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Kosh Oscar® Winner	Hello, I just received John Ottman's score for Halloween: H20 yesterday. Although not as frightening as John Carpenter's original (who can beat that? , I thought the instrumentation and orchestrations were brilliantly done. Anyway, since I haven't seen the movie, I wanted to know if the tracks were in chronological order and, if they weren't, if there was a kind soul who could post the correct track order. Thanks, Kosh
posted 01-08-2000 06:39 AM PT (US)

Dan Brecher Oscar® Winner	That could be a bit tough to answer, as what is on Portait of Terror is Ottman's full composistions, which actually became hacked up and re-edited by the studio execs for the movie... Dan (UK)
posted 01-08-2000 07:58 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	Really? Gee I did not know that. Why DID they do that? --Crono/Kyp Writer/Director/Producer NP: Chrono Cross Intro MP3 (**1/2/***)
posted 01-09-2000 03:28 PM PT (US)

Kosh Oscar® Winner	Crono/Kyp, Yes, they thought parts of his score were too "thoughtful". They decided instead to replace these parts by excerpts from Marco Beltrami's score to SCREAM. According to me, Ottman's H20 is not that frightening, but the orchestrations.... They really blew me away. The number of instruments used and the way they all come together, it's really a brilliant score.
posted 01-09-2000 06:27 PM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	I remember the film used one cue from Beltrami's MIMIC many times during the climax. People who aren't score fans probably didn't notice, but it bothered me very much. Mimic was a perfect score for the film Mimic. It shouldn't be anything else. Beltrami was hired to compose some original music for H20 though.
posted 01-09-2000 08:51 PM PT (US)

J. Peter Wolk-Laniewski Oscar® Winner	As to why Ottman's music was butchered: He explains this on his website. Not in the music section, but in an essay where he vents about test screenings. It seems that some of the music in the film was just temp tracks and Ottman was planning to do more work on it. But the original test screening came out favorable, so the studio decided to leave it the way it was. You know, just in case better music somehow made the movie worse. You can't take chances with that sort of thing.
posted 01-09-2000 09:41 PM PT (US)

Pete M Oscar® Winner	Marco Beltrami didn't actually write any original music for H20, but a lot of the film was scored with music by him. He himself took samples of his scores for Mimic & Scream & Scream 2, & played around with them a little. A huge amount of the film was scored in this way, & it actually works quite well (particularly if you don't recognise it). Marco didn't record with an orchestra for the project. I'm not quite sure why it is that Ottman's score wasn't used - it's pretty good stuff. Interesting to note, though, that he still scored Steve Miner's next film, Lake Placid...
posted 01-10-2000 06:36 AM PT (US)

cinema Oscar® Winner	Marco Beltramis musci from Mimic isn't on there is it. Also is the score good?
posted 01-11-2000 05:23 PM PT (US)

Pete M Oscar® Winner	Beltrami's Mimic score is used in the film, but the Portrait of Terror CD is purely Ottman's score for the film. And is which score good - Mimic or Ottman's?
posted 01-12-2000 05:40 AM PT (US)

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