It’s had over 44 million views in a week and I think I was personally responsible for about 100 of those, the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was released last Friday to incredible fanfare. To be honest, I think you could put John Williams’ incredible music over any visuals and it would make it seem epic. The trailer gives us only a few hints of the story the new film will follow, and I am already counting down the days until December when this is released. It has it’s work cut out to equal the quality of the original trilogy, but they have chosen a fantastic director in JJ Abrams and I have faith in him to deliver the best Star Wars film since 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back.
Author: shimma25
Danny Elfman – Music from the Films of Tim Burton Concert
Date: March 14, 2015
Venue: Adelaide Entertainment Centre
I first discovered the music of film composer Danny Elfman back in 1986, when watching the cult classic Pee-wee’s Big Adventure on VHS one day. It was Elfman’s first film as a composer, having previously been lead singer of the new wave band Oingo Boingo. Tim Burton, who was also making his film debut with the movie, was a fan of the band and frequented many of their concerts in LA, and decided Elfman would be the perfect choice to score his movie. Despite having no experience in film music, he produced a unique, completely revolutionary score and in the process created a completely new approach to scoring films.
Cut to 30 years later and Elfman is now regarded as one of the best and most influential composers in Hollywood history, still working steadily today, with the 2015 releases 50 Shades of Grey and The Avengers: Age of Ultron on his list of credits this year.
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