King Mark 3,625 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 I was wondering,isn't the music in the main titles from Looney Tunes cartoons?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Horner did Honey I shrunk the kids? wow, he has done tons of movies of that sort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codanai 0 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 I haven't heard the Main Title in forever, and I can't find any samples of it online, but I've always heard that the music sounds like Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. I'm not sure of that, but I am sure that Bruce Broughton's score to the sequel sounds like Gershwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Raymond Scott's Powerhouse + Nino Rota's Amarcord = James Horner's Honey, I Got Threatened with a LawsuitIn answer to your question, though...Powerhouse is the one you are thinking of.This one's really pathetic. I think the man should've gone to jail for it, but instead he just paid off Raymond Scott's people, and now they get money everytime the film airs on TV (like tomorrow on TCM, as a matter of fact). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 What was Powerhouse originally composed for?K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Here's some info. Looks like it may not have been intended for catoons, but WB bought the rights to it and used it in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 For what it's worth, in the main title Raymond Scotts 'Powerhouse' crops up alongside Nino Rota's 'Amarcord'. The scott was used in numerous Warner cartoons.More interestingly, the love theme remembers me of Billy Joel's 'Leningrad'....the melodic line (and a long one at that) is very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 4, 2006 Author Share Posted June 4, 2006 Here's some info. Looks like it may not have been intended for catoons, but WB bought the rights to it and used it in them.thank you ,all my questions are answered and Horner did rip it off blatently.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongHit 0 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Wow, this tidbit from the FAQ at RaymondScott.com is certainly interesting:Q: Was Johnny Williams, drummer for the 1930s Raymond Scott Quintette, related to JOHN WILLIAMS, the famous film score (JAWS, STAR WARS, etc.) composer ?A: Yes, they are father and son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyecks 33 Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Ahh, very interesting indead. I had no idea about this lawsuit, or anything! I always thought that HISTK sounded, in parts, to of been composed by Elfman. It has the same kind of "Breakfast Machine" from Pee Wee's feel to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Horner also ripped off Grusin's theme to the Goonies, the scene where they find the giant marshmellow cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 Q: Was Raymond Scott's music used in the Disney film HONEY, I SHRUNK THE.KIDS-?A: The film score was written by noted klepto-composer* James Horner, who cleverly appropriated Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" in approx. 17 scenes, without crediting Scott. Disney was threatened with a lawsuit by Scott's publishers, and after a year of negotiation, the matter was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Although the film's screen credits were not revised, the film's cue sheets (music logs) were revised to reflect a dozen or so uses of "Powerhouse." This means Scott's heirs and publishers earn performance revenue through ASCAP when the film airs on TV and elsewhere. (* see New Yorker magazine, March 9, 1998) K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Horner is a hack!J/kBut well, sometimes, he IS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongHit 0 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 So... what's the story with JW's father? Was the fact that he was a famous musician in the 1930s Raymond Scott group how JW got his start in professional music? Interesting to me that Raymond Scott's music is famous as soundtrack fodder... Also, the Cantina song from STAR WARS actually sounds a lot like the Raymond Scott hits that JW's father played on... could there have been a direct influence in style(s) too? I can't help but ponder the details of JW's early years & the influence his father may have had on him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PongHit 0 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 So... what's the story with JW's father? Was the fact that he was a famous musician in the 1930s Raymond Scott group how JW got his start in professional music? Interesting to me that Raymond Scott's music is famous as soundtrack fodder... Also, the Cantina song from STAR WARS actually sounds a lot like the Raymond Scott hits that JW's father played on... could there have been a direct influence in style(s) too? I can't help but ponder the details of JW's early years & the influence his father may have had on him...Bumpity-bump!Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 56 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Well, I know that John Williams played in jazz groups himself, perhaps taking after his father in this sense.This, as far as I've been told, is how he got 'in.' He played Piano for his jazz group, Augies something or other (hence the title of the Episode I track) and then started out as a studio pianist for film recordings....Eventually becomming an orchestrator when he was then asked to write music for TV and then Film.And I'm sure the fact that he went to Julliard helped some lolOne such score he played the piano on is a film score written by Elmber Bernstein for the film 'To Kill a Mockingbird." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 He's also played on several Henry Mancini scores and played for Goldsmith as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Johnny "Fingers" Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 "Fingers"?Sounds vulgar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 You adolescant perv! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Well, you brought it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 It indicates the pianist's skill on the keys, get your mind out of the gutter you little porno freak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Of course it does. It was a joke.For f***'s sake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 And you are watching Batman & Robin for god sake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 No, I had to go do something else after an hour, or I'd've driven my head into the wall. Notice it says I "attempted to endure."Really, that microwave smilie pretty much sums up the experience of trying to sit through that piece of garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 You'd think George Clooney as Batman would be a good idea...Schumacher is a terrible director when at any point he's allowed to do something camp (Phantom Of The Opera is further proof) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 For a while I thought that Schumacher had not made any good films. Then I saw Falling Down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 You'd think George Clooney as Batman would be a good idea...Yes it would have, in the hands of a good director. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 If he stopped nodding his head when speaking, he might have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 If he stopped nodding his head when speaking, he might have been.I always thought Steven Seigal looked like some of the Batman comics. When he wasn't fat. And of course, he would have to lose the pony tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 The role is in quite good hands now, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 You'd think George Clooney as Batman would be a good idea...Yes it would have, in the hands of a good director.Schumacher can go either way depending on the material, and his ultimate vision of the film. For his two Batman films, both were ill-conceived. However, I don't think it's fair to say he's a bad director, just an inconsistent one. He's made a few interesting films, like Tigerland, The Client and Flatliners.Admittedly, I'm also interested in his forthcoming movie The Number 23. Could be good.Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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