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andy1044 Registered: Aug '06	Date Posted: 12/17/07 4:12pm Subject: Up and Comers
	Who would you guys list as being the next generation of film composers? These could be people who've done one or two big films but still haven't attained the superstardom, so to speak, of the current generation. Who do you think are the people we should look out for in the coming years? -----signature----- Are you looking for original music for your film? Look no further! Samples of my work can be heard at: http://www.soundclick.com/andyskrabutenas PM me or send an email to andy1044@aol.com if you are interested.
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 12/17/07 4:39pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers - Date Edited: 12/17/07 4:41pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Mastadge
	Brian Tyler and John Powell, Dario Marianelli and Alexandre Desplat are obvious answers. Or have they already up-and-came? It's so hard to tell. . . Scott Glasgow will be big. Writes intelligent and exciting scores. Carlo Siliotto does far more right than wrong. Goerge Kallis. Jane Antonia Cornish. Aaron Zigman seems to have come out of nowhere and become incredibly prolific. When Michael Giacchino tries he tends to get it, but he runs on autopilot a little too often. Mark McKenzie may or may not have a breakthrough at some point and become pretty popular. He's good, but then Joel McNeely and Cliff Eidelman also were and their careers haven't taken off as they should have. I still think Marco Beltrami's got a lot of potential, but he's spent so many years treading water that I'm losing faith. It's too bad he was replaced by Elfman for Hellboy 2 because I'd have loved to see him return to that musical milieu. Mark Isham seems to be increasingly popular, but he's been around for a while. After Steamboy I would have said Steve Jablonsky, but pretty much everything else he's done has been crap. There are some video game composers I'd like to see break over into film. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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Cerrabore Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 12/17/07 5:59pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	If Jeremy Soule, Nobuo Uematasu and Mark Griskey get into film, American cinema will be reborn.
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Trentman359 Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 12/17/07 6:08pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	I have my eye on Michael Giacchino. I can't wait for his Star Trek score. -----signature----- "The Magical Mystery Tour is waiting to take you away"
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Miana Kenobi Title: RSA & Manager Fighting Darth Real Life Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 12/17/07 7:50pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	Trentman359 posted: I have my eye on Michael Giacchino. I can't wait for his Star Trek score. He's done great stuff so far. I can't wait. -----signature----- You can't take the sky from me. He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 12/17/07 7:55pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	Miana Kenobi posted: He's done great stuff so far. I can't wait. I have high hopes, but M:i:III was a real letdown, with the exception of the variations on Schifrin's theme. He definitely has the talent to join Goldsmith, Horner and Eidelman's ranks of great Trek movie composers -- I just hope he comes through. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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Darth_Vader-Anakin Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 12/17/07 7:57pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers - Date Edited: 12/17/07 8:04pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Vader-Anakin
	The most obvious answer to me is Giacchino. I've been slowly warming up to him. Ever since I started hearing his music people were hailing him as the next Williams. His music was good, but I never heard "greatness" it in. But just in the past 2-3 years, he's really won me over as he's developed his own voice. M:I:III was a disappointment, but it definitely had some interesting rhythmic ideas. His score to Ratatouille is easily one the best of the year. The same goes for Medal of Honor Airborne. Although Alexandre Desplat is already pretty big on the European scene, he hasn't quite gained the popularity here, but I think that'll change before long. I would also have to say Aaron Zigman, Dario Marianelli, and John Powell. All quite young (in comparison to many film composers) with lots of talent. Christopher Lennertz is someone to watch out for as well. Somewhat derivative at this point, but he definitely has potential and I'd like to see him develop his own voice. In 2005 I was saying how great Harry Gregson-Williams would become after his wonderful music for Narnia and Kingdom of Heaven, but since those two films, I haven't been able to listen to any of his scores more than once, and I've heard almost all of them. Cerrabore posted: If Jeremy Soule, Nobuo Uematasu and Mark Griskey get into film, American cinema will be reborn. Soule? Really? Admittedly, I haven't heard much by him, but I don't remember anything standing out. Care to make a recommendation?
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Miana Kenobi Title: RSA & Manager Fighting Darth Real Life Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 12/17/07 8:20pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	Mastadge posted: I have high hopes, but M:i:III was a real letdown, with the exception of the variations on Schifrin's theme. I avoided that movie like the plague, so I never heard the score. -----signature----- You can't take the sky from me. He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti. Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE!
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 12/17/07 8:21pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	Supreme Commander. Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Elder Scrolls III or IV. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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Cerrabore Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 12/18/07 7:33am Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	Yes, those are good. Knights of the Old Republic or Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as well.
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 12/19/07 6:50am Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	Oh, and William Ross should be on the list as well. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 12/19/07 5:59pm Subject: RE: Up and Comers
	And some other up-and-comers, about whom I'm a bit less enthusiastic: John Frizzell -- I first noticed him with Gods and Generals, which had some quite impressive bits. He's also worked with JNH on Dante's Peak and has done Alien Resurrection and The Reaping. I haven't heard much by him, but while his music's not bad and sometimes pretty good, it's awful indistinct and very forgettable. Harald Kloser -- He's only done two movies: AvP and Day After Tomorrow. He's actually pretty good at main themes -- both of them are memorable -- but otherwise his scores are bland and generally mediocre. I am curious to hear what he does a few years later with 10,000 BC. Klaus Badelt -- I've got some hopes for him yet. He's got a few pretty good scores -- Time Machine, The Promise, K-19, his stuff for Warner Herzog, but unfortunately a whole lot of bad ones. We'll see. Geoff Zanelli -- Another Media Ventures product. Why in the world didn't Jesper Kyd do the Hitman movie score again? Ed Shearmur -- I've never found Sky Captain as interesting and fun as everyone else seems to, and most of his music, while fairly technically accomplished and showing wide range, just doesn't hook me at all. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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