Post by M0nTy_PyTh0n on Mar 31, 2006 21:40:36 GMT -5
Welcome - all interested people in movie soundtracks.
As I said in the topic title, this thread will explain a bit about the beginning of movie soundtracks in general, but also some more ...
I will tell you some experiences I had, before I composed my own movie soundtracks ...
First of all, I have to say that almost any popular music composer had a former "basic" composer of his own - of which he adapted some musical phrases or themes, and this is ok and even necessary: You need to know the background before you can advance at all. Well, but now back to the beginning of movie soundtracks.
Do you know the music of the following movies:
"Gone with the wind"
or
"Psycho"
"Vertigo"
"North by Northwest"
and many other soundtracks by Bernard Herrmann ...
and thousends of other recent soundtracks by John Williams, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, etc. ... etc. ...
But, first, let us go back to the beginning ...
"The beginning"? - you might ask? Yes! There is one - at least one - but also a special one:
Let us first start with some "stupid" biography facts:
We chose a composer: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
In 1910 he composed the score for a ballet "The Firebird". Here is a media example:
Well, he might have never believed that this special music would ever influence a few decades in movie history after sound was invented into movies in the late 1920's / early 1930's.
So, If you like movies which are made in the years between 1930 and 1960, then you should definitely listen to Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite". Close your eyes, listen, and you will "see" a thriller
.
... topic still uncomplete but will be completed soon ...
Regards,
M0nTy_PyTh0n.
As I said in the topic title, this thread will explain a bit about the beginning of movie soundtracks in general, but also some more ...
I will tell you some experiences I had, before I composed my own movie soundtracks ...
First of all, I have to say that almost any popular music composer had a former "basic" composer of his own - of which he adapted some musical phrases or themes, and this is ok and even necessary: You need to know the background before you can advance at all. Well, but now back to the beginning of movie soundtracks.
Do you know the music of the following movies:
"Gone with the wind"
or
"Psycho"
"Vertigo"
"North by Northwest"
and many other soundtracks by Bernard Herrmann ...
and thousends of other recent soundtracks by John Williams, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, etc. ... etc. ...
But, first, let us go back to the beginning ...
"The beginning"? - you might ask? Yes! There is one - at least one - but also a special one:
Let us first start with some "stupid" biography facts:
We chose a composer: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
In 1910 he composed the score for a ballet "The Firebird". Here is a media example:
Well, he might have never believed that this special music would ever influence a few decades in movie history after sound was invented into movies in the late 1920's / early 1930's.
So, If you like movies which are made in the years between 1930 and 1960, then you should definitely listen to Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite". Close your eyes, listen, and you will "see" a thriller
.... topic still uncomplete but will be completed soon ...
Regards,
M0nTy_PyTh0n.