John Williams has written some great parts for Tim Morrison.....John Barry and Jerry G. have had their moments..... but for me, the best ever is from Morricone's IL MERCENARIO.
The best trumpet solo? That's hard on my brain cells. You can hear them grumbling at the contradiction in the term.
I always liked the solo from The Hindenburg. Always wondered at it, but when Movie Grooves (of old) displayed the Intrada on their website, pondering it no longer became an issue. So I must have liked it.
The other solo was from the opening to Born On The Fourth Of July. That I heard under the Williams baton at the Barbican once upon a moon ago and it will always be something special.
The best trumpet solo? That's hard on my brain cells. You can hear them grumbling at the contradiction in the term.
I always liked the solo from The Hindenburg. Always wondered at it, but when Movie Grooves (of old) displayed the Intrada on their website, pondering it no longer became an issue. So I must have liked it.
The other solo was from the opening to Born On The Fourth Of July. That I heard under the Williams baton at the Barbican once upon a moon ago and it will always be something special.
I believe I read that David Shire originally envisioned his theme to HINDENBERG as a Soprano vocalise (Marnie Nixon?) but the director felt it was too strong emotionally, so it became a trumpet solo. Good choice however, even if it wasn't originally intended so.
The two that readily come to mind are Graham Young's (cornet?) solo(s) in "The Natural" (prologue and end title) and Bob DiVall's (solo) on the "Silverado" Main Title.
Glad the "Star Trek" CD's are coming out soon as I'm dying to learn who the brass players were on "The Doomsday Machine" and "Mirror, Mirror," scores recorded less than two weeks apart in late Summer 1967.
