It's hard not to get excited about the upcoming Godzilla reboot, but it's equally difficult to forget America's previous botched attempt at remaking the iconic monster. While I have nothing to say about Roland Emmerich's catastrophic misfire of a film that hasn't already been said countless times over the last 16 years...
I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane to look at the film's soundtrack.
Let's set the scene: the year was 1998. You couldn't go anywhere without seeing a commercial, billboard, poster or memorabilia advertising Godzilla. The multi-pronged marketing strategy also included tie-in campaigns with Taco Bell and Edy's Ice Cream, among others.
It was a time when people still paid for music, as the transition from cassettes to CDs was being made, and movie soundtracks were a big deal. Artists would provide original songs for soundtracks, and you'd have to buy the entire...
I thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane to look at the film's soundtrack.
Let's set the scene: the year was 1998. You couldn't go anywhere without seeing a commercial, billboard, poster or memorabilia advertising Godzilla. The multi-pronged marketing strategy also included tie-in campaigns with Taco Bell and Edy's Ice Cream, among others.
It was a time when people still paid for music, as the transition from cassettes to CDs was being made, and movie soundtracks were a big deal. Artists would provide original songs for soundtracks, and you'd have to buy the entire...
- 5/7/2014
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- DreadCentral.com
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