Well, this should be an interesting hodge-podge of WTF, since the FMR article seems to indicate Britell was doing his own score, and now Metzger is recording his own score. White Fang all over again?
Well, this should be an interesting hodge-podge of WTF, since the FMR article seems to indicate Britell was doing his own score, and now Metzger is recording his own score. White Fang all over again?
There are people posting photos of the latest poster stand of Mufasa on twitter. Metzger is the sole composer credited on it.
Likely someone at Disney got cold feet and wanted the music to be a little more traditional. Hans had spoken about a first draft of his 2019 re-score that was wildly different and didn't work; one has to wonder if that was the initial attitude for the prequel as well.
Zimmer's gone now, but if Britell is still attached it suggests either a kind of Obi-Wan Kenobi end result or a Top Gun: Maverick "put everyone in the credits so no one feels bad about being rejected" scenario. If he’s not attached, it raises questions about how much control Barry Jenkins has over his film.
And who knows what relationship this'll have with the songs Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina are doing (I assume some, given Mancina’s history with Metzger)? Or what if any role Pharrell still has?
1. Ngomso – Lebo M. 2. Milele – Anika Noni Rose & Keith David 3. I Always Wanted a Brother – Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Aaron Pierre & Kelvin Harrison Jr. 4. Bye Bye – Mads Mikkelsen, Joanna Jones & Folake Olowofoyeku 5. We Go Together – Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Preston Nyman & Kagiso Lediga 6. Tell Me It’s You – Aaron Pierre & Tiffany Boone 7. Brother Betrayed – Kelvin Harrison Jr.
1. Ngomso – Lebo M (1:16) 2. Milele – Anika Noni Rose & Keith David (2:27) 3. I Always Wanted a Brother – Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Aaron Pierre & Kelvin Harrison Jr. (3:35) 4. Bye Bye – Mads Mikkelsen, Joanna Jones & Folake Olowofoyeku (2:15) 5. We Go Together – Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Preston Nyman & Kagiso Lediga (2:44) 6. Tell Me It’s You – Aaron Pierre & Tiffany Boone (2:27) 7. Brother Betrayed – Kelvin Harrison Jr. (1:39)
8. Destiny Reigns – Dave Metzger (3:01) 9. Kuqondile – Lebo M & Nicholas Britell (1:58) 10. Listen to My Voice – Dave Metzger (2:44) 11. Find the Way – Lebo M & Nicholas Britell (1:07) 12. The Race – Dave Metzger (2:23) 13. Home – Lebo M & Nicholas Britell (1:48) 14. Burden of Pride – Dave Metzger (5:05) 15. My Love – Lebo M & Dave Metzger (1:44) 16. Bathroom Break – Dave Metzger (0:32) 17. Run Mufasa! – Dave Metzger (3:19) 18. And So It’s Time – Lebo M & Hans Zimmer (0:30) 19. All That Was Lost – Dave Metzger (1:06) 20. Jamaa – Dave Metzger (1:30) 21. Follow the Fireflies – Dave Metzger (0:55) 22. Smell a Duck – Dave Metzger (2:19) 23. Elephant Stampede – Dave Metzger (1:35) 24. Beneath the Scars – Dave Metzger (1:06) 25. The King Within – Dave Metzger (1:51) 26. We Made It – Lebo M & Nicholas Britell (1:34) 27. Clash of Kings – Dave Metzger (1:53) 28. Blood for Blood – Dave Metzger (2:34) 29. The Earth Will Shake – Dave Metzger (3:41) 30. The King of Milele – Dave Metzger (2:23) 31. A Story of a Great King – Dave Metzger & Lebo M (4:15)
32. Ngomso (Instrumental) – Lebo M & Mark Mancina (1:05) 33. Milele (Instrumental) – Lin-Manuel Miranada & Mark Mancina (2:27) 34. I Always Wanted a Brother (Instrumental) – Lin-Manuel Miranada & Mark Mancina (3:34) 35. Bye Bye (Instrumental) – Lin-Manuel Miranada, Mark Mancina & Dave Metzger (2:15) 36. We Go Together (Instrumental) – Lin-Manuel Miranada & Mark Mancina (2:44) 37. Tell Me It’s You (Instrumental) – Lin-Manuel Miranada & Mark Mancina (2:27) 38. Brother Betrayed (Instrumental) – Lin-Manuel Miranada & Mark Mancina (1:38)
Between the newest trailer suggesting a much more family-friendly affair than the original advertising did, the probable late game composer swap, and director Barry Jenkins’ recent comments about not wanting to do a film like this again, it’s enough to make you wonder if / when Disney took Jenkins’ film away from him.
Barry Jenkins certainly sounds like he hated making a movie in a computer. Aside from a nice check it is hard to imagine why he did this to himself. It sounded like torment for him.
There is some live action background plate work here. That is somewhat surprising, and a good thing. I am used to studios going full bore CGI backdrops, and they invariable look horrendous and fake. On the other hand the whole crux of the problem with 'realistic' CGI animation talking animal movies is this whole fence straddling. It is real, is it fantasy? Going to 'real' CGI talking animals is always very strange looking, and dropping them into real background plates is odd. The whole idea of making realistic looking talking animals is pretty odd in itself. I think it runs against the whole DNA of Disney animation.
Is that an A.I. created cover? My god its awful. It snows in Africa?
And there won’t be snow in Africa this Christmas time. The greatest gift they’ll get this year is life. Where nothing ever grows; No rain nor rivers flow. Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?
Curious to hear what they come up with. 
