> I agree, Elfman did it again. And again and again. All he does is the same
> score again and again. I was sitting in the theatre when the movie started
> and my heart sank hearing more Elfman laziness waft over me. Then, some
> guy behind me said, nice and loud, "same music as Batman". Hear
> hear, brother!

> Let someone else score a super-hero movie. Elfman's done. He did one good
> score and has been jerking around with it ever since (the aforementioned
> Batman). Planet of the Apes had a bouncy main theme, but then fell into
> bland-city. Mission Impossible had a good five minutes of excitement
> before slippling into boredom-land.

> Elfman, Zimmer, Travor Rabin...these guys need to be selling vacuums door
> to door instead. Vacuums are supposed to suck.

Too bad you have absolutely no musical inclination. This stuff does and doesn't sound like the overbearing Elfman of the late 80s/early 90s. He's much more subdued in this soundtrack, but very thematic and sets the mood of the film.

I hate to break this to you, but Williams sounds the exact same to me as well. I grew tired of his work after Raiders, and once I heard Mr. Elfman's cinematic style, I was hooked.

Face it, Batman is 13 years old, and that's about as far removed as this soundtrack is from that one. They're both great. But Elfman has matured so much that he is actually asking more of the listener then to just sit and listen. His music now evokes real emotion...and if you don't believe that, listen to the soundtrack for "The Family Man" sometime, and tell me I'm wrong.

I'm curious if you know what quarter or a half note even is....