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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:58:12 EST
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- From: Brodie H Brockie <brockieb@STUDENT.MSU.EDU>
- Subject: re: Elfman & remake
- In-Reply-To: <9301261659.AA01178@student1.cl.msu.edu>; from "Mick Jeffries" at
- Jan 26, 93 11:53 am
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- But then we all know that the MASTER of movie scores is John Williams, right?
- > -Brodie
- > Carol et al.
- >
- > hmmmmm, I dunno... Elfman's OK if he'd just lay off the Holst/Wagner overtone
- s
- > . 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.
- >
- > *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)?
- >
- > '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....
- >
- > Mick Jeffries, armchair critic par excellent
- >
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