I wish he was more specific. He says he's halfway through ALICE 2 (which is directed by Burton, I presume?), so that hardly constitutes another fall-out. Maybe the film does not require a score, or he's filled his schedule so much that he ain't got time (although you would imagine he would farm out ANOTHER title for the Burton?). I guess all will be revealed soon.
'Miss Peregrine' was listed on Elfman's agency website not too long ago. The author of the book that the movie is based on was talking about how Danny was scoring the movie too.
The movie was then moved to December and the author then started saying how Danny 'might' be scoring the movie. I think it's an issue of time, Elfman has a violin concerto due this summer and even though the movie has been delayed it'll probably be finished long before release so Burton can move onto his next project.
I don't know. It still looks far from being a tight schedule compared to what he had to face in the past and I'd thought that scoring a Burton film would more or less always be on the top of his list when decisions have to be made. Unless there are others big projects we don't know about.
The movie will be released in about a year. A lot can happen.
The movie wrapped production this July so realistically whoever is scoring it should probably be on it already or at least really soon...
I hope it's not Howard Shore. I always felt bad that Christopher Young was always Raimi's choice if he couldn't get Elfman and it'd be a shame for Shore to be that too.
Assuming they're still on good terms Elfman would recommend Desplat for sure.
Is PELEGRINE another film a la SWEENEY TODD that already has an existing score, perhaps?
If not, it seems weird that Elfman is backing out of a Burton project out of schedules alone. They usually work their way around that. But maybe it's not a bad thing. These days, I prefer Elfman in more 'independent' mode, anyway.
The movie wrapped production this July so realistically whoever is scoring it should probably be on it already or at least really soon...
I hope it's not Howard Shore. I always felt bad that Christopher Young was always Raimi's choice if he couldn't get Elfman and it'd be a shame for Shore to be that too.
Assuming they're still on good terms Elfman would recommend Desplat for sure.
I could quite easily live with another Howard Shore score for a Tim Burton film, if it's even half as good as ED WOOD.
PEREGRINE is a book, Thor - so no pre-existing music.
My guess is Desplat. Does he have time?
Also, this is a tragedy.
I dunno, I've found Elfman's most recent work for Burton to be a little stale. Don't think I've really been really taken with one of those scores since Alice in Wonderland. Not that it's really Elfman's fault... Burton's been stuck in a creative rut for well over a decade and there's only so much you can do creatively with the same material. It'll be interesting to see what a different composer brings to this.
"Big Eyes" sounded a lot like a Thomas Newman clone to me, and based on interviews I've read it seems like Burton really pushed for that sound (I personally didn't think the score worked at all, but I loved the movie anyway). So going forward, if Burton really wants that sound for his films perhaps he will actually work with Thomas Newman.
Personally, I would MUCH rather Burton reunite with David Newman, who (with Michael Convertino) did a terrific job scoring the original "Frankenweenie" (which is better than Elfman's score for the feature-length film IMO).
Personally, I would MUCH rather Burton reunite with David Newman, who (with Michael Convertino) did a terrific job scoring the original "Frankenweenie" (which is better than Elfman's score for the feature-length film IMO).
The dissolution of the Elfman/Burton partnership is tragic, but if it gets David Newman scoring major movies again, I'm 1000% in favor of it.
(No lie, I actually joked about this earlier; getting the band back together, vis-a-vis Newman/Convertino and Burton.)
Newman or Convertino would be nice, but I suspect we'll get one of the following:
Deborah Lurie (who's worked with him and scored "9")
Chris P. Bacon (who's done additional music for him lately)
And less likely, Steve Bartek.
I assume Burton would want somebody who has a general idea of what it is like to work with him and what to expect, so Elfman will recommend a replacement and one of them will surely be it. I don't expect Bartek simply because he'll probably be working on other things for Elfman at the time.
