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26 minutes ago, Henry Sítrónu said:

1. Here’s the entire list of his material. If you want to order something, you need the box number.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rv0wfj/entire_text/?query=james%20Horner%20papers

 

 

Quite a few titles I've never heard of...

Rocky Balboa, I have of course heard of but not in relation to James Horner? WTF?

 

Box 95, folder 9: Rocky Balboa

Scope and Contents: Violin score.

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Cool, Henry! I can't read music, so wouldn't be of much value to me - other than to find unknown pieces, like the aformentioned. But if you can, it's no doubt fascinating.

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7 hours ago, Henry Sítrónu said:

I’m visiting L.A. for 10 days and wanted to check some of James’ materials that Sara gave to the UCLA last year:
https://www.library.ucla.edu/about/news/james-horner-and-his-musical-genius-will-live-on-at-ucla-library/

 

It went very smoothly and so I want to share with you how to do it.

 

1. Here’s the entire list of his material. If you want to order something, you need the box number.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rv0wfj/entire_text/?query=james%20Horner%20papers

 

2. Then, go here and click the white/grey box beneath LOCATIONS

https://search.library.ucla.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9996950538806533&context=L&vid=01UCS_LAL:UCLA&lang=en&search_scope=ArticlesBooksMore&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Articles_books_more_slot&query=any,contains,james%20Horner%20papers&offset=0

 

3. All boxes appear and you can select them individually by clicking on Special Collections Request.

You will be asked to create an account for the UCLA Library's Special Collections Request System. That’s possible for UCLA Affiliated Users and Non-Affiliated Users.

https://speccoll.library.ucla.edu/logon

 

The librarian said it can take up to one full workday. When requesting, you have to give a visiting date. I requested two days in advance and when I got there, everything was there. You can check the status of your requests online.

 

The Special Collections is located on the A level of the Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL), one level down from the YRL lobby.

 

I took a look at Ransom, The Pelican Brief, Searching For Bobby Fisher, Deep Impact and Beyond Borders. In most cases it was just a binded photocopy of the full orchestral score. For Deep Impact though there were a few other notes and materials. The entire list indicates scope and content of the material. Apparently there also some pencil sketches available. I’ll return on Wednesday for Flightplan and Romeo & Juliet :)

(you can only order 5 boxes per day, and it says online you have an overall limit of 25 requests)
 

oh, and you can take photos :)

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Wow! That's awesome!

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9 hours ago, Henry Sítrónu said:

I’m visiting L.A. for 10 days and wanted to check some of James’ materials that Sara gave to the UCLA last year:
https://www.library.ucla.edu/about/news/james-horner-and-his-musical-genius-will-live-on-at-ucla-library/

 

It went very smoothly and so I want to share with you how to do it.

 

1. Here’s the entire list of his material. If you want to order something, you need the box number.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rv0wfj/entire_text/?query=james%20Horner%20papers

 

2. Then, go here and click the white/grey box beneath LOCATIONS

https://search.library.ucla.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9996950538806533&context=L&vid=01UCS_LAL:UCLA&lang=en&search_scope=ArticlesBooksMore&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Articles_books_more_slot&query=any,contains,james%20Horner%20papers&offset=0

 

3. All boxes appear and you can select them individually by clicking on Special Collections Request.

You will be asked to create an account for the UCLA Library's Special Collections Request System. That’s possible for UCLA Affiliated Users and Non-Affiliated Users.

https://speccoll.library.ucla.edu/logon

 

The librarian said it can take up to one full workday. When requesting, you have to give a visiting date. I requested two days in advance and when I got there, everything was there. You can check the status of your requests online.

 

The Special Collections is located on the A level of the Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL), one level down from the YRL lobby.

 

I took a look at Ransom, The Pelican Brief, Searching For Bobby Fisher, Deep Impact and Beyond Borders. In most cases it was just a binded photocopy of the full orchestral score. For Deep Impact though there were a few other notes and materials. The entire list indicates scope and content of the material. Apparently there also some pencil sketches available. I’ll return on Wednesday for Flightplan and Romeo & Juliet :)

(you can only order 5 boxes per day, and it says online you have an overall limit of 25 requests)
 

oh, and you can take photos :)

IMG_1794.jpeg

IMG_1984.jpeg

IMG_1986.jpeg

IMG_1999.jpeg

IMG_2006.jpeg

IMG_2052.jpeg

IMG_2385.jpeg

That's fantastic!  Glad it worked out for you and was so easy.

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21 hours ago, Henry Sítrónu said:

I’m visiting L.A. for 10 days and wanted to check some of James’ materials that Sara gave to the UCLA last year:
https://www.library.ucla.edu/about/news/james-horner-and-his-musical-genius-will-live-on-at-ucla-library/

 

It went very smoothly and so I want to share with you how to do it.

 

1. Here’s the entire list of his material. If you want to order something, you need the box number.

https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8rv0wfj/entire_text/?query=james%20Horner%20papers

 

2. Then, go here and click the white/grey box beneath LOCATIONS

https://search.library.ucla.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9996950538806533&context=L&vid=01UCS_LAL:UCLA&lang=en&search_scope=ArticlesBooksMore&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Articles_books_more_slot&query=any,contains,james%20Horner%20papers&offset=0

 

3. All boxes appear and you can select them individually by clicking on Special Collections Request.

You will be asked to create an account for the UCLA Library's Special Collections Request System. That’s possible for UCLA Affiliated Users and Non-Affiliated Users.

https://speccoll.library.ucla.edu/logon

 

The librarian said it can take up to one full workday. When requesting, you have to give a visiting date. I requested two days in advance and when I got there, everything was there. You can check the status of your requests online.

 

The Special Collections is located on the A level of the Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL), one level down from the YRL lobby.

 

I took a look at Ransom, The Pelican Brief, Searching For Bobby Fisher, Deep Impact and Beyond Borders. In most cases it was just a binded photocopy of the full orchestral score. For Deep Impact though there were a few other notes and materials. The entire list indicates scope and content of the material. Apparently there also some pencil sketches available. I’ll return on Wednesday for Flightplan and Romeo & Juliet :)

(you can only order 5 boxes per day, and it says online you have an overall limit of 25 requests)
 

oh, and you can take photos :)

IMG_1794.jpeg

IMG_1984.jpeg

IMG_1986.jpeg

IMG_1999.jpeg

IMG_2006.jpeg

IMG_2052.jpeg

IMG_2385.jpeg

 

I'm salivating to eventually see the contents of the The Pelican Brief volume

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  • 2 weeks later...

Thank you for your amazing work! I’ve never heard Horner’s Romeo and Juliet score before (well, technically I’ve heard every idea presented in this cue elsewhere from him), but it’s so cool to see how he navigates the scene. I eagerly await your upcoming videos!

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  • 3 weeks later...

MY GOD, James knew how to score a film. A true master.

 

Thank you for your excellent work in putting this sequence together.

 

EDIT: That sync between the music and picture at 11:55 is just *chef's kiss*

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8 hours ago, NL197 said:

This is a literal dream come true. The technology has caught up enough to finally help me achieve this goal: 

Using AI stem separation and extensive editing, filtering and adjustments of the film audio, I was able to *finally* restore the three cues of the "War" sequence, as originally intended, to the full audio mix. 

(why isn't this on YouTube? I think we all know the answer.)

EDIT: 
If you see anything that needs a bit of adjustment or changing, please let me know. I didn't have a second pair of eyes on this one (unlike the Romeo & Juliet sequences)

That's absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for your hard work!

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I’d love to include this in the same channel as our Romeo & Juliet content, but years ago I put the music-only version of this on YouTube and it was blocked worldwide, so it has no chance to be seen there. 

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