SUBMITTED BY Typhon24
April 21, 2004 — From The Hollywood Reporter's interview with 'Hellboy' composer Marco Beltrami:
The Hollywood Reporter: The "Hellboy" score sounds very operatic. What inspired you to take that approach?
Marco Beltrami: On my first meeting with Guillermo (del Toro) when they were filming in Prague, he had told me how he wanted the score to feel. Then, when I saw the (footage), this approach seemed to fit very well because there are all these different strong characters who each warrant their own themes. For the most part, every scene in the film is based on some thematic element or combination of element.
THR: How aware were you of other scores for movies based on comics? Were you consciously trying to steer away from a Danny Elfman or John Williams type score?
MB: Like Batman, Hellboy is kind of a dark character, but I didn't think that style was applicable to what I was doing. I was trying to do my own thing. Those comic book themes work great but "Hellboy" seemed like a very different thing. I figured I'd let the inspiration go where it went and not try to emulate something or consciously not (emulate).
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