Matt C 454 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I've searched the forum, but surprised not to see a Bruce Broughton thread here. I know he doesn't do much work these days, but he did some incredible scores. Lost in Space, Tombstone and Silverado. Some of his more underrated scores I like are Rescuers Down Under and This Girl for Hire.Any one else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I've searched the forum, but surprised not to see a Bruce Broughton thread here. I know he doesn't do much work these days, but he did some incredible scores. Lost in Space, Tombstone and Silverado. Some of his more underrated scores I like are Rescuers Down Under and This Girl for Hire.Any one else?Young Sherlock Holmes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I need to check out his Lost In Space. The only two I'm really familiar with are Tombstone and Silverado. And yeah, they're both great.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Bruce Broughton is a wonderful composer who should have gotten more plumb assignments.Aside from the titles mentioned above:The Boy Who Could FlyHarry And The HendersonsNarrow MarginHoney I Blew Up The KidThe Blue and the Gray Eloise at Christmastime / Eloise at the PlazaThe First Olympics - Athens 1896 George Washington II: The Forging Of A NationHomeward BoundHomeward Bound 2Plus his conducting he did for Intrada on 3 of their Excalibur re-recordings is superb.I wish he could have scored a HP film. Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davros72 1 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I wish he could have scored a HP film.Parts of "Young Sherlock Holmes" feel very HP-ish. Not just the score, the film itself too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I wish he could have scored a HP film.Parts of "Young Sherlock Holmes" feel very HP-ish. Not just the score, the film itself too.Agreed. It's a fun little film, a wonderful score with an incredible main theme (and B-theme) and he would have been excellent on Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 Bruce Broughton is a wonderful composer who should have gotten more plumb assignments.Oh, if what Koray said in the John Powell thread -- if Broughton scores Captain America, it'll definitely give him a career boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Does he not work because he's retired or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdog1 50 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I don't think he is retired. He does a lot of theme park music for Disney in their parks. From his website:Bruce Broughton turns 65 today. But don't speak about retirement to the Oscar- and Grammy-nominated, multi-Emmy-winning composer. He seems to be busier than ever, with projects in multiple arenas of music-making – from concert-hall commissions to high-profile animation projects to theme-park rides – and he remains a leader in the Hollywood music community, Bruce's website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 He also seems wonderful person in real life - very kind and friendly, with nice sense of humour.I wish he composed more these days, and for major motion pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Does he not work because he's retired or something?He's keeping busy with concert works I think. Hollywood sadly seems to have given up on classically trained quality composers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleo 63 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I need to check out his Lost In Space. The only two I'm really familiar with are Tombstone and Silverado. And yeah, they're both great.KarolDefinitely. It's a very rich, thematic fantasy-adventure score. It may not be high art, but given that it was written in a surprisingly short time, nothing to complain about at all. Just make sure you don't accidently get the song album; it's atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Just make sure the LIS is the Intrada release. That's the score only album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (This one ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,688 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Broughton scored that movie? Had no idea. I haven't seen it but I don't think I've ever heard a positive review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Bruce Broughton is a wonderful composer who should have gotten more plumb assignments.Oh, if what Koray said in the John Powell thread -- if Broughton scores Captain America, it'll definitely give him a career boost.Did I say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Broughton scored that movie? Had no idea. I haven't seen it but I don't think I've ever heard a positive review.It's a guilty pleasure movie with a good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Did I say that?No, but you did say the contender who might end up with the gig is one that Mark O. likes a lot. Surprise, Mark O. likes Broughton -- a lot. That doesn't mean anything, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Giacchino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Did I say that?No, but you did say the contender who might end up with the gig is one that Mark O. likes a lot. Surprise, Mark O. likes Broughton -- a lot. That doesn't mean anything, though.Ah yes, but I said composers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Broughton scored that movie? Had no idea. I haven't seen it but I don't think I've ever heard a positive review."It's not a very good movie." - Bruce Broughton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I have various Broughton tracks on the current Walt Disney World soundtrack. He may be the single most represented artist on that set. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but at least four tracks are credited to him: Spaceship Earth, O Canada, Ellen's Energy Adventure and Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. The nearly 11-minute Spaceship Earth suite is also one of the longest tracks. I think he does good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davros72 1 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I have various Broughton tracks on the current Walt Disney World soundtrack. He may be the single most represented artist on that set. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but at least four tracks are credited to him: Spaceship Earth, O Canada, Ellen's Energy Adventure and Honey, I Shrunk the Audience. The nearly 11-minute Spaceship Earth suite is also one of the longest tracks. I think he does good work.Oh, sweet, cool! I wasn't aware of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Ah yes, but I said composers!Another thought that came to me a few minutes ago. I was listening to their promo CD, and it hit me right then.Is it William Stromberg and John Morgan? They work together, and they can nail a superb Americana theme for Captain America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Broughton scored that movie? Had no idea. I haven't seen it but I don't think I've ever heard a positive review.The movie is a guilty pleasure of mine but the score he wrote is quite excellent. It's too bad that Intrada couldn't have made it a full complete 2-CD set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonzoe 18 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 He also seems wonderful person in real life - very kind and friendly, with nice sense of humour.I wish he composed more these days, and for major motion pictures.I share that same sentiment. A lot of these blockbuster action scores that come out these days lack the talent and class Broughton brings to his. Imagine what movies like Pirates movies, Iron Man movies, the later HP movies, Transformers movies, etc. would be like if Broughton scored them. He did wonders for Lost In Space. Besides Gary Oldman, Broughton was the best thing about that movie. Broughton really elevated that movie and added a lot of emotion that may have been lacking. Especially with the father and son moments. I never get tired of that Intrada album when I listen to it. It's gets better and beter everytime for me. That's my favorite Broughton score and got me into his music. In fact I listened to this and Goldsmith's great ST:V TFF two Sundays ago. I haven't listened to LIS for few months and after listening to it again it made me think of why I love that score and why I got into Brougton's music in the first. And eventhough I saw Monster Squad years before LIS but never knew Broughton composed it. LIS really made me more aware of his music. As well as made me interested in his other work. In addition to LIS and TMS, I also have Silverado and Tombstone. Which are also great, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Always considered him the ultimate Hollywood "craftsman"....a man who knows his way around an orchestra, but who doesn't really have a striking musical voice.That said, I've always loved his SILVERADO, as much for the music as for how it is USED in the film, adding a sense of operatic proportions to it (the western genre itself being a manifestation of a particular myth). Mixed loudly, very melodramatic. Like the scene in which Danny Glover's dad is killed by the river, if memory serves.He's not retired, though. Last thing I heard was that he helped (orchestrated?) the orchestral elements of Daft Punk's TRON: LEGACY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Broughton scored that movie? Had no idea. I haven't seen it but I don't think I've ever heard a positive review.The movie is a guilty pleasure of mine but the score he wrote is quite excellent. It's too bad that Intrada couldn't have made it a full complete 2-CD set.Sorry for the 4 year bump, but THIS ! LIS = FANFARISTIC and GOBSMACKINGLY EXCELLENTThe movie is a guilty pleasure for me too, it has all the light-hearted fun and rollicking old-school space adventure that so many modern blockbusters lack.The special effects still amaze me to this day, incredible CGI (for the space scenes)The most enjoyable score Bruce has ever done IMO. Listening to the Intrada at least once a year is something of a life-altering experience.Incredibly, this used to be an okay score back in the day for me. Like fine wine, it only got better with time !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I have a soft spot for Broughton's Westerns, Tombstone and Silverado, and Young Sherlock Holmes (thank you Intrada!). The Lost in Space is not bad either. I just wish his career would have blossomed more in the 90's and noughties. Luckily Intrada has done its best for years to sing his praises and release his scores (was it over 30 albums or something). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I much prefer Tombstone over Silverado, apart from a couple of wonderful cues Silverado almost puts me to sleep. I have yet to listen for the first time to The Boy Who Could Fly, but I'm expecting it to be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I like both Westerns equally. Silverado has a killer main theme and does indeed have some dead spots here and there but on the other hand Tombstone has a main that is not used extensively enough. I know Broughton gradually builds to it throughout but I would like to hear more of it throughout. So they are about even in my books. Young Sherlock Holmes is almost like an homage to the whole 1980's John Williams/Steven Spielberg adventure movie sound but with Broughton's own twist. It is really my favourite of his works. I need to delve into Lost in Space further. It has a great old fashioned adventure score feel to it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 YSH is also very good. I was suprised by how much I loved the new release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Lost In Space is am awesome score.... And also the only Broughton score I own! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Get Young Sherlock Holmes. Now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Overrated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Bruce Broughton's Disney theme park music blows all of that away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Overrated You're overrated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 OverratedNot at all. Excellent.I'm another fan of Broughton's (can't believe I never contributed to this thread the last couple of times around). Silverado was among my earliest scores—part of the "core" group that included much of JW's Golden Age stuff, Goldsmith's major works, and Horner's early stuff. Every Broughton score I've come across since then has always impressed me, even when I went into it with low expectations (as with Lost in Space, where I wouldn't have blamed him for giving a crappy film a sub-par score). I just love the boldness of his orchestration and arrangement. He isn't afraid to get the whole orchestra involved. His works have a great celebratory style to them, not unlike a lot of Williams' stuff during the 70s and 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I tried to get into YSH. Can't. Tombstone is all I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,245 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Lost In Space is am awesome score.... And also the only Broughton score I own!Broughton deserves more than that from you. Some of my favorites include:SilveradoYoung Sherlock HolmesThe Boy Who Could FlyThe Thanksgiving Promise (TV)Harry and the HendersonsMoonwalkerRollercoaster Rabbit (short)The Old Man and the Sea (TV)The Rescuers Down UnderO Pioneers! (TV)Honey, I Blew Up the KidStay TunedHomeward BoundTombstoneBaby's Day Out Indeed! Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I find Young Sherlock Holmes overrated. I never listen to it and I dig on those 80s fantasy scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I'm mostly unfamiliar with his music. Seem like my kind of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,127 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I think Broughton's strength is in writing terrific themes, but he doesn't tread water as well as other favorite composers of mine. As others mentioned, there are a lot of dead spots in his scores sometimes, Silverado being a good example (although as his debut film score, it's entirely forgivable.) His highs are extremely high, but then his work can meander a bit, averaging the whole listening experience out.Young Sherlock Holmes really isn't overrated, but there are some spots in there where he gets too chaotic for me, and not in a good way. But the good parts are dripping with melody, mystery, and a really appealing human warmth.Lost in Space is quite fun. There's a lot to enjoy there, and pretty amazing considering it was a rush job.And yeah, his EPCOT stuff is really swell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 YSH seems like one of those scores to me where the OST is too short, the 2CD sets are too long, and I have no idea what the highlights are since all the cues are so short and I've never seen the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 YSH seems like one of those scores to me where the OST is too short, the 2CD sets are too long, and I have no idea what the highlights are since all the cues are so short and I've never seen the movie.Absolute highlights?Main TitleWatson's ArrivalLibrary Love/Waxflatter's First FlightFencing with RatheSolving the CrimeHolmes and Elisabeth (Love Theme)RametepPastries and CryptsIt's You!Waxing ElisabethTemple FireEthar's EscapeDuel and Final FarewellThe Riddles Solved and End Credits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Kinda sad that the last time Broughton was on the news was that Oscar fiasco... seems he never recovered from that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Could you elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Aww yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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