HARRY HERE... As I read the below 16 words... I'm not sure what he meant... But... I do know that Glen called me up to correct the notion that JOHN WILLIAMS IS.... DOING PATRIOT... and rather that he's 'ahem' In the running and that David Arnold isn't COMPLETELY out yet. So... In that case... it sort of sounds like... Well... maybe he'll fight Apollo and maybe he won't. The fun thing is... Devlin and Emmerich wanted Williams way back when on STARGATE... but weren't given the budget to afford him... So they gambled on this talented young composer named David Arnold... and created one helluva fine score. We'll keep an eye on this...
Hey folks, Harry here. The news concerning John Williams and Emmerich's THE PATRIOT has been floating about for a while now, but I do believe that that new site that is under the careful gaze of somebody named GLEN OLIVER (yeah... that Coaxial guy) called FilmForce.Net (yeah some of those TheForce.Net guys are in league with him too. Well, in a preview of coming glories they'll be bringing us, dropped the line that John Williams is set to score THE PATRIOT for Emmerich and Devlin because David Arnold is busy in England at the moment on something very dear to his heart. Now... while I was initially heartbroken at the concept of losing a new David Arnold score... My heart SOARED at the news of Williams. His score for 1941 is fun as hell, and I loved his AMISTAD score... both dealing with Patriotic and/or Early America stuff. HOWEVER... The news about Michael Kamen signing on with Bryan Singer for X-MEN in place of John Ottman is a fucking terrible blow in my opinion. Early gossip had Danny Elfman in place. Now... I have enjoyed Michael Kamen in the past... BUT there is an extreme chance that he might just phone this in. My excitement level for this movie is dropping quickly because of this news. SCORE is of absolute CAPITOL IMPORTANCE for this movie. For me... the only flaw with THE IRON GIANT is the lack of a absolute CLASSIC score that every being on the planet would hum and say... "THE IRON GIANT" after a single bar. On the otherhand this is Kamen's chance to create a piece of music like Elfman's BATMAN or Williams' SUPERMAN that becomes one of the iconic film scores... Or... he could just phone it in. Here's the scoop...
Just happened to check out www.soundtrackmag.com where they've posted the following:
Soundtrackmag.com has confirmed that Michael Kamen has been signed to score the 20th Century Fox film THE X-MEN, directed by Bryan Singer. In addition we have received several reports that John Williams will be tapped to score the new Mel Gibson film THE PATRIOT.
Ummm...a Roland Emmerich film without a David Arnold score? Though John Williams is an exciting proposition, I smell trouble. Now on the subject of Michael Kamen; there's no doubt that he is one of the most talented composers out there. The problem I have with him is that his works lack a strong, hummible theme. And the X-Men must have a musical motif that instantaneously becomes synonomous with the characters, ala Elfman's Batman or Williams's Superman. Anyhow, just thought you might be curious.
The Egotist
