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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1      General Discussion: Introduction to a person in film music   Last Post   Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 6:11 AM     By:   Juanki   (Member) Hi everybody! I am getting a person into film music as she is the kind of person which almost only notices scores made by Michael Nyman or Yann Tiersen instead of regular film scores. So I playing her a few examples on bluray so she can notice how important music is, I was thinking of "Psycho", "Vertigo", "Jaws", maybe "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Grand Hotel Budapest" (themes and mickeymousing) and maybe some more I can't remember now. So, if you were to introduce someone to film music, what examples would you show her? Any help is grateful    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 6:12 AM     By:   judy the hutt   (Member) Close Encounters    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 6:18 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) I would first chart where his interests lie, and not just pick film scores that you personally love, or even that are considered classics in the 'film score canon'. For example, if he likes Nyman and Tiersen, it's fair to assume that he has a leaning towards minimalist composers. So Philipp Glass, Clint Mansell, Abel Korzeniowski, Dario Marianelli etc. could be an appropriate gateway. Or some of the stuff that Danny Elfman has done in recent years (like STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE or THE UNKNOWN KNOWN).    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 6:30 AM     By:   Graham Watt   (Member) Good luck with that endeavour, Juanki. Go easy. I've found that people in general hate to be told what to like (I know that's not exactly your case). I think perhaps that if you're watching films together, you should do it following her likes (of film and score), but without saying "Now we're going to watch PSYCHO because Bernard Herrmann's entirely string-orchestra score is brilliant". I was exaggerating a little for effect there. I don't imagine that's what your plan is. Let us know how you get on.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 7:00 AM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) Hi everybody! I am getting a person into film music as she is the kind of person which almost only notices scores made by Michael Nyman or Yann Tiersen instead of regular film scores. By "regular film scores" do you mean ones that she's no doubt heard but not been interested in enough to investigate them herself? Does she WANT to be, um, enlightened? Take her out for a drink or some dinner instead, would be my advice .    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 7:48 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Black Emanuelle's Groove - Nico Fidenco Coffee - Roy Ayers Five Dolls for an August Moon - Piero Umiliani Camille 200 - Piero Piccioni Vampyros Lesbos - Hubler & Schwab Just for starters.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 8:43 AM     By:   DavidCorkum   (Member) Show her the final fight scene in The Challenge with the sound turned off, then again with the CD cue of goldsmith's score lined up (right after the villain says "As you wish"). That's a pretty good concept demo.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 9:31 AM     By:   ryanpaquet   (Member) I think it's best to find out what her favorite films are. Watch those with her and talk about how the music was used in the film by the composer. A lot of us love scores and got into film music because we have just watched our favorite films over and over again. Maybe there will be some favorites your not familiar with and you might find something new for you too. I do think Cliff Martinez's Solaris is a good choice if I can suggest one.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 9:37 AM     By:   Nicolai P. Zwar   (Member) Hi everybody! I am getting a person into film music as she is the kind of person which almost only notices scores made by Michael Nyman or Yann Tiersen instead of regular film scores. And film scores by Michael Nyman or Yann Tiersen are not regular film scores??    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 11:00 AM     By:   GOLDSMITHDAKING   (Member) Hi everybody! I am getting a person into film music as she is the kind of person which almost only notices scores made by Michael Nyman or Yann Tiersen instead of regular film scores. So I playing her a few examples on bluray so she can notice how important music is, I was thinking of "Psycho", "Vertigo", "Jaws", maybe "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Grand Hotel Budapest" (themes and mickeymousing) and maybe some more I can't remember now. So, if you were to introduce someone to film music, what examples would you show her? Any help is grateful Just play the Superman theme by John Williams.Job done.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 6:40 PM     By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member) So, if you were to introduce someone to film music, what examples would you show her? Any help is grateful I think I'd be talking to her about/introducing here to WHATEVER IT TAKES to keep her interested, even if it's not film music - since getting a woman to talk to a nerd is soooooo incredibly rare. Seriously, I'd do what the others say about following HER interests first, then finding films that match that.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 6:54 PM     By:   jenkwombat   (Member) Yeah, what DavidinBerkeley said. Put her first.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 7:58 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Yeah, what DavidinBerkely said. Put her first. Or, better yet, hook up with a woman who already has soundtracks by Kenyon Hopkins, Les Baxter, and Lalo Schifrin.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 8:26 PM     By:   Tango Urilla   (Member) Yeah, what DavidinBerkely said. Put her first. Or, better yet, hook up with a woman who already has soundtracks by Kenyon Hopkins, Les Baxter, and Lalo Schifrin. Yeah, you can discuss film music over dinner while drinking wine from the actual holy grail and being waited upon by a leprechaun.    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 8:53 PM     By:   Matt B   (Member) Play ALTERED STATES at full blast. (drops mic)    Posted:   Feb 18, 2017 - 9:48 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Yeah, you can discuss film music over dinner while drinking wine from the actual holy grail and being waited upon by a leprechaun. When my wife and I got together, she had Gone with the Wave, Lonelyville, and Hell's Belles. Among a bunch of others.    Posted:   Feb 19, 2017 - 3:34 AM     By:   Nicolai P. Zwar   (Member) So, if you were to introduce someone to film music, what examples would you show her? Any help is grateful Tie them up and force them (at gun point if necessary) to listen to all STAR WARS scores repeatedly until the person can identify correctly at least 12 different leitmotifs. Then you're set, you can let them go. They'll love film music from then on. Piece o' cake.    Posted:   Feb 19, 2017 - 8:37 AM     By:   Martin Williams   (Member) I would first chart where his interests lie, and not just pick film scores that you personally love, or even that are considered classics in the 'film score canon'. For example, if he likes Nyman and Tiersen, it's fair to assume that he has a leaning towards minimalist composers. So Philip Glass, Clint Mansell, Abel Korzeniowski, Dario Marianelli etc. could be an appropriate gateway. Or some of the stuff that Danny Elfman has done in recent years (like STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE or THE UNKNOWN KNOWN). ^^^This.     General Discussion: Introduction to a person in film music    < 1  >   Go to page:  1   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1

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