So as I was rewarded by doing some digging, I thought I'd share the news:

Iron Man - soundtrack available on lionsgate records (no date yet found)

Djawdi/Iron Man/Downey/Marvel naysayers need not reply.

Batman Begins and Transformers fans will be happy to note a couple of people over there who have heard the score in the film say it seems to sound like those.

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Originally posted by BigT1981:
This is one I can happily pass on. I've never heard of the composer before.

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Sure you have, he's written music for Zimmer for years: Just check out the liner notes, more recently on Batman Begins.

Man, almost all the main motifs/themes from your beloved Transformers is ripped-off/taken/stolen from Batman Begins--easiest case-in-point is "Autobots," or "Soccent Attack"; this is one of the main reasons I'm not at all impressed with Jablonsky's score.

If you enjoy Steve Jablosnky's score to Transformers so much, than I'll be willing to bet you'll love Ramin Djawdi's music; they might as well be musical twins, as they're cut from the cloth.

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Originally posted by sean:
Trent: Ummmm... Well, that's just strange. Like the score or not, it is a collaboration between two of the biggest composers working today, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, and deserves at least one listen.

Man, almost all the main motifs/themes from your beloved Transformers is ripped-off/taken/stolen from Batman Begins--easiest case-in-point is "Autobots," or "Soccent Attack"; this is one of the main reasons I'm not at all impressed with Jablonsky's score.

If you enjoy Steve Jablosnky's score to Transformers so much, than I'll be willing to bet you'll love Ramin Djawdi's music; they might as well be musical twins, as they're cut from the cloth.

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Uhhh... no. Ramin Djawdi's music more often than not comes off as rock and roll noise. Steve Jablonsky has more than proved that he can work with an orchestra and compose beautiful emotional themes.

Jablonsky can be good: Like when he's not scoring a Michael Bay movie: Something that has the effect of making good people suck. Steamboy is a nice score and shows he has talent beyond working for Zimmer.

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Originally posted by sean:
Clayton, alright well the strings that permeate the driven Autobots theme is definitely from Batman Begins, the brass theme that is introduced in "Soccent Attack" is a take on the Batman theme from Begins, and it's hard not to picture many of the sequences in Transformers not being tracked with the ninja training music from Begins. I highly disagree with Mike Brennan's take on Transformers; I've read the piece you're mentioning, and I can't agree with it: I hear too much of other Zimmer/RC scores being appropriated into Transformers. I think the chanting theme for the Decepticons is a nice touch, but other than that I have a hard time sinking my teeth into this score and can't escape it's obvious influences and origins.

Jablonsky can be good: Like when he's not scoring a Michael Bay movie: Something that has the effect of making good people suck. Steamboy is a nice score and shows he has talent beyond working for Zimmer.

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You could do that with a lot of different movies though. Like hear King Arthur in Pirates 3, sounds from The Thin Red Line in pretty much all of Hans Zimmer's scores (and Klaus Badelt as well). So I guess that doesn't bother me as much as tons of composers have their own sounds. Goldsmith even had his own synth sounds that never got old to me. And look at Horner... Ok don't look at Horner... I swear that man gets his sheet music mixed up. Listen to track 1 on Apocalypto and track 2 on The New World and you'll hear what I mean...

And what about The Island? That was for a Michael Bay film and I think it's pretty good... aside from the 3 drum beat thing that started in Bad Boys II (which seems to have made its way into lots and lots of other scores at this point).

But his stuff that he does with Zimmer isn't that bad either. Look at Tears of the Sun, to me he has some of the best moments on the CD... Of course most of the best moments in the film aren't on the CD, but still... Maybe they were written by him too? Who knows...

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I'll pass on this score if it sounds ANYTHING like this cue!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/large_clip.html

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I'm really not much of a media ventures person. I honestly didn't like the Transformers score that much when I first listened to it. It took a while for it to grow on me. It grew on me big time once the complete score was leaked.

Now as far as Djawadi's Iron Man...Ryan, since you said the music from the trailer is from his score I think I might end up giving the score a whirl.

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Originally posted by sean:
Clayton, you're talking about style. Obviously, something Zimmer does he'll carry over to his next score or a score further down the line; Goldsmith did it (his heroic 3-note motif is replete throughout his action writing: from subtle like Hour Of The Gun to in-your-face like Air Force One, and it always worked for me), Williams and Horner still do it too... Horner sometimes to an irritating extent, but it's called style and that's what they do, like 'em or hate 'em for it. Steve Jablonsky being forced to copy the temp track is lame, but that's what happened and to me it doesn't work all that well, and doesn't play as a memorable experience--I'm also not a fan of the movie, so that could be a factor, too. All said and done, I agree with you about Steamboy: I love the relentless "Chase" cue at the beginning and the heroic "Fly In The Sky."

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Wait... are we talking about the score IN the movie, or the score on the CD? If we're talking about the score IN the movie, I'd agree that it does sound to Batman Beginsish, but on CD it's a much different experience.

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Originally posted by nuts_score:
Here's a recent clip of the film from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX15_zwoZ6c

You can hear a sampling of Noodles' music; nothing memorable. Although, I have to say, Jon Favreau's direction is showing through nicely. He knows to use those wide shots to "make us believe a man can fly." I'm really digging that so far. Sam Raimi be damned! I never once believed it wasn't a CGI gimmick swinging across that fake city.

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Originally posted by nuts_score:
Here's a recent clip of the film from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX15_zwoZ6c

You can hear a sampling of Noodles' music; nothing memorable. Although, I have to say, Jon Favreau's direction is showing through nicely. He knows to use those wide shots to "make us believe a man can fly." I'm really digging that so far. Sam Raimi be damned! I never once believed it wasn't a CGI gimmick swinging across that fake city.

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Actually hearing that clip from the score.... all I gotta say I'm digging it. It reminds me of Debney's The Scorpion King. I'll buy the score for sure.

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Originally posted by rkeaveney:

Yes, YouTube video versus big screen picture. Certainly a legitimate way to compare visual effects quality!

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Sure, Ryan, whatever; but I think it was rather clear that that was actually Robert Downey, Jr. and not some shiny-CGI representation. And the takes are long, and wide, just the way I like 'em.

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Originally posted by BigT1981:
Sean that's just your opinion. If you don't like music that's not my problem. It's not gonna stop me from getting the score.

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Trent, you know me, take it easy, bro. This is a place of opinions, is it not? As for problems, there's none here. What do I know about music anyway? HAHA!

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Originally posted by nuts_score:
Sure, Ryan, whatever; but I think it was rather clear that that was actually Robert Downey, Jr. and not some shiny-CGI representation. And the takes are long, and wide, just the way I like 'em.

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It's interesting we're having this FX discussion because the comps of Downey Jr.'s head into the Iron Man suit are really dreadful. There are two shots in a TV ad, one a close-up, the other a wide where he's looking over at Paltrow and they make Shiny Spider-Man seem decent in comparison!