Ricard 2,245 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 "Hollywood's premier composers take viewers inside the world's most-recognized music genre: the film score." Quote Last summer we set out to create a first-of-its-kind, definitive documentary about the power of film scores. As Emmy Award-winning journalists, we quickly knew we’d uncovered something magical: a privileged look at the lives of the world’s greatest living virtuosos. SCORE: A Film Music Documentary - Kickstarter page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Why Disneys Frozen originally had a darker, more determined sound.The last-minute frenzy to re-score Pirates of the Caribbean after its original pirate score was thrown out.How World War Z's original score bumped it to an R rating from PG-13.What Steven Spielberg changed about E.T.'s famous across-the-moon shot so John Williams could write music for it. I don't want to know any of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 What about:Why Michael Small's score was removed from the final cut of The China Syndrome, and how the film is better without it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Already backed it. TBH, I find the pledge level distribution a bit steep, the focus (seemingly) too much on 2000+ and the crew a bit hipsterish... but I guess the focus also depends on who is actually still around and active, and the hipsterism then probably comes with the territory. At least they've got the likes of Burlingame and Maltin. And after all, it *is* a documentary about film music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeUnderHill 205 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Hey, anything regarding Silvestri's POTC would be most welcome. Not Mr. Big and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,684 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Anyone know what the cue is from ~1.20 in the video?I'm guessing it's a Debney cue, as they show him conducting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Uni 306 Posted February 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2015 Wish this could've been made 20 years ago, with input from Jerry, Barry, and some of the other big names of the time. Not quite as excited about hearing from the likes of Buck Sanders and Penka Kouneva, but that's just my old-school wishful thinking at work.Nonetheless, I plan to contribute. There aren't enough documentaries out there, or literature, either, on this topic. Sharkissimo, Marian Schedenig and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'm not sure they're planning on talking about Silvestri's score (looking at the way the sentence is phrased)...Probably not, and Silvestri doesn't even appear to be listed as an interview, but still, something's gotta come up eventually, right?...Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Already backed it. TBH, I find the pledge level distribution a bit steep, the focus (seemingly) too much on 2000+ and the crew a bit hipsterish... but I guess the focus also depends on who is actually still around and active, and the hipsterism then probably comes with the territory. At least they've got the likes of Burlingame and Maltin. And after all, it *is* a documentary about film music.So hipsters are to blame for the current state of film music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 They list a ton of names but go further to specify only some of them are confirmed. Does that mean the others are just hopeful prospects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 They list a ton of names but go further to specify only some of them are confirmed. Does that mean the others are just hopeful prospects?Based on the project video, my sense is that the others have already been interviewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Personally, I think it looks rather cheesy and superficial from the trailer alone (and very "American"), but I'm impressed by the interview objects they've been able to secure. As someone who also relies on attractive interview objects, I'm totally envious (especially about Zimmer and Elfman). It will be interesting to follow the development of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 "Fuck this shit" - Alan Silvestri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Personally, I think it looks rather cheesy and superficial from the trailer alone (and very "American"), but I'm impressed by the interview objects they've been able to secure. As someone who also relies on attractive interview objects, I'm totally envious (especially about Zimmer and Elfman). It will be interesting to follow the development of this.What are "attractive interview objects"?I do suspect the September 2004 features on film music from BFI's Sight and Sound will prove to be more interesting than what ultimately comes out of this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Apparently picture's locked ! And here is a video uploaded to youtube back in january but it's not been posted here, so here it is ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,684 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Ugh, another documentary in which talking heads preach about how important music is, and composers kissing each others' asses. I'd pay to watch something that's as frank and honest as Horner's rant about Troy and The New World. I suspect this will not be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I don't know, but I think the point is here to know more about the scoring process. And in that, it's better than any 4 minutes video inside a blu-ray We'll see I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 555 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 On 5/8/2016 at 10:16 AM, toothless said: Apparently picture's locked ! And here is a video uploaded to youtube back in january but it's not been posted here, so here it is ! I hope they got someone to do a better sound mix than what's in this trailer. Looking forward to seeing the film though! -Erik- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPin 201 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I got to attend a VIP screening of this film last night in Hollywood and I have to say it was thoroughly enjoyable (that's me on the right on the red carpet with a friend of mine). There were many interviews with various film composers and film music experts. No new interview footage with Williams, but they did use a lot of pre-existing interview footage with him talking about his composing process, and a decent segment of the film was centered around his work. There was a also a nice anecdote from James Cameron in the end credits done in memory of the late, great James Horner. The filmmakers did say that the film will be getting its official premiere in the film festival circuit later this year, and hopefully much wider distribution thereafter. It was hard not to disrupt the audience and hum the many musical themes heard throughout the film! Jay and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692827072/?tag=epicmedi08-20 Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,711 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 This being the premier film music site on the internet, I'm sure this has been discussed here, but I haven't seen it mentiond...looks fantastic! Frankly it's amazing that it took so long for a feature length documentary about this topic to be made. Quote Score is an upcoming documentary feature that goes behind the scenes of recording the scores for motion pictures. As well as behind the scenes footage, it also includes interviews with filmmakers and composers. It features interviews with over 50 people, including John Williams, Danny Elfman, James Cameron, Hans Zimmer, David Arnold, Brian Tyler, Bear McCreary, Howard Shore, Patrick Doyle, the late Garry Marshall, and many, many more. There’s also archive footage of the late, great James Horner in there too. Lots of Williams in the trailer...first few seconds gave me chills. https://www.score-movie.com Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 There was a thread about it a while ago. Has anyone else here backed this during its initial Kickstarter campaign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 https://www.score-movie.com/ According to IMDB, JW's features are just archival footage - not sure if there's anything new here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Yep : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 But doesn't it include some of the last footage of James Horner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thor 7,493 Posted June 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2017 John Williams and James Horner only appear in archival form. Horner is only over the end titles, and it's basically just James Cameron talking about the TITANIC score (specifically the portrait scene). The film was screened at the Oslo Pix festival a couple of weeks ago, where I introduced it and hosted a panel with composers Gaute Storaas and Henrik Skram. Here are a couple of photos of the session: It's a decent documentary, but a bit scatterbrained and mostly for the non-inititated, as a kind of introductory, missionary document. Still, the amount of high profile composers they managed to assemble is impressive. I'd love to see outtakes from the interview material. Ricard, Will and Loert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,912 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I thought they also produced a book which is the full interview with the composers they talked to so that is how you can get your outtakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Wasn't very well reviewed on rogerebert.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 19, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Wasn't very well reviewed on rogerebert.com Ah, yes, good ol' Ebert still reviewing movies from beyond the grave.... mstrox, Gruesome Son of a Bitch, Loert and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 33 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Wasn't very well reviewed on rogerebert.com Yes, the review convinced me it's not worth my time. Quote The ideal viewer of “Score: A Film Music Documentary” is someone who enjoys film music but doesn’t know a whole lot about it. I liked how he dismissively referred to Tyler Bates as a "Keith Urban lookalike" multiple times . It's a cheap shot, but boy I can't stand that man's music. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just read that review. Says all I need to know about the kind of film this is. This also gave me a good laugh: Quote And again, maybe this has to do with the fact that I myself know enough about film music that I don’t have to hear “Bernard Herrmann—he had balls” from a Keith Urban lookalike whose signature career achievements have been scoring both “Guardians of the Galaxy” films. This fellow, one Tyler Bates, goes on to say the “Psycho” shower scene is not scary without Herrmman’s music, and what do you know, when played silently, it sure doesn’t have that much impact. He also says that without the imagery, Herrmann’s music sounds like so much noise, which suggests that he’s not a guy who’s gonna have much use for Pierre Boulez, although I sort of figured that out around the time I noticed he was a Keith Urban lookalike. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC4L 87 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I am excited to see this doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 It's funny reading the filmtracks scoreboard-backed outrage in the review's comments about the David Newman remark, with posters citing such "great" scores as The Phantom, The Brave Little Toaster, and Tarzan (2014) as proof of the writer's arrogance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 So Tyler Bates shares the same opinion as Williams that Psycho is not a good score, but it is effective, as well as the same last name as Norman Bates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Psycho is a good score, but I find it a chore to listen to on its own. Goldsmith's Psycho II, the 1983 OST on the other hand, is a more nuanced work. With counterpoint and all those other big words I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "I wonder what Tyler Bates thinks" - No one ever Disco Stu and Bilbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 I wonder if Tyler Bates likes Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Gruesome Son of a Bitch and Ricard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Whazzap with the Tyler Bates dissing? Is it because of the 300 controversy? I think he's delivered some solid scores over his career, although he is by no means on my radar. It's more weird that he was used as the 'poster' for the film during the previously mentioned Oslo Pix screening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Tyler Bates has passed some solid turds over his career. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Ain't I a stinker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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