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Jul 4, 2018 - 1:51 AM
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Mephariel
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EDIT: Harry Gregson-Williams has been confirmed.
http://filmmusicreporter.com/2018/08/22/harry-gregson-williams-to-score-disneys-mulan-live-action-movie/
In 1998, Jerry Goldsmith created one of the best animated scores of all time imo. Who do you pick to follow up?
To me, there are many angles to look at this:
The director/composer angle:
Best choice: Harry Gregson-Williams (Hard to see Gustavo Santaolalla or Antônio Pinto)
The epic fantasy/historical angle:
Best choices: Howard Shore, John Debney, David Arnorld, Patrick Doyle, Christopher Young
The ethic sensibility angle:
Best choices: Hans Zimmer, Michael Giacchino, Klaus Badelt, Christopher Young
The Disney connection angle:
Best choices: John Debney, Michael Giacchino, Alan Menken
The regional/racial representation angle:
Best choices: Yu Peng, Elliot Leung, Toby Chu, Raymond Wong, Naoki Sato, Joe Hisaishi, Taro Iwashiro
The Gender Angle:
Best choices: Debbie Wiseman, Pinar Toprak, Sarah Class, Rachel Portman (The original choice)
My top choices are:
Debbie Wiseman
John Debney
Taro Iwashiro
Secondary choices:
Hans Zimmer, Sarah Class, Naoki Sato
Dark House choice:
Bear McCreary
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Balfe.
Duh....
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McNeely.
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My first choice would be Joel McNeely. Aside from his animated sequel scores, he did additional material on "Air Force One", so he can mimic the Goldsmith sound (if asked, which seems unlikely for this film). With a more serious film and live action, I would think we'd get something more along the lines of what Jerry might have done.
My other choices would be (in no particular order):
John Debney.
Don Davis.
Lee Holdridge.
Gabriel Yared (yeah, once again I'm thinking of his rejected "Troy" score -- the choral epic masterpiece).
Conrad Pope.
Bruce Broughton.
Debbie Wiseman.
David Newman.
Nerida Tyson-Chew.
Velton Ray Bunch (yeah, you know it's a post by me for sure now!)
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I also vote for McNeely.
Yavar
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Jul 5, 2018 - 4:56 PM
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Jens
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I will second the enthusiasm for McNeely, and also add Folk and Broughton to the list.
HOWEVER, my own pick is kind of a dark horse, based on his amazing video game scores and because he is one of the biggest Goldsmith fans that I know:
Chad Seiter.
He has already proven in Star Trek: The Video Game that he can write Goldsmithian music, and the orchestral parts of ReCore further cement this view in my eyes (The Eden Tower contains a clear homage to The Fire Dragon, for instance).
Also, in my opinion, he has more of a unique voice than McNeely. I think with McNeely we'd get a really good Goldsmith emulation, but with Seiter we'd get a score in the spirit of Goldsmith.
I am a little biased because I also count Chad as a friend, but I genuinely believe he would be best for the job and, if I were a director, I'd hire him without a second thought.
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Gabriel Yared (yeah, once again I'm thinking of his rejected "Troy" score -- the choral epic masterpiece).
I can think of several big films that Yared's music would have elevated....sigh....
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