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Hello guys!
I saw some scenes from Big Fish the other day and I heard some of Danny’s music…. I don’t want to exaggerate, but I think this one will go down as one of his most memorable and recognisable ever, together with Edward Scissorhands or Batman. It’s pure Elfman (the part I heard was dreamy and serene) and at the same time it doesn’t remind you of anything else you’ve heard before. He doesn’t repeat himself and manages to be original without losing that special quality that’s always there and makes his music….well, Elfmany!25 days, 25….
Here comes the tracklisting :
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000YTPFC/ref=ase_cinemusiconline/104-8737353-2543919?v=glance&s=musicThe Siamese twins’ song is composed by Danny !
And what about electronic stuff??? Whether uses Danny Elfman electronic stuff (synth, …etc) in this score???
You sure want to know that ! 😮
This is nice. It’s the usual amount on an Elfman score disk plus classic songs. I’m glad it’s not all VA stuff.
I’m lovin’ this news.
Buddy Holly, The Allman Brothers AND Elfman
That will be one delicious album, indeed!-E
As I’m aware the score is old fashioned. Hell, it’s placed in an old fashioned setting.
Ryan, when do you think the preview clips for Big Fish will be up on this site?
When the CD comes out or when he finds a way to get the material in advance (Planet of the Apes / Hulk)
Yeah – tell us how to see these Big Fish scenes, please, Link!
>:o)
The JI’ve got the Big Fish CD. It’s quite good. Looks like Danny drew a pretty solid line between the reality and fantasy sequences. (Well, maybe not solid, but there’s definitely a delineation of a sort.) The fantasy stuff is very much of the Elfman / Burton cannon, though less linear that their early work. It has that magical feel to it, but it’s pretty dense and contrapuntal. Combines Elfman’s Russian sense of minor harmonies with some Deep South inflections. Boys choir pops up here and there. Quite a bit of tensile solo piano. And let me predict now that, like Spiderman, everyone will once again miss the theme. Don’t let it worry you! There is a very prominent main theme.
The writing for reality is less typical of Elfman. Lots of steel guitar and scratchy fiddle. There are sounds and harmonic inflections I haven’t heard since Midnight Run, but employed with a Good Will Hunting sense of kaleidoscopic color.
At first listen I thought the score seemed too passive, too content to hang in the air without any strong sense of shape or the sharp orchestral colors Elfman used in early Burton films. But at the second go round, I very much enjoyed with Elfman was doing. It has that magical Burton feel, but it’s employed with a more mature sense of structure. More complex. More reserved, but no less magical. Some people will be surprised at first, but stick with it. This score makes you work… and that’s a good thing!
Thank you teh ! I can’t wait, it seems fantastic.
How long is the score on cd ?
About 40 minutes, not inlcuding the one Elfman penned song.
Too bad…that’s pretty short.
It’s a nice meaty listen though. Feels well rounded.
I saw the movie the other day. I was surprised by how “modern” the music for the present day scenes is. Kind of in the GOOD WILL HUNTING / CIVIL ACTION variety. But overall, the score really runs the gamut. There are some great cues in the movie, and the two love themes — one for Sandra and one for Jenny — are really lush and unique. Sandra’s theme gets some beautiful, full statements (in the film) and doesn’t really sounds like anything Elfman’s done before! I’m glad to see that the sad piano arrangement of Jenny’s theme made it to the CD (apparently, it is the second to last track).
Overall, yes: I’m guessing it will be a challenging listen on CD. At times, the music reminds you of various other things that Elfman has done, but it isn’t really “like” any of them. To compare this score to EDWARD SCISSORHANDS or BLACK BEAUTY is a bit unfair as it’s as much like those two scores as they are like eachother. Oh, and the “Siamese Love” song (which was co-written by John August, the film’s screenwriter, is hysterical! Dark and twisted, just like it should be.
Any comments on the circus music? Did that make it on the album?
Nope. Not on the album. Possibly because it’s so close to Entry of the Gladiators? (Think that’s the right march…)
Honestly, there wasn’t really a lot of circus music in the film anyway.
Damn, that’s such a disappointment to me. I’m such a big fan of Nino Rota as well as Elfman’s marvelous Rota-esque scores for the Pee-Wee films that I really had my hopes up for new Elfman circus music. Ah well.
And yes, Entry of the Gladiators is the extremely popular piece that everybody in this day and age associates the circus with.
Well, maybe Elfman will have his chance to homage Nino Rota again in the future.
Dylan
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