Pedro Bromfman has officially been hired to score the upcoming RoboCop remake. The film is directed by Jose Padhila and stars Joel Kinnaman in the title role as a Detroit police office who’s transformed into RoboCop after he’s murdered while on duty. Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Jay Baruchel, Abbie Cornish, John Paul Ruttan, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer Ehle and Marianne Jean-Baptiste are co-starring. Eric Newman & Marc Abraham (Children of Men, Dawn of the Dead) and Roger Birnbaum (Wanted, Rush Hour) & Gary Barber (True Romance) are producing the Strike Entertainment, MGM and Columbia Pictures production. The film is a remake of the 1987 classic film directed by Paul Verhoeven, which featured a score by Basil Poledouris. Bromfman has previously scored Padhila’s critically acclaimed Elite Squad features. RoboCop marks the Brazilian composer’s first major Hollywood studio scoring assignment. The film is currently in post-production and is set to be released on February 7, 2014 by Sony Pictures.
Pedro Bromfman to Score ‘RoboCop’ Remake
Posted: January 2, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Jose Padhila, Pedro Bromfman, RoboCop
This is exactly what I was worried about it looking like:
Making RoboCop black in robotic coloring with possibly some fancy-pants aero-dynamic look (thankfull not too much of that last part, in the new look), on a motorcycle (alternatively, a boxy, or horrod-like car) that looks like some poor “Team Knight Rider” junk. So far almost all that checked off. Terrible looking.
Now for my worries on the score:
Themeless, bland, rock/electric guitar elements heavy, synthscapes, drumloops. Now the wait to check some of those off.
As for the film … I’ll cling to the original, thanks.
Talk about shades of strong-arm bullying and stalking, a la Omnicorp. No matter how small and obscure the article is, the Original Robocop Fundamentalist Police always are there to immediately air their hatred about what they have not yet seen, people they do not know, and what has barely begun.
I don’t ned to see a steaming pile of monkey crap each time, to know it is a steaming pile of monkey crap.
If it walks like a duck, quakes like a duck, it might be a fucking duck.
Maybe you need to see things every time, but I’ve gotten extremely good at pointing out crap ahead of time.
i would love it if the music was like DREDD
I couldn’t agree with you more, ChristyJ. Anyone who’s seen the ELITE SQUAD features knows the RE-INVENTION of RoboCop is going to be amazing. It’s not going to be like the original one, of course not. Nobody is trying to RE-MAKE that film exactly the same all over again. That would be so stupid! One of the most interesting qualities of the original film was its innovation and audacity in all aspects of filmmaking, but a lot has changed since 1987. We’re in a different century for Omnicorp’s sake!!!! Let them bring the new ideas/visuals/reality/imagination/technology that will surprise us and captivate us TODAY, the same way RoboCop did in 1987. I have absolutely no doubt they will.
Unfortunely, 30 years ago, people was much more open minded with new ideas. Now, they have become into boring old farts, who keep living in the past and they aren’t willing to prove new ideas. Can’t wait until the film gets released so they start to whining about the film not being like the original one, and the score not being like Poledouris one. It’ll be like Yates and Hooper doing OOTP.
So why does robocop look like Nolan’s batman? I feel that it may take away from the experience. Being nostalgic myself. I think a little more reminiscent of older robocop with a modern flair would maybe work better. Well for me anyway. I am no director, writer, or producer, however I know what i like and look for with movies. With the extreme disappointment that I received from Total Recols total story displacement AND SHEER BUTCHERY. Just have high hopes for this film and don’t want to see it bomb like the 5 robocop sequels.