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most overrated composer
Joined: 12/31/69
#25re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 3:59pmJames Howard did TITANIC, right? No... Yes... I dunno. I had the soundtrack for Titanic, when it first came out. On cassette, no less.
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#26re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:10pmIsn't that James Horner, Captain?
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#28re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:15pmHe recently did KING KONG but, like Horner, he's ridiculously blaaaannnnd! Where are this generation's Jerry Goldsmiths?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#29re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:17pm
Ooooooh, Jerry Goldsmith. *chills* I also think George Fenton has done some great work.
I really can't think of anyone that I completely dislike or disrespect.
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#30re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:19pm
"Glass' score for The Hours is one of my favourite scores EVER.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Howard Shore....zzzzzzzzz
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#31re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:24pmMaybe not most overrated, but I've never grasped why people go crazy over William Finn's music. It all sounds the same. And not that great.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#32re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:24pmThose who like the score of The Hours must also be shocked at the beauty of the arpeggio played at a voice lesson.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
#33re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 4:29pmhas anyone heard his Beauty and the Beast opera score, (it's more like the 1946 french film than the disney one) I think that's pretty good.
~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~
#34re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:06pm
I'm TEMPTED to say John Williams, but I know I will soon be stampeded by Star Wars fans.
Now that I think about it, I know I will soon be stampeded by anything fans really, seeing as he's written just about everything.
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Updated On: 1/13/06 at 05:06 PM
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#35re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:18pm
Danny Elfman's work is very redundant.
I never thought I'd ever tire of the children's choir, but he really needs to learn some new tricks.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#36re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:27pmYeah, john Williams may be one of the top five composers living. he's pretty amazing.
"Fundamentalism means never having to say 'I'm wrong.'"
-- unknown
phantom_tenor
Leading Actor Joined: 1/11/05
#37re: most overrated composer
Posted: 1/13/06 at 5:33pmIs it just me or is the Superman theme almost exactly the same as the Star Wars theme? Just a thought, Mr Williams...
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