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Sadly there isn't much of interest to write about today, in this age of micromanaged mock-ups and temp track pastiches.
That was an unnecessary 'downer' ending to your otherwise nice post, Paul. There are PLENTY of things to write about, just as there has always been. But the market for physical niche magazines seemed to go away some 10 years ago.
Well, without trying to turn this into a "film music sucks these days" thread, I do have to say I've heard very little film music since 2000 that has been much more than dramatically serviceable. I've probably bought less than ten new soundtracks in the past decade.
I have loved most of John Williams output since 2000, and James Horner and Danny Elfman have written some some fine scores. Bennett's Gormenghast was wonderful. Coriglianio's Edge of Darkness was high art (too bad it wasn't used). John Powell and David Arnold have done some good work. And I'm not an "classical snob" -- I loved Vangelis' Alexander (and quite enjoyed and El Greco too). I was also impressed with Tron Legecy.
But outstanding scores in this era are the exception, not the norm as they were in decades past.
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Apr 21, 2017 - 1:16 PM
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That's really surprising, Thor. I'm sure many interesting discoveries await you. Not everything will be new: many of those old pieces have been frequently reprinted.
As the subject is personal discovery, I will report a still vivid memory from around 1963, when my own serious interest in film music was taking hold. Finding virtually no current writing on the subject, I took myself up to the research division of the New York Public Library and eagerly requested back issues of this title I found in their catalog. Out they came on a cart, and I began to devour the contents greedily. The last issue on the cart was from 1958. I remember it featured THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION. My follow-up request was met with an astonishing reply. Film Music Notes had evidently ceased publication! At least the library possessed nothing later than 1958. I could scarcely comprehend such a dismal fact. Desperately looking to find material on BEN-HUR and THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, I was bitterly disappointed. On the eve of some of the greatest film scores ever (VERTIGO, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, SPARTACUS, etc.), the sole source of information had ceased to exist. It take more than a decade for a new generation of publication to emerge.
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as I got increasingly frustrated with the old men on the cover. I had no interest in reading about Herrmann, Rozsa, Steiner and those guys,
Ah, yes, now these days those "old men on the cover" would be Vangelis and Harold Faltermeyer ...
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I still have my back issues of "Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly" from '92-2000, and some of them have been archived online.
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as I got increasingly frustrated with the old men on the cover. I had no interest in reading about Herrmann, Rozsa, Steiner and those guys,
Ah, yes, now these days those "old men on the cover" would be Vangelis and Harold Faltermeyer ...
Let me put it this way: If those guys had been on the cover I would be the first to re-subscribe.
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