Gae

This was a terrific work by Elfman for me. Far more interesting than MIBII, & possibly as interesting as RED DRAGON.

THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN will be fascinating if Elfman does indeed return. Who knows? Maybe he'll get his first trilogy out of the character!

Spiderman - weak theme, weak movie!

"Those of you who bought the movie just got suckered into the mass media blitz that is supporting junk movies like this Spiderman flick. Thanks to you guys who bought the DVD, we now will get a sequel to Spiderman and a whole slew of other comic book mistakes brought poorly to the big screen."

Thats your personal point of view but just because you dont like the film or music there's no need to patronise those of us who do like it. Its all down to personal taste.
Also, if you aren't interested in any future sequels, living within a democracy, you have the right not to have to buy a ticket to see the movie.

P.S. If you dont like movies that are hugely entertaining, well acted, have a good storyline and music and display a great imagination and artistry, then what sort of films do you enjoy?

Gae

The film was decent enough despite the fact they hid the brilliantly expressive Willem Defoe behind an inarticulate mask, Tobey Maguire was perfectly cast as Spidey, but Elfman was here purely for the fact that he'd done previous super-hero type films and his relationship with Sam Raimi, I found the score to be distracting and , yes, it was lacking a defining Spidey theme, it sounded like a watered down Batman (which I thought was a great, if Herrmann like score...and that ain't a bad thing!)....what a shame Raimi didn't go with his other collaborater Basil Poledouris who IMNSHO is a far more talented composer (shock, horror...the man can write, orchestrate and conduct music...not too many of them left now are there?!).

Spidey needed something lighter and definately funkier, not the aimless morass of themeless spoon-fed orchestral molasses that Elfman fed this film.

Just for the record, if this film was up to me, Lalo Schifrin would have scores it!

I dunno what you guys are complaining about, but Elfman's work on Spider-man is Fantastic!!!! I too, sadly, own the DVD, but not the score (yet).

I really don't see what the complaint is. Sure...the first time I saw the film, I didn't really quite grasp onto the theme, but after repeating viewings, guess what....it IS THERE!!!! Just sit back, and enjoy the great music that Elfman pumps out like it's nothing! If you guys think you can do a better job, then go ahead and try! I'd love to hear some "alternates".

Not if you ask Lalo Schifrin...

Besides, Basil was too bust writing a synth score for a TBS original movie, or something.

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Originally posted by Timmer:
what a shame Raimi didn't go with his other collaborater Basil Poledouris

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Raimi worked with Poledouris ONCE. He worked with Silvestri ONCE. If anything, his other collaborator is Joseph LoDuca.

There's the Spider-Man Theme, the three-note rising motif of which is constantly used, most prominently in Spidey's first swing when he pursues the robber.

There's Peter's Theme (so identified by Danny Elfman himself on the DVD extras), which starts with four notes, then a lower note, and it goes up for three descending notes. It plays at the very end of "Revenge", and at a bunch of other places. This one was previously referred to as Uncle Ben's Theme or the "Powers and Responsabilities Theme".

There's the Green Goblin Theme which plays in a "heroic" fashion when MJ sort of awakens to find herself on top of the bridge in the big finale. The whole Parade Attack is based around it, and a soft, chilling version plays when Norman looks at himself in the mirror in that (I'll admit) cheezy scene.

The so-called "love theme" is just the Spider-Man theme played softly.

So, that's for those who still maintain that the score has no themes. I will admit that I was disappointed by the score the first time around, but it's one of those things that I learned to appreciate more and more after every listen. It's a lot more subtle, because Spider-Man is a more subtle kind of hero. He's a kid dealing with his new powers, and trying to do the right thing on a small scale, and sort of being whisked away to do grander things because of some maniacs. Not exactly Superman, who has all this nobility and sense of justice, or Batman, who has trained for year and is very focused and knows what he's doing.

I think Elfman did a fantastic job for SPIDER-MAN and I can't wait to see how he follows it up on THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.