artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Nothing like this would ever exist, but if there ever was to be a sort of "Mount Rushmore"-like monument, hewn from a mountain, a tribute to film music composers, who would the four be? Taking everything into account....JW's bald head would work nicely into a natural boulder formation, and JG's long hair would likewise be a nice design element...Of course, JW and JG would have to keep it separated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Probably Bernard Herrmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 4 out of the following:KorngoldHerrmannWaxmanRozsaNorthGoldsmithWilliams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Goldsmith flanked on both sides by Herrmann and Horner with Williams looking on with glee from the Lincoln position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,070 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Bernard Herrmann..simply because he scored it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Nicholas Hooper, James Horner, Gustavo Santaolalla, Hans Zimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,253 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 4 out of the following:KorngoldHerrmannWaxmanRozsaNorthGoldsmithWilliamsIs this what *you* would pick or what you think "they" would pick? If it's "them", I don't think Goldsmith would make the list, but Steiner might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 4 out of the following:KorngoldHerrmannWaxmanRozsaNorthGoldsmithWilliamsOut of that list, Goldsmith probably doesn't make it.I'd go for Korngold, Williams, Rosza, Herrmann.Goldsmith never had impact on the public.Although I'm sure there are some here who are willing to rip my head off for saying this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Goldsmith never had impact on the public.Although I'm sure there are some here who are willing to rip my head off for saying this.Brave of you, boy, to make such a comment. And the most foolish I've heard in a long, long time. You won't be so "Fatty" by the time some of us are finished with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Bernard Herrmann..simply because he scored it. Brilliant.Of course, I had my secret wishlist:HerrmannKorngoldGoldsmithWilliams(it was hard to leave out Waxman, whose music I love, but we're talking superstars here!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on....the man was the first composer to win back to back Oscars. He deserves some recognition. How about Waxman and Santaolalla with Alfred Newman and Alan Menken??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 216 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Steiner, Korngold, Rozsa, and Williams. That seems about right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Steiner, Korngold, Rozsa, and Williams. That seems about right to me.Substitute Herrmann for Rozsa and I think we have a winner. I love Rozsa, but Herrmann's scores are generally better known, and the man was a genius! Besides, how wonderful to have a 100-foot statue of Herrmann's bizarre features terrifying the children staring up at it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Brausam 216 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Hmm, yeah, I could go with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 My personal Mount Rushmore: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 KorngoldRoszaSteinerHerrmannGoldsmithWilliamsA. Newman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 658 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 The only two I'm absolutely certain deserve a place on that momument are Williams and Goldsmith.Herrmann . . . almost certainly the number three pick.The fourth would have to be one of the Golden Age composers, but I'm just not knowledgeable enough to say who. Somebody has to be considered to be the father of film music as we know it, and whoever that is, that's who it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Who would actually be on it?Judging by pure affect, probably:WilliamsZimmer (not joking--whether you like it or not, he has majorly impacted a good portion ofthe modern film scores)SteinerHerrmannMy personal opinion:WilliamsNewton HowardElfmanZimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Brilliant...simply brilliant. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Monty NormanJohn BarryMarvin HamlischDavid Arnold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 No Bill Conti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 It was a tough choice for just four (your eyes only). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 But surely Conti's score is 100 times than that dud of a score which was nominated in the same breath as SW and CE3K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Now, there has to be a mountain for Bond composers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 My personal Mount Rushmore:What's a Chinaman doing on Mount Rushmore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 But surely Conti's score is 100 times than that dud of a score which was nominated in the same breath as SW and CE3KNobody does it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,253 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 What's a Chinaman doing on Mount Rushmore?The chinaman is not the issue here.Somebody has to be considered to be the father of film music as we know it, and whoever that is, that's who it should be.That's Steiner and Korngold. Steiner wrote what is considered the first real film score (King Kong), and while both came from Austria, Korngold had even more impact in bringing the late/post romantic Strauss sound to Hollywood. Personally, I think Steiner has done some great stuff and is certainly important for being the first, but ultimately I find him overrated. Most of what I've heard by him sounds too much like (very skilled) routine, with too many quotations well-known themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I generally disliked the Austrian influence they brought to film music.No offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 658 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 My personal Mount Rushmore:What's a Chinaman doing on Mount Rushmore?Heavy chiseling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,253 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I generally disliked the Austrian influence they brought to film music.No offense.You dislike Star Wars? <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming....I'd love to see Eva Marie Saint sliding down JW's bald head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 You dislike Star Wars? :cool:Notice my use of the word generally.I find Williams approach a little more sophisticated then many of the cookie-cutter Steiner and Korngold scores I've heard, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming....I'd love to see Eva Marie Saint sliding down JW's bald head.His glasses would be her salvation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,253 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Agreed on much Steiner, as I said above. But you can't get much more sophisticated than Korngold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming....I'd love to see Eva Marie Saint sliding down JW's bald head.His glasses would be her salvation.Well that wouldn't be very sporting, using real glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming....I was about to suggest someone clever with photoshop do something like this. I didn't have to! :cool: Brilliant.I still don't think Goldsmith, marvellous though his music is, sits very comfortably alongside the true greats. I know there are many here who disagree, and quite right too, what kind of a world would it be if everyone agreed? Well, it would be great if everyone agreed with me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I still don't think Goldsmith, marvellous though his music is, sits very comfortably alongside the true greats.I've killed bigger men for less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,253 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming....I'd love to see Eva Marie Saint sliding down JW's bald head.His glasses would be her salvation.Well that wouldn't be very sporting, using real glasses.Quite an architectural accomplishment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Bloody right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming....I'd love to see Eva Marie Saint sliding down JW's bald head.His glasses would be her salvation.Well that wouldn't be very sporting, using real glasses.Quite an architectural accomplishment though.It was just a bloody studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 Come on, you knew it was coming....I'd love to see Eva Marie Saint sliding down JW's bald head.His glasses would be her salvation.Well that wouldn't be very sporting, using real glasses.Yeah, they'd have to be lenseless frames up there. If not, then there'd be a certain "death hour" every day, when the sun would hit through those lenses just right and fry the helpless tourists below like ants. :cool:I knew there'd be a multitude of opinions, but I must admit that I'm surprised at how many of us do not believe Goldsmith would belong there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 58 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 He belongs in a museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 So do you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Goldsmith doesn't belong up there. He is one of the greatest composers of all time, but not Top 4. Williams may not even be either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith are two automatic faces as far as I'm concerned.Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Miklos Rozsa and Alex North would be the other 4 to pick two from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Miklos Rozsa and Alex North would be the other 4 to pick two from.I would put all these except replace North with Korngold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artyjeffrey 20 Posted September 21, 2008 Author Share Posted September 21, 2008 Please educate me briefly about Alex North. What is his major piece of work? Spartacus?I wonder what we'd call this monument. "Mount Scoremore"? Nah, sounds obscene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 http://alexnorthmusic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Goldsmith doesn't belong up there. He is one of the greatest composers of all time, but not Top 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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