Comments on: 16 Musicians-Turned-Film Composers And Their Breakout Scores

By: MAL

MAL — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:14 +0000

Peter Gabriel's score for "The Last Temptation of Christ" is one of the most impressive , layered scores I've ever heard and am glad he got a least an Honorable Mention. He also scored Phillip Noyce's "Rabbit-Proof Fence", which is another standout.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:14 +0000

M83 Oblivion score, Arcade Fire Her score and Mike Patton Place Beyond Pines score should be honorably mentioned. Also, what else has Karen O scored?

By: Emperor Zerg Rush

Emperor Zerg Rush — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:14 +0000

Mothersbaugh is a versatile composer. Film, television, video games. The man has a real talent.

By: David Palmquist

David Palmquist — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:14 +0000

With respect, to suggest Ellington was catapulted into the public arena by Anatomy of a Murder is silliness. His radio broadcasts from New York made him famous nationwide in the late 1920s, and by the time he began touring in the early 1930s, he and his orchestra were the equivalent of rock stars.

Ellington was featured in, and wrote for, films long before 1959 – see Stratemann's Duke Ellington Day by Day and Film by Film. In addition to Black and Tan in 1929 and his Symphony in Black, released in 1935, he and his orchestra were featured in Check and Double Check (1930), Bundle of Blues (1933), Murder at the Vanities and Belle of the Nineties (both in 1934, the latter at the insistence of its star Mae West), The Hit Parade (1937), several Soundies in late 1941, to a lesser extent in Cabin in the Sky (1943) and a minor presence in Reveille with Beverly, Salute to Duke Ellington (1950), etc.

By: Tony Caruana

Tony Caruana — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:14 +0000

Excuse me, Charlie Schmidlin, Cary Grant in Anatomy of a Murder? Really?
Don't people bother checking and editing their writing anymore.
James Stewart played the part of the defence attorney, as is painfully obvious in the clip shown.

By: NeilFC

NeilFC — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:14 +0000

Interesting to see that it was Bruce Forsyth who directed 'Local Hero' and not Bill Forsyth.
Is directing feature films what Brucey did between hosting the Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right and Strictly Come Dancing?

By: todd

todd — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Mothersbaugh's Canon is a beautiful song.

By: Sanker from India

Sanker from India — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Loved the article. And the amazing composers you covered. One minor quibble

"…top directors like Christopher Nolan and tim burton"

Tim burton may be commercially successful, but ALL his big budget movies suck. I'm sure you guys agree with me.

By: kurt

kurt — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Eh, of all of Jon Brion's scores, I would've gone with 'I Heart Huckabees' way before 'Punch Drunk Love.'

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

No T-Bone Burnett, huh? Well then…

By: Fa

Fa — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

And Tindersticks? And Neil Young's Dead Man? I also think that Patton's score deserves recognition.
I like very much the honorable mention to David Holmes, great job with Soderbergh.

By: Lucille

Lucille — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Devonte Hynes' scores for Palo Alto were irresistibly endearing

By: Blind Jasper

Blind Jasper — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Neil Young? Robbie Robertson? No? Not hip enough? Like Duke Ellington.

By: cat

cat — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Alessandro Cortini's Burn

By: Coy

Coy — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Mike Patton

By: Miles

Miles — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

What about Alex Ebert from Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros. Golden Globe winner!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:20:13 +0000

Ry Cooder –