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Yes.
Surprising to me was how well it grounded the beginnings of film music history. Also, she had a real wealth of material to show, so we weren't seeing talking heads and b-roll for 60% of the run time, but good, moment-specific images or clips. It's quite something.
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Cool. Two movie music documentaries on streaming services in the same month - thinking of Amazon's Bond doc.
We are not alone!
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Oct 2, 2022 - 10:17 PM
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joan hue
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I wish everyone had HBO Max and could watch this documentary. It is excellent. At least it can be ordered.
Even those youngers who think movie scores began in the 90’s should see this for several reasons.
First of all, Steiner comes through as laying the core foundation for music synched to movies. This show really delves into how he composed the first scores that indelibly enhanced and enriched movies. Of course, this led to studios hiring a lot of composers to score movies.
The show points out that Steiner laid the template for Star Wars and John Williams.
Han Zimmer received the Vienna Max Steiner Composer Award in 2018, and he is thanked in the end credits.
Ahem, this documentary is NOT just for oldies.
Our own Ray Faiola is mentioned in this show and acknowledged in the end credits.
We hear often from John Morgan and William Stromberg, and we see Stromberg conducting. You will also hear from Jon Burlingame, Richard Kraft, Friedhofer in tapes, Steve C. Smith who wrote Steiner’s current biography and many others.
Of course, some of his key scores are dissected. (Smith's biography really dissects his scores more completely.) Also, the show acknowledges how well he kept up with the changing times by composing the huge hit in 1960 called A Summer Place. Writing music from King Kong to A Summer Place is certainly amazing.
I was well-educated during these two hours of viewing.
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I would love to get the blu-ray of this documentary. But it only seems to be available through the filmmaker's website where they charge $65 for the postage to send it to Germany. While I am aware that the post office has raised prices this is ridiculous. With sales tax and handling fee added on arrival in Germany this would ultimately raise the price for the disc to about $ 130. Sorry, but that's more than I would pay for any film.
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