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  1. Yes, that's right. I remember it being a news item at the time. Don't know if the Japanese club is still around.
  2. He, he. I dared to bring it up in my interview with him in 2013. From 30:20 here: https://celluloidtunes.no/celluloid-tunes-08-james-horner-in-vienna-2nd-international-edition/
  3. Thanks for taking a look and elaborating, Marian! I first heard of him while assembling my list of oldest living film composers over on FSM a few years ago. Then I researched him, and found - as you say - that he was the composer of many sex comedies and the like, a genre that has always spawned great, loungey scores. After that, I got the really enjoyable compilation in the "Deutsche Filmkomponisten" series (he's Austrian, but I suppose many of the productions were German). As there aren't THAT many internationally famous Austrian film composers beyond Korngold (Gold? Wander & Kloser? Haslinger?), and given his advanced age, I thought perhaps he was a famous entity in Austria. Like most people, at least culturally aware ones, know who 91-year-old Per Nørgård is in Denmark.
  4. Whoa, that's pretty weird. I thought he was an icon in your country.
  5. Yeah, although the "necro-posting" (or whatever it's called....I'm hesitant to call it necro-bumping) was unintentional in this case, I love it when these things happen. "16 years later"....great stuff. Where were you when I posted my first post here on May 24, 2002?
  6. This has nothing to do with Hollywood in Vienna (now more or less defunct, until otherwise noted), but I was curious how Austria views Gerhard Heinz? Marian? A legendary composer, 96 years old, who's done a lot of film scores.
  7. Good stuff, all of those. On to DEATH AND THE MAIDEN and THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY next?
  8. Same here. I find the score so-so to begin with, but it has a few great highlighs, especially the more mystical or lyrical parts. So my 63-minute playlist will do. Will probably do the same with season 2, when that soundtrack drops. But I can easily understand why this box is sought-after for LOTR fans.
  9. A JNH concert sounds great, but clicking at the link, only post-millennium scores are mentioned in the blurb, which I (for the most part) find underwhelming. If this had focussed on the 80s and 90s stuff, I'd be totally envious of anyone able to attend.
  10. Yavar just linked to this Bach set over on FSM. Do any of you madcap classical buffs own it? https://classical.centerstagestore.com/products/bach-333-j-s-bach-the-new-complete-edition
  11. I know some Greeks that would take issue with that, at least the 'nationality' bit.
  12. Since Hercules is a fictional character, and not a historic person, I suppose anything goes - especially in this day and age. Weird, yes, but not as weird as making Isaac Newton black(?) in the most recent DR. WHO.
  13. Looks like a great box, if you ask me. Even beyond "entry level". Most of his other compilations are director-centered anyway.
  14. Here are some of my favs, for starters: Allons z'enfants Deux hommes dans la ville Dis-moi oui Fort Saganne Harem Hellé J'ai épousé une ombre La fille d'Artagnan La princesse de Montpensier Le Bossu L'Ours Mangeclous Sister Mary Explains It All Tess you're already familiar. I also dig his Le Cinema de Georges Lautner compilation. I think many of these are available on streaming platforms. Good luck -- he's a composer well worth exploring. Not all are equally great, and he repeats himself a few times, Horner-style, but nothing that will ruin the journey.
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