Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I must go to ubeda someday....And add 10 composers to my blank list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odnurega1 0 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 He's pretty tall....I'm 5 feet, 4 inches, and he towered over me. My head is just above his shoulders. I have another picture of myself standing next to him while he is signing my "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" CD, and you can definitely see what I'm talking about. PS - Sorry about the original size of the first picture! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPFAN_2 0 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 What did he say? I mean anything other than the regular celebrity "thank you" and "sure" "have a nice day"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odnurega1 0 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 What did he say? I mean anything other than the regular celebrity "thank you" and "sure" "have a nice day"?The concert ended at 10:10 PM (give or take), and we waited until 11:30PM for him to finally come out the stage door. He walked right up to me, and as he was walking up he said "You waited this long for me"? I said "Yes", and told him I was a huge fan of his work, and that the concert was beautiful. He said a few more things about the concert, and then about why he didn't come out for such a long time (he was watching a film that somebody wanted him to watch), and then I left. All in all, I probably talked to him for about 2 or 3 minutes. It was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 It's cool that it was so personal, just you and him. :cool: Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 why he didn't come out for such a long time (he was watching a film that somebody wanted him to watch)Could be some director wants him to score his film???nah.. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,042 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I greatly envy anyone who's actually met the man and/or seen multiple film composers, but I feel very lucky to have seen John Williams in concert once nevertheless. It was last year's Hollywood Bowl performance in September. Our seats were quite far off, so views of the maestro were not at all impressive. Afterwards, we waited with a group of perhaps fifteen people behind the area where he might exit the facility. After a while, we could see him through a window in the door, conversing with someone inside. But he eventually left our view, and we were told a little while later that Maestro Williams was no longer at the Hollywood Bowl. Apparently he left via an underground parking garage or something. It was still very cool to be near the eyes, brain, and hands that have created so much of the music I care about. Had I met him, I probably wouldn't have asked for an autograph or photo or anything--I'd simply have thanked him for years of enjoyment and told him the truth, which was that this was the best concert I'd attended. (Then my family would have insisted on me taking a photo with him, knowing how much I enjoy his music...but I wouldn't ask myself. :cool: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmw331 2 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Well, I haven't met any composers yet, but I hope to next year because I will be attending the JW's performance at the Detroit Symphony in Michigan!! ....I know a few people who play in the DSO...maybe they can get me access to the back stage!!Ya never know :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Basil PoledourisJohn DebneyJohn FrizzellJohn OttmanJohn PowellJohn ScottBruce BroughtonDavid ArnoldTrevor JonesGabriel YaredShigeru UmebayashiChristopher YoungAlan SilvestriHans ZimmerHarry Gregson-WilliamsDario MarianelliEnnio MorriconeJohn CoriglianoAnd all of them, in less than 1 year and a half... :cool:I've met Christian Afonso:Chris ALfonso, have you changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 John Williams (1 time)Jerry Goldsmith (3 times). Steef and I spent most of that lovely evening of June 2001 at the Royal Albert Hall, London just looking up Jerry's backside from the front row just under Jerry's podium. And what a cute bum he had too. Jerry's not Steef's!! C'est tout pour maintenant. Alors.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I've met only Lalo Schifrin (played a concert with him) and John Corigliano(recorded his music and he was listening) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I've met only Lalo Schifrin (played a concert with him) and John Corigliano(recorded his music and he was listening)Yeah, nice recording, by the way! One of my favorite Corigliano CDs :cool: He seemed happy about it as well.Lalo seems a cool guy, I missed the chance to see him live 10 years ago. I hope he comes back for another concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Jerry Goldsmith (3 times). Steef and I spent most of that lovely evening of June 2001 at the Royal Albert Hall, London just looking up Jerry's backside from the front row just under Jerry's podium. And what a cute bum he had too. Jerry's not Steef's!! That doesn't count. You know very well that he didn't come out to meet fans at that concert. And neither did he in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Philip Glass - Twice. Once after 'Orion' at the Barbican in June 2004 and again the following morning as we were both checking out of the same hotel.Howard Shore - Vaguely, in the stage door scrum after the 'Lord of the Rings Symphony' at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2004.Michael Giacchino - After the Williams Hollywood Bowl concert in 2005. He seems to be there every year!Chris Tilton - At the Williams Hollywood Bowl rehearsal in 2006.John Williams - After the Hollywood Bowl rehearsal this year. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Basil PoledourisJohn DebneyJohn FrizzellJohn OttmanJohn PowellJohn ScottBruce BroughtonDavid ArnoldTrevor JonesGabriel YaredShigeru UmebayashiChristopher YoungAlan SilvestriHans ZimmerHarry Gregson-WilliamsDario MarianelliEnnio MorriconeJohn Coriglianogee... quite a List! :cool: <envy the half of it> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Howard Shore. From very far away...Bruce BroughtonJohn DebneyJohn ScottJohn PowellDavid ArnoldRoque BañosPascal GaigneChristopher SlatkiMarc VailloThat list is of course the main guys from Úbeda, though there were more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Hans ZimmerChristopher Young... and Peio, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I've only seen one- John Williams, At tanglewood in 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Philip Glass - Twice. Once after 'Orion' at the Barbican in June 2004 and again the following morning as we were both checking out of the same hotel.Now that *is* cool. Next time we're in London, I'll ask you for hotel recommendations. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scissorhands 16 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 ... and Peio, of course.That's so kind of you, although all I've done is a short feature in one night and with almost total freedom. It was a good experience though :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 John Williams, three times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Where did you guys meet Williams and HOW?!!?!?!Let's see at least 4 times at the back stage door at Tanglewood or Boston. Once just walking briskly by in Boston. I said to him "I'm a composer because of you!" He gave me thumbs up and a nod/smile. Once at the QA in the Berkshires (signed my CE3K sig edition above the strings intro).Howard Shore - Berklee - Michael Rendish, our filmscoring 101 teacher, surprised us saying we'd be spending the whole class with him. Was a great QA session. Quite a unique person to meet.-Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 John Williams, twice (Cleveland 2002 and Boston 2004), both times to briefly shake hands and get a couple autographs.Ray Barnsbury - who'd love to meet a few others as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Jerry Goldsmith (3 times). Steef and I spent most of that lovely evening of June 2001 at the Royal Albert Hall, London just looking up Jerry's backside from the front row just under Jerry's podium. And what a cute bum he had too. Jerry's not Steef's!! That doesn't count. You know very well that he didn't come out to meet fans at that concert. And neither did he in 2003.Marian,The thread is "which film composers have you seen in real life" and the answer I gave was that I'd seen Jerry Goldsmith 3 times in London and John Williams once in London. I never said anything about meeting Jerry after those concerts only that Steef and I got the closest to Jerry that we were ever going to get.Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salacius 7 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 John WilliamsJerry GoldsmithHoward Shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Where I am there are few chances for that sort of thing, but hey it's quality vs. quantity. Only Joel McNeely for me, which was a totally awesome experience that I wrote about here.We talked for about 20 min after a concert featuring his concert music down here and I made sure I made it count!He was super funny and friendly, they're just regular people like the rest of us, and sometimes really don't even realize they have big "fans" LOL Another I met, who isn't a film composer but writes filmic music, is Dutch composer Johan De Meij (who wrote the original LOTR Symphony), when I was in the Netherlands the world premiere of his 3rd Symphony took place in Rotterdam.I had my LOTR CD booklet (original from 1989) and here I was, this Texas girl among mostly old Dutch men, here in the US he would have been swarmed by band geeks but I was really the only one getting an autograph there, he was delighted and amused. Totally nice guy, and his 3rd Symphony 'Planet Earth' rocked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AI 0 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 I met Richard Rodney Bennet once, and he was a cock.He said something very derogatory about Goldsmith, in response to a question I asked him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Still no one yet, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Oh, I forgot to add Harry Gregson-Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 The thread is "which film composers have you seen in real life" and the answer I gave was that I'd seen Jerry Goldsmith 3 times in London and John Williams once in London. I never said anything about meeting Jerry after those concerts only that Steef and I got the closest to Jerry that we were ever going to get.That is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Jerry GoldsmithMichael Giacchino Trevor JonesVangelisBear McCrearyBill Brown Jesper Kyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 There have been so many great film music concerts and events in the last few years that I reckoned it would be nice to have an update on this thread from a few years ago. My list of 'spots' has grown considerably but I am sure plenty of you can add to your lists too. Here is the list of the ones wot I have seen:Craig ARMSTRONGDavid ARNOLDJames BERNARDElmer BERNSTEINLudovic BOURCEDirk BROSSEJohn CAMERONAlexandre DESPLATPatrick DOYLEAnne DUDLEYDanny ELFMANGeorge FENTONPhilip GLASSNick GLENNIE-SMITHBilly GOLDENBERGJerry GOLDSMITHHarry GREGSON-WILLIAMSChristopher GUNNINGRichard HARVEYNigel HESSJames HORNERTrevor JONESDario MARIANELLIJoel McNEELYEnnio MORRICONEMichael NYMANJohn OTTMANRachel PORTMANJohn POWELLZbigniew PREISNERAndre PREVINMichael PRICEHarry RABINOWITZLalo SCHIFRINJohn SCOTTHoward SHOREJohn WILLIAMSDebbie WISEMANHans ZIMMERRemember that you only have to have seen the composer with your own eyes, however fleetingly - you don't have to have got their autograph or slept with them or anything. List away, brethren! The more anecdotes about your close encounters, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,042 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I've seen John Williams and David Newman at concerts/events, and I've had the pleasure of meeting Michael Giacchino. I think that's it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Wow - that's some list, Omen II. I'm not aware of having seen any film composers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Let's see... David Arnold Klaus Badelt Christian Kolonovits Dirk Brossé Bruce Broughton (3 times?) Jerry Goldsmith (twice) James Horner Harald Kloser (twice) Ennio Morricone David Newman (3 times) Randy Newman Michael Nyman (twice) Lalo Schifrin Howard Shore Alan Silvestri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Some rarities in there, Marian. Hmmm, I need to bag at least one of the Newmans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I saw a George Fenton concert once. That's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Walters 0 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Howard Shore.Had dinner with him (and Doug Adams) and about a dozen other very fortunate guests a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,826 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Just Trevor Jones in a film music concert and discussion the day afterwards, here in Greece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 John Williams, Howard Shore, Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Hans Zimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Howard Shore.Had dinner with him (and Doug Adams) and about a dozen other very fortunate guests a few years back.Hey me too! Are you talking about New York City, October 2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hans ZimmerJames Newton HowardJohn Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Walters 0 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Howard Shore.Had dinner with him (and Doug Adams) and about a dozen other very fortunate guests a few years back. Hey me too! Are you talking about New York City, October 2010?Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 John Williams, Howard Shore, Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Hans ZimmerAlso Elliot Goldenthal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 John Williams Howard Shore Phil Collins Tony Banks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 John WilliamsJoel GoldsmithJohn AdamsJohn CoriglianoPhillip GlassDon DavisElliot GoldenthalJohn FrizzelJoel McNeelyJames HornerLalo SCHIFRINMarco BeltramiAaron ZigmanJohn ScottElia SmiralChristopher YoungDeborah LurieLaura KarpmanChris BaconChris LennertzJames Newton HowardTrevor JonesDario MarianelliAlexander DesplatDanny ElfmanHans ZimmerAlan MenkenHarry Gregson WilliamsJohn PowellJohn DebneyMichael GiacchinaoHoward ShoreBryan TylerTyler BatesBear McCrearyRyan ShoreLennie MooreAustin WintoryAlan SilvestryBruce BroughtonRon JonesJohn OttmanSteve JablonskyKlaus BadeltJames DooleyRandy EdelmanHarry Gregson WilliamsTravor RabinStephen SchwartzHoward ShoreAlan MenkenTrevor MorrisMichael J. MolloNathan WhiteheadPinar ToprakBlake NeelyRandy NewmanThomas NewmanJoey NewmanDavid NewmanPeople I regret not seeing/meeting:Leonard BernsteinBasil PoladorisJerry GoldsmithBernard HerrmannMiklos Rosza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Oh yeah, John Adams too if we're counting him. Between Williams, Shore, Goldenthal, and Zimmer, Zimmer was the most personable. Williams was the most generous with his time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,351 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Howard Shore. Had dinner with him (and Doug Adams) and about a dozen other very fortunate guests a few years back. Hey me too! Are you talking about New York City, October 2010? Indeed! Hey that's awesome! Is there an album of pictures from that dinner somewhere? I sat with John Takis and Jim Ware! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 John Williams and Ennio Morricone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Walters 0 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Howard Shore.Had dinner with him (and Doug Adams) and about a dozen other very fortunate guests a few years back. Hey me too! Are you talking about New York City, October 2010? Indeed!Hey that's awesome! Is there an album of pictures from that dinner somewhere?I sat with John Takis and Jim Ware!Unfortunately, no ... not that I'm aware of. I know I took more photos when I was there, but I can't for the life of me remember what happened to the files (I do have a few others from the B&N book signing that preceded the dinner, but that's the extent of my photos). If a collection exists anywhere, I'm not aware of it.Still, it was a wonderful experience all-'round. Howard was, as I remember, quiet and unassuming - and yet very accommodating and willing to answer questions and chat. Doug was, of course, quite gregarious. Despite the lack of photos, I have nothing but very fond memories.Small world, though, eh? Very cool that you were there, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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