Doctor Strange 2 Reveals Origin of the Cringe Ice Cream Song
Dr. Strange 2 marked Sam Raimi’s long-awaited return to the superhero genre movies and fans had mixed responses. Sam Raimi marked his statement in the superhero genre by making Tobey Macquire’s spiderman trilogy. People also started guessing will Dr Strange 2 replace Spider-Man trilogy as Sam Raimi’s greatest superhero flick? However, the Ice Cream song and music spellcasting between Earth-616 Strange and Sinister Strange is what fans will always remember.
Danny Elfman, The man behind Musical Mayhem
Dr. Strange Multiverse of Madness had Raimi’s magic of horror and superhero style of direction. Danny Elfman, Musical Composer was the maestro behind the music of most of the films that Sam Raimi directed. Strangely, The Ice Cream song became one of the most viral scenes of the film. Reportedly, Jett Klyne and Julian Hilliard confirmed that the “we like ice cream” song was not improvised, as it was very much in the script and the songs were sung by themselves.
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Billy and Tommy Maximoff sang the song by themselves
Jett Klyne sarcastically considered that the Ice Cream song was “cringey”. He said, “‘This is very cringey,’ [I thought the] first time. Julian loved it for some reason.” However, composer Danny Elfman’s contribution to brief the scene emphasized how vital of a role composers have in MCU movies. “We had a recording of the song by him himself…”, said Elfman.
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Fans’ reactions to Dr Strange 2 Ice Cream song
Film scores have been a tone-setter, dictating the emotions of audiences. Even being a cringey song and being an out-of-context song, it turned out to be a crucial moment within the Scarlet Witch’s character arc. The emotional pure-hearted song depicted the motherly encouragement to the boys to sing.
