Moonfall: Disaster Movie Cheese with a Side of Score?

Okay, so I just finished watching Moonfall. Look, I went in knowing what to expect: Roland Emmerich doing Roland Emmerich things. Over-the-top visuals, physics-defying moments, and a plot that makes absolutely zero sense if you think about it for more than, like, five seconds. But honestly, that's kind of the appeal, right? What I really wanted to talk about was the score. Now, Harald Kloser is a regular on Emmerich's films, and his work here is… well, it's there. There are moments, especially during the initial moon-falling sequences and the climax inside (spoiler?) the moon's artificial structure, where the music swells nicely. I did notice some shades of Interstellar (another space score), which I can't tell if it's deliberate homage or just that the go-to Hollywood sounds for space movies are becoming...similar. I think it would have been stronger though with a bit more focus on the emotional core of the characters, like Jocasta (Halle Berry), who really needed the music to help sell the weight of her mission. A missed opportunity there, I think. The movie's pacing felt a little bit all over the place; jumping from space adventures to earth troubles. The score, too, felt like it struggled to connect to those pacing issues. I'm going to give the soundtrack a proper listen on its own later this week. I suspect the music could be better appreciated without the... unique plot elements happening on screen. Overall, Moonfall is a spectacularly dumb, but fun, disaster flick. The score is decent, but nothing groundbreaking. It definetly does it's job, but it ain't making my "best of" list. I'll probabaly just keep listening to Gravity until the next big space movie drops.