Guillermo del Toro is taking a more sympathetic approach to the undead creatures at the heart of his version of "Frankenstein".

"I was asked a few days ago, is there really a terrible scene?" Del Toro said during a conversation with Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat at the Cannes Film Festival. "This is my first thought. It's an emotional story for me. It's as personal as anything. I'm asking a question about father, being a son...I'm not doing horror movies-never. I'm not trying to do that."

Desplat and Del Toro are discussing their collaborations on stage in movies such as the movies Shape of Water and pinocchio to highlight the key role music plays in Moviememaking. They are once again working together on "Frankenstein" which Netflix will release this fall. It sounds like they stayed consistent without obvious fear in the Gothic novel adapted by Mary Shelley.

"Guillermo's cinema is very lyrical, and my music is very lyrical," Desplat said. "So, I think the music of 'Frankenstein' would be something very lyrical and emotional...I'm not trying to write horror music."

The scores have not been finalized for both, but it sounds like they are close. “We found emotions,” Del Toro said. “What I can say is that for me, it’s an incredible emotional film.”

In Del Toro's films, such as The Water of Water or "cronos," or even "Hellboy," he often seems to express his greatest sympathy for the creatures that other animal makers portray as monsters. That won't interest him.

"In the shape of water, the creature is frightening for the first 15 minutes and then becomes a very moving character," Desplat noted.

“The first time I thought I was going to avenge this creature was Marilyn Monroe when she was in Tom Ewell’s “Seven Years Itch” (in the movie), she said the creature just needs someone to like him,” Del Toro said. "I fell in love with Marilyn, and fell in love with the creatures in that scene at a very young age. I think, you know, all we have is people who look at people in the wrong way. That's what we are in this world."

"Frankenstein" starred Jacob Elody, Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth. In addition to his work on "Frankenstein", Desplat also scored two films in this year's Cannes Film Festival competition, Wes Anderson's "Phoenician Project" and Tarik Saleh's "Republic Hawks."