What are you looking for from Chris Young?

[Spider-Man]

Elfman's score replacement for Spider-Man 3: what do you want from him? Here's a few of my essentials...

1. Evolve the Main Titles. Must use an evolved version of the Main Titles theme during the Main Titles. Young can handle a darker vision, and since Venom may take over the credits some with Sandman, then the Main Titles will need to evolve more than it did from 1 to 2.
   
2. Strings must rule the sky! Whenever Spider-Man took off and was web-slinging, violins took over the theme and controlled the musical rhythm. This is a must in order to keep the feel of the movie the same. Unfortunately, one of the best times this could've been illustrated in Young's Spider-Man 2 work was during the train sequence, and he missed the mark by a mile.
   
3. Theme weaving. This isn't Superman... the theme isn't only triumphant... it's complicated, as is the character. It needs to be able to weave in and out of emotion without creating original score to replace what the groundwork is. It also needs to weave in and out of the Peter Parker theme. They need to be used correctly.
   
4. Original music needs to match existing music. This isn't Chris Young's time to shine... he's finishing off a job, not starting over. New villian themes need to work in harmony with the existing theme. And any other evolved themes need further work to match what is already established.

I'll add more as I think of them...

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Elfman's score replacement for Spider-Man 3: what do you want from him? Here's a few of my essentials...

1. Evolve the Main Titles. Must use an evolved version of the Main Titles theme during the Main Titles. Young can handle a darker vision, and since Venom may take over the credits some with Sandman, then the Main Titles will need to evolve more than it did from 1 to 2.
2. Strings must rule the sky! Whenever Spider-Man took off and was web-slinging, violins took over the theme and controlled the musical rhythm. This is a must in order to keep the feel of the movie the same. Unfortunately, one of the best times this could've been illustrated in Young's Spider-Man 2 work was during the train sequence, and he missed the mark by a mile.
3. Theme weaving. This isn't Superman... the theme isn't only triumphant... it's complicated, as is the character. It needs to be able to weave in and out of emotion without creating original score to replace what the groundwork is. It also needs to weave in and out of the Peter Parker theme. They need to be used correctly.
4. Original music needs to match existing music. This isn't Chris Young's time to shine... he's finishing off a job, not starting over. New villian themes need to work in harmony with the existing theme. And any other evolved themes need further work to match what is already established.

I'll add more as I think of them...

im looking forward from chris young is the way he can do the main theme i would love it if they used the main theme.

 

[dodus]

[*]Theme weaving. This isn't Superman... the theme isn't only triumphant... it's complicated, as is the character. It needs to be able to weave in and out of emotion without creating original score to replace what the groundwork is. It also needs to weave in and out of the Peter Parker theme. They need to be used correctly.

I'll agree with you big time here...I always feel like the Peter Parker theme is wasted at the end of the Main Titles. All due props to Elfman, and he does a great job toying with his Spider-theme library throughout both films, but somebody really needs to figure out a way to weave Peter Parker's theme and Spider-man's theme together in a *****-inducing fashion, not just stacking them one after another like it's done virtually every time they both come up.

 

[zanos]

Definately start over from scratch. I'm Chris effing Young. Not some Danny Elfman wannabe.

 

[matthooper]

Ironically, with the darker tone of SM3, Elfman would seem to fit in perfectly.

However, I'm anxious to hear a new take. Young did do some stuff for SM2 so he already has expierience. I always thought the score for SM1 was somewhat lackluster. Although I thought Elfman's score for SM2 was great, Raimi obviously didn't like everything Elfman was doing, which is why he brought in Young during post for SM2. I trust Raimi's judgement.

Let's just hope it's a little more John Williams influenced than Elfman influenced, while including the best of Elfman from SM2.

 

[lordofthenerds]

Imo Danny Elfman pretty much nailed the scores for 1 and 2 so I would like it if Chris Young used a slightly altered version of Elfman's main theme and an altered version of the goblin theme in 3.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Imo Danny Elfman pretty much nailed the scores for 1 and 2 so I would like it if Chris Young used a slightly altered version of Elfman's main theme and an altered version of the goblin theme in 3.

elfman was the best, i hope chris young uses the main title song that elfman used, and have some other songs from the first 2 movies.

 

[Niobe]

I found Elfmans score for the first 2 movies quite fitting although I had expected something more memorable. To me it just seemed kind of dull, I have the soundtrack but listened to it like 2 times but it was ok. But what I really hated was the recycled music in S-M 2, especially in the scene in which Peter is rescuing a child from a burning building, I was like jeez they wanted to save money or what? when i watched the movie for the first time. So I hope this Chris Young will come up with something better and, at the same time similar since it would be even worse if it were completely different from Elfmans work.