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This was an interesting tidbit I ran into while looking into one of my favorite composers and the Question is this:
What composer wrote music for a big movie in the 30's and then wrote the score for the
remake in the early 60's?
It is a slightly trick question for the song
on the original was popular but uncredited.
A couple of hints are that he wrote songs
and did music for musicals and loved composing for beautiful women. The movie I,m
thinking of here is not a musical by the way.
I,m still trying to find out if a composer
wrote both the original and a remake for a
movie and this is the best I,ve come up with
so far.
posted 07-14-2000 03:20 PM PT (US) Chris Kinsinger
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This one may even stump Rocco The Magnificent!
posted 07-14-2000 04:50 PM PT (US) logied
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This is a 2nd day hint:
1. He did not do most of his own orchestrations.
posted 07-15-2000 06:06 AM PT (US) logied
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Not even a guess yet for movie and composer, well, hints for day #3.
The original movie composer credited in the
30s movie is Herbert Stothart. He wrote
music for an important Liz Taylor movie.
posted 07-16-2000 04:15 AM PT (US) JJH
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gotta be Bronislau Kaper.Scored Butterfield 8, as well as an uncredited 1930s version of Mutiny on the Bounty. Also scored the 1962 version of Mutiny.
[This message has been edited by JJH (edited 16 July 2000).]
posted 07-16-2000 05:28 AM PT (US) logied
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Thank you, Thank you, Song of Tahiti was the
music from 1935 Bounty and of course the great score from 62 I think. Wish there was
a good orchestral compilation of this composer. His strong themes are 2nd to none.
Just got Home From the Hill score.
posted 07-16-2000 06:29 AM PT (US) JJH
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Credit must go to the Internet movie Database, for help in finding my research.
I just searched under Elizabeth Taylor, remembered someone once mentioned Butterfield 8, looked under that title, and voila! I see Bronislau Kaper, and noticed the matching Mutiny's.
Back off man, I'm a grad student.More Trivia:
did you know that I have exactly ZERO of his scores?
What LPs, CDs, re-recordings of his music exist ?
please enlighten me, a member of the great unwashed, at least where Kaper is concerned. posted 07-16-2000 07:18 AM PT (US) logied
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I presently have CDRs made from
Lord Jim lp
Mutiny on the Bounty lp
Home from the Hill from taped CD and
a cd of his themes played on the piano by
Mr Kaper.
Was it you that I sent a CDR with the Butterfield 8 theme on it. (Gloria)
posted 07-16-2000 02:34 PM PT (US) JJH
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'twas indeed I.Of course, I promptly lost the CD -- which was the one with the song/ instrumental versions of movie themes.
NP -- Prince Valiant, Franz Waxman
posted 07-16-2000 08:02 PM PT (US) John C Winfrey
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Several tracks of Them was re-recorded on the Monster Movie CD.Also LPs available of:
Lili
Auntie Mame-WBs
San Francisco-mostly dialog with songs but some original cues are on the Caliban issue
Flea in Her Ear-20th CF
Swan
cuts of Butterfield 8
Ada, several other 45s
Film Music of Kaper-piano played by him
boring LP/CD
FBI-TV theme on several recordings
other odds and ends besides the LPs mentioned on above posts. Best, John. posted 07-22-2000 06:36 PM PT (US) John C Winfrey
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Add the Way West.
posted 07-22-2000 06:37 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB