Did I read that Red Dragon is good ? Seriously ?? Ratner had an amazing team, from DP to composer and cast, but he totally fucked up, as usual. Manhunter forever. And the new series are captivating. Mikkelsen is the best Hannibal so far.
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Red Dragon LOOKS great, SOUNDS great, however it is tedious and overwrought. Mann brought real pathos and tension to his original adaption, which Jonathan Demme extrapolated and expanded upon for his phenomenal sequel, The Silence of the Lambs.
Everything else is chopped liver (especially Ridley Scott's hilariously bad Hannibal film), though Bryan Fuller's new television series based around Thomas Harris' characters is really something.
Wikipedia apparently lists Lorne Balfe as the composer. Hopefully, that's not true
I doubt it. Hasn't been reported anywhere reliable. Or really anywhere at all. But even if it is true hopefully Ratner can get Balfe to deliver the goods.
Judging by Balfe's attitude to film composing and score structure techniques in general (that recent interview by him was reprehensible), the only goods Balfe should be delivering are Amazon parcels!
While I'm happy for Fernando, is it not possible to get a new big score from Schifrin anymore? Is he not being asked? Is he turning things down?
Ratner shoudl really branch out and hire him for thigns other than a Rush Hour sequel. Lalo was scoring before Ratner was even born, and was an estalibhsed composer with well known films and TV shows before Ratner was even 21.
While I'm happy for Fernando, is it not possible to get a new big score from Schifrin anymore? Is he not being asked? Is he turning things down?
Ratner shoudl really branch out and hire him for thigns other than a Rush Hour sequel. Lalo was scoring before Ratner was even born, and was an estalibhsed composer with well known films and TV shows before Ratner was even 21.
I'm pretty sure that Schifrin retired from writing film scores. Fairly certain I've heard that from a reputable source, but can't recall exactly where right now.
Anyways, fantastic news about Velazquez. He deserves to be doing big movies (even if the movies are simple popcorn flicks) for some mainstream exposure.
I'm surprised Ratner didn't take James Horner's advice and tap Gabriel Yared in his TROY vein since Horner said his score to the 2003 Peterson film sounded like a Hercules score...
Anyhow, this is good news. Will keep an ear out for the score now.
Missed this announcement a while back, but this is indeed great news.
I just hope it doesn't turn into the situation we had w/ Javier Navarrete on CLASH OF THE TITANS 2 where a talented composer, new to big-budget American films, is muscled into writing a dumb and cheap-sounding Media Ventures score.