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  1. Richard Danielpour, Michael Torke, Ellen Taffe Zwilich
  2. I can't help but adding that Williams was an orchestrator for other composers as well. Just received the copy of the full score to "Men of the Yorktown" march and it is completely in Williams handwriting
  3. Anyone ever see the HBO film "Stalin" with Robert Duvall playing Stalin? Absolutely fantastic. The music was great! Written by Stanislas Syrewicz . frosty
  4. "Show me the way to go home..." This is kinda weird, but I had only been listening to my ipod all day and no radio. I listened to both Jaws and Jaws 2 today without hearing anything about Roy Scheider. We'll miss you! Frosty
  5. I had the idea of taking the Musashi story and turning it into an opera. It couldn't be in one part though. Maybe three. A lot of work. I'm currently rehearsing a Missa Brevis I wrote for the choir that I conduct. Also conducting the "New World" Symphony for the orchestra i conduct, and as an encore (since the Missa Brevis and the New World Symphony are on the same concert) I'm going to conduct "Call of the Champions". I have also started sketching an orchestral piece that i hope to premier in June. I have a bit o'work to do. Frosty Actually it's a ballet. An opera on the life of Miyamoto Musashi would be as long as Die Walkure if not the entire Ring Cycle if done correctly. The ballet I'm doing is going to encompass Japanese No Theatre as well as a cross-section of traditional ballet and kendo/martial arts choreography. I've studied various forms of martial arts since I was 13 so I'm pretty well versed in a plethora of forms. I had thought of doing an opera on the Seven Samurai but I would need to get the rights to do so.... You are completely correct, it would be a huge undertaking to create an opera around the Musashi. The other ideas I had for operas are based on "47 Samurai", or "Hoichi the Earless". Good luck with your endeavors!!! Frosty
  6. I had the idea of taking the Musashi story and turning it into an opera. It couldn't be in one part though. Maybe three. A lot of work. I'm currently rehearsing a Missa Brevis I wrote for the choir that I conduct. Also conducting the "New World" Symphony for the orchestra i conduct, and as an encore (since the Missa Brevis and the New World Symphony are on the same concert) I'm going to conduct "Call of the Champions". I have also started sketching an orchestral piece that i hope to premier in June. I have a bit o'work to do. Frosty
  7. Yes it does. Thanks! Does it also have the One Barrel Chase track from Williams on Williams? No
  8. I got it through Music Dispatch because they use the same catalog numbers as Hal Leonard. 04490414 Jaws, Suite from-Deluxe Score. Use the number. Try calling in the order because their websight has not been updates yet. 800-637-2852 JWSE=John Williams Signature Edition
  9. I have just received the JWSE of Suite from JAWS. Knock yourselves out and order through your favorite retailer. Frosty
  10. For those of you interested... http://halleonard.com/item_detail.jsp?item...=john+williams+ Check it out Frosty
  11. Let me see: John Adams (had an hour long solo chat with him, very neat and gracious person) John Corigliano: Had an half-hour chat with him. Harrison Birtwistle (english avant-garde composer) very pleasant, music is noisy and uninteresting. Steve Reich: Very nice, detests Schoenberg. Thea Musgrave Samuel Adler (wrote a great orchestration book and was head of the comp department at Eastman) was a complete asshole. Hated everything about him. Marvin Hamlisch: Good guy and very supportive. Keith Lockhart (he doesn't count though) That's just the list of musicians.
  12. They do NOT get the music ahead of time. They will sight read at the session, rehearse and then record. They might record a piece 6 or 7 times. Most of the time they get it in 3 or 4 attempts, but there is also splicing and such and pick-ups where you might start in the middle of a piece and record to the end. Most of these musicians are getting upwards of $250-300 an hour to record these scores. Union regulations require a minimum of one 3-hour session. Since most scores have an hour or more of music, and you might get 8-12 minutes of music per day of recording, you can see how long it takes to record a score, but you also want to keep your costs down. Obviously the level of difficulty can vary, but 100% of the time you won't see these musicians practice the music before hand because they are busy. Most of these players are recording every day on various projects, so they don't have the time to practice new music. These players are PHENOMENAL!!! They can sight-read new music with 90-95% accuracy the first time! Thats why they get the gigs. First call Hollywood musicians can play rings around an average symphony-orchestra player. Plus the fact that they might not play with the same ensemble with every project, sometimes a different ensemble within the same project. If you look at the players used in some soundtracks, you might end up with more players per section than normal; not because that many players were used a a particular cue (although it is possible), but because you have different people sitting in on different days. Short story long, Hollywood musicians will make your eyes fall out because of their musical and technical ability. The LSO is one of the best sight-reading orchestras in the world. The thing that makes them sound phenomenal is the fact that they play together each day as an ensemble. Most Hollywood orchestras vary. Although it might be subtle, you can hear the difference between the two. Frosty
  13. In the Motion Picture Medley off of the Film Music of Jerry Goldsmith performed by the LSO, you can hear Jerry humming during the rendition of Air Force One at approx. 7:10 into the track.
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