[HPFGU-Movie] John Williams concert

[Taryn Kimel]

> 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  :)

Lynda:
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.

Me:
I recall hearing that for Patrick Doyle's incredible first movie score for Henry V, he was actually present for shooting to grasp as much of the mood and theme as possible. (Not sure about his subsequent work on Branagh films)

On the LotR Extended DVD, I think you do see Howard Shore conducting against the movie on a screen as well--I may be mistaken, though.

--Taryn

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