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What a wonderful score. Made me appreciate Elfman again after quite some time during which I fell out of love with his work.
Bad mistake. He was and still is great.
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May 21, 2022 - 1:42 PM
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crocodile
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Thank you! I have seen some people completely write the entire score off because part of it is basically lifted from Justice League/The Hulk.
I mean, yes, Wanda's theme does indeed appear in his other work. But I sort of just go with it, especially because it appears to also be built upon the B-section of the theme Elfman wrote for her in Age of Ultron. So it's a nice connection there. As for other "references", to me a lot of it is just the type of "handwriting style" every composer develops. Every musician I know does reuse stuff, intentionally or not, so it's not really that much of a big deal. Plus god knows what was temped in there.
I really like the score. It's not the showiest or tidiest of his works. I get why people find it messy, especially at first. But there's some thought behind it and the kind of thematic work that you don't hear being developed a lot these days. For example, he put a lot of effort into showing duality of both Strange and Wanda, and the "dark side" they seem to share in both the story and Elfman's score. And even Giacchino's theme is used only in certain context (to represent his public superhero persona). I don't think many composers would bother with those kinds of intricacies.
Karol
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May 21, 2022 - 2:12 PM
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innuendo141
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Thank you! I have seen some people completely write the entire score off because part of it is basically lifted from Justice League/The Hulk.
I mean, yes, Wanda's theme does indeed appear in his other work. But I sort of just go with it, especially because it appears to also be built upon the B-section of the theme Elfman wrote for her in Age of Ultron. So it's a nice connection there. As for other "references", to me a lot of it is just the type of "handwriting style" every composer develops. Every musician I know does reuse stuff, intentionally or not, so it's not really that much of a big deal. Plus god knows what was temped in there.
I really like the score. It's not the showiest or tidiest of his works. I get why people find it messy, especially at first. But there's some thought behind it and the kind of thematic work that you don't hear being developed a lot these days. For example, he put a lot of effort into showing duality of both Strange and Wanda, and the "dark side" they seem to share in both the story and Elfman's score. And even Giacchino's theme is used only in certain context (to represent his public superhero persona). I don't think many composers would bother with those kinds of intricacies.
Karol
I agree wholeheartedly, but I'd also add that he succeeds in the above while also creating a brilliant score for a film with a horror element. The songs They'll Be Loved, A Cup Of Tea, Getting Through among some others are some of my favourite songs of his, let alone in how many years.
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