Two film people who I greatly admire, and who are no longer with us, are historian Tony Thomas and composer Jerry Goldsmith.
How about the two of them in the same clip? Thomas hosts a little spot on the famed movie scorer recording a music cue for The Mephisto Waltz (a fine film from 1971, directed by Paul Wendkos) -- the archival 16mm footage that Thomas introduces is culled from a documentary made in the early 1970s, titled The Score. Other composers profiled in the original were Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin, and Hugo Friedhofer. The doc ended with the Goldsmith segment.
Watch the two men do their thing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpIKaW75ifI
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The theme to "The Waltons" is still one of my favorite TV theme songs. On a side note, tell Simon that Imarion went under. Oh, happy day!
Good to hear that Imarion went belly-up. Survival of the fittest; and from what I've heard, they were an internal disaster -- unorganized to an extreme. Sounds like management was full of 'Door-knobs'.
I'll pass-on the note.
Oh yes... "The Waltons" is a terrific theme. Goldsmith's theme to "Dr. Kildare" was equal; and went on to become a Billboard top-ten hit after it was spun into a song (sung by series star Richard Chamberlain).
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