Does this mean that there is no need for style? All the types of film you are refering to require dramatically different styles of music, and one would not usually fit the other. I just don't quite understand how the phrase "My point was composing good film music to fit what is onscreen and it shouldn't matter whether you are scoring a comedy, a cartoon, a drama or a Sci-Fi film" could be considered anything but generic. But I have not been defending that one, as I think it is one of Menken's weaker efforts and far below Beauty and the Beast. I understand totally what you are saying about The Little Mermaid. But I think both of you are dismissing for too quickly the power in 'children's' (for lack of a better term) music. I know you didn't mean generic, because that is a soap word. I know you would never say the Mulan's music was generic, but what you did say was "Mulan sounds like a very good music and whatever genre it was composed for shouldn't matter". Secret of Nimh, Land Before Time, The Incredibles, Treasure Planet, Heavy Metal and Ratatouille come to mind. There are many animated films that don't rely on cartoonish scores or songs and succeed very well. The scene of hundreds of Huns charging backed by Goldsmith powerful score gives the scene energy that was lacking from Menken's score. Now take the scene in Mulan were the Huns are charging down the hill, Goldsmith's music is perfect for that scene. The same can be said for the scene at the end of Beauty And The Beast, a very dramatic scene that has weak music. I felt no energy coming from the music, it was just there serving no purpose. My point was composing good film music to fit what is onscreen and it shouldn't matter whether you are scoring a comedy, a cartoon, a drama or a Sci-Fi film.Īt the end of The Little Mermaid the music for the ship ramming Ursula is weak and anti-climatic. An animated movie does not have to have "child Like" music nor does it need an film score that sounds like it was composed just for a cartoon. Goldsmith wrote a powerful score that does not really on songs to carry it. If you want generic Disney music listen to Hans Zimmer's Lion King because it has music that was typical of MV.Īs I said take away the songs from those Disney films and you have very little substance left as far as underscore goes. I have no idea how you could come up with idea that I'm calling Goldsmith's music generic.
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