Re: MLP Movie - 2017, Hasbro Allspark, Joe Ballarini Writing



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Fizzbuzz wrote:Even with the way things were pre-Allspark, I thought Sony was still just going to be handling distribution. Was Sony going to have more involvement beyond that? Even if all Sony would do is distribution, I still think that leaves enough room for creatively bankrupt executives like Amy Pascal to apply some leverage to the end product.
Ruflux wrote:Nope, that was the whole idea of the deal they made. Hasbro funds the production by themselves and has Sony distribute. Distributors don't generally get any say in anything, they're just working for whatever cut they've negotiated for themselves. This is by far the best solution here, since it specifically means no Sony exec gets to go "uh, but this needs to change" because they're not involved in production.
Headless Horse wrote:They must be doing pretty decently for themselves these days, is what I'm saying.
Ruflux wrote:(Daniel Ingram said it's looking like they'll be working with a real orchestra for the music)
fenster wrote:
So is Daniel Ingram confirmed for composing the soundtrack for the movie?
Cause here I was holding out hope for MLP: Scored by Hans Zimmer.
Ruflux wrote:To me that suggests that Hasbro would prefer to have him do the score as well, but the budget doesn't allow for it, so they use Will Anderson who is very likely cheaper and does a lot of his work purely with samples.
Ruflux wrote:Ah, but you're forgetting Daniel Ingram is primarily the songwriter, not the composer.
Octavia wrote:Composers using samples is entirely out of necessity to fit budget constraints. All composers know how to write music for live orchestras and would absolutely use live orchestras all the time if they could. William Anderson would not suddenly become a bad candidate to score the film because he doesn't typically work with live orchestras often. He's the clear top choice whether using a live orchestra or not because he knows the show inside and out, and he knows what music the producers like.
fenster wrote:
Nah, I know that, I was just going off that since as far as I've seen there's been literally no word yet and Ingram did do MMC which I thought meant he did the background music for the episode as well and not just the songs (and I presume Pinkie Pride? never looked at the credits) so I was just presuming.
Also I kind of was just rushing in to make a Hans Zimmer joke ;'(
SlateSlabrock wrote:Boy, you'll all have egg on your faces when they hire Haim Saban!
Bakertoons wrote:So he's going to contract it out to somebody else, and take all the credit
Octavia wrote:Literally every big film composer does this.
Perrydotto wrote:
Well you say Hans Zimmer does, but really, everyone else? Is that just hyperbole or is it true? You are the expert, I'm just wondering.
"As you look at Allspark, the next major production is the my little pony animated film, which will come out in 2017. We will announce a distributor shortly. Again, we are able to make that movie for more of a nominal cost than a traditional animated film given all of our experience and expertise in animated television production. Although, this certainly will be on scale with all the other animated films you've seen in terms of quality and the look and the feel of the movie. The music, as well as the cast, is quite good. But I won't steal the team's thunder, they will announce that shortly."
Fizzbuzz wrote:I thought Sony was going to distribute it. Isn't that what Ruflux was saying earlier?
Fizzbuzz wrote:I thought Sony was going to distribute it. Isn't that what Ruflux was saying earlier?