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ScoreKeeper Contemplates Christopher Young's SPIDER-MAN 3 Score!!

First by RobMota	May 3rd, 2007 11:29:38 PM
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Is this talkback necessary? by bralli	May 3rd, 2007 11:29:50 PM
I don't remember AICN ever dedicating a talkback to a score...
BRAILLI...Yes it is! by casinoskunk	May 3rd, 2007 11:42:15 PM
Thank you score keeper, i was actually wondering how Christopher Young did with such a large score. F all the haters, Scorekeeper and keep up the excellent work bro!
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i like Bear McCreary's music scores on BSG. by Boomers_Lips	May 3rd, 2007 11:49:34 PM
and the guy who did the Children of Dune score. they're good soundtracks to have.
Young by casinoskunk	May 3rd, 2007 11:53:22 PM
Young has been around a really long time, out of nwhere he snags Ghostrider and now Spider-Man 3. With all of the crap that went down between elfman and raimi, did Raimi choose a "less prominent" composer to work with this time around, so that he might be able to control the score a little more than he was able to with the "bigger personality" of Elfman? I really hope that i like the score. From what i saw of that 7 minute clip a couple months ago, i did not like the music during the Goblin/Spidey fight. It felt like young was "mickey mousing" it a bit, whereas Elfman would underscore the suspense and danger. who knows, i guess i will have to decide on my own tomorrow. I am sure if Sony Classical does not release the score, then Varese will. fingers crossed
Ookay? by PirateEmery	May 4th, 2007 12:00:15 AM
Sure... That's, uh, yeah. Great review?
Christopher Young = by The Final Word	May 4th, 2007 12:05:22 AM
Hellraiser Soudtrack The End.
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG = by The Final Word	May 4th, 2007 12:07:29 AM
HELLRAISER SOUNDTRACK
Raimi treated Venom like piss. by darthbinks1220	May 4th, 2007 12:20:24 AM
Subplots in order of importance: 1)Mary Jane 2) HobGob 3) Sandman 4) Gwen Stacey 5) Venom. Imagine Lucas focusing on 1)Maul 2) Sidious 3)Vader. Schumacher did the same fucking thing w/ Bane. That's it, I want a Bane/Venom crossover movie, damnit! lol:)
I never EVER thought I'd say this but... by Laserbrain	May 4th, 2007 12:39:02 AM
I wish Elfman had scored this one. Young's score was a misfire. What the fuck was that JAZZ number doing underscoring Pete and Harry's bareknuckle brawl? File it in the ever-expanding Spidey 3 oh-what-where-they-thinking? file.
Raimi by casinoskunk	May 4th, 2007 12:44:00 AM
this may have been what Raimi wanted in spider-man 2 but elfman wouldnt allow it.
i wish Bear McCreary had scored the movie instead. by Boomers_Lips	May 4th, 2007 12:47:59 AM
his work is great on BSG.
Elfman's Spidey score is unmemorable. by darthbinks1220	May 4th, 2007 01:18:27 AM
William's Superman, Elfman's/Goldenthal's Batman themes have far more stirring anthems. Even Zimmer/Howard's atmospheric Batman Begins theme works for me better than Spidey.
Why is there so much score news on this site? by jimmy_009	May 4th, 2007 01:19:44 AM
No one gives a crap.
I give a crap.... by seanny_d	May 4th, 2007 01:48:29 AM
but I still hated this score. Loved the scores to the first one, the second one had some nice cues, but with the exception of the reused stuff and the birth of sandman cue, everything else was forgettable.
Most movie scores these days are forgettable. by Orionsangels	May 4th, 2007 02:29:13 AM
The great movie score years of the 70's and 80s are over.
What happend to Danny Elfman? by wadi77	May 4th, 2007 02:57:24 AM

Forgettable by wadi77	May 4th, 2007 03:03:51 AM
Yes, I agree.
Not another Elfman by a rolling stone	May 4th, 2007 03:41:13 AM
Danny Elfman did great work with Batman in 89, but then what happened? Got a comic book character? Use Elfman! He even did that Flash show on CBS, and the music to Darkman (anyone remember Darkman?) I think he's great, loads of talent and all, but it's nice to see other styles in the comic book genre.
Scorekeeper: by raw_bean	May 4th, 2007 03:55:13 AM
You clearly know your music, but please tone down the intellectual vocabulary, you keep mis-using words or seeming to force an unnaturally erudite tone.
Thought Youngs work was pretty bland by Evil Hobbit	May 4th, 2007 04:28:02 AM
The new themes just couldn't bother me that much. Specially the Venom cue was a bit uninspired and dynamicly a lot less inventive then the work of Elfman. Sandman birth was a beautifull scene and the music was simplistic indeed, in the instrumentation that is. It writing was a bit shallow and just nut as playfull or restrained as Elfmans work. It reminded me a lot of Patrick Doyles soundtrack for Potter 4. Decent as a standalone effort but in the continuation of a franchise it falls a little short.
rawbean by BadMrWonka	May 4th, 2007 04:31:44 AM
writing misuse as "mis-use" isn't necessarily a mis-take, but it looks stu-pid. ain't irony a bitch?
will any of the music from this movie by Napoleon Park	May 4th, 2007 04:33:48 AM
Will any of the music from this movie still be remembered in forty years? Because this will: --- Spiderman, Spiderman, Does whatever a spider can Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like flies Look Out! Here comes the Spiderman. --- Is he strong? Listen bud, He's got radioactive blood. Can he swing from a thread Take a look overhead Hey, there There goes the Spiderman. --- In the chill of night At the scene of a crime Like a streak of light He arrives just in time. --- Spiderman, Spiderman Friendly neighborhood Spiderman Wealth and fame He's ingnored Action is his reward. --- To him, life is a great big bang up Whenever there's a hang up You'll find the Spider man. ---
HELLRAISER by godoffireinhell	May 4th, 2007 05:11:39 AM
Best horror movie score of all time. I wonder if they will hire him to score the remake as well?
Wish they'd kept Elfman's Batman score for BB by Drath	May 4th, 2007 05:24:51 AM
I don't feel much for his Spider-Man theme, it's not nearly as iconic as his Batman music and I'm annoyed that they didn't get a new one. That they are treating it like it was a classic and reusing it in film after film is annoying. A better theme could have been written. I don't think X-Men got a decent theme until X3 oddly enough, too bad it was played to a lackluster version of the team fighting without Cyclops, Xavier, or Nightcrawler.
hey scorekeeper did you catch the Chris Young cameo? by mikey mike	May 4th, 2007 05:55:23 AM
I was the only one in the theater that wooed when I saw him, my friends were quite embarrased
The Score Was Yawn by Playhouse	May 4th, 2007 05:59:59 AM
I thought that the score was one of the most lackluster parts of the movie. I knew there was trouble when they cut the main Spider-Man theme short in the opening credits and really focused on the sub-par black suit motif. Spider-Man might not have been the greatest of Elfman's superhero scores (though it's better than Hulk) but the main theme actually sticks with you better than you'd believe. In fact, while I was underwhelmed by Elfman's score in the first film, I found a new and greater appreciation of it with the second film, especially as the main theme during the opening credits felt stronger overall. I was hoping for the same here but instead it's all just muddied and muddled. The tone of the entire score felt off and when Young would reintroduce Elfman's themes, he would just kind of toss them off to create the semblance of continuity between the three films. I was disappointed with the score and it drew me out of the film more than it helped.
Young's music for The Grudge is pretty damn good by Boondock Devil	May 4th, 2007 06:04:43 AM
Really enjoyed the music even if the films were more than a little sub-par. Also goes without saying that his score music for Hellraiser and Hellbound are about as good as it gets.
Any John Williams News?? by Samuel Fulmer	May 4th, 2007 09:03:11 AM
Like an expanded CD release of Temple of Doom and Last Crusade? Or how about proper Star Wars Prequel score releases?
This score used violins like... by www.valiens.com	May 4th, 2007 09:45:29 AM
... Christopher Walken uses cowbell.
Yes, A complete Star Wars recordings.. by Evil Hobbit	May 4th, 2007 10:24:00 AM
..in the style of the LOTR Recordings would be heaven. Newly recorded for the albums and mixed in dolby. Sweeet.
Excellent article...just someone tell him its... by Mr Chuff	May 4th, 2007 10:58:03 AM
"motif"...not "motive"
Danny Elfman by SithMenace	May 4th, 2007 01:44:16 PM
is a great composer, but his recent stuff isn't as memorable as his 85-95 work. Mars Attacks and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are the only two Elfman scores that stand out for me in the last ten years. I agree with whoever said the great scores of the 70's and 80's are gone. Where is the memorable music like Star Wars or Indy, or even Jaws? Where is the iconic teaming of a great director with a great composer? Elfman and Burton have come the closest, but no one has repeated that run of Spielberg/Williams and Lucas/Williams from the 70's and early 80's.
I respectfully disagree by blacklodgebob	May 4th, 2007 03:51:45 PM
I thought Young's score wasn't very good. The new themes were fine, but the way he used them was terrible. Case in point, the "sandman theme". Wasn't bad, but do we have to hear this over the top barreling theme every time sandman is around? Just over and over? It was just too much. An the cue over the final moments in the construction site and the end? The enitre theater was laughing...and it was because of the cue. The only new (I think new) piece I really like was the cue when Peter and Harry fight at the Osborne place after the confrontation in the coffee shop. That was fantastic. Maybe I needed to have a better working knowledge of Young, but I was really missing Elfman the whole movie.
I also disaree. by iamnicksaicnsn	May 4th, 2007 05:23:11 PM
The score was totally out of place. And there were several points in the movie that it overshadowed what was going on on the screen. Sometimes you just have to let the characters do their thing! Worst superhero score since X3.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz by CellarDweller	May 5th, 2007 01:56:38 AM
That score was a bore. I've never missed Elfman as much as I did today. That score was generic and bland.
Great Score by LeviDTinker	May 5th, 2007 03:56:37 PM
I thought the score was one of the highlights of this decent film. it was the one thing that really stood out for me. i will be really disapointed if they do not commercially release a score cd.

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