John Debney has signed to composer the score for Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book (2015). This will be their fourth collaboration, following Elf, Zathura, and Iron Man 2.
I hope Debney knocks it out of the park. The Jungle Book has a rich musical legacy now, with contributions from Miklós Rózsa, Basil Poledouris, John Scott, George Bruns, Joel McNeely and more I'm sure, and I'd love to hear another rich adventure score from Debney to join this esteemed company.
I think the main thing in both of those movies is the uncanny valley shit. I thought we had gotten past that, that we were making progress in effects work, but now we seem instead to have doubled down and embraced it. Both of these movies look like they're full of animals animated photorealistically by people who have never seen an animal, and it just looks like shit to me.
I think the main thing in both of those movies is the uncanny valley shit. I thought we had gotten past that, that we were making progress in effects work, but now we seem instead to have doubled down and embraced it. Both of these movies look like they're full of animals animated photorealistically by people who have never seen an animal, and it just looks like shit to me.
Disney's had great success with crappy looking CGI movies. (Alice In Wonderland, Maleficent, Oz) There's no incentive for them to try any harder.
I like a lot of John Debney's stuff, but none of the titles listed above.
I agree with you guys, for such an expensive movie this looks entirely crappy. It is off putting level visual crap, and I have no desire to see it. But Solium is right, that auds have a large appetite for poorly made movies, they love it.
I would assume they did that specially for Sherman being at the session, but damn if that isn't a kickass old fashioned western style arrangement. Love Debney in western mode.
John Debney has a long, successful history of providing wonderful scores to films that don't necessarily deserve just music (sound familiar Goldsmith fans?). I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that his music for this film is going to transcend the visuals, even if they are excellent in their final incarnation. Cannot wait to enjoy this score.
Is it okay that I don't hate how the film looks? I'm not that fond of the original film to begin with, so it's not like there's a lot to live up to. Same with Sleeping Beauty/Maleficent, with the original easily being the worst film done in Walt's lifetime. Been excited for the score though, and this sample was beautiful!
John Debney has a long, successful history of providing wonderful scores to films that don't necessarily deserve just music (sound familiar Goldsmith fans?). I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that his music for this film is going to transcend the visuals, even if they are excellent in their final incarnation. Cannot wait to enjoy this score.
It would be nice if there was some Goldsmith PLANET OF THE APES inspired stuff for the King Louis part (Oh, acoustic, of course!). And who'd doing the voice for King Louis, Chazz Palminteri? Did that ape grow up in Brooklyn?
Call me "old school" - but why is it necessary to "update" classics? Especially with CGI?
The 2D-animated Disney version has never been surpassed by the 90´s "life action"-feature and, judging from the trailer to this new version, it still will remain the best adaptation of Kipling´s book.
Why? Because it has wit and charm, it sparks the imagination and looks terrific.
The CGI in the trailer for Favreau´s film looks more artificial than the animated versions, and I wonder what it is supposed to do - give a realistic look (which it does not) or supply 2D-animation haters with an alternative?
Of course, I´m hoping for Debney to deliver a great score - but I fear that he has to score noisy action scenes with bombast instead of being allowed to give a magically enchanting entry into Kipling´s world.
Call me "old school" - but why is it necessary to "update" classics? Especially with CGI?
The 2D-animated Disney version has never been surpassed by the 90´s "life action"-feature
It was filmed before Disney got hold of it, remember...
Is it okay that I don't hate how the film looks?
Of course it is! I don't hate how it looks either - and frankly, it looks less tedious than the other movie Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson worked on. (Yeah, not a fan of Lost In Translation... sorry.)
Man, does the trailer look cheap and shitty. Every video game looks more real. This will be the bomb of the year. Nothing beats the wonderful original animated feature.
Man, does the trailer look cheap and shitty. Every video game looks more real. This will be the bomb of the year. Nothing beats the wonderful original animated feature.
Again going on similar Disney live action/CGI titles it should be box office gold for them. Have you seen Alice in Wonderland, and now the previews for the sequel? Looks just as bad but it's sure to do well.
I don't think it looks so bad. What exactly do you expect them to do? They want to make it pretty realistic and they can't exactly bring in all those animals with all the activists screaming about how we shouldn't have real animals involved in films these days. And there would be little point in making it anywhere near the style of the original animated version.
I tried reading the book recently and was completely turned off by the tone of it all. Granted I didn't get very far because the author's voice was so unusual but I'd much rather watch an updated film version than sit through the book.
I don't think it looks so bad. What exactly do you expect them to do? They want to make it pretty realistic and they can't exactly bring in all those animals with all the activists screaming about how we shouldn't have real animals involved in films these days. And there would be little point in making it anywhere near the style of the original animated version.
I tried reading the book recently and was completely turned off by the tone of it all. Granted I didn't get very far because the author's voice was so unusual but I'd much rather watch an updated film version than sit through the book.
It looks horrible.
If they had at least made a CG or mocap boy it would look better. The realness of the kid makes the rest look like he is standing inside a video game, which he basically is, a green screen. What do I expect? Well, how about not making it until it stops looking like shit? If they try, and it looks this deplorable, then they need to simply wait, or do something else. But the other point is that other movies, actually older, with talking animals, like Prince Caspian, actually look far superior and more seamless, and they used "inferior" technology. The problem is these directors and studios use these movies as test runs for technology that is not at all proven - and beyond that - test the audience - to see if they accept that crappiness of the results. Like Solium said, it is all too bad, because they audience has paid in droves for stuff that looks inferior to effects movies that were made 30 years ago, or 10 years ago.