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The question that torments us all. But in this case, what if Mr. Elfman had scored _(insert name of movie Danny didn’t score)_? Regardless of whether it’s the type of movie he would have wanted to score, what would it sound like? Thoughts?
Here’s mine. What if Danny Elfman scored “Star Wars”? Again, definitely not the type of movie he’d score, but I think it would have the kind of “space” element he put in Planet of the Apes space scenes, along with some elements of Mission Impossible (without the jazzy Schifrin theme, of course). He could definitely do some dark themes for the main villians. For love themes, probably the sweetness of the Family Man. Feel free to add to this or, if you think it might be different, insert your views on Star Wars, but please try to think of your own movie, too.
An Elfman-scored Angels in America would certainly have been interesting. However, Thomas Newman’s score is glorious – my newest “favorite” score of the moment – so I’d doubt if even Elfman could improve on it. Sorry, guys, but it’s just that good…
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I don’t know what it’d sound like, but I’ve always wondered what it would sound like if Danny were to score an authentic horror movie (meaning there are no half-naked girls running around all stupid and such).
I’m thinking along the lines of The Shining (the one with Jack Nicholson), Bram Stoker’s Dracula, or even something as new as The Ring. (Mind you, the music in these movies are snazzy and all–but I’d just like to see what Danny could do in the horror genre).
Not “The Ring,” that movie sucked. I’ve heard that Danny talked to Kevin Smith about scoring “Dogma” but didn’t do it due to scheduling conflicts. I thought that Howard Shore’s score was pretty good, though I hate to say it because I despise him after stupid awards people worsihipped him so. I’d really liked to have seen him score “Harry Potter,” I could imagine him scoring those well. Also he would have covered “X-Men” or “X2” well, though both those scores by Michael Kamen and John Ottman respectively are among my favorites. And just putting this up for grabs, mightb he have done a better score for “The Passion of the Christ?”
What if Danny scored ‘Manos’: The Hands of Fate?
What if he scored Batman Forever, and Batman and Robin? I think alterations to origional themes, with sequels, often, in Danny’s hands, can create quite entertaining scores. I’m looking forward to Spidey 2 soo much.
I don’t think even Danny’s music could’ve saved those other Batman films….but, that’s just me. (Mind you, I’ve no doubt the scores would be saucy–but good music alone cannot save a bad, bad movie).
No? What about Planet of the Apes? I really think that movie was a swing and a miss but I now own the soundtrack and the DVD purely because I like the movie for it’s score. No offense to Tim Burton. I truely think he’s one of the most creative directors around.
Getting back to the original topic…Maybe Danny will be scoring “The Grudge”?
Well, I know Danny’s music sounds good even when he’s working on a bad movie–but I’d rather see him score films that I’d actually enjoy seeing, you dig? I’m not saying you have to enjoy the movie to like the music–I’m just saying I prefer it to be that way.
Yes, yes, back on topic….
I also think it’d be great to see what else Danny could do in a sci-fi setting. (I liked Planet of the Apes, though–it’s a downfall, I know). I don’t go for much science fiction, but something along the lines of Aliens would be snazzy. And I love wicked fairytales. Something like In the Company of Wolves would be most fantasic, as well.
Evil Dead, what do you mean what if he scored a horror movie?! He did Army of Darkness didn’t he (Also featuring, for several seconds, Bridget Fonda I might add for the purpose of satisfying my sad but simple thrills)?! Yes you nit-pickers, Joe Lo Duca did it, but Danny wrote the “March of the Dead”! “Bruce Campbell VS. Army of Darkness” is a horrifying, gory, spine-tingling, dramatic, erotic, gruesome, action-packed and all around VERY SCARY FILM!!! Okay, I think that by the third movie, Rami had finally given up trying to make a horror picture, and just accepted the Evil Dead trilogy as comedy. But I had to do my little proclamation (homage) just the same. You could consider Sleepy Hollow a horror/adventure though.
Also, I’m going to get a bit opinionated here, but I would have hated to have seen him score “The Passion of the Christ” simply because there is no way that I could stomach the movie (And that isn’t for reasons of gore or inhumanity). I would like to see him do an X-Men film, but not if those crummy kiddy actors have sizable parts in it (As they did in X2). As I have previously mentioned, and was jumped on for, I would like to see Elfman do a well written Star Trek film (Well-written on the part of the script writers, something comparable to two, six, or eight). I know that this is considered by many as Goldsmith’s territory, but with the exception of First Contact (Part eight, bearing strong resemblance to The Final Frontier, part five), all my favorites of the genera are scored by other artists (Such as Cliff Eidelman or James Horner). I wouldn’t mind him scoring Loony Toons either. Danny is good about catching cues (Scoring actions). I think that his work on a cartoon would be comparable to (Dare I say) Carl Stalling’s. Unfortunately, Goldsmith seems to have landed that gig too (Unfortunate in the sense that he isn’t Elfman, not in the sense that he couldn’t write anything worth while).
Uh….I don’t consider Army of Darkness a horror movie. I think it’s snazzy as hell and very, very funny. But scary? Eh, I don’t think so.
Granted, it’d be found in the horror section because of all the gore and such–but to me that’s just an added bonus. Then again, just because something is classified as horror doesn’t mean it’s always gonna be scary (sadly, that’s rarely the case). So, basically I dig the Evil Dead trilogy because they’re brilliant–not because they’re scary.
And I think Sleepy Hollow is in another catagory too. I don’t know what to call it–but I wouldn’t classify it as a horror, either.
So no, I didn’t temporarily lose my mind and forget about Danny scoring either of those films (or at least part of Army of Darkness).
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