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ACADEMY LIKES ELFMAN Congratulations to Danny Elfman, whose Big Fish score has been nominated for an Academy Award. Surprisingly, it was the film's single Oscar nomination. Elfman's score has also been nominated for a Golden Globe, Broadcast Film Critics Award, Chicago Film Critics Award, Las Vegas Film Critic's Award, Phoenix Film Critic's Award ("Best Music") and a Critic's Choice Award ("Best Composer"). Elfman's Hulk was also nominated for a Saturn Award. ELFMAN SPINS 'FABLE' FOR XBOX According to a press release on Microsoft's XBOX site, Danny Elfman has written a main theme for the upcoming Fable, a role-playing fantasy adventure vidgame developed by Peter Molyneux. The game is due in stores this summer and is only available for XBOX. MORE ELFMAN OSCARS MADNESS Check out these two articles about this year's "Best Music" nominees, including Elfman and Big Fish: "Score One From Diversity" (From Variety, by Jon Burlingame) "From a solo piano to a 100-piece orchestra with 90-voice choir, this year's Oscar nominees in the original score category display an astonishing range of styles, colors and emotions". More... "Score / How We Got Here" (From Variety, by Jon Burlingame) "In the score category, the race settled on composers who are either past nominees or winners working with frequent collaborators or taking over for a relative" More... OUR HEROES ON SUPERHEROES Danny Elfman and Tim Burton were interviewed about superhero movies for VH1's series Supersecret Movie Rules. You can view a clip from Elfman's interview, where he talks about his inspiration for the Batman theme at VH1's website. BRIDGET FONDA MARRIES COMPOSER ELFMAN Or so the Associated Press says in it's headline... (From CNN.com, via AP) "Actress Bridget Fonda and composer Danny Elfman were married Thanksgiving weekend, Fonda's publicist said Friday. The wedding took place near Los Angeles, with the reception at a downtown restaurant, publicist Nancy Seltzer said. The newlyweds are on a two-week honeymoon. Seltzer refused to offer further details. Fonda, 39, whose film credits include "Single White Female," "The Godfather: Part III" and "Jackie Brown," is part of an acting dynasty that includes father Peter Fonda, aunt Jane Fonda and the late Henry Fonda, her grandfather. Elfman, 50, the former frontman for the '80s pop group Oingo Boingo, has composed scores for dozens of movies. |
IN BRIEF... DVD Features Planet of The Apes Edward Scissorhands Pee-Wee's Big Adventure New-ish Elfman Albums Check out features, reviews and sound clips for the following Elfman albums: Past News Articles: Elfman awards roundup... Elfman's Upcoming Projects Where can I hear all this news first, you ask? Try the discussion board, where this news and much more is posted first, when it happens. |
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