So I found out that recently that a short I scored in May of 2005, The Importance of Blind Dating (which I've discussed before), was screened for a Valentine's Day Film Night at London's Carnsforth Station.
Does this mean I get to say my music has been heard internationally?
Or is that in poor taste? I mean, it's not like it's a big-budget international film or anything.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
78 Years Ago Today
Jerry Goldsmith was born in L.A.
There's an article in Newsweek about Ennio Morricone (since he's being given this year's lifetime achievement award at the Oscars) which refers to him as maybe the greatest film composer ever. For my money, after Herrmann, it was Jerry. He may not have created instantly recognisable scores for certain iconic Spaghetti Westerns, but he did score a lot of iconic films, many of which have withstood the test of time pretty well (Charlton Heston's bellowing aside!).
There's an article in Newsweek about Ennio Morricone (since he's being given this year's lifetime achievement award at the Oscars) which refers to him as maybe the greatest film composer ever. For my money, after Herrmann, it was Jerry. He may not have created instantly recognisable scores for certain iconic Spaghetti Westerns, but he did score a lot of iconic films, many of which have withstood the test of time pretty well (Charlton Heston's bellowing aside!).
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Memorandum
I have come to a conclusion.
Like it or not, love it or hate it, the single most influential piece of popular music written in the past 5 years is (drumroll please!)
Pirates of the Caribbean.
Now I know you're thinking, "Herr, that can't possibly be true, can it?"
Yes, Bambi, it's true.
I've done a painstaking amount of passive research on the subject. Watch any broadcast sporting event, sports show, reality tv or anything else that requires energetic music and you'll discover it's being ripped off; most of the time not so lovingly.
For the record I like the Pirates of the Caribbean films and their music.
Like it or not, love it or hate it, the single most influential piece of popular music written in the past 5 years is (drumroll please!)
Pirates of the Caribbean.
Now I know you're thinking, "Herr, that can't possibly be true, can it?"
Yes, Bambi, it's true.
I've done a painstaking amount of passive research on the subject. Watch any broadcast sporting event, sports show, reality tv or anything else that requires energetic music and you'll discover it's being ripped off; most of the time not so lovingly.
For the record I like the Pirates of the Caribbean films and their music.
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