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Erik Woods Standard Userer	What do you think? Will Tamahori go back to Goldsmith to score this film or will he use the franchises current composer Randy Edelman? Personally, I would love to see Goldsmith on this project. -Erik-
posted 10-04-2003 09:05 AM PT (US)

Alexborn007 Standard Userer	Well, they just lost Vin Diesel as well (handed over to Ice Cube)...so it'll need all the help it can get. NP-Murder at 1600 (Young)
posted 10-04-2003 10:45 AM PT (US)

VaultComplex Non-Standard Userer	I would love to see anyone but Randy Edelman do the music.
posted 10-04-2003 10:46 AM PT (US)

MarkA Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by VaultComplex: I would love to see anyone but Randy Edelman do the music. Yo Vault have you even heard Edelman's score? I rather like it.
posted 10-04-2003 10:52 AM PT (US)

Al Standard Userer	They might as well just get one of the MV crowd, if not many of them. Eh. Who cares. NP: Moses - Ennio Morricone
posted 10-04-2003 11:16 AM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	Tamahori just used David Arnold for Die Another Day, so I think that's what you can expect for a sequel to "xXx". NP: Dreamcatcher - James Newton Howard ***/*** [Message edited by sean on 10-04-2003]
posted 10-04-2003 11:32 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	Yeah, but Arnold has been the Bond composer for several installments already, it wasn't to be expected that just because of Tamahori they'd suddenly get Goldsmith to do a Bond score instead.
posted 10-04-2003 11:36 AM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	I'm with Sean. If they got Tamahori to do crapCRAPcrap 2, then they probably want the Bond look, so they will want Arnold as well. And yes, anyone but Edelman will do. His first score sucked [self-censored].
posted 10-04-2003 11:44 AM PT (US)

VaultComplex Non-Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by MarkA: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by VaultComplex: [b]I would love to see anyone but Randy Edelman do the music.<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> Yo Vault have you even heard Edelman's score? I rather like it. [/B] Yes I have it and I hate it.
posted 10-04-2003 11:46 AM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	I love the smell of apathy in morning.... [Actually, I could type a recipe for Chicken Pot Pie here, and it wouldn't keep people from thinking Goldsmith should do it, that Arnold's not necessarily appropriate for the project because he is the heir-apparent Bond composer, (which is contradictory to the concept of XXX) or that Edelman's first score, being very Bondesque to begin with, and was very well done, if they even bothered with it after the 2-disc "inspired by" album. So, get yourself a pie pan and one whole chicken....]
posted 10-04-2003 12:03 PM PT (US)

rkeaveney Standard Userer	Anyone who thinks Edelman should score another film is out of their minds. I just watched SHANGHAI KNIGHTS this week and man, was his score terrible. Ryan
posted 10-04-2003 12:14 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	Sort of like this thread.
posted 10-04-2003 12:21 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Standard Userer	I don't think it will really matter who scores this film. The first film was liberally laced with pop and rock songs and they really worked well in the picture. I'd just as soon see an Edelman score upstaged by the songs rather than a Goldsmith score. There will be probably be a lot less whining that way!
posted 10-04-2003 01:05 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Standard Userer	Ryan, Shanghai Knights was an awful film period. The score certainly seemed right to me for the picture. It didn't make it any worse. (I'm not sure anything could have!)
posted 10-04-2003 01:07 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	Hummm, Goldsmith score triple X3 ... only if he likes CRAP! Man alive what terrible movies!
posted 10-04-2003 02:40 PM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by justin boggan: Hummm, Goldsmith score triple X3 ... only if he likes CRAP! We all know he does.
posted 10-04-2003 04:12 PM PT (US)

piero2 Standard Userer	I don't think Goldsmith has ever scored a sequel where the score for the first was started by another composer. However he did SUM OF ALL FEARS so I'm sort of wrong with that. There may also be other cases someone may point out. I have to respect Goldsmith however for jumping ship on Poltergeist III. Nothing could have saved that mess. I think he gave the ball prematurely to Horner though on WRATH OF KHAN. Would have been quite interesting if he would have scored ALL the Star Trek movie sequels. An XXX sequel seems so unlikely for the Maestro to do even though he's worked with the director. I've never seen any of the XXX films but they seem like "B" movies and just for pure popcorn entertainment. piero2
posted 10-04-2003 07:29 PM PT (US)

Jeron Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by piero2: I don't think Goldsmith has ever scored a sequel where the score for the first was started by another composer. However he did SUM OF ALL FEARS so I'm sort of wrong with that. SOAF was a prequel of sorts... so, it could be argued that JG's score sets the pace for the others. Then again, it could also be argued that JG was justified in scoring it as a movie in and unto itself, as it does share the Jack Ryan character, but doesn't necessary serve as a sequel or prequel. It's just 'another story' taking place at a different part on the timeline. J [Message edited by Jeron on 10-04-2003]
posted 10-04-2003 08:23 PM PT (US)

Pete M Standard Userer	I think that a Goldsmith score would be the only thing that could make this film even vaguely endurable, tbh.
posted 10-05-2003 01:35 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	Alright, so who here liked the first one? I honestly didn't find anything good about it. The score had it's "alright" moments, but i hated the movie, the directing, the acting, the music, the only thing good about it was the end title sequence. Clayton
posted 10-05-2003 02:22 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Standard Userer	Well, I thought it was a nice bit of fluff. Very enjoyable film to sit at home, drink bourbon, eat Chex Mix and watch the Ubermencsh version of James Bond tear up the bad guys. As I said, Edelman's score was forgettable to my ears and I was more struck by the Pop and Rock tunes that I thought enhanced the mood of the film. I did notice the score in few spots when a little more tension was needed so in my view it worked for the picture but instilled in me no desire to hear it away from the film. Clearly, its target audience was a young one and it also succeeded beyond the expectations of the studio. It covered its budget in four weeks of domestic release alone, meaning all remaining domestic showings, video and foreign was just gravy. Maybe none of you guys liked it, but a lot of other people did. I probably won't see the second one since the main reason it worked (for me anyway) in the first place was Vin Diesel. He has a great screen presence and it really helps to sell marginal projects like XXX and Fast and Furious. He even made the down beat Pitch Black watachable. In my opinion, he has all of the younger Arnold�s Schwarzenegger�s strengths and few of his weaknesses. You can actually understand what he says.
posted 10-05-2003 02:43 PM PT (US)

JoeInSanDiego Standard Userer	Now if only Vin would run for Governor of California...sigh... Joe NP - The 4th Floor (Tyler)
posted 10-06-2003 11:26 AM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	Any chance The Governator might be rejected and replaced by Brian Tyler?
posted 10-06-2003 11:39 AM PT (US)

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