I just got an e-mail from my best friend, and this is what he wrote:
" heard bits of Horner's score for the new boxing drama SOUTHPAW...and he also wrote the score for Anton Fuqua's (the director of SOUTHPAW) remake of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. This was on NPR yesterday."
HUH?!?! Did Horner composed the score for TMS remake?????
Somehow, I have a hard time believing Horner wrote a full score for the MAG7 remake; without any footage to go by. Maybe a theme or an idea or something. But time will show.
As Southall said elsewhere, this comes off more as Fuqua "overselling" a point because he gets too caught up in the moment.
I'm surprised Fuqua worked with an "old-school" composer like Horner on Southpaw. Fuqua almost always chose a Remote Control composer, like Mancina (3 times), Zimmer (2), Gregson-Williams (2) or Morris (1).
This is really intriguing and I'd really like to know more about it. I suppose this could be anything from Horner writing a couple of themes to something like what Giacchino did with Jupiter Ascending where long thematic suites were composed.
I really hope that some of whatever Horner's written can at least be adapted by another composer. Not only would it be a final score from Horner, but it would also be a rare venture by him into the Western genre.
Is there a precedent for a partially complete score being used in a film after the composer's passing?
Perhaps Horner's friend and fellow composer David Newman could construct the score and conduct it in his honor? David seemed to have a great love and respect for the maestro as evident in the Vienna Steiner Tribute Concert. That'd be pretty cool.
Horner's 'Team' keep being mentioned, so I guess, much like BACK TO GAYA, his orchestrators and editors (J.A.C Redford e.t.c and/or someone like Conrad Pope/William Ross/John Debney) could take whatever material he has written and develop it across the whole film? Of course, as we don't know how much he wrote (and since the film is still shooting?) it would be a pretty big job, but not impossible. It feels like the makers WANT to do it though, as some kind of send-off/legacy thing. I know I'd be happier to see a MAG 7 remake if the promise of new Horner music was attached to it.
This is really intriguing and I'd really like to know more about it. I suppose this could be anything from Horner writing a couple of themes to something like what Giacchino did with Jupiter Ascending where long thematic suites were composed.
I really hope that some of whatever Horner's written can at least be adapted by another composer. Not only would it be a final score from Horner, but it would also be a rare venture by him into the Western genre.
Is there a precedent for a partially complete score being used in a film after the composer's passing?
Chris
If I remember correctly Victor Young started a score for China Gate, and after he died, Max Steiner finished the assignment.
Horner's 'Team' keep being mentioned, so I guess, much like BACK TO GAYA, his orchestrators and editors (J.A.C Redford e.t.c and/or someone like Conrad Pope/William Ross/John Debney) could take whatever material he has written and develop it across the whole film?
Exactly! J.A.C. Redford and Conrad Pope prefered, since they are both quite familiar with his work and fine composers on their own too in case more creativity would be necessary to expand upon what he had composed.
This is really intriguing and I'd really like to know more about it. I suppose this could be anything from Horner writing a couple of themes to something like what Giacchino did with Jupiter Ascending where long thematic suites were composed.
I really hope that some of whatever Horner's written can at least be adapted by another composer. Not only would it be a final score from Horner, but it would also be a rare venture by him into the Western genre.
Is there a precedent for a partially complete score being used in a film after the composer's passing?
Chris
If I remember correctly Victor Young started a score for China Gate, and after he died, Max Steiner finished the assignment.
Horner's 'Team' keep being mentioned, so I guess, much like BACK TO GAYA, his orchestrators and editors (J.A.C Redford e.t.c and/or someone like Conrad Pope/William Ross/John Debney) could take whatever material he has written and develop it across the whole film? Of course, as we don't know how much he wrote (and since the film is still shooting?) it would be a pretty big job, but not impossible. It feels like the makers WANT to do it though, as some kind of send-off/legacy thing. I know I'd be happier to see a MAG 7 remake if the promise of new Horner music was attached to it.
J.A.C. Redford, Jon Kull and Randy Kerber were Mr Horner's regular collaborators in the later years.
