Next on my list of films to watch is King Kong (1933), who's scheduled to make his grand entrance on Saturday, June 27 at 9am PST. I have reviewed this motion picture with a focus on its musical score here
Incredible score often to be found in my top ten of all time. When I say often I mean there are changes periodically due to how much I might be enjoying certain scores at a given time. But there are ones that will always be my favourites and this is one of them.
A footnote to this is also a cross reference to the thread about home recording film and tv music direct from tv as kids etc.
As soon as I hear the very end of King Kong's score, I immediately expect in my head, to hear Leith Stevens' War of the Worlds score to crash straight in. Because when I recorded the End Titles to Kong as a kid, I didn't leave a big enough gap for my next recording which was WotW. So the end of one score will forever remind me of the start to another. Strange but true.....
For me the most powerful monster on screen for its deceptions, Kong was simply not a caged or trained pet that he then reaped havoc he had that compassionate heart that oversees his real-motives that's what makes Kong the outright leader over Godzilla or Harry Harryhausen monsters although Mighty Joe Young is kinda an exception. All the monster music back then was fine-grade but Steiner does come out smelling of roses the resources he had too work with were very-limited his extreme skill of orchestration & his creative knowledge of motifs & sweeping melodies deserves that high-praise..
I give you King Kong by Max Steiner, and Bride of Frankenstein by Franz Waxman. Could there be a finer start to monster movie music than these two towering classics?
For me the most powerful monster on screen for its deceptions, Kong was simply not a caged or trained pet that he then reaped havoc he had that compassionate heart that oversees his real-motives that's what makes Kong the outright leader over Godzilla or Harry Harryhausen monsters although Mighty Joe Young is kinda an exception. All the monster music back then was fine-grade but Steiner does come out smelling of roses the resources he had too work with were very-limited his extreme skill of orchestration & his creative knowledge of motifs & sweeping melodies deserves that high-praise..
Spotting the fact that someone is going to mention that you may be mixing up your Harry Harrisons and Ray Bradburys, and coming up with Harry Harryhausen, I thought I'd be the bas***d to get it in first....
For me the most powerful monster on screen for its deceptions, Kong was simply not a caged or trained pet that he then reaped havoc he had that compassionate heart that oversees his real-motives that's what makes Kong the outright leader over Godzilla or Harry Harryhausen monsters although Mighty Joe Young is kinda an exception. All the monster music back then was fine-grade but Steiner does come out smelling of roses the resources he had too work with were very-limited his extreme skill of orchestration & his creative knowledge of motifs & sweeping melodies deserves that high-praise..
Spotting the fact that someone is going to mention that you may be mixing up your Harry Harrisons and Ray Bradburys, and coming up with Harry Harryhausen, I thought I'd be the bas***d to get it in first....
I'm getting nothing mixed up pal, Harryhausen's Mighty-Joe-Young is his character's effects its a fine image that gave HH that added inspiration of 1933 but its not as cool as Kong's sucess.
