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Has anyone heard the music from “The Passion of the Christ,” composed by Elfman collaborator John Debney? I’m really impressed with his use of chorus, ancient instruments, and percussion! He usually has simpler scores for comedy and kid’s movies, but this one seems like a very powerful score. I really like the music he composed for the trailer (which you have to watch in order to hear the music) and the first two minutes of the “Resurrection” track. I’m going to see the movie tomorrow, I hope it’s good and the music works well in it. Has anyone else seen the movie/heard the music?
Yes, I’ve seen the movie (twice, in fact) and heard the CD. All in all, a really exellent score and a very adept job at scoring some challenging material. There’s an interview with Debney up at another fine Ryan Keaveney site: http://www.cinemusic.net. I feel bad about the shameless self-promotion (I happen to write the interview), but check it out if the film and its music interests you.
I should check it out sometime. What other films has he worked on?
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I LOVE Debney’s work… he can sound very elfman-esque when he wants, too. I hope he does a huge, serious blockbuster soon – NOT the Passion… it’s proving to be pretty damn controversial amongst all those devout Christians.
Anyhoo – I always though Debney to be quite focused in his style (comedy/kiddy/hocus pocus-y), but his Passion score proves me wrong very nicely indeed. long live Debney.
By the way… who scored “Mrs Doubtfire”? Was that Debney? I may be surprised if it isn’t – it’s a reasonably Debneyish score…. I think I’ll check Google.
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The JHoward Shore!? …wow. Ok – I’m surprised…
Yeah, DOUBTFIRE is Howard Shore. For my money, that and the similar NOBODY’S FOOL are two of his best scores (sorry Lord Of The Rings fans).
I really dig Shore’s score for “The Cell”. Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible movie, but it had a really good score.
Burt
He did about ten seconds of film score for the film Seven, also.
>He did about ten seconds of film score for the film Seven, also.
Ahem – he composed over an hour of music for Se7en… A brilliant score, btw. I love the last cue (when Somerset opens the package with Tracy’s head inside)
Ouch, spoiler warning my friend.
Yeah… I was gonna watch that movie! (—eventually…)
I just saw “The Passion of the Christ.” What an excelent movie, cinematically speaking! Since I’m Jewish (and I was NOT offended), I was confused about a lot of the story, as I am not entirely familiar with the technical aspects of it, but it was really a beautiful movie. Gorey and exhausing, but beautiful. I was disappointed with the score, as there was not much of it that was really noticeable aside from the scourging scene and the crucifixion. I really liked the Resurrection music, but the best of it was played in the end credits. Good for John Debney standards, though.
Debney’s score for The Passion was incredible. It was weird when I first read that he was gonna do it, cause usually he’s done mostly comedies(mainly the stuff he’s done with Elfman, cause thats what I had known him for the most), with the exception of a few things like Cutthroat Island and all. But I was anxious to hear it as well as anxious to see the movie, which I felt the film of was unbelivable, me being a born-again Christian myself, it was so hard to watch but it was somthing I felt that I both wanted and needed to see. The one thing I respected about Mel’s direction, is that he didnt make it to where it was so much promoting Catholicism, in which he is a Catholic, and I’m not, I’m neither Protestant nor Catholic, I dont believe in reformed theology. But it seemed like he wanted to do the best historical and realistic representation of what actually happend, which is the best thing anyone could have done. All in All both Gibson and Debney did outstanding jobs on this movie.
“Ouch, spoiler warning my friend.”
It’s not like the ending of Se7en was at all surprising.
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