3. Value The Musical Score
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ0bTa0Xtdg One thing the Marvel Cinematic Universe struggled with early on was maintaining musical consistency, with Captain America being the only Avenger who had a memorable theme all to himself, which has been carried on throughout every film he's appeared in. The Avengers, too, had a singular theme introduced by Alan Silvestri, which has also continued on in subsequent films. With 2013's one-two punch of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, composer Brian Tyler sought to finally deliver both characters their own true - and presumably permanent - themes, with both making minor reprisals in Age of Ultron's score. However, in Thor's case, it meant ditching Patrick Doyle's excellent work on the first film, dropping every single theme the composer developed that could've and should've formed the basis for future Thor films. The original film's score is elegant and often understated; though its themes may not be as instantly hummable or recognizable as Cap's or the Avengers' singular themes, it's a great piece of work and, arguably, the best overall score to come out of the MCU yet. In comparison, Tyler's work on The Dark World, particularly the thumping
primary theme, is more bombastic and rousing, if ultimately lacking in depth. Ideally, Ragnarok could bring both works together, weaving back in some of Doyle's work - like the recurring
Sons of Odin theme - with Tyler's, uniting the two disparate scores for Thor's (likely) final outing for the sake of musical closure.