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

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...

1985

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.