great film & TV composers

[horacejesse]

This is a subject that must be near and dear to a lot of forum members. I know of at least one member in Ern who attended university for film scoring.My mom managed a theatre throughout my childhood. I saw every change for years and became acquainted with a number of fine film composers. I was also able to differentiate between movies from different eras based soley on the musical scores. Often in older movies there is music in spots where you would pretty well guess there would be none if the movie were being scored today. Styles change.Some of my personal favorites are.1. Maurice Jarre2. Elmer Bernstein3. John Barry4. John Williams5. Dimitri TiomkinAnd some unfavorites1. Randy Neumann2. Mark Snow

[augustheat]

Henry Mancini...I loved the Pink Panther theme...Blessings,Craig

[horacejesse]

How could I overlook Mancini? His style is highly recognizable. He may have invented spy spoof. His film and TV themes spawned monster hits with independent lives on the radio. Peter Gunn, Days of Wine and Roses, Baby Elephant Walk, Moon River, Pink Panther Theme...those are some credentials.

[ernstinen]

I've done a few short film scores. One was called "Money" and was quite a good movie, but unfortunately I lost contact with the director, who was a German woman.My favorites are Bernard Hermann who worked with Hitchcock a lot, and the ever-present John Williams. I know some people roll their eyes at him (oh, no, not him again), but he is a true master. His orchestrations are genius.A young composer I like is David Julian (Memento, Insomnia). I figured out a technique he did in Memento which was so cool --- he sampled guitar feedback and played it backwards for a great effect.Danny Elfman --- well, he sure has a style. He uses a lot of ghostwriters, though.One of my favorite soundtracks was not "scored" per se: "2001: A Space Oddysey." The use of Ligeti's choral music was really inspired.Write on,Ern