Just posted a couple of weeks ago, presumably by the interviewer (or his identity thief):
Sounds like this was recorded in February.
Listened to this on my way home. I love Jerry's general annoyance and sometimes (near) curt answers. Sort of a sedate version of Benny. Thanks for posting this delightful vid.
Goldsmith always seemed to be annoyed by interview questions (see the "Round Midnight" radio interview from the 80s - at least he sounded that way to me... .-) )
Goldsmith always seemed to be annoyed by interview questions (see the "Round Midnight" radio interview from the 80s - at least he sounded that way to me... .-) )
I have many of his interviews, and while it can happen, I would say that it doesn't characterize them nearly as much as has become his reputation. The majority of the mild unease of some seems based on his own discomfort with finding good answers. When he says it's hard to talk about, it clearly is, at least for him, this artistic thing he does so intuitively.
He seemed pretty engaged with Michael Moricz in a longer show Michael produced in 1988, likewise with Morning Becomes Eclectic, 10 years later. He seemed to genuinely enjoy his BBC interviewers. He appreciatively noted a really good question in one from early 1979, and in mid-1981 he was laughing along with this little group of, I think, three interviewers. He sounds positively joyful to be there.
Yes, especially when in the "Round Midnight" interview he called his 1976 nomination for Best Song (!!!) for 'Ave Satani', the main theme from "The Omen", "one of the greatest gags of all time"... .-)
- which of course it was, also given the fact that he actually wrote a song for "The Omen", as we all know, "The Piper Dreams", which to my knowledge got no attention or recognition at all!
Yes, especially when in the "Round Midnight" interview he called his 1976 nomination for Best Song (!!!) for 'Ave Satani', the main theme from "The Omen", "one of the greatest gags of all time"... .-)
- which of course it was, also given the fact that he actually wrote a song for "The Omen", as we all know, "The Piper Dreams", which to my knowledge got no attention or recognition at all!
I've wondered before whether he used that name in his acceptance speech in part for that reason.
Goldsmith always seemed to be annoyed by interview questions (see the "Round Midnight" radio interview from the 80s - at least he sounded that way to me... .-) )
I don't blame Goldsmith for being annoyed during this interview... even I'm annoyed by the interviewer! His questions are so perfunctory and open-ended. It's like Ralph Wiggum on that date with Lisa Simpson - "So... do you like... stuff?"
And the interview keeps calling the cues "songs" - arrghhh!
LOL but not funny haha! Well, maybe at times. Oh man. The awkward moments between these guys was palpable and downright cringe-inducing. It felt like Red Forman putting on that silly grin before giving it to Eric. I've seen this dynamic at work in sports. If a reporter asked Bobby Knight or Tommy LaSorda the wrong question--watch out.
Jerry had no tact whatsoever. Patience was non-existent. The worst was the science fiction corrections. Granted, the young interviewer...talked young. I had to remind myself this was 1977; Mr. Schwarz seemed around the same age as me at that time while Jerry was in his late 40s. There was no internet, no IMDB. You had to do the research. It was as if the former figured the composer would be flattered just to be in the radio spotlight.
I'll give JG slack in that he clearly was not at ease. De Niro was the same way early on as you could see how pained he was to make sense in his answers. In time both he and Jerry clearly grew in comfort. And perhaps the same could be said for the host, who probably kicked himself later and vowed to be better prepared.
David, can you imagine if the Jerry we met and talked to in Y2K was the Jerry of '77?
...I'll give JG slack in that he clearly was not at ease. De Niro was the same way early on as you could see how pained he was to make sense in his answers. In time both he and Jerry clearly grew in comfort. And perhaps the same could be said for the host, who probably kicked himself later and vowed to be better prepared.
David, can you imagine if the Jerry we met and talked to in Y2K was the Jerry of '77?
Jerry did come off as a little professorial at times, and how could he be at ease with the process, I wonder. I only have three earlier interviews, where he actually does seem more at ease, but it's still only three in the preceding 10 years. Who knows how his day had been, too? He sounds no grumpier than MV from La-La Land occasionally does here, and I think MV is just fine. The warrant for terseness on either of their parts is usually pretty evident, and they don't linger there - they don't stay in it, I mean; its moment passes as fast as it hits, it seems.
The interview was put up on the interviewer, David Schwarz's, own YouTube channel, and hats off to him for that, especially if he looks back on it as you characterize he might. I think there's more good than bad in it, and I hope has has the second half to put up later. Music removed, they spoke for about 30 minutes in this first half, so imagine if the guy got 30 minutes just covering Logan's Run and The Omen! That might be the most we could hear from the maestro on single scores outside of his DVD commentaries for Apes, Star Trek:TMP and Hollow Man.
