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I remember when Nico fidenco and lalo schifrin were the young bucks on the scene...! (Compared to established composers at the time).
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Someone on the Board enquired recently about recommendations for Denis King a UK tv composer of over 100 series. His themes used to be familiar to most on this side of the pond. I was surprised to be reminded that his most recent compilation CD was from 1992. He must be presumed to be retired now, but his 80th birthday is next month. I had thought John Scott had passed some time ago, but I'm happy to be wrong. HIs activities with JOS Records seemed to have stopped. A NEW Digital re-recording of Anthony and Cleopatra would be a fitting tribute to round off his contributions whilst he is still with us to appreciate it.
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Someone on the Board enquired recently about recommendations for Denis King a UK tv composer of over 100 series. His themes used to be familiar to most on this side of the pond. I was surprised to be reminded that his most recent compilation CD was from 1992. He must be presumed to be retired now, but his 80th birthday is next month.
80? What a young whippersnapper! 5 years untill he's eligible for this esteemed company.
To be honest I kind of felt sorry for him. He may be up to theme compositions but I doubt he'll get another gig.
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Just to confirm that the new Gerard Schurmann release on the Chandos label has indeed been released:
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%2010979
Yet to hear it myself but if it’s of similar quality to the other CDs in this long standing series, it likely to be good.
Richard, I thought you were announcing the appearance of Volume 2. I've seen it announced, but I expect we'll have to wait another year or two. I'd suggested a volume of Film Music of Cedric Thorpe Davie. Apparently it's on their "to do" list. So that's at least 2 titles. I wonder what other gems might be on their list ?.
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Thor, you might be interested in the following:
Paul Glass can now be added to this list (born 1934)
Tôn-Tha?t Tie?t (b. 1933)
Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932)
Two Spanish composers, both born in 1930, are still with us:
Luis de Pablo, most active during the '60s & '70s, purportedly worked on a documentary during 2019
Cristóbal Halffter was primarily active between 1954 & 1974, scoring little more than two dozen productions
Both are better known, if it can be said that they are known, for their absolute music.
These British composers did between 1 to 3 features, but are also still with us:
Harrison Birtwistle (b. 1934)
Thomas Rajna (b. 1928)
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I see Thor was already working on Paul Glass around the same time as I was.
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Tôn-Tha?t Tie?t (b. 1933)
Say what? Is that a Vietnamese composer or something, and you lack the letter where the question mark is?
Yeah, FSM's system probably doesn't recognize those special characters.
Without those, it would be Ton-That Tiet.
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Hi, Thor.
During my slow-paced explorations into vintage Japanese soundtracks,
I have been periodically discovering some composers whom I was unaware of for decades.
Almost all of such are by now deceased. Thanks to Ark Square, I noticed Horrors of Malformed Men by
Hajime Kaburagi. From what little I've found online, Kaburagi's date of birth is listed as being 1926 ... with no date of death (which makes him 94, if still with us).
He has well over 200 credits in a 40-year span between 1956 and 1995, but the sketchy biographical information on him likely needs further verification before entering his name into this thread ...
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