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Comic Con: Zack Snyder Talks Watchmen's Smashing Pumpkins Song

By Katey Rich: 2008-07-25 16:31:40
Comic Con: Zack Snyder Talks Watchmen's Smashing Pumpkins Song Early updates from the Comic Con panel for Watchmen, where director Zack Snyder is giving a little insight on the trailer that wowed us all before The Dark Knight last week. He admits that the use of the Smashing Pumpkins song “The End is the Beginning is the End” was an ironic reference to Batman and Robin, given that it’s pretty widely considered the worst superhero movie ever. Snyder says the ironic reference fits with the general attitude of The Watchmen as well.

But, sorry Billy Corgan fans—the song will likely not be used in the movie, or even featured on the soundtrack. And that’s because Zack Snyder is a historical purist! No, seriously-- The Watchmen is set in 1989, at the end of the Cold War, and the song hadn’t been released yet. I’m not sure that an alternative universe in which superheroes are enemies would have a radio station that played The Smashing Pumpkins, but I’ll let Snyder make his own rules.

There’s sure to be plenty more to come from the Watchmen panel, so keep checking for updates!

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  • I agree.

    In the world of film scoring, not everything is considered 'source' music (that would be music heard by the characters - like a radio on the set or a club, etc). Many films use out-of-time pop tracks as a score. Sometimes it's done on purpose - most notably, A Knight's Tale.

    And who can be a historical purist in an ALTERNATE 1985? No music you get could have existed then because there is no such place. You can't be historically faithful to a non-existent world/society.

    I think Snyder's directorial vision on the subject was misrepresented. He probably wanted music from the 80's not to be historically pure, but to transport the minds and feelings of the audience back to the time when the cold war was still an issue.
  • "Historical Purist"? That's why he allowed electric guitars and metal in the 300 soundtrack/score... c'mon!
  • Im hoping to hear Skinny puppy in soundtrack considering the sound at that time. when I read Watchmen I actually listened to some skinny puppy tracks and it felt like it fit in very well. songs like "two time grime", "hexonexxon", "worlock", "tin omen", "Assimilate", and songs from "too dark park" but that album was released in 1990.
  • i think the book is set in 1985, but whatever...
  • It was actually "the beginning is the end is the beginning" the other version that you mention above was the faster, mainstream rock version of the song, this was is slower with a heavier feel.

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