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Agreed. "Never fear answers. Only fear running out of questions."

I wouldn't say that. He spent several years working under Stanley Myers. How much formal training that counts as, I wouldn't care to guess...

You can't possibly compare their careers to those of Williams and Ford.

A funny thing I remember reading about Star Wars (ANH): to save on budget, most of the cast and crew took a percentage of the royalties as payment. Harrison Ford and John Williams insisted on being paid up front, which turned out to be so so so much less. They're also the only two people who...

Ronin. It's the smartest action film of the last two decades. Please watch it.

I knew someone who was double-majoring in music composition and mechanical engineering. It IS possible to do both. Of course, after four years, he decided that he'd rather get just a composition degree and spend only one extra year in college than two (or more). Sure, he probably could have...

Quite a true statement. Hollywood composers have been doing this for almost a century. :D

It's always the failed series that get me the most. Terry Gilliam was signed to make Watchmen back in the '90's, but would only do it if they made it a miniseries. What I wouldn't give to see that...

I recently rewatched I, Claudius and was just astounded by how good it was. It's the best thing I've ever seen from the BBC. That's got me thinking of all the other great miniseries I've seen, like The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Band of Brothers, and Masada. The miniseries is such an epic...

I've never understood what people see in Goodfellas. As far as Scorsese's films go, I'd put it behind Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy, Casino, and Raging Bull. As far as mob movies go, I'd rather watch Casino (again) or Once upon a Time in America, or Miller's Crossing. Actually, I don't...

As far as I know, The Black Keys didn't actually score Black Snake Moan. That would have been cool though. I can't think of very many rock bands that have scored a film...I know Dredg did one...and Toto, of course! David Lynch's Dune...what a hell of a film! I have both the dvd and the...

Something else just occurred to me. The 2-disc dvd of Battle of Britain has both Ron Goodwin's score and William Walton's (mostly) rejected score. It's the only instance I can think where you can compare and contrast two composers' scores for the same movie. Again, I have the Region 1 dvd...

I picked up a copy of this book at Half Price Books, and it was invaluable. It's kind of old (mid-1960's I think?) and contains mostly examples (not full score analyses) from golden age composers, but you'll learn a lot. It also might be worth it to read an autobiography or two to get a bit...

Empire of the Sun is one of my favorite Williams scores, and it's bookended with my two favorite cues from him: "Cadillac of the Skies" and "Exultate Justi"

I'd like to make a contribution if I can. Have you guys ever heard: Basil Poledouris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhvd9twPEIo Jerry Goldsmith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTRIS3rmjKM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaT-JX5r8i8 Elliot Goldenthal...

It sounds like your biggest problem is that you have no VU meters. I'm no expert on syncing video and audio but have you thought about getting some kind of dedicated audio recording device? Something like this? Of course, that's brand new and I always go for used myself, but the point is that...

I'm a composer, and I know a lot of composers, and I think you're the kind of director we'd all like to work with!

Hello! I'm new here, so forgive me. If I may resurrect this thread for a few moments, I would like to point out an atypical, and very famous and fabled composer/director relationship, that of Sergei Eisenstein and Sergei Prokofiev. It was kind of a best of both worlds way. On Alexander...