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 Posted:   Jun 21, 2015 - 1:03 AM   
 By:   Adventures of Jarre Jarre   (Member)

Would any of you watch a miniseries, either streaming or on YouTube, of a composer's music being performed by orchestra, from scheduled start to finish, of all the stops and starts which ential pre-edited music content? It's doubtful such a show would feature footage of its respective film in question, and keep in mind that I don't mean footage of a classic score*, so you'll have to take your chances with whomever's involved.


* cue posts of "no, but I'd love to see videos of Williams conducting '(classic score goes here)'".

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 21, 2015 - 7:57 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

I'm not quite sure what you mean, but yes -- I would love to see a behind-the-scenes from the scoring stage (mostly unedited), just to get a feel of what it's like, like a fly on the wall. Much of this exists, but it's usually just a quick montage etc.

Oh to see the Spielberg-filmed footage from any given Williams scoring session, sans edits!

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 22, 2015 - 3:42 AM   
 By:   Graham Watt   (Member)

I'd be interested too. I like those nuts and bolts things, and we don't really have enough of that stuff readily available. Having said that, I share Thor's slight confusion as to what you're really getting at, Jarre Jarre... and why...

This may drift a little off-topic, but I'm interested in the role of the conductor in general. We all "know" what Goldsmith and Friedhofer sound like, but (and I'm deliberately leaving aside the huge issue of re-recordings done years after the originals) would anyone really know, unless told, that Friedhofer's ABOVE AND BEYOND was conducted by André Previn, or that Goldsmith's THE ILLUSTRATED MAN was recorded under the baton of Samuel Matlovsky?

 
 Posted:   Jun 22, 2015 - 3:44 AM   
 By:   the_limited_edition_2   (Member)

"I'm not quite sure what you mean" - Dito. But I guess you mean showing the entire recording sessions from starting to finish?

As someone who's been present at recordings sessions once I can only say that that would be extremely exhausting and, ultimately, boring.

 
 Posted:   Jun 22, 2015 - 10:50 AM   
 By:   Adventures of Jarre Jarre   (Member)

It would be a "fly on the wall" approach, similar to what scant recordings were available on certain DVD bonus features, but expanded to a more comprehensive degree. Such a series, to be financially secure, would have to be streamed, the bulk of which would be performance takes (the audio wouldn't be as crisp as a finished edit) rather than focusing on more menial technical matters (editing, setups outside of orchestration, etc). Live performances could also be a possibility (Yahoo is currently showcasing a year-long series of bands performing in real time). This would all be under the massive assumption that the AFM and various litigious agencies approved, thus the "what if".

Imagine if an anticipated score from a favorite composer were to undergo this venture.

 
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