While I personally feel that this technique won't always mesh well, becoming so blatant that it would become distracting, the genre and setting here worked to the animators' advantage. Computers and science fiction do mix. Where the movie really goes south is in the soundtrack. I like Grunge music, really I do, but I have my limits, and throwing a bunch of it into a half-way decent movie crosses the line. I'm sure the producers thought hiring a bunch of Grunge bands to write songs specifically for Titan A.E. would pull in teenagers by the droves.
Music sets a mood, a tone.
But all I ended up feeling was annoyed. Honestly, every time I consider dropping Titan A.E. back into my DVD player, I remember this awful soundtrack and just skip right over it. What a tragedy, since it's otherwise an entertaining movie. Really, this is the only bad thing I'd say about the sound. Since Fox included a DTS track on the disc, everything else came through very sharp, clean and clear.