Popular Post chuck 154 Posted August 30, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2013 Sad that no one is posting Bear McCreary's tweets about his mentor Elmer Bernstein wonderful quotes of wisdom in here:https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ElmerWisdom&src=hashBear McCreary:I was fortunate to work with legendary composer Elmer Bernstein for the last decade of his life. He was my mentor, friend & first employer. When I first arrived in LA, from the ages 18-21, I sat on Elmer's film scoring class at USC & wrote down every single word he said.I recently discovered my old notebooks... & found I had underlined 25 Elmer Bernstein quotes that caught my attention as a young composer. The quotes are as relevant today as they were then, and offer a glimpse into Elmer's creative process & political savvy.For the next five weeks, I will post one Bernstein quote each business day...-"Respect the film. You don't have to like it." #ElmerWisdom-"Reactions to movies don't change. Only techniques [in making movies.]" #ElmerWisdom-"Rich chords are not as scary as thin chords" #ElmerWisdom- "Assume every person in the theater will experience the score once. Decide what you can communicate that people can absorb right away." #ElmerWisdom-"If you don't enjoy the process, don't get into the business. Enjoy what you're doing, when you're doing it." #ElmerWisdom-"Avoid talking about music with the filmmaker. Instead, ask "What the audience should be feeling?'" #ElmerWisdom-"People look down on you when you criticize or belittle others. Don't do it." #ElmerWisdom-"No good score will ever be written if the director is always interfering." #ElmerWisdom-"When a director knows exactly what he wants [from the score], he doesn't need a composer." #ElmerWisdom-"I don't think there is anything in your entire life that can confuse you as quickly as a filmmmaker." #ElmerWisdom-"Never fear your talented competitors. Fear the charlatans." #ElmerWisdom-"To deny what a film is about is death for the film and score alike. #ElmerWisdom-"If a filmmaker ever says 'Look, I just don't know enough about music, that's what you're here for' go to your local church, get on your knees & thank God." #ElmerWisdom-"When people remember your scores, they're really remembering the film & the film experience. Not the music, just the association, because the music worked for them." #ElmerWisdom-"In the long run, you're judged by how you helped the film, not how many records you sold." #ElmerWisdom-"Focus on who you are, what you're willing to do or not to do. Don't prostitute yourself." #ElmerWisdom-"Temp music: BAD." #ElmerWisdom-"Everybody on a film thinks they have two jobs: their own... and music." #ElmerWisdom-"If things keep going this way, there will be no more great scores." (1999) #ElmerWisdom-"Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing." (1999) #ElmerWisdom-"If you get a chance to do the job, even if it's going to be a mess, do it." #ElmerWisdom-"You can't change the system. You have to deal with it the way it is." #ElmerWisdom-"There is a mystical element to a flute in its low register." #ElmerWisdom-"Filmmakers tend to be comfortable when we're comfortable, which happens when we're ourselves." #ElmerWisdom KK, crocodile, mrbellamy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 You know, I have a feeling it's the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 -"Respect the film. You don't have to like it." #ElmerWisdom Did Bernstein also give that piece of advice to Goldsmith? This one too, I hope: -"In the long run, you're judged by how you helped the film, not how many records you sold." #ElmerWisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 And it's sad Elmer did not gave his fourth advice to HansZim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Haha, new tweet:-"Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing." (1999) #ElmerWisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 And it's sad Elmer did not gave his fourth advice to HansZim.Ironically enough he sent Hans a letter congratulating him on Pearl Harbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Haha, new tweet:-"Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing." (1999) #ElmerWisdomWhich provokes me to ask, "Is Williams 'open to new ideas' and 'always inventing'?" If not, who is?-"Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing." (1999) #ElmerWisdomDid Goldsmith give this advice to Bernstein? Florian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Didnt Jerry had some dismissive comments sbout Elmer in the now mythical autobiography that never happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 -"Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing." (1999) #ElmerWisdomDid Goldsmith give this advice to Bernstein?I could hear it in my head, "Hey Elmer, here's a piece of advice you could give to your class. I'm the #1 composer right now. "Cause I'm open to new ideas and always inventing." (at the USC cafeteria.)Haha, new tweet:-"Jerry Goldsmith is the #1 composer working now. He's open to new ideas and always inventing." (1999) #ElmerWisdomWhich provokes me to ask, "Is Williams 'open to new ideas' and 'always inventing'?" If not, who is? Historically, well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Didnt Jerry had some dismissive comments sbout Elmer in the now mythical autobiography that never happened?Yeah. I think it was something like "That guy is a dick".You forgot the rest of that sentence: "...But I've got a bigger dick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Hey, McCreary just posted a new tweet:-"It's not the dick that makes the composer. It's the composer that makes the dick." (1999) #ElmerWisdomSubstitute "makes" with "blows"; and "dick", "director". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 -"If you get a chance to do the job, even if it's going to be a mess, do it." #ElmerWisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 -"If you get a chance to do the job, even if it's going to be a mess, do it." #ElmerWisdomSubstitute "do" with "blow"; and "job," "director." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 -"If you get a chance to do the job, even if it's going to be a mess, do it." #ElmerWisdomSubstitute "do" with "blow"; and "job," "director." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Ok I gotta ask: Do you have a giant folder of GIFs and memes that you go through and pick shit out or do you google something for each particular response? Started out mildly amusing but is now just annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 -"You can't change the system. You have to deal with it the way it is." #ElmerWisdom -"There is a mystical element to a flute in its low register." #ElmerWisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 -"There is a mystical element to a flute in its low register." #ElmerWisdom Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 -"You can't change the system. You have to deal with it the way it is." #ElmerWisdomWords to live by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 -"You can't change the system. You have to deal with it the way it is." #ElmerWisdomThat's what most people living under a dictatorship think! Way to go, Elmer Fuckenstein! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Last two quotes that Bear wrote down:-"Filmmakers tend to be comfortable when we're comfortable, which happens when we're ourselves." #ElmerWisdom-"You have to love what you're doing." #ElmerWisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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