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Post by rick on Jun 10, 2016 2:37:02 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Jun 10, 2016 8:33:43 GMT -5
And you wonder what in the world took them so long to honor this man, who may very well be the most listened-to composer of music, past or present (and probably forever), that the world has ever known.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2016 8:52:40 GMT -5
I am also a fan of much of his work (I think JFK is one his best, and often overlooked). Film scores are a legitimate art form, and sadly neglected. I honestly can't recall a memorable one for at least the last decade..
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Post by erik on Jun 10, 2016 9:13:42 GMT -5
Quote by robertaxel:
Maybe not many with "hummable" moments. But seeing as how film scores are a legitimate art form (in no small part because of people like John Williams), I don't think they should be necessarily conform towards being hummable. Williams has done scores of that sort recently for Spielberg (MUNICH; WAR HORSE; LINCOLN); and last year, because Williams was deep into scoring STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS and going through a brief illness during that time (which is why some of the STAR WARS score was conducted by L.A. Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel), Spielberg, likely on Williams' recommendation, got Thomas Newman to write the very austere score for BRIDGE OF SPIES.
But it is only fitting that they honor Williams now, while he is still breathing; he is, after all, in his early 80s, and nobody lives forever. But his work, in my opinion, will.
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