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Danny Elfman?
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The score was already written before he went on tour. A friend of mine had already seen a rough cut of the film several months ago and it had Hans' score. A presumptuous question. Hans writes suites for his films before the whole thing is finished, then they modify to fit the picture.
Actually, I feel like this brings up even more valid follow-up questions. Such as, if a composer creates only suites based on his "impressions" of the finished film and is not actually involved in the hard work and tedium of matching cues up with the filmed images, should he be considered the key composer?
Yes.
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In this day and age of insane deadlines, last minute edits, and aggressive release dates, no film composer goes it alone. The illusion of the solitary genius pouring out gems of brilliance is a romanticized notion. In fact, even in the concert world, composer's have help whether it's assistants for music prep and proof, conductor's input, artistic directors, etc. Everyone has a team these days.
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With the arrival of digital editing, this has become routine actually.
In the days when orchestras were on tap, it still wasn't easy, you had to cut and mostly reperform your music for new edits. Some composers (Rozsa and Tiomkin particularly) incorporated deletable repeat bars in the scores to allow for this.
Now, the constant use of drones and drum ostinatos means fine-cutting is easy, especially with layering so easy too. But in this, content is subserviated to technical necessity, and the new style was devised to make it easy to edit. That's not an artistic decision. It's done purely to save time and money, and effort.
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Danny Elfman?
Bwahahaha!
We all know Danny Elfman doesn't write his own music. How could he write somebody else's?
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Actually, I feel like this brings up even more valid follow-up questions. Such as, if a composer creates only suites based on his "impressions" of the finished film and is not actually involved in the hard work and tedium of matching cues up with the filmed images, should he be considered the key composer?
You bring up a good point. I propose Ennio Morricone did not in fact compose The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Ennio Morricone did not compose a fair number of Ennio Morricone scores for that matter. Dude's been getting way too much credit all these years.
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I am Spartacus!
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