[Fmpro] change the ituation

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In a message dated 5/30/2008 5:03:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
fmpro-request at nxport.com writes:

Brian,  is there really no way composers can exercise some form of pressure 
to slowly  force change into this situation. I mean, even our gay brothers and 
sisters  are winning some small headway towards self-determination and 
equality in this  country. Is the battle at least not worth fighting, no matter how 
seemingly  hopeless the odds? And this is just one example of what evolves when 
"money is  king". Not a good ideology. I'm willing to fight for culture over 
profit, or  better put: "culture/substance first, profit/business second". -  
JohnB
 
There must be.  But there are forces working against it.   The whole culture 
of america is surrounded and infused by pop music, a lot of  which is 
analogous to cotton candy.  From a distance it looks solid, bite  into it and it 
vanishes.  The people who control the making and  post-production of movies don't 
generally think of music except as an  afterthought, mostly for a soundtrack 
album filled with "hits inspired by" which  may have not even been in the film.
 
Productions pay more to license pop music than they do to have a  great 
score, of course there are exceptions.  Music serves to promote the  film for the 
most part.  If Herrmann were alive today he'd probably repeat  "why do you show 
me this crap?" 100 times a day.
 
Song score budgets (for licensing) are sometimes in the millions;  when was 
the last time you heard of an original score having such a  budget?
 
I don't know the answer; I do know the days of the 1930s and 1940s  are gone. 
 The people scoring today are rock n rollers who like  movies.  When crap is 
exalted to the highest points, quality can only fall  by the wayside.
 
Brian
 
  

 



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