[Fmpro] comedy scoring

[Claude Castonguay]

Hi Hummie,

great to see you on the list!

As the original poster of this thread i, for one, would be really  
glad to have you go into as much detail as you would like.

Best regards,

Claude
On 08-03-20, at 12:21, Hummie Mann wrote:

> I have scored a number of comedies so I think I will weigh in here.
> It is a discussion you need to have with the director - does he want
> funny music or not?  Having scored 2 films for Mel Brooks (Robin Hood:
> Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It), the usual approach
> that Mel wanted was NOT to have funny music, however there are
> examples in both scores where by doing "serious" music but "Mickey
> Mousing" the action, you can actually have music that is not funny but
> yet supports the silly antics on screen.  If you want specific
> examples I can tell you what scenes in particular to look at where I
> used this technique, but do not want to go into more detail unless you
> want me to.  Ok, that's my 3 cents.
>
> Hummie Mann
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> On Mar 19, 2008, at 9:04 PM, Robyn Traill wrote:
>
>> I haven't really done many comedies, but I agree with
>> the straight approach.  Take the protagonists feelings
>> seriously.  Play the music from their perspective
>> rather than being a commentator poking fun from the
>> side.
>>
>> Then do that with the usual originality and taste.
>>
>> Airplane by Elmer Bernstien is a good example of this.
>> Utterly ridiculous movie.  Totally straight music.
>>
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