Secrets from All The Kings Men Scoring Stage
My husband Clayton is in Los Angeles leading a very large orchestra on a cavernous Hollywood scoring stage - recording the soundtrack for the new motion picture ‘All The King’s Men’.
Last night he gave his first report. You see, Clayton gets to see most of the movie months before it hits theaters. Why. Because, as concertmaster of the orchestra, he not only records the music. He also goes into the control room.
Let me explain.
Recording studios generally consist of at least two rooms: the sound stage itself, where the sound for the recording is created and the control room, where the sound from the studio is recorded and manipulated.
After recording a take, Clayton joins the composer, in this case James Horner from ‘Titanic’ fame, the main engineer and the director of the film in the control room to watch the scene with the just-recorded music. Then they decide whether to proceed to the next scene, or re-record. In the process, Clayton not only watches the movie, but gets to hear the music over a huge array of speakers.
Clayton’s really excited about this film. Let me tell you that he rarely gets passionate about what Hollywood’s coming out with, so it must be good. He said that the lead actor, Sean Penn, gives an unbelievable performance and that James Horner’s soundtrack rises to the same level.
He describes the music this way.
It’s a cross between John Williams and Ennio Morricone - of Cinema Paradiso, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Clayton said that the music is absolutely gorgeous with beautiful, dramatic and haunting melodies.
This might be the reason. Apparently James Horner wrote the music directly to score – a rare event indeed in Hollywood. Usually an oscar-winning star like Horner pens his music for piano and has another composer orchestrate the music. That means someone other than who might think is adding all the color to a black and white palate. - while the star gets the credit for the whole shebang. Horner must have been very inspired to write the music for orchestra from the get-go.
One other thing. Sometimes Clayton gets to see a scene Before the music is added. He says the difference in emotional impact with the addition of music is unbelievable, especially when a great composer like James Horner weaves his magic.
It just goes to show you how life without beautiful sound and music would be dreary indeed.
Let the power of music uplift your spirit, regenerate your brain cells and relax your body. Summer is great time to rejuvenate, and music is a great tool to accomplish this. Recharge anyplace, anywhere, any time. Go and get the CDs everyone’s raving about.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
P.S. The San Francisco Chronicle described Clayton’s solo debut on a tour with Sir Neville Marriner this way: “Clayton Haslop is a highly sensitive musician with a superior command of the instrument and a presence and projection that mark the real soloist.” That was at the tender age of 19. Imagine what he sounds like now. You can, because he’s playing on many of the selections you’ll hear on The Secret Power of Words and Music 5 CD package. Order your copy now!
Last night he gave his first report. You see, Clayton gets to see most of the movie months before it hits theaters. Why. Because, as concertmaster of the orchestra, he not only records the music. He also goes into the control room.
Let me explain.
Recording studios generally consist of at least two rooms: the sound stage itself, where the sound for the recording is created and the control room, where the sound from the studio is recorded and manipulated.
After recording a take, Clayton joins the composer, in this case James Horner from ‘Titanic’ fame, the main engineer and the director of the film in the control room to watch the scene with the just-recorded music. Then they decide whether to proceed to the next scene, or re-record. In the process, Clayton not only watches the movie, but gets to hear the music over a huge array of speakers.
Clayton’s really excited about this film. Let me tell you that he rarely gets passionate about what Hollywood’s coming out with, so it must be good. He said that the lead actor, Sean Penn, gives an unbelievable performance and that James Horner’s soundtrack rises to the same level.
He describes the music this way.
It’s a cross between John Williams and Ennio Morricone - of Cinema Paradiso, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Clayton said that the music is absolutely gorgeous with beautiful, dramatic and haunting melodies.
This might be the reason. Apparently James Horner wrote the music directly to score – a rare event indeed in Hollywood. Usually an oscar-winning star like Horner pens his music for piano and has another composer orchestrate the music. That means someone other than who might think is adding all the color to a black and white palate. - while the star gets the credit for the whole shebang. Horner must have been very inspired to write the music for orchestra from the get-go.
One other thing. Sometimes Clayton gets to see a scene Before the music is added. He says the difference in emotional impact with the addition of music is unbelievable, especially when a great composer like James Horner weaves his magic.
It just goes to show you how life without beautiful sound and music would be dreary indeed.
Let the power of music uplift your spirit, regenerate your brain cells and relax your body. Summer is great time to rejuvenate, and music is a great tool to accomplish this. Recharge anyplace, anywhere, any time. Go and get the CDs everyone’s raving about.
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
P.S. The San Francisco Chronicle described Clayton’s solo debut on a tour with Sir Neville Marriner this way: “Clayton Haslop is a highly sensitive musician with a superior command of the instrument and a presence and projection that mark the real soloist.” That was at the tender age of 19. Imagine what he sounds like now. You can, because he’s playing on many of the selections you’ll hear on The Secret Power of Words and Music 5 CD package. Order your copy now!
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