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The writers seemingly confirm Elfman’s involvement.
https://x.com/shannonandswift/status/1851505152743633380?t=-pYEvdq1Kd0B3WFsng7dpA&s=19
Everything about this movie and its music is odd.
There does seem to be a bit more quirk in the samples than made it through the dub.
“Elfman is currently scoring the film Dracula: A Love Tale for the director Luc Besson.”
I can’t tell if Wednesday is the most or least likely project for him to be attached to. He won an Emmy and people probably expect him to be involved, but it’s also the most likely one to attract noise regarding the allegations. One of the season 1 actors was accused of stuff and got the boot. Bacon scoring all of Season 2 would also be a pretty seamless transition. I dunno.
Raimi is probably my favourite director, so I’d be most excited about Send Help.
Rachel McAdams to star.
Oh I am so here for this movie.
Maybe, but if they weren’t planning to release anything additional, wouldn’t they have put the hyperlinks to the soundtrack album and been done with it? I think we’re getting more – even if it’s just uploaded to the website a la Woman in the Window.
There is cover art for a score album on Elfman’s website.
Burton is directing 2×07 and 2×08. That’s four episodes for Season 2.
Elfman’s music is all over this new little tease.
I like to think I can tell the difference between Elfman and Bacon nowadays (maybe I’m full of it), and I only really heard Elfman here. The orchestral version of MacArthur Park at the end jumped at me as being a Bacon cue.
Bacon’s also only credited with additional arrangements, not music, which tends to be the case when his role is smaller – Dumbo, Grinch…
It’s missing the overlay of Donna Summer’s cover of MacArthur Park. It plays over the score like how Day-O does in the original.
Hearing the main title was such a blast in the cinema. Everyone was bobbing along.
There’s a fun cue during which Beetlejuice sucks everyone into their phones. Felt like Elfman was allowed to play for just a few seconds.
I love Dumbo, too. Really underrated score with a gorgeous main theme.
I said on another forum that it’s so weird having a blah score to a good Burton movie when normally Elfman’s the one overcompensating. I think this is the first time the score doesn’t (isn’t allowed to) live up to the movie.
I saw it again, and there probably are 45 starts in there. They’re all just so non-descript you wouldn’t notice.
Major bummer, but this is at least a Burton movie that’s good and successful. I guess we can’t have everything.
I wonder if they’re on good terms after this.
Astrid exploring the town and the dream sequence near the end were ripe opportunities to really establish a theme for her.
I really think this was all Burton. A mix of temp track love and wanting to make the movie as 70s in vibe as he could.
Just remembered the Gramophone interview in which Elfman mentioned recording 45 cues for Beetlejuice 2.
I may well be wrong, but I don’t think there’s anywhere near that in the movie.
I’m seeing it again tomorrow.
I’m conflicted.
I can’t imagine there’s anything more to say with this story, nor can I imagine it doing well or being well-received. Also, working with a director with a lot of allegations when you have allegations is a bad look regardless of whether either person is guilty or not.
On the other hand, for a composer, this must be as enticing as it gets. I also loved Desplat’s score for Valerian (another genre entirely, but hearing Desplat being allowed to be 100% Desplat on a big movie was a treat). I love Sleepy Hollow and Wolfman, and it’s been ages since Elfman scored a horror movie.
To be fair, he didn’t promote his Percussion Concerto/Wunderkammer release bar reposting Sony Classical once.
I’d be surprised if Burton wasn’t temp-track obsessed with this one.
The best and most impactful cue is by another composer!
There was a cool cue for an awesome flashback sequence at least…
I enjoyed the movie, but I don’t know if I’ve ever been more disappointed by a score in a movie. Elfman is given almost nothing to do. It reminded me of Big Eyes, to be honest.
Only a handful of cues made an impression, and most of those felt like riffs on cues from the original. All the quirk and colours were gone.
My gut says that The Actor didn’t work out though there has been radio silence on that movie.
Elfman was spotted at a place where they film stop-motion projects. I would presume this is for Rhona.
Burton has shot 2×01, 2×04, and he’ll be shooting 2×08 this month. Minimum of three episodes for this season.
