Really looking forward to this documentary.
I love that there's an interest in stuff like this these days (assumption). Film music, Horror or otherwise, was always such a part of my life when I was growing up. You could tell who a composer was back then, just by listening to the music. And if you couldn't, you certainly could tell the good ones. Like you knew something magical was happening when you heard Carpenter's HALLOWEEN... Or that beautifully creepy motif in A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. The massive scores of James Horner, John Williams, or Jerry Goldsmith were their own characters in those movies they scored. And something like Bill Conti's theme from ROCKY was legit a living person.
Enter buzz kill:
Do modern scores do anything these days? I can't think of a single one that I'd really want to listen to over and over again. Scores used to be fun stand-alone things. Now they're just like the movies they're slapped onto - fast and forgettable. I can't think of a single modern motif or theme. Here's hoping there's a Cultural Rennaissance coming. I think I need one.
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