LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 THIS IS JUST FOR FUN - NO ARGUMENTS Let's say you're a director in Hollywood; who would you go for? From the current platter of talent. No dead people. Be realistic. Choose your [specific] genres too. Mine would be: Fantasy / Sci-Fi : James Newton Howard Animation : Dario Marianelli / Thomas Newman Action / Thriller : John Powell / Christopher Lennertz Romance : James Newton Howard / Craig Armstrong Western : Thomas Newman / Bear McCreary / David Arnold Drama : Thomas Newman / Johan Söderqvist I'll add more when I think. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,414 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 some gentleman named John Williams. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, LSH said: Be realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,414 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 well if you can afford the composers you listed off, I will just adjust the 'budget' of my film to allocate more money for the score. then I will begin explaining to Mr. Williams that I've been a forum member for 10+ years and that I love everything of his. I will beg him if I'm a couple million dollars short. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 Ahh, fuck it. Close the thread. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,414 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 dude relax I'm kidding (but not really at the same time) That is my honest choice. How could it not be?!? I'm actually very serious even though my posts seem sarcastic. If not Mr. Williams, Jonny Greenwood actually. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bellosh said: dude relax I'm kidding I am fucking ZEN pal. Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,414 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Jonny Greenwood then. I love his scores and would probably actually be a better fit for whatever type of movie hypothetically me would create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 I'm glad that this entirely innocuous exploration of people's tastes is going well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,480 Posted March 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2022 I would ask Zimmer first... Then I would reject his score and ask someone else! Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Ricard, Edmilson and 10 others 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 At least we got someone with a sense of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,414 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Bespin said: I would ask Zimmer first... Then I would reject his score and ask someone else! This is actually way more on brand for JWfan Forum than mine was! 4 minutes ago, LSH said: At least we got someone with a sense of humour. Oh stop being so offended by me answering your silly hypothetical question with an actual serious answer. This isn't FilmScoreForum it's JWfan forum. My answer(s) are still 100% honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,891 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 31 minutes ago, Bellosh said: some gentleman named John Williams. The guitarist? Bellosh and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_grig 471 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I would guess Gordy Haab would be a good alternative to JW if you have low budget 22 minutes ago, Bespin said: I would ask Zimmer first... Then I would reject his score and ask someone else! Oh yes! That's what we want to hear! Michael Giacchino would be a good choice for Romance for me. He's no master at imitating JW's action style, but he's good at writing different, lighter stuff For a cliché romance possibly with lower budget maybe Nicholas Hooper! I would like to hear more from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bellosh said: Oh stop being so offended by me answering your silly hypothetical question with an actual serious answer. I'm not offended, crikey. Yes it is a silly, hypothetical question. I was just seeking some interesting answers from the rich smorgasbord of music fans we have here. I'm not offended by your response. Perhaps somewhat underwhelmed. /s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,414 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I would do what Bespin said but with, Giacchino. Hopefully I would have the courage to say that his stuff is simply not interesting. I'd probably fold though. 3 minutes ago, LSH said: I'm not offended, crikey. Yes it is a silly, hypothetical question. I was just seeking some interesting answers from the rich smorgasbord of music fans we have here. I'm not offended by your response. Perhaps somewhat underwhelmed. /s my Greenwood answer is more based on the type of film I hypothetically would be making in this scenario. Probably a bit of unpopular pick here for sure, that's fine. But if I couldn't get Williams, I'd want to go in a different direction. Underwhelmed. Fine, I won't argue taste. But I do think he has very interesting scores and talents. Bespin and Ricard 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bellosh said: I would do what Bespin said but with, Giacchino. Hopefully I would have the courage to say that his stuff is simply not interesting. I'd probably fold though. my Greenwood answer is more based on the type of film I hypothetically wish I would make in this scenario. Probably a bit of unpopular pick here for sure, that's fine. But if I couldn't get Williams, I'd want to go in a different direction. Underwhelmed. Fine, I won't argue taste. But I do think he has very interesting scores and talents. I wasn't underwhelmed by your choice of composer (of whom I admire greatly). I was referring to your initial response to my thread. This is getting too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,414 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 If it wasn't going to be me. It would have been someone else. Probably Jurassic Shark. Although even he wouldn't have given you a serious answer until page 3. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 Fair enough. We friends? Bellosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 If I could get him, Elliot Goldenthal pretty much for every genre MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,433 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I'd give an opportunity to a supremely talented composer that unfortunately seems forgotten by Hollywood. People like Joe Kraemer, Don Davis, Christopher Young, Debbie Wiseman, etc. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Joe Kraemer, David Arnold, Elliot Goldenthal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Josh! MrJosh and GerateWohl 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Josh! i'll do the rejected score! bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 12 minutes ago, MrJosh said: i'll do the rejected score! Don't you mean the replacement score?😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,356 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Of course I would score my movie myself. Then the producers would reject it and ask Einstürzende Neubauten to score it. But I would really like to see LSH's animated romantic fantasy-sci-fi-action thriller western drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,957 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I like this thread!!! Funnily thought about it last weekend. Fantasy / Sci-Fi : James Newton Howard, Bear McCreary or Daniel Pemberton Animation : John Powell, MIchael Giacchino or Henry Jackman Action / Thriller : Atli Orvarsson, Christophe Beck or Hans Zimmer Romance : Carlos Rafael Rivera, Daniel Pemberton or Abel Korzeniowski Western : Natalie Holt, Bear McCreary or Harry Gregson-Williams Drama : Thomas Newman, Alexandre Desplat or Patrick Doyle Horror: Marco Beltrami, Howard Shore or Abel Korzeniowski I would also like to have a film scored by the following, but not don't have a cetain genre choice. Joe Kraemer, Danny Elfman, Ludwig Goransson, John Williams, John Debney and Ramin Djawadi Mr. Who 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 6 hours ago, LSH said: I wasn't underwhelmed by your choice of composer (of whom I admire greatly). I was referring to your initial response to my thread. This is getting too much. 7 hours ago, LSH said: THIS IS JUST FOR FUN - NO ARGUMENTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,282 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I'd pretty much go for John Powell and ensure he had whatever time and resources he needed to write something great. Failing that, I'd score my own film and use lots of uncredited assistants. ;-P JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 6 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: I'd pretty much go for John Powell and ensure he had whatever time and resources he needed to write something great. Failing that, I'd score my own film and use lots of uncredited assistants. ;-P Powell could hire JW as a ghost writer. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I'd give Hans a watch and tell him to get to work. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,356 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 37 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: I'd pretty much go for John Powell and ensure he had whatever time and resources he needed to write something great. Failing that, I'd score my own film and use lots of uncredited assistants. ;-P Don't forget to tell him to leave out his synthetic drums. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 My film: The Man Who Killed "Hitler" and then Bigfoot. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Gotta love LSH in drunk mode, LOL (I just wish he timed it with one of our Maintitles Zoom get-togethers, not wacky, friggin' Tuesdays)! For me, it would depend entirely on the type of movie I was making -- not only in terms of genre, but style and approach. I would use a Norwegian composer that I felt was tailormade for the type of music I needed, just to support the Norwegian film composer industry. For example, I have this idea about a science fiction short that I've had for many years, and there's a sequence in it - a mysterious choral cue - that I think Henrik Skram would be perfect for. Sorry, that's the boring, sober answer to the question. GerateWohl and JNHFan2000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,356 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Yes, apart from the composers the much more interesting question here is, what kind of movie the JWFan-ers would have in mind. This listing of genres with composers attached does not do much for me. The choice of composer becomes interesting from the point where we understand what the actual movie is supposed to be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,684 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I've occasionally thought about this and it forces you to focus on what you like and don't like about your favourite composers. In terms of A-list composers I'd probably choose Powell. He has just the right mix of orchestra and beautiful, memorable melodies, while sounding modern and vibrant. Being more realistic there are a handful of composers who write for Audio Network, a British music library I use a lot, who write bright, melodic, often partially electronic music, which is just as detailed as what we hear in films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I'd use Beethoven. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Icky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I will compose the score for my film. I don't know anything about composing, but, then, I don't know anything about making films either, so I might as well go all in. In the event that I am unavailable or unaffordable, my next choice would be Jonny Greenwood or Mica Levi. Jurassic Shark and mrbellamy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,356 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 54 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: I'd use Beethoven. Your movie: Clockwork Orange 2 Jurassic Shark and Edmilson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Starring Tom Cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,356 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 In all roles. Edmilson and Jurassic Shark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 If I made a film, I'd hope that Williams would score it. Both hypotheticals are highly unlikely. But @ChrisAfonso is scoring my video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 19 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Icky! If you can reanimate the dead, so can I! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: I'd use Beethoven. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Carter Burwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 16 hours ago, GerateWohl said: . the much more interesting question here is, what kind of movie the JWFan-ers would have in mind.l Well, that's obvious! Films based on video games Or.... Films based on Marvel or DC superheroes. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I'd love to get Mark McKenzie if he's willing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Zimmer 211 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Justin Hurwitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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