Tom Guernsey 1433 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, Mr. Who said: That sucks. This movie would have been a good opportunity for Newman :/ Have we just missed out on Newman’s Cinema Paradiso?! It’s not like this kind of film feels like something that would benefit from a R&R score either. Oh well guess we just judge it on its own merits.* *we won’t, obviously 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 562 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Something clearly must have happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 693 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Orrrr he's been busy with the other commitments he has currently. Why does that never enter anyone's head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 1379 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Shame. The scores that have come out of the collaboration between Mendes and Newman always have been strong. Dissapointing to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 6823 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I don't think that at 66, Newman is looking for "opportunities", I think he looks for an happy retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 557 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Thomas Oldman Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 4506 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 This movie could've been an amazing oportunity for an atmospheric, emotional Newman score LSH and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7524 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I've just had an apostrophe. A bio-pic of Gary Numan, played by Gary Oldman, and scored by Thomas Newman. Jay and Tom Guernsey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 777 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Somebody on another forum has suggested that the award-winning potential of Reznor/Ross might be have been a persuasive move. Though it's more likely scheduling, I'd be interested in knowing what got in the way. I guess White Bird is imminent but The Last Voyage of the Demeter is still a full year away. Besides, depending on the development schedule of Empire Of Light, I'd have thought Mendes would have bagged Newman first chance he got. Unless things got moved around. Could be anything but I am disappointed. Given that Empire Of Light is a self-penned period piece with cinema as a centre-piece, this is essentially Mendes' The Fabelmans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2509 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Given that Mendes wanted to work with Newman on Skyfall over Arnold, it would surprise me if he were to abandon his longtime collaborator so easily. Unless it really is just scheduling, or if somehow Mendes didn't have a say. Perhaps all it takes is a producer or studio who's desperate for awards for a particular movie and tells Mendes to use R/R or the movie doesn't happen. Someone at FSM suggested that Mendes had forced Newman to sound like Zimmer for 1917 (and some later bits do), but if that's true, who knows whether that was really him making some creative changes or someone higher up forcing his hand? Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 562 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Newman has nothing that would cause scheduling issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2188 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Producer call I’m sure. Marianelli was fired off of Pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 557 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 What does Pan (2015 film) have to do with this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 562 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Koray Savas said: Producer call I’m sure. Marianelli was fired off of Pan. Highly doubt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2188 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Drew said: What does Pan (2015 film) have to do with this? Just an example of a long running director-composer collaboration that was interrupted by a studio decision. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7524 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Just an example of a long running director-composer collaboration that was interrupted by a studio decision. ... like THE COLOR PURPLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 562 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 https://bit.ly/3DfcwG2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 777 Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WampaRat 1095 Posted October 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 12, 2022 Brand New(man) interview. Nice hour long interview where he plays the piano occasionally. Love this man’s achingly beautiful work. Somebody please give him an Oscar? Lol Disco Stu, GerateWohl, Quppa and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 777 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, WampaRat said: Brand New(man) interview. Nice hour long interview where he plays the piano occasionally. Love this man’s achingly beautiful work. Somebody please give him an Oscar? Lol Excellent stuff. I enjoy Rick Beato's analytical videos of popular music so this was a nice surprise. WampaRat and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1095 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Yeah it was great to hear him get real granular with someone else who clearly understands music. It wasn’t just the usual broad overview of his filmography. Side note: I had a “world music” teacher who looked and sounded exactly Thomas Newman. In fact, I’m pretty sure it was him now😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 It's very interesting to note the ways in which Thomas and David's personalities are quite similar, and the ways they are very different. It seems to me that David is much more socially comfortable in an interview setting, that talking just comes more easily, but I would say (with respect) that Thomas is more insightful. WampaRat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2509 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Nice to see an interview that isn't just a fan asking questions that invite answers that people 'want' to hear. There's some nice musical analysis there that's accessible to those like me. WampaRat and Trope 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15468 Posted October 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2022 Listening to him lay out matter-of-factly what digital editing software, in combination with advances in sampling/mockup software, has done to the scoring process is very disheartening to me, even though he's not describing it in an overly negative way at all. I don't mean how it's changed the actual composing process, or the musical sounds/techniques available to composers, but how it gives directors/producers heretofore unprecedented ability to micro-manage the score. It makes so much sense, indeed it seems an inevitable consequence of what the process has become, that the number of scores that feel special or noteworthy has decreased considerably over the past 20 years. This is all stuff I've heard and read before, but Thomas is just crystallizing some thoughts for me. TSMefford, HunterTech and WampaRat 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 698 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 This is simply the best video on YouTube.. 82 minute interview with Thomas Newman. Words can't describe how great this is... And I'm not even a big fan, but that's due to not being all that familair with his scores. Well, I know who I'll be deep diving into this week. Whatever you're doing now, stop it, and watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15468 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 @pete the video was posted in this very thread above already and we were discussing it! I'm glad Beato spent so much time with Shawshank. It may be a bit obvious, but I think it certainly will always be the foundation of Newman's legacy. Plus, I freakin' love it! It made me wish that audio commentaries were still a thing and that Newman would do a bunch of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 777 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 We need way more interviews like this, with playback and analysis. Beato has scrutinised other film composers work on his channel so hopefully he can arrange more interviews. I would have liked to see Newman play that piano more however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 31027 Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, pete said: This is simply the best video on YouTube.. 82 minute interview with Thomas Newman. Words can't describe how great this is... And I'm not even a big fan, but that's due to not being all that familair with his scores. Well, I know who I'll be deep diving into this week. Whatever you're doing now, stop it, and watch. Serious question: How did you arrive at this thread excited to post this video, and not notice that the 6 most recent posts in the thread were already discussing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foundling 11 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Jay said: Serious question: How did you arrive at this thread excited to post this video, and not notice that the 6 most recent posts in the thread were already discussing it? Does it really matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 698 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Jay said: Serious question: How did you arrive at this thread excited to post this video, and not notice that the 6 most recent posts in the thread were already discussing it? I must have just clicked on the first page because the most recent post I saw was a few years ago. Oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JNHFan2000 1379 Posted October 15, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2022 I watched the interview this morning. It's wonderful to see a film composer gets such an extended interview. You don't see that often. It's truly great to watch. Newman seems very at ease and it looks like he really enjoys the questions (which are really good). As some have said, not just the 'usual' questions. Wonderful stuff. enderdrag64, LSH and Trope 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JNHFan2000 1379 Posted February 7 Popular Post Share Posted February 7 A new Pixar score by Newman. Wonderful news!!! I'm immediately hoping for something good so they can finally give him the Oscar! TSMefford, Trope, mrbellamy and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 4506 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Great! Newman's Pixar scores are usually pretty good. Judging by the trailer I think his score will be very "quirky". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 777 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 52 minutes ago, JNHFan2000 said: A new Pixar score by Newman. Wonderful news!!! I'm immediately hoping for something good so they can finally give him the Oscar! YES! I became very doubtful that Newman would ever return to Pixar - after his involvement in The Good Dinosaur fell through and with the studio's recent diversifying in the composer department - so this is amazing news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 557 Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 31027 Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Less Than Zero is back in stock https://lalalandrecords.com/less-than-zero-limited-edition/ bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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