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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5      General Discussion: New book: 100 Greatest Film Scores     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 8:02 AM     By:   FabioS   (Member) https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Film-Scores-Matt-Lawson/dp/1538103672    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 8:34 AM     By:   Montana Dave   (Member) The book is $50.00! We can get Thor's list for free.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 8:34 AM     By:   ryanpaquet   (Member) Quite the extensive preview available on Amazon there. I only have one gripe - although the majority of film music is written by dudes, it does not appear that on the list of 100 scores, and an additional 100 scores - there are none written by women.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 8:35 AM     By:   ryanpaquet   (Member) The book is $50.00! We can get Thor's list for free.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 6:06 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) The cover art tells me everything I need to know. Pass.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 6:16 PM     By:   Sean Nethery   (Member) Well, Onya, don't let the door hit you....    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 6:31 PM     By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member) Quite the extensive preview available on Amazon there. I only have one gripe - although the majority of film music is written by dudes, it does not appear that on the list of 100 scores, and an additional 100 scores - there are none written by women. Just curious but what score written by a woman would you have included on a top 100 list, without it being a token because of gender? I greatly support female composers but the problem is that there have been so few of them, and they have been given comparatively few opportunities in the industry. If I am being honest with myself in my rankings, I can't think of a single film score by a female composer which would make my top 100 list either. Plenty of scores that I love, but not quite top 100 material when there's so much incredible stuff it's already hard to narrow down. I can definitely say that on my list of top 50 film composers, there are a few female names at least. But single scores on a top 100 is much more difficult. Rachel Portman's Never Let Me Go might come the closest. In concert hall music it's actually easier as there have been more female composers who got opportunities. (If I were listing 100 Greatest Operas...I would actually include Portman's The Little Prince, which might just be her greatest work.) Now if we were talking about favorite-scored *TV*, Shirley Walker would surely rate a prominent spot. Like, top 5 composers, top 5 shows. Batman/Superman TAS and Space: Above and Beyond would both easily make my list of top 10 best scored shows of all time. Yavar    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 6:42 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) ...it does not appear that on the list of 100 scores, and an additional 100 scores - there are none written by women. There were women in the orchestras.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 7:04 PM     By:   Essankay   (Member) We can get Thor's list for free. In the spirit of Thor I'll point out that not a single non-English-language film is mentioned in the blurb. If that's the case for the whole book it will call into question their gushy sales pitch "100 Greatest Film Scores will be of interest to fans of movie music everywhere."    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 7:13 PM     By:   Zoragoth   (Member) Just curious but what score written by a woman would you have included on a top 100 list, without it being a token because of gender? Yavar Shirley Walker - BATMAN MASK OF THE PHANTASM Debbie Wiseman - HAUNTED LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS Elizabeth Lutyens - THE SKULL These great scores/composers offered with tongue only slightly in cheek. Yavar, glad to hear you plug Portman's enthralling and lyrical LITTLE PRINCE opera. I think it's her greatest work as well.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 7:28 PM     By:   SBD   (Member) Just curious but what score written by a woman would you have included on a top 100 list, without it being a token because of gender? Yavar Debbie Wiseman's Arsene Lupin.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 9:25 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) Just curious but what score written by a woman would you have included on a top 100 list, without it being a token because of gender? Yavar Shirley Walker - BATMAN MASK OF THE PHANTASM THE BLACK STALLION co writer Shirley Waljer and............For your consideration: CAPTAIN APACHE ( scored by a woman ) featuring Lee Van Cleef on vocals Brm    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 9:35 PM     By:   Josh   (Member) Shirley Walker - BATMAN MASK OF THE PHANTASM Shirley you jest.    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 9:37 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) Shirley Walker - BATMAN MASK OF THE PHANTASM Shirley you jest. I am The Jester but MOP is fantastic! . Check it out! Brm    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 9:40 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) This book should be good. MacDonald is a very astute writer. Btw it is very weird that the topic of film music has generated substantial writings* from the academic press..all of which is worthless. Naturally. Brm *avoid Sergio Micelli at all costs!    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 9:45 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) Well, Onya, don't let the door hit you....    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 9:53 PM     By:   Erik Woods   (Member) Who is Varujan Kozian???    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 10:07 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) Who is Varujan Kozian??? An anagram?    Posted:   Jun 28, 2018 - 10:17 PM     By:   Primo   (Member) Who is Varujan Kozian??? An anagram? One-time conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. Recordings include Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk – also a compilation of suites from the first three Star Wars movies. All top-notch recordings. But, of course, you all knew that!    Posted:   Jun 29, 2018 - 6:14 AM     By:   Washu   (Member) This doesn't look good at all - Pirates of the Caribbean, Titanic, The Last of the Mohicans, Up and A Beautiful Mind as five of the top 100 film scores of all time?! Wow, I don't know what to say if someone seriously thinks that they are top 100 of all time material. E.T. may be a great film score, but I still wouldn't cover the book in that material as the peak of film music even if it's maybe top 100 of all time material. I can't think of a single film score by a female composer which would make my top 100 list either. Same here. I think Mica Levi's Under the Skin and Yoko Kanno's Our Little Sister might come closest (aside from maybe Delia Derbyshire's best unreleased score), but that's more like top 500 of all time, not top 100.     General Discussion: New book: 100 Greatest Film Scores    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5

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