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Unless you know someone who used to be 12 and liked FALL OUT BOY years ago, and is not 15 and thinks FOB sucks, you might not care, but for the sake of reporting the news…
“Fall Out Boy have re-recorded the theme song for “The Simpsons.”
Fans can hear the band’s version during the end credits of the show’s mid-season premiere tomorrow (Sunday).
As usual, the original theme by Danny Elfman will play during the opening credits.
The band, which takes its name from Radioactive Man’s sidekick on the show, spoke about their reasons for tackling Elfman’s song in an interview on the Fox website.
“The theme obviously mattered, and it didn’t just matter because it was the theme song to a good show, but it also was something that was very groundbreaking and very cool,” said singer/guitarist Patrick Stump, calling Elfman’s tune “timeless.”
“I know for me, my sense of humour and the way I perceive humour and the way I perceive a lot of things is based around growing up watching ‘The Simpsons,’ added guitarist Joe Trohman. “So being a part of this, for me, is legendary.”
As a 15 year old, I take blatant offense to your generalization that all 15 year old boys love Fall Out Boy. I demand an apology, sir! (Currently listening to “Woe, The Darkman…Woe”)
I said “girls” Nick. Unless you are such a FOB fan that your personal style has rendered your gender undeterminable!
I can imagine their take on “Rage/ Peppy Science” right now. Yeesh. By the way, I just saw the film. Would someone be angry if I said the score was the best part of the film?
It’s a great film, back before Raimi went hollywood on us, but I agree the score is the best part of the film and hat says a lot for the score! It’ll never happen but I wish someone would release an expanded score for this film. the CD is just too short!
I am actually content with this album. From my recollections, there was not too much from the score that was not present on the album, and some of the score seemed to be…is filler the word to use? If I remember reading the credits correctly, Jonathan Sheffer (that is the conductor for “Batman Reurns”, yes?) wrote some music for the helicopter sequence, and I am glad that is not on the album. So, to summarize: there are better Danny Elfman scores to release in expanded form.
LOVE the movie — one of my favorites of all-time. Really nailed the psychological aspect of a “hero” and his act of vengeance.
The score is simply brilliant, and with all the additional extras, probably wouldn’t run longer than an hour — but there IS some great stuff missing, particularly the opening scene where Durant’s gang arrives at Eddie Black’s warehouse. Great cue!!
I felt the film was at its worst when it came to action. I think it was at its best when it focused on Darkman and his scarred persona. Sam Raimi and (especially) Danny Elfman really made you feel sorry for Liam Neeson.
Lol…
I really love how this went from FOB and The Simpsons -to- Darkman… I think that’s really funny…. anyone else agree this article deserves some ADD medication… or at least a title change?
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I was actually thinking about that…. I guess there are only so many things to say about a piece of news that is apparently not too interesting. I love discussing films and scores that were made years before I was born, too, to see what people who have lived with (in this case, “Darkman”) for over 15 years think. I apologize for straying off-topic. I do not wish to start fifteen Threads for the films and scores that I wish to discuss, though… I do not think this Board needs excessive clogging….
Nick – you are free to post whatever you like. Start a DARKMAN thread for instance! When the new version of the site launches you’ll be able to post comments on each page. So for ex. you could post your thoughts on DARKMAN and hopefully other folks would join in. I imagine it’ll be a great way to start up specific conversations — and a headache for me to admin!
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