NEW IMPROVED TEMP TRACK LIST
aka WHEN THE TEMP TRACK IS NO LONGER TEMPORARY: THE EXPANDED
DIRECTOR'S CUT
By Scott Bettencourt
In last week's column, I presented an extremely incomplete list of films
from the last few decades which featured score cues from earlier films
in their release versions, typically holdovers from the temp track (excluding
films deliberately referencing earlier classic scores, like the many familiar
film themes heard throughout Madagascar, for example, or even the
inspired use of Ennio Morricone's Navajo Joe theme in Election).
I asked readers for further examples of this trend, and received so many
replies that I feel like George Bailey being saved by the generosity of
the good folks of Bedford Falls. Thank you, oh readers, for saving me from
having to prepare a Wednesday column that involves actual writing. Bless
you all.
And since it was a claim by Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday
that You, Me and Dupree (a last minute rescore by Theodore Shapiro)
featured (uncredited) cues from Damon Gough's About a Boy score,
it is only fitting that we should hear from Daniel Schweiger and Andrew
Silver, who were the temp score editors for Dupree, as they set the record
straight:
As the guys responsible for the "Dupree" temp, we just want to correct
you that while music from "About a Boy" was used in the temp, none of Badly
Drawn Boy's (Damon Gough) score is in the final version of the film. As
far as Ann Hornaday's remarks go, that's her opinion. In previews the "Dupree"
temp music received very high marks, and while it clearly influenced Theodore
Shapiro's score (which he had precious little time to write, due to the
directors' decision) we believe that Teddy captured the spirit of, rather
than copied, the temp score.
As music editors who specialize in temp tracks, we both strongly
agree that original music is always the best choice, rather than putting
cues from the temp into the final soundtrack. Our job is to find music
that will help both the filmmakers and the composers to find the best emotional
path in creating a unique score, but sometimes the hard creative decisions
involved in the ever-important process of test screenings and post-production
dictate otherwise, here in the case of "You, Me, and Dupree".
Thankfully, we have as yet to receive a letter from Steely Dan.
Sincerely,
Andrew Silver
Daniel Schweiger
1972
CONQUEST
OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - Tom Scott
PLANET OF THE APES - Jerry Goldsmith
THE CULPEPPER CATTLE CO. - Tom Scott
THE
FLIM-FLAM MAN - Jerry Goldsmith
1976
THE LAST HARD MEN
Leonard Rosenman wrote the original score, which was rejected; the
studio, 20th Century Fox, ultimately used score tracks from some of the
Westerns Jerry Goldsmith had scored for them, like STAGECOACH
and 100
RIFLES.
1978
THE END - Paul Williams
THE EIGER SANCTION - John Williams
1979
ALIEN - Jerry Goldsmith
FREUD - Jerry Goldsmith
1982
AIRPLANE 2: THE SEQUEL - Richard Hazard
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Stu Phillips
1983
THE RIGHT STUFF - Bill Conti*
THE WHITE DAWN - Henry Mancini
1985
LOST IN AMERICA - Arthur B. Rubinstein
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD - Ernest Gold
1986
ALIENS - James Horner
ALIEN - Jerry Goldsmith
LEGEND - Jerry Goldsmith
PSYCHO II - Jerry Goldsmith
1987
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME - Michael Kamen
BLADE RUNNER - Vangelis
1988
DIE HARD - Michael Kamen
ALIENS - James Horner
MAN ON FIRE - John Scott
RAMBO III - Jerry Goldsmith
RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II - Jerry Goldsmith
1989
STRAPLESS - Nick Bicat
DAY FOR NIGHT - Georges Delerue
1990
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER - Basil Poledouris**
NO MAN'S LAND - Basil Poledouris
1991
HIGH HEELS - Ryuichi Sakamoto
DANGEROUS LIAISONS - George Fenton
PROBLEM CHILD 2 - David Kitay**
MY BLUE HEAVEN - Ira Newborn
PURE LUCK - Jonathan Sheffer**
ENID IS SLEEPING - Craig Safan
1994
COBB - Elliot Goldenthal***, ****
ALIEN 3 - Elliot Goldenthal
1997
PICTURE PERFECT - Carter Burwell*****
DAVE - James Newton Howard
SCREAM 2 - Marco Beltrami
BROKEN ARROW - Hans Zimmer
1998
BRINGING OUT THE DEAD - Elmer Bernstein
THE GOOD SON - Elmer Bernstein
PLACE VENDOME - Richard Robbins
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY - Richard Robbins
1999
THREE KINGS - Carter Burwell
FLESH AND BONE - Thomas Newman
UNSTRUNG HEROES - Thomas Newman******
TITUS - Elliot Goldenthal****
A TIME TO KILL - Elliot Goldenthal
2000
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS - Carter Burwell*******
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS - Ennio Morricone, Gilo Pontecorvo
2002
ATTACK OF THE CLONES - John Williams
THE PHANTOM MENACE - John Williams
2004
COLLATERAL - James Newton Howard
1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE - Vangelis
HEAT - Elliot Goldenthal
THE INSIDER - Pieter Bourke, Lisa Gerrard
THE IN-LAWS (no principal composer)********
GOOD WILL HUNTING - Danny Elfman
MAN ON FIRE - Harry Gregson-Williams
ABANDON - Clint Mansell
AGAINST ALL ODDS - Michel Colombier, Larry Carlton
CHANGING LANES - David Arnold
2005
DOMINO - Harry Gregson-Williams
MAN ON FIRE - Harry Gregson-Williams
DON'T TELL - Franco Piersanti
EYES WIDE SHUT - Jocelyn Pook
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE - Theodore Shapiro
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS - Thomas Newman
MY FELLOW AMERICANS - William Ross
SEABISCUIT - Randy Newman
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN - Harry Gregson-Williams
BLADE 2 - Marco Beltrami****
THE CROW - Graeme Revell
THE 13TH WARRIOR - Jerry Goldsmith
MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED AND FABULOUS - Randy Edelman, Christophe
Beck
CHICKEN RUN - Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell
GOSSIP - Graeme Revel
MISS CONGENIALITY - Edward Shearmur
MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING - James Newton Howard
PAY IT FORWARD - Thomas Newman
SWEET NOVEMBER - Christopher Young
TWO WEEKS NOTICE - John Powell
WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN? - Tyler Bates
2006
MIAMI VICE - John Murphy****
COLLATERAL - James Newton Howard
HEAT - Elliot Goldenthal
YOU, ME AND DUPREE - Theodore Shapiro
HAPPY CAMPERS - Rolfe Kent
Thanks again to Mike Skerritt for suggesting this list.
* suggested by Don Ayres
** suggested by Victor Field
*** suggested by John Bijl
**** suggested by Michael McLennan
***** reader James believes that it was Howard's music for Dying
Young, not Dave, which was tracked into Picture Perfect;
I recognized Dave cues when I saw the film, but am less familiar
with the Dying Young score. Does anyone have any confirmation that
Dying Young pieces were used as well?
****** suggested by Adam Sperry
******* suggested by Jason Minnix
******** suggested by F. Elliott
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