KK 3,307 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 I thought the Goldsmith cameos in the Goldsmith thread were really cool, and then it had me thinking, how many other composers got the chance to score a cameo on their film. I cant list many, but Id like to see who got so lucky. Has Williams ever had a cameo? Seriously doubt it. But how about the stars of the younger generation, like Giacchino?Here are a few I found:HOWARD SHOREShore getting Drunk: Shore conducting Steiner's King Kong in Jackson's King Kong (although you can barely see him):JOHN BARRYBarry appearing as conductor in Deadfall: Barry conducting orchestra in The Living Daylights:JERRY GOLDSMITHBoth Goldsmith and Spielberg are together in this one for the Gremlins (already been mentioned in the Goldsmith thread):JAMES HORNERHorner walking down in Star Trek II:BERNARD HERRMANNConducting (as usual) the orchestra in The Man Who Knew Too Much:DANNY ELFMANHard to believe, but thats actually him in The Gift:Anything else to share guys? I know I missed a lot!DAFT PUNKDuring the club scene during Tron Legacyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CounIhWOdtM publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 John Williams should've been conducting the orchestra in Home Alone 2. What a missed opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Elfman has appeared in lots of movies if you also include his Oingo Boingo performances. And even starred in stuff like FORBIDDEN ZONE as an actor (where he played Satan). In fact, he appeared as a savage tribesman as early as 1977, in I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN:A very young John Williams appears as pianist in the TV series STACCATO (1959). Check him out at 0:38 here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aJurlPQmys&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 John Williams played Mr. Hammond in Jurassic Park, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 John Williams played Mr. Hammond in Jurassic Park, right?Hehe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Maybe if John was actually interested in movies he'd have secured a couple of cameos in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Didn't John Malkovich shoot her dead a few years later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Howard Shore was in an SNL sketch called "Howard Shore and his All Nurse Band." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Christopher Young appears in Spiderman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannhauser 101 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Harry Gregson Williams voiced a squirrel in Prince Caspian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Basil Poledouris appeared as an extra in some old STAR TREK episodes.And here:And as a Nazi in an episode of PATTERNS OF FORCE:Lalo Schifrin appears as conductor in Brett Ratner's RED DRAGON: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Basil Poledouris appeared as an extra in some old STAR TREK episodes.Was that ever confirmed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 And here's the one of Elfman as Satan in FORBIDDEN ZONE (where he touches a woman's naked boobs, among other things):Basil Poledouris appeared as an extra in some old STAR TREK episodes.Was that ever confirmed?Yes, here:http://www.filmscore...mID=1&archive=0Poledouris told this himself to Lukas Kendall.Didn't John Malkovich shoot her dead a few years later?Shoot who dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Giacchino appears in Super 8, but I've never seen him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,664 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Christopher Young appears in Spiderman 3 What scene is that? I haven't seen the movie lately, but I'm sure I'd have noticed something that prominent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I noticed it immediately when I saw SPIDERMAN 3. Can't remember the scene exactly (it's been a while since I saw the film in theatres), but they were entering some sort of concert hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sarton 0 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Roque Baños appears a lot in "Oxford Murders". He is the orchestra conductor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once 604 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Henry Mancini appears in the opening titles to Son of the Pink Panther from 1993.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR5LA-8m3nE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Christopher Young appears in Spiderman 3 What scene is that? I haven't seen the movie lately, but I'm sure I'd have noticed something that prominent.I think it was in a scene involving Mary Jane's musical rehearsal at the theater. I remember spotting Young while watching the film as well although I think I knew to expect him, having heard of his cameo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 You're right, it's that scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Giacchino appears in Super 8, but I've never seen him.I heard he was playing Deputy Chawford in the scene with the radio not working, but frankly I don't remember it...Maybe if John was actually interested in movies he'd have secured a couple of cameos in them.He was interested in a lot of the films he scored, but I guess he just wasn't interested in actually appearing in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,630 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Williams has a cameo in Sabrina as the pianist at the outdoor party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST-321 4 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Excellent thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Miklos Rozsa had a cameo in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes as a ballet conductor.http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/miklos-rozsa.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Doesn't John Williams appear in the film Blown Away, conducting an orchestra? Also, Trevor Rabin can be seen clearly near the beginning of yuletide sobfest Jack Frost playing his guitar. Patrick Doyle has had cameos in quite a few films, including Henry V, Dead Again (as a policeman) and Frankenstein (where he can be seen conducting, I think).Bernard Herrmann's cameo deserves to be seen in full if you've never watched it before (great piece of music by Arthur Benjamin too):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoKtN-4--0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Doesn't John Williams appear in the film Blown Away, conducting an orchestra? Also, Trevor Rabin can be seen clearly near the beginning of yuletide sobfest Jack Frost playing his guitar. Patrick Doyle has had cameos in quite a few films, including Henry V, Dead Again (as a policeman) and Frankenstein (where he can be seen conducting, I think).I can't remember having seen Williams in BLOWN AWAY, but Doyle also happens to be educated as an actor, so he has appeared in several things, and not only as an extra. He has a pronounced role in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, for example.Williams has a cameo in Sabrina as the pianist at the outdoor party.Really? I missed that.Something a la the STACCATO clip above, then, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Quincy Jones is in the opening of Austin Powers in Goldmember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I can't remember having seen Williams in BLOWN AWAY, but Doyle also happens to be educated as an actor, so he has appeared in several things, and not only as an extra. He has a pronounced role in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, for example.Yes. In Henry he "only" sings and stands in some background shots, but I don't know if his "character" is in the original play. In Much Ado he actually does play a role credited by Shakespeare, though again it's just singing and quite a bit of background interaction.He does have a genuine acting role in Chariots of Fire as far as I know, but I've never seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 If memory serves, "Blown Away" used some archival footage of a Hatch Shell concert, hence John Williams being in picture. From what I recall of the movie, there were some close ups, but for that, there was some actor performing as conductor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score_Fan 36 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Christopher Young appears in Spiderman 3You suck, i was gonna use this one. He was also the conductor at the beginning of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 John Williams should've been conducting the orchestra in Home Alone 2. What a missed opportunity.True! If I remember correctly, IMDb for some time actually incorrectly listed Williams actually cameoing as a conductor in Carnegie Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movied 24 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I complied a list of cameos on my blog:http://musicbehindthescreen.blogspot.com/2012/02/composer-cameos.htmlI'd love to add any screenshots you can come up with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I complied a list of cameos on my blog:http://musicbehindth...ser-cameos.htmlI'd love to add any screenshots you can come up with!Well, you could add the Elfman one above, from I NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN (1977). There are also a gazillion appearances as Oingo Boingo, as I mentioned, but they may be beside the point.And the Poledouris ones.There are also some other mentioned here that you don't have on your list, although some of them have youtube videos instead of a screen grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Randy Newman had a voice cameo appearance as "Cousin Randy" in The Princess and the Frog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Williams has a cameo in Sabrina as the pianist at the outdoor party.That's no Williams. Unless Williams had grayish hair and a pony tail back in 1995... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Williams has a cameo in Sabrina as the pianist at the outdoor party.That's no Williams. Unless Williams had grayish hair and a pony tail back in 1995...Reminded me of a certain composer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,260 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 It sure did... though by that time his hair was totally white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 A very young John Williams appears as pianist in the TV series STACCATO (1959). Check him out at 0:38 here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aJurlPQmys&feature=relatedWoah! Never seen that before, that was awesome! Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 It's pretty cool. I just wish you could see more of the band (and Williams) before Cassavettes leaves the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Doesn't John Williams appear in the film Blown Away, conducting an orchestra? Also, Trevor Rabin can be seen clearly near the beginning of yuletide sobfest Jack Frost playing his guitar. Patrick Doyle has had cameos in quite a few films, including Henry V, Dead Again (as a policeman) and Frankenstein (where he can be seen conducting, I think).Also in As You Like It (he sings the song).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1tGE2_moIk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,153 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Randy Newman had a voice cameo appearance as "Cousin Randy" in The Princess and the Frog.Not just voice, Cousin Randy also bears an uncanny visual resemblance to Newman: According to IMDb, he was supposed to voice a major character originally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,270 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Alexandre Desplat was spotted in costume on the set of George Clooney's The Monuments Men:http://www.popsugar.com/Matt-Damon-George-Clooney-Set-Monuments-Men-30659165?slide=1&image_nid=30659183I wonder how big his role is. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 758 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Marc Shaiman in..The Adams FamilyThe Wedding PlannerDown with LoveBroadcast NewsChristopher Young in Spiderman 3Our very own JW in an episode of Johnny Staccato (1959)Miklos Rozsa in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)David Newman in The Runestone (1991)Henry Mancini in Son of the Pink Panther (1993)Danny Elfman in Forbidden Zone (1982) publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Alexandre Desplat was spotted in costume on the set of George Clooney's The Monuments Men:http://www.popsugar.com/Matt-Damon-George-Clooney-Set-Monuments-Men-30659165?slide=1&image_nid=30659183I wonder how big his role is.And doesn't he just look the part, right down to the beret and that red scarf. Isn't that how all French men look like? I bet he has an accordion and fake moustache and a baguette hidden somewhere in that wagon they are sitting in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Yep quintessentially French! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Danny Elfman in Back To SchoolJerry Goldsmith as the piano player In Harms Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Jerry makes one gesture and women fall on their knees for him!What a man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,451 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 That IN HARM'S WAY clip was cool. Hadn't seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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