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ParticipantSoundtrack from Backlot Records.
ParticipantIt’s a weird world. In an interview in late 2015, Silvestri said that the phone wasn’t ringing anymore. He’s just had an incredible two years.
I think Elfman still has aspirations in film scoring. Doyle and Powell (two of my favourites) are very content to just have one project on the go and to work on that one project for up to a year. Because of this, their output is excellent, but there’s something lacking in their filmographies. It’s not like with Elfman, were it could be announced tomorrow that he’s working on a big fantasy, an indie drama, a thriller, an animation, a superhero movie and none of those would really surprise me. I also appreciate that he’s always working with new directors. Giacchino generally scores good movies, but they’re generally 3/5 good and that’s boring. James Newton Howard seems to be in a similar boat of his best movies being the ones were the score does less….
I guess what I’m getting at is that I want Elfman to have Desplat’s career. I’d settle for just a handful of swapped assignments.
He said ages ago that if he could model his career after anyone’s it would be Goldsmith’s, and I wonder if that’s happening.
ParticipantBunch of rich kids are going to mosh to Beetlejuice and I’m here for it.
ParticipantSeems like Universal is dumping this. Nothing on a score release, either.
At least it seems like we’ll be getting dragon music (what even is this movie?).
Your New Year's resolution, courtesy of #Dolittle. Get tickets now and see the movie in theaters January 17. pic.twitter.com/Wtv5lSnFQK
— Dolittle (@DolittleMovie) January 1, 2020
December 26, 2019 at 1:29 pm in reply to: How would you rate Elfman's overall output in 2010s? #99083ParticipantI’m a big fan of electronic Elfman (The Next Three Days, The End of the Tour, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Girl on the Train, The Circle…), so I’ve really enjoyed that particular direction is career has gone in. I also think those scores have helped kill the ‘All Elfman scores sound the same’ criticism that doesn’t seem to be said nearly as much as it used to.
Big, big thumbs up for the concert music.
I think what’s hurting Elfman’s film music career is the quality of the films he’s scoring. He’s had a lot of bad luck this decade, and the films that were genuinely great were little-seen – Silver Linings Playbook being a big exception, but the score doesn’t have a huge presence there. Both Alice scores and Dumbo are top-tier Elfman fantasy scores that aren’t likely to stay in public consciousness due to the films themselves. Both Dolittle and Woman in the Window have had troubled productions, so it seems like things aren’t going to get much better in that regard.
ParticipantParticipantHe said he appreciated it and smiled. The lady before me had brought tickets from every Elfman/Burton show…ever, so I was only ever going to be a disappointment haha.
ParticipantJacob Tremblay In Talks To Join Amazon’s ‘Prince of Fashion’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Filming starts April 2020.
I hope Elfman can fit this in. It seems like a sweet story.
Participant£85 though.
ParticipantVideo removed by Orange Mountain Music. Glass’s label are maybe going to release the music?
ParticipantI like the odd Giacchino score, but his action music is really aimless and light for me. I’m not at all excited by this.
ParticipantBoys had fun recording for Danny Elfman this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/l7avFVwztW
— Vaughan Music (@CVMSMusic) October 19, 2019
ParticipantParticipantThis makes me happy.
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ParticipantWell, a few of Elfman regulars are now credited and the trailer is out in a few days – I was wrong!
ParticipantInteresting. I hope it’s all worked out and the messy production (new writer brought in for reshoots which were filmed by a new director) hasn’t affected the music. It’s apparently out in three months but we don’t even have a picture.
ParticipantNo music team on IMDB, Elfman is in California the night before recording was supposed to begin, and he has mentioned that he’s currently writing the commission for the National Youth Symphony in recent interviews…
I smell another delay.
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ParticipantOf all the complete Elfman scores we have, this one holds up as a listening experience the most. I thought the album presentation was perfect as it is, but I was wrong.
GREAT release.
September 14, 2019 at 12:19 pm in reply to: Elfman week-end at Paris Philarmonic (Sept. 19) with potential new concert work #99030ParticipantSoo jealous of you guys.
ParticipantDarkman promo in the press release, too.
I love this score. Such a unique moment in Elfman’s career.
ParticipantHe is (was?) friends with Paul Haggis after his super controversial split from Scientology, so I can’t imagine that he is.
ParticipantPre-concert talk with Elfman and Glass.
http://philipglasscenter.org/2019-festival/percussion-performs-elfman-glass-world-premiere/
If Dolittle really starts recording on the 11th, that’s going to be some bad jetlag.
September 9, 2019 at 7:34 pm in reply to: Question about Danny's scores/orchestration and rumor #99019ParticipantThe Bartek interview was back when Elfman was able to write all of the music himself (bar exceptions like Nightbreed and Darkman, which openly name the tracks composed by Sheffer/Walker). Like most composers, Elfman gets help in for most gigs these days. He mentioned in an interview for The End of the Tour that one of the reasons he was so excited to score it was because he could do it all himself, but we’ve no real idea of how his system works.
Can’t help but wonder if this is one of the reasons why he’s drawn more to the classical world these days.
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