Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Zack Snyder of Watchmen

Director Zack Snyder and actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan offer some insight into the tunes that fuel this spring’s most anticipated film, Watchmen…

A Taste:

Frank Sinatra

Even superheroes need to rock out. Music is a central element of director Zack Snyder’s hotly anticipated big screen adaptation of one of the most revered graphic novels of all-time, Watchmen. Bob Dylan figures heavily, and one of the film’s masked heroes, The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), likes his heavy metal hard and fast.

About the film’s Dylan connection, Snyder explains, “Those three Dylan songs are referenced in the graphic novel, and they speak to the overall tone of the book. When we made the movie, the idea was to find that tone. It’s that inexplicable Watchmen quality that’s a slightly meandering and visceral experience all at the same time.”

He continues, “Not only is Dylan music of revolution and music of the common man, but it’s also intellectualized. The cool thing for me was when I realized ‘The Times They Are A-Changing’ was the right song for the title sequence. I felt like you instantly know you’re not in a normal superhero movie. For someone who has no idea what the graphic novel is, they may think, ‘Oh, this is like X-Men or something,’ but the movie starts, that song comes on and it’s not normal. I do love the instant statement Dylan’s music makes too.”
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