[Fmpro] Modern film scores are terrible, say composers

[Mikael Carlsson]

Mark Mancina composed the score for August Rush, Hans Zimmer wrote only the
theme and produced the score.

mc

> Yeah, that's definitely a chuckler. BTW did anyone catch Ziimmer¹s latest:
> August Rush? Except for the one song and some of the rock segments I thought
> it really sucked musically.  The portrayal of Juilliard was so far off as to
> be laughable and that kid looked terrible counducting - although most people
> probably think it's cute.  Like every other musician I have issues with the
> way music is portrayed in films but this one takes the cake. This kid learns
> to play guitar with a fabulously innovative technique in a matter of
> minutes, learns to play piano and organ nearly instantly and then composes
> for orchestra after a few classes at Juilliard prep!  He is also a homeless
> orphan who happens to use these miraculous talents to find his long missing
> Hollywood casting perfect parents in a single moment of very improbable
> coincidence and circumstance.  This plot would not have flown in the height
> of Hollywood absurdity in the late 40's and 50's but apparently we've hit a
> new low in storytelling and the cartooning of real life.
> 
>> Yet Zimmer complains in the article:
>> 
>> "He said that these days scores were more likely to be written by keyboard
>> players with computer skills learned at film schools rather than composers
>> trained at music college."
>> 
>> I think that's funny...
>> 
>> JvZ
>> 
>> 
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