Danny Elfman - It's hard to believe...

Capn_Jack_Savvy

Sr Member

• Dec 30, 2009

• #21

Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo!

 

damon5973

Well-Known Member

• Dec 31, 2009

• #22

love oingo boingo..but looking at the video he reminds me of a scrawny carrottop..scary looking..but he got briget fonda..yum

 

Serafino

Sr Member

• Dec 31, 2009

• #23

Robstyle--I agree that Elfman's potboiler scores tend to blur together, but he has done some great scores. Proof of Life is one example. Although highly undervalued it is original, darkly evocative and richly varied within a unified style. His score for Beetlejuice is another which stands out as perfectly on point yet very original.

 

CTF

Sr Member

• Dec 31, 2009

• #24

I'm not much of a fan, to be honest. I can't stand any of his scores for Tim Burton; all except for Ed Wood, that is... hold on, he didn't do that one! :$

 

agent5

Sr Member

• Jan 1, 2010

• #25

C'Mon, people. The original Batman score was amazing at the time and really took the film to another level. Even if some of his scores are a bit repetative you have to at least give him Batman.

For all you true fans out there, here's a nice YouTube clip with a great video. Dig it! It'll always be a memory of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. :thumbsup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eStq-IvLaXk

 

Nataku

Sr Member

• Jan 1, 2010

• #26

robstyle said:

So Ill be the first to say, hated oingo boingo and cant stand his film scores. Nothing against the guy, just think he is a one trick pony with film scores and all oingo boingo sounded the same to me.
Takes all kids though so im just on the other side of the fence, listening to the good music

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I'm with you on this one.

 

stapleton13

Well-Known Member

• Jan 1, 2010

• #27

I always liked his work, and it doesn't seem to matter if you liked or disliked his work. He did, and is still doing what few have done. He is still going strong.

 

Hedjii72

Sr Member

• Jan 1, 2010

• #28

I really respected and appreciated his sound. His scores personified the 90s for me. Batman, Pee Wee, Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas... great stuff.

Round about the time of Planet of the Apes, he seemed to change his style, which on one hand is a good thing because it tended to get identifiably repetitive, but on the other hand, his newer style was far more bland and less hummable. (Does Spider-Man have a theme?)

There are so many commercials that have choirs of children singing ala Edward Scissorhands, it's almost a parody of itself, and a far overused texture in film music and advertising. I got a little bored with it after awhile.

But yeah, Batman was really awesome. (I believe his orchestrator/conductor Shirley Walker had a lot to do with it also.)