sdtom
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Post by sdtom on Dec 29, 2005 18:26:35 GMT -8
In an interview in the Hollywood Reporter a magazine for the industry which I am lucky enough to be able to read and not subscribe to (cost is $225.00 per year) Stacey Snider chairman of Universal talked briefly about Kong. THR: When Jackson threw out Howard Shore's score at the last minute, that must have given you cold sweats. Snider: (Laughs) Yes, it did. You just think, how did this happen? It's how you get through it. You take a breath and rely on your colleagues and put one foot ahead of the other. You must act, and respond thoughtfully and financially responsibly. And you can't have a movie like "King Kong" that doesn't have a score that supports it. You cannot. It's not an incidental. Peter actually said, "Do you want to listen to it?" and I said I didn't want to. In that situation, what would it matter? Especially when your trying to crack an adventure story and a love story. Interesting. Tom
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Post by Armin on Dec 30, 2005 0:27:08 GMT -8
I don't raelly understand what he is saying. So Jacksom threw out the score, the producers were horrified, and then he offers them to listen to it? For what? Did he think they didn't like it and was trying to save it? I am confused...
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Post by MikeP on Dec 30, 2005 4:16:34 GMT -8
That's what it sounds like. They were really concerned about Jackson dropping the score, so Jackson offered to let them listen to it so they could hear how inappropriate it was. I hope that the half that was recorded makes it out, because it almost sounds like Shore was really going in an interesting direction with the music.
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Post by Jangles on Dec 30, 2005 8:20:29 GMT -8
Maybe they got sent a Hans Zimmer score instead of Shore's score?
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sdtom
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Post by sdtom on Dec 30, 2005 8:46:15 GMT -8
I think her reply was saying "if you don't like it then we won't use it." She was and is behind Jackson 100% as this was his lifelong dream to do the film. I think the next film however will be Universal's call. Tom
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Post by Carlton the Barbarian on Dec 30, 2005 19:13:29 GMT -8
Maybe they got sent a Hans Zimmer score instead of Shore's score? Yeah, they were probably looking for "As Good As it Gets" and Shore probably sent them something a little more agressive and dissonant. Damn the 2000 Kong has been de-animalized and turned into a modern Care-Bear. Arggg. -CG
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Post by Jangles on Dec 30, 2005 22:07:30 GMT -8
Maybe they got "Muppet Treasure Island" instead of Shore's King Kong
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sdtom
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Post by sdtom on Dec 31, 2005 8:21:56 GMT -8
I am very lucky to be able to have access to this magazine as it provides some information I would have not known. Will do my best to keep you all posted. Tom
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Post by Jangles on Dec 31, 2005 22:09:13 GMT -8
Any hints as to why people still hire Hans Zimmer?
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Post by Armin on Jan 1, 2006 1:24:43 GMT -8
Because he is fast, easy, has all the equipment to work with and even save some money, gets the score done, and creates a special sound which mostly even fits the project because it was desired. It's like you have to hire a party service. You can go for a different one every time or you can stick with the one where you know what you'll get. Besides, any director halfway interested in electronics will die to go to his study and play around with the equipment.
As I always say - as long as they don't hire Portman or Knopfler pretty much everything is fine.
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sdtom
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Post by sdtom on Jan 1, 2006 8:55:42 GMT -8
Zimmer is all about making money for him and conversely for the studio. Tom
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Post by Armin on Jan 1, 2006 9:15:54 GMT -8
Zimmer is all about making money for him and conversely for the studio. Tom I don't think that's entirely true. Zimmer does try to create music, even though it might not be the one we like most. I am nowhere near a fan/lover/admirer/(or even) liker of his music or his company, but the man has some merit nobody should take from him.
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Post by Jangles on Jan 1, 2006 15:38:35 GMT -8
Even though I may be harsh towards Zimmer, I still like some of his works. Most notably Lion King, which is one of the first scores I ever heard on cd
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Post by Armin on Jan 2, 2006 1:25:43 GMT -8
I really like The Rock (mostly his portions of the score like the introduction), K2 and The Peacemaker. Never could understand the fuss about Crimson Tide, though.
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sdtom
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Post by sdtom on Jan 2, 2006 9:33:26 GMT -8
Radio Flyer was also quite good.
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