I shared oxygen with two Academy Award winners tonight.
Just got back from the History and Future of Film Composing broadcast. I had a good time, and I'm glad I went. There was a jazz quartet playing movie music for the hour before the broadcast started; they played a few pieces I recognized, including "A Shot in the Dark" by Henry Mancini. Michael Giacchino helped set it up with the KPCC radio station, and in addition to Giacchino, Randy Newman, David Newman, and Trevor Rabin were there. (Randy was as much of a smart ass as I'd hoped, so there were a lot of laughs, though that meant he dominated the conversation somewhat.)
It was interesting, and every chair was occupied along with at least thirty people lining the walls. I took some notes -- you never know when you might want to remember something -- but there wasn't much that I didn't already know, little as I know about the business. I did like how the host showed a scene from a film without and then with the music; the music really did add structure and even a sense of what had come before to the scene.
I was a little ticked with myself after it was over. I have scores from all four composers via iTunes but no physical CDs, so I didn't bring anything for them to autograph. The two Oscar winners were the busiest, though all four of them were swamped for at least twenty minutes after it was over. I did manage to get blurry photos of Randy Newman and Michael Giacchino; David and Trevor had vanished by then.
You can't really tell here, but Giacchino's cute.
And here's Randy Newman.
And because I've been threatening to do it, here's a close-up of my kitchen wall. I've had the posters on the left (and one more out of frame) for a year or two, but I added the fanarts this week. I'm proud of them despite their flaws, and as neither recipient took me up on my offer to send them the originals, I'd rather have them on display than rotting in a portfolio.
Speaking of photos I've been threatening to post, I will post photos of the geek shirts when I have someone to hold the camera.
It was interesting, and every chair was occupied along with at least thirty people lining the walls. I took some notes -- you never know when you might want to remember something -- but there wasn't much that I didn't already know, little as I know about the business. I did like how the host showed a scene from a film without and then with the music; the music really did add structure and even a sense of what had come before to the scene.
I was a little ticked with myself after it was over. I have scores from all four composers via iTunes but no physical CDs, so I didn't bring anything for them to autograph. The two Oscar winners were the busiest, though all four of them were swamped for at least twenty minutes after it was over. I did manage to get blurry photos of Randy Newman and Michael Giacchino; David and Trevor had vanished by then.
You can't really tell here, but Giacchino's cute.
And here's Randy Newman.
And because I've been threatening to do it, here's a close-up of my kitchen wall. I've had the posters on the left (and one more out of frame) for a year or two, but I added the fanarts this week. I'm proud of them despite their flaws, and as neither recipient took me up on my offer to send them the originals, I'd rather have them on display than rotting in a portfolio.
Speaking of photos I've been threatening to post, I will post photos of the geek shirts when I have someone to hold the camera.