Pár fotek a postřehů ze včerejšího Oscarového koncertu
Introducing the “House of Woodcock” theme from Greenwood’s “Phantom Thread” music, Paul Thomas Anderson said he asked the Radiohead guitarist to “write some music like Nelson Riddle would,” figuring that the combination of that 50’s composer’s style and Greenwood’s “British, depressed and atonal” approach would yield something interesting. Which, of course, it did: The “Phantom Thread” music is gentle and elegant, but with an uneasy sense that something’s not quite right.
It was followed by 51-time nominee John Williams, who got the night’s biggest ovation from the audience and from the orchestra simply for walking onstage – and another ovation for the richly dramatic “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” cue “The Rebellion Is Reborn.”
“John is a legend, but he doesn’t work like a legend,” said director Johnson. “He works like a little kid sprinting toward a playground because that’s where the toys are.”
And while you might think it’d be tough to follow John Williams, Hans Zimmer did just that with the monumental “Home” from “Dunkirk.” Nolan said he wanted music that was completely integrated with the film’s sound effects and picture, and in fact the composition began with aircraft noises before building to a deep, massive and doomy throb that became bigger and bigger before yielding to a beautiful, yearning and melodic coda.
https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Academy-Takes-Over-Disney-Hall-for-Spectacular-12719026.php
The night had a rock star anyway in 86-year-old John Williams, who was welcomed with whoops and cheers more common in arenas than concert halls.
Williams' Oscar nomination for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" is his 51st.
Williams was introduced by Rian Johnson, the "Last Jedi" director who said it's impossible to present Williams to an audience without sounding "too grandiose, like I'm dedicating a national park."
On this night, however, Williams focused only on material that was new and unique to "Last Jedi," and stayed away from the soul-stirring "Star Wars" melodies.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Rare-concert-gives-Oscar-nominated-composers-an-12718076.php
To no one’s surprise, the biggest single ovation of the night was reserved for Williams, after the five-time Oscar winner blazed through a brief, muscular portion of his “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” score. Director Rian Johnson introduced him by noting that, while the composer is “a legend,” “John doesn’t work like a legend; he works like a little kid sprinting to the playground because that’s where the toys are.”
http://variety.com/2018/music/awards/oscar-concert-the-academy-nominated-composers-la-philharmonic-1202714371/
Wednesday night's Oscar concert must qualify as one of the most unusual nights of music ever presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Imagine film music by 22 different composers, spanning 79 years of movie history, played by this world-class orchestra with four different conductors – augmented by such offbeat instruments as accordion, mandolin, sitar, erhu and synthesizers – and performed while imagery from many films was projected on a screen above. The content ranged from classically symphonic to jazz to hybrid orchestra-with-electronics, and each piece was introduced by a major actor or director.
http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2018/030118.html
"They made us go alphabetically," Zimmer said. "I think there's something completely and utterly wrong about me following John Williams."
https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/oscar-nominated-composers-embrace-their-rare-moment-on-stage-1.3824068 |
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