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“The only serious flaw in “Charlotte’s Web” is that Danny Elfman’s musical score, which is perfectly adequate if not terribly imaginative, plays under the action loudly and virtually without interruption, robbing the picture of a sense of rustic tranquility that would ground its antic flights.” – By A. O. SCOTT (December 15, 2006)
Hmn.
Ryan
Wow. Here are two firsts: not only is a film critic actually commenting on a film score, but, apparently, the score wasn’t mixed softly.
Sounds like he liked the score just fine, but the sound mixer overmodulated it. Not a problem for me, because if I do decide to go see this movie, the music is the sole reason for it!
I brought the soundtrack from itunes, its the best soundtrack elfman has done for a long time. He is the best composer there is in film now, and he is always picked on because he is self taught. That is why I like his music so much, cause he wasn’t trained to copy music, but to incorporate what he has always loved, music from movies of Bernard Hermann, Nino Rota, Jerry Goldsmith, and a few other great composers. The Score is Fantastic. 5 stars
I saw the movie a few nights ago, and as I thought, the score was pretty much what kept me in the theater. I enjoyed Charlotte’s writing scenes, as they were visually interesting and were scored beautifully, and the CG characters (entirely CG — Charlotte and Templeton ONLY) were quite realistic, but otherwise I didn’t like most things about the movie. I’m never a fan of animating mouths on live-action animals, the screenwriting (not the book writing) was awkward, and the voice acting was lackluster for the most part. I enjoyed Danny’s score throughout the movie, but I feel like the movie itself spoiled the score for me. I’m surprised that the movie got a 79% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.7 on IMDb, but I never got close to favoring this movie over the original animated one — pretty much a reverse-Willy Wonka situation.
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