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Mar 23, 2007 - 11:54 AM
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ahem
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Still, Elfman was more than just a hair guitarist (which is all that Rabin was and still is). He wrote all the Boingo stuff and was into combining other instruments like horns and such. His musical direction, even by the point of that gong show video was pretty heavyweight, and he always had a taste for leadership. Very much an author of his music. His ideas during the new-wave period were pretty cinematic, and referrenced sci fi and genre in general. Makes sense that he could adapt this vision for big screen orchestral treatment. But (in my opinion) hair guitarist Rabin scoring a war movie with a big classical orchestra? Nah, that's VERY destructive I think. Qualified, trained composers in the Goldsmith mold should be scoring those movies in that way, unless it knows it's a one off.
I really liked the experiment of having TOTO score DUNE with an orchestra, because that is all it intended to be: a novelty experiment. I don't think the Porcaro's never for a second thought of themselves as real full blood composers in the Goldsmith/Williams mold. I think everyone was in on the joke, plus Brian Eno popped up randomly with a theme.
General consensus on these boards is that we're all very sick of watching a movie and hearing a load of boring, simple and overly familiar ambient orchestral drones. Backed to a temp track, no less. The underqualified rockers given an orchestra are largely to blame (though not entirely). If half of them just stuck wioth their guitars and keyboards, the results would be far more convincing and satisifying.
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Well, your comments on Rabin are very inaccurate. How many of his scores have you actually heard? Give me a list...
I don't look upon Rabin as a rock-artist incorporating an orchestra. His scores are still very much based on rock elements, with a couple of exceptions the last few years. And if and when he goes the orchestral route, I really don't see why those scores are worse than the ones from those highly praised composers. In addition, Rabin is capable of writing themes like no other contemporary composer.
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