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We suddenly seem to have lost a great many composers in a very short space of time. Since november 2003, I think, we’ve lost:
Michael Kamen;
Jerry Goldsmith;
David Raksin;
Elmer Bernstein.Perhaps the most tragic of these was Michael Kamen, dying so young. It seems such a shame that he wasn’t given as much time to flourish as the others had. I suppose that now, as living legends become dead heroes, new people are taking the podium. An era of musical and cinematic genius ends, as (I hope!) a new one begins, with the inauguration of today’s new talent.
Let’s hope for a continuing bright future in film music, in the wake of such momentous loss.
The J
And don’t forget Michael Small and Fred Karlin who both just passed away in the last few months.
Nat
Woah, I hadn’t heard about them!! This is horrible – we’re dropping like flies!
There’s a new young composer that already has composed over 75 songs, many of which are good for movie and movie scores. Keenan Baxter composes strictly electronically and composes only digitally, reading only wav files and his own ears. If you would like to hear more you can check out his new “Gothic” cd at cdbaby.com. His music represents the future, he is only 19 years old and composes the way the new generation techniques – electronically! http://www.keenanbaxter.com
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