v7n5 cov 7/5/02 4:10 PM Page c1 ORIGINAL MUSIC SOUNDTRACKS FOR MOTION PICTURES AND TV VOLUME 7, NUMBER 5 Kamen’s Opus page 16 MURDER MUSIC Film noir scores from The Maltese Falcon to Minority Report GOLDSMITH SPEAKS Composing The Sum of All Fears BACHTO THE FUTURE Music for Silent Running PLUS DVDs and CDs reviewed 05> 7225274 93704 $4.95 U.S. • $5.95 Canada v7n5 cov 7/5/02 4:10 PM Page c2 The Symphony had almost no budget to design and produce a newsletter, but we thought it was important to publish one for subscribers and donors. Joe set up an attractive, versatile template for us and provided basic trainingFSMCD in Vol. Quark 5, No.and 9newsletter • Released design by Special so that Arrangementnow we're able with to Turner Classic Movies Music. produce a quarterly newsletter in-house.We get lots of compliments on our newsletter,The and Prodigal we love having theby toolsBronislau to do it ourselves. Kaper Bronislau Kaper (1902–1983) was a splendid and widely admired Golden Age film composer who succeeded on a variety of films, from comedy (1937’s A Day at the Races) to science fiction (1954’s Them!) to the unique and broadly appealing Lili (1953), for which his song “Hi Lili, Hi Lo” won the Academy Award. Born in Poland, he got his start as a songwriter in the European film indus- try and graduated to full scores at M-G-M in Los Angeles, where he was under contract for most of his career. He worked on two versions of Mutiny on the Bounty (the 1935 production with Clark Gable and the 1962 remake starring Marlon Brando) and tackled films like The Swan (1956), The Brothers Karamazov (1958), Lord Jim (1965) and Tobruk (1967). In 1955 Kaper provided an Album produced by LUKAS KENDALL 1. Main Title/Chase 3:15 19. Granary/Fanfares 1:27 ornate and gorgeously melodic, 2. Spear 0:56 20. It’s Micah 2:01 symphonic score for The Prodigal, a 3. Eli 1:36 21. He Is Dead/Invocation 2:30 gargantuan biblical epic starring 4. Ruth/Tent/Samarra 6:56 22. Sacrifice 1:43 Lana Turner. The film recounts the 5. Window/ 23. Pearl/Beth 3:20 Parable of the Prodigal Son, in When Daylight Comes 1:22 24. What Is Wrong 1:!4 which a wealthy young Hebrew 6. Departure 3:06 25. Elissa’s Death 1:36 trader, Micah (Edmund Purdom), 7. Farewell/Nubian/Bosra 6:37 26. Message 3:02 throws away his fortune and free- 8. Hunger 1:09 27. Miracle 1:07 dom in pursuit of a pagan priestess, 9. 18 Pieces of Silver/Beard 0:54 28. Vultures 1:44 10. One Piece of Silver 2:11 29. Full of the Moon 1:42 Samarra (Turner), eventually return- 11. Terrace of Heavens 1:58 30. Fight 3:59 ing home to the forgiveness of his 12. Micah’s Exit/Prayer/ 31. Storm 0:47 father. Kaper provided a rich, rever- Micah’s Party Part 1 2:44 32. Samarra’s Death 1:01 ent theme for male chorus for the 13. Micah’s Party Part 2 1:34 33. My Son/Celebration/ Hebrew people; a seductive theme 14. I’ll Break Him 0:53 End Title and Cast 4:17 for female chorus for Samarra and 15. Bosra’s Party 2:10 34. Celebration/ her following, alternately a siren 16. She Is 1:10 End Title and Cast (alternate) 2:48 song and a pagan march; up-tempo 17. Deal 0:27 action music for fights and chases; 18. Wedding 0:43 Total Time: 75:11 Photographs ©1955 Turner Entertainment Co. An AOL Time Warner Company, All Rights Reseved. Color image courtesy Photofest. Warner Company, Entertainment Co. An AOL Time Photographs ©1955 Turner Middle Eastern source cues; and elegant, tuneful scoring under dialogue, often favoring woodwinds. It has all the pomp, glory and choral reverence collectors expect from the biblical genre. FSM’s CD of The Prodigal is the premiere release of this important score by Bronislau Kaper. The work is presented in complete, chrono- logical form, including alternate versions, which are explained, as always, in the Look for this month’s liner notes. The M-G-M orchestra was conducted by the legendary André Previn. Silver Age offering $19.95 plus shipping. I Spy By Earle Hagen on the back cover v7n05 issue 7/5/02 2:20 PM Page 1 CONTENTS JULY 2002 cover story departments 24 The Sound of Murder: 2 Editorial Music of Film Noir Much Ado About The term “film noir” has developed a rather Something. enigmatic definition over the years. But what about film noir music? Here we try to define the 4 News genre more clearly by what it should (and K-19: The Troublemaker. shouldn’t) sound like. by Stephen B. Armstrong 5 Record Label Roundup 26 Out of the Past 6 Now Playing A look at John Williams’ score for Spielberg’s “neo-noir” Minority Report. 8 Upcoming by Jeff Bond Assignments Breaking the silence after 31 years. page 12 features 9 Concerts 12 Bach to the Future 9 Shopping List Perhaps better known as the touring musical humorist P.D.Q. Bach, Peter Schickele has also 10 Mailbag worn the hat of film composer over the span of his career. One project was the sci-fi cult favorite 30 Score Silent Running. Here Schickele describes the The latest reviews, movie, the collaborative process and his use of folk including Windtalkers, flavorings in outer space. Jason X, Green Dragon, by Jeff Bond Seeds of Darkness and more. 16 Kamen’s Jubilee He’s performed for the Queen, conducted for Metallica and composed music for giants, both lit- 44 The Laserphile It’s Michael Kamen’s world—we erally and figuratively. He’s also busy heading up a Summer Thrills! just live in it. page 16 children’s music charity and releasing some of his most popular scores on his own label. Is there 48 Pukas anything left for the K-man? by Jeff Bond 36 Marketplace 20 The Fruit of Their Labor At a recent conference sponsored by the Society of Composers and Lyricists, film music historian Jon Burlingame spoke at length with Jerry Goldsmith and director Phil Alden Robinson about the duo’s collaboration on The Sum of All Fears. Here’s how it went down. by Jeff Bond 22 Wait, There Was More! You’ve heard this one before—on A pictoral overview of the SCL conference. television! page 26 ON THE COVER: BLEAK FILM, BLACK SCORE; MINORITY REPORT ©2002 Film Score Monthly (ISSN 1077-4289) is published monthly for $36.95 per year by Vineyard Haven LLC., 20TH CENTURY FOX/DREAMWORKS LLC; IMAGES COURTESY 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232. Periodicals postage paid at Culver City, CA and additional mailing offices. PHOTOFEST, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. POSTMASTER: Send Address changes to Film Score Monthly, 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232 FILM SCORE MONTHLY 1 JULY 2002 v7n05 issue 7/5/02 2:20 PM Page 2 EDITORIAL VOLUME 7 NUMBER 5 Much Ado About Something Film music is alive and kicking, at least for the moment. editorial staff EDITOR & PUBLISHER Lukas Kendall here’s a buzz around the office at Now the offices at FSM are alive with con- SENIOR EDITOR Film Score Monthly lately. No, not versation about film and film music like I’ve Jeff Bond the kind that emanates from a snor- never seen. And chances are it’ll stay that MANAGING EDITOR T ing Jeff Bond at nap time. I’m talking about way, at least for the rest of 2002—what with Tim Curran a buzz of excitement, an overriding mood I Williams’ Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets DEPARTMENTS EDITOR Jonathan Z. Kaplan haven’t felt in the two-and-a-half years since and his next Spielberg collaboration Catch DESIGN DIRECTOR I came on board here. Since last year, some- Me if You Can; and Shore’s Lord of the Rings: Joe Sikoryak thing has happened to turn the otherwise The Two Towers. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS subdued atmosphere here to one resem- Stephen B. Armstrong bling a pledge-week frat party. Film music Inspiration Begats Perspiration Jason Comerford has gotten good again. And when there’s more to talk about, there’s Simon Duff Most of us would agree that, with a more to write about. Like our feature on the Luke S. Goljan few exceptions, film music has masterful Jerry Goldsmith. I saw him speak Allan D. Hosack been languishing over the at a recent event sponsored by the Society of Nick Joy past few years. For any Composers and Lyricists. I also snuck in a Steven A. Kennedy number of reasons (which recorder and taped the entire conversation Neil Shurley I won’t go into here), it had Jerry had with author/film music historian Chris Stavrakis gotten stale. Even the Jon Burlingame and The Sum of All Fears John Takis work from the big guys director Phil Alden Robinson. We figure, if Genevieve Williams seemed to lack inspira- Jerry hates Jeff Bond and is never going to Cary Wong tion. We had gotten to the speak to FSM anyway, a secondhand tran- SUPERVISING CONTENT CONSULTANT point here at FSM where scription along with Jeff’s firsthand insights Al Kaplan if a particular score is the next best thing. Also in this issue: COPYEDITOR simply “didn’t Inspired by the neo-noir nature of Minority Steve Gilmartin suck,” it was Report, Stephen Armstrong takes a look at THANKS TO GIMME GOOD LISTENING: We worthy of at B.A.