tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post7204258829048867040..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Score Sample: 3:10 To YumaRoman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-40509804015400935232015-07-13T20:16:48.437-07:002015-07-13T20:16:48.437-07:00Yeah a lot of Western film music was inspired by t...Yeah a lot of Western film music was inspired by the work Aaron Copland.But one of the pioneers of the Western film sound was Dimitri Tiomkin, a Russian born composer who would take traditional American folk songs and modify them for the big screen. So some of his material might actually work for our Rip Van Cowboy. :) However Morricone went completely against the grain when he did his spaghetti westerns. Director Leone didn't want them to sound anything like traditional Hollywood westerns, and they certainly don't. Just funny how something that was supposed to be against the grain becomes the standard. Same thing happened with John Williams retro sound for Star Wars which ended up reviving old school film composing techniques for nearly two decades.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-67694789370389220222015-07-13T20:12:08.119-07:002015-07-13T20:12:08.119-07:00When it comes to modern westerns it seems that mos...When it comes to modern westerns it seems that most of them pick up from Morricone's model of film scoring. But recently the parody film, "A Million Ways to Die in the West" actually used the older 50s style of film scoring a Western. So it sounded more like something from Tiomkin (who did "High Noon") or Bernstein (who did "The Magnificent Seven"). That score is a blast and one of my favorites from 2014.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-34329026061546425222015-07-12T11:18:35.797-07:002015-07-12T11:18:35.797-07:00It's funny how early composers established sta...It's funny how early composers established standards that continue to influence those who follow. Would some Rip Van Cowboy who fell asleep in 1869 and woke up this year recognize any of the classic or current scores as particularly Western?Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-12589983858245279272015-07-12T09:23:52.131-07:002015-07-12T09:23:52.131-07:00Yeah, the spaghetti western influence is definitel...Yeah, the spaghetti western influence is definitely there. I always enjoyed Frankie Laine's occasional western songs in some of the older westerns too. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.com