Thomas Newman, Alan Silvestri, Hans Zimmer, Steven Price et al. | 2013 THR Composer's Roundtable
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Deep dive behind the scenes of scoring Oscar worthy material; also addresses various challenges faced by current (as of 2013) film composers. Featuring Hans Zimmer ("12 Years a Slave," "Rush"), Christophe Beck ("Frozen"), Henry Jackman ("Captain Phillips"), Thomas Newman ("Saving Mr. Banks"), Steven Price ("Gravity") and Alan Silvestri ("The Croods"). - Hudba
I love how they all fan boy out at Alan Silvestri at the end
Pina Colada And they are so true about this. He's absolutely stunning to the top!
I absolutely love that too!
Totally deserved!
I love the first Predator more than the second to be honest.
@@OttoNilssonMusic They're both great, but yeah, same here.
Thomas Newman is a magician. Love all these composers but Newman creates sanctuaries not just soundtracks. His music fills my heart with bliss
So true
He did Nemo, WALL-E and Dory.
You are very right his music truly touch the human soul (obviously not everyone's)
Your channel handle is horribly disrespectful
Agree
Wish James Horner was there. R.I.P
R.I.P.
R. I.P
And goldsmith
Yes, rest in peace James Horner, no one can do it like you
Indeed that would have been cool but whilst he’s my personal favorite composer in many ways, even if for Braveheart and Titanic alone, he was a bit of a snob and not sure he’d have participated. Don’t get me wrong i love the guy, but if you watch his interviews, and especially the special features for Aliens, it becomes apparent that he was not the most agreeable person. Which is FINE, but idk how that would go in a panel.
It's good to see Hans Zimmer recognize Thomas Newmans excellence. I had a feeling he was heavily influenced by him and could have easily guessed he loved his work.
Yeah...I knew some elements from Zimmer's Amazing Spider-Man 2 score reminded me somewhat of Newman's music for A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Movie (Curiously enough, two movies with good soundtracks that I like that everyone else hates...the movie, not the score. ASOUE's score was nominated for an Oscar)
God Bless Alan Silvestri. A true musical genius.
And i agree about PREDATOR 2. That score is a music lesson. A masterpiece.
Just one word- Silvestri!!!
40:50 High praise for Newman from Zimmer... Newman is so humble he INSTANTLY put the focus back to Silvestri. Outstanding composers/people here!
Zach Derbas and to think Newman comes from Hollywood royalty.
HOLY SHIT !!! Thomas Newman and Alan Silvestri in the same room and they are friendly and cool as hell. And the fact that these masters of their craft still get nervous about writing scores, blows my mind. Steven Price has impressed so far as well can't wait to hear what he does in the future
Why wouldn't they be friendly and cool? Something I missed?
Silvestri is such a legend that these other legends like Zimmer and Newman are all influenced by him
Yet the Oscars have only nominated him twice, one for best score and another for best song.
Woah, Henry Jackman and Hans Zimmer confessing that they're in love with Alan Silvestri's PREDATOR 2 score, my favorite film music of all time (I listen the Varese Deluxe Edition every day !), what a great moment in this video, and Thomas Newman speaking about his "Silvestri moment" in ROMANCING THE STONE. Silvestri is one of my favorite film music composer, a great man an musician I met personally during a 2009 concert in Spain, where I could told him that his music for the first PREDATOR changed my life forever.
I love how Steven Price, the composer who won Best Score for Gravity, is so quiet and eager to listen to all these legends like Thomas Newman, Hans Zimmer (especially Zimmer) and Alan Silvestri talk about their work and each other's work. They are mad chads ❤️❤️❤️
How can you say "we are out of time" having such a group of geniuses in the middle of such great conversations!? I could listen to their stories all day long!
Glad to see he got kudos for Predator 2. Such an underrated, yet brilliant score.
One of his best scores!!
They’re all so legendary. If I had to choose who made the soundtrack for my life it would be Hans Zimmer and Thomas Newman.
"we are out of time?" Are you kidding me, Hollywood Reporter?!
I am obsessed with Newman’s work on The Shawshank Redemption. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! His father’s Airport soundtrack is awesome too 😍😍
Same bro he needs an Oscar
Zemeckis, Spielberg, Silvestre and Micheal J. Fox was 80's Gold.
Zemeckis, Spielberg, Silvestre and Tom Hanks was 90's Gold.
Wish they did more composer roundtable's
I love this SO much. Came here to watch Thomas Newman, my all-time favorite movie composer. There is not much video footage of him, but I highly recommend his interview with Rick Beato because it's a masterclass in composition and shows how absolutely brilliant and humble he is. His mixing of major and minor notes is next level genius and the Newman family legacy is so rich.
gotta love zimmer's socks
I could watch these geniuses talk forever
Referring to Zimmer as a genius is stretching things a wee bit.
@@jslasher1 How so?
@@jslasher1 He’s the smartest person in the room.
@@jslasher1 Not giving credibility to hans zimmer bc he can't read sheet music? If so, wow. Correct me if there is another reason.
That was a helluva roundtable. Good job.
Love it when theyre all talking about how boss Silvestri is. Predator is fn awesome
Silvestri and Zimmer are just legends.
Newman and Silvestri are the real educated geniuses here.
❤️🙏
No...they all are. Don't sound so condescending. It's disrespectful to the other talents.
I think you are missing the point of the comment. It doesnt matter.
Nah, Hans ZIMMER IS. Imo actually...
Well that's not true, and also academia means nothing. But Hams Zimmer and Thomas Newman are the most adapt at furthering the filmmaking process.
38:30
Zimmer : **talks the whole time**
Henry : there's one thing I need to get out **starts to fanboy**
Zimmer : thank you for stealing my moment
I learned so many things about orchestral percussian orchestration from Predator. Such a rhythmic and dynamic score!
It's cool because Henry Jackman would end up composing Predator 4 and emulating Silvestri's score really well.
This is one of the best THR roundtable I've ever watched. Thank you for posting. The conversation is so organic, not bland at all.
when the interviewers lost control or just accepted they could just get out of the way it really took off :]
It’s like my heaven to be in that room with all of them
Holy shit Jackman's omelette metaphor was so bad. Then Zimmer just knocks it out of the park with his dinner by 8:00 metaphor. Shit was unreal.
All legends!
Beautiful!!!! thank you very much for sharing this!
There's so much awesome sat around the table
Its always refreshing to hear the masters talk about the struggles of the writing process and that they don't just have this ability to effortless turn out perfect pieces of music all the time at the snap of a finger.
Real living creative geniuses here. Silvestri / predator Heavy rhythmical brass. . . Newman American Beauty The simple but incredibly effective piano ditty.
My Alan Silverstein moment (as a kid ) was listening to the Big band version of Hawaii 5’O - amazing
First of all thanks to THR, very well produced… and for giving us a seat in the room … Soooo fantastic , the pressure, the horror, the breakthrough inspiration….
So good to see the men who write the scores I like. I have been into film music since my teen years and I'm now 71. Thanks for this.
Yah! Thanks Alan....Thanks Tom...Ray Pizzi.
We're very glad to have you on these boards Ray!
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Thanks Timothy, I had many shining moments on Silvestri film scores, many of which are posted on my YT channel.
LOL Cristophe Beck said at 30:20 "I'm on thin ice" and he is the composer for Frozen
Absolutely gutted not seeing John Powell here but wow what a great vid
What's fucking wrong with Kevin Cassidy.? It's one of my biggest dreams to talk to them and he's like... NOTHING.
But I talked to two of them a year ago; Thomas and Hans :P
Yeah I thought the same, the dude looks like he's never been more bored than at this moment. WTF
I truly enjoyed this!
everyone FAN BOY Silvestri
Alan Silvestri's Polar Express music defined my childhood!
Not to take away from the other composers, Hans Zimmer helped open the door to my love of soundtracks, Thomas Newman's Finding Nemo score is very nostalgic, and Christophe Beck...well, his Frozen score is great but that's about all as far as I know
Thomas Newman could be the twin brother of the former german soccer trainer Joachim Löw ;-)
Looking forward for the Hans Zimmer concert in April in Germany.
Cool roundtable!
This is beautiful
Think if Jerry Goldsmith RIP was around for a roundtable together with John Williams. Would have been interesting.
Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Ennio Morricone. The stories they can tell.
James Horner was still alive at this time, I think him, John Williams, and James Newton Howard would have been fantastic additions
I would love to just see the composers talking about their work and experiences throughout their careers WITHOUT the THR interviewers. I think they're unnecessary and distracting. Like to big bumps on a bored ass log.
+kittybookitty What the 'f' is a 'bored ass log'?
A log that's bored as fuck with those THR reporters. I thought that much was clear.
Legends!
all that genius behind the magic sound i heard for so long ago... Alan Silvestri for Forrest Gump.. that song i hear till now
I Thomas Newman's work for The Pixar movies Finding nemo and Wall-e both films directed by Andrew stanton.
I absolutely love this!!!!
Tom Newman who's one of the Newman family composed scores in the 80s like Revenge of the Nerds, Desperatley Seeking Susan and Real Genius. Alan Silvestri composed the scores in films as Back to the Future, Forest Gump and The Avengers. Hans Zimmer composed scores in films as The Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Dark Knight trilogy, Man of Steel and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
For some reason, the score for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 reminded me a bit of Thomas Newman's Oscar-nominated score for A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Movie.
I don't know why, but I got that vibe.
@@andresacosta4832it’s the instruments they used, very similar, also reliant on woodwind like flutes and clarinets
Zimmer’s score for the 90’s film “Broken Arrow” struck me as cool and interesting as as a kid/teen. If parts of it seem familiar, it’s because they actually used portions of it in the “Scream” horror film! (Can’t remember right now if it was in part 1, 2, or both
That was fun.
Great! Thanks for sharing.
I really lover their music, but the composer who made me realize that I wanted to become a film composer is Christophe Beck.
I thinks his music is powerful and magical.
"I really lover their music, but the composer who made me realize that I wanted to become a film composer is Christophe Beck."
And who are you?
I’m sure it won’t happen through THR, but I’d love a roundtable with unconventional composers (mostly from the worlds of rock, electronic, and hip-hop) like
the Dust Brothers (Fight Club)
Oneohtrix aka Daniel Lopatin (Good Time, Uncut Gems)
Thom Yorke of Radiohead (Suspiria Remake) while we’re at it Goblin (Suspiria Original)
RZA of WuTang (Kill Bill films, etc)
could be really cool to hear their approach newly coming into film scoring from unique backgrounds.
Idk maybe someone else has more suggestions?
All of these men are very much big time and very experienced with only Stephen Price and Henry Jackman (to a lesser extent) being juniors in the field. Stephen Price especially, being as fresh as it gets must have felt a bit intimidated in that company of men. Alan Silvestri here is the most experienced of them all.
You're here for 38:30
This could have ended up being 3 hours long. these guys were enjoying it!
Agree. I only wish instead of those 2 guys that were flavors of the moment, Zimmerman, Silvestri and a Newman were joined by Horner who was stil alive at that point, Williams, and Newton Howard. THAT I could watch/listen to for 5 hours or more
❤
Wish John Williams was there...
That's why I don't want to be a film composer FOR REAL ... I want to have fun I just want to have fun and I have enough talent to have fun hahahaha
What about Vince Dicola?
Would love to see him, Harold Faltermeyer, Giorgio Moroder and a lot of other 80's composers. :)
Thomas Newman.........-> Hugh Grant????
What is Hans zimmer saying at 40:59? Is that a film title?
Shawshank Redemption
@@joejohnson7227 thank you, I could not figure that one out. I was hearing “horse shack” and had never heard of a film with that title 😂
@@BluesAndTheEdge Had to listen a few times myself.
E's not low enough, Hans? The Amazing Spiderman 2 soundtrack would disagree.
Have you seen the clip of him and Pharrell? Pharrell's just wanking off whilst Hans just sits there humouring him :Dczcams.com/video/2qU3PXcuykU/video.html
T Mcl 😂😂😂
Very interesting! I also love how Zimmer knows that he just owns the whole room :P
I wonder what the other composers really think of Zimmer. He's talented, no doubt, but he only writes 20-30% of his scores normally (the rest is handed out to other writers who are not credited) while the others compose the entire scores themselves.
Robert Taylor thomas newman is my favorite for sure very distinct style memorable sounds .
I used to love Zimmer, but now he is a bit overrated. His music sounds the same in every movies (and not in a good way... )
I appreciate now great composers such as Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard, Howard Shore, James Horner, Alan Menken, John Williams of course etc...
Myriam Plat
If I ever become a film director and screenwriter, Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman, James Horner, Alan Menken, Danny Elfman, and John Williams would be among the first I would hire to write and compose a score for a film I'd be working on! In-fact, I once had an idea for a movie that was like a dark and intense yet family-friendly Christmas-themed fantasy-adventure thriller that took place in mid-late 19th century London, England. It something like Peter Pan, Aladdin, The Nutcracker, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Golden Compass rolled into one. The story consist of a thirteen or fourteen year old girl and her six year old little brother who live with their wealthy aunt and uncle in London. They eventually meet a mysterious yet mischievous elf-like boy from another world who comes to the human world every year around Christmas to steal presents and priceless valuables from homes all over the world. The girl and her brother chase the elven thief to a magical winter world after he steals the girl's locket, which her late mother gave her, but they are unable to return to the human world so they must now embark on a perilous adventure with the thief leading the way to find a mystical ornament that a powerful fairy had created many centuries ago which has the power to grant wishes but a dark and sinister warlock king who rules the winter world with an iron fist and as a dogmatic tyrant who also searches for the ornament so he may claim immortality rather than continue to kidnap young children from the human and consume their souls to maintain his longevity. I think anyone of these composers would be perfect to conduct the score for a movie like that.
I wouldn't say that at all! This is the case for most of them but you can tell that Zimmer has a HUGE respect for Thomas Newman..
You can't ignore him.
Oblivious Zimmer fan boy ;) lol
gravity had a scary music( perfect)
Don't tell me: Hans already knows Thomas Newman.
Thomas Newman is look like tom cruise
What happened to Silvestri? He'll be immortal for _Back To The Future_, but after that.....
Matthew Ward What about ROGER RABBIT, THE ABYSS, PREDATOR, BLOWN AWAY, JUDGE DREDD, FORREST GUMP, MOUSEHUNT, VAN HELSING, BEOWULF, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM,... and so many others ?
yanndick When I mentioned Back To The Future, I meant to say my childhood (1985-2003-I guess that covers just about everything you mentioned.) Forgot about _Mousehunt_; I love that soundtrack.
+yanndick Captain America, Cast Away, and The Avengers are just a few more
The Mummy Returns, Avengers: Endgame...
Predator > Predator 2
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Jerry Goldsmith is a huge missing here!
hes dead tho
Hans, as good as you are, there is no need to keep praising yourself ( makes one cringe) 🙄😳😂😂😂🤐
21:11 bad directors
They are all kings. But John Williams is the God of film music.
Carlos Saraiva I actually agree when Goldsmith was alive he really ruled the industry but when he passed on Williams was given the baton
Carlos Saraiva Hell yes. In terms of versatility, innovation, fearlessness to experiment across music genres; from orchestra to electronic, from symphonic to synths... Jerry Goldsmith had and has, no equal.
Jerry Goldsmith
*Morricone
It's always either Jerry Goldsmith or John Williams. They're like The Stones and The Beatles.
As a movie soundtrack lover it saddens me that there are so few women in the game... i know it's getting better and this video is a decade old but sadly it's still scarce
I need too poop.
Imagine each composer being asked to write a leitmotiv [look it up if you don't know the meaning] for the fat bovine who works at THR. The result would be interesting. I suspect Zimmer would synthesise some flatulence; Price, a buzzsaw; Newman, a march; Silvestri, a b-flat trumpet in G#-minor; Beck and Jackman, I leave it your imagination.
+jslasher1 Be nice brother. Its not good to call names, she's beautiful to me.
Way to be pretentious and a jerk, and by the way you spelled "leitmotif" incorrectly.
+T.A.V I could give a bloody fuck about your comment.
jslasher1 I don't know what that means, and you're right I am not a very good at singing but I'm a composer not a singer.
I wish you happiness & love.
You are way too kind.