Around this same time, Taika Waititi and composer Mark Mothersbaugh were neck deep in Thor: Ragnarok and very much conscious of the criticism surrounding the MCU’s film score process.
For Thor: Ragnarok, a film described by Waititi as a 70s/80s sci-fi fantasy, Mothersbaugh opted to lean on old school aesthetics: synthesizers.
Taika (Waititi) and I are both fans of early synth things,” Mothersbaugh told The Conway Daily Sun.
Mothersbaugh’s score works so well in the film because the composer actually takes the time to tell a story with his music.