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Dec 30, 2014 - 12:44 PM
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Juanki
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You know there is something odd at film music nowadays when latest score of one of the biggest partnership between composer and director (and one that even people not into film music recognizes) gets a soundtrack release with less than 30 minutes of scores and just in digital format. I'm honestly not sure what you mean. There was only a brief sliver of time when we had an expectation that major films would have a soundtrack release, and that was maybe the last ten or fifteen years. As far as famous collaborations go, only a single Hitchcock/Herrmann score was released contemporaneously with the film, and that was about 30 minutes of "Vertigo." (And it was released in the popular format of the time, LP, just as "Big Eyes" was released in today's popular format of download.) "Big Eyes" is not a Tim Burton blockbuster. In fact, I've read reports that it's expected to earn less than $20 million in its run. (Obviously, we'll see if those are accurate.) So given all this, I'm not sure what's so odd here. Danny Elfman is one of the most popular film composers out there. Not matter if the film is a blockbuster, it's a collaboration with Tim Burton and even people who doesn't enjoy film scores, take notice of this particular partnership. Remember "Big Fish" soundtrack? It came with a few songs and like 40 minutes of Elfman score. Why not the same with "Big Eyes"?
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Remember "Big Fish" soundtrack? It came with a few songs and like 40 minutes of Elfman score. Why not the same with "Big Eyes"? In the past 11 years, downloads have become prevalent and CDs have dipped. A download release is a moneymaker, a physical product is a higher chance of financial loss. I'm a bit surprised that this isn't getting a physical release, between the fanbases for Elfman and Lana Del Rey, but looks like it won't. Bummer! It could be just a delayed CD release -- Desplat's Philomena didn't come out on CD until a little while into 2014, and that film, like Big Eyes, was a Weinstein Company release. (at least, I'm hoping it's just delayed)
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Jan 2, 2015 - 12:14 AM
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SchiffyM
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I watched the film today. It's a very odd film about a very odd real story, lovely to look at and certainly original. But the main character is a cipher, and the story doesn't really build, it just falls into a series of story points that happen over and over (without giving too much away, Margaret Keane is repeatedly surprised to find she's been betrayed by some new duplicity from her husband, she objects but does nothing, and then it happens again). I liked Elfman's score, which fits the movie perfectly. But it's mostly all of a kind, so while I haven't heard the download album yet, the 21 minutes it presents may very well be quite enough to make me happy. And I can very easily imagine Elfman feeling that it's the best way to present this work of his. Compact can be compelling, even without the compact disc.
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