Good evening, I am a great fan of Goldsmith’s writing for solo trumpet. I have already listened to Chinatown of course, other “films noirs” like The Detective and L.A. Confidential but also his wonderful score for 2 Days in the Valley (I can’t imagine it was rejected…), and I also noticed another great trumpet solo in The Mummy’s End Titles. Do you know another Goldsmith’s scores with solo trumpet ?? By the way, these are my favourite Goldsmith’s soundtracks : - Masterpieces : Chinatown, 2 Days in the Valley, First Knight, Alien, L.A. Confidential, The Mummy - Great Scores : Magic, The Russia House, Legend, Star Trek The Motion Picture, The Omen, Total Recall, The Detective, Basic Instinct, Caboblanco, Lionheart, Gladiator [Rejected] Do you have any suggestions about masterpieces I would have missed ??
Thank you in advance Clément B., French student and great fan of American Film Music
Last Castle and Chain Reaction both feature Malcolm McNab prominently, albeit not in the same noir style of LA Confidential. If you're just talking about great trumpet solos written for the 1st trumpet, I could name you a whole slew of other tracks, let me know.
Edit: Oh, yeah I see you mentioned Mummy end credits. Yeah, in that case, I'll try to compile you a list shortly with track names and times, I just don't have time tonight.
Uan Rasey was the trumpet player on Chinatown, and he worked with Goldsmith many times, although often only in short sequences. He worked on The Prize, Babe, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Pursuit, Logan's Run. Islands in the Stream, and undoubtedly many others.
Um... you NEED Lonely Are the Brave. One of his greatest scores and one of the earliest with that lonely trumpet sound. Also the semi-remake: First Blood.
The Satan Bug has a short low-key cue called Dockside (on the album) featuring a solo trumpet (plus horns, basses, piccolo etc) in a "twilight mysterioso" kind of mood. Very beautiful in my opinion. Might just be my favourite cue from that score... and that's saying a lot!
And Goldsmith's score for "Q.B.VII" does feature a wonderful passage for trumpet for the scene before Abraham Lady bids goodbye to Lady Margaret after their meeting on the Thames river.
Here's just some off the top of my head, mostly in the "lonely trumpet" style. If these are of interest to you let me know and I can come up with a ton more.
Tim Morrison solos: Born on the Fourth of July JFK - 01 Prologue Apollo 13 Nixon - 03-Growing Up In Whittier Bobby - 04 No One Left But Bobby Lions for Lambs The Patriot (Malcolm 1st, Tim solos)
Malcolm McNab solos: Star Trek V - The Mountain Independence Day The Babe Dances with Wolves In Country
Maurice Murphy solos (besides Star Wars, etc) Gladiator - 04-Earth Superman - Death of Jonathan Kent
Misc Lonesome Dove track 1 Malcolm or Mario Guarneri Presidio Darkman -at the end of the suite from Music for a Darkened Theater - Probably Malcolm Legend of Bagger Vance - Andy Crowley Deep Impact - Last track - David Washburn & jon Lewis I am Legend - Tim Morrison or Malcolm McNab The Pacific - With the Old Breed - Jon Lewis Black Dahlia - Mark Isham Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Season One Main Titles Malcolm McNab, subsequent was Jon Lewis Star Trek Generations - Track 04 Deck 15 - Jon Lewis
Here's just some off the top of my head, mostly in the "lonely trumpet" style. If these are of interest to you let me know and I can come up with a ton more.
Maurice Murphy solos (besides Star Wars, etc) Gladiator - 04-Earth Superman - Death of Jonathan Kent
As long as we're considering non-Goldsmith cues, for me the definitive Maurice Murphy highlight is JW's Monsignor.
Sticking to Jerry, I always think of Alien as his most affecting trumpet solo melody.
A trumpet solo that is Jerry Goldsmith, as far as I'm concerned, is in the melancholic arrangement of the Hoosiers theme. It is also pastoral. And pure Americana. Solo trumpet has a way of doing that.
It must be added to the opening credits thread. A classic:
Not one mention of the exquisite, Charles Ives-esque end title trumpet solo of ALIEN!?!? Blasphemy. A truly evocative piece.
As for that HOOSIERS main title, boy, Goldsmith sure knew how to ruin a nice piece of music with slathered-on synth noises. It's like taking a perfectly fine painting and splashing hot pink sparkly paint all over it for no good reason.
What about that tile sequence screamed, "Man, these rural early 1950's Americana-infused autumnal images just NEED 80's SYNTH KEYBOARDS!"?
Very baffling to me. Maybe it was all the bloomin' onions Jerry was eating at the time that impaired his judgement?
Not one mention of the exquisite, Charles Ives-esque end title trumpet solo of ALIEN!?!? Blasphemy. A truly evocative piece.
As for that HOOSIERS main title, boy, Goldsmith sure knew how to ruin a nice piece of music with slathered-on synth noises. It's like taking a perfectly fine painting and splashing hot pink sparkly paint all over it for no good reason.
What about that tile sequence screamed, "Man, these rural early 1950's Americana-infused autumnal images just NEED 80's SYNTH KEYBOARDS!"?
Very baffling to me. Maybe it was all the bloomin' onions Jerry was eating at the time that impaired his judgement?
I believe someone else may have mentioned ALIEN earlier :-)
