Do Film Composers Have A Sense of Humor?
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 06:55 AM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 07:05 AM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 07:08 AM
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.
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 07:48 AM
1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:05 AM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 04:43 PM
Chris Young and Elliot Goldenthal have a good sense of humor, look at some of their track titles.
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 05:49 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 06:04 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 06:08 PM
And 'Tiger Balls' from Red Dragon.
There wasn't any other appropriate title for that track anyway.
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 06:17 PM
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"I owe a tremendous debt of gratitute do John Williams. Without his music, Superman's powers are greatly deminished. Believe me, if you try to fly without that theme, you go nowhere... one step, two steps and... down!" -- Christopher Reeve, May 1993
"John Williams will go down as one of the greatest composers." -- Leonard Slatkin, american conductor
"Ah yes, the Olympics. The quadrennial event where composer John Williams collects a hefty royalty check from NBC."
"Music is not a luxury but a necessity" - Robert Shaw
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 06:18 PM
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).
Most other composers would probably find some...different way to describe it.And 'Tiger Balls' from Red Dragon.
There wasn't any other appropriate title for that track anyway.
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 07:27 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 07:36 PM
- Patrick Bateman on the Maestro
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 07:48 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 07:59 PM
Also, just because someone has a sense of humor, they don't have to come with all sorts of funny track names.
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:06 PM
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.
1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:13 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:17 PM
1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:23 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:26 PM
1. Nightwatch/Killer By Night - Johnny Williams and Quincy Jones 2. Diamond Head/Gone with the Wave - Johnny Williams/Lalo Schifrin 3. Mass - Leonard Bernstein 4. Bernstein with the New York Philharmonic - Leonard Bernstein
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:30 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:30 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:55 PM
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Posted 21 January 2008 - 08:59 PM
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.
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Posted 22 January 2008 - 03:40 AM
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.
"Yes, he sounds like a real charmer"
"Never married, for some reason."
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
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"Only music can make the audience believe what they see. Only music can make fantasy reality." - John Williams
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Posted 22 January 2008 - 06:50 PM
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Posted 22 January 2008 - 11:27 PM
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"I owe a tremendous debt of gratitute do John Williams. Without his music, Superman's powers are greatly deminished. Believe me, if you try to fly without that theme, you go nowhere... one step, two steps and... down!" -- Christopher Reeve, May 1993
"John Williams will go down as one of the greatest composers." -- Leonard Slatkin, american conductor
"Ah yes, the Olympics. The quadrennial event where composer John Williams collects a hefty royalty check from NBC."
"Music is not a luxury but a necessity" - Robert Shaw
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Albert Einstein
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 12:17 AM
That being said,can anyone find Michael Kamens indian music in Die Hard 2?
Makes me laugh everytime...
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Posted 25 January 2008 - 10:56 PM
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Posted 25 January 2008 - 11:29 PM
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