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The Role of Film Music in Hollywood

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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeOct 28th 2010 edited
    Indeed; such a theme would never appear in the 80's or before.
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeOct 28th 2010 edited
    You know what... the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind received a similar motif. Not the five note theme when we found out they were friendly at the end of the picture but during Barry's Abduction Williams created a screeching motif for voices and strings that was one sustained note.

    Not taking anything away from Zimmer's brillant motif but you'd be surprised at how experiential and creative the 80's, 70's and 60's were. Lots of weird shit was being written in film scores... a lot of different style were being explored. Just listen to Brainstorm or Altered States. Or the 12 tone system in Shire's Taking of the Pelhem 1-2-3. Forbidden Planet, written in the 50's, was the first all electronic score. Talk about going against the trend.

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  3. Christodoulides wrote
    Indeed; such a theme would never appear in the 80's or before.


    There's a couple Vangelis scores from the 80s that might beg to differ. More than a few electronic farts there. wink


    (Just kidding, just kidding.)
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010
    Hollywood has never been afraid to experiment due to the clever working minds of the composers. Look as an example what Mancini experimented with such as the steam driven calliope and the auto harp. Warner Brothers with their use of the sliding guitar to achieve their motif for the beginning of Looney Tunes.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010
    sdtom wrote
    Hollywood has never been afraid to experiment due to the clever working minds of the composers. Look as an example what Mancini experimented with such as the steam driven calliope and the auto harp. Warner Brothers with their use of the sliding guitar to achieve their motif for the beginning of Looney Tunes.
    Thomas


    Well, the willingness to experiment in Hollywood has varied quite a bit over the years. It wasn't that great during the pinnacle of the Golden Age (where much was streamlined and founded on a certain set of "rules"), but definitely in the late 60's and early 70's.
    I am extremely serious.

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