On november 20th Film Music Reporter posted that Elfman was going to score the animated 'The Grinch' yet in the assignments column in the new issue of FSM Online Giacchino is listed as composer for this film. Can somebody shed some light on this?
Apparently only two score tracks by Elfman (according to Film Music Reporter). Here's hoping for a separate score album.
With Despicable Me 3, there was a CD release for the soundtrack and then a digital release for the score was announced right before the movie's release. I imagine the same is happening here.
Elfman likes to bung a few score tracks on the (probably bigger selling) song releases of his films. I imagine the royalty cheques are better! He probably made a fortune from the 3 FIFTY SHADES song albums. I expect a score CD will follow.