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  1. Well Elmer Bernstein was 80 when he was nominated for his score in Far From Heaven. Still, fingers croseed.
  2. I suppose Hans Zimmer is much more superior than these two? Which makes me curious, how old was this site?
  3. Been listening to some pieces of Yo Yo Ma performing some of Ennio Morricone's music. It's too damn beautiful for words:
  4. I don't know if it was already posted here but all the same, I'm gonna place it here for nostalgia's sake:
  5. A congratulations is in order for John Williams in his 46th and 47th Oscar nominations. Best of luck to the maestro!!!
  6. I think a film really benefits from a well-crafted score (whether orchestral or non-orchestral) but it takes a highly skilled composer to let go of his/her ego and place no score at all. Take for instance the original Planet of the Apes final scene in which Goldsmith wisely did not place music in it because, according to Goldsmith: Heston was a bit over the top himself and didn't need any score to accompany him."
  7. Wonder if Hans Zimmer would have been nominated if he hadn't withdrawn from the Oscars race.
  8. Randy Newman talking about the art of film scoring with a special mention of John (he calls him "Johnny") Williams (He thinks "Johnny" is cheating, cuz he's got special privileges, lol.) It's notable that Randy is one of the few composers who are uncomfortable with the modern film scoring process. He's very much old school. P.S. your avatar picture: where is it from...? Very cool...! --- I was also asked that question in this thread, lol: http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=21237
  9. Yeah. Could've just used "Exultate Justi" instead.
  10. throw them a piece of trombone...
  11. What a brilliant avatar picture, may I ask , where is it from?? That was from a photoshoot from the late 90's I think, where someone made a brilliant idea to gather some of the leading film composers of that time. Jerry and John was seated together (rather awesomely I might add) and behind them you could see the silhouettes of (from left) Elmer Bernstein, John Barry, Quincy Jones and Maurice Jarre. Jerry was talking to James Newton Howard while John isllaughing at a joke by Danny Elfman. Others that are part of that picture were: Hans Zimmer, Michael Kamen, Marvin Hamlisch, Bill Conti, Lalo Schifrin, Mark Isham, Elliott Goldenthal, Alan Menken, and Mark Isham. He deceased?
  12. I like this thread. And I've listen to snippets of those music you guys mentioned here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/AwesomeMusic/JerryGoldsmith
  13. This. And now I consider this the greatest film score ever composed, past, present, or future.
  14. It's The Boston Pups Orchestra...
  15. 90% of those composers couldn't fit in today's film music climate, though it would be interesting to see how Max Steiner would score say, "The Dark Knight."
  16. I guess pick one is a really hard question.
  17. Goldsmith, simply because he's tied with Williams as my favourite film composer. Of those you didn't list, Korngold. He would be completely unable to work in today's film industry, of course. Poledouris might still fare well. PS: My favourite Bernstein score is The Hallelujah Trail. Shame most of it is lost. PPS: The correct adjective is "decomposing". Goldsmith, simply because he's tied with Williams as my favourite film composer. Of those you didn't list, Korngold. He would be completely unable to work in today's film industry, of course. Poledouris might still fare well. -- You forgot the other two pioneers of film composing: Steiner and Newman. Most definitely their styles won't work on today's environment of film music. PS: My favourite Bernstein score is The Hallelujah Trail. Shame most of it is lost. -- Yeah. Still here's the chorus to tide us in: PPS: The correct adjective is "decomposing". -- Why Prokofiev?
  18. --- Me too. I haven't seen TWaTL but men, the main title is like, awesome. In fact most of Goldsmith's music that I've come to enjoy, (Leviathan, The Swarm, The Blue Max, Wild Rovers, Lionheart, The Sand Pebbles, Rudy, to name a select few) I hadn't even still watched their original films!
  19. Maybe you're right. They can't compete with the likes of Remote Control, or Reznor/Ross. And seeing as how Bruckheimer likes them loud and brass-driven. Still, I just wished Goldsmith was still alive. In my opinion, he's the only composer from the past who can thrive in that kind of environment and still churn out unique and varied sound from synthesizers and computers. Look no further than Hoosiers to find out.
  20. Hi, I'm new here. First of all I've been a fan of John Williams since I've begun to notice film music. In fact John Williams is the reason why I've started to listen to film music. He's my first and foremost favorite composer, and my first awareness of him was when I've watched The Phantom Menace. That's when I've looked up the name and found out he also composed for films like Jurassic Park, Home Alone, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (basically my childhood). Now he was my first composer but I noticed that there are many others who composed notable music. The second composer that have also gotten my attention was Jerry Goldsmith. I don't know how it came to be, but after listening to some scores by Jerry Goldsmith I've become a huge fan (Leviathan and The Swarm are huge favorites of mine). That was in 2008, and to my utter dismay, I found out he has long passed away in 2004. I looked that up when I was perusing news articles about Jerry Goldsmith's death and I also found out that that year saw the passing of not only Goldsmith but also of Elmer Bernstein. Curious, I looked up Elmer Bernstein and was shocked to realized he was the composer of that familiar music which I've always heard in the commercials long time ago. Then I've tried searching and listening to his works and was amazed at his versatility (The Hallelujah Trail and Far From Heaven are just some of my favorite Bernstein scores). As my film score vocabulary grew, I realized how some of my favorite film scores came from composers that are now long gone. John Williams is the only one left who came from that same gang of composers still alive and working. The other day I was thinking: If you were given the chance to pick ONE COMPOSER to resurrect from the dead just to work on films again who would you choose and WHY?
  21. Kennedy Center Honors 2011: (John Williams conducting) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omUVxKVCxHU Oh here's a longer tribute to Yo Yo Ma at the Kennedy Center Honors 2011 (and the only time I see John Williams conduct without a baton!):
  22. Williams' action cues doesn't have that oomph that gets your adrenaline pumping wildly.
  23. Agreed. John Williams makes some memorable music. Action music is not one of them.
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