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The following is a list of films that Danny Elfman is confirmed to be scoring, or by association with director could be scoring. If you have updates for any of these listings, please e-mail me. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory Comedy, Musical(?) Director: Tim Burton Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter, David Kelly, Noah Taylor, James Fox, Missi Pyle and Christopher Lee Studio: Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow 06/30/04: Filming has begun in the U.K. What this film about: From the press release: "Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, and Charlie, a good-hearted boy from a poor family who lives in the shadow of Wonka's extraordinary factory. Long isolated from his own family, Wonka launches a worldwide contest to select an heir to his candy empire. Five lucky children, including Charlie, draw golden tickets from Wonka chocolate bars and win a guided tour of the legendary candy-making facility that no outsider has seen in 15 years. Dazzled by one amazing sight after another, Charlie is drawn into Wonka's fantastic world in this astonishing and enduring story".  The Corpse Bride Stop-action Animated, Comedy, Musical(?) Director: Mike Johnson Cast: Johnny Depp, Albert Finney, Helena Bonham Carter, Christopher Lee, Emily Watson, and Joanna Lumley. Studio: Warner Bros. 07/11/04: More info on the film at The Tim Burton Collective. What this film about: The Corpse Bride is an stop-motion animated (a la Nightmare Before Christmas) project produced by Tim Burton and directed by Mike Johnson (whose credits include work as an animator on NmBC and James and The Giant Peach). Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands) and Pamela Pettler are adapting the story -- a Russian folk tale telling the accidental marriage of a man and his dead bride-- for their screenplay. The film is due in theaters October, 2005. What happened to 'Undying Love'? About two years ago Danny Elfman told Film Score Monthly: "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..." Since then the project has not materialized, so I have removed it from the upcoming projects listing. Here's a description of the film, for the curious: "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". Danny Elfman's latest albums on elfman.filmmusic.com:        |
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