Last week, Universal Orlando revealed more details about Dark Universe , the new land dedicated to Universal Monsters that will be part of the brand new Epic Universe theme park . Along with the announcement came some videos that included original music, which was hard not to describe it as “Danny Elfman-like.” Well, as It turns out, there was a good reason for that.
Elfman did indeed write the tunes, and he confirmed that excellent news with a sweet message. In a post shared to his Instagram story, Danny Elfman confirmed that he will be writing much, if not all, of the original music that will be part of Dark Universe. The veteran composer specifically posted a note, saying he was “honored” to have been chosen to write the music because of what the classic Universal Monsters mean to him.
Elfman said...
The Universal Monsters have always been such a big part of my life. I’m grateful and honored to have been chosen to compose the music for the new Dark Universe in [Universal Orlando]. I can’t wait to go.
It's hard to understate the importance of music in a theme park land. It sets the mood of the place you’re in, helping to immerse you into that particular world. It’s not difficult to imagine why Danny Elfman would get the call to handle music for a land like this.
His frequent collaborations with Tim Burton alone have seen him write music for some pretty spooky movies. So there’s no question that Elfman can handle this assignment. It’s unclear exactly what.