[Fmpro] Composer's sidelife out of film

[Mark Holden]

I'd tend to agree, Adrian. Igor Stravinski was a composer;
Irving Berlin was a songwriter. Very different skill sets.

However, once in a great while, we get a George Gershwin,
or a Henry Mancini-- masters of both idioms. Of course,
Gershwin and Mancini each collaborated with lyricists.

Doing it all? That's Stephen Sondheim territory. Very,
very rare.

Thank goodness there's lots of ways to skin a cat!

Mark Holden

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>>If you're talking writing 'hit' song (i,e. with lyrics) a composer can not
>>necessarily do it well nor out do a song writer.

>>Either CAN cross over into the other domain but, there is a specialization
>>to each and a mastery of one definitely does not denote a mastery of the
>>other.

_AJ


 My 
> gut reaction would be to say that any great composer should be able to
> out-write a songwriter any day of the week, and I mean beat the songwriter
> at his own game. But then the thought occurs to me, maybe there are some
> aspects of popular song writing that are very specific, and even outside of
> the general purview of even highly competent orchestral composers (but I
> doubt it). - JohnB
>