Danny Elfman's Dark Shadows' samples
Dark Shadows by Danny Elfman (WaterTower Records OST)
Started by BloodBoal, Apr 03 2012 07:55 PM
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Posted 03 April 2012 - 07:55 PM
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Posted 03 April 2012 - 09:36 PM
Sounds really good. Inspired even, given that it's a Tim Burton film. A buy!
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 05:39 PM
There are now long samples of every single track on the WaterTower website
http://www.watertowe...search=WTM39283
http://www.watertowe...search=WTM39283
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 05:41 PM
I'm not into traditional horror scores, so it doesn't seem like my cuppa tea from the samples. But as an Elfman completist, I need to buy it whether I like it or not. So I'll postpone final evaluation untill I've heard the whole thing.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 05:54 PM
Sounds quite different from normal Burton/Elfman score. No lalala children's choirs, wacky melodies, strange orchestrations. Rather dark and eerie and atmospheric.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 06:03 PM
Sounds quite different from normal Burton/Elfman score. No lalala children's choirs, wacky melodies, strange orchestrations. Rather dark and eerie and atmospheric.
I don't know about that. Listening to the sample of track 5 is kind of weird ish... actually reminds of of the electronic presence in CHARLIE and the CHOCOLATE FACTORY
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 06:50 PM
To me it doesn't exactly shout Burton/Elfman collaboration as most of their work together does. At least not very much. It has Elfman's trademarks and modern stylings all over it though.
Sounds quite different from normal Burton/Elfman score. No lalala children's choirs, wacky melodies, strange orchestrations. Rather dark and eerie and atmospheric.
I don't know about that. Listening to the sample of track 5 is kind of weird ish... actually reminds of of the electronic presence in CHARLIE and the CHOCOLATE FACTORY
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 08:50 PM
Well, SLEEPY HOLLOW isn't THAT far removed from this territory.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 10:09 PM
Well, SLEEPY HOLLOW isn't THAT far removed from this territory.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 10:15 PM
I cannot get these samples to play for me. I have been trying for days. I've updated everything that could be restricting me from hearing it and no luck. Anyone else having this issue?
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 02:55 AM
I couldn't find any full thread for this so I decided to make this. Movies looks awful but the music might be good. Some of the samples sound like the Adventures of Tintin theme (specifically "The End?". Michael Giacchino also drew inspiration from Tintin in the John Carter score.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 03:05 AM
Don't know how that happened since Giacchino recorded Carter in September and October of last year.Michael Giacchino also drew inspiration from Tintin in the John Carter score.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 03:25 AM
Maybe Angela Morley worked on John Carter before she wrote Tintin.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 03:27 AM
Ah, a new meme has arrived.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 03:28 AM
I couldn't find any full thread for this so I decided to make this.
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 07:41 AM
As a Burton fan, I think the film looks fantastic! Then again, I have zero connection to the original show (I only know it by name, I've never seen an episode).
But from the sound clips, I'm more skeptical about the score. Too much traditional horror stuff. Maybe it'll give a slightly different impression when I get the CD (because I need to get it whether I like it or not, being an Elfman completist).
But from the sound clips, I'm more skeptical about the score. Too much traditional horror stuff. Maybe it'll give a slightly different impression when I get the CD (because I need to get it whether I like it or not, being an Elfman completist).
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 12:55 PM
Don't know how that happened since Giacchino recorded Carter in September and October of last year.
Michael Giacchino also drew inspiration from Tintin in the John Carter score.
The main Tintin recording sessions were in 2010
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 01:43 PM
Of course, is there any way Gia could have heard Tintin at that time?
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 02:07 PM
Of course there is. Hell I had the sheet music in 2010
Not that I think Gia ripped it off from Tintin at all, I think its just a big coincidence
Not that I think Gia ripped it off from Tintin at all, I think its just a big coincidence
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 06:34 PM
Wasn't there an interview where he said he loved Tintin and wanted to homage it? Or something like that, I can't recall...
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 06:36 PM
Hey, it sounds quite good! Very much like The Wolfman, which is among my favourite Elfmans.
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:02 PM
I just saw the film today.
Loved it!
Loved it!
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:07 PM
How was the score?
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:16 PM
I like that prologue track.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:25 PM
WOW! I want to hear more 
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:52 PM
How was the score?
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It was excellent in the movie (a mix of his Kilar style in WOLF MAN, some 70's grooves and some weird, wailing-like flute/theremin sounds). Unfortunately, the sound effects were so loud that it was often swallowed up. But there were some pretty nifty ostinati in there, for example.
I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy it alone (a bit too big and horrorey at times), but it fit the movie like a T.
The film, incidentally, is his best since CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Classic Burton all the way, harkening back to the days of BEETLEJUICE. Depp is wonderful.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:54 PM
Well the longer clip sounded much better than the rather poorly chosen clips on the label's site. I will definitely want to listen to the whole album now.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 07:59 PM
Sounds good.
How was the score?
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It was excellent in the movie (a mix of his Kilar style in WOLF MAN, some 70's grooves and some weird, wailing-like flute/theremin sounds).
I'll buy the album anyway.Karol
From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 09:15 PM
The film, incidentally, is his best since CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Classic Burton all the way, harkening back to the days of BEETLEJUICE. Depp is wonderful.
I didn't like Charlie but this one looks enjoyable.
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