Bruce Broughton has mentioned several times that Chinatown is his favorite Goldsmith score, and that Goldsmith and Alex North were the two composers working that always impressed him the most.
Those were indeed both great interviews, Yavar! The Slatkin interview was particularly enlightening, I didn't know how much he admired Goldsmith and with such specificity.
Jeez, Yavar, that Slatkin interview is amazing.
Thank you both for the kind words about my interviews. The Slatkin one was the first real interview I ever conducted, actually. I'm still very grateful to him for agreeing to inaugurate my Odyssey Interviews sub-series of The Goldsmith Odyssey. And he was kind enough to come back as well, for the joint Score Masters YouTube event with The Legacy of John Williams podcast! For those who haven't seen that, here it is. Not only Leonard Slatkin but special guests David Newman, Bruce Botnick, Mike Lang, Leanna Primiani, Jeff Bond, and Mike Mattesino all contributed a great deal to the conversation that took place just over a year ago:
It's been years apparently since I visited this thread, so I guess I actually have a lot of updates! The Odyssey Interviews sub-series has been going strong, and interested folks can check out every episode of the podcast (in reverse chronological order) at www.goldsmithodyssey.com. But to single out a few from "composers/legends":
"Jerry Goldsmith was a true renaissance composer. His works for movies and television ranged from the deeply dramatic to the whimsical and always reflected the storyline. He was a generous mentor to many young composers and he will be deeply missed by everyone in the entertainment industry." -BMI President and CEO Frances Preston
“As modern acting came from Brando, modern film scoring came from Jerry Goldsmith.” -Lukas Kendall (heh)
“Well, Jerry will save it.” “He never got stale. He didn’t repeat himself." -Joe Dante
“Jerry gives emotional context to the images without making them cheap or hollow. There’s nothing ‘on the nose.’ Instead of accentuating sound effects, he goes for the soul of a film.” -Paul Verhoeven
