Brian Tyler, a composer, is the person who best understands the “Fast and Furious” franchise’s musical universe. He has written themes and cues for characters over the years, including Dom (Vin Diesel), Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Cipher (Charlize Theron), and now he gets to work with Jason Momoa’s terrific villain, Dante, in “Fast X.” Get.
Tyler states, “I wasn’t making a negative energy theme, I was engaging.
In the movie, Dante seeks retribution for the passing of his father, Hernán Reyes, who was a member of the 2011 “Fast Five” (Joaquim de Almeida). Dom, Letty, and their crew seek to stop Dante from blowing up the Vatican during an action-packed chase through the cobblestone streets of the Eternal City after Dante lures the Fast Family to Rome. “Daunt makes you chuckle and is catchy. So I played a harp-like instrument with high strings, and we combined the bass music with contemporary instruments,” explains Tyler. “It makes you feel like you’re far away.” It’s impossible to comprehend his motivations for becoming this evil from his music.
And Tyler consciously incorporated an odd chord while making musical attempts to evoke empathy. “The third chord is it. That is incorrect in their subject. The chord enters your brain each time it occurs, allowing you to comprehend where the song is supposed to proceed. It’s distinctive and serves as a reminder that there’s something off about him, similar to a dopamine rush “Tyler claims.
Dante, who is known for being eccentric, is also a fan of ballet. When he’s not trying to blow up Rome, he’s enjoying his passion for Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.”
In other words, Tyler wanted to make something incredible instead of using well-known ballet chords. He explains that “we understand melody and we understand music” as humans. His strategy was to take well-known chords, incorporate Dante’s topic, and make it sinister. Tyler explains, “You can do that, switch the chords around, and even though it’s far away, you can still hear the ‘Swan Lake’ theme. Hence, even if you can recognise the music when you see the movie, something is off.
When the sequel returns to the streets of London, Rio, and now Rome, sonically Tyler may draw from the musical DNA of earlier films, like “Fast Five” and preceding films.
One of the movie’s many needle drops, “Gasolina,” a Safari Riot remix by Daddy Yankee and Myke Towers, is another memorable moment. It was cool to flip it, says Tyler.
The song from 2010 fits with the movie’s central idea: “Through music, we’re building on the past and imagining the future.” He continues, “I can go back to those themes and draw them out as segues to this because it runs all the way to ‘Fast Five’ and beyond.
As the concluding installment in the “Fast and Furious” series, the movie is full of character moments and drama in addition to nonstop action. According to Tyler, “This score truly steps up and takes franchise scores to a whole different level. It’s like aural candy coupled with theme writing.”
The Original Motion Picture Score album is being released by Back Lot Music on June 2.
