An update on the "confusion" on the score for Nacho Libre. According to filmmusicworld.com
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By Mikael Carlsson
Danny Elfman has written the majority of the original score music featured in Nacho Libre, the upcoming Jack Black comedy directed by Jared Hess. But the composer has decided not to take the usual ”Music by” credit in the film. Elfman was hired to replace a score written by pop artist Beck, but in the final mix of the film both scores were used. Instead of claiming a ”Music by” credit, Elfman therefore chose to take credit for the cues he composed in order to avoid confusion and identify his contributions to the film.
According to our sources, about 1/3 of the original Beck remained in the final cut of the film. Nacho Libre was his first film score. The film opens in the US on Friday.
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It is not a good thing for an individual's first film score to be rejected on any level. It looks like some of Beck's score did remain...but situations like this will only show the studios that composing music for a film is a much different talent than writing songs or composing an album. It looks like Elfman has taken a very professional "high road" approach to his involvement in the film and has not allowed the spotlight to only shine on him by not taking the "music by" credit that the studio offered to him...even though he did most of the movie.