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What a bitch!

That's a good point about Schindler's List actually, I think that would be my pick for its influence on historical dramas and I think it did probably play a role in the upswing of people like Perlman, Yo Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Renee Fleming etc crossing over to movies and "starring" in scores dominated or highlighted by their soloist, lending the movies an air of prestige. Obviously something Williams continued with Seven Years in Tibet and Memoirs of a Geisha. That seems to be a pretty recent development, can anybody think of any pre-Schindler examples of this? I'm sure it happened in jazz scores, but it's harder to think of orchestral examples. The Godfather and The Mission come to mind as probably influential in guiding toward that sound, though they weren't spotlighting particular performers. I'm guessing before Williams, it was something that was more prevalent outside Hollywood. I can see him having played a part in the increase in dramatic, piano-led scores as well, though I think The Piano may be the biggest influence in that regard. Fiddler on the Roof maybe? Stomu Yamashta on Images (or is that pushing it)? Would be interesting to hear more about Presumed Innocent's influence on other scores. Other scores: Maybe Ornette Coleman on Naked Lunch? Pat Metheny on Goldsmith's Under Fire. Miles Davis on Ascenseur pour l'échafaud? Feel like I may be stretching the boundaries of "star soloists" too far here. Maybe we should we limit it to "classical star soloists"? If not then we could count Lisa Gerrard, Johnny Marr and these kind of people too, would that make sense? Also Branford Marsalis in The Russia House.

I find it funny that he subtly insulted Elmer Bernstein: "You can always tell an Elmer Bernstein score, because it’s watered down Copland."

Well Johnny is supposedly happy for Tommy:

If this is a sample of his Greatest Hits, I'm kinda meh:

Alf Clausen: composer for The Simpsons

Love Alfred for this:

Well this one didn't came from a videogame (it's an early 90's anime series) but the source material certainly came from a videogame: was derived from this: Note that to this day Jerry Goldsmith is still being accused of plagiarizing this theme. As if JG watched any obscure anime series in the 90's!

I guess you didn't know that he and Coolman are also related, huh?

Well the superhero genre is still going strong in another medium long before it became a fad. And I think as long as the superhero comic books are still churning out new stuff it may survive longer than the Westerns. Besides, legions of nerds have wanted to see some comic book stories brought to life on the big or small screens. Plus with the success of the Netflix series Daredevil I don't think the moviegoing public will totally lost interest in the superhero movie genre.

A day too late... ... but congrats to Danny Elfman for his Disney Legend award!!

Holy shit, they should include this on the new movie:

I remember there was a promising young talented female composer whom Elmer Bernstein took under his wing, but sadly committed suicide many years ago... can't remember her name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXqsw8QbDl0

Yep, Helen Mirren and Betty White is a prime example of why that is so not true.

Koray, Jerry talked about it here around the 3:20 and you can hear it being performed on 4:48

I've read somewhere that it was Ennio Morricone's favorite score. I can't put a link anymore since I don't remember what site I've read it from. Btw, I just came across the wiki page for the 1990 Total Recall and in the soundtrack section, it said "The main title theme features a metal percussion pattern that bears similarities to a drum pattern from Anvil of Crom." Even the link to website it was attached to didn't even say anything about that!

Hell yes! Lovely concert suite too.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/07/warner-bros-announces-deal-with-lebron-james-and-a-space-jam-sequel-is-definitely-happening LMAO, oh and there's a fanmade poster out already:

My knowledge of Horner's scores are not extensive, but did Horner ever composed a jazz or noir-ish score or a full-blown march?

LOL, I made a Google search and is this what you're referring to?? (NSFW warning as expected): http://www.six-shooter.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bM3796-ElisabethShueJayneGrosvenorLink.jpg You know I find it amusing to think that such classy gentlemen as Goldsmith or Williams would score nude scenes or even softcore porn flicks...