bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 "...In order to meet punishing schedules, the composer took shortcuts....reused some arias and overtures....borrowed arias from other operas....farmed out less significant sections to other composers... ...outsourced much of the recitative...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,717 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Mozart or Handel Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 27, 2021 Author Share Posted January 27, 2021 Hint: Not Zimmer. Not Horner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Who really like Puccini? Kunzel understood that Puccini without words is better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 That was my last answer, do you think I have only that to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Uematsu bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Another hint: Zimmer used his music in one of his scores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Another hint: Zimmer used his music in one of his scores That really narrows it down! bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 A ghost writer of Remonte Control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Follow the clues, dammitt! The answer is staring you in the face.😡 38 minutes ago, Bespin said: Who really like Puccini? " Close" " Zimmer used his music..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Follow the clues, dammitt! The answer is staring you in the face.😡 " Zimmer used his music..." Guiseppe Zimmmer? Its 21:29, I had few cocktails, please revise your expectations a bit! bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 This thread was inspired by this excellent new book. An adult, woke, portrait of famous ( and not so famous) composers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I can't read English! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just now, Bespin said: I can't read English! Well, you certainly can't WRITE it! 😎 Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Your game goes nowhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Proving once again that the only " great composer" you musical illiterates know, is JW.😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Yeah yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 " Bottle caps" 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,060 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Bach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,447 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Obviously Gioachino Rossini.... bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Rossini, Puccini, that's almost the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Tune in tomorrow for the next quiz, featuring a classical composer who parallels a film composer. Thanks for participating, citizens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Who wins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,508 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Zans Himmer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bespin said: Who wins? SPIDEY got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 The answer was something Zimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, Oomoog the Ecstatic said: The answer was something Horner.. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,505 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: SPIDEY got it right. Oomoog the Ecstatic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 I said the answer was " staring you in the face"! 😊😁 1 hour ago, bruce marshall said: Another hint: Zimmer used his music in one of his scores In case you didn't know: THE LONE RANGER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 43 minutes ago, Bespin said: Niiiiice pic. Could you take a pic for me of making a cursing fist at your least favorite/most challenging album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,717 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 5 hours ago, bruce marshall said: SPIDEY got it right. Of course it Rossini. He's "the thieving magpie" bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Of course it Rossini. He's "the thieving magpie" Did you get my message about ...BODY SNATCHERS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 " A fanatical perfectionist with poor social skills and no respect for others feelings, he was often loathed by the musicians he directed and in open conflict with...management". Hint: Not Bernard Herrmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,717 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Leonard Bernstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Han Zimmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Nope. But Bernstein has a connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,647 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Leonard Rosenman? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Thor said: Leonard Rosenman? The theme of this thread is to name a CLASSICAL composer who could be a film composer. Try again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,468 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Beethoven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,647 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just now, bruce marshall said: The theme of this thread is to name a CLASSICAL composer who could be a film composer. You never specified that. I know there are a bunch of classical composers with difficult personalities, but one with a Bernstein connection? I'm stumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Fixed. My last clue should help guess the name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,060 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Handel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 This composer has a direct connection to Leonard Bernstein. It's so obvious!😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,060 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Gustav Mahler bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Bernstein and Mahler were both directors of the NY PHILHARMONIC - forty years apart. More importantly, LB almost single handedly restored Mahler to the reportory! New clue tomorrow. Hope you are enjoying the game! Thanks! DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,915 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 The famously lazy Rossini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,319 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 " Critics have accused him of overproduction and repetition, but his finest creations rank among the greatest of their time" " He was notorious for his vanity, boastfulness and touchiness about criticism" Hint: not Morricone Not Rosenman ( obviously) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,447 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Vivaldi. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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