Has a director ever played in the orchestra of his own movie?
10-22-12, 04:47 PM
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Has a director ever played in the orchestra of his own movie?
I'm wondering a director had a movie with a full score and actually played one of the instruments for the composer.
And I'm not talking about Robert Rodriguez twanging a few guitar riffs, but a full on score.
And I'm not talking about Robert Rodriguez twanging a few guitar riffs, but a full on score.
10-22-12, 05:01 PM
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Re: Has a director ever played in the orchestra of his own movie?
John Carpenter, Halloween and many others...
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10-22-12, 05:05 PM
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Is the thread title some kind of euphemism? I believe most directors are masters of their domain.
10-22-12, 05:06 PM
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10-22-12, 05:14 PM
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Re: Has a director ever played in the orchestra of his own movie?
but wasn't he the composer and a shit ton else? He didn't play under a composer. Which is what toast was looking for.
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10-22-12, 05:18 PM
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I wonder if Clint Eastwood has done this, since he writes many of his soundtracks and many are solo-piano pieces.
I guess it wouldn't really be an "orchrestra" then, though....
I guess it wouldn't really be an "orchrestra" then, though....
10-22-12, 05:33 PM
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Re: Has a director ever played in the orchestra of his own movie?
I can't think of any. I'm now hoping it's not too late to get Spielberg to play the triangle for the Lincoln score.
10-22-12, 11:36 PM
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Re: Has a director ever played in the orchestra of his own movie?
Composers playing instruments on their own scores happens all the time (examples being David Arnold playing solo guitar for the James Bond Theme in his five 007 scores, James Horner playing lead / solo piano and synths on his scores, Elliot Goldenthal performing vocal effects on his scores, etc) but directors or other crew...I'm stumped.
10-22-12, 11:56 PM
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I know Woody Allen wrote the score for Sleeper and played the clarinet with his New Orleans Jazz Band.
10-23-12, 12:03 AM
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10-23-12, 12:30 AM
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Re: Has a director ever played in the orchestra of his own movie?
Didn't Peter Jackson hit a gong once for the score to The Two Towers? Dunno if that's what you're looking for, but it may actually fit the "orchestra" idea better than other examples. 
10-23-12, 12:46 AM
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George Lucas was handling everything for the prequels, drums tied to stomach, symbals glued to inner knees, violin braced to neck.
10-23-12, 04:06 AM
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10-23-12, 07:42 AM
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Jim Sheridan was one of the rappers for the soundtrack of Get Rich or Die Tryin'
10-23-12, 07:59 AM
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little known fact, John Williams directed Porky's IV and supplied the full orchestral track. Unfortunately it has been languishing in post-production hell ever since 1989. 
10-24-12, 04:54 AM
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In his liner notes for The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration album, Steven Spielberg noted that he personally sat in with the orchestra and played the clarinet when they recorded the march for 1941 because he felt it wasn't "ragged" enough for the tone of the film.
10-24-12, 10:43 AM
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I believe the story goes that Williams wanted it to sound really amaturish and the professional orchestra player just couldn't do it. Spielberg had taken clarinet lessons when he was 10 or something so they recorded him playing it like shit and it was perfect.
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10-24-12, 02:31 PM
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you stole my answer
I believe the story goes that Williams wanted it to sound really amaturish and the professional orchestra player just couldn't do it. Spielberg had taken clarinet lessons when he was 10 or something so they recorded him playing it like shit and it was perfect.
I believe the story goes that Williams wanted it to sound really amaturish and the professional orchestra player just couldn't do it. Spielberg had taken clarinet lessons when he was 10 or something so they recorded him playing it like shit and it was perfect.
10-24-12, 02:59 PM
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Of all people it had to be Spielberg. 
And coincidentally he was talking about playing the clarinet on 60 Minutes on Sunday.
And coincidentally he was talking about playing the clarinet on 60 Minutes on Sunday.
