I'll hand out a cookie to the person who can name who actually worked on the picture before Andrew Powell.
I'm not sure ANYONE worked on it before him.
Donner decided on Powell already in the pre-production stage when he went location-scouting in the English countryside and played Alan Parsons Project on the car stereo.
I'll hand out a cookie to the person who can name who actually worked on the picture before Andrew Powell.
I'm not sure ANYONE worked on it before him.
Donner decided on Powell already in the pre-production stage when he went location-scouting in the English countryside and played Alan Parsons Project on the car stereo.
Hey Cat, I'd like to know who worked on LADYHAWKE before Powell did (and when you say worked, was stuff actually recorded or didn't it get that far?) My guess would be John Barry (he worked with him on INSIDE MOVES) or James Horner (he never did work with him, but Horner would have been very hot around that time). Donner has certainly worked with some GREAT COMPOSERS throughout his career. I'd like for him to direct another film and have John Williams score it. That would be cool.
Whoever it is, I'd like to see them document that a previous composer was attached. I have a feeling it's just a rumour/fan speculation thingie. It's kinda difficult to have another composer attached, when Donner had already decided who he wanted BEFORE A SINGLE SHOT WAS MADE!
Ladyhawke it's a wasted opportunity. With the right music it would have become a classic
*sigh*
Another sweeping generalization from someone who apparently has no knowledge of the full score. Probably only based on the few snippets of rock beat that is relegated to BRIEF moments in the film - usually transportation scenes or goofy action setpieces. For the truly important moments, the score is no different than what a Horner or Williams or Barry would have done. Just listen to the gorgeous love theme:
"It's kinda difficult to have another composer attached, when Donner had already decided who he wanted BEFORE A SINGLE SHOT WAS MADE!" -------------------------------------------- Maybe that's true. BUT! What Donner wanted (an untried Rock Group with hardly any film experience) may not have sat well, at first, with the studio involved (Warner Bros). I imagine they'd want to protect their investment and may have tried to get Donner to pick someone more 'established/expected' before gambling on aforementioned rock group.
"It's kinda difficult to have another composer attached, when Donner had already decided who he wanted BEFORE A SINGLE SHOT WAS MADE!" -------------------------------------------- Maybe that's true. BUT! What Donner wanted (an untried Rock Group with hardly any film experience) may not have sat well, at first, with the studio involved (Warner Bros). I imagine they'd want to protect their investment and may have tried to get Donner to pick someone more 'established/expected' before gambling on aforementioned rock group.
I certainly haven't heard anything about that, but if anyone has any proof of that, I would be more than delighted to hear it.
The composer was quite prolific in the 1960s but worked on a score/decade basis after that, focusing on his concert music instead. He provided music for Donner in pre-production and wrote thematic material for Ladyhawke, but was then told to stop (perhaps this is when Donner drove to the countryside?)
Cookies are still up for grabs!
(And this is not the usual bullsh!t fan speculation against which I lead my crusade. I know the composer and he shared the details with me - knowing how devisive Ladyhawke is, this must have been an alternate approach from the left field).
