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- From: MICK.JEFFRIES@UKWANG.UKY.EDU (Mick Jeffries)
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- Subject: re: Elfman & remake
- Message-ID: <CINEMA-L%93012611582590@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:53:19 GMT
- Sender: Discussions on all forms of Cinema <CINEMA-L@AUVM.BITNET>
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- Carol et al.
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- hmmmmm, I dunno... Elfman's OK if he'd just lay off the Holst/Wagner overtones
- . I like his more, um, lighthearted efforts like Pee Wee and Simpsons; they
- show more range and versatility, IMHO, which is a must for film scoring.
- There's only so many moods a menacing string crescendo can underscore.
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- *but* I can always be sold on Stewart Copeland as a rock soundtrack guy.
- Now there's a unique style! Ever check the Rumble Fish soundtrack (not
- to mention Talk Radio, Wall Street, The Equalizer, and a zillion others)?
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- 'Course the elder statesman of film scoring, Ennio Morricone, would say some-
- thing like "if you even *notice* the soundtrack, the music is overstated"
- Cast my vote for brilliant subtlety....
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- Mick Jeffries, armchair critic par excellent
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