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Well, that sounds about how we figured it would from modern-day Elfman.
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Imagine if theyd given the gig to Ennio - we couldve had whipcracks, crop slashing, vibrator humming fading in and out and Gianna and Edda recalled to stand behind a screen and moan and gasp like they used to in the 70s!! Ha ha.
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Imagine if theyd given the gig to Ennio - we couldve had whipcracks, crop slashing, vibrator humming fading in and out and Gianna and Edda recalled to stand behind a screen and moan and gasp like they used to in the 70s!! Ha ha.
No shit, that would have been a blast to listen to, at least.
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When you think about it - its a tough project. Clearly a story that lends to a book but a filmed version could so easily be shite and naff!
And when images are gonna be probably er...striking - the wrong music could be intrusive.
you would imagine fairly low-key unobtrusive music would be the only thing that worked properly.
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I think the samples are great... very sleek and modern. Love the piano melody in "Shades Of Grey" that shows up throughout the samples... very high-class and cultural, as himself Christian probably appears to be at first, with a hint at something dark lurking below. And I love the funky modern setting it gets in the final track as well.
There are hints of a theme in a few cues that remind me of the climax of "Evey Reborn" from Dario Marianelli's V FOR VENDETTA score. I absolutely love that cue, so I'm totally cool with that. I could hear it in "Show Me," and at the end of "Did That Hurt?"
Seems like the right way to go for what I understand the movie to be (not that I'll ever see it!)
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Curious that in "Going For Coffee" and several other tracks, you can actually hear Elfman counting his money and setting his keyboard on AUTOSCORE.
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Feb 16, 2015 - 10:08 AM
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John Mullin
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Oh, I disagree with that, Shaun. I've been listening to the CD since Saturday, and I think there are a couple really solid cues in there. I was a little surprised by the light, almost wacky comedy-ish tone of "Going For Coffee" and "The Art Of War" too... they're certainly not my favorites, but I thought several other tracks were really great...
I love the dark, sinister build in "Show Me." I was surprised by the unusual tender tone of "Clean You Up" and I really liked the deep throbbing bass in "Did That Hurt?" that shows up in a few other tracks. I love the long main melody line... particularly in the album's first and last tracks: "Shades Of Grey" and "Variations On A Shades."
At 46 minutes, the CD is probably a liiiiiittle longer than it needs to be, but it's a more interesting score than Elfman has done in a couple years. Recently, I've loved his work for non-nattive film projects (like IRIS, THE UNKNOWN KNOWN, etc), but not many of his other projects... I didn't especially like MR. PEABODY, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ, or EPIC, and although he scored a wide variety of projects in 2012, the only one of them that I really grabbed onto was SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. At least this is him unusual material for a non-children's movie again, and hey, I'll take it.
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My comment was more to the fact that it seemed like he took on this project because it was guaranteed royalties from soundtrack sales, so it didn't even matter that the music was good at all.
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