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PeterK FishChip	On this, the second anniversary of maestro Goldsmith's death, let us remember him through his music! Some fantastic releases in the past year have kept his spirit alive and well. http://www.moviemusic.com/composer.asp?mm=goldsmithj&sort=year
posted 07-21-2006 02:23 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Standard Userer	Whats strange is that I'm in the same place now as I was then....Texas. RIP --Brian
posted 07-21-2006 03:15 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Standard Userer	I did my own little private tribute earlier today by playing "The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint" once more. It's such a beautiful piece, and one which seems to me to encompass much of Jerry Goldsmith's genius and, above all, heart, in its 12 minutes. Appropriately since it's about an artist, this for me is in itself pure Art which transcends the boundaries of simply "nice" or "functional" music and, apart from inspiring awe at the beauty of both Michelangelo's work and Goldsmith's, actually inspires me to be a better person. I can't think of a better legacy.
posted 07-21-2006 03:25 PM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	I played his beautiful piece, "A Busy Man."
posted 07-21-2006 04:35 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	there isn't a day go by that some Goldsmith tune is not in my head. Was watching part of First Blood on AMC again. Been on 100 times lately. The score is that is fantastic. J.
posted 07-21-2006 05:05 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	Looking back, there really were more scores I was anticipating until two years ago. There still are some, but not as many. Good idea about Agony, I'm putting that on right now. Listened to Night Crossing and Rudy earlier.
posted 07-21-2006 05:15 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Standard Userer	sean, what's "A Busy Man"?
posted 07-22-2006 03:41 AM PT (US)

Squiddybop Standard Userer	It's from Star Trek V.
posted 07-22-2006 03:44 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Standard Userer	Ah, so it is! Classic Goldsmith title for that track. Very often Goldsmith would title his tracks in that way - in this case we have yet another example of a track beginning with the word "a" followed by an adjective then a noun. The adjective here in question ("busy") is unusual in the Goldsmith canon, in that it saw a break from his favourite adjective - "new" used between the indefinite article and noun. And don't forget other signature marks such as "first" plus a noun (and no article, either definite or indefinite) and "no" plus a noun.
posted 07-22-2006 04:20 AM PT (US)

Squiddybop Standard Userer	Yeah, after posting that I had a very strong urge to listen to a "First Flight" cue. I didn't fight it and put on Night Crossing. NP: Explorers (Jerry Goldsmith)
posted 07-22-2006 04:30 AM PT (US)

craig Standard Userer	Lastnight, at an HPB, I found a copy of "Powder" for $5. I musta listened to that 2 or 3x on my way around town. And, not until this morning, am I reminded of this sad anniversary. Can't think of a better way of remembering him since that "Theme from Powder" is stuck in my head.
posted 07-22-2006 07:05 AM PT (US)

BigT1981 Standard Userer	I to did my own tribute to him yesterday and played the full score for Star Trek The Motion Picture. I miss the great Goldsmith...can't believe it's been two years since he passed. "He's not really dead as long as we remember him." - Dr. McCoy
posted 07-22-2006 02:07 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Standard Userer	I just watched Rudy for the first time. I'd first heard this music in the long suite performed at the 2001 LSO concert (quite a revelation), but this was like rediscovering the score. Wonderfully structured score, both overall (it's nice how most of the themes only come into play in the second half of the movie) and internally - Tryouts is marvellous, and so is the entire finale. The movie certainly helps a lot by allowing the score to carry large sequences pretty much all by itself. The little fanfare in A Start accompanies a scene that's more or less exactly what I had imagined (without ever knowing what kind of scene it was written for), but the little moment right before that, when Rudy opens the gate, perfectly demonstrates Goldsmith's way of scoring the character's emotions instead of what can be seen on screen. The score does a lot for the movie (the movie does quite a bit for the score, too, it must be said), and it's not only one of Goldsmith's finest "late" scores as far as pure music goes, but also one of his best as a film score.
posted 07-22-2006 03:42 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	I love that Night Crossing score. Another fav. Love it. J.
posted 07-23-2006 03:05 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	Just because I was out-of-town didn't mean I had my Goldsmith staples ready to go in my iPod (this includes The Shadow, Basic Instinct, LA Confidential, Chinatown, The Blue Max, Total Recall, Extreme Prejudice, and Planet of the Apes). And, God as my witness, those are the only things I listened to on Friday as I layed out in the sun getting a fine sun-burn. And, like I told Bagtatta earlier this month, if God doesn't allow the Maestro to compose and conduct new music in Heaven (or hold concerts at the Heaven-wood Bowl) then I don't really want to go.
posted 07-24-2006 12:59 AM PT (US)

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