Pharrell Williams In My Mind The Prequel Songs

[Karoline]

DisneyPixar are really exploring 'new' composers for their movies. First Reznor & Ross for Soul and now Britell for Cruella & Lion King 2 and Romer for Luca. I think it's exciting to hear these composers work on these movies

Apparently it's a Lion King prequel but yes, he is, alongside Zimmer with new songs by Pharrell Williams. Barry Jenkins is supposed to direct it, hence Britell's addition (he scored Jenkins' Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk).

Britell's got a good bunch of work lined up for the next two or so years: Cruella (2021), The Lion King prequel, Succession Season 3 (2021?), a mini-series about the L.A. Lakers (2022), Jenkins' Underground Railroad series (2021), and a Carmen adaptation by Benjamin Millepied (2021?). Britell's classical pastiche mixed with Bizet could see some really neat results and I always love to hear more Succession music. Looking forward to the whole lot!

The main theme is very charming indeed, but i prefer the theme for Lucas's friend, Alberto, like in the second half of Take me gravity. This theme in particular is similar in style to his main Wendy and Beasts theme, for past scores.

That's interesting, because based on a review I saw, it seems a lot of people might judge it for how relatively mundane it is for a Pixar movie, given their reputation pre the 2010s. I'm not even sure if "by the numbers" would've existed prior for the company, given their then reputation for their more emotional character and story work compared to other animation studios. So in that respect, it's possible people might've come in expecting a bit too much or already being uninterested walking in.

Watched the film yesterday and enjoyed it, but it definitely felt like one that would fit alongside Onward or The Good Dinosaur, good but not great (but I enjoyed it more than both of those). The score was charming if a little bit underwhelming most of the time. There used to be a time when I'd buy every Pixar score but I didn't feel inspired to buy this one (although probably will eventually). I just kept thinking what John Powell could have done (an Italian Ferdinand was what I had in mind) with this kind of material, or someone who could have effectively channeled Rota or Morricone in Cinema Paradiso mode. If it gets an Oscar nod I'll be livid... lol.

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