Josh500 1,615 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I know Jerry Goldsmith did it (i.e. Hollow Man), so did Danny Elfman (i.e. Edward Scissorhands). John Williams never did it. Does anyone have DVDs with audio-commentaries done by composers??? Which are any good? Which are not? I have a CD at home with a John Williams interview done shortly before the premiere of TPM, and I just love listening to him talk about his compositions. You can sense the enthusiasm and the love of the music. For which movie would you like to see JW doing an audio-commentary??? My answer is simple: for every movie he ever worked on (although Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Indiana Jones would top the list)!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 David Arnold did a commentary together with Peter Lamont (production designer) and Vic Armstrong (stunt coordinator) for The World Is Not Enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 And is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 My favourite is Randy Newman's commentary to Pleasantville - very insightful and entertaining, he mentions Williams & Goldsmith's early days at Fox too. This is only on the region 1 New Line edition though.Marco Beltrami's Hellboy commentary is quite good and I prefer Goldsmith's Planet of the Apes commentary to his other ones.-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I haven't really listened to it in full. Just the pre-credit stuff I think. Arnold talks a bit about the score and what he worked with (he mentioned the original version of the pre-credit scene that he got to score), but I haven't listened to enough of it to make a fair judgment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Elfman's commentary for Red Dragon is kinda....boring.Stefancos- running and ducking for Melange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskobolus 3 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Don Davis is on one for the Matrix, and Shore is on the LOTR EE's, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Elfman does Burton's Planet of the Apes with the iso score, it's pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Shore is on the LOTR EE's, I believe.Yes, but I think those are just soundbites from interviews played under scenes he commented on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Lalo Schifrin did one with an iso score for Rush Hour. I've only listened to a few bits of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrongBad992648 0 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I loved Elfman's Pee Wee commentary. Was the Ed Scissorhands commentary any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Goldsmith is on Star Trek - The Motion Picture.Justin - Who has yet to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Does he say anything we did not hear before?Neil??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Listen to the overture. He speaks throughout. He mentions how he was asked to write the theme for the TV series but wasn't able to.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Makes you wonder what he would have come up with...Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPFAN_2 0 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Everyone who plays a major part in the creation of a film should do commentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Of course that would take up a lot of space that could be used for more important things like picture and sound quality... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I think the writer(s), director, composer and occasionally a lead actor should do commentary (obviously not all on the same movie). Having producers comment is silly, and although they get to make big decisions, they aren't as involved with the writing, filming, scoring etc as the others are.That said, I find a number of audio commentaries incredibly boring. Often it's just "well, this scene came about..." or "so-and-so decided" in a monotonous voice. The Buffy DVD commentaries are what I like; interesting and FUNNY. Things that they noticed but didn't bother changing (e.g. Xander apparently forgetting where the heart of a vampire is). Or maybe I'm just biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I've heard Pleasantville, Red Dragon, Hollow Man, Family Man, ST:TMP and probably a couple more I cant remember. And I'm about to start Goldenthal's Titus. Out of them, Newman's was the best. Goldsmith HM was very good, and the little he said on TMP was good, but it probably adds up to 6-7 minutes at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I was excited when I got the "Final Fantasy" DVD to hear Goldenthal talk about his music, because he's so out there sometimes I wanted to hear about the creatuive process, and working with the LSO.But he talked over the good parts of the score, and wasn't really interesting to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 Some time ago I heard Danny Elfman's commentary on Edward Scissorhands. The movie was good, the score was brilliant (arguably one of Elfman's best achievements), and the commentary was interesting. The movie is certainly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I wouldn't recommend it. Morlock- not a fan of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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