Knowing the Score
Attention fans of movie music!
"Knowing the Score - Film Composers Talk About the Art, Craft, Blood,
Sweat, and Tears of Writing for Cinema" is a new book from David Mor-
gan, author of "Monty Python Speaks!" (The latter simply a detail
noted on the cover.) The paperback is published by Harper Entertain-
ment, is priced at $14.00, and contains 314 pages. Morgan interview-
ed about a dozen composers, including Elmer Bernstein (the late Leon-
ard's brother? Sure looks like him), Coen collaborator Carter Bur-
well, Patrick Doyle, Philip Glass, "industrial" embracer Elliot Gold-
enthal, veteran scorer Jerry Goldsmith, Mark Isham, rock 'n' roll ar-
ranger Michael Kamen, and Disney's Alen Menken. Then, he combined
their comments to create a sort of "printed symposium" that reads
pretty seamlessly. He also notes in the introduction that the book
is written for film buffs and film-score buffs. So, no, you don't
have to know your hole notes from your cleft chin. Devour a copy
today...
mjl
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