Carter Burwell's been fired from "Serenity"

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UPDATED: Sunday, January 30, 2005 14:30
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MOHRSTOUTBEARD

Monday, January 24, 2005 12:51 AM

I am surprised that at least two other people were thinking of Brian Tyler, too. I just saw "Six-String Samurai" (which I actually found out about because of his involvement) and I loved his rock-n-roll-spaghetti-western score for "Bubba Ho-tep."

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RUBBEREAGLE

Monday, January 24, 2005 11:17 AM

Brian Tyler also did "The Hunted", "Timeline" and "Children of Dune". IMHO he's one of the most gifted Newcomers, and quite versatile. I've actually become a fan of his through Timeline, there's this moment when the "rebel" archers prepare to fire, and there came out of nowhere this wonderful music and gave me goosebumps...

I'd also be quite interested what Michael Giacchino would make with Serenity. (He's done quite a few games ("Medal of Honor", "Call of Duty", "Secret Weapons over Normandy", "Mercenaries"), TV Shows ("Alias", "Lost") and has done the Score for The Incredibles.

CYBERSNARK

Monday, January 24, 2005 3:43 PM

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I'll second a vote for Carl Johnson. His Disney stuff is fantastic.

And I'll third it.

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But anyone who pays attention to the music from Gargoyles has to be impressed, it seems to me.

*nods*

"Macbeth's Theme" is one of the only 2 times I actually like bagpipes. (The other is "March of the High Guard," the first-season Andromeda theme, composed and performed by Alex Lifeson of Rush.)

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, January 24, 2005 5:27 PM

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Y'know I used to think the same thing and then I heard the theme to Desperate Housewives and this is exactly what Danny Elfman has done i.e. Stretch himself. It's a superb T.V. theme.

....and remarkably similar to his theme from "The Simpsons." Stretch? Not so much.

I was refering to the fact that he has moved away (if brief) from doing the superhero scores.

But you're right there are slight undertones of the Simpsons in there too, but then even the best composers have a style that is evident in almost all their compositions. Even Bernard Herrmann had motifs that he repeated in his scores, from North By Northwest to Mysterious Island. It's not uncommon and doesn't mean the composer isn't accomplished. Heck I could spot a Mozart composition within about two bars....

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ACEHUNTER

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:39 AM

I'll second a vote for Graeme Revell - he did a fantastic job with the score for "Pitch Black" Among his work are the scores for "Chronicles of Riddick", "Daredevil", "CSI Miami", "Tomb Raider" (bad movie, good score), "Red Planet", Titan AE (Which Ben Edlund and Joss Whedon wrote the screenplay for), "The Siege", "The Negotiator", "Strange Days", "Tank Girl", "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and at least 2 of the Chucky movies (not a glowing endorsement there, but still....)

Graeme Revell has at least 77 film scores to his credit, with a very wide range of style. I think he'd be a great choice for Serenity.

-Matt P.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:44 AM

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I'll second a vote for Graeme Revell - he did a fantastic job with the score for "Pitch Black" Among his work are the scores for "Chronicles of Riddick", "Daredevil", "CSI Miami", "Tomb Raider" (bad movie, good score), "Red Planet", Titan AE (Which Ben Edlund and Joss Whedon wrote the screenplay for), "The Siege", "The Negotiator", "Strange Days", "Tank Girl", "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and at least 2 of the Chucky movies (not a glowing endorsement there, but still....)

Graeme Revell has at least 77 film scores to his credit, with a very wide range of style. I think he'd be a great choice for Serenity.

-Matt P.

Graeme Revell.... Yeah I'll third that :) He also scored The Crow, which is an incredible score. Anyone who can blend orchestral horns with Native American chanting is a master.

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NXOJKT

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:31 PM

It actually happens more frequently than you might think. Check out the posters for "Pirates of the Caribbean" They all show the music being done by Alan Silvestri. The score on the film was done by Kluas Badelt. Hitchcock fired Bernard Hermann late in the production of a film after they had worked together more than 10 times. It happens.

There are a lot of composers out there that aren't necessarily "on the map" that do good work, that it's not that big of a worry. Certainly having a great score can and likely will make a big difference, but I'm betting that Joss comes up with someone.

How many people had Howard Shore on their minds prior to Lord of the Rings? Or James Newton Howard prior to his work with M. Night Shyamalan. Both of these guys have been around forever, they just hadn't had their "breakthrough" movie.

Look at this year's Oscar nominees:
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek for Finding Neverland
Thomas Newman for Lemony Snicket
John Debney for Passion of the Christ
John Williams and James Newton Howard are the other two.

Williams and Howard have a lot of acclaim, and Newman has done some good work. But Debney and Kaczmarek are not household names. The basic message... don't worry... Whedon will come up with someone.

MISGUIDED BY VOICES

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:21 PM

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I'll second a vote for Graeme Revell - "Red Planet", "The Negotiator",

Graeme Revell has at least 77 film scores to his credit, with a very wide range of style. I think he'd be a great choice for Serenity.

The Negotiator is fairly straight forward action, though it does sound like Revell is auditioning for the Bond gig if Arnold steps down - loved his Red Mars soundtrack as well.

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UMINOKEN

Tuesday, January 25, 2005 11:55 PM

When I first heard about Burwell's getting the job, I went around to see what stuff he had done. Listen to The Alamo to hear what I think Joss was initially going for... As to the problem with composers replacing other composers late in the movie, just mention the Troy debacle to anyone, I just hope Joss has more brains to not choose Horner!

For replacements, I'll second a couple of choices;
Greg - duh.
Randy Edelman - watch Gettysburg or Brisco County Jr.
Randy Newman - yes that Randy, listen to his stuff for Seabiscuit and tell me you don't think Firefly
I would love to hear what Cliff Eidelman could do with the BDM as well
Another choice would be Jeff Beal who might be unavailable since he's scoring Carnivale right now
Ah well, I guess time will tell

JAA

Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:30 PM

According to the corresponding thread on the prospero board, the "OB", a new composer has been hired. His identity is confidential still, and it is not Greg Edmondson.

Sincerly can't wait till the Big Damn Movie's released.

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