#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 It is, I think it's mostly Anvil Of Crom.But since it IS tracked, we already have it, therefore I have no interest in making any sort of edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I read somewhere that the score to Jaws 2 required two harps! Rescuing Sarah from TLW, too, had a huge orchestra -- many of them percussionists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elster 0 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I spoke with Basil about ten years at length about his CONAN score; he told me that they recorded the horns on a separate track and overdubbed them multiple times, hence you get 24. So in the recording you are hearing 24 horns simultaneously, but only 8 were recorded at a time.In the full score, there are 6 horn parts notated for the theme,along with 3 trombones and 1 bass trombone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I heard that Goldenthal's Final Fantasy score used 40 french horns on the Toccata and Dreamscapes track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I read somewhere that the score to Jaws 2 required two harps!Two harps is not that much or unusual, you get that frequently with harp-heavy compositions. I don't recall how many harps Herrmann used for Beneath the 12 Mile Reaf, but I think it was 6.IIRC, Goldsmith used 4 organs for STTMP, but three of them were electronic.Marian - who also remembers reading that Herrmann used a LOT of horns for On Dangerous Ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I spoke with Basil about ten years at length about his CONAN score; he told me that they recorded the horns on a separate track and overdubbed them multiple times, hence you get 24. So in the recording you are hearing 24 horns simultaneously, but only 8 were recorded at a time.In the full score, there are 6 horn parts notated for the theme,along with 3 trombones and 1 bass trombone.Ok and the strings were overdubbed in some sections too, right?Do you happen to have this interview online somewere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elster 0 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I didn't interview Basil, it was just a phone call. I also spoke with his wife too. She told me stories about how the score cues were littered all over their hotel room floor in Rome.The two pages are in Scott Smalley's orchestration class book. It doesn't cover many bars, but it gets beyond the point where the melody begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I read somewhere that the score to Jaws 2 required two harps!Most composers of anything chromatic will need two harps as they are tuned diatonically, meaning in the Ionian Mode. To get any chords that have notes that are outside this, you need more than one harp or else retune the strings which is a major pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 From the listener standpoint, one of the most complex scores I've ever come to listen to is Williams' Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrygollay 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Mahler 8th Symphony has in its premiere 750 performers Orchestra and Choirs !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elster 0 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Herrmann's score to BENEATH THE 12 MILE REEF has nine separate harp parts. The full score to the Prelude is quite amazing, the harp parts are on a different sheet from the reset of the orchestra. I guess otherwise the page would be over 3 feet tall.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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