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| James Horner at 60 |
| Posted By: Tim Burden on August 13, 2013 - 10:00 PM |
There is some disappointment that the eagerly anticipated Romeo & Juliet 'twas not to be, perhaps more so as it is a story that cries out for James Horner's style of writing. We do, however have plenty of music to celebrate this milestone of a birthday and the following montage showcases just a mere few of Horner's best moments.
Comments from the man himself, plus Simon Rhodes (producer / score mixer / arranger) and David Pyatt (French horn) flesh out this tribute. I hope you enjoy listening.
By the way, the first person to name each of the film titles featured in the montage receives no prize whatsoever, other than praise for being a Horner expert.
The music was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and some of Hollywood's finest musicians. Soloists deserving special mention include: Tim Morrison, Hugh Seenan, Jim Thatcher, James Walker, Ian Underwood, Simon Franglen and Joshua Bell. Orchestrators deserving praise include: Conrad Pope, Greig McRitchie and Randy Kerber. Score engineers needing applause are Shawn Murphy, John Richards, Eric Tomlinson and Simon Rhodes.
October's two Hollywood in Vienna concerts will certainly be a fitting 60th tribute and look out for extensive coverage of these in a future issue of FSM Online. Jean-Baptiste Martin has an enjoyable written birthday tribute at his impressive James Horner website if you'd like to have a look: http://jameshorner-filmmusic.com/60-years-old-happy-birthday-maestro/
The full length interviews with James Horner, Simon Rhodes and David Pyatt that were featured in the montage are in FSM Online issues Volume 14, No.12 and Volume 14, No. 3. If you don't subscribe just click the FSM Online tab above.
- Tim
tburden@filmscoremonthly.com
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Today in Film Score History:
April 19 |
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| Alan Price born (1942) |
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| Alfred Newman begins recording his score for David and Bathsheba (1951) |
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| Dag Wiren died (1986) |
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| David Fanshawe born (1942) |
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| Dudley Moore born (1935) |
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| Harry Sukman begins recording his score for A Thunder of Drums (1961) |
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| Henry Mancini begins recording his score for The Great Race (1965) |
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| Joe Greene born (1915) |
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| John Addison begins recording his score for Swashbuckler (1976) |
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| John Williams begins recording his score for Fitzwilly (1967) |
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| Jonathan Tunick born (1938) |
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| Lord Berners died (1950) |
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| Michael Small begins recording his score to Klute (1971) |
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| Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “When It Rains…” (1999) |
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| Ragnar Bjerkreim born (1958) |
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| Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "We'll Always Have Paris" (1988) |
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| Sol Kaplan born (1919) |
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| Thomas Wander born (1973) |
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| William Axt born (1888) |
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