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Hmm, aside from the director association, this has nothing to do with Elfman.
I’ve said it before, why even make a Tim Burton movie without Danny Elfman music?
As much as I adore Elfman, Stephen Sondheim is good enough for me, in this case. In other words: If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
TenderLumpling Wrote:
> Hmm, aside from the director association, this has
> nothing to do with Elfman.
>
> I’ve said it before, why even make a Tim Burton
> movie without Danny Elfman music?Yes, I know, but I hope you don’t mind if I still post about it. Stephen Sondheim follows the same inspiration Elfman follows on this one (Herrmann and the Russians). We can’t just limit our scope to Elfman if we know the music is good (there’s so much music out there, that would be a pretty narrow scope). Elfman’s fine with Burton making a Sondheim musical. I am too.
Plus we still don’t know yet if supplementary score is needed.
> Plus we still don’t know yet if
> supplementary score is needed.I think we should make a collective fan-effort to sneak in some additional footage into the movie they’ll have no score left for.
*insert a classic video-cam shot of one’s feet at a party*
Furthermore, Ed Wood, arguably Tim Burton’s greatest film, lacked an Elfman score. It certainly didn’t hurt the movie.
Filming is complete according to this link:
Excellent point. “Ed Wood” is a fantastic movie with absolutely nothing about it that needs changing.
Well it’s not like I’m wishing Elfman would rescore the entire musical himself, I just wish Burton had chosen a movie that called for an original score by Danny Elfman.
Directors have to pick projects for themselves. “Believe it or Not” will come along soon enough, and with it a fantastic Elfman adventure score.
Yes, it would appear that he’s done another “re-imagining” of another artist’s work. I am looking forward to Believe it or Not, though.
From what I’ve heard, Burton has been interested in doing Sweeney Todd ever since his days making Batman in London. You have a good point on it being kind of a downer that Elfman’s not involved (so far) but it’s best to look on the bright side of things. It’s a Tim Burton film and we know the music is good anyway.
I personally am supremely psyched about “Believe it or Not.” It seems like exactly the kind of movie from which I can get my fill of big-score Elfman (that, and now “Hellboy 2″… there’s a LOT of potential there).
Good news! —
Source filmscoremonthly:
“Actually, what I’ve heard is that Elfman won’t have any role in Burton’s SWEENEY TODD, since it’s being adapted directly from the Sondheim musical. Have you folks heard something to the contrary?”
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“Apparently Sondheim dropped out after a lot of disagreements with Tim Burton over the direction of things (namely Johnny Depp’s range) so now Elfman’s taking over the reigns. “
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.asp?threadID=41772&forumID=1&pageID=2
I’m assuming that people are taking this from the fake story I wrote on this board (a friend of mine then posted it on IMDb). The article was also put up on the Tim Burton Collective a couple of months later. I accredited the article to Wicks Cherrycoke, the narrator of Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon. Also, it would not be good news if Sondheim was kicked off of Sweeney Todd no matter who replaced him.
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