JJA 19 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 If you were exposed to excerpts of music you had never heard before from familiar film or classical composers, which ones do you think you'd be able to recognize as coming from a certain composer? In other words, who are the most stylistically recognizable composers to you? I'd probably recognize Miklos Rozsa and Maurice Jarre pretty easily, at least. Many others too, assuming I had longer chunks to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 It's starts really seriously for a 10th post. JWfan rule #1082 - Don't start a new thread unless you chose an avatar. Mercy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 1 hour ago, JJA said: If you were exposed to excerpts of music you had never heard before from familiar film or classical composers, which ones do you think you'd be able to recognize as coming from a certain composer? In other words, who are the most stylistically recognizable composers to you? I'd probably recognize Miklos Rozsa and Maurice Jarre pretty easily, at least. Many others too, assuming I had longer chunks to listen to. Rozsa is definitely very easy to recognize. I'd also venture to say that Vivaldi and Mozart are, too. Bach's choral music is unmistakable as well. As for Williams, it depends. At any rate, if one is extremely familiar with the classical repertoire, I suppose all composers become quite recognizable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Other composers have been mistaken for Williams many times on this forum. It's stylistically designed to be that way and you can't undo that, but we can diminish the effects of it. Kasey Kockroach and JJA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Carl Stalling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Jerry Goldsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 24 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Jerry Goldsmith. Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NL197 368 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Bespin said: It's starts really seriously for a 10th post. JWfan rule #1082 - Don't start a new thread unless you chose an avatar. Mercy.... That's quite a load of poo for a rule. Also choose not chose. Present not past. I chose the "Fuck Her Right In The Pussy" guy on purpose just to flaunt that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Giacchino. Absolutely everything sounds like everything else. Luka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, NL197 said: That's quite a load of poo for a rule. Also choose not chose. Present not past. I chose the "Fuck Her Right In The Pussy" guy on purpose just to flaunt that one. I wanted to write "Fuck you", but I changed my mind! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 The answer is Thomas Newman. Luka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,515 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 If it has a false ending, then you can be pretty sure it's written by Williams, considering that he's the only person in the universe who doesn't think that false endings are a retarded concept. Bofur01 and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 386 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Krzysztof Penderecki Steve Reich Danny Elfman Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 11 minutes ago, Loert said: ...false endings are a retarded concept. Wrong. 1 hour ago, NL197 said: 6 hours ago, Bespin said: - Don't start a new thread unless you chose an avatar. Also choose not chose. Present not past. He's French Canadian. What do you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Syntax and verb tenses... that’s the most difficult part for me! You know in french, the syntax is pratically the inverse of the english one. It may be not easy and pleasant to read my posts... but the important thing is that you know I made a discography!!! Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 6 minutes ago, Bespin said: It may be not easy and pleasant to read my discography!!! Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I would never claim a 100% success rate, but Williams, Horner, Elfman, the Newmans (especially Randy), and Giacchino usually tip their hand pretty quickly for me - not that that's inherently a bad thing. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 12 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Giacchino. Absolutely everything sounds like everything else. Isn't that a style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Yes Being a one-trick pony is a style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Thomas Newman Jerry Goldsmith (only when you know him good enough) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 John Barry. When you get those horns blasting through the soundscape? It is unmistakable. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Howard Shore. Upon the first five bars max. He uses pretty much every section of the orchestra in his own way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Patrick Doyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 6:54 PM, JoeinAR said: Giacchino. Absolutely everything sounds like everything else. He's the chicken of composers! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 964 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 JNH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Are we talking film composers? I that case; Williams; Goldsmith; Barry; Morricone; Hermann; Korngold; Newman: T; Horner; J.N.Howard; Jarre: M; Rozsa. This is not because I have any technical knowledge of music, either on a theoretical, or practical level. Rather, it comes from listening to the music, of these people (sometimes for more than forty years), and picking up an "ear", or a "feel", for the music. Non film music composers' "signature" that I would identify, would be Steve Hackett, and Tony Banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka 242 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 3:07 PM, Loert said: If it has a false ending, then you can be pretty sure it's written by Williams, considering that he's the only person in the universe who doesn't think that false endings are a retarded concept. What do you mean by false ending? And to me, it just takes a lot of listening to a certain composer to really grasp his style and recognize it easily. I can quite easily identify the ones I listen to the most (Williams, JNH, Horner, Zimmer, Shore, maybe Giacchino) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Luka said: What do you mean by false ending? Think HEDWIG'S THEME (album version), and THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka 242 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, Richard said: Think HEDWIG'S THEME (album version), and THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. Oh ok haha I wasn't sure it meant literally that x) I like those though! Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Raiders March is another example! The sustained strings at the very very end are an awkward decision! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Just dropped in to say Copland. Have a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Yoda's Theme is my go-to example of the weird false ending. Here there's a perfectly fine and valid ending halfway through the piece! I never want it to keep going, it doesn't get better from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdown 238 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Joseph Haydn. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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