Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: IMO, there's a lot of boring Herrmann drama scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Between 09.08.1975 and 24.12.1975 he was the world's most accomplished living composer. Edit: Title previously held by the rather noncontroversial champion Shostakovich, since 06.04.1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Four months??!!! Lock this, now!!!!!!!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Linae said: I think that the Vertigo score is a bit overrated Agreed. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Herrmann's finest work was for Ray Harryhausen! Ollie and bruce marshall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,468 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I used to dislike Herrmann in my teens and early 20s. Lots of intense clusters and motifs rather than the longlined themes I cared so much about. But I have thankfully come to appreciate him over the years, both in terms of how the music works in context and the occasional album. I agree that VERTIGO is massively overrated, but plenty of other gems that I own and enjoy - like CITIZEN KANE, JANE EYRE, THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR, THE KENTUCKIAN, WILLIAMSBURG, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, PSYCHO (mostly in-film), THE BRIDE WORE BLACK etc. etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Linae said: Here are Two Bernard Herrmann opinions that may be unpopular I think that the Vertigo score is a bit overrated - it is certainly excellent, but I prefer both Fahrenheit 451 and Psycho over it. ... Most of Herrmann's finest work wasn't for Hitchcock. 😊https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/B000TJ0SB8/R24SEG1ORBDWOI?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 It is against the law to dislike Herrmann. Lick this mutha, now!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I've never heard a Herrmann score that was listenable to any length of time outside the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 I've heard three of his Hitchcock scores so far and honestly think they're interchangeable most of the time, minus the shower scene. Add to that that I've read a lot about how he was arrogant and had absurd opinions on what he could do as a composer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 The only gripe I have for Herrmann is that he tended to re-use some material. Not as bad as Horner did though. And if Vertigo is overrated then Obsession is a snooze fest. Never understood the praise for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Ollie said: Obsession is a snooze fest. Never understood the praise for that one. Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 I cannot believe that you guys are disrespecting the greatest film composer who ever lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Greatest? Really? That sounds like something Trump would claim. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 He was a poor man’s Tom Holkenborg! Archive Collection and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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