Clint Mansell

I don't know much about Clint Mansell, besides the fact that is a great composer. Of his work the ones that stand out for me the most are the soundtracks that are made for the director Darren Aronofsky. The films Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and The Fountain all have different elements and style to them. In Pi, the composer has created a chaotic theme of confusion and hopelessness. The repeating theme and continuing detachment of the main character's mind to reality really works together. In Requiem for a Dream, there are three parts to the film: Summer, Fall, and Winter. And with these changing themes, the style of the music changes as well. Continuing to sound more dreading and dreading as it progresses until the final climax of the story. Not only is the theme from Requiem a great one, but it has been used for many other trailers: Lord of the Rings and Lost to name a few. Finally in the film, The Fountain, Clint has changed his style and uses heavy piano themes and guitar riffs. It is to display the love between the two characters, and the thought of eternal life. All in all this is my favorite of the three.
Clint Mansell is an different kind of composer, and I'm sure that if you do love movie soundtracks he is one to listen to.

Next will be:
Joe Hisaishi

Hey Thomas Newman, how 'bout you win an oscar

One of the more underrated composers of our time, Thomas Newman has been nominated for best original score 8 times. Not once did he win a single on of them. It is sad he should win, I'm telling you he should have won for The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Finding Nemo, and The Good German.

His style I can describe as quiet composing. A heavy use of piano when developing his melodic themes have made him different from most of his fellow composers. The majority of the pieces he preforms are fluid, like air or water. The themes flow out of the screen and connect the audience with the picture. Alone the music he has created is just a wonderful sit down and relax music to listen to.

He is by far one of my favorite composers, and possibly in fact my favorite.

Next time:
Clint Mansell

John Williams

Currently listening to:
The Patriot-Track 1-The Patriot

Everyone can agree that John Williams has been doing his job for a very, very long time. He has created some of the most remembered themes in film to date. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, and Harry Potter. I think there is great difficultly as a composer to do so many sequels to movies, and still have them count as individual works from their original creation. And in my opinion I think he enjoys taking on jobs that go outside his regular area of composing. Such in the case of the film Memoirs of a Geisha. Allowing to create themes that have Japanese tones is completely different from the classic high brass themed pieces he has created.

Should John Williams retire?
In these past years he has gone farther with his compositions, and continued to impress his fans and myself. So I think as long as there is music in his blood. He will continue working.

Next Post:
Thomas Newman

OMGEEZ this first post

Ok so I already have another blog-like think that I usually write on, but this blog is going to be mainly used to talk about 4 things:

1. Movies (past - present - future)
2. Lost
3. Harry Potter
4. Music (Everything but country and rap)

So if I keep up with this I think it can be really good. But the possibility of others reading this is very unlikely so I must pose the question:

If you make a blog, and no one reads it. Does it exist?