Mad Max (franchise) Mad Max (franchise) Mad Max is an Australian dystopian action media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It began in 1979 with "Mad Max", and was followed by three films: "Mad Max 2" (1981), "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985) and "" (2015). Mel Gibson starred in the first three films and Tom Hardy took over as Max in the fourth film. The series follows the adventures of Max Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages. When his wife and child are murdered by a vicious
Mad Max 2 (soundtrack) optimistic picture, and it was really like a modern revival of an old Western," said May. "Whereas in "Mad Max" I had a jagged brass, very atonal and difficult to play, in "Mad Max 2" I had deep basses, cellos, and lots of short motifs that were not totally melodic but were just enough to be unified." The score also bears resemblance to the Western genre, featuring a refined orchestra that differs from the first film. It is also often compared to "Mars, the Bringer of War" from Gustav Holst's orchestral suite "The Planets". The manuscripts of the orchestrated cues