cure fun facts and stories!

[Curehead_steffa]

fun fact i don't know if many people know about this but they were supposed to make a soundtrack for edward scissorhands but back then that's when tim burton was underground and they were in the making of disintegration and it took priority. would've been nice but i love disintegration so

[samsonwilliams]

That is a very interesting fact!  It's definitely not common knowledge, and it's fascinating to think about what a Cure soundtrack for Edward Scissorhands might have sounded like.

[Ulrich]

Welcome to the forum, samsonwilliams!

It's definitely not common knowledge, and it's fascinating to think about what a Cure soundtrack for Edward Scissorhands might have sounded like.

On the one hand, yes. On the other hand (as this article points out):

Edward Scissorhands' whimsical vibe was achieved through its production, make-up, and costume design as well as through its music, but the latter could have been very different had Burton's original plan come true, which in turn would have killed one of his best trends: his collaborations with Danny Elfman.

... In 1988, an interview with Smith for Spin Magazine reported that Burton, then known for Pee-wee's Big Adventure, wanted Smith to appear in one of his movies, though it wasn't specified which one and if it would have been a main or minor role. The Cure's former keyboardist Roger O'Donnell revealed years later that during the recording sessions for the album Disintegration in the late 1980s, Burton had asked Smith for The Cure to do the soundtrack for Edward Scissorhands, and even gave them the script.

In 1996, Smith told French magazine Télérama that Burton had approached the band to collaborate on different projects and he kept in touch with the band about his latest film projects, but the band had always been busy in some way. The music for Edward Scissorhands was ultimately made by Danny Elfman, who by then had already collaborated with Burton in Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, and Batman, so he had a good idea of what Burton's visual and narrative style is like, and he made a perfect soundtrack to accompany the tragic story of Edward Scissorhands. As for Robert Smith, he was asked to score the soundtrack for Sleepy Hollow in the late 1990s but he was busy, and he finally contributed music to two Burton projects years later: the Alice in Wonderland companion album Almost Alice and the companion album to Frankenweenie.

https://screenrant.com/edward-scissorhands-original-plan-kill-burton-trend/