Great articles, keep them coming. I've recently noticed that while there is a lot of attention given to scores written nowadays in pop culture — every moviegoer has thoughts on Giacchino's The Batman and Zimmer's Dune — there isn't nearly as much thought given to the art of writing music to picture and its history. How many can tell you what a spotting session is? How many average movie fans can list 3 John Barry scores for non Bond movies? Who is Elliot Goldenthal? My point is that I'm happy you're teaching people, who may have no clue, the basics of film music. Thanks.
Great articles, keep them coming. I've recently noticed that while there is a lot of attention given to scores written nowadays in pop culture — every moviegoer has thoughts on Giacchino's The Batman and Zimmer's Dune — there isn't nearly as much thought given to the art of writing music to picture and its history. How many can tell you what a spotting session is? How many average movie fans can list 3 John Barry scores for non Bond movies? Who is Elliot Goldenthal? My point is that I'm happy you're teaching people, who may have no clue, the basics of film music. Thanks.
John Debney's "Sudden Death" is distractingly close to James Newton Howard's "The Fugitive" but I still like it.
Excellent and valuable overview, Charlie! "tempus tracklisti" indeed! ;)