Sentences with phrase «best film composers»

He also had the good fortune to work with some of the best film composers in the business, ranging from John Barry to Jerry Goldsmith to Ennio Morricone... to Maurice Jarre, for his 1971 western Red Sun, which features the somewhat odd story of a Japenese ambassador who has his priceless samurai sword stolen and so much enlist the help of a gunman - Charles Bronson - to recover it.

Not exact matches

On the one hand, emotional manipulation has always been at the heart of our cultural artefacts; in fact, we have always lauded the best artists, writers, film - makers, composers and the like for their seamless skills in moving us and enlarging our horizons.

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The movie was nominated for an impressive 13 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielburg), Best Actor (Danny Glover), Best Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), Best Supporting Actress Nominations for Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, along with Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar), and Best Original Musical Score for a Motion Picture (Quincy Jones) which was the first time in any Spielburg produced film that composer John Williams did not compose a film score for a Spielburg movie.

Music and Sound (16:00) heavily features legendary composer John Williams, in which he discusses how the subject matter of the film influenced the creation of the film's score, as well as how the numerous sound effects were researched and created for the film.

Granted by France's Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, the SACD Award for best French - language film went to Pierre Salvadori's screwball crime romcom «The Trouble with You.»

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).

Explosions in the Sky and composer David Wingo are well known for their sprawling sonic landscapes, and to score the film Prince Avalanche, the collaborators used those skills to create an imaginative and immersive experience.

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.

I think the direction of the album is totally a product of Jonny Greenwood's new career as the main composer for Paul Thomas Anderson's films, which is a good thing if you love evocative and lush music, as I do, but also a bit disappointing if you're missing some of that Radiohead guitar

A fan of Requiem for a Dream, Gaghan cribbed that film's composer as well as its cinematographer, Matthew Libatique; joining Gaghan for a screen - specific commentary track, Libatique is not afraid of alienating the viewer in name - checking development techniques — as a «Dawson,» I found myself transcribing terms like «cross process» for future reference.

The score for the film is worth taking note of as well, and you can learn more about it in the special features section with an audio interview with the composer Robert Bellon.

Joon - ho proves to be both a well - studied and yet uniquely avant - garde composer of his film world.

It's done quite well at the box office though, and was one of three films scored by Trevor Rabin which all appear in the Box Office Top Ten in the same week, at the time of writing this review - quite a feat for the composer.

Additionally, there's a new featurette on the film's visual effects, new interviews with composer Alan Howarth, actor Joe Unger, still photographer Kim Gottlieb - Walker and filmmaker David DeCoteau, as well as a previously released featurette and the original opening bank robbery sequence.

Composer Jed Kurzel puts an enchanting and tantalizing score that stands tall as one of the film's best attributes.

He often collaborates with his wife, producer Emma Thomas, and his brother, screenwriter Jonathan Nolan, as well as cinematographer Wally Pfister, film editor Lee Smith, composers David Julyan and Hans Zimmer, special effects coordinator Chris Corbould, and actors Christian Bale and Michael Caine.

Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is a Grammy - nominated and multi-platinum producer, musician, and composer whose versatility puts him on the cutting edge of contemporary music, as well at the vanguard of exciting new film composers.

What makes this one worth buying is the new commentary with Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman, as well as the original poem and concept art the film was based on, read by Christopher Lee.

Filled with exquisite imagery, the film follows Fred (Caine), a retired longtime composer and conductor, who brings along his daughter (Weisz) and best friend, renowned filmmaker, Mick (Keitel) who is working on his last screenplay, for a brief sojourn in the Swiss Alps.

But that's what we were going to get with Hulk until a few weeks before its release date, when someone at Universal thought that instead of one of the least well - suited composers for silly comicbook films they would be better - served by the most well - suited, so they turned to Danny Elfman, veteran of Batman and Spiderman.

Not only do they think they can get this thing looking as good as at least Toy Story 2 (a movie that still holds up), but they also brought in Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast) to write original music for the film.

About the only thing less likely than a daft comicbook film scripted by James Schamus and directed by Ang Lee would be one scored by Mychael Danna, seemingly one of the least well - suited composers for this sort of thing.

Akira Yamaoka, best known as the video game composer for Silent Hill, has announced on Twitter that he will write a song for an upcoming horror film called...

On the latest Crew Call, the Long Island native and two - time Oscar nominee of The Hurt Locker and 3:10 to Yuma talks with us about his latest work as well as his early days at Yale Music, and how he decided to take the plunge into film scoring thanks to The Omen and Poltergeist composer Jerry Goldsmith.

The 1970s were not in general a good time for film composers, until Star Wars came along at least.

The best thing about films like this for composers is that they usually allow them to go wildly over-the-top because the filmmakers want music that's as loud and frenetic as possible.

So, for those interested composers reading, they can currently go to: http://secretsoffilmscoring.blogspot.com The feedback has been incredible, «I learned more about film scoring here, than I had in the last 10 years», «No one out there today will teach you what Evan does», «god bless him for his commitment to improving the condition of the film music industry», «a genius at what he does», «incredibly well informed with a lot of experience».

Steven Price is the very talented composer behind the film «Gravity», which ended up winning him last year's Oscar for Best Score (along with numerous other awards).

My biggest heros in this art are Bernard Herrmann («Psycho», «Taxi Driver», «Citizen Kane», «Vertigo») and Jerry Goldsmith («The Omen», «Poltergeist», «Basic Instinct»,» Papillon»), both of whom were pioneers in understanding the psychology of film and communicating drama through music, and I'm doing my best to follow in their example, and try to be one of the more considerate film composers out there... so, I was anxious to hear back if they agreed I hit the bullseye, blind.

Whereas a director like Ryan Coogler may have in the past sought out luminaries in film scoring like John Williams, Hans Zimmer, or Thomas Newman — and does in fact have original music by composer, Ludwig Göransson (best known for his work with Childish Gambino)-- his decision for the soundtrack is something that other directors will surely copy.

Horror at its most heartrending and operatic, the film boasts career best efforts from leading man Jeff Goldblum and Cronenberg's regular composer Howard Shore.»

With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone, this landmark film has never looked or sounded better.

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.

Listening to John Powell's music, though, leads me to realise that it's not that the scores are ultra-modern that puts me off all the nonsense dominated by drum loops and sampled strings which passes as film music these days - it's that the composers aren't very good.

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.

There Will Be Blood earned the best actor honour for Daniel and Jonny Greenwood won best composer for his haunting score of the film.

And although Lanthimos and regular co-writer Efthymis Filippou took the Best Screenplay award in Cannes, it's the film's sheer all - of - a-piece execution — from pacing and composition, to brilliant use of contemporary composers including (Kubrick fave) Ligeti and Gubaidulina, and expertly modulated performances — which holds you in its steely grip and just never lets go.

It's certainly better than the vast majority of film composers would manage for this type of film, but to be honest Goldsmith has written far better scores for the genre both before and since.

It's good, old - fashioned filmmaking and would have been fertile territory for any film composer - and Milius enticed one of the best, Jerry Goldsmith, to write what was essentially his first large - scale adventure score - the epics he had worked on previously had all been more adult - themed than this romp.

Akira Yamaoka, best known as the video game composer for Silent Hill, has announced on Twitter that he will write a song for an upcoming horror film called The Sandman.

The release includes most of the same extras from the deluxe DVD, as well as a new interview with composer Jon Brion, a new piece featuring behind - the - scenes footage of a recording session for the film's soundtrack, and a new conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film.

A smart screenplay (by Linda Woolverton), a gifted voice cast (that, it must be noted, is free of the marquee names that now clutter animated feature credits), and superior animation work would have already made for a good film, but what makes Beauty so justly beloved is a generous helping of magic — namely the divine music by the legendary team of composer Alan Menken and the late, great lyricist Howard Ashman.

The late and seriously under - appreciated composer Michael Small wrote one of his best scores for the film, providing some stirring symphonic passages and atmospheric synth material.

«Birdman,» which was # 4 on the Top Ten list, took home Best Cinematography, by Emmanuel Lubezki, and Best Score, by first - time film composer Antonio Sanchez.

Now after an even longer musical history of handling action films and trailer soundtracks form «Full Contact» to «Dishonored 2,» composer John R. Graham impressively carries on the saga's epic musical tradition with «Kingsglaive,» matching its astonishing mo - cap visuals with a score that captures both the characters» emotional stakes as well as the furiously drumming symphonic fury of its hellzapoppin mash - up of steampunk, sword and sorcery and giant monsters.

If you've read Janet Halfyard's excellent score analysis for Elfman's Batman score (published by Scarecrow Press, and also reviewed by MFTM), the featurette basically adds a fat chapter on the composer's transitional period from stage to film; it's already well - outlined in her book, but the DVD's interview fills in some gaps that Elfmanites will find highly informative.

He was well respected by other composers including John Williams, who stated on Jarre's death,» (He) is to be well remembered for his lasting contribution to film music... we all have been enriched by his legacy.»

Fortunately the humour works extremely well and, when combined with composer Les Baxter's lighthearted and whimsical musical cues, gives the film a jaunty pace that the various actors play up to, with Karloff and Jameson displaying some expert comic timing opposite Price, especially in the scenes around the kitchen table.