under his belt, you’d expect something solid for Iron Man’s third outing, but he delivers more. It went straight to number one.Įnter Brian Tyler. There was even an Iron Man 2 album released which was essentially a collection of their greatest hits. Iron Man’s lack of musical identity was made worse by Favreau’s decision to add more AC/DC to the mix. The main standout track, Monaco Drive, was a cheeky pastiche of David Arnold’s Bond, while I Am Iron Man – after two films, the closest the franchise had to an out-and-out theme – felt like something from a Jerry Goldsmith movie. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello balanced the rock sound with a giant orchestra and choir, but it was another largely anonymous outing. Iron Man 2 continued the series’ style, but replaced Ramin with Elf’s John Debney, who shelved the series’ back catalogue for a bigger, darker sound. (Fast forward to now, when Djawadi’s Game Of Thrones theme is stuck in everyone’s heads, and it’s hard to believe that something he composed could be so easily forgotten.) With five power chords, he captured Iron Man’s character perfectly – to the point where its equally guitar-driven score by Ramin Djawadi was completely overlooked. Taking his metal-head persona a little too literally, director Jon Favreau chose to begin Tony Stark’s original outing with AC/DC’s Back In Black.
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