> I was at Disney World over the 2017 holidays and one of the things my
> then-fiancé (now-wife) and I went to included a sneak peak of the movie,
> which was a scene where Oprah is skyscraper-tall and Reese turns into what
> I could only describe as a plant bat. I turned to her and said,
> 'Well...THAT wasn't in the trailer!'

I had entirely forgotten about that lol. The trio in general were excessive special effects!

> Entirely due almost no one saying anything about it in interviews. As far
> as I know, the sole exception was Patrick Wilson, who liked the rest of
> the score but called out that moment for being a fun way of keeping the
> Conjuring / Insidious family together.

It's rare you see a cast member comment on a score, quite interesting. And that was basically what I figured.

> It's maybe not so relevant for a study of MV / RC, but it's still an
> interesting occurrence as there are very few scores that are almost
> entirely by one person but with one or two tracks by someone else.

I'd say The Boss Baby, which you discussed earlier, also falls under this. Hmmm, that is a rare case!

> I'm excluding cases where additional contributors helped get a composer's
> original vision to the finish line (Darkman, Ace Eli, etc.).

I'm not at all familiar with Ace Eli (its situation or the music by Goldsmith), and I'm assuming Darkman was Walker doing heavy lifting under the orchestrator label?

As always, love your analyses!