"In this soundtrack it sounds like Gypsy violins and Hungarian music are carrying the burden of symbolizing the Other. And as interesting as it is in terms of what it says about the filmmakers' view of Holmes, it's by no means an unequivocally positive thing because it so easily becomes appropriative and exoticizing."
As an observation, the person I went to see the film with (who is herself Northern Irish) and I both noticed that the music for the fight scenes tended to be Irish folk music - I recognised 'Rocky Road to Dublin' and can't remember if there were others. She felt that violence, criminality and the underworld were being strongly coded as Irish through the music, and wasn't comfortable with that.
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Date: 2010-04-28 04:06 pm (UTC)As an observation, the person I went to see the film with (who is herself Northern Irish) and I both noticed that the music for the fight scenes tended to be Irish folk music - I recognised 'Rocky Road to Dublin' and can't remember if there were others. She felt that violence, criminality and the underworld were being strongly coded as Irish through the music, and wasn't comfortable with that.