Volume 10, Number 3 Original Music Soundtracks for Movies and Television HOLY CATS! pg. 24 The Circle Is Complete John Williams wraps up the saga that started it all John Barry Psyched out in the 1970s Aaron Copland Betrayed by Hollywood? Mark Snow, John Ottman & Harry Gregson-Williams Discuss their latest projects Are80% You1.5 BWR P Da Nerd? 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Nearly 30 years after John Williams’ legendary score for Star Wars, his music for Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith signals the end 6 News of an era. But we won’t let it go without a fight...or at least three in- Don Ray, depth reviews. Robert Farnon, R.I.P. By Doug Adams, Jeff Bond and Jon & Al Kaplan 7 Record Label Round-Up FEATURES What’s on the way. 14 Snow Season 17 Prepare to flame. 7 Now Playing Over 30 years after landing his first job in Hollywood, Mark Snow Movies and CDs in continues to be one of the most active composers in television, most release. recently with the return of the popular character Kojak. By Jeff Bond 9 Upcoming Film Assignments 17 Tights Situations Who’s writing what John Ottman dons his supersuit to write music for The Fantastic Four for whom. and Superman Returns. By Jeff Bond 10 Concerts Film music performed 20 Psych Out around the globe. The years 1974 through 1980 marked some of John Barry’s most purely psychological composition for film. What prompted this 11 Mail Bag dramatic change? And how does this era fit in with the rest of the A Darkened Doorstep. Barry film music canon? By Stephen Woolston 24 Music with bite. 12 Downbeat Harry, King of Scotts. 24 Pet Sounds Our beloved companions do more than bring us our slippers and 44 Score ignore us. They also star in movies with some pretty great music. This issue’s selections in- By Kyle Renick clude Flight of the Phoenix, Robots, Extreme Prejudice, 36 “You Have Cheated Me!” Sheena and more! The more things change…Take a behind-the-scenes look at Aaron Copland’s last big Hollywood film, 1949’s The Heiress, with his 52 Pocket Reviews music poorly dubbed, hacked to bits and even rescored without the composer’s knowledge. 59 Laserphile By James Lochner 54 FSM Marketplace 40 FSM’s Soundtrack Nerd Test #1 So you think you know film music trivia, huh? Try the official FSM 36 Copland’s stolen heirloom. Soundtrack Nerd Test and let us know how you score. By Jon & Al Kaplan ON THE COVER: Some independent film that you may be able to catch at a theater near you. Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith Film Score Magazine (ISSN 1077-4289) is published six times a year for $36.95 per year by Vineyard Haven LLC., 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver ©2005 Lucasfilm, All Rights Reserved. City, CA 90232. Periodicals postage paid at Culver City, CA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Film Score Magazine, 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232. FILM SCORE MAGAZINE 3 MAY/JUNE 2005 EDITORIAL Much Ado About Summer Volume 10 • Number 3 There may yet be film music diamonds in an otherwise rough summer lineup. EDITORIAL STAFF ummer’s approaching fast, but it’s not here friendly as he was, and as such, I hadn’t worked Editor & Publisher yet. And as a result, I find myself in a sort up anything to say. So when he smiled and stuck LUKAS KENDALL Sof, well, let’s call it entertainment purgatory. out his hand to shake mine, I started screaming, Executive Editor I’m already grieving the imminent end of another turned and ran away. But I’ll never forget his JONATHAN Z. KAPLAN fine season of F/X’s The Shield. I’m not sure when smiling face. Managing Editor Curb Your Enthusiasm will be back, and Comedy Also at the ASCAP Awards, I met a woman who TIM CURRAN Central’s Chappelle’s Show is on indefinite hold. And was carrying a gold lamé purse shaped like a dog. Creative Director as for movies, after the nearly four-year period of I think by now I’m the only one who hasn’t JOE SIKORYAK cinematic bliss I enjoyed thanks to Lord of the Rings, chimed in on the new expanded format of FSM. Editor-at-Large I’ve finally come back down to earth enough to Well, then, let me be the third or fourth to say JEFF BOND realize once again that most movies suck—which that we’re very excited about it. In fact, I think Copyeditor means I’m well-prepared for the slate of summer we’re putting together better issues already, and DEBBIE NOTKIN blockbusters thundering toward us. I hope you all feel the same. Judging from the Contributing Writers But nothing can dampen the excitement of positive responses we’ve gotten—and the lack of JON AANENSEN having two John Williams scores in a six-week negative ones—I think most people are okay with DOUG ADAMS period—Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the the bimonthly, larger issues. We’re all working STEVEN B. ARMSTRONG Sith (which as of press time hasn’t hit theatres, really hard here to make sure that you see more DAVID COSCINA though this issue features in-depth reviews of the and better content in the magazine since you will, DARREN MACDONALD score) and War of the Worlds. The only downside after all, be seeing slightly less of it. And even more LUKE GOLJAN to listening at length to Williams’ Sith music is that important, we want to make sure there’s even more MARK GRIFFIN it got me excited to the see the movie—which I in the pages of FSM that you won’t find anywhere AL KAPLAN promised myself I wouldn’t let happen. I can hope else. Toward that end, we’ve got a lot of good stuff STEVEN A. KENNEDY against hope that Sith will be good, but I just can’t in the works: Buyer’s Guides, more comprehensive ANDREW KIRBY imagine that it will. It doesn’t bode well when the lists, the updated Top 40 Composer Power List, an JAMES LOCHNER CD artwork features Ewan McGregor looking like extensive article on producing (and not producing) KYLE RENICK Burl Ives dressed in an Ewok suit. Still, the music historic score releases, and much more. IAN D. THOMAS is great, and that has to be enough. I’m even more But that’s in the future. For this issue, we’ve JASON VERHAGEN excited about War of the Worlds because it’s likely to once again covered an amazing breadth of film CARY WONG be a splendid combination of Star Wars, Minority music subject matter. For godsakes, where else STEPHEN WOOLSTON Report, A.I. and something we’ve never heard before are you going to find a Film Music Nerd Test? from the man who continues, at the ripe young age Or an exhaustive feature on music from movies BUSINESS STAFF of 73, to show everyone else how it’s done. featuring cats and dogs. For our Golden Age and Editorial & Subscriptions I’m ambivalently hopeful that there might concert-music fans, we’ve got an in-depth look at 8503 Washington Blvd be something interesting in between the Aaron Copland’s scoring of The Heiress, featuring Culver City, CA 90232 expected rhythmic bashings of Batman Returns. musical examples. Then there’s John Barry. And PH. 310-253-9595 Unfortunately, conjecture is all we have, since Mark Snow. 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Printed in the U.S.A. FILM SCORE MAGAZINE 4 MAY/JUNE 2005 FILM SCORE MAGAZINE 4 MAY/JUNE 2005 RECORD LABEL ROUND-UP CONCERTS NOW PLAYING news UPCOMING FILM ASSIGNMENTS 2004 he spent a portion of each year including Henry Mancini, Johnny of the Heroes,” including sound teaching the program in Ireland. He Mandel, John Williams, Patrick effects and dialogue. was also a guest lecturer at the Film Williams and Angela Morley, have Music Institute in Los Angeles. acknowledged Farnon’s influence After retirement from CBS, he on their writing. Andre Previn once Weekend at Bernie’s: returned to his love of writing concert referred to him as “the greatest The Musical? music.