'HOOF BEATS' A COOL TREAT? Set against the red sand dunes of the oldest desert in the world, one courageous horse grows from an awkward colt into a magnificent stallion, triumphing against all odds at the edge of the rugged, inhospitable Skeleton Coast of Namibia. In 1914, Lucky, a young foal, is born aboard a German supply steamer transporting his mother and other workhorses to Africa. Soon parted from his mother and terribly vulnerable, the foal is adopted by an orphaned stable boy in a mining town. When the town evacuates due to encroaching war, Lucky is abandoned and ventures into the surrounding desert. Following the lead of a young Bushman girl and later an Oryx antelope, the foal learns how to survive in the harsh setting. In the dramatic adventure HOOFBEATS, Lucky's journey eventually leads him back to the destroyed mining town where he protects a young mare, Beauty, and undertakes a heroic mission to defeat Caesar, a domineering stallion. In Theatres September 3rd. Check out the OFFICIAL SITE. (Vinicius Calvitti) NEWMAN BIO STARS ELFMAN A documentary called ALL ABOUT ALFRED is set to be released in 1999. It's a biographical movie about Golden Age film composer Alfred Newman. Directed by Alex Monty Canawati. The best part: it stars Martin Landau, DANNY ELFMAN, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Thomas Newman, David Newman, Randy Newman, Diane Keaton, Diane Baker, Celeste Holm. It's based on a screenplay by Alex Monty Canawati and Jon Burlingame. (Vinicius Calvitti) SMITH SNAGS SHORE FOR 'DOGMA' SCORE Also from Vinicius..."A future project Danny Elfman will not be scoring. Kevin Smith finally announced who will be composing the music for Dogma: Howard Shore. I think the Elfman rumour came from the film's temp track. There were cues from Nightmare Before Christmas, Mission: Impossible, Batman, Nixon, The People vs. Larry Flynt etc." TOMB RAIDING FOR LOVE STORIES Besides LITTLE DEMONS and JULIAN, Danny Elfman is developing another project: "I just optioned a book to do an original script based on a very fantastic story. It's a story that's based on a book called Undying Love by an author named Ben Harrison..." (Source: Film Score Monthly) Undying Love; The True Story Of Passion That Defied Death By Ben Harrison. As romantic as The Bridges of Madison County, as macabre as Phantom of the Opera, here is the story of of Count Carl von Cosel who found his soulmate--a young tuberculosis patient--only to suffer her loss. Beyond grief, when she died, he removed her body from its tomb, called her his bride, and lived with her for seven years. Ben Harrison separates fact from myth and untangles the thread of intrigue in this gothic tale of obsessive love and melancoly madness. (Vinicius Calvitti) MORE INFO ON DANNY ELFMAN'S OTHER NEW PROJECTS

BRIEFLY... He's the ghost with the most babe...With BEETLEJUICE you get more laughs, more scares and more fun. With MFADP you get more sound files! 6 in total, over 13 minutes of Real Audio of unavailable score cues not on the OST! The Beetlejuice Complete Score LITTLE DEMONS DEMO DILEMMA So far the response has been positive - More voters say "Yes" to MFADP including a feature on LITTLE DEMONS, the musical demo Danny Elfman created and sings on. I'd like to hear what you have to say - "Yes"or "No"? Why? Why not? Let me know! 'TRUMAN' TRUMPS ELFMAN'S 'PLAN' Danny Elfman lost his bid for Best Music Score at this year's Chicago Film Critic's Association Awards. A SIMPLE PLAN failed to pick up the award as Burkhard Dallwitz's THE TRUMAN SHOW went home happy. Perhaps the Association didnt' know that a major chunk of the score was previously released music by Philip Glass? FILM SKED Spring INSTINCT MODERN VAMPIRES ANYWHERE BUT HERE Summer Hoofbeats (Sept. 3) Fall SLEEPY HOLLOW (Nov.19) 1998 ELFMANIAC AWARDS PAST NEWS ARTICLES: Anywhere But Here, Richard Elfman's Lounge, Psycho Score OST and more...

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