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The rejection of his score must have really pissed him off. I have that unmentionable and it's really not that bad.
Is it time for me to go to hell yet?
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Oct 17, 2008 - 12:21 AM
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SchiffyM
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I can see why Newman's score was rejected. It did not fit the seriousness of the film.
From the scene provided so far, it certainly sounds serious!
I was working on a project that Randy Newman had a brief role in while he was scoring "Air Force One." (He was supposed to participate more, but "AFO" was keeping him swamped.) I didn't speak with him, other than to say a vague "Hi," but I sat just behind him as he complained about "AIr Force One." He said they were micro-managing him and driving him crazy. At one point, the filmmakers suddenly suggested a Morricone-like sound out of the blue, then considered seeing if Morricone could co-write the score! (This is directly from Newman's mouth!) He said, logically, "I don't know why they hired me if they don't want me to write my music!"
And a week or so later, he was fired.
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Oct 17, 2008 - 12:29 PM
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ahem
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I can see why Newman's score was rejected. It did not fit the seriousness of the film.
From the scene provided so far, it certainly sounds serious!
I was working on a project that Randy Newman had a brief role in while he was scoring "Air Force One." (He was supposed to participate more, but "AFO" was keeping him swamped.) I didn't speak with him, other than to say a vague "Hi," but I sat just behind him as he complained about "AIr Force One." He said they were micro-managing him and driving him crazy. At one point, the filmmakers suddenly suggested a Morricone-like sound out of the blue, then considered seeing if Morricone could co-write the score! (This is directly from Newman's mouth!) He said, logically, "I don't know why they hired me if they don't want me to write my music!"
And a week or so later, he was fired.
In fairness though, fairplay to them for having the imagination to let someone so alien to the action genre score AFO. That kind of bravery is unrelatable today. A "Morricone" sound as well! That was only 1997 too. It seems like forever since the time before the studios only want everything to sound like THE ROCK. I'm sure if they made AFO one now even it would be one of the Remote Control bunch from start to finish (or the initial composer to be fired would be someone with a hit action movie track record).
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His "Aborted Landing" cue is one of the most exciting pieces of orchestral film music from the last 15 years. It's not a good fit for the film, but it's exceptional nonetheless.
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Wow, that was really terrible. The film makers made the right decision.
Neil
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