Oh, look at her.  She is so trendy.

Honestly, I’m a little peeved by this remake of the 1980 musical film.  It’s obviously geared towards the horrible “tween” market and everyone’s obsession with High School Musical, The Jonas Brothers, Gossip Girls, and other similar trash.  I already hate the newer, groovier, bass heavy, electronic pumping,  pop mix of the song ‘Fame’ and it’s obvious attempt to be a Top 40 Hit.  And judging by the trailer, it looks nothing more than a two hour Britney Spears music video.  Which is no surprise, since the film’s director Kevin Tancharoen actually directed one of Spears’ tours.

News just surfaced from Upcoming Film Scores that the remake will get an original score from composer, trumpeter, Mark Isham.  I thought this was rather interesting.  Isham has long list of film scores on his resumé.  His most recent works include, The Secret Life of Bees, Lions for Lambs, In the Valley of Elah, and The Black Dahlia.  Other notable works include, Crash, October Sky, Quiz Show, and the Academy Award nominated A River Runs Through It.  Isham began his jazz career programming synthesizers in the late 1970s and he later became a solo trumpet player with sounds heavily influenced by Miles Davis.  I sure hope his talent as a jazz musician breaks out into this score.  I’ll be sad if he succumbs to producing an “inventive” score that sounds like some mainstream club party mix.  I don’t think he will, but who knows.  Hey, maybe Isham will win an Oscar.  Why not? Michael Gore did for the original film.