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Danny Elfman..?

What in the world..
I am frustrated here people. How many times is Danny Elfman (Front man of Oingo Boingo and later Boingo) going to be asked to make a score for a movie and have it be the same as all the rest he has done in the past? Dont get me wrong, i love the work he has done, but hearing a new score by him doesnt excite as i already know what it is going to sound like: fast paces, quick changes on the flutes and strings occaisional choir-like human vocals.. It used to be “Kick ASS! Another OST by Elfman!” now it is “Oh.. An Elfman soundtrack…” a few bars into the title theme…

I admit he does have a range of OST abilities, but as the great Suzuki Beane says “If you listen to enough of this stuff it all sounds the same. After a while you can’t tell the difference between it and Row Row Row your Boat”

Examples below are linked to WMA files on the amazon website (30 second clips). If you want to buy one of these pieces of duplicated shit, feel free to, but i suggest you check them all out first before you drop 16 bucks on your favorite soundtrack, as you may already have most of it in a slightly different form in your home.

Batman , Batman Returns , Batman Forever , Beetleguise , Edward Scissorhands , Spiderman 1 , Spiderman 2 , SleepyHollow , Planet of the Apes , The Hulk , Men in Black , Men in Black II , Red Dragon , Mars Attacks , Army of Darkness:March of the Dead , Nightbreed , Tales from the Crypt , Nightmare before Christmas, The Corpse Bride , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Movies like Big Fish surprised me because mixed into the OST i could hear tones and sounds that remonded me of Elfmans work, and i was fairly surprised when i found out it was him. All in all it would be an example of why he should be hired for the work vs why the job should be offered to some up and

coming nobody so they can have a shot at the biz and the biz can have something original for once…

A Civil action was out of the norm too, its not the Easy Out that he has taken with so much of his work.

By far, one of his best soundtracks would be the music for “Proof of Life”.. we wont go into it except that it is fantastic and another surprise that it was done by him in this time of his duplicating nature.

you may also be interested in the compilation that was put together which mainly focuses on the music that is outside his general production and make him appears to be less of the OST factory that he has become.
I am not saying i could do a better job, but i am saying HE could. He has the skill and experieince, but it seems like people are paying him to make the same shit, slightly rehashed and i am one of many that are tired of it. if i have to hear Row Row Row your boat at the beginning of “Batman 29 : Batman and Robin scandalous sex kittens.” then so be it.. it will be better.

This movie would also be known as “Batman XXiX - Lube up and imagine yourself in jail bad guys, cause we are gonna show you what a dark knight and pretty boy can do to you when tag teaming with no referee..”

x-posted to my site

50 Greatest “Conservative rock songs” - Go check out this writeup

At first i was confused when someone sent this site to me. Scott starts the article off critiquing something he read in the National Review (we’ve sent mail to them). Unfortunately, it isnt till you scroll about halfway through that you start really understanding as he posts copied text from the article into the second half. Afterwards, i wholly support going abck and reading the first half as it will make more sense and is really very good.
It is a list of the 50 greatest “conservative rock songs”. After each song you have a delightful look at what was going through their mind and why they felt it ranked. the saddest bit is that most of the songs are not all that great. Good? yes… Great? no…

Some of the lose connections made in their explainations are hilarious :) Others make you feel sad for the human race and it’s inbred stupidity… We need fresh DNA people..
http://scottpeterson.typepad.com/leftofthedial/2006/05/rockin_the_righ.html

Related only by the fact that it is about conservative music and is stupid..

check out this old Transbuddha article :)