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Steve Hughes

Romulan

From Varese's site...DREAMCATCHER
Original Motion Picture SoundtrackMusic Composed by James Hewton Howard
Dreamcatcher, the film based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel, tells of four young friends who perform a heroic act — and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later the friends, now men, are on a hunting trip in the Maine woods when they are overtaken by a blizzard, a vicious storm in which something much more ominous moves…Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante, then overcome a threat to the bond between them. In the end, the friends confront an unparalleled horror, with the fate of the world in the balance.
The film stars Morgan Freeman and Tom Sizemore as military officers. Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, and Timothy Olyphant play the four friends, with Donnie Wahlberg as the mysterious figure at the center of their circle.
Warner Bros.’ film Dreamcatcher opens nationwide on March 21.
Release Date: 04/01/03
posted 02-25-2003 08:17 AM PT (US) 
jonathan_little
Romulan

Ah yes, a hunting trip in the "Maine woods" that was filmed in British Columbia, Canada.I should boycott this film just for that fact.
posted 02-25-2003 09:22 AM PT (US) 
Crono/Kyp

Romulan

Nice! One more thing to buy on April 1st!--Brian
NP: Alan Williams CDs
posted 02-25-2003 09:25 AM PT (US) 
dgoldwas

Romulan

Interesting that this Varese press release says nothing about the score.....Dan
posted 02-25-2003 09:40 AM PT (US) 
Dinko

Romulan

quote:
Originally posted by jonathan_little:
Ah yes, a hunting trip in the "Maine woods" that was filmed in British Columbia, Canada.
I should boycott this film just for that fact.heyheyhey! You are the ones pushing for a free market world. We're perfectly happy in our socialist system of free health care, price subsidies, a dictator as prime minister, a Queen whom we have to lick on a stamp when we post a letter, and big government.
Filming in Canada is all about the free market. We gain jobs, you gain lower ticket and DVD prices, allowing you to spend more of your disposable income on other goods.
You can't boycott filmed-in-Canada movies without losing the lower ticket price. (note subtlety: lower, not low)
Just like you can't boycott London-recorded 75-minute film scores unless you want to pay 100$/CD or listen exclusively to James Hackner.

[Message edited by Dinko on 02-25-2003]
posted 02-25-2003 09:40 AM PT (US) 
jonathan_little
Romulan

Hey, if they want to record music in London, that's fine. I'm surprised somebody hasn't created the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted exclusively by Nic Raine) and the Vancouver Movie Post-Production Place so that we could enjoy films made 100% in Canada.But record the Maine woods in the Maine woods. Don't say, "here are some Maine woods" and show the poor audience the woods of Canada... this is just not good for Maine!

posted 02-25-2003 09:56 AM PT (US) 
Dinko

Romulan

I like repeating myself to all who care, and since you raise the issue:
A few miles away from downtown Montreal, they are building a huge production and post-production complex. They seem to hoping to turn in into Montrealwood. So far, the complex always seems empty with even Canadian companies not renting it.
On a more interesting note, McGill University (Montreal) is working on a brand new Faculty of Music building with a state of the art recording studio specifically geared toward film score recording. That's what one Faculty dude said last year.
If the plans go ahead as scheduled, soon we'll be reading credits like "Music recorded and mixed by Dennis Sands at McGill University Scoring Stage" and we'll be hearing the Montreal Symphony playing film scores. You'll recognize them by all the wrong notes they make.
(just kidding, the MSO isn't that bad)posted 02-25-2003 10:07 AM PT (US) 
jonathan_little
Romulan

Instead of hiring Dennis Sands, they should only hire Shawn Murphy. Then all of the mistakes and the SUPER-ORCHESTRA-REVERB-TRACK™ could be "blended" to create an übersound that captures no subtleties (mistakes) of the performance, but still keeps just enough sound so that the composer signs off on it.[Message edited by jonathan_little on 02-25-2003]
posted 02-25-2003 10:15 AM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB
