[Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score

Tue Jun 3 22:57:07 GMT 2008

>From now on, ROBERT only! I like Robert better than Bob. After all, one 
can't go "Roberting for apples" at a family picnic! - JohnB (but you can 
call me Marcella)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Stanton" <zolessi at comcast.net>
To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score


> Bob (can I call you Bob?), funny . . .
>
> Hi JohnB - just wanted to mention I suppose you can call me Bob - but over
> the years I've known so many 'Bobs' that I always make the distinction by
> going by Robert - so when I see 'Bob' it often doesn't register - took me 
> a
> while to know you were speaking to me - always good to hear from you 
> though-
> Cheers!
> Robert Scott Stanton
> San Francisco Bay Area, CA
> zolessi at comcast.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com
> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com] On Behalf Of
> bipcress at comcast.net
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:44 AM
> To: fmpro at nxport.com
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score
>
> Bob (can I call you Bob?), funny you should bring up this particular
> standard. I happen to adore the rendition - pure gold - of the song that's
> on the Astrud Gilberto album I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BETTER TO DO -
> arrangements by Al Gorgoni. The old LP was on Verve, but I have it as a 
> 1998
>
> Japanese CD through Polydor. This same disc has a subtle, yet deliciously
> complex arrangement of Dori Caymmi's (yet another unsung major talent) THE
> SEA IS MY SOUL: I REMEMBER WHEN. Just gorgeous stuff. I'd die without 
> music.
>
> (Been a Gilberto/Bossa Nova fan since I was a kid. Jobim was the South
> American Gershwin - this is a fact and it should be printed on tee-shirts 
> as
>
> an educational tool.) - JohnB
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Stanton" <zolessi at comcast.net>
> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 2:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score
>
>
>> The Wee Small Hours of the Morning did me in - such a simple yet elegant
>> arrangement - that's just one thing though - the beauty of music is that
>> there exists so much to appreciate.
>>
>> Robert Scott Stanton
>> San Francisco Bay Area, CA
>> zolessi at comcast.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com
>> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com] On Behalf Of
>> bipcress at comcast.net
>> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 11:43 PM
>> To: fmpro at nxport.com
>> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score
>>
>> I am a BIG Riddle fan - how many things kick like his cool-enough-to-rule
>> ROUTE 66 theme? Answer: Very few. The opening titles ballad of EL DORADO
>> (1967 - performed by George Alexander and The Mellowmen) always brings
>> tears
>>
>> to my eyes and a lump to my throat - it so poetically exemplifies what I
>> hold in my heart as regards masculinity (being a man - or trying to be).
>> But
>>
>> god, I hate his score for the 1960s BATMAN movie (on CD from FSM). What
>> crap, at least to my shell-like ears. Oh Nelson, what were you thinking?
>> And
>>
>> you know what, that damn CD sold out! People sure are crazy. - JohnB
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert Stanton" <zolessi at comcast.net>
>> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score
>>
>>
>>> "There is no way anyone could dissuade me from believing that film music
>>> of
>>> the past is not superior to most (not all) of what is being created now"
>>>
>>> I hear that - One of my favorites from the past is Nelson Riddle -
>>> interesting posts!
>>> ~R
>>>
>>> Robert Scott Stanton
>>> San Francisco Bay Area, CA
>>> zolessi at comcast.net
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com
>>> [mailto:fmpro-bounces+zolessi=comcast.net at nxport.com] On Behalf Of
>>> bipcress at comcast.net
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 10:39 PM
>>> To: fmpro at nxport.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score
>>>
>>> Sometimes the cultural efforts of the past are better than what happens
>>> contemporaneously. Of course the reverse can also occur: 70s sartorial
>>> fashion was inferior to what followed - and to what preceded (and no
>>> doubts
>>> about it). Or: painting of the 1980s (neo-expressionism) was superior to
>>> painting trends of the 70s (all brain, no flesh). There is no way anyone
>>> could dissuade me from believing that film music of the past is not
>>> superior
>>>
>>> to most (not all) of what is being created now. A general trend (please,
>>> Dear God) to reference past "styles" would be a positive development in
>>> scoring. Any way I can hear some of your stuff Pete? - JohnB
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Pete" <musical411 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:04 AM
>>> Subject: [Fmpro] Catch Me If You Can Score
>>>
>>>
>>>>I agree "Catch Me if You Can" is a really really fun
>>>> score. But we have to acknowledge that it's a nod to
>>>> the past. It would be really sad if that type of score
>>>> disappeared. But, the future probably lies in new
>>>> styles and methods that many on this list may hate.
>>>> Myself possibly included.
>>>>
>>>> Art is always reinventing itself and leaveing artists
>>>> grumbling in it's wake.
>>>>
>>>> Most of my work this year has been in retro styles.
>>>> Which is a lot of fun, but sometimes makes me feel
>>>> stuck in the past.
>>>>
>>>> And I also agree, with whatever Claude said. You can't
>>>> argue with passion.
>>>>
>>>> Pete
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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