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I felt this subject deserved its own post... we have just released perhaps the most unusual episode of Odyssey Interviews, ever:
http://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/3142192-odyssey-interviews-nasrollah-davoodi-part-2
If you are wondering, "Who is Nasrollah Davoodi?" then you must not be following the News section of Jerry Goldsmith Online as closely as I do.  About a year ago, I noticed the following as their first news item of 2019:
"Jerry Goldsmith Lecture In Iran!
Nasrollah Davoodi, a composer and film music researcher based in Iran will be presenting a lecture on the late great Jerry Goldsmith. The date is January 17th 2019 at 5pm and it is being held at one of the most prestigious cultural centres in Iran - The Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran. Just last month Nasrollah spoke about the legendary Elmer Bernstein and these speeches form part of a larger series of talks paying tribute to famous composers working in film.
Read more at Elmer Bernstein's official site.
For western readers this very exciting and gratifying composers as great as Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein are celebrated across the world perhaps in places some would not expect. Music, thankfully, is a universal and a common language."
Scroll down here and you'll see what I did: http://www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/news_2019.htm
With help from Jason Needs of Jerry Goldsmith Online, I made contact with Mr. Davoodi and we struck up a friendship due to our shared love of not only Jerry Goldsmith, but the many great Golden Age composers who worked in Hollywood. For full context, here is Part 1 of our conversation, wherein we converse at length about Jerry and Hollywood film music:
http://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/2873533-odyssey-interviews-nasrollah-davoodi-part-1
But in the interests of full disclosure about Part 2: After the opening half hour focusing on Jerry Goldsmith, the character of this installment is very different from the first half, and indeed different from any other Odyssey Interview so far. It is more of a full on film music radio show, with us largely opting to play full pieces for you all after Mr. Davoodi introduces them. I would call it a deep dive into Iranian art music...except it barely scratches the surface, so despite the record length it's really more of a crash course. But it will give you a sense of the breadth of the nation's music – particularly film music – as eight preeminent composers who worked in film are introduced (nine if you count Andre Hossein, who was from Iran but primarily worked in France). If the only Persian film composer you knew was Ramin Djawadi, prepare to have your mind expanded! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the variety of beautiful sounds contained within, and you may discover some new composers to love in the process.
As my father emigrated from Iran, this episode is of particular personal importance to me. I hope everyone enjoys, and I very much look forward to hearing what people think. Shortly I will post a complete cue list here, as it was so substantial we had to abbreviate it to fit on the podcast page.
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Interesting. I love a lot of Iranian films and directors -- Asghar Farhadi, Jafar Panahi (especially pre-incarceration), Abbas Kierostami, Mohsen Makhbalaf, Mohammad Rasoulof, Rafi Pitts, Majid Majidi, to mention some. But I must admit my knowledge of Iranian film MUSIC is very limited. Many of the aforementioned directors use little non-diegetic film music to begin with. Andre Hossein, I'm familiar with by name, but not by exposure.
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Ah good to see Goldsmith getting a wider spread in this part of the world.
Indeed! (Nice to see you briefly on the film music fan Zoom chat this past weekend btw, Amer!)
Interesting. I love a lot of Iranian films and directors -- Asghar Farhadi, Jafar Panahi (especially pre-incarceration), Abbas Kierostami, Mohsen Makhbalaf, Mohammad Rasoulof, Rafi Pitts, Majid Majidi, to mention some. But I must admit my knowledge of Iranian film MUSIC is very limited. Many of the aforementioned directors use little non-diegetic film music to begin with. Andre Hossein, I'm familiar with by name, but not by exposure.
Yeah, I was in the same boat, aside from knowing Andre Hossein a bit better (but with him I've heard more of his concert works than his film scores!)
It is interesting that the most internationally-known Iranian arthouse films don't tend to have in-your-face orchestral scores. I wonder why that is (perhaps the subject matter). It's true that Iranian film has a much higher international profile than original Iranian film *music*. Which is why I felt so strongly about the importance of releasing this podcast episode! So tell me, Thor -- have you had a chance to listen to it yet? (And if so, what did you think? And Amer and anyone else reading this: same questions...)
Yavar
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Whoa, thanks for the bump. Not being in "film music mode" all the time, I miss all the good stuff it seems. I must listen to this.
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Can't wait to hear your thoughts, Nicolai!
Yavar
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Just played the 2-part Nasrollah Davoodi Interview. I particularly liked his mentioning of that great New York composer Shosty Kovach. Seriously though, what a wonderful Odyssey through all things Goldsmith-related. I'm wondering if I'll live long enough to see the 1970's. There's still another 6 hours worth to catch up to 1961.
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