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I have that first generation thing, in which only the chopped-up segments from the suite sound decent. Otherwise, it’s SFX and all. I’ll gladly use it as a coaster if and when a legit version comes out.
rkeaveney Wrote:
> You’re both… Wrong There’s at least almost 20
> minutes of score in the film, and about that much
> that never made the film. Many, many Elfman
> highlights here — the siege on Santa’s workshop,
> the “Humanitarian of The Year” cue (with an early
> hint at Elfman’s SPIDER-MAN theme), and the finale
> cue where “Calvin Speaks”. A very important entry
> in Elfman’s filmography, as his next was BATMAN.Yeah, I have all of that on the bootleg. However, I still stand by my opinion that the suite is representative (representative means that it REPRESENTS the score well by having all, or at least MOST of the musical highlights).
That said, I’d buy a commercial album in a heartbeat if it were released, even complete and chronological (which isn’t so bad when it’s that short).
Well, that’s nice. I have the boot which combines the MFADT suite with various rips of varying quality. There are a couple of nice cues that weren’t in the suite, but for the most part, it’s pretty representative. Either way, it’s a short score, so if this is planned, I hope they include something….extra.
boingomusic Wrote:
> THOR : “I’m sure we would have heard something if
> it was an upcoming reissue.”
>
> Well, Thor, sometimes we have very pleasant
> surprises, like the Mars Attacks Reissue, that was
> totally unexpected… And trust-me, we can expect
> another VERY VERY pleasant surprise soon,
> regarding an unreleased score that every Elfman
> fan has been dreaming of, for a loooong time now
>
Oh? You know something that we don’t?
I’m not sure about CHARLOTTE’S WEB, but she obviously did work on the DEEP SEA 3D film, and according to the latest Daniel Schweiger interview – also WANTED, which I didn’t know. So they apparently have some sort of connection.
Thanks. Sounds like typical dark and foreboding stuff.
Interestingly, this is not the first time Lurie and Elfman have “collaborated” on a movie. In 2004, Lurie scored the high school chick flick THE SLEEPOVER, which features a live performance of OIngo Boingo’s “We Close Our Eyes” by the band Allister. Just a piece of trivia.
I have no idea what “Bandslam” is, but nice to see such real-life inspiration.
I wonder if “Aqualung” is the Jethro Tull album?
Ronson Wrote:
> Just curious if Elfman could clear this up. I
> suspect his response would be “I have no memory of
> such an insignificant event.”Yes, I think that is pretty much a given. Unfortunately, Mr. Elfman does not visit this forum (at least not to my knowledge).
But cool to know that you had a “link”, sort of, to the band once upon a time.
I’ve now found out what NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED is all about. It’s a student film, alright, about a guy driving around in a coroner van. The only Elfman in it is the Boingo song “Dead Man’s Party” played over a montage. The film is on youtube and the montage can be viewed from 3:15 here:
Danny Biker Wrote:
> 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…Girlfriend? No, I don’t. Are you looking for a date?
Thanks for the info on the CONDO/Seranada. I didn’t know there was a connection there.
As an Elfman completist, I’d like to have total control over his output. That’s why it’s nice to know these things.
Alright, I’ve been doing some further digging on the net myself, and this is what I’ve come to:
MAZER WORLD and NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED are two fantasy/horror shorts by film students/budding film directors and it is likely that they’ve “mixed” their own Elfman soundtracks to their movies, using existing scores of his.
CINEMAKER is a DVD box with tips to the aspiring filmmaker from various people in the biz. Elfman is listed alongside composers Richard Band, Brian Benison and Wayne Scott Joness (I’ve never heard of the last two) as providing “stock music”. Again, I refuse to believe that they’ve provided ORIGINAL stock music for this, and that it is instead bits and pieces of their existing work.
As Ryan points out, the track “Fire” in THE BENCHWARMERS is indeed from SPIDERMAN, and not an original composition.
As for CONDO PAINTING, I am actually now quite convinced that this is an original piece that none of us have heard of. It’s a documentary on the psychelic painter George Condo, and several online Elfman bios list this as a “brief excursion” into indie land for Danny. He’s apparently written 5 “songs” for this film. None of them appear on the film’s released soundtrack, however.
PROUD IZA is, as I said, another Elfman assignment that we’ve never talked about. I’m very curious about this, since he’s also the narrator.
Alright, that’s what I found myself. Any more info heartily appreciated, fellow Elfmaniacs!
TJ
rkeaveney Wrote:
> “Fire” is likely, well, “Fire” from SPIDER-MAN (an
> unreleased cue). I haven’t seen THE BENCHWARMERS,
> and considering it stars Jon Heder, I never
> fucking will!The guy from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE? What’s your beef with him? I think he did a pretty good job there.
TenderLumpling Wrote:
> Actually, in that commentary, Danny acknowledges
> that he is in his studio. I believe he says “here,
> in my studio,” when he talks about recording the
> percussion himself.He may very well be in his studio, if that is where the interview was conducted, but he is not watching the film while he comments. Same with the Burton commentary.
I would like to see him do commentaries on ALL his scored movies. Perhaps even for some of the films with scores that he adores, like old Herrmann stuff.
It is worth noting that the PLANET OF THE APES commentary for the most part is made up of remnants of the interview. It is not a “commenting while sitting down and watching it ” commentary like the excellent EDWARD SCISSORHANDS commentary. Same with Burton’s. Kinda disappointing, if you ask me. It’s more interesting when they comment on exact things on-screen while it happens.
Actually, it was the same problem on Explorer and Firefox, but I got the imdb video to work. Looks very interesting, altohough a little heavy on rather shoddy-looking CGI.
I agree. “March of the Dead” is not really anything we haven’t heard from him before…and better. The highlights are to be found in LoDuca’s score, such as “Ride on the Peripets” or whatever the heck the track was called, used in countless trailers since.
