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I thought John Powell did a terrific job on THE ITALIAN JOB, and will be interested to hear how he follows it up.
Since all of the previous sequels to THE EXORCIST were crap, the odds are against it being any good. But one can hope, and Christopher Young's presence on the film is a very good sign.
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Well, one man's crap... I love "Exorcist 3". I like it BETTER than "The Exorcist". I agree that The Heretic is crap, however.
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I'd rather they retained Maurice Jarre for the fourth Mad Max. Powell will just crank up the drum machines and techno loops. 
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"According to Music From the Movies.com, John Powell will be composing the score for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD"
If it's true, then that's way too bad. My interest in seeing a new Mad Max retread dropped to nothing in less than one second. What happened? George Miller used to exhibit taste in score collaborators sometimes, with Brian May, John Williams, and Maurice Jarre's most creative score of his career. Now it's just more of the anonymous corporate logo-type score. Um hmm!
Maybe some day there will be new movies with good scores, but probably not. I recommend Sennheiser ear buds to wear in theaters, they have a good, full sound to drown out the noise on the film, sometimes.
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If it's true, then that's way too bad. My interest in seeing a new Mad Max retread dropped to nothing in less than one second. What happened? George Miller used to exhibit taste in score collaborators sometimes, with Brian May, John Williams, and Maurice Jarre's most creative score of his career. Now it's just more of the anonymous corporate logo-type score. Um hmm!
WHOA!!!!
While I'll be the first to admit that John Powell hasn't blown my socks off yet with anything he has done and he sure wouldn't have been my first choice, I think it's a bit unfair to piss on him for a score he has yet to write to a film that hasn't even been shot as far as I can tell.
You see my point?
Judge the final proudct with an open mind, who knows he might surprise you.
As for EXORCIST 4, this is not a SEQUEL, but rather a prequel set about 10 or 15 years before the events of the original film in Africa.
Now, it could be a very interesting story, has a very good director attached and seems the kind of film Chirstopher Young was born to score.
What I'm more interested in is if he'll sneak in any of the music he started to compose for EXORCIST 3.
He was asked to rescore that film when the studio and the director had a falling out and was hired by studio to write a whole new score, but he only was on it for a very short time before the political winds changed and the director was given back the film and decided to keep the original score.
I"m really looking forward to hearing what he does for this film.
Ford A. Thaxton
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but THE HERETIC has something different to offer for those willing to receive it.
Well, yes, it offers horrific acting, lame plot devices, contradictory dialog, lousy rear-screen projection and a really silly way-back machine! Otherwise, it's great.
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As for EXORCIST 4, this is not a SEQUEL, but rather a prequel set about 10 or 15 years before the events of the original film in Africa.
Events of which were already portrayed in Exorcist 2:The Heretic.
All I can say about that film is that John Boormann should have known better. Morricone's score is about the only good thing of E2.
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As for EXORCIST 4, this is not a SEQUEL, but rather a prequel set about 10 or 15 years before the events of the original film in Africa.
Now, it could be a very interesting story, has a very good director attached and seems the kind of film Chirstopher Young was born to score.
What I'm more interested in is if he'll sneak in any of the music he started to compose for EXORCIST 3.
He was asked to rescore that film when the studio and the director had a falling out and was hired by studio to write a whole new score, but he only was on it for a very short time before the political winds changed and the director was given back the film and decided to keep the original score.
I"m really looking forward to hearing what he does for this film.
Ford A. Thaxton
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Ford,
Here's a bit of trivia: I may have been the person to (almost) get Chris Young that job, or at least help influence the decision.
In 1990, my friend Daren Dochterman (a Hollywood storyboard artist, visual effects supervisor for the "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" Directors Cut DVD, and a big film music fan) was working on "Exorcist III," and contacted me about a brief computer graphics sequence for the film (the Georgetown police "fingerprint" database.) I did the sequence for Daren, and afterwards Daren mentioned to me, while working on the film, that Blatty either hadn't picked a composer, or wasn't happy with whomever he was working with, and was looking for someone else. I asked Daren if he could make composer suggestions to Blatty (possibly via Les Dilley, the production designer), and he said, "sure," that Blatty was pretty open.
So, I suggested Chris Young, being a huge fan of his music (ever since I picked up the LPs to "Pranks" and "The Power" back in the early '80s), and sent Daren some tapes of Young's music to give to Blatty -- which he did.
As I recall, I believe that either Blatty or the studio talked to Chris, but as it turned out, he didn't end up doing the film. I wasn't aware that he had composed anything for it, though.
So, if you talk to Chris any time soon, you can tell him that I've been rooting for him for 20 years -- and that his score for "The Core" kicked ass.
-- Jon
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You know, I was really looking forward to Kamen's score, because he hasn't ventured into this type of territory often. But I also know Chris Young will do a fantastic job with this film. I was listening to MURDER IN THE FIRST the other day and said to myself "why hasn't this guy gotten bigger profile films?" Glad he finally has the chance to work on a "big film" for a change. He deserves it.
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Chris Young is gonna kick BUTT!!! He's SUCH an awesome composer (and genuine nice guy!!).
Yeah, Chris is one of those rare Hollywood types that you wish would get the bigger projects - but maybe he's just too NICE or something!
I'm definitely looking forward to his score for this flick; the last horror score he wrote was for BLESS THE CHILD, and while the film was what it was, the score was excellent. I hope I'm not disappointed!
Dan
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Apparently, you belong to the unwilling kind.
LOL. Actually, I was quite "willing", when I paid money to see it when it was released; and still "willing", when I rented it on video; and "willing" still, when I watched it as recently as last week. Alas, it remains as horrible as I first remembered. When you have Max Von Sydow, Richard Burton, James Earl Jones and Louise Fletcher and, Linda Blair is turning in the most complex performance, SOMETHING'S WRONG!
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