DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Film Score Double Shot: Elfman for T4, No Morricone for Basterds

  • Ronnie_S · 11 months ago
    I have no problem with Danny Elfman, but why can't Brad Fiedel just do it? There's a video on youtube that shows a scene of Terminator 3 with Fidel's music and I felt it gave the scene more energy.
    On another note, the theme has got to stay. I found it kinda strange that they only included it in the credits of T3, but there was definitely a lot wrong with that movie.
  • Mike Hunt · 11 months ago
    I was a huge fan of Elfman's early work, his Batman scores, Edward Scissorhands, compilations in Music for a Darkened Theater, were all fantastic, and The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack really showcased his musical talent as a composer, lyricist, and singer. But the stuff he's been doing as of lately... his Spider-Man scores, Red Dragon, Planet of the Apes, even his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory just don't have the same touch of experimentation he used to do. It's like he's fallen into a habit of knowing what about his music made him popular, and now he just does parodies of himself. He's just not the same composer I once knew and loved. Maybe he'll go back to his roots for Salvation.
  • Cole_Abaius · 11 months ago
    Then maybe this is a good project for him. It doesn't seem to fit his style - which might be what he needs to shake him up a bit to return to form. Of course the other option is that it'll just sound like a bad fit.

    I suppose we'll have to see. Or, er, hear.
  • DMuff · 11 months ago
    Much rather had Fiedel do it but you never know; Elfman could just as easily enhance the movie as he could hinder it.
  • Forbidden Fan · 10 months ago
    I only watched the movie for the "ABC" song... Of course the "perkiness" of the rest of the film made it much more watchable.
  • Robert Fure · 10 months ago
    Regardless of music, every time I see "Basterds" I get upset. Does changing the title from "Bastards" to "Basterds" mean its less of a theft, err, remake? If I could quote Urban Dictionary on the definition of 'basterd' :

    When someone is too stupid to spell [bastard], basterd is often the result.