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| Mourning Gergely Hubai |
| Posted By: Stephen Woolston on July 21, 2023 - 10:00 PM |
Like so many others, I'm deeply saddened tonight to hear of the passing away of Gergely Hubai.
Yes, he could be acerbic. Perhaps even a little misanthropic. He could also be a lot of fun, and we shared a common passion.
We developed a kind of a bond, no pun intended, over the whole, "The Moonraker tapes are not lost," thing. He'd message me privately whenever that came up again to say, "Here's your cue."
He could also be generous. He sent me his copy of the film First Love, with John Barry's score restored, as well as a copy of the rare Morricone scored film, Vergogna Schifosi.
He told me about his interviews with people such as the director of Le Due Stagione Della Vita, and what he learned about Morricone's approach to such films.
He was remarkably well informed, remarkably well researched, possessed some amazing material, and, as we know, he wrote many great booklets to many great CD releases as well as his book, Torn Music.
It's always disturbing to realise someone whose voice you knew will never speak it again.
I didn't realise he was only 39. Given his knowledge, I'd assumed him older than that. It's funny how we can fail to ask each other such simple questions as, "How old are you?"
I will miss you, Gergely, your foibles and all.
I know what I'm writing is not unique, and I have no special privelige to be the one writing this, but I figured Gergely deserved more than a post. I figured he deserved a featured article too.
I put this up in the hope we will remember him and his contribution to our passion.
To quote a famous country doctor, "He's not really dead as long as we remember him."
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| Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for The Bodyguard (1992) |
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| Dmitri Shostakovich born (1906) |
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