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| This is a comments thread about FSM Online article: Collector to Collector: Peter MacNicol |
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Dec 26, 2016 - 11:51 AM
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kirksworks
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Peter McNicol (star of Dragonslayer) has good and wide ranging taste in film music. Good interview and he was very forthcoming on what he admires. Years ago I was working at ILM and Matthew Robbins, director of Dragonslayer, came into our dept. and we talked over lunch. He did not like North's score to his film, and I tried to point out how distinct it was and different from what John Williams would have done, the composer he wanted. He wouldn't hear of it, but North's Dragonslayer remains one of the great fantasy scores of all time and perhaps his final epic score. Years before that I had recommended Alex North to Philip Kaufman who was looking for someone for The Right Stuff. He ended up hiring John Barry, a choice I hated, but then Kaufman fired him after a short time, ending up with Bill Conti at the last minute. I always wondered what North could have brought to that film, but Conti created a marvelous main theme that remains one of the most inspirational pieces of music for film, sometimes played by marching bands at sports events. And an Oscar winner as well.
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DS isn't that good
Your opinion. Mine differs. I think it's terrific and works well with the imagery. A lot of Norths music called attention to itself and this score is no different. It wasn't a kiddie movie and got the score it needed. Not necessarily an easy listening experience but a memorable one.
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