So, if Bionicle were to ever get its own film at some point, what with this reboot reinvigorating it and all, and also assuming Nathan Furst would be unable to return, who do you guys think would be a great replacement to compose a new theme for Bionicle?
My personal recommendations would be Michael Giacchino and Danny Elfman.
We need to bring back the crew who made MNOG to make the soundtrack. I would like to hear an updated version of the Onu-Koro mines theme for the Earth Region…
You should’ve at least heard it in the credits…
See, IMO, I find this awesome, but doubt Williams would ever make something like it. Not just because it would lack techno, but also because his stuff seems to focus more on being loud and epic than being energetic and rhythmic.
Either is good, but I would prefer more energy. It’s like comparing the Elfman and Zimmer Batman themes. Zimmer’s is fine, but I’d prefer the Bionicle music to have more of the bounce and rhythm Elfman’s theme has.
Ideally, I think that Akira Ifukube would have done a masterful job on a BIONICLE soundtrack. He was always innovating with musical thechnology, and is wholly responsible for one of the most recognizable sounds in cinema (with the possible exception of the lightsaber activation whoosh or a TIE Fighter’s screech).
Unfortunately, however, he’s a bit dead. So that would complicate matters.
My next choice (one that’s actually alive, last I checked), would be Kow Otani, the composer for (among other things, I’m sure) all the music for the Heisei Gamera trilogy and Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.
After that would be another (living) composer, Michiru Oshima. The woman responsible for the soundtracks to Godzilla 2000, Godzilla x Megaguirus, Godzilla x Mechagodzilla, and Godzilla x Mothra x Mechagodzilla: Tokyo SOS.
As for American composers, Mark Mothersbaugh completely overshadows anyone else (including the Japanese ones I listed prior [except Mr. Ifukube, of course]) in terms of what would be good for BIONICLE. In case you’re not familiar with his work, here are two pieces of music composed by him.
John Williams is the best, but I don’t see him working for LEGO seeing as he’s working on such major scores. Murray Gold could work as a more realistic option (see his work in Doctor Who and Torchwood).
Well…John Williams is working a lot with Disney now…Disney distributed the original Bionicle trilogy…so maybe he could get some involvement? Who knows.
That is true, but John Williams does Star Wars, so I think he might be more pricey then what LEGO is willing to pay. That said, I’d love it if he did