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  • Dave Little
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    Dear Composer James Horner, The Motion Picture Soundtrack of The Land Before Time & The Motion Picture Soundtrack of Titanic are your 2 most beautiful scores out of all your scores! Will you please compose a Motion Picture Soundtrack which is a dead-centered cross between the Motion Picture Soundtrack of Titanic & the Motion Picture Soundtrack of The Land Before Time? It would be the most magnificent, the most beautiful, & the most heart-felt, soundtrack any1 has ever heard! It would be a 100+-year memory!

  • Gene Ruyle
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    Gene Ruyle1 second ago

    So very happy to have discovered this — Horner's speaking freely and at length about just where he places himself within the flow of options today's creative artists live and work in regularly. It never stops changing.The challenge, of course, is to keep the essentials (the intelligence, passion, and unique stirrings) of one's soul intact and thriving. I have no doubt James Horner will continue doing this as splendidly as he does for the rest of his life. It puts in practice Robert Henri's formulation (found in his classic, The Art Spirit): "We are not here to do what has already been done." Thanks for capturing so much substance in this fine rendering. G.R.

  • RonJammin
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    Great, insightful interview. I couldn't disagree more about Zimmer's TDK score though, to me it's always stood out amongst fans. Perhaps the BATMAN BEGINS score wasn't too memorable? I think people who don't seek out music schooling/education will always lack alot/kind of "miss out" on other opportunities but sometimes a song you thought took MONTHS to write/record/produce may have taken a few HOURS by an unknown, so music will always be subjective in that sense.

    If it sounds good, it is good. Found it surprising that Horner didn't care for films growing up, seems kind of odd to create for something you have no interest in but he's certainly made a career for himself so I can't bash that!

  • shairaptor
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    23:17 too bad. so movie scores will be blatant from now on, if there aren't great themes anymore in today's movies, like there was Luke's Theme, Leia's Theme, Imperial March Theme etc on Star Wars. That was great. Most film and pop music today is forgettable, blatant and non-memorable. Music became so shallow. Why is a memorable theme considered old-fashioned by the movie studios? Themes that can touch you… can stir you emotionally, can bring you to tears – since when did it get old-fashioned and obsolete?! Who decided that? Movie studios of today know nothing about music obviously! It doesn't reach your heart and soul anymore, which is a shame!

  • Pack man
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    If I ever become a film director/screenwriter, I would have James Horner on my list of composers to hire to write and compose a score for a film project I would be working on. In fact, I have a movie idea in mind that was like a Epic Fantasy-Adventure thriller that would have visual effects on the same level as Avatar and Inception combined. For a movie like that, I would ask Horner to write a score that was like a mixture of the score from Braveheart and the score from Casper!

  • skrivervik
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    How he emphasizes the importance of "heart" in his scores really impress me. He's the real thing, and couldn't give a damn about profits.

  • timefilm
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    Very insightful enjoyable interview. He's absolutely correct, beach in the day the composer was chosen based on their merit for bringing a lush thematic score to a movie in such a way that it was like another character in the film. These days I think we've skipped over to a generation of filmmakers who themselves are inspired by films and filmmakers who didn't quite grasp the concept of the composer. I remember Star Wars episode 2 totally re-edited all of John Williams music to such an offensive level that I was surprised he even came back to do episode 3. It'll come back the way it was done back in the day. It's not dead. Just dormant.

  • Thomas Beckman
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    Its amazing how little power film composers have in the film making project. I almost feel that composers should find a way to re-assert themselves as they truly are the experts when it comes to the musical tone and feel of the film – obviously with the appropriate amount of agreement between them and the director. But themes and melody are what we all go back to when we remember our favourite films, and I myself have noticed a themic/ melodic drought for most of the films I have seen over the last 5-10 years. We should not let technology dictate our artistry. Rather, it ought to support it.

  • MrHPsauce01
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    I can't believe he's not doing Amazing Spider-Man 2. Hans Zimmer can't create anything nearly as brilliant as Horner can.

  • oliraceking
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    eloquent man! Iris is an undiscovered gem IMO. Incidentally, he seems to have lost a lot of weight in recent years, then in the close up I notice a massive scar on his neck (hence the scarf?). Maybe it's related… Hope he's OK

  • Jim Mower
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    the interviewer needs to stop making noises whilst the subject is talking…. distracting and potentially interferes with editing.