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Author	Topic: Burton's Planet of the Apes: Goldsmith composing, NOT ELFMAN.

Widescreen Oscar® Winner	;] Probably a personal assistant.
posted 01-29-2001 11:17 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	His long-time assistant, Lois Carruth.
posted 01-29-2001 11:55 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip
posted 01-29-2001 12:13 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Man, you guys are quick. Especially the FishChip........ [Message edited by Jeron on 01-29-2001]
posted 01-29-2001 01:47 PM PT (US)

mlw Oscar® Winner	Somebody made a comment about age and notational ability. Total Recall is as complex if not more so than POTA. Structural thinking is nothing-- it's how vital one's solution is that matters, and that follows how interesting the film is. How old do you have to be to write notes? Pan Qing Fu, Pan Chui are way over 65 and teach at the highest level. Vaughan Williams' most famous symphonies were done about that age and into his 70s.
posted 01-31-2001 01:06 PM PT (US)

Tim_P Oscar® Winner	That "somebody" that you're referring to must be ME. And I didn't mean that Goldsmith is incapable of writing good and complex music anymore. I meant that he probably can't write complex atonal experimental music anymore. He hasn't done anything like that since the 70's. It's probably unfair to compare Total Recall and Planet of the Apes, but I disagree that Total Recall is more complex than POTA. It's more densely layered then POTA. But besides being more daring and experimental in terms of orchestration and instrumentation than Total Recall, POTA is also much more rhythmically and harmonically complex. "End of a Dream" ain't nothin compared to "The Hunt."- although I enjoy listening to the former more than the latter...
posted 01-31-2001 01:29 PM PT (US)

Widescreen Oscar® Winner	But when you're talking about "End of A Dream" and "The Hunt" and which is more enoyable to listen to or which is one is better, you're not very clear. Are you talking about entertainment or musicically technical proficience? Both are well composed, so if it was me trying to think that over, I'd separate the proficience part. We are talking about Goldsmith, anyway- enough said. And as to entertainment value of the two, I think we've made that clear. But I'm just curious what your criterion is for the contrasting/comparing of these two pieces.
posted 01-31-2001 01:49 PM PT (US)

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