Alexander Courage Pt 2 of 4

From watching part 1 and now part 2, it would seem that Courage enjoyed simple tunes. Tunes you could whistle to. John Williams collaberated for a larger effect appearently.

I'm from the old school. If I write it, I orchestrate it.

So does John Williams, when there is time (his concert works are all orchestrated by him alone).

However when scoring a film, a composer often has a mere five weeks to compose 60-80 minutes of orchestral music -- which is painstakingly synchronized to motion picture images, and very often subject to re-writes at the request of the director.

Because of these working conditions, even composers like Aaron Copland and John Corigliano also used orchestrators when working in Hollywood.

Wow! You poor thing. You really think you're telling me something I don't already know.

Again, I'm from the old school.

If I write it, I orchestrate it.

Besides, most of the film music that's come out of Hollywood the past many, many years could have been written and orchestrated by ANY hack.

LOL!

I'll cut you some slack because you're only 22, but you really have a lot to learn about the music business, and what it means to be a working composer in the real world.

Gee, why aren't YOU generous? Not! ;-P

You say I'm 22?

Well, says you and whatever I put down as my age on my YouTube home page.

Surely, you know you shouldn't believe everything you read online, right?

Keep telling yourself that. Your profile says you're 23, yet you're "old school". Composers have hired orchestrators since before your grandparents were born.

Most composers, as you should know start out, arranging their mentors compositions. But I suspect the closest you've been to an orchestra is the pirate copy of East West you downloaded.

john williams does that sometimes too... id like to see you take on a big task like he does, compose the music in a limited time, orchestrate it, often produce the album and conduct the music to film... if you could do that, you would be where john williams is now

*yawn*

Again,Williams music is nothing special. It's okay.

It all just sounds the same.

Yes, and thank Satan, Bernard Herrmann and Miklos Rozsa have a right to their opinion.

Herrmann and Rozsa can get their dead asses in line behind the thousands of other people I presume disagree with me.