on 02.6.24 2:14 AM, Christopher BJ Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On the other hand, some guys like Danny Elfman don't ever touch a > piece of staff paper, playing and singing things into cassettes and > sequencers and passing it off to orchestrators that are more like > arrangers. This seems to me to be more than a bit dishonest. I've > done this kind of work, too (on the orchestrator side, not the > composer side!) The money is the same, but for way more expertise and > responsibility on my part.
There may be illiterate "composers" out there, but Danny Elfman isn't one of them. If you want confirmation, the Society of Composers and Lyricists (www.filmscore.org) will sell you a CD of a lecture he gave to them where he talks about his background and how he works. Elfman maintains that he does indeed do the writing, on paper and in standard notation, and quite enjoys the task. His orchestrator, a former Oingo-Boingo sideman, merely cleans things up and fleshes out the lines. It's an entertaining 2 hours; overall, Elfman comes off as very intelligent, engaging man who swears too much. Richard Walker Yokohama, Japan Whose children think "Nightmare Before Christmas" is the only thing that could possibly rival the "Harry Potter" score for musical brilliance, but at least they're bored by Britney. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
