1994’s The Shadow with Danny Elfman score!

[TenderLumpling]

In this case, it’s a matter of a film that is clearly molded on the same “dark superhero” style that made BATMAN so popular.

Even though The Shadow’s score is far more modern, despite taking place in the 40s.

[Thor]

Descent Into Mystery Wrote:

> Yeah, but you said it was a homage when it clearly
> isn’t. Jerry Goldsmith was just pleasing the
> director.

Say what? An hommage can obviously stem from the director’s wishes too. In fact, that’s probably how most film music hommages come about. In this case, I don’t know what happened. Maybe the director asked Goldsmith to reference Elfman’s style specifically. Maybe Goldsmith himself saw the film molded in the same style and automatically reached for Elfman’s sound – especially considering it was everywhere in those days. Whatever the case, the score ended up the way it did.

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