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Art of the Score

Episode 35: Studio Fanfares Part 2

Art of the Score

Nicholas Buc

Education, Tv & Film, Music

5 β€’ 624 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 3 October 2021

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

It’s Episode 35, and the long-awaited part two to our investigation of a fascinating and often-overlooked area of film music history – studio fanfares. In this episode we travel from the 1980s to today, taking in the sights and sounds of evergreen studio fanfares from the likes of Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, the THX Deep Note, and the Buc dynasty of screen composers. And of course, there’s a round of β€˜Name That Theme’ with host Andrew Pogson, as well as a look at some of the most contemporary of logo themes – including Marvel, Star Wars, and a curious update of MGM’s Leo the Lion. Show notes: 2:50 – The Art of the Score fanfare – Nancy Buc (1980) 4:34 – The studio revival in the 1980s 5:42 – Amblin Entertainment – John Williams (1981) 9:14 – The Ladd Company – John Williams (1981) 12:29 – United Artists – Joe Harnell (1982) 15:54 – THX Deep Note – James Andy Moorer (1983) 22:13 – Tri-Star Pictures – Dave Grusin (1984) 25:46 – Carolco Pictures – Jerry Goldsmith (1985) 28:42 – And now, the news 33:10 – Disney – John Debney (1985) 36:26 – THX Cimarron – James Horner (1988) 39:43 – Castle Rock Entertainment – Marc Shaiman (1989) 42:56 – Warner Bros. and an off day in the synth studio 44:30 – The Art of the Score fanfare – Barry Buc (1990) 46:21 – Universal – James Horner (1990) 50:46 – Hollywood Pictures – Danny Elfman (1990) 51:42 – Village Roadshow (1992) 53:53 – Columbia – Jonathan Elias (1993) 56:50 – Studio fanfares you might have heard before… 1:02:28 – New Line Cinema – Michael Kamen (1994) 1:05:34 – United Artists – Starr Parodi and Jeff Eden Fair (1994) 1:09:05 – Disney and Pixar – Randy Newman (1995) 1:10:26 – HBO (1996) 1:11:35 – Dreamworks – John Williams (1997) 1:14:56 – Universal – Jerry Goldsmith (1997) 1:19:31 – Warner Bros. – Gabriel Yared (1999) 1:21:39 – The Art of the Score fanfare – Tobias H. Buc (2000) 1:23:53 – Sony Home Entertainment and Animation (2005/2006) 1:28:16 – Disney – Mark Mancina & Dave Metzger (2006) 1:31:44 – Studio Canal – Alexandre Desplat (2011) 1:36:25 – Paramount – Michael Giacchino (2011) 1:40:02 – Universal, updated – Brian Tyler (2012) 1:41:26 – Marvel – Tyler/Giacchino (2013/2016) 1:47:26 – Netflix – Lon Bender and Charlie Campagna (2015) 1:52:49 – Streaming Star Wars (2019) 1:56:31 – MGM (2021) 1:58:33 – The Art of the Score fanfare – Nicholas Buc (2004) 2:01:25 – β€œName That Theme”, with your host, Andrew Pogson We love to hear from our listeners – get in touch via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and if you like The Art of the Score, please take a moment to subscribe, rate and comment.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Art of the Score, the podcast that explores, demystifies and celebrates some of the greatest soundtracks of all time from the world of film,

0:21.3

TV and video games.

0:23.0

I'm Andrew Poxson.

0:24.2

And in each episode, we'll be joined by Daniel Golding and Nicholas Buck,

0:27.6

as we check out a soundtrack we love, break down its main themes,

0:31.3

explore what makes the score tick,

0:33.3

and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrans.

0:44.6

Music and hopefully impart our love of the world of sound trends. In episode 35, we return to the world of movie studio themes,

0:50.0

having cruised our way through the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, all in part one.

0:56.2

And now we prepare our bodies for the conclusion to our studio theme Odyssey in part two.

1:01.5

With the 1980s through the present day still to come, there is plenty of studio theme juice to come.

1:07.5

Don't you worry about that.

1:09.0

And I would actually argue the best is yet to come.

1:12.5

And joining me from his Big Five executive studio as heir to the famous Buck Music Dynasty is composer,

1:19.1

arranger, orchestrator, conductor and sixth generation studio theme director. It's Nicholas Buck.

1:25.2

How you doing, Nick? Good. Guys, we are about to hit the prime time, in my opinion, of studio themes, the 80s, where

1:34.3

it all really exploded and they were jumping over each other to get the best studio themes

1:39.5

from here and beyond. And really, it's when three of your favourite podcast hosts really came into prominence,

1:46.4

wasn't it, the 80s?

1:47.8

Yes, we all came springing into this world.

1:52.6

And speaking of springing into this world, leading the charge into film music history for Out of the Score.

1:58.7

He's a critic, university lecturer, writer, ABC radio host, and human fanfare himself.

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