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Apr 1, 2015 - 12:58 PM
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Morricone
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Monday I went up to Santa Barbara California, a beautiful place, to the Granada Theater, a beautiful theater, to see the last of 3 Elmer Bernstein screenings that hopefully will be an annual event. It's good that I haven't seen this for awhile because it doubles the impact about how well it holds up. The film is less about action and more about wit and psychology. You get a sense of not only why these 7 took this job but why they became gunfighters. Then you learn about the villagers and their diverse reasons for taking a stand. Then you even get an idea about what fuels Calvara, our villain. I am a hardcore fan of Kurosawa's masterpiece SEVEN SAMURAI on which this is based but can't help but find certain characters, like the sage "old man" of the village being done better here.
Practically any screening of this will have people humming the theme in the bathroom after but here we had a special Q&A with Bruce Broughton and Paul Williams afterward in the upstairs parlor. Whenever I listen to men of this caliber talk it gives me such relief. It probably has to do with the fact what they do for a living is constructive, they create from nothing. Hence where they come from is a positive place and their dialogue reflects that. (Which leads me to wonder how well some of those FSMers are at whatever-the-hell they do for a living). They discussed all the specific qualities this score has and as Broughton said it is good music AND good storytelling. And the fact the music propels not just "The Journey" and "The Funeral" along but many a static scene. The conversation had contributions by Peter and the Bernstein family who were there. It also wandered off in other directions with Paul throwing in a Goldsmith story and Broughton making a revelation I didn't know about Williams and the new STAR WARS. Because of the absolutely unique staggered scoring schedule Abrams has graced John with, for the first time since his early days he is doing all his own orchestrations.
This was a glorious overnight trip, a wonderful screening and talk, and I look forward to doing it again next year. Lucky to be here for all this.
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Nu, what was the Goldsmith story, and what was the Williams story????
(Or, is this just an April fool?)
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Apr 3, 2015 - 12:45 PM
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Morricone
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Great account. I'm jealous but you make me feel like I was there. That's the neat thing about experiences like this, you become an envoy representing our little FSCommunity, report back your findings, and we all get a piece of your delight. Ambassador Morricone, well done. 
Thanks! I have never been a advocate of the thumbs up/thumbs down approach to events, CDs, films, books, friends or anything. When someone tells me that was a good score, it tells me nothing. I do not know what constitutes "good" for that person. But if they give me just a couple things that made it good then I can get a sense of how they see it and find if that fits into how I would like it. I try to do a little of that for everything.
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