No! Film and merchandise stuff

[lyorkus at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Scott" <insanus_scottus at y...> wrote:
> Simon wrote:
> "I was visiting the Leaky Cauldron news site (http://www.the-leaky-
> cauldron.org/) this morning when I ran across an article 
> http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2001_06_10_archive.html#4046790) 
> saying that Celine Dion had recorded a song for the film, written 
> by the duo responsible for My Heart Will Go On. I feel I may have 
> to go off and kill myself. 
  > 
> Scott
> Who is now in a not so good mood as well, and is more and more 
> convinced that we should've handled the movie. ;-)

The line for putting your head in the oven forms to the rear.  I 
thought it was bad enough that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was 
ruined by a completely inappropriate American-style pop song at the 
end (especially after all of the wonderful cello music played by Yo 
Yo Ma!), and now you tell me this!  IMNSHO (speaking as a musician 
and composer) the only person who should be permitted to write music 
for film that includes lyrics is Randy Newman. (I'm not counting 
Disney stuff or cartoons--and even then, Newman's stuff--like for the 
Toy Story movies--is head and shoulders above the rest.) It's bad 
enough that all movie soundtracks seem to be composed by John 
Williams, James Horner or Elmer Bernstein (who is the only one of 
them who isn't a hack).

I wonder whether Roald Dahl ever cringed when he heard the song "The 
Candy Man"... or whether he cringed at the fact that the movie became 
a story about Willy Wonka, instead of being about Charlie...

--Laurin

(Who would hate to try to conduct a performance of the Hogwarts 
school song...)