Iron Man (2008)

The IRON MAN score is founded upon two motifs.  There is the aptly-chosen rock-band motif and then the more traditional orchestral element.  The rock motif is made up of five notes (sometimes extended to seven notes) which Djawadi develops through the length of the score. It functions more as a theme for the development of the Iron-man-concept: forming the base of both Iron Man's theme and later for the Iron Monger. In "Trinkets to Kill a Prince" (4) we can hear the formation of the motif performed comparatively softly on strings. From there we hear progressively aggressive use of the motif through Mark I (5), Fireman (6), until we reach track 12. "Iron Man" (12) builds, without sacrificing it's edginess, to a fitting heroic-crescendo.

The second and orchestral motif is first heard In "Vacation's Over" (7). We hear a grand four-note theme played by full orchestra which later becomes another five-note theme when we hear it in "Driving with the Top Down" (1).  This track would chronologically would follow "Gulmira," (13) and gives us an appropriately "elevated" performance and proves to be one of the more enjoyable tracks of the release. In the climactic "Arc Reaktor" (17) we hear both motifs; themselves locked in a musical battle of their own.

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