I would ask how many minutes of score does he/she usually compose in a day.

What is the favevorite type of movie they like to score.

How detailed are their sketches and do they really need their orchestrators.

What type of music do they prefer to write

Which composer do they admire most and why

Which orchestra is their fave and why

Advice on how to get into the business

and...

if they know Jeron (lol) j/k

What about you?

hee hee hee....

Every time you use the word, "favorite" you spell it way wrong and differently!

LOL!

I will get back to this post.

I'd also ask Williams which is his favourite track.

And if he ever listens to other composers' work...and which.

I'd also ask them if they would ever score a film they're not to keen on if the director offers quite a hefty sum.

I'd probably ask Zimmer why he doesn't put his great thematic and melodic skills to a more orchestral use more often.

Then again, I'd probably forget all the above if I ever get the chance.

'favourite'

Not that I want to be fussy...

NP - still sommersby.

I don't have any RVW film scores!
tell me more!

and of coarse (which I guess you already know JJ, Scott Of The Antartic which became the brilliant Symphony # 7 'Antartica')

gosh darn it, Aaron. At least I got you to post LOL.

Favorite

Happy? Lol.

I really do hate my spelling and then my typing because half of my misspelled words are accidents due to my pathetic typing. So, there.

Clay G.

thanks, Patrick.

Hear that Jeron.

And hey!! ask 'em "if they know Jeron" ???? What's that supposed to mean??

Mr. J

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Originally posted by Jeron:
country/texan/german/weird-o way about verbalizing the word, so Scott - I won't knock you for that one. It's your inner child reaching out to the rest of the world!

And hey!! ask 'em "if they know Jeron" ???? What's that supposed to mean??

Mr. J

[This message has been edited by Jeron (edited 26 August 2000).]

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Lol.

So now I am German, Texan,Country,and weird all at once hey? Cool.

"if they know Jeron" what is that supposed to mean. Lol. Let your imagination run wild on that one buddy.

Mr. J? So now you are Mr. J? The day I call you Mr. J will be the day I start putting ten bubble gums in my mouth and start speaking with a Texan accent.

Scotty

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Originally posted by Patrick:
Actually, Jeron, the way Scott spells favorite is quite correct. His spelling of the word is literally 3rd century latin. A good example is 'Pubicus errectus por favovirte'. Roughly translated that sentence means ......well if I translated it I would get kicked of the site so best to just leave it.

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You see, after all these years I finally found out what my problem is when it comes to my spelling.

Thanks Patrick...

now back to our regular scheduled program.

Scott

quote:

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Originally posted by Jeron:
Haha... oh. okay - I understand now. Scott, Patrick - you guys just keep up the good work.

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Now Jeron, what is that supposed to mean?

Scott

I wish Hollywood would produce more westerns and hire
these two guys.

J.H.:"I stole from myself?"

Patrick:"Yep"

J.H.:"And my music's too melodic ---to pretty?"

Patrick:"Yep"

J.H.:" Does anybody at that site like me?"

Patrick:"Yep........me"

J.H.:"But you're really wierd, you know that, right?"

Patrick:"Yep"

the question was,"What would you ask a composer if you had the chance to interview him/her", not ten easy ways to commit suicide.

I doubt, Patrick, if James Horner gives a darn about what any of us on any Board think of his music. If I met him, I'd ask if he laughs all the way to the bank and if he'd like to give some of his millions to ME!

Parts of Meet Joe Black are nothing but rips of Pärt's wonderful piece called Fratres, which is actually scored several different ways.

There's a link somewhere that shows what I mean. just gotta find it....will post it at that time.

Scott: Lol back.........still there was a question somewhere in that reply.

anyhoo,

for anyone interested, the NPR website has a TON of stuff on film music; articles, broadcasts, etc. Quite surprising.

And on a related note, the NPR Milestones of the Millenium CD on Film Music is quite good.

That was some of the funniest things I have read here yet.

Patrick , JJH, can u continue this...it's just hilarious.

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Originally posted by JJH:
found it:
http://www.npr.org/programs/pt/news/features/moviemusic

there are several scores compared here; somehow, with these clips, I'm not getting their Ruchard Strauss/ Superman connection.
The "Dumsky" piece by Antonin Dvorak interested me, expecially after hearing all about the John Williams/ Les Baxter incident.

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Wow. Very interesting. Don't know what to say or how to respond to this or even what to think of it.

Hmmm....

JJH...I hate u now for sure.

Bizarre hobbies and brain. Always playing loud action music while karate
chopping helpless animals that happen to wander across his yard. He has
definitely kept the cat population minuscule in his neighborhood. Writes
terrifying horror novels. Check out Amazon.com, click on books, type
in the name Patrick Whalen, and read about blood and guts. My daughters
read his novels, and I’ve paid out billions in counselor fees for their
recovery. I happen to know that he played Conan The Barbarian, Quigley
Down Under, and other action soundtracks during his writing sessions.

When I was little, he knocked my front tooth out with a BB gun, so
it’s capped. Oh, well, his front tooth is capped too thanks to a flying
wrench. Don’t mess with Board Mom. He bought Giant, Ben Hur,
and Ten Commandments, and then held my head in the toilet until I
coughed up my meager allowance for Bandolero, and the rest is history.
We became soundtrack addicts.

“He ain’t heavy; he’s my brother.” I have all the normal genes. He just
inherited denim jeans. Warning: he is in therapy (maybe lock-up by now)
for pathological lying, so any response he has to this thread that in any way
demeans me is NOT the truth. But I must say that I LOVE WEIRD.

I just got flamed by the Board Mommie!! I really am telling Peter K. Joan is so off topic in this thread.

And she is exaggerating. I love animals!

Luv ya sis.

I’d ask Jerry Goldsmith if he prefers the avant-garde, atonal
style of Planet of the Apes and Hollow Man to his more
melodic writings.

I’d ask any composer if he/she has a preference for certain types
of movies for scoring such as action, romantic, adventure, etc.,
or if they want variety in subjects. Guess I’d just drive them all nuts
with questions.