Hurwitz Fan 30 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Hello! I am a huge fan of Justin Hurwitz and can't wait for his next score. Anyone else? SUH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I can't claim to be a *fan*, per se, but his score to First Man is great. Better than the movie, which is fine but nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hurwitz is a very exciting new voice. Loved First Man and La La Land! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 We will watch his rise with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 First Man's score is marvelously effective in the film, but I won't be listening to it for months on end like I did my playlist combining the La La Land song soundtrack and score soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 On 10/25/2018 at 10:27 AM, Disco Stu said: First Man's score is marvelously effective in the film, but I won't be listening to it for months on end like I did my playlist combining the La La Land song soundtrack and score soundtrack. Fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 605 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 The fact that he served as 'supervising producer' on the 9th season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" made me curious to go back and listen to his film scores last year. I'm a fan. La La Land is my favorite so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 This motif for the NASA scenes is nice. It makes up a good part of the score and headlines the credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I enjoy that bit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 From his recent interview in Film Score Monthly: Quote KR: Anything we can look forward to next? JH: I don’t know. I think Damien is going to take some time to figure out and maybe write his next movie, and I haven’t worked with another filmmaker yet, so I don’t know what I’m going to score next. I wish he would work with a different director, it'd be interesting to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I hope Hurwitz is getting good money from Apple for this promotion! I assume he's working on Babylon here (Chazelle's next movie coming out in 2022). @The Illustrious Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenturnedblue 372 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 4 dongles?! Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 4 hours ago, greenturnedblue said: 4 dongles?! That's Apple for you. THAT is innovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Zimmer 211 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Wish he got hired onto other projects besides Chazelle, dude is talented and I loved his work La La Land and First Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Never been able to "get" Hurwitz. Haven't really cared for anything he's done. Nor Chazelle. Except maybe WHIPLASH, which was a good movie and a good, "idea-based" score rather than listenable. But hey -- my door is always open. I never cared for Brittell either, untill SUCCESSION, which I loved. So it can happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 28 minutes ago, Lord Zimmer said: Wish he got hired onto other projects besides Chazelle, dude is talented and I loved his work La La Land and First Man. I do too and I'm sure plenty would want to hire him, it seems more like he doesn't want to work with anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 The only real Hurwitz news in literally years and it's just that he's suing his former agent. Basically he thinks he wasn't getting the money he should have for the LTP concerts of La La Land, and that he was somehow denied the opportunity to conduct any of the concerts? I dunno, it's all legalese stuff. https://deadline.com/2022/01/wme-fraud-lawsuit-ari-emanuel-la-la-land-justin-hurwitz-1234906098/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Zimmer 211 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 24/11/2021 at 4:30 PM, Disco Stu said: I do too and I'm sure plenty would want to hire him, it seems more like he doesn't want to work with anyone else. Iirc in one interview he said that he would like to work with others. Guessing he just isn’t getting the opportunity. What a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I just find that hard to believe when he made such a big splash with his last two Chazelle films. A film composer doesn't get that kind of recognition (and sales/streams) without getting offered work! Maybe the offers that came didn't interest him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Hollywood is a weird place. Joe Kraemer made a bigger splash with MI5 than Hurwitz did with his Chazelle scores, and he isn't getting any juicy gigs either TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Jay said: Joe Kraemer made a bigger splash with MI5 than Hurwitz did with his Chazelle scores, and he isn't getting any juicy gigs either I guess measuring how big a "splash" is is completely subjective but... Hurwitz won two Oscars and the La La Land soundtrack album actually went gold so it's sold at least 500,000 copies in this day and age. That's a much much bigger splash IMO. mrbellamy and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 It's the same reason Williams works seldom these days. Hurwitz scores in his films definitely have a point of view and make their presence felt. He isn't going to do modern suite scoring - write some 8-10 minute sound scapes that the editor then edits in as needed. So there might be lesser demand for what his approach, more so than his product. Same thing with Williams. Working with a proper composer is a good 6-8 month exercise to get the desired results and most Hollywood directors do not have the ability or patience to even do that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I guess measuring how a big a "splash" is is completely subjective but... Hurwitz won two Oscars and the La La Land soundtrack album actually went gold so it's sold at least 500,000 copies in this day and age. That's a much much bigger splash IMO. La La Land didn't even make much less at the box office than MI5 either ($450m vs $700m) considering one's an original musical and the other is a major franchise sequel. I feel like Kraemer really only made an impact on film score aficionados, sadly. I've never really seen any mention of his score outside of JWFan while Hurwitz got a lot more critical acclaim for La La Land and First Man. But still, you'd think getting the MI5 gig in the first place would have lead to more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, mrbellamy said: La La Land didn't even make much less at the box office than MI5 either ($450m vs $700m) considering one's an original musical and the other is a major franchise sequel. I feel like Kraemer really only made an impact on film score aficionados, sadly. I've never really seen any mention of his score outside of JWFan while Hurwitz got a lot more critical acclaim for La La Land and First Man. But still, you'd think getting the MI5 gig in the first place would have lead to more. Think about this 1000 people saw MI5. 2 spoke about the music. 1000 people saw La La Land and 980 spoke about the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 And those 20 were just being a pain lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Disco Stu said: A film composer doesn't get that kind of recognition (and sales/streams) without getting offered work! I have spoken to and read/watched interviews with Cinematographers and even Actors that have mentioned how unpredictable work is in Hollywood. Everyone is pretty much a freelancer, and despite successes plenty of people still have no idea if they'll ever work again after finishing a project. You'd be surprised. It's not hard to lose your footing in that industry from what I've heard. The obvious exceptions are the absolute giant names like A-List actors and directors and in some cases the film composers (Zimmer, for example) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,037 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I would love to hear a Justin Hurwitz Bond score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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