"They Just Want the Beat" Music and lyric by Marc Shaiman (sung to the tune of "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray)
Teksten: You can't write a melody, 'cause today they just want groove. If today a guy wrote "Laura," all the suits would disapprove. And if Max Steiner wrote them "Tara's Theme," All the good notes they'd remove!
'Cause the temp scores just go round and round, All they want is a synth and a ghosty sound. If you write "Lara's Theme" then you won't stay 'round today, 'Cause they just want the beat!
Everytime I hear drums and drone, It seems Hans Zimmer's given birth to yet another clone. When you get hired for a score, it seems you're not alone today.
'Cause they just want the... Motion of the ocean but without a theme. And yet it seems to get a score like that, you need a team! If Hank Mancini were around, I think he'd cry and scream "Oy vey!" 'Cause they just want the beat!
Pretty soon they won't care if you died, 'Cause in the future I bet every score is CGI'd, 'Cause every film is just a comic or an Xbox ride today.
'Cause you can't stop the... Prequels and the sequels that just leave me bored. Or should I pluck a few Gustavo licks to win an award? Bring me a bottle and a joint; I'll be at Betty Ford! Olé! 'Cause they just want the beat! 'Cause they just want the beat! 'Cause they just want the beat!
I øvrigt meget "sjovt" at han efter meget arbejde gennem lang tid blev erstattet af en af Hans Zimmers kloner i "Team America" - et score der så blev lavet på 0 tid :D
Han er i øvrigt cool nok. Hans musik til The American President definere den dag idag hvordan musik til president film skal lyde :)
Jeg kan især godt lide hans score til "City Slickers II". Det er ret underholdende :)
Jeg kan dog bedst lide at læse interviews osv. med ham, fordi har han en syret form for humor. Her er et lille uddrag fra et interview han lavede med Film Score Monthly i forbindelse med hans musik til "Hairspray" og så drejer samtalen over i "Sweeney Todd":
FSM: "We heard they only cut the ballads because scheduling got tight after Johnny Depp's kid was sick."
Marc Shaimman: "F-ckin' kid."
FSM: "Does that make you mad that they are trying desperately to avoid something you love? And that Tim Burton, who hates musicals, is making a musical?"
MS: "He doesn't hate musicals."
FSM: "Yes he does."
MS: "He saw Sweeney Todd three times when it opened."
FSM: "Todd is a very rare case though. Almost an opera..."
MS: "Hey, I thought this interview was about ME?!?!?!"
Og så var han med til Varèse Sarabandes 30 års fødselsdag her i weekenden og skrive autografer:
En bruger på FSM: After getting the allowed 3 items signed, I was able to stand in line again and get some other CDs signed where a upon entering Marc Shaiman did a double take, I guessed from recognizing me the first time through. As he asked me if I had been in line already, I explained that I had come a long way and wanted to get more items personalized. Then he and Christophe Beck were wondering how many more people were in line and someone said 20 to 30 more. Marc then said, "Well, this son of a bitch has been in here twice!". So he signed my cover of The First Wives Club, "To the son of a bitch".
#1 Michael Andersen 15 år siden
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"They Just Want the Beat"
Music and lyric by Marc Shaiman
(sung to the tune of "You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray)
Teksten:
You can't write a melody, 'cause today they just want groove.
If today a guy wrote "Laura," all the suits would disapprove.
And if Max Steiner wrote them "Tara's Theme,"
All the good notes they'd remove!
'Cause the temp scores just go round and round,
All they want is a synth and a ghosty sound.
If you write "Lara's Theme" then you won't stay 'round today,
'Cause they just want the beat!
Everytime I hear drums and drone,
It seems Hans Zimmer's given birth to yet another clone.
When you get hired for a score, it seems you're not alone today.
'Cause they just want the...
Motion of the ocean but without a theme.
And yet it seems to get a score like that, you need a team!
If Hank Mancini were around,
I think he'd cry and scream "Oy vey!"
'Cause they just want the beat!
Pretty soon they won't care if you died,
'Cause in the future I bet every score is CGI'd,
'Cause every film is just a comic or an Xbox ride today.
'Cause you can't stop the...
Prequels and the sequels that just leave me bored.
Or should I pluck a few Gustavo licks to win an award?
Bring me a bottle and a joint; I'll be at Betty Ford! Olé!
'Cause they just want the beat!
'Cause they just want the beat!
'Cause they just want the beat!
#2 filmz-Crystalstar1200 15 år siden
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#3 Patriarch 15 år siden
I øvrigt meget "sjovt" at han efter meget arbejde gennem lang tid blev erstattet af en af Hans Zimmers kloner i "Team America" - et score der så blev lavet på 0 tid :D
Han er i øvrigt cool nok. Hans musik til The American President definere den dag idag hvordan musik til president film skal lyde :)
#4 Michael Andersen 15 år siden
Jeg kan dog bedst lide at læse interviews osv. med ham, fordi har han en syret form for humor. Her er et lille uddrag fra et interview han lavede med Film Score Monthly i forbindelse med hans musik til "Hairspray" og så drejer samtalen over i "Sweeney Todd":
FSM: "We heard they only cut the ballads because scheduling got tight after Johnny Depp's kid was sick."
Marc Shaimman: "F-ckin' kid."
FSM: "Does that make you mad that they are trying desperately to avoid something you love? And that Tim Burton, who hates musicals, is making a musical?"
MS: "He doesn't hate musicals."
FSM: "Yes he does."
MS: "He saw Sweeney Todd three times when it opened."
FSM: "Todd is a very rare case though. Almost an opera..."
MS: "Hey, I thought this interview was about ME?!?!?!"
Og så var han med til Varèse Sarabandes 30 års fødselsdag her i weekenden og skrive autografer:
En bruger på FSM: After getting the allowed 3 items signed, I was able to stand in line again and get some other CDs signed where a upon entering Marc Shaiman did a double take, I guessed from recognizing me the first time through. As he asked me if I had been in line already, I explained that I had come a long way and wanted to get more items personalized. Then he and Christophe Beck were wondering how many more people were in line and someone said 20 to 30 more. Marc then said, "Well, this son of a bitch has been in here twice!". So he signed my cover of The First Wives Club, "To the son of a bitch".
Scrool nederst på siden og se et billede af en anden autograf, som er den sjoveste jeg har set :D
#5 elwood 15 år siden
han er sku en farverig mand må man sige.
Tom Cruise: "I just love this scene, and the set"