Richard Kraft

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Richard Kraft fell in love with movie soundtracks as a kid, pursued his heroes, and wound up representing Danny Elfman, Jerry Goldsmith, and other titans of film music. Now he produces concerts and shows around the world with his notable clients. He loves what he does and his enthusiasm knows no bounds, as you’ll hear when he talks about his world-class collection of Disneyland memorabilia.

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0:00.0	Now Entering Nerdist.com.
0:04.8	Hi everybody. I'm Leonard Martin.
0:15.7	And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:16.8	And you're listening to Malton on movies.
0:19.2	And our guest today is a man who isn't exactly a household name.
0:23.9	In my household, I was kidding.
0:25.2	But in your household, I would hope so.
0:27.5	Because you are a remarkable guy.
0:30.6	And your name, for everybody's information, is Richard Kraft.
0:34.9	Welcome, Richard.
0:36.0	Hello.
0:37.1	Richard by profession is a manager of top film score composers.
0:45.4	I'm talking about Danny Elfman and John Powell.
0:48.8	Who?
0:49.1	Rattle off some other names.
0:50.8	I wouldn't want to be overly selective, but it tends to be my first client, Stanley Elfman.
0:57.5	Then I have a number of now dead clients, but my second client was Jerry Goldsmith.
1:05.2	I did not kill these people, by the way.
1:06.9	No, no, no.
1:07.3	No one would accuse you.
1:08.8	Yeah.
1:09.3	So in the in the decomposing category, it's Jerry Goldsmith, Henry Mancini,
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