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Mar 16, 2010 - 7:19 AM
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DeputyRiley
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Elfman celebrates his 25th anniversary of scoring films this year, and it really made me stop and think and appreciate all of the wonderful musical gifts he's given for so long. I love Elfman's '85-'95 output, like Back to School, Scissorhands, Batman, Beetlejuice...but I would have to say my favorite Elfman periods are 1998 (A Simple Plan, A Civil Action) and 2008 (Wanted, Standard Operating Procedure, Milk, Hellboy 2). Note the growth in artistic expression and skill within those ten years, or for that matter, for these past 25 years.
FAVORITE ALL-TIME ELFMAN: Batman Returns. Great themes for all characters, incredible action, great originality and fun, sexy Catwoman vs. Batman musical interplay, and Elfman's clear vision and voice carried over from the first vision with an expanded treatment.
FAVORITE ALL-TIME ELFMAN USE OF FEMALE CHORUS: Batman Return's "Birth of a Penguin." Small and intimate, grand and gothic, soothing and operatic, taking Elfman's original Batman theme and giving it a delightfully playful and interesting prologue before exploring it on a new level.
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If it weren't for Danny Elfman, I wouldn't be posting this message. So blame him.
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If it weren't for Danny Elfman, I wouldn't be posting this message. So blame him.
If it weren't for him I would not have my own soundtrack company.
Raiders made me fall in love with film, but Danny's score to BATMAN made me recognize and fall head over heels in love with film music!
I simply adore his smaller intimate scores to BLACK BEAUTY and SOMMERSBY. I think DOLORES CLAIBORNE is underrated (as a film and a as score), but even Mr. Elfman has hit some bad patches. His output of late has been great, though.... the small (TAKING WOODSTOCK) to the tall (ALICE IN WONDERLAND). I can forgive Terminator Salvation. lol
MV
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If it weren't for Danny Elfman, I wouldn't be posting this message. So blame him.
If it weren't for him I would not have my own soundtrack company.
Raiders made me fall in love with film, but Danny's score to BATMAN made me recognize and fall head over heels in love with film music!
I simply adore his smaller intimate scores to BLACK BEAUTY and SOMMERSBY. I think DOLORES CLAIBORNE is underrated (as a film and a as score), but even Mr. Elfman has hit some bad patches. His output of late has been great, though.... the small (TAKING WOODSTOCK) to the tall (ALICE IN WONDERLAND). I can forgive Terminator Salvation. lol
MV
Any chance to see an expanded DOLORES CLAIBORN from LaLaLand in the future? This score begs for an expanded release. Pleeeeaaase!!!
I wish. I believe Varese has the rights in perp
MV
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Elfman's Batman score was my very first record as a 10 year old, a couple of years later I bought Batman returns thinking that was great too...then came the Nightmare before christmas, which I also loved and that made me think...hmm, three great cd's, same composer, I wonder what else he has made.
Personally I think his best period is from Beetlejuice until Black beauty, but his later scores are very good too. It's the only living composer that keeps me surprising with his scores. Although his themes tend to be alike in some way, they are all a little bit different too. Very much like Bernard Herrmann.
Here is to the next 25 years!
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$1,000,000 to whoever releases a CD with the music from the first 30 seconds of this video. The Elfman Experts have tried to figure out where the hell this is from, but we've got jack and shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rujArU3il8
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$1,000,000 to whoever releases a CD with the music from the first 30 seconds of this video. The Elfman Experts have tried to figure out where the hell this is from, but we've got jack and shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rujArU3il8
I'm no expert, but perhaps it is an alternate cue from the Batman recording sessions?
That's the thought, but so far no one knows for sure.
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