Like it or hate it, you have to admit that this weekend’s The Wolfman was dripping with period atmosphere. It felt like someone had gene spliced a Hammer film with a Universal classic and added a touch of modern gore. For me it worked, for others it didn’t, but everybody seems to recognize that the gothic mood, art design and ambience was aces.
And all of that was very close to being ruined by a rock score, which was put into place by some execs at Universal. It got yanked off the movie in the final weeks before release, thank heavens. That said, I don’t think the rock score sounds terrible, at least not the clip that I’ve embedded below. It’s just wrong for the version of The Wolfman that got made. I wouldn’t mind seeing a badass, stylish action movie use elements of this score some day. And since that’s where Paul Haslinger usually finds work…
I know this isn’t really news of any sort, and this has probably been online for some time, but it was new to me and I thought it could be of interest to some of you. Doc Phibes on the forums provided the link.