Sentences with phrase «as a composer who»

It's interesting to me that an actor who found fleeting celebrity (as a composer who borrowed fame very briefly) would choose to make a «comeback» portraying a once almost - famous writer / now frustrated teacher of English at a snotty prep school.

Not exact matches

Gould, by contrast, created a thing of beauty by reinterpreting the baroque work of a German composer who was widely seen as a touch old - fashioned, even by his contemporaries.

In addition to the sound designers, they employ four full - time composers and a team of music producers, who record new music for the log - in and load screens, as well as for standalone music videos.

Then we arrive at the greatest jazz composer of them all, Duke Ellington — a man who seemed, to his fans, as secular as they come.

Describing himself a panentheist, one who believes God is in all things and that all things are in God, and the use of the analogy of the composer still writing the musical score, responding to the musicians, as descriptive of God's relations to an ongoing, creative evolutionary process, does share common themes and ideas with the process - relational vision.

This Church has fired a well known music composer as choir director because he prayed and was «too spiritual» at choir practice, Fired an amazing organist (who played with one hand because of a disability) for reasons unknown.

If there were atheist meetings where songs were sung as composed by atheists, good chance a Christian wouldn't know who the composer is either.

Yet the 38 - year - old British composer of such blockbuster musicals as Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Cats, who has written such enormously popular melodies as «I Don't Know How to Love Him,» «Don't Cry for Me, Argentina» and «Memories,» demonstrated in the Requiem that he can also write beautiful serious music in the English choral tradition — while still holding on to his more rock - inspired identity.

It's always difficult for people to realize that a composer, especially one who has been as lucky and as successful as I have been, can have many sides.

The director was also hurt by the sudden departure of composer Bernard Herrmann (who had scored every Hitchcock's movie since 1957) during the making of Torn Curtain, as Herrmann's music had become a key element of the success of Hitchcock's films.

This time out Glazer is working with cinematographer Daniel Landin, who has collaborated with Glazer on his music video work, as well as the young multi-instrumentalist and composer Mica Levi.

So Cuaron, who used the same writer (Steven Kloves), production designer (Stuart Craig), composer (John Williams) and trio of leads as the previous two films did, ended up putting the best face on a problematic situation.

The score is by young British composer Benjamin Wallfisch, perhaps still best - known as orchestrator and conductor for Dario Marianelli, but who has also been making a name for himself as a composer in his own right (and in film terms, last year's Conquest 1453 is perhaps his most popular effort to date).

Providing a score as authentically Chinese as Big Alan who runs the Peking Nights Chinese Chippy around the corner from me is newly - styled «legendary composer» Ramin Djawadi, presumably hired as a result of his popular work on Game of Thrones (James Horner had actually signed up to score it, before fate tragically intervened).

Like Edmund Halley, who died just a couple of years before seeing his prediction come true about the date when the comet bearing his name would return, the sad note about the film is that Rad (listed as director, producer, writer, editor, composer, production designer and set decorator) died in 2007 before he saw it gain new life.

Hans Zimmer at the film's premiere; based on the music as heard in the film, this was the first time any of the numerous composers who wrote its music had actually seen the film

Enough is a dark - as - night psychological thriller directed by Michael Apted (who's roster of composers is most impressive: as well as Arnold, he's worked with James Horner, John Barry, Maurice Jarre, Mark Isham, Danny Elfman - not bad going).

Sharing honors from the Society Dramatic Authors and Composers, given annually to a French film in Fortnight, were two very different tales of romantic possibility in Paris: Philippe Garrel's black - and - white «Lover for a Day» («L'Amant d'un Jour»), about a 23 - year - old woman who learns that her father is dating a girl her age, and Claire Denis» «Let the Sunshine In» («Un Beau Soleil Intérieur»), starring Juliette Binoche as a divorced artist looking for love in many of the wrong places.

, Elizabeth Berridge Plot: Amadeus is an up and coming composer, but the powers that be never allow him to receive recognition, as told by Antonio Salieri, the man who claims he murdered Amadeus.

«Mr. Elfman's Musical Concoctions» (7:13) interviews composer Danny Elfman, who gives us more thought than usual into his score, as he recalls the themes he created and the order that they took shape in an «effortless», energizing job he came to off of seven consecutive assignments and somehow finished two weeks early.

Directed by Oscar ® winner Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated film, «Beauty and the Beast» is produced by Mandeville Films» David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight - time Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards ® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim Rice.

It's also nice to finally check in with composer John Williams (whose Indiana Jones theme is the heart - and - soul of the trilogy), who's not so much as mentioned in the omnibus documentary, while Ben Burtt's work on Raiders is justly honoured with revelatory and enthusiastic recollections («This jungle is gonna be so friggin» alien,» was Spielberg's reaction to the animal noises that Burtt had fabricated for the beginning of the movie).

IFMCA member James Southall said that «The Shape of Water» was «yet another from the top drawer of Desplat,» and went on to describe him as «one of the most consistently impressive film composers of the last couple of decades,» who has «managed to be so successful without having to water down his highly - distinctive musical voice at all».

Behind the scenes, the creative team includes frequent collaborators Tom Stern, who served as cinematographer on 13 of Eastwood's previous films, and Deborah Hopper, who has served as Eastwood's costume designer on 17 prior films, editor Blu Murray, who most recently cut «Sully,» and the film's composer, Christian Jacob.

By bringing Lamar on board and employing Ludwig Göransson (a longtime collaborator with Coogler who has also worked with Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino) as the film's principal composer, Marvel are finally broadening their symphonic horizons.

People who love Rabin's film scores will probably love this one too, but those slightly less convinced by the composer overall are unlikely to find this one nearly so impressive as his career highlights.

As for the rest of the techs, the editing team of Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione are Oscar nominees for their work on Babel and composer veteran John Powell received his first Oscar nomination for How to Train Your Dragon... both of these technical categories could be in play (especially Powell, who's also composing How to Train Your Dragon 2).

The film comes in the wake of 2013's heart wrenching Sundance Jury Prize award winner, Blood Brother, a film that seemed to come out of nowhere to wow audiences and critics alike, and apparently even the likes of Terrence Malick and Atticus Ross who came on to Hoover's latest project to executive produce and serve as composer, respectively.

The people included in this group are composers such as Koji Kondo, Shinobu Takana, Mahito Yokota, and many others from 3rd parties who have contributed to the tunes of Mario.

The song, written by Germaine Franco — who also worked with composer Michael Giacchino as the orchestrator for Coco alongside cultural consultant Camilo Lara — and Molina, is the result of a spontaneous performance by Miguel and Hector, who must perform at a Land of the Dead talent show to gain access to Ernesto de la Cruz.

By choosing Wagner, director Francis Ford Coppola was clearly linking Kilgore to Hitler, who famously embraced the composer as a symbol of Aryan supremacy.

It should come as no surprise that the key ingredient to the soundtrack's roaring success is the return of original series composer David Wise, who made a triumphant return with Tropical Freeze after an extended hiatus from scoring mainstream titles.

Composer Justin Hurwitz and lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul contribute a pleasing score, with the kind of earnest verse («Here's to the ones who dream / Foolish as they may seem / Here's to the hearts that ache / Here's to the mess we make») on which Demy films thrived.

The festival also honored master composer Bernard Herrmann, who scored «Citizen Kane» and «Taxi Driver» as well as «Psycho,» «Vertigo,» «Cape Fear» and many others.

Ryan Reynolds is not the first actor who might come to mind to play her real - life lawyer, Randy Schoenberg (grandson of composer Arnold) but he does a creditable job as the young attorney and family friend who becomes as driven and obsessed as his client — possibly even more so — in pursuing this case.

«If you look at somebody like Jonny Greenwood, who is such an amazing film composer, I think of him more as a film composer, of course, than as the guy who is in that Radiohead band,» he says.

I think the score is a major part of the problem — although I normally love the composer, Carter Burwell (who is Oscar - nominated this year, for Carol)-- as we do not need its swelling chords; the swelling waves are enough.

Directed by Oscar ® winner Bill Condon from a screenplay by TBD based on the 1991 animated film, the film is produced by Mandeville Films» David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight - time Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards ® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim Rice.

Caine stars as Fred Ballinger, a retired composer and conductor who has sunk into pleasant apathy; Keitel is Mick Boyle, a filmmaker trying to develop a script for the film that might be his last.

I suppose it's sort of damning with faint praise in a way, but it's remarkable that some composers seem to emerge from the production line formerly known as Media Ventures as excellent film composers in their own right who go on to bigger and better things.

Having worked with composer James Horner on three big Hollywood projects, his death came as a personal loss for James Cameron who was looking forward to reteam with the musician again on «Avatar» sequels.

With his most impressive score yet, Tyler recalls the richly atmospheric, melody - driven horror of such classic composers as Franz Waxman, Hans J. Salter and Heinz Roemheld — all Eastern Europeans who heralded a dark, romantic sound that powered the likes of «The Bride of Frankenstein,» «The Wolfman» and «Dracula's Daughter» (which isn't to mention how Tyler also draws on the symphonic, sandstorm force that Jerry Goldsmith gave to the first «Mummy's» vintage - set reboot).

Anyway, as you play, you're treated to a fantastic soundtrack from veteran game composer David Wise (who also scored Yooka - Laylee, Snake Pass, and Star Ghost) that'll keep your toes tapping.

The nexus for this performance, however, was Transcendental Youth, a song cycle by the Mountain Goats» John Darnielle, presented here in a fascinating and colorful arrangement by violinist - composer Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy), who has worked extensively with bands like Arcade Fire and Grizzly Bear as well as releasing numerous projects of his own.

I think, having never been a fan while Goldsmith was alive and active, I just don't have the same (for lack of a better term) «fanboyism» for him as I do for John Powell (who's admittedly the only modern composer that can still whip up that sort of unfettered enthusiasm from me).

The ambient electronic material is chilled - out and evocative, but while this composer is perfectly adept at applying that style of scoring to a film (it usually works very well in context), it's very hard to imagine there are too many people who would like it on album as much as similar styles from other composers who are possibly more at home working that way.

The featurettes are generally disinteresting but do offer a handful of insights (the best in a chat with composer Kanno, who reveals her inspiration as a Greyhound bus trip through the American south that shaped her musical foundation), in addition to an attractive comic - frame layout that only occasionally becomes irritating and, even then, mainly for its repetitiveness.

It's produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, who served as associate producer on Toy Story 3 and Monsters Univ., with music by Canadian composer Mychael Danna, of scores for films like Life of Pi, Fracture and Monsoon Wedding.

The film has three unknowns in John Magaro, Will Brill and Jack Huston (who has since broken out with his role on «Boardwalk Empire «-RRB- as the leads, which shouldn't be a problem as Chase's depiction of youth with inexperienced talent on his HBO show was stellar, but it also boasts a strong supporting cast with Bella Heathcote as the protagonist Magaro's girlfriend, Christopher McDonald as her father, Molly Price as Magaro's mother, Lisa Lampenelli as his aunt, Brad Garrett as a composer / producer, and Chase's «Sopranos» leading man James Gandolfini, who apparently shines as Magaro's father, «a postwar, post-Depression era parent who has given his kid every advantage that he didn't have growing up.»

The award - winning British composer who scored Mel Gibson's Oscar - nominated movie Hacksaw Ridge has hailed the director as a film - maker who is not afraid of emotion.