The Amazing Spider-Man Danny Elfman On Returning to SM4 "Who Knows?"

[VenomVsSpidey]

Composer Danny Elfman has provided the distinctive musical theme for Tim Burton's "Batman" films as well as a host of other television and movie projects, so when we caught up with him at the red carpet preview of Burton's new exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, we had to ask: will he be returning to the Spidey movie team when "Spider-Man 4" comes around?
"Who knows?" smiled Elfman, who re-teamed with director Sam Raimi to compose 2007's "Spider-Man 3" theme."Only the great gods of the movie world could answer that question," he laughed. "Imagine a chess game, [with] the Greek gods moving us around — that's how it is in the movie world. Somebody's moving me about from one square to another, but I have no idea what square I'm headed to next."The Tim Burton Exhibit at MoMA runs November 22 - April 26 — check the museum's official website for details.

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/11/23/will-danny-elfman-return-for-spider-man-4/

 

[RustyCage]

What? I thought some other guy came on board and just used a lot of Danny's previously written stuff and fashioned some minor new things based on it?? Maybe I've been misinformed..

I thought 3's score was kind of repetitive and less expressive and appropriate and inventive than Danny usually is. Was it really him?

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

What? I thought some other guy came on board and just used a lot of Danny's previously written stuff and fashioned some minor new things based on it?? Maybe I've been misinformed..

I thought 3's score was kind of repetitive and less expressive and appropriate and inventive than Danny usually is. Was it really him?

young composed an entirely new score by himself for SM3. sony called in additional composers (john debney & deborah lurie) and wanted to reject his new themes written for MJ, the love theme, aunt may, and more for elfman's already established themes, hence the repetitiveness of SM3's score. elfman contributed to some, but not even half of SM3's written/rejected score.

 

[JackMercy]

Interesting, to say the least...as Elfman's comments do indeed describe the kinds of machinations which often surround filmmaking on a blockbuster scale...

To settle the score (heh heh), Elfman and Raimi had a falling out during post on Spider-Man 2. A fair amount of Elfman's compositions weren't even used; they were replaced by repetitions and variations of the first film's overall theme music, and I believe pieces by other composers.

Christopher Young was credited with primary composition duties for Film 3.

Google it, folks...

Elfman publicly speculating about returning to the franchise should give you guys and gals more evidence to speculate that everything is perhaps not quite as it seems within the studio and Spider-Man 4's production...

 

[Catman]

Danny Elfman was giving a political answer. He's obviously not gonna return. He just didn't want to waste his time explaining it to a clueless MTV reporter. Elfman and Raimi had a fall out during Spider-Man 2. Hence why he didn't return for the third installment, even though music from the first two were used.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Danny Elfman was giving a political answer. He's obviously not gonna return. He just didn't want to waste his time explaining it to a clueless MTV reporter. Elfman and Raimi had a fall out during Spider-Man 2. Hence why he didn't return for the third installment, even though music from the first two were used.

That's what I'M thinking...

 

[Road Warrior]

Elfman's themes will continue to be used. SONY likes Elfman and his themes. That's why all the Chris Young replacement themes were discarded.

The real question should be if Chris Young will return. He wasn't treated that nicely either. Aside from his replacement themes being discarded, he also had cue music replaced by John Debney and Deborah Lurie.

Difference between Elfman and Young is that Elfman is an A-list composer. He can afford to walk away. Another big franchise will come along. Young, on the other hand, could use the cash and work.

 

[Eggyman]

I hope he does. I hated that silly - dunDunDUN - symbiot theme.

 

[mclay18]

The real question should be if Chris Young will return. He wasn't treated that nicely either. Aside from his replacement themes being discarded, he also had cue music replaced by John Debney and Deborah Lurie.

Young didn't mind some of his music being replaced (he even mentioned that Lurie was actually one of his students and he liked her work). In that May 2007 interview he gave to MovieScore Magazine, he said that Sony wanted him to rewrite music incorporating Elfman's music during the last few stretches of post-production. However, Young wasn't able to do it because he was still writing and recording music for the climatic fight.

So that's when Debney and Lurie came in.

 

[Spider-Vader]

I doubt he'll came back, unless Rami apologized to him.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I would like Elfman to come back, but I doubt it's going to happen.

 

[Spider-Vader]

I hope he does. I hated that silly - dunDunDUN - symbiot theme.

Really? That & the Ock theme are my favorites of the whole series.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I hated that thing too. When it played after the very well executed scene where the symbiote attaches itself to Peter, it felt extremely out of place to me.

 

[Eggyman]

Really? That & the Ock theme are my favorites of the whole series.

I hated that thing too. When it played after the very well executed scene where the symbiote attaches itself to Peter, it felt extremely out of place to me.

I REALLY hated it. If you think back to how well the music in the teaser flavoured that scene compared to the over-dramatic, heavy-handed que we were given, you should easily see my point. I'm one of those guys that never really pays too much attention to the score... and that's how I know for sure that they messed that up; it stood out far too much to me and dragged me right out of one of the main moments I was originally looking forward to.

I normally only notice a score if it's bad. If it works well, my mind will be on the film.