Spider-Man 2 with Danny Elfman's Original Score (Part XI)

Like Part V, this one the Raimi's most incomprehensible move. While Elfman original's work stayed in the film from Dafoe's apparition to the Goblin mask surprising Franco, the beginning and the end of the cue were replaced. For the beginning, Elfman went for very low and unsettling bassoons, mysterious horns effects and a bass, creating a sense of tension, dawning craziness and obsession. In the final cut, some percussive sound effects were used instead; they are effective but not really original.
The most absurd replacement concerns the end on the scene. When Harry discovers his father's weapons, the final cut uses the track "Specter of the Goblin" from the first film. What Elfman proposes is very respectful to the same track but adds more dry brasses and twirling strings, insisting again on the madness and craziness to come.

I understand people saying that it was Raimi's movie that he did whatever he wanted with it but I just don't agree with that vision. What Elfman gave him is technically and artistically superior to the temp track but is also close enough to it (without being a rip-off) to satisfy everyone. There is no rational or artistic reason to prefer the temp track. We never got Raimi's version on what happened but it's this kind of comparison that makes Elfman's anger justifiable.

More to come...

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[schumon]

nice

[mitrooper]

This version really should have been used in the film. Much more powerfull than what was finally used.

I especially like the section where Harry sees the Goblin mask and jumps backwards...

[BigtimeDirector2005]

I think the original cue sounded too brassy when Harry enters the lab, before that the original score is cool.

[XF3DeX]

thaks for sharing

[comedyman94the2nd]

i like this score better

[10234D]

I like the third film, but it could have been better.

[mitrooper]

And such dissapointing film it turned out to be.

Harry's Goblin storyline was weak like the rest of the movie. :(

[10234D]

And it would make us even more excited for the next film.