Indiana_Fett 0 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 With the discover of 'Roar! (Cloverfield Overture)', I now wonder, do composers generally have a sense of humor when it comes to silly things on screen, inside jokes, and homages?
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Giacchino's track titles certainly show that he does.
Docteur Qui 1,581 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Indeed, Giacchino has an excellent sense of humour.Danny Elfman would have to as well. No-one who writes like that could be dead-pan.Jerry was a funny guy too. Cynical, but funny.
indy4 160 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 The titling of "The Menu" on Jaws 2 as well as "Promenade (Tourists on the Menu)" is slightly funny, although I don't know if JW made that up.
Henry B 51 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Probably, as he was directly involved in the (bad) re-sequencing of the Jaws 25th Anniversary album.
Ollie 1,375 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 I've heard stories that Williams had a very good sense of humor when in private settings with close friends.Chris Young and Elliot Goldenthal have a good sense of humor, look at some of their track titles.
Elmo Lewis 7 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Don Davis, on the other hand, tries to be funny in the track title area. Doesn't work.
Morlock 12 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Elfman has been known to have a sense of humor. Like all his 'The Final Confrontation' tracks. And 'Tiger Balls' from Red Dragon.
Jill Sandwich 11,165 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 And 'Tiger Balls' from Red Dragon.There wasn't any other appropriate title for that track anyway.
Miguel Andrade 1,725 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Williams is said to be a funny guy in private, and some of his cue titles are quite hilarious.
Morlock 12 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Like which, for instance? I can't think of any at the moment (aside from the aforementioned track) I do recall at some point a Q&A in which he had some funny lines (about the length of a love scene in real life, and some other quips like that).And 'Tiger Balls' from Red Dragon.There wasn't any other appropriate title for that track anyway. Most other composers would probably find some...different way to describe it.
John Crichton 4 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Every time I hear certain parts of Temple of Doom I picture Williams in his office laughing his butt off while writing them.
Red 75 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 I'm sure he got a kick out of including Yoda's Theme in E.T. or Jabba's in The Phantom Menace.
Hlao-roo 390 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 The cue title Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra is, if not "hilarious," at least facetious.
Josh500 1,620 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 This is a stupid title for a thread. Film composers are people like you and me (except for the musical talent they have, of course). . . so some have a sense of humor, some don't.Also, just because someone has a sense of humor, they don't have to come with all sorts of funny track names.
indy4 160 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 "The Bug Tunnel and Death Trap" always seemed like a funny track to me (not the name, the actual music), as does "Gilderoy Lockhart."And Spielberg has said that JW has a great sense of humor, and that's why he thought JW was joking when he played him the theme from Jaws for the first time.
Josh500 1,620 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 "Attack on the House" from Home Alone is pretty funny too (the music, that is, not the title).
indy4 160 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 And Hooper has, "The Sirius Deception," as Doyle has "Sirius Fire."
Morlock 12 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Neither of those strike me as the least bit humerous. The first one is barely a pun.
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Chris Young and Elliot Goldenthal have a good sense of humor, look at some of their track titles.Or listen to Goldenthal's Batman Forever. It's hilarious.The funniest Williams moment for me is in Visitor in San Diego by the way.
Saxbabe 28 Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 Oh yeah, of course they do.I remember where I read an interview with McNeely about Virus, that the male "Russian" choir employed in that score is not actually singing in Russian, because he didn't know any - they are singing the names of his family and the producers etc., backwards. I always like the obvious nods to certain other composers too, quotes and such, that is often in fun (unless perhaps, you are Horner). Like JNH's homage to Herrmann in the Main Titles of Signs. I always smile at that.
skyy38 21 Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I believe that at least 75% of composers past and present HAD to have a sense of humor,in order to deal with all of the BS inherent in their calling.That being said,can anyone find Michael Kamens indian music in Die Hard 2?Makes me laugh everytime...
Quintus 6,494 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I don't know about other composers (bar Jerry Goldsmith who's humour vein was oh so apparent), but JW clearly has a very healthy sense of humour, as demonstrated in Nocturnal Activities and No Ticket to name but two. The latter being a particularly dry piece - extremely appreciated by someone like myself.
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Some of Williams' codas are quite funny, when he lets a big bold action piece just dissolve into nothing.
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