![]() And the Tuskegee Airmen deserve better than the childish fantasy of George Lucas by way of Anthony Hemingway. and Academy Award Nominee Terrence Howard lead a powerful. But they were also real men, not the cartoon characters in Red Tails. Red Tails Buy or rent PG-13 YouTube Movies & TV 163M subscribers Subscribe 2.2K Share Save Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding Jr. The men of the 332nd were heroes and patriots. Executive produced by George Lucas and directed by. And that's how I feel about the score of Red Tails and pretty much the movie in general. Red Tails is the story of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, inspired by true events from the Second World War. ![]() And the reason those are mocked is because they are lifeless objects trying to manipulate and force us to feel something without actually LETTING us feel that way on our own. And if you can't figure out that the German pilot is a bad guy, why, the music will certainly tell you! Well, that and the GIGANTIC SCAR ON HIS German FACE! And I'm sure I'll be called a pinko/commie for saying this, but what was up with playing America the Beautiful during the credits? It felt so forced, like the music in one of those "patriotic" animatronic exhibits at Disneyland that gets mocked. Yes, we know we're in Italy, but in case anyone is confused we're treated to a musical cue that sounds like the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp. ![]() One example is the music we hear when a soldier drives into an Italian town. Now, I know that typically a film's musical score is used to enhance emotion, but in the case of Red Tails, the music is so over-the-top, in-your-face, and cliché ridden that I couldn't help but laugh at times. But in a rather sad way, the score perfectly fits the entirely forced and artificial nature of the movie itself. Among the many problems I had with Red Tails, I suppose one of the most egregious was the incredibly overbearing and cloying musical score.
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