v8n01 covers 1/28/03 2:18 PM Page c1 Volume 8, Number 1 Original Music Soundtracks for Movies & Television Trek’s Over pg. 36 &The THE Best WORST Our annual round-up of the scores, CDs and composers we loved InOWN Their WORDS Shore, Bernstein, Howard and others recap 2002 DVDs & CDs The latestlatest hits hits ofof thethe new new year year AND John Williams The composer of the year in an exclusive interview 01> 7225274 93704 $4.95 U.S. • $5.95 Canada v8n01 issue 1/28/03 12:36 PM Page 1 CONTENTS JANUARY 2003 DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 2 Editorial 14 The Best (& the Worst) of 2002 Listening on the One of the best years for film music in recent Bell Curve. memory? Or perhaps the worst? We’ll be the judges of that. FSM’s faithful offer their thoughts 4 News on who scored—and who didn’t—in 2002. Golden Globe winners. 5 Record Label 14 2002: Baruch Atah Adonei... Round-up By Jon and Al Kaplan What’s on the way. 6 Now Playing 18 Bullseye! Movies and CDs in By Douglass Fake Abagnale & Bond both get away clean! release. 12 7 Upcoming Film 21 Not Too Far From Heaven Assignments By Jeff Bond Who’s writing what for whom. 22 Six Things I’ve Learned 8 Concerts About Film Scores Film music performed By Jason Comerford around the globe. 24 These Are a Few of My 9 Mail Bag Favorite Scores Ballistic: Ennio vs. Rolfe. By Doug Adams 30 Score 15 In Their Own Words The latest CD reviews, Peppered throughout The Best (& the Worst) of including: The Hours, 2002, composers Shore, Elfman, Zimmer, Howard, Film scores in 2002—what a ride! Catch Me If You Can, Bernstein, Newman, Kaczmarek, Kent and 21 Narc, Ivanhoe and more. Goldenthal chime in on their 2002 efforts. By Jeff Bond 48 Pukas Work Sucks. FEATURES 10 God Almighty! We finally interviewed John Williams. 36 FSM Marketplace Enough said. By Jeff Bond 26 Where No Note Has Gone Before Bereaved friends and loved ones…let us not be mired in the death of the Star Trek movie series, We’ve got a bad feeling about this. which the failure of the stinky Nemesis may very 26 well portend. Instead, let us celebrate life. Behold, this inspiring retrospective on the series’ music! By John Takis ON THE COVER: God Almighty! Film Score Monthly (ISSN 1077-4289) is published ten times a year (with double issues in May/June and November/December) for $36.95 per year by Vineyard Haven LLC., 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232. Periodicals postage paid at Culver City, CA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Film Score Monthly, 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232 FILM SCORE MONTHLY 1 JANUARY 2003 v8n01 issue 1/28/03 10:30 AM Page 2 EDITORIAL Listening on the Bell Curve VOLUME 8 A love/hate relationship with “The Best & the Worst” NUMBER 1 ditorially speaking, I feel that the sentations (although I usually don’t mind if a EDITORIAL STAFF whole idea of “best” and “worst” is composer wants to tinker with his album order) Editor & Publisher E somewhat misguided. It’s silly to qual- and I can enjoy a couple of pop songs here or LUKAS KENDALL ify a work of art (or a reasonable facsimile like there (especially if they’re high-grade pop like Departments Editor commercial filmmaking) as “best” without a “Come Fly With Me.”) JONATHAN Z. KAPLAN widely accepted empirical measure. It’s not like Managing Editor we’re measuring processor speed, gasoline ’ll bet you just guessed that Catch Me If You TIM CURRAN mileage—or safety. Film music, thankfully, is ICan was one of my favorite soundtracks of Senior Editor rarely life-threatening; of course, 2002. This makes this issue’s special JEFF BOND some might argue otherwise. guest, Maestro John Williams, a real Design Director As a member of the audience, I treat. We’ve devoted more ink in FSM JOE SIKORYAK can certainly report on my experi- to his music and work than just about Supervising Content Consultant AL KAPLAN ence going to the movies on a given anyone else, and now we get to quote Copyeditor Saturday night. But as a filmmaker him directly. As the article on page 10 STEVE GILMARTIN who has worked on a couple of stu- says so enthusiastically: WOW! Contributing Writers dent and independent projects, I But I was talking about my DOUG ADAMS take a different view. Frankly, you favorites of 2002. The others, in no STEPHEN ARMSTRONG haven’t experienced compromise particular order included: CQ, by JASON COMERFORD until you’ve worked on a project ACCEPT NO Mellow and Roger Neill (a spot-on ANDY DURSIN completely dependent upon the SUBSTITUTE: valentine to ’60s silliness); The Kid ANDREW GRANADE skill, cooperation, dedication and John’s the real deal. Stays in the Picture by Jeff Danna; STEVEN A. KENNEDY commitment of a bunch of Metropolis by Toshiyuki Honda DARREN MACDONALD strangers. I tend to be a lot more charitable (Dixieland jazz—in the “future”?); Far From JOHN TAKIS GENEVIEVE WILLIAMS toward the work of other filmmakers and Heaven by Elmer Bernstein; Signs by James CARY WONG composers after having suffered a few crush- Newton Howard; Unfaithful by Jan A.P. ing disappointments on the set or in the edit- Kaczmarek; Enigma by John Barry (the light ing room myself. hasn’t dimmed yet); Swordfish and Star Trek BUSINESS STAFF This experience makes it difficult for me to Nemesis (see previous remarks). rate films and scores from best to worst. Of My favorites are chosen for the pure pleasure Editorial & Subscriptions course there are always a few clear-cut, merce- they provide, and are a varied bunch to be sure. 8503 Washington Blvd nary hackworks and pointless efforts that And despite my earlier remarks, I do like reading Culver City, CA 90232 PH. 310-253-9595 deserve to go to the bottom of the pile—but I other people’s best and worst lists of the year. 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