Antineutrino 0 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Let's start with James Horner- "crashing piano"- female voices- four note danger motifWhat are the trade marks of other composers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Williams:- leitmotif- dense orchestration- boom-tzzz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRuleOfThirds 0 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Goldsmith:--experimentation/lots of synth--advanced composition for woodwinds (particularly oboes)--main themes primarily performed by strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,793 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Williams:- boom-tzzz!I could havent worte it better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composer_Fan 2 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 I love the boom-tzzz!It'd be neat to test yourself with random film music you haven't heard, and guess which composer wrote it. You'd have to be able to recognize these trademarks and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,179 Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Let's start with James Horner- "crashing piano"- female voices- four note danger motif- AnvilsWilliams:- leitmotif- dense orchestration- boom-tzzz!- Characteristic timpani writingGoldsmith:--experimentation/lots of synth--advanced composition for woodwinds (particularly oboes)--main themes primarily performed by strings- Odd rhythms- String counterpoint in the repetition of the main theme (in his 90s stuff)Rosenman:- Tone pyramidsMarian - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Also for Williams:-running flute lines ("up and over" as in E.T. and Hook)-instantly hummable themesElfman:-very distinctive choral work; children's choirs "lala"-ingJNH-themes/music characterized by moving chord changesRay Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Add to Horner and later Goldsmith:-Main Themes often very blandly accompanied by simple chord progressions with very little or no counterpointElfman:-very sophisticated frenzy string writing-accompanying string 16th arpeggiated chords-some electronica-very diverse percussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 One more for Elfman:-That chord progression from the tonic to the diminished fifth (major) ... He uses that chord progression so often...Don Davis:-Dissonant Brassy Crescendos-Heavy Striking Anvils-Crazy flying woodwinds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Also for Williams:-running flute lines ("up and over" as in E.T. and Hook)Precisely. It was just that what made me love his arrangement for the Chariots of Fire theme... and my roommates crack up hysterically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Sure it's Williams's arrangement?"arranged by Thomas Pasatieri" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Composer_Fan 2 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 ^I can't believe I forgot about the flute runs! I love it when JW does that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krosstj 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 WilliamsUse of the Bassoon better them most Modern Composers ...Take alisten, its good stuff. Even the Bass Clarinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanticStrings 10 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I like it when Goldsmith creates full, lush string parts, then, after every phrase, has the horns come in with a little melody to fill in the gaps. Anyone know what I'm talking about?~Conor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Williams: Often writes such that "brass is strings"; in other words many of his brass parts are the type that other composers would write for strings. This is particualrly true of his trumpet and horn writing.Horner: Your either listening to the "Celtic-Irish-ethnic" score or the "action-adventure-loud" score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I like it when Goldsmith creates full, lush string parts, then, after every phrase, has the horns come in with a little melody to fill in the gaps. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm thinking Air Force One, for example. I enjoy that characteristic, though I'm not sure what it would be called. At first I was thinking counterpoint, but since the horn part wouldn't really be played during the string part, that may not be correct.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 302 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Add to Williams:xylophone-flute counterpointsAdd to James Newton Howard:Percussion accents by striking the necks of string instruments (which I love) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 What is that Metally sort of xlophone thing that williams always uses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,179 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Glockenspiel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Hans Zimmer - the same damn thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again...........apart from maybe Crimson Tide......which I have only recently obtained and am surprised at how much I am enjoying it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacck 23 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Glockenspiel?noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo 33 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Hans Zimmer - the same damn thing over and over Yes, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's how similar Crimson Tide and Black Hawk Down and Hannibal and Mission Impossible 2 and The Pledge and As Good as it Gets and The Fan and The Ring are.... they're practically the same score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 What is that Metally sort of xlophone thing that williams always uses?Celesta? Which is used at the beginning of the Harry Potter prologues...Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxbabe 28 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Add to James Newton Howard: Percussion accents by striking the necks of string instruments (which I love)No kidding, it's really somewhere in most of his scores! So cool! Today I was enjoying that in The Fugitive.More JN Howard:-Odd meter (like 5/4) action writing-Minor/major key shifts-Ambient, atmospheric synths to augment orchestra-Slick urban synth beats-Dense dissonant strings-Pastoral solo oboe-Noble "floating" solo horn -Massed unbridled French horns in action writing -African/ethnic synth percussion and choral elements-Dynamic intervallic action writingElfman:-"Music box" themes-Circus like comical writing-The accordion LOLAlan Silvestri:-"Hymn like" string-based romantic themes-Sentimental solo piano (a la Feather Theme)-Action - Aggressive powerful unison brass with strong themes Elliot Goldenthal:-Huge Gothic choir-High trilling brass-Blatting growling (and other interesting things) brass-Screeching crawling strings like spiders-Train-whistle like dissonant brass hits -Orchestration that creates a "pipe organ" ensemble effect-Great modern jazz ensemble writing-Traversing multiple styles from one cue to the next-The most creative cue titles I've ever seen Greta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WedgeAntilles 0 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Add to Williams:Harp - lots of it in SW music...not too many write cool harp parts if they even write at all...sweeping harp parts.Zimmer - the ability to blow out your speakers with pounding orchestrations...bombastic is a good word ... and Gladiator is the first of his scores that doesn't hurt your ears with all that continual pounding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antineutrino 0 Posted May 11, 2005 Author Share Posted May 11, 2005 Hans Zimmer and co- The Media Ventures waltz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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