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[Demondm810]

Excellent news!

[Ro Sajooc]

Horner isn't a bad choice.

[tharpdevenport]

Of course -- there's no shortage of people who think any composer, no matter how talented, untalented, or overused, that isn't a bad choice for any film.

About the only thing we could probably get a majority vote on is Gustavo Santaolalla* NOT being a good choice.





* = He'd win an Emmy for it, though. Hell, why not?

[gkgyver]

James Horner most likely will do the score:


http://filmmusicrepo...ing-spider-man/

[Jason LeBlanc]

We know

[Matt C]

Bravo Marc Webb, for getting someone talented to score a big-budget tentpole. I was really worried we'd get a RC/MV composer on there to ape Zimmer's Batman scores.

[BloodBoal]

I was really worried we'd get a RC/MV composer on there to ape Zimmer's Batman scores.

Yeah, it's better now: we get Horner on there to ape Zimmer's Batman scores.

[tharpdevenport]

I was never worried -- I just assumed he'd go with his only go-to composer: Mychael Danna. Doesn't mean I would have liked it, but I was never worried about Zimmer or Ramin or Bates. Horner ... odd being out of the blue like that.


This is, of course, assuming Danna didn't do demos that weren't liked.

[Koray Savas]

Mychael Danna was never involved, I guarantee it. Even if Marc Webb wanted to use him again, I doubt Marvel would approve. The man's never done an action score.

[tharpdevenport]

He also got to do "Hulk". But why are we judging on those mertis?
What action score had Elfman done before "Batman"? Or anything remoately approaching what the film needed?
And then of course the list grows bigger with composers and superhero films, who never did superhero films before.

Every composers can get the shot, it just has to be offered. And not every superhero films requires an action score.

[Stefancos]

Tim Burton had to fight to let Elfman do Batman. The studio wanted Williams.

[tharpdevenport]

Yeah, I know. But then again, back then, what studio didn't want Williams for what "big" film?

And look what we got from the red-headed stepchild of film scoring. If only other composers got those chances, instead of dashing off to the RC Cookie Cutter Composer Factory and hiring a Zimmer clone.

[Koray Savas]

You're comparing today to 20 years ago and acting like things haven't changed.

[Stefancos]

Things have changed, for the worse.

Elfman was frowned upon, because of his pop background, and his lack of proper musical education. He was thought of as a "hummer".

Now all these Zimmer-copies are hummers. They hum there themes into a microphone and let the orchestrators work on it.

[Alexander]

Ofcourse not.

The orchestrators do all the work.

[Stefancos]

yes, but now they are all credited for it!

I mean we know Shirley Walker did everything on Batman, but there should at least be the illusion that a single composer is responsible for HIS work...

[Richard Penna]

Good choice. The trailer looked like it was ready for a Zimmer clone to unleash his electronic rambling.

I wonder if hiring Danna for his first film gave him the confidence to reject the studio's inevitable ideas.

Plus, we'll get a full CD release with 15 minute tracks. Take that Tintin!

[tharpdevenport]

You're comparing today to 20 years ago and acting like things haven't changed.

Is or is not Williams still in demand, and Elfman still the read-headed stepchild of film scoring?

[BloodBoal]

New The Amazing Spider-Man poster:

[Jason LeBlanc]

Poster I saw at the movie theater last night

[Henry Buck]

The untold story? What?

[Jason LeBlanc]

Seems like they are trying to make the audience think its some kind of untold story from the same universe as the first 3 films rather than a reboot

[Koray Savas]

Or that the story simply hasn't been told. This villain has yet to appear in any film form. Parker is after Gwen Stacey and not Mary Jane, etc.

[Jason LeBlanc]

No, the bad guy in the film is Dr. Curt Connors, who was played by Dylan Baker in both Spider-man 2 and Spider-man 3. (He just never turned into The Lizard in the original trilogy)

[tharpdevenport]

It's the untold story f box office profit.

[Koray Savas]

No, the bad guy in the film is Dr. Curt Connors, who was played by Dylan Baker in both Spider-man 2 and Spider-man 3. (He just never turned into The Lizard in the original trilogy)

Ah, my bad.

[gkgyver]

Seems like they are trying to make the audience think its some kind of untold story from the same universe as the first 3 films rather than a reboot

The first three were pretty far away from the comic books, so yes, it will be an untold story.
And no nasty melodrama this time please.

[Quint]

Judging by the bizarre shadow, one can only assume the chap has a massive case of piles.

[Stefancos]

Just watched the trailer. Actually looked OK.

Liked the fact that the geeky Parker actually looks rather cool (Geeks are indeed the new jocks these days).

The film will probably be better then the first Spider-Man film, which was awfully melodramatic and suffered from Willem Dafoe hamming is up.

[BloodBoal]

Toy car gives first look at The Lizard

More pics here

Spoiler

If that's the real thing, that's disappointing, to say the least.

[Koray Savas]

It's a toy.

[BloodBoal]

[tharpdevenport]

[Luke Skywalker]

who's finally scoring this?

[Stefancos]

Horner, right?

[Luke Skywalker]

ah ok.

We already know how the lizard theme is going to be, right?

[Jason LeBlanc]

The answer is literally on this page guys

[Luke Skywalker]

so is that Danna guy?

that's why i asked, i didnt find any conclusive on the net...

[Stefancos]

IMDB lists Horner

[tharpdevenport]

His editor, Jim Henrickson, did an interview last year saying, basically, it was pretty much a go for Horner to score it. There has been no refuting it or ther composers listed. As long as his editor's name is still on the IMDB credits for that film (under "Music Dept."), then it should still be a go.