James Newton Howard is arguably the most chameleonic of
the major film composers.
You never quite know what you're going to get from Howard — I don't think there's ever been
another major film composer who has gone through such a wide range of styles (of course lots of other film composers have written in a wide range of styles, but not like Howard, with no real sign of consistency of individual voice between them) and such a wide range of quality, with his music as likely to be dull and sometimes worse than that as it is to be compositionally and emotionally soaring and inspired.
Not exact matches
Like so many modern movies, the credits follow the
film instead of precede it but one doesn't need to see the names of the cinematographer, editors, and
composer to know that this is one of the most technically accomplished
major sci - fi
films in YEARS.
Pity a historian wasn't contacted for a rundown of the
film's genesis; Carol Reed's walking off the picture after losing patience with Brando's ego, and Lewis Milestone taking the directorial reigns as a hired gun; nor a separate featurette on the
film's cinematographer and
composer; but what has been assembled is a good smattering of contemporary and archival productions about the impressive Bounty replica built from the ground up for a
major studio production.
Major names highlighted the winners for Cannes 2017's Directors» Fortnight prizes with Chloe Zhao's The Rider, which was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, grabbing the Art Cinema Award and French directing legend Claire Denis tying with Philippe Garrel for the Society of Dramatic Authors and
Composers Prize with their
films Let the Sunshine In (with Juliette Binoche) and Lover For a Day, respectively.
A
major part of those
films» success (except for the latter movie, of course) was the musical duo of legendary
composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman, perhaps none more so than «Beauty and the Beast.»
The last
major goodie is a 3 - part exploration of the theremin - an early electronic instrument used by
composer Miklos Rozsa to heighten the
film's theme of the subconscious.
As both an engineer and
composer, Brian's work has been experienced worldwide, on triple - A video games,
major label releases,
film, television, fortune 500 ad campaigns and in internationally acclaimed live acts.
While I hope to keep the focus of the blog on Canadian stories,
major International stories will also be reported, especially those that may be of interest to Canadian IP scholars & laywers, authors,
composers, musicians, programmers,
film producers and creators of all kind.