[HPFGU-Movie] John Williams concert

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/10/2003 5:36:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

> I guess he's never seen the movie or he would understand exactly where his 
> brilliant music fits in.  
> 
> My son is in television production and he tells me that for all of the 
> people working in the background, a lot of them have no idea how their work is 
> being used, ie carpentry, costumes and obviously even the music.  Maybe they 
> should be showing the finished product to the crew as part of their job, so they 
> know exactly where their indivual efforts fit into the finished product.  
> Then in future people like Mr Williams would be able to properly refer to their 
> work when it's being presented.
> 
> Lea  :)
> 

I knew a TV composer years back and asked him about this myself.  He said 
they are given a length of time and a "mood" for the section of music they need 
to write most of the time.  But there are times when the composer actually 
watches the movie to determine what to write.  I saw a TV special on John 
Williams, actually, years ago, that showed him watching a scene from some movie he 
scored (maybe one of the "Indiana Jones" movies??  I don't remember) and 
conducting the orchestra as the film played in front of them, so he could adjust the 
tempo as needed to suit the action, as I recall.


Lynda 
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