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I got my invite a month ago and threw it away! I usually attend and the one year I decide not to go, Elfman is going to be there! Time to change my mind.
Ryan – do you know if Mr. Elfman will be attending only the Q&A, or staying for the rest of the conference on Tues.? I imagine he’d make the nightly cocktail party far more interesting.
Indeed. No fewer than ten published scores exist for BATTLESHIP, and there are dozens of unpublished ones. It’s a popular film. Shostakovich’s concert music (Symphonies No. 10 and 11, and part of 5) was used to “score” the reissue of the film in the 1970’s. Some of his original film music has been released on CD. The Gadfly, The Man with a Gun, Hamlet, King Lear, and 5 Days, 5 Nights are among the most popular.
It’s unlikely the classical radio station was playing Shostakovich’s film music. I don’t know for sure, but, as a rule, such stations (and orchestras) don’t perform film music, at least in the USA. But, like I said, Shostakovich’s concert music and his film music sound remarkably similar! Which can be said of many composers who engage in film and concert composition – which is great!
