Romier S Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Report is over at Gamespot: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/fable/new...ws_6089695.html Microsoft Game Studios has announced the creator of the Spider-Man, Batman, and The Simpsons themes will write the title song for the Xbox-exclusive role-playing game, Fable. According to MGS, Elfman personally selected the orchestra to record the Fable theme in full 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Oh very nice. Just the theme though, or the entire game score? Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Excellent. Danny Elfman is brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Just the theme, I believe, Dan. And reading between the lines on that GameSpot article, he didn't actually conduct it either - just "picked" which orchestra... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataScion Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 This is good news, but I still find myself torn about it. Danny Elfman is brilliant, but sometimes his work (the "Batman" theme for instance) can be a little derivative. Still, this should be a solid theme. Now we just need to get Jeremy Soule a shot at a console game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted February 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Now we just need to get Jeremy Soule a shot at a console game! He actually already has believe it or not. I believe he did the score for the Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets game last year.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Danny Elfman is a nice bit of polish for any production. They woudn't spend that kind of money if they didn't really think they had a winner on their hands...then again, I'm just looking for anything to boost my hopes for this one living up to expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataScion Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 I believe he did the score for the Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets game last year Ok....now I actually have a reason to buy a Harry Potter game of all things!! Will wonders never cease!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrik Draven Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Funny; I remember watching one of the video/previews for Fable and, the music reminded me HEAVILY of an Elfman type of theme. Sounded like something from out of Edward Sissorhands. Very fantasy sounding. He seems like an absolutely perfect fit for Fable. I think Oingo Boingo sucked ass but, there's no denying Elfmans genius if you've ever seen Nightmare Before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 I liked a couple of Oingo Boingo songs, specifically Dead Man's party which I believed they performed in the Rodney Dangerfield movie 'Back to School'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataScion Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 <----- Nope, never seen Nightmare Before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 And reading between the lines on that GameSpot article, he didn't actually conduct it either - just "picked" which orchestra... Well Elfman actually never conducts his work. He usually drafts in Steve Bartek to do his orchestrations, and conductors of his scores can vary from recording to recording. Also, I take it Gamespot referring to the piece as a "song" is their ignorance in not referring to a single orchestral score piece correctly as a cue, or is it genuinely a song with orchestral underscore like some of the later Oingo Boingo stuff? I?m drawn to believe it is the former. Ok....now I actually have a reason to buy a Harry Potter game of all things!! Jeremy Soule has been scoring the (3D Platform) Potter games since day one with Philosopher's Stone (Sorcerer's Stone to you crazy Americans) on the old Playstation. I believe his score for that was reused for the recent next-gen revisions of the first game. Good scores, and nice games too. He had a good sized orchestra for the Potter games instead of sythesizers. He should be scoring the Prisoner of Azkaban (the third Potter platform outing) game this year. Don't forget he also scored Knights of the Old Republic as well (not with an orchestra, sadly), so he's no stranger to game music beyond the borders of the PC that's for sure. I THINK he also did Quidditch World Cup. He did Star Wars: Bounty Hunter for consoles too. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrik Draven Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 You know, there's just something about those orchestral scores that just lends an air of seriousness to just about anything they're placed on. At least it does for me. Freedom Fighters is a recent and good example of this. It says somewhere in the credits what orchestra they used: something like Prague's. Anyhoo...the music made the game just seem that more serious. I think this will be a very good move for Fable. Orchestra scores = less cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 I think Oingo Boingo sucked ass but, there's no denying Elfmans genius if you've ever seen Nightmare Before Christmas. Them's fightin' words. Unless you've heard anything other than things off of Dead Man's Party (Dead Man's Party, Just Another Day, Weird Science, etc.), shush. Oingo Boingo was brilliant. Well Elfman actually never conducts his work. He usually drafts in Steve Bartek to do his orchestrations, and conductors of his scores can vary from recording to recording. That's true. In fact, he can't even read or write music all that well. Bartek has been doing his orchestrations since 1981 with Boingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky G Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Mr. Elfman's participation definately ratchets my interest up a notch, altough I'm still on the fence as to if I will buy this on release day or not. More than likely I will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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