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Topic: Movie Music Quiz

SBD
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You heard right. A movie music quiz. I saw one (a very good one) at FSM's board, and I thought "Why not us?" This isn't copyrighted, so I doubt that I'll be in too much trouble. In case you haven't seen it,
here is the basic rule: whoever comes up with the answer to a given question has to
come with another question.Here it is:
Which young actor has appeared in films scored by each of the living Newmans?
posted 01-24-2000 09:18 AM PT (US) 
Steve Hughes

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ELIJAH WOOD.Thomas Newman - The War
David Newman - Paradise
Randy Newman - AvalonHere's my teaser:
What specific type of story/genre have all these composers scored:
Miklos Rozsa, Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Mike Moran, Mark Isham, Paul Buckmaster
(e.g. baseball movie, hitman thiller etc)
posted 01-24-2000 03:03 PM PT (US) 
JoeInSanDiego

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Time travel films:Rozsa - Time after Time
Silvestri - Back to the Future
Newman - Mr. Destiny
Moran - Time Bandits
Isham - Timecop
Buckmaster - 12 MonkeysAm I right?
posted 01-24-2000 03:09 PM PT (US) 
Steve Hughes

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Well done, Joe... all scored time travel movies. I was thinking of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure/Bogus Journey for David Newman, but I'll give it to you.Right, your turn now. Make it a toughie.
[This message has been edited by Steve Hughes (edited 24 January 2000).]
posted 01-24-2000 03:53 PM PT (US) 
JoeInSanDiego

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Who is the director and composer that teamed on 1) a horror sequel and 2) a horror original featuring a future academy award nominated actress in her first "starring" role (it was her second Hollywood film)and what are the two films?Hint: As far as I know, these two filmmakers have only collaborated on
the above mentioned films.posted 01-24-2000 04:30 PM PT (US) 
JoeInSanDiego

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Are people having trouble with this question?
posted 01-25-2000 11:04 AM PT (US) 
Steve Hughes

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Yup. Give us a clue.
posted 01-25-2000 11:46 AM PT (US) 
JoeInSanDiego

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The actress was a shoe in for the starring role, given that she was such a kick in her first film as a supporting actress...
posted 01-25-2000 12:23 PM PT (US) 
Steve Hughes

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Any clues about the composer instead of the actress?
posted 01-25-2000 02:20 PM PT (US) 
JoeInSanDiego

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Clues about the composer...hmmm...without giving it away...let's see...this will be too easy...okay...he worked with another famous composer on a television series...in fact, this other famous composer wrote the score to the original film that spawned the sequel I am asking about.
posted 01-25-2000 03:04 PM PT (US) 
Steve Hughes

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I've got no idea, sorry Joe -- I'm sure it's very easy. Let's see if someone else can get it. Good luck.
posted 01-25-2000 03:23 PM PT (US) 
Jeron

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Well, I already guessed it and got it right... =) But Joe swore me to secrecy...
posted 01-25-2000 04:06 PM PT (US) 
JoeInSanDiego

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That Jeron guessed it SHOULD be another clue for y'all...come on people!!!
posted 01-25-2000 04:23 PM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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PSYCHO II and LINK. Jerry Goldsmith and director Richard Franklin. The Oscar-nominated PSYCHO II babe was Meg Tilly; the Oscar-nominated LINK babe was Elisabeth Shue.If this ISN'T it, it sure COULD be.
posted 01-25-2000 06:01 PM PT (US) 
John C Winfrey

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Here are three more for you:What two great composers worked on the score for Naked City-1948?
What two great composers did music for Portrait of Jenny?
Who got the music credit and who did most of score for His Majesty O'Keefe?(two different people)
Take care, JW.
posted 01-25-2000 06:06 PM PT (US) 
JoeInSanDiego

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Sorry, John, but H Rocco wins!!! Good for you! It's your question H Rocco.
posted 01-25-2000 08:58 PM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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This is insanely esoteric, but I'm pressed for questions I haven't already asked. (How many times can you ask who ghosted the last scene in OUTLAND?)What Japanese composer worked as an arranger with both John Williams and Maury Laws?
posted 01-26-2000 12:32 PM PT (US) 
SBD
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This thread is dying, why is it dying?I'm sorry, H Rocco, but I don't have the answer to your question (it's quite the stumper) so, for the sake of this topic, here's my own question:
Name any 3 actors that have appeared in films scored by father and son Goldsmiths.
NP: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid ****/*****
posted 02-01-2000 08:32 AM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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The Japanese question was berserkly unfair, I know, and I didn't actually think anybody would get it. The guy is Kenjiro Hirose, who was Williams' consultant on NONE BUT THE BRAVE (1965) and arranged and conducted Maury Laws' scores to THE LAST DINOSAUR and THE BERMUDA DEPTHS. He also wrote the famous "Gamera" theme song that the MST3K people have parodied to such great effect (although the original lyrics in translation are even more hilarious). Hirose was one of Japan's most successful songwriters in the 1960s, and racked up an impressive number of film credits as well -- sort of the poor man's Masaru Sato, he was.Now, actors that both Goldsmiths have scored ... Kirk Douglas comes immediately to mind. (LONELY ARE THE BRAVE, DIAMONDS, etc.)
Technically Brian Thompson, who was in Joel's MOON 44, and Jerry's ALIEN NATION, though the latter score was mostly dropped. This isn't probably who you were thinking of, though.
Hmmm, who else. Rod Steiger was in SHILOH (Joel) and THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (Jerry).
Lance Henriksen was in MAN'S BEST FRIEND (Joel) and DAMIEN OMEN II (Jerry).
I'm just getting started, I'm afraid. I don't know who you were thinking about in the first place. But the combinations are endless. For example, the WHOLE CAST of STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, since both Jerry AND Joel worked on the score to that one!
NP: CABOBLANCO (Goldsmith -- actually this cue right now is his sweet cover of "The Very Thought Of You," which he also later deployed in FOREVER YOUNG)
posted 02-01-2000 10:12 AM PT (US) 
SBD
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I was thinking Steve Martin - The Man With Two Brains(Joel) & The Lonely Guy(Jerry); Dan Aykroyd - Twilight Zone: the Movie(Jerry)
& Diamonds(Joel); and Roddy McDowall - Planet of the Apes(Jerry) & Laserblast(Joel),
but those are very good!
posted 02-02-2000 06:04 AM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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Why thank you.I'd like to see a Quiz get going again, if anyone's willing, so here we go again. I'll start with a relatively simple one:
Name the FIVE rejected scores by Maurice Jarre, 1992-1996. If you know the titles, you also likely know their replacements.
More esoteric: Jerry Goldsmith's regular orchestrator Arthur Morton worked for John Williams on one of his blockbuster scores of the 1970s. Which one was it? (See, I made it easier for you by relegating it just to the 1970s!)
posted 02-10-2000 04:00 PM PT (US) 
SBD
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"Duh, could it be Superman?", he said with sarcasm as thick as the London fog.
posted 02-10-2000 04:04 PM PT (US) 
Marian Schedenig

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I'm honored my quiz idea made it to this board even before I got here.
H, I just checked the 70's section of my Williams collection, but unfortunately the only CD that lists the orchestrator is "Star Wars". Looking it up at the IMDb really would be cheating, so I have to pass on that one.
posted 02-15-2000 06:45 PM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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SBD already gave it away, in a most inimitably graceful and thoughtful fashion.He couldn't answer the Jarre question though. Can you?
posted 02-15-2000 11:53 PM PT (US) 
SBD
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First of all, Marian, I am offended that you accuse me of cheating. The end credits of a film don't exist solely for 95% of movie audiences to ignore them.Second, H(or Mr. Rocco?
), I thought it was a fairly easy question, compared to your Maurice Jarre stumper. The only film I can think of is The Scarlet Letter.How'd I do?
posted 02-16-2000 06:01 AM PT (US) 
Marian Schedenig

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Sorry, SBD, I never wanted to accuse you of cheating (and I never did, as far as I can see). I just wanted to say that I didn't look up H. Rocco's question at the movie data base because it was the kind of question that is very simple to solve if you use the IMDb (simply start a search for Williams & Morton). It's OK to use the IMDb for more difficult questions (e.g. which 3 composers did all score films starred by XXX). All IMHO, of course.
Sorry if you misunderstood me. Keep up the questions!
posted 02-16-2000 06:50 AM PT (US) 
SBD
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Marian, I misread your post, so I should apologize.Does anyone know the other rejected scores?
posted 02-16-2000 07:44 AM PT (US) 
Marian Schedenig

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No problem, SBD!
But I still can't answer the question.
posted 02-16-2000 10:51 AM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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You can find three of those scores at the IMDb; the two others (major ones!) are not mentioned for some reason (at least until they've processed my submission -- probably won't see it till Monday at the earliest).Hints: The other two scores were replaced by
Jerry Goldsmith
Christopher YoungAt least one of these composers replaced Jarre on more than one movie, too.
posted 02-16-2000 11:00 AM PT (US) 
SBD
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I had my suspicions that another one was First Knight - directed by Jerry Zucker(lousy turncoat, doesn't even make comedies anymore...)sorry, where was I?...oh, yes!
Zucker employed Jarre on Ghost.If I knew ALL five scores, I would list them together instead of one at a time. =(
posted 02-17-2000 05:52 AM PT (US) 
Thor

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Well, of course Goldsmith replaced Jarre on THE RIVER WILD.[This message has been edited by Thor (edited 17 February 2000).]
posted 02-17-2000 08:23 AM PT (US) 
Kris

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Interesting thread. I wasn't first to answer a certain question but I'll give it a shot at asking a question.Which two composers have rented the same room in their college years and only found out later?
posted 02-17-2000 09:05 AM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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So far so good:THE RIVER WILD
FIRST KNIGHTThree more, people.
posted 02-17-2000 10:17 AM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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Come on, people.As far as the roommate question above, I've never heard that story and don't have a clue. If you'll tell me the answer to that one, I'll tell you the answer to mine. (Saddam to Satan: "Who's my little CREAM-puff?" I don't mean this quite as personally, but I certainly do wonder what the answer to YOUR question is. Awright?)
posted 02-19-2000 12:16 AM PT (US) 
Kris

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H RoccoWell, since this thread is dropping down the list. The answer is:
Hans Zimmer and Harold Faltermyer
They both lived in the same room during their studies. Zimmer after Faltermyer.
posted 02-21-2000 02:20 AM PT (US) 
Marian Schedenig

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Here's a new one:
With which now famous conductor did Pino Donaggio work in his youth?
posted 02-21-2000 11:09 AM PT (US) 
Kris

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Ennio Morricone?
posted 02-21-2000 12:29 PM PT (US) 
H Rocco
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No idea about the Donaggio question.These are the five rejected Maurice Jarre scores:
JENNIFER 8
THE RIVER WILD
FIRST KNIGHT
TWO BITS
WHITE SQUALLBack to Donaggio, here's one: What world-famous American singer recorded one of Donaggio's songs?
That might be too easy, so here's another:
There are several people in the film industry who share the same name. You might have noticed that John Williams scored SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, and another John Williams was one of its producers. (On the very first posters, there was no differentiation between them -- on the final posters, the producer Williams inserted his initial. I thought it amusing that the producer Williams was considered the one who ought to "buckle" and insert HIS initial, while old John T. Williams just kept his usual "John Williams" trademark.)
So, on a similar tack, I've discovered there are two composers who share the same names with two production designers. Can ya tell me who they are?
posted 02-21-2000 12:42 PM PT (US) 
Timmer

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I think I can only name one....John Barry?!
posted 02-21-2000 05:59 PM PT (US) 
Timmer

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Here's another question.....Where's Chris Kinsinger??
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