Justice League Review: 4 Ups & 7 Downs

2. The Lack Of Memorable Music

Justice League Wonder Woman
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Joss Whedon made the executive decision to replace original composer Junkie XL with Danny Elfman when he took over post-production duties, and it seems that this may have been a mistake.

Though Elfman makes great use of his classic 1989 Batman theme, there's not a single memorable original theme here, and most of his musical score is merely competent, yet uninspired.

Considering that Man of Steel and Batman v Superman both had extremely memorable original music, it's a shame that the Justice League doesn't get its own peppy theme, and heroes such as Aquaman, The Flash and Cyborg don't get their own leitmotifs either.

Clearly Elfman struggled to scramble together the score in a matter of months, and it really shows. One can only imagine what Junkie XL, who worked on Batman v Superman's score, would've brought to the table.

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