Just wondering what the chances are of getting a response. I've been wanting to write to Elia Cmiral lately. (I've gotten responses from other people I've written to before, so I guess the chances of Elia writing back would be somewhat good? I take it I would address it to him, c/o his agency? (I already have the address).

Thanks for any help you guys can give.

NP: Battlefield Earth - "Trench Attack" ****/***** (Best track of the score)

I rented the movie today.

First off, it's a pretty darn good movie [from Miramax I think].

It is a SHAME they did not release a score. They I can see a little why they. It is a tad repeptitive, yet the most beautiful of Burwell's scores.

As far as writing to a composer, no I have never done this (excepting, of course, our good friend Aaron Collins).

John Beal also thanked me once for mentioning his name on the rec.music.movies newsgroup.

and what a page it is...

-John Williams(Tanglewood)
-Ron Nelson(band composer, some film)

I have had long chats with:

-JNH(Very Cool Guy)

-John Ottman(he has helped immensly and as JJH said very cool guy)

-Alf Clausen(Simpsons)

-Mark Isham(Very odd person, but helpful also)

-John Debney(really did not talk much, except for 15 mins)

-Alan Williams(Might intern with him)

-John Powell, Harry G-W, and Jeff Rona

-Lee Holdridge

-and finally Joel Goldsmith

Some people might be envious, but I am part of the SCL(filmscore.org) and it has been helpful to me. Also, being an established young composer, composers are very helpful with picking one or two up and putting them in the business.

Thanks,
Aaron Collins

NP: ID4

I wrote to Georges Delerue and he gave me his phone number and invited me to visit him but he died before I ever could.

A number of letters passed between me and Francoise Jaubert, the daughter of 30s French composer, Maurice Jaubert.

Now, sadly, all three of these people are dead (although I did meet Francoise before she died).

I have met other film composers. I once wrote to Elmer Bernstein and got a note from his secretary that he got my letter but didn't reply to letters personally. Yeah, right, whatever--I still love your music Elmer so it's cool.

I met a guy once who's pretty busy as an orchestrator in Hollywood (although not really well known). Anyway, he wrote a letter to Patrick Doyle telling him who he was and that he really liked his stuff. He didn't send this letter to hit him up for work; he just sent it like you or I would send a fan letter. So Patrick Doyle CALLED him from England, they talked a bit, and P.D. invited him to a recording session he was doing in L.A.

Seems like a nice chap.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
This is a good opportunity to finally ask what's been on my mind for some time: When exactly (more or less exactly) was Doyle sick? Just curious.

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