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We obviously don't need more HOME ALONE. The first two films aren't only unique in their aesthetic, but also 'time capsules'. Doing that kind of glossy, unadulterated, US Christmas style these days doesn't go over as well as it did in the early 90s. Just look at HOME ALONE 4 and 5 (3 was kinda cute, though).
That being said, Debney is a great choice. He's one of the best pastiche composers out there, especially of Williams' style. And he recently did a Christmas movie for Netflix (haven't seen or heard it yet). I would rather have him than Göransson, Desplat or -- God forbid! -- Giacchino, for example.
You just had to get those names in there again, didn't you..?!
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You just had to get those names in there again, didn't you..?!
Yes! Because they seem to take over all the franchises I love. Debney was an unusually inspired choice, for once.
Considering this is a cheap direct-to-Disney+ title there was no way in hell Desplat or Giacchino would end up scoring this one, but nice try though...
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Broughton or Debney would both do well with this. I'm looking forward to the score (but not the film!)
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I hope they don’t try to mimic any aspect of Williams’ music, not even in an “oh we wanted to be different but we did this ONE little thing to be an homage” kind of way.
Man, Disney really is evil.
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Hmmmmmm
https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/11/18/john-debney-to-score-disneys-home-alone-reboot/
There is literally no reason for this movie to exist but for cash and content.
You are wrong. There is believe it or not one reason besides cash and content. You see there are actually one good thing with all remakes out there and that is the fact that the younger audiences who might not seen the original version get to discover it just because of the remake.
I`ll take Ocean`s Eleven remake as an example because before Steven Soderbergh`s remake I had no idea there was an earlier version so because of the fact that they did the remake I seeked out the original and watched it. I would have not seen it if it were not for the new version.
So the younger audience can do the same thing I did and this reason is something everyone seems to forget. They always say that Hollywood should not do remakes because the original is a classic but did you ever think of the fact that there are younger audience out there who might not seen or even heard of those movies and if Hollywood never did they would probably still not knowing that they actually exist. I do not care if the remake is good or bad they only exist for making people discover the original one and people do not seem to know that and that is why they hate remakes.
I don't think you can compare these two. Ocean's 11 was a pretty much forgotten film that's also, well..., not very good. Whereas Home Alone is a bona fide Christmas classic that's on TV each year and that parents, who were kids when the original came out, now introduce to their children.
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Agreed, Ocean's Eleven wasn't that great of a movie by a not-well-known director and its very existence was as a pop cultural cashgrab for the dubiously relevant "Rat Pack" and nothing more. The remake was remaking that not very good film with the exact same premise: stick an ensemble of contemporary celebrities into a heist plot and enjoy the fun.
Home Alone by contrast is a tailored, bespoke film that was carefully cast, carefully filmed, carefully scored, and carefully designed to be as timeless as possible, and consequently ended up striking gold as a cultural icon that is still shown on TV to this day with its main star making TV commercials about it 25 years later.
Studios don't remake movies to preserve the original either, they do it to make money. It used to be a personal curiosity of filmmakers throughout the latter half of the 20th century, but in the past two decades it is a widely-recognized "risk-reduction" tactic by studios to attempt to ensure some kind of return on their money.
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