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He had two things in common with David Newman. They both worked on Tim Burton's Frankenweenie and they were both massively under-represented on CD. However, David Newman CD's are starting to become more common these days (thanks varese and intrada), but Convertino stuff is still thin on the ground. My personal holy grail would be his fantastic score from Aspen Extreme, but Milk Money, Home of our Own and Queen of Hearts would be mightily welcomed too.
Jungle 2 Jungle as well, but that's Disney so forget it. Admittedly, his last two releases (Liberty Stands Still and Straight Into Darkness) can be tough to listen to, but I wish some label would start delving into his back catalogue.
NP - Return of a Man Called Horse (Rosenthal)
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I only know of him from his Disney work, but complete releases for The Santa Clause and Jungle 2 Jungle would be nice. I couldn't say they're highest on my priority list at the moment, though.
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I've always enjoyed his score to "Bodies Rest and Motion" (available) and "The Doctor" (not available, I think).
I do love his score to "The Santa Clause", but I was shocked a few years ago to discover that my favorite theme of the score was adapted from existing music rather than original. I had no clue, but it's still perfect for the film and sounds great. By comparison, the scores to "Santa Clause 2" and "Santa Clause 3" are far inferior and rather typical happy-sappy family film music. The original score had much more depth to it than the sequels.
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JSWalsh
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Ahhhh.... Nice to see some attention being paid to one of the finest composers around.
Each of his scores is a treat, each has been a surprise. (When I put on WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE I didn't even know he scored it, until I heard those first, haunting notes and thought "Wow, did Michael Convertino do this?")
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD is a beautiful and unique dramatic score--"haunting" is a perfect description. Very meditative and low-key.
THE HIDDEN, written not long after, shows Convertino just can't be put in a box--not many current composers could write such a fine score as COALG and then turn around and write this clanging, percussive SF action score. It shows you can indeed write a percussive score that's disturbing, not just noisy.
BULL DURHAM isn't an elaborate score, but the brief cues I recall blend with the source music and rock songs well.
WRESTLING ERNEST HEMINGWAY and BED OF ROSES are great listens, using what sounds to these untrained ears like huge string orchestras with electronic treatments ala COALG's sound palette.
BODIES, REST & MOTION is a standout score for the way it uses voices, electronics and solo instruments--the score does a great job of opening up the small-scale movie.
MOTHER NIGHT I haven't really made up my mind about yet!
What a great composer--I know people are sick of seeing me write "He should work more!" but I can't say that about most composers working today.
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I do love his score to "The Santa Clause", but I was shocked a few years ago to discover that my favorite theme of the score was adapted from existing music rather than original. I had no clue, but it's still perfect for the film and sounds great. By comparison, the scores to "Santa Clause 2" and "Santa Clause 3" are far inferior and rather typical happy-sappy family film music. The original score had much more depth to it than the sequels.
Of course, that goes for the films themselves, also.
And which theme was lifted?
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