Film Score Daily: Fans of Film Music 2012 Gathering

250 Golden and Silver Age Classics on CD from 1996-2013! Exclusive distribution by SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT.

Friends of Eddie Coyle/Three Days of the Condor, The

Space Children/The Colossus of New York, The

SEARCH FSM


LOG IN

Forgot Login?

Register

Film Score Friday

The Aisle Seat

View Mode

Regular | Headlines

All times are PT (Pacific Time), U.S.A.

Site Map


	Visits since February 5, 2001: 14916936

	© 2024 Film Score Monthly. All Rights Reserved.

Return to Articles

Fans of Film Music 2012 Gathering

Posted By: Mark Ford on September 19, 2012 - 6:00 AM

Audio Blog 2

This week's blog is just me rambling on about my experience at the Third Annual Fans of Film Music Gathering in LA. It is more of a stream of thought recording, coming in a bit long at over 16 minutes. I expect to do more concise, well planned audio blogs in the future, but this one is a bit different owing to the breadth of coverage and my somewhat leisurely, recollective approach to it.

If the embedded player doesn't work on your device, try this link and select "Listen Now" under Fans of Film Music Gathering 3:

http://markford.podbean.com/mf/play/uj8855/blog2.mp3

Visit Daniel Schweiger's ON THE SCORE at Film Music Magazine to listen to the composer panel audio podcasts: http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=9907

Pictures from the event weekend are posted in the comments section below.

Be seeing you...

Return to Articles	More Posts by Mark Ford	Author Profile

Comments (29):

Posted by Mark Ford on September 19, 2012 7:12 AM

Here are some pictures from the FFM weekend as part of my audio blog post: http://filmscoremonthly.com/daily/article.cfm/articleID/6872/Fans-of-Film-Music-2012-Gathering/

Friday morning

John Williams concert rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl

Friday night at Henry "Morricone" Stanny's house

Fulfilling the fantasy of many on the FSM boards, I get to strangle Thor. Thor was such a great sport for doing this!

One...more...time!

Stu Phillips, Thor and Nils (back of his head anyway)

Group shot

Jon Broxton and Daniel Schweiger (not seen) present Bill Stromberg, accepting for Tribute Film Classics, with the International Film Music Critics Assocation's award for Best Archival Re-Recording of an Existing Score for The Battle of Neretva/The Naked and the Dead.

Stu playing his Knight Rider theme.

Saturday FFM composer panels

Composers posing for a group shot (l-r) Walter Murphy, Craig Safan, Bruce Broughton, George S. Clinton

The composer panel table

Sunday morning

More socializing, at Home Restaurant

Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl

Me and Tiziano Gaiotto, intermission time

During the concert

Backstage with Lalo Schifrin

Backstage with David Newman

Backstage with Michael Giacchino

After the concert on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I didn't even notice the stars as we walked down the street (too busy talking) and when I finally did it was Henry Mancini's! He was responsible for my first musical memory, PETER GUNN, and the first composer I knew by name.

Monday afternoon

Gareth Hughes and me at lunch in Santa Monica.

Chris Young and me at his house.

Posted by Jason LeBlanc on September 19, 2012 7:46 AM

More socializing, at Home Restaurant.

Who is pictured here?

Posted by Mark Ford on September 19, 2012 8:02 AM

More socializing, at Home Restaurant.

Who is pictured here?

(l-r clockwise) Dan Schiff, Dan's mom is behind him (hidden), Mathias (sorry, I don't know his last name), Henry Stanny & his wife Nancy Hoven (hidden), Tiziano Gaiotto (end of table), Randall Larson, Tobias Borjesson, Nils Hanssen, Mark Ford, Peter Hackman, Randin Graves, Bill Begley

Posted by Francis on September 19, 2012 10:15 AM

Lots of fun pictures; Thor getting off easy there ;) Listened to the audio blog a bit, nice job!

Posted by Thor on September 19, 2012 10:42 AM

Great audio blog, Mark! Listened to the whole thing.

What a (film music) adventure this must have been for you!

I sorta regret not taking part in more of that stuff (the rehearsal, the Sunday events, the Chris Young visit), but this was my first time in USA/California/LA, so I had to take maximum advantage of the time and see as many of the sights as possible. If I'm going another time, I now have less to see (but still quite a few things) and so would be able to participate in more of that.

But really....that weekend was just chockful of impressions; so many that I had trouble sleeping at times.

Posted by Mark Ford on September 19, 2012 11:17 AM

Hey Thor, I totally understand you wanting to take in as many of the sites as possible, what with the high cost of airfare for you and such. I did the same thing on my earlier trips to justify/leverage the cost of the trip to include vacation activities too. This time out was my first dedicated totally to film music events and I was booked the whole time!

I also had a hard time sleeping while processing all that went on before and then looking ahead to what was coming up. Wish I didn't do that because it keeps me more tired than I'd like to be during such a whirlwind weekend. It was great fun wasn't it?!

Posted by Thor on September 19, 2012 11:40 AM

Sure thing. Something I'll remember for the rest of my life, regardless of whether I get to go to another one or not. I agree with what you said in the podcast -- if anyone (especially in the US) has the opportunity to attend this in the future, do it!

Posted by Morricone on September 19, 2012 2:30 PM

Thanks Mark, for that rundown! In particular the picture of Stu doing the Knightrider theme!
I'd heard he had done that but I probably was sleeping in a corner at the time.

That weekend was the end of a long summer of non-stop events that were more than a bit taxing on us. Some were pleasant (My wife's niece weeklong visit, a D23 weekend, a star-studded Academy 70 MM fest) others were not (my car Totaled TWICE, health issues) but the rollercoaster effect and the heat of that weekend got to me.

Luckily practically everybody had a great time!
Special mention has to be given to the Scandinavian contingent who pretty much came from the other side of the world (Thor, Nils, Tobias, etc. all took major jetlag in their stride!) and made the event a worldwide success!

Peter is already talking about an even more amitious event next year (again with your generous help, Mark)!

...and I am about to bury myself in a little hole.

Posted by Thor on September 19, 2012 2:35 PM

Please, Henry, you have to RELAX!! No more events for a while. Just chill out in your wonderful home and listen to Delerue scores all day long. Cancel all appointments. But thanks again for putting up all that stuff while we were there.

Posted by drivingmissdaisy on September 19, 2012 3:23 PM

It sure was one heck of a fun and action packed weekend.

Next year I'm kind of hoping Newman and Williams aren't on the same weekend again. Then I'll have to decide to have the event over the Newman Hollywood Bowl weekend or the John Williams Hollywood Bowl weekend.

Still have plenty of time to figure this stuff out!

Most know that I do this because I love film music. It's what gets me through the days sometimes. Film music has always been there when I'm having a crap day or when I'm having a happy cheerful day. My music gets me through it, as it probably does for many on this board and elsewhere.

Like I've said before, I kind of think of the event as a big party. I'm getting all my friends together and throw in some awesome composers and we're just hanging out talking shop. It's nice to know that others really enjoyed themselves and THAT is what makes this event go from year to year, knowing the fans, my friends, are having a blast and making some new friends.

Like Mark said in his podcast thingy, get out to one of these events. Try your hardest, put back a penny or two here and there, at least make an attempt to come out. I would also not say to yourself, "oh I'll come next year." Then next year comes and you say it again, because I don't know how long I'll keep this going actually. I have said I'll do at least one more. Now that we've been to the Beverly Garland and all of my 1000 questions I had for our rep have been answered, next year should really be a breeze as I know the routine.

I'll post a long note sometime soon, I'd like to wait til I get the official photographs back from our most EXCELLENT photographer, Iki Ikram. If you haven't found him on Facebook, befriend him and/or his page called Photos by Iki. The guy has such a great eye for photographs. I can honestly say I'm a huge fan of his and not just because he's photographed our event the last few years, but because what he captures is so magical. Check out his Photos by Iki, Facebook page and you'll see it.

If folks have pictures PLEASE email them to me NOW peter @fansoffilmmusic.com. Please remove the SPACE between the letter r and the @ sign when you put my name in your email box.

View more comments | view last

Film Score Monthly Online

•

The Talented Mr. Russo

•

Nolly Goes to the Scoring Stage

•

Peter's Empire

•

The Immaculate Bates

•

Mancini and Me

•

David in Distress

•

Furukawa: The Last Airbender

•

Mogwai on Mogwai

•

Rise of the Inon

•

Forever Young

•

Ear of the Month Contest: Elmer Time, Vol. 2

Today in Film Score History: April 26

Alan Parker begins recording his score for Jaws 3D (1983)

Barry Gray died (1984)

Bronislau Kaper died (1983)

Bruce Broughton begins recording his score The Blue and the Gray (1982)

Carmine Coppola died (1991)

Dave Grusin begins recording his score for The Firm (1993)

David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Tracking Into the Wind” (1999)

Francis Lai born (1932)

Giorgio Moroder born (1940)

Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Gray Lady Down (1977)

John M. Keane born (1965)

Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for Distant Thunder (1988)

Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Green Fire (1954)

Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter record their score for Kronos (1957)

Reinhardt Wagner born (1956)

FSMO Featured Video


Video Archive • Audio Archive Podcasts

	© 2024 Film Score Monthly. All Rights Reserved.
	Website maintained and powered by Veraprise and Matrimont.