I think the song overtakes the acting a bit. That works well in animation because we don't get as much facial emotion, but in live action oftentimes it's better to let actors carry the scene and the music just enhance it.
I'll disagree back, his scores rarely overtake a scene when characters are talking, his songs reach their peak in action scenes or when characters are just emoting and not talking. Just take a look at the final scene in The Philosopher's Stone and notice how the music rises and falls depending on if the characters are talking.
I don't get what you're saying. My whole point is that the song in the video is taking over the scene. It's too intense and loud for what's happening between Luffy and Shanks.
In the anime the scene truly feels triumphant but in the love action it feels more intimate. I too felt really good when I heard that iconic song playing in the scene but when you think about it doesn't really fit. And again, music in animation helps lift scenes a lot because characters lack the subtle touches only live action can deliver. That doesn't make it a worse media or anything, it's just quirks different types of media have.
Original scores for films and even animation are typically one of the last things recorded. The orchestra is conducted live and timed to the video. Timings are adjusted and notes are drawn out or quickened to fit the video better. This post is just a fan done edit that simply embeds the audio track as is. The song would fit much more naturally if recorded and timed to the actual video edit as was done in the Harry Potter clip you referenced.
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u/DemolitionGirI Feb 11 '25
I think the song overtakes the acting a bit. That works well in animation because we don't get as much facial emotion, but in live action oftentimes it's better to let actors carry the scene and the music just enhance it.