filmmusic

Do i hear the Penguin theme from "batman returns" in Finding Absolem?

Thank you very much John for your details on this. My intent of course was not to say that film music analyses are only to be addressed to those who know music. It's just that academic musicological analyses of film scores don't exist (except for a couple of examples) and I believe people like me who have studied music for a lot of years, would be anxious to read such books for educational reasons (details about the construction of themes, the musical connection between them, the tonalities used and what they do represent, if there is a tonal plan and what does it want to show etc.) Aspiring to be a film composer, I really would love to read more books on this subject that would help me understand more.. that doesn't mean of course that I discard any other effort that is not addressed to musicians..

Well, just the first half of it with the historical stuff.. I haven't understood what is this book about. Is it gonna be a musicological analysis, or a description of the score for the musically illiterate? Oh, never mind, i just saw the site for this book, and from what i understand it's perhaps the second..

they are good. there aren't many books such as those out there. half the book is about historical stuff (about the film, about the composer) and the other half is analysis of the music which is addressed to musicians, musicologists and generally people who know music.. It says about the motifs, the themes, how they are used in the film with written examples etc..

Searching the net for theses or dissertations concerning John Williams, i found somehere this: "[Dr Mark Brownrigg]..is currently writing [...]a monograph on John Williams’ music for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) for Scarecrow." now, i believe this would be for the film score guide series of Scarecrow Press which has released other film music analyses such as Batman, English Patient, Adventures of Robin Hood, ice Storm etc. I'm looking forward to reading this!! ( i already have read Batman and English Patient)

I am sure that i had read somewhere here that Anakin's theme is based on 12-tone technique, but I can't figure out how..

I just watched the Hurt Locker! an oscar nomination for its music?? Seriously? what music?? I don't get it...

Thank you all very much for your suggestions. that was great! i hadn't imagined that someone could hold in the same hand both a mallet AND a bow!

Hello. i'm not sure if anyone here plays the marimba but i have some questions. i was asked to write a trio which includes a marimba. i was thinking of using the bowing technique in the 2nd movement. so i want the player to have 2 bows , one in each hand. - is it possible to play 2 notes simultaneously that way, one in white keys and one in black? i say this becasue the one hand should be in front of the instrument and the other should be behind the instrument. - also is it possible to play a melody (always bowing) that would include notes in white and black keys? (e.g. Do -Mib- Sol - Fa#) and if it is, how fast could it be the most (e.g. 8ths in adagio? )

I totally agree!! "A Single Man" is one of the best scores I've heard for years..

WOW!!!! let's find the compelte handwritten score now.. hehehe... does anyone know, the 2cd bootleg of Black Sunday has more music than this i assume, or lots of alternates and unused material? PS: i have the movie in dvd too. it's a decent film...

The thing that impressed me the most is the measured tremolo! i'm not sure about the legato stuff which is better: Lass or hollywood strings..

Thanks! i thought so too that it sounded like disney towards the end.

Both are great!!! Well done! here's my latest contribution. The music I made for a short animation film: REMEMBER (02:25'') - Short animation film

I've just listened to the fisrt 4 tracks and continuing. Doesn't anyone think that he overused the traditional christmas songs?

I would be particularly interested in this. thank you for your effort!

Excellent job to both of you!

thanks!

I'm sure this isn't what you're after Swordfish, but I wanted to point out the wonderful and more daring string writing in the Arlington track from JFK soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0MPLdRhDZg

Hello again. Here's the end credits from the music I just finished for a short film (40 minutes duration). and here's the trailer of the film itself with an edit of the director of 2-3 cues of the music:

2 small scenes from the romantic fantasy drama "A time for the heart" with my music.

Not bad, but it seems a bit grand for the rather bleak visual. imho. I didn't know what it would show. I was asked to write the music (20 seconds), and then they adopted the visuals to the music..

Great work Jeremy! Congratulations! Here's a very short music cue, the music for the logo of a film company: and my Youtube channel. Currenty have uploaded only the End credits of the romantic fantasy drama " A time for the Heart": http://www.youtube.com/ZacharopoulosK

Ok, thanks.. Got it now..