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Dec 15, 2019 - 10:38 AM
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Morricone
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Thank you, Thor! You put it into a nutshell. Too many (not all) of the to-film concerts I have attended have put the music where it usually dwells, behind the screen and behind the movie. Also the majority of what we will be playing has seldom or never been played before in concert. Even by Elmer. Our music director William Malpede, who was Elmer's student and a lifelong fan, had never heard some of these pieces. Watching him be astonished at all this "new" music, and what he can do with it, was worth all the problems we have been beset with. Indeed sitting in the audience last year at the Morricone concert I said to myself "this audience and I may be listening to the only time some of these pieces will EVER be heard in concert".
A project well worth continuing. Would have loved to hear MARIE WARD in concert, for example. Over the last decade or so, this has quickly rocketed to be one of my alltime Bernstein favourites, and while relatively known, still not on the level of MAG 7, GREAT ESCAPE, GHOSTBUSTERS, MOCKINGBIRD etc.
Not to derail your thread, but Nils (who you know) has managed to program a concert of John Williams music next year here in Oslo (with his marching band -- one of Norway's best -- accompanied by choir and renowned soloists), which I will be hosting. In addition to the 'hits', there are the world concert premieres of two rare JW pieces that you'll never see in any 'mainstream' Williams concert. So a similar philosophy to this Autry concept you speak of. Wish there were more of that around the world.
Congrats! At my age this is what I live for. Even a John Wlliams concert can drag if there is nothing except the same old predictable music. But the last one I attended, even though there was no new film titles, they chose offbeat cues, like the main titles to RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK instead of the end titles, which brought a bit of refreshment to the whole night.
One of my sterling memories was going to see the Walnut High School orchestra (a sojourn he made every year to help these kids) and hear Elmer conduct KINGS OF HE SUN. They didn't play it immaculately to be sure but the idea is I saw Elmer conduct this obscure 1963 epic that few have. The other pieces were his famous ones that did not stay with me for this performance.
So we are playing TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD but after hearing THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN or THE SILENCERS or CAST A GIANT SHADOW or HUD or HAWAII it will change the reaction to Elmer from being a wonderful composer to an extraordinary one with incredible range.
Speaking of MARIE WARD I am always curious what motivates a composer to go the extra measure on a particular score. Richard Kraft, his agent at the time, tells how the young female German director and Elmer met and agreed to this independent project (the type Elmer was always up for). As they were leaving Richard asked what score made her want to ask him to score this. She said WEST SIDE STORY. No one corrected her. This has to affect, in some way, how you score the film.
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I hope you are recording these!
Yavar
Yes, for archive purposes only. The Autry has performing rights but not recording rights so the recordings can't even be put on youtube or sold.
This makes those who buy tickets to see it kind of privileged.
I remember during one of my backyard concerts Richard Kraft told my wife "In all the world who'd have thought we'd be hearing THIS music in a backyard in Silverlake". The same goes here except substitute the Autry in Griffith Park for Silverlake.
Dear Henry - events like these and remarks like the one from Richard Kraft - well, they're the reason I said you were "redoubtable" in some earlier thread. And, as some previous contributors to this thread have pointed out, if I didn't happen to live half a world away I'd be happy and kind of privileged to attend too.
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Last years was a lot of fun and you got to hear a LOT of Ennio Morricone. I think my favorite was by Henry's composer Mark who scored his short years ago. I forget what tune he did, but I loved it. A lot of work and I mean a LOT of work goes into this from Henry and his wife Nancy. SUPPORT THEM, if you are near by, please GO! Henry and Nancy do this because they love film music, the end 
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Dec 19, 2019 - 11:01 AM
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Morricone
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Last years was a lot of fun and you got to hear a LOT of Ennio Morricone. I think my favorite was by Henry's composer Mark who scored his short years ago. I forget what tune he did, but I loved it. A lot of work and I mean a LOT of work goes into this from Henry and his wife Nancy. SUPPORT THEM, if you are near by, please GO! Henry and Nancy do this because they love film music, the end
That was "Ancora Qui" from DJANGO UNCHAINED. Mark Tschanz is a perfectionist as a composer so before he took on playing another composer's piece he studied it intensely. It was originally sung by Italian pop singer Elisa Toffoli so he went out of his way to connect with Veronika Coassolo, a popular Italian singer who KNOWS Elisa and who now lives here in LA. She adjusted her style to emulate Elisa on this song. Then, as Mark pointed out, Elisa did her own guitar playing on the original so he, being a master guitarist himself, decided to improve on that part of the song by playing himself.
Now this was one song out of 30 in that Morricone concert. I point this out to emphasize there is not a piece we slough off. Every single player works hard to make their piece work or we drop it.
That is the type of show we strive for and why the accolades keep coming.
May I also point out that Drivingmissdaisy, my LA son, can not only attest to that fact, he has been a staunch supporter from the beginning. He and his FansofFilmMusic have contributed financially and with moral support to keep us afloat and we are grateful.
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Coming in for a whirlwind weekend in L.A. See you for the Saturday matinee. There are some uncommon selections, but if you're squeaking in Robot Monster this is a real oddball selection...or did I misread the advertising poster?
Ron Burbella
Be sure to say hello. And yes, Robot Monster does make an appearance, musically speaking.
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Notefornote Music has come on board, right Henry?
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