Good news for geeks who like clown-y scores that are pretty over-the-top. Danny Elfman has been chosen to score “Terminator Salvation”
“I just started yesterday,” Elfman told MTV News. Asked if the original “Terminator” theme would make an appearance, the composer said, “I think if it comes up and it seems appropriate, we will [use it]. And if it doesn’t, we [won’t]. I never really know what to expect when I begin other than just kind of get into it and have fun. Especially a movie like ‘T4’ – just have fun. So that’s what I intend to do.”
Nerds will rejoice, but man, Elfman is probably one of the most overrated composers in the business and his scores are notable and he’s a name because his work is about as subtle as Tim Burton’s, ooh, I’m gothy, I’m dark, I’m moody!” work and is the same-y and predictable as well (oh right, they work together all the time, figures).
It seems like we’re writing-off ‘Terminator Salvation,” but no, director McG actually said some pretty convincing stuff to EW recently. He was apparently adamant about casting Christian Bale in the film so the top-notch actor would make the entire thing credible, much like ‘Dark Knight.’
‘It was important for me to get the most credible actor of his generation to come and add gravitas to what we were trying to achieve,”McG said to EW. ”I wanted to respect the audience, and be very mindful of the mythology. We take this very seriously.”
We can respect that fully, so ‘T4’ could be great. The only problem? “The Dark Knight” and “Iron Man” were so fucking good this year, the bar for all action, sci-fi films has been raised significantly. These days you’re going to have to be that good if you want to be respected.