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Thanks a lot. A great interview. You might not like his art but it confirms what an intelligent artist he is…
Tough one…
10. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
9. Wanted
8. SOP
7. Planet of the Apes
6. Milk
5. Corpse Bride
4. Hellboy II
3. Big Fish
2. Spider-Man
1. Serenada SchizophranaThe real question being “When Richard Elfman got the idea for the film ?” And I want a specific day of the week, damned !
Agreed but I find his Van Sant scores more creative. In addition, the film themselves are better but that’s another subject…
You missed an obvious Descent Into Mystery, as “To Die For” is the first collaboration between Van Sant and Elfman; probably his best after his love story with Burton.
Great job anyway !Well, Descent, from what I understand from your posts, it seemq like you’re giving a lot of importance to melody (to use a very generic word) while some of us here are more interested in orchestration techniques and musical textures. And if you’re into that, A Simple Plan, is a (the ?) highlight of his career.
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love Burwell’s work for Fargo (a rather overlooked composer if you ask me) but except the fact that both scores are written for movies where people kill each other in the snow, they don’t play in the same category.
Wake up Danny Boy…
http://elfman.filmmusic.com/forum/read.php?7,32323,35044#35044
Good Lord, I’m surprised to see how “Milk” is so underestimated around here. From all the great scores of 2008, it’s my favourite along with Hellboy II…and quite frankly, I was disappointed by both of them at first !
These are the work of a very mature composer; while they have very strong themes, these scores are more about textures and carefully balanced orchestration. Early-90’s Elfman would I’ve never been able to write that kind of music…
In the end, although I was really fond of Wanted when it was released, I just realised the score completely disappeared from my playlists – and won’t come back for a long while. Very fun score…but that’s pretty much it. It’s just a million miles away from his big brother Mission: Impossible…Youtube/Columbia asked me to remove it. I was surprised it lasted so long actually; I’m pretty sure the others will be deleted with time…
Speaking of these others, I would say they offer a better sync work. The train video had some personal edits that were not representative of what was originally intended I guess.Honestly, this production has been a disaster from day one. It doesn’t surprise me, it’s almost coherent…
Oh well, let’s wait for the leak…
The Rolling Stones jumped the shark several times. With a 10-12 years’ career and at least five albums that became History, I just don’t see when it happened for The Beatles…
True : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQxe_C3__A
Unfortunately it’s a cover !I also found this topic on rock band message board : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvQxe_C3__A
Sad news indeed. As Ryan said, he captured the 80’s youth so well that his films will stick with me for a long time…
You don’t have a girlfriend don’t you ?
As for George Condo, I think the Serenada Schizophrana CD cover was one of his piece of work…
Yeah but Burton tends to be boring when he does that.
I find the commentaries tracks to be a very unnatural exercise. Talking about what you created is a hard task and most people aren’t very good at it. It gets interesting when they record the commentary several years after the release of the film, when the creators have actually some kind of perspective.The only commentaries that I always enjoy listening are the ones for The Simpsons and Futurama; it’s sometimes as funny as the episode itself.
Taking Woodstock Score track listing:
1. Taking Woodstock Titles
2. Elliot’s Place
3. At Ease Man
4. Welcome Home
5. The Magic Tickets
6. Get The Money
7. Chocolate Milk
8. Groovy Thing (Office #1)
9. A Happening (Office #2)
10. Groovy Thing (Guitar Solo)
11. Life Goes On
12. The Acid Trip
13. Hash Brownies
14. In The Mud
15. Perspective Extended
16. I Love Her
17. Woodstock Wildtrack #1
18. Woodstock Wildtrack #2I wonder what this means : “iTunes online exclusive featuring the soundtrack as well as the complete score ($19.99)”. Complete score ? That would certainly be interesting although I’m not looking forward to pay twice for the same thing…
Well, that`s the most useful link you could imagine in a “Danny Elfman’s music always sounds the same…” discussion !
Can’t wait now !
Thor, if you want it, I can send you a .flv file I saved. Or you can just wait, as I imagine that the trailer will officially hit the Internet later today…
