Who do you think should score the new Alamo film "In Texas with Santa Anna" showing the Mexicans'point of view of what happened at the Alamo and San Jacinto? Based on the diary of one of the officers with Santa Anna during the campaign, Enrique De La Pena.

1. Poledouris
2. Broughton
3. McKenzie
4. Goldsmith
5. C. Gorden

or ________________ other names?

any of those above would do fine and some others too. Who are your choices?

Out of my choices:
William Ross.
Christopher Stone.
Steve Bramson.

Yes, Chris Stone would be excellent too. He did the documentary on TLC on it and it was super. Very good score.

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Originally posted by John C Winfrey:
Yes this is the Ron Howard film.

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Oh - you mean the Ron Howard film that Ron Howard is NOT directing?

He left the project a few months ago when he wasn't getting the budget he asked for. Instead, it's now being directed by John Lee Hancock, who had previously directed THE ROOKIE (hence, the Quaid connection). It is, however, PRODUCED by Howard (and Imagine Entertainment).
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0318974

Carter Burwell scored THE ROOKIE. Will he do THE ALAMO?

No word on composer, but the FAQ section says the latest rumors are pointing to Horner, which would make sense if Howard is still producing (as joan indicated).

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Originally posted by justin boggan:
Composer duo: Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone.
Yeah yeah, i understand, none of you know who.

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Australian composers. The words "Thorn", "Birds" and "2" spring to memory here.

NP: I'LL DO ANYTHING (Hans Zimmer)

My choice would be Jerome Moross...um, what's that you said? oh right, no longer with us?! in that case I'll go for Poledouris though it would be great to see Elmer back with a western themed film, Mychael Danna has also shown that he excels in this type of scoring with his superlative Ride With The Devil, and Christopher Gordon's talent needs a big film breakthrough, Christopher Young and Trevor Jones would be great too, any takers for John Barry?

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Originally posted by PeterD:
No word on composer, but the FAQ section says the latest rumors are pointing to Horner, which would make sense if Howard is still producing (as joan indicated).

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You know what's funny..... that FAQ might have pulled the "rumor" about Horner scoring the film from threads on message boards where people like you guys just made conjecture.....

Howard isn't directing it. He's just producing it. So while Horner is certainly a possibility, so are any of the other composers that worked on Howard-produced films. And that's a bunch of folks, including Michael Kamen, Carter Burwell, Jerry Goldsmith, Philip Glass, and others.

My (usual) suggestion: it's coming out in 2004. It's just a bit premature to wonder about the score. So while Timmer's money is going on Horner, my wallet is shut for at least another year.

Mark McKenzie is also a fine choice.

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Originally posted by Jeron:
I'm dying to hear a David Arnold western.

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As long as he keeps the techno electronics out of the score, I'd like to hear what he could do for that... he needs to do another 'big epic' score ala STARGATE

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:
...he needs to do another 'big epic' score ala STARGATE

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Ya know, you're right - but I forgot, he's already done a western (sort of)! Duh. LAST OF THE DOGMEN. It's more of a contemporary western, but a western nonetheless.

But whatever, I think he'd keep the electronics out - he only seems to use them where their use can be justified. The story of the Alamo from the Mexican's point of view would be pretty epic, I think. Albeit weird (me being a Texan and certainly pro-Texas!), but epic certainly.

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Originally posted by Jeron:
LAST OF THE DOGMEN. It's more of a contemporary western, but a western nonetheless.

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So... maybe you're just dying to hear that score again? I think there's a difference - LAST OF THE DOGMEN isn't really a period western, which ALAMO is sure to have plenty of - not to mention the Mexican influences. ("Welcome to Cuba Redux" perhaps?)

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The story of the Alamo from the Mexican's point of view would be pretty epic, I think.

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Well, it's never been said that the movie is ABOUT the Mexican point of view. Rather (like TORA TORA TORA) it would INCLUDE the Mexican POV - something previous Alamo films have ignored.

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Originally posted by Jeron:
Ah, cool. I haven't read anything about it, so I dunno the scoop. Sounds like a neat idea, though...

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Well... go check out the link that PeterD provided us with!

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:
Well... go check out the link that PeterD provided us with!

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