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Coraline’s Movie music sleight of hand -
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Nat Murphy
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2/10/2009 - 10:00 PM |
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What isn’t there is both the biggest surprise and the best treat about the movie Coraline. Going in I expected the same manic style from Henry Selick, the director of Monkeybone, James and the Giant Peach, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, but what I got instead was pure poetry. The pace was slow and controlled, and the tone was wonderfully eerie. It was art without all the big selling points of popular entertainment. To be perfectly honest, I felt like I was watching a small little art-house film, and the music followed suit... |
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The Horror…Are MY Ears Old Fashioned?
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Posted By:
Nat Murphy
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1/30/2009 - 2:00 PM |
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The course of Horror scores through the years has seen highs and lows. Some of the best ones have continued to be referenced through the ages of film, whether it’s the screeching strings of Psycho or the simple two bass notes from Jaws, even the use of electronics have yielded scary counterpoint to our nightmares with scores like the original Halloween, but when was the last great Horror score? Silence of the Lambs by Howard Shore? Or perhaps Hans Zimmer’s Hannibal? Maybe it was from the bevy of recent horror remakes - I really don’t know? What I do know is that I’ve heard a distinct change in horror scoring in recent years. |
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Today in Film Score History: March 29 |
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Alan Menken wins his fifth and sixth Oscars, for the Aladdin score and its song "A Whole New World” (1993) |
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Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Back to the Future Part III (1990) |
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Dave Grusin wins his first Oscar, for The Milagro Beanfield War score (1989) |
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Franz Waxman wins his first of two consecutive score Oscars, for Sunset Blvd. (1951) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for In Country (1989) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Strange Bedfellows” (1999) |
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Jerry Goldsmith wins his only Oscar, for The Omen score; the film music community presumably exclaims “Finally!” (1977) |
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John Williams wins his second Oscar and his first for Original Score, for Jaws (1976) |
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John Williams wins his third Oscar, for the Star Wars score (1978) |
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Krzysztof Penderecki died (2020) |
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Maurice Jarre died (2009) |
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Richard Rodney Bennett born (1936) |
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Sam Spence born (1927) |
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Tito Arevalo born (1911) |
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Ulpio Minucci died (2007) |
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Vangelis born (1943) |
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Vangelis wins his first Oscar, for the Chariots of Fire score (1981) |
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William Walton born (1902) |
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