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From Jaws to Star Wars to Harry Potter: John Williams, 90 today, is our greatest living composer
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| 2/8/22
| Dan Golding
Posted on 02/08/2022 7:04:40 AM PST by Borges
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To: NicoDon
I like Zimmer’s music better as well.
I found a genre of music on YouTube and Spotify: Epic Music. Zimmer features prominently in this kind of music and it is perfect for background instrumental.
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posted on
02/08/2022 10:19:45 AM PST
by
Kevmo
(I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
To: Borges
Well, I guess it all boils down to a matter of personal taste.
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posted on
02/08/2022 10:20:02 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: Sirius Lee
"The Magnificent Seven"(the real one with Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner, Charles Johnson Bronson) is the other.There are lots of great western scores. My favorite is The Big Country by Jerome Moross. Elmer Bernstein, who did The Magnificent 7 also did The Comancheros and The Sons of Katy Elder, which were great scores. Ennio Morricone's "spaghetti western" scores are also great.
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posted on
02/08/2022 11:18:26 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: mewzilla
“Henry Mancini”
and James Horner RIP.
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posted on
02/08/2022 11:47:16 AM PST
by
bravo whiskey
(Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
To: ConservativeMind
I really appreciate what music does to the experience and how it stays with you through life. That's the truth. A couple of examples for me. And there are a lot of more.
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posted on
02/08/2022 2:25:01 PM PST
by
moovova
To: Sans-Culotte
Bernstein’s scores seem to borrow quite a bit from Aaron Copeland (compare El Salon Mexico to Bernstein’s Magnificent Seven theme), and John Williams’ Star Wars music betrays the influence of Gustav Holst (The Planets - Mars).
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posted on
02/08/2022 2:47:36 PM PST
by
RitchieAprile
(available monkeys looking for the change..)
To: Sans-Culotte
An example of a great Bernstein theme for an utterly forgettable movie - Hallelujah Trail..
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posted on
02/08/2022 2:47:36 PM PST
by
RitchieAprile
(available monkeys looking for the change..)
To: kvanbrunt2
Agreed! The Star Wars theme seems like a copy of the theme music from Lawrence of Arabia. They are remarkably similar.
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posted on
02/08/2022 5:26:08 PM PST
by
Pining_4_TX
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. H.L. Mencken)
To: Pining_4_TX
Agreed! The Star Wars theme seems like a copy of the theme music from Lawrence of Arabia. They are remarkably similar. Lawrence....Lawrence of Arabia
He was an English guy
He came to fight the Turkish....Beep! Beep!
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posted on
02/08/2022 5:27:02 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Sans-Culotte
Elmer Bernstein, who did The Magnificent 7 also did The Comancheros and The Sons of Katy Elder,Don't forget...
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posted on
02/08/2022 5:29:21 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Some call him Florence of Arabia due to his proclivities. :-)
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posted on
02/08/2022 5:30:20 PM PST
by
Pining_4_TX
(The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. H.L. Mencken)
To: Borges
Music is pretty much subjective to a certain point, not a popularity contest at all; that said, Philip Glass and Steve Reich (Along with many other gifted composers) are not dead yet. Of course not their B-day... but JW the GOATL, not at all, again subjective response/taste concerning the arts.
To: Borges
John Rutter. Andrew Lloyd Weber. I never use hyperbole!
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posted on
02/08/2022 7:20:05 PM PST
by
Srednik
(Polyglot. Overeducated. Redeemed by Christ. Anticommunist from the womb.)
To: OttawaFreeper
TOS had a great soundtrack compared to later Treks
To: Technocrat
Bergersen? Terrific! But we’ll know better after 350 years...
;)
https://youtu.be/vVezbVxp2Pw
Stumbled on his music from the film, “The Gates of Vienna”, and “Winged Hussars” saving Western Civilization/Christianity...
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posted on
02/09/2022 3:21:58 AM PST
by
Does so
(Americans had no desire for war between 1939 and 1941. Rheinland? Sometimes War Finds YOU!)
To: dfwgator
He also wrote the score to that other pillar of western culture - Stripes.
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posted on
02/09/2022 5:39:51 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: Does so
That whole album is excellent
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posted on
02/10/2022 8:47:03 PM PST
by
Technocrat
(Trump 2020. For the Republic.)
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