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Interestingly, he was a good friend of Tangerine Dream's Paul Haslinger.
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I have a few of his. I don't listen to them as much as perhaps I should. I tend to put one on when in the right mood or when I want to exercise my 'musical' brain.
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I love Rosenman's music, but I'm hardly a completist, and many titles have eluded me, or have been out of my price range or whatever. But I found a second hand copy of THE LAST HARD MEN (Intrada - the rejected score plus the Goldsmith re-recorded needle drops) for 10 euros today and I hope it arrives in decent nick. What I really mean is, I hope it arrives.
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Well, I've sought out and listened to a lot of Lenny today - Dr Leakey and the Dawn of Man; The two episodes he did of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; Cross Creek; Star Trek IV The Voyage Home; A Man Called Horse and, lastly, Prophecy. Lots of Bomp-Bomp, Bomp-Bomp in the latter. Great stuff!
It IS sad that his centenary appears to be passing by with no recognition. Considering his output, he deserves better.
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Sep 11, 2024 - 10:24 AM
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Graham Watt
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That was great, Nono. Thanks! Rosenman was brilliant, and he knew it. That comes across even though he's being genial. So, in case anyone has any doubts, the "new sound" of Hollywood in the '50s (after the Viennese school) was all down to... "...Alex North, and myself". I guess he's right though. He actually does speak highly of John Williams, Lalo Schifrin and - in particular - Jerry Goldsmith, before chiding them for not doing more "serious" music for the concert hall.
A couple of nuggets which are interesting in retrospect - He was asked what was coming up, and Rosenman replied "The Oscars"! And he did win, for BARRY LYNDON. And when asked about the then-current THE LAST HARD MEN, he said that it was mostly action music and that he didn't think there would be an album. Little did he know that his score would be tossed, to be replaced by the "fantastic composer" Jerry Goldsmith's patchwork re-records. And after playing selections from the James Dean films, the host said that there would be a film coming out about Dean. Rosenman was surprised, and when asked how he'd feel if he was asked to score it, he said that "it would be like an embalming exercise". Now, at first I thought that this comment was more ironic than it really is because I thought the film was SEPTEMBER 30 1955 but now I realise that it was more likely to be the TV Movie with Stephen McHattie as Dean, scored by Billy Goldenberg. Not quite sure of the production dates of those two.
Another highlight - the presenter running through the titles from his early '60s output and Rosenman cringing at the mention of some. "Can you just skip forward to the good stuff?" Tee hee!
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I can't believe my eyes... it seems like John Williams programmed a selection of Leonard Rosenman's music (East of Eden) for a Los Angeles Philharmonic concert next month (even if there is no mention of his centenary on the site): https://www.laphil.com/events/performances/3003/2024-10-25/an-evening-of-film-music-from-mexico-to-hollywood
Not a fan of many of the other selections though.
This concert program focuses upon film music from the 1930s through the 1960s, with its 1st half containing music from Mexico. In the 2nd half on Hollywood, the Golden Age dominates with Max Steiner, Gershwin & Rozsa. The small suites of Jarre and Rosenman (only 1 film score from each) seem almost an afterthought, shoe-horned into the concert as if to acknowledge their centenaries before this year is over. Overall, this is not a centenary concert but an effort to spotlight Mexican music accompanied by the 'clout' of John Williams.
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