Don't know if folks are aware. 28th August at the Southbank Centre. Movie screening with live orchestral performance by the BBC concert orchestra. Tickets still available.
Doesn't surprise me in the least. One of the greatest film scores of all time - but it's not like Titanic, which filled the Royal Albert Hall. And there's no "My Monkey Heart Will Go On" either.
WISH I could attend, but I just returned from the Proms.
That's telling, I didn't even think to consider mentioning that. No disrespect to Elman's work, but nothing except the original tends to occur. Not being pompous about it. Just the way it is.
That's telling, I didn't even think to consider mentioning that. No disrespect to Elman's work, but nothing except the original tends to occur. Not being pompous about it. Just the way it is.
To be clear, I would assume - and hope - that we were talking about Goldsmith's score, but I have clicked on too many threads about "Planet of the Apes," "The Thomas Crown Affair," and others, in which the topic was a completely different film with a score by a composer who didn't interest me.
Not too late to put Goldsmith's name in the title!
An orchestra is PERFORMING Goldsmith's music for this film??
That's unheard of here in America, who can barely handle much beyond GONE WITH THE WIND, STAR WARS and the latest Disney trinket. I wish that happened here.
I wonder if it's going to feature the cuica. That'd be cool to hear.
An orchestra is PERFORMING Goldsmith's music for this film??
That's unheard of here in America, who can barely handle much beyond GONE WITH THE WIND, STAR WARS and the latest Disney trinket. I wish that happened here.
This event is being organised by the same company that put on the screening of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this week.
Conductor Robert Ziegler talked about the concert on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning (audio is probably only available to UK residents): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0309ytm
Conductor Robert Ziegler talked about the concert on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning (audio is probably only available to UK residents): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0309ytm
It's very "avante-garde," isn't it?
When they eventually play an excerpt at 7:40 it's not from POTA - it's actually a portion of the main title/suite from EscapeFTPOTA. I can only assume some "groove" was required because anything from POTA itself would have been just a little too avante-garde for it's own good.
Conductor Robert Ziegler talked about the concert on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning (audio is probably only available to UK residents): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0309ytm
Thanks for posting this link. I'm here in the US and was able to listen to it--so that's cool.
Conductor Robert Ziegler talked about the concert on BBC Radio 6 Music this morning (audio is probably only available to UK residents): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0309ytm
It's very "avante-garde," isn't it?
When they eventually play an excerpt at 7:40 it's not from POTA - it's actually a portion of the main title/suite from EscapeFTPOTA. I can only assume some "groove" was required because anything from POTA itself would have been just a little too avante-garde for it's own good.
The interview is a bit strange to me. The conductor leaves the impression that Goldsmith got the job through Rod Serling. What rubbish (by the time Goldsmith wrote his score, Serling had been gone from the production for 20 months and with it, it had changed studios and virtually none of his early drafts made it to the screen). He also gives the impression that PLANET OF THE APES has always been some sort of glorified B-movie. Rubbish also. He seems very afraid to use the word "Serialism" to describe Goldsmith's scoring style. Too much talk of TWILIGHT ZONE (for which Goldsmith never used a Serial approach, nor did he ever have any contact with Serling. To quote Goldsmith: "It was just another job.").
