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franz_conrad Standard Userer	Aintitcoolnews has reported that Bryan Singer and the XMen 2 scribes will be helming Superman Returns, meaning to many people (or at least the many other people who liked X2 for whatever reason) the Superman project is now looking more assured than it ever was. Exactly what this will mean for Singer's involvement in Logan's Run (yes please! and bring Elliot Goldenthal not John Ottman!) and X3 is uncertain as yet. Somewhere down the track, Bryan Singer will have to choose a composer for this film. And if he has his way, I imagine it will be editor John Ottman. Now the AICN article mentions that this new film will possibly (given the title) exist in the same universe as the Richard Donner films. What I'm hoping this means is that John Williams' score is not too far away either. I seem to be alone (well, I'm not, but it makes me feel like a subversive fellow to say it) in my failure to appreciate the temp track classic compilation score Ottman put together for X2, and overall to me the music felt really anaemic for a superhero film (even one with THAT much angst about rejection). Can Ottman cut it here (editing pun intended)? If it was an original musical universe, I'd say 'NO!' without a doubt - at its best it would be sort of like (but not as good as) the Newt's Peter Pan relative to John Williams' Hook. If it's an adaptation of Williams' themes and style - there's some hope here.
posted 07-17-2004 09:50 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	Let me be esoteric - I think Christopher Tyng should score it.
posted 07-17-2004 10:04 PM PT (US)

Jeff78 Standard Userer	<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by justin boggan: Let me be esoteric - I think [b]Christopher Tyng should score it.[/B]<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> Justin, I should he-man bitch slap you for even suggestiing that. [Message edited by Jeff78 on 07-17-2004]
posted 07-17-2004 10:10 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	What? He did excellant serious work for Futurama and is a protoche, or how ever you spell that damn word, of Basil Poledouris. Besides, you have to take a ticket, others want to bitch-slap me. :-) Wait till I call your number. Your number is: 69
posted 07-17-2004 10:22 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by justin boggan: Wait till I call your number. Your number is: 69 Hey! You told me my number was 405!
posted 07-17-2004 10:43 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	I've heard Michael Bay is also being considered... Clayton
posted 07-17-2004 10:57 PM PT (US)

Jeff78 Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by justin boggan: Your number is: 69 Can I have another number please?
posted 07-17-2004 10:58 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by scoreguy16: I've heard Michael Bay is also being considered... Both Bay and McG came close, but AICN and Dark Horizons are reporting it as though this is the real deal - Singer has been signed.
posted 07-17-2004 11:03 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	Why, yes you can! Your new number is: 666 ;-)
posted 07-17-2004 11:09 PM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	I can't imagine anyone writing a better soundtrack for a Superman movie than what John Williams composed. Fabulous music. Sometimes, however, when I listen to THE LAST STARFIGHTER by Craig Safan, I think this composer should be our next composer for a Superman movie. He is painfully under utilized by motion pictures. NP The Last Starfighter
posted 07-18-2004 08:31 AM PT (US)

Bulldog Standard Userer	I can't imagine anyone writing a better soundtrack for a Superman movie than what John Williams composed. Fabulous music. Except for Goldsmith's Supergirl, that is, if you count that as part of the "Superman" franchise of films. [Message edited by Bulldog on 07-18-2004]
posted 07-18-2004 10:45 AM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	How about John Morris?
posted 07-18-2004 12:06 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Standard Userer	I was watching the South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut! movie last night and thought - hey, Marc Shaiman would be an excellant choice for Superman. And jsut now as I was typing this ... SHIRLEY WALKER!
posted 07-18-2004 06:14 PM PT (US)

moviescore Standard Userer	quote: I was watching the South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut! movie last night and thought - hey, Marc Shaiman would be an excellant choice for Superman. Hopefully we will be able to hear something similarly heroic from Marc Shaiman in the upcoming Team America! mikael
posted 07-19-2004 01:58 AM PT (US)

Widescreen Standard Userer	For what it's worth, I'd have lied to see if Robert Zemeckis could direct Superman and have Silvestri do the score. But the big problem, no matter who they get to direct/score, is that they will always be standing under the shadow of their much loved predecessors. But if anyone can fill the shoes... could do worse than Bryan Singer.
posted 07-19-2004 04:42 PM PT (US)

Jeff78 Standard Userer	I'd say give Richard Kelly (Director of Donnie Darko) a chance. I bet he could come up with something fantastic.
posted 07-19-2004 05:09 PM PT (US)

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