Top Ten James Horner Nicknames
Funky Cold
let's start a new thread.
how about:
James "Ole Anvil Clanker" Horner
Jaquandor
Hell, I tend to like Horner's music, but even I am a bit tired of the Horner
Rolling Chord of Melodic Punctuation (tm). (For the best hearing of this
oft-used device, check out "Sons of Scotland" from Braveheart, during the first
statement of the main Braveheart theme.)
OK, it's not technically a nickname, but Horner could trademark this. If
Harley-Davidson can trademark the sound of their choppers, then why not?
Thus say I, and sayeth I no more.
-J
TheNumber8
How about Sergei Prokofiev?
(ouch!)
Kimball Kinnison
That's a good question. After all, there's a 'Rossini Crescendo'.
Why not a 'Horner Punctuation'?
Brent Bowles
Robert E. Bowd
What about *Klepto* - following the New Yorker article!
Regards,
Bob Bowd
MarkJnstne
> What about *Klepto* - following the New Yorker article!
>
>Regards,
>Bob Bowd
Has anyone found that article on the 'net? I'd like to read it, and it would
be easier to read it online than to track down the exact issue it appeared in.
Mark
Neil Bulk
How about Xerox?
Neil
Pixmedia
How about "johnny one note"?
Emilio González Déniz
This is a cruel one: "The humanoid from the deep"
Pete Briggs
In article <6fp8i9$ij8$1...@newsd-121.bryant.webtv.net>, Indy...@webtv.net
(Neil Bulk) wrote:
> How about Xerox?
How about "Redux"?
Willow
Pete Briggs wrote in message.......
How about "One of the top composers of our time"?
P.S.: It's obvious that all Horner haters out there are nothing but
incredible idiots.
Jedi Ranma
Everybody here treats Horner like he was the "Puff Daddy" of film scores (Puffy
uses too many samples in his work, but everybody loves him and buys his albums
anyway)...
>P.S.: It's obvious that all Horner haters out there are nothing but
>incredible idiots.
I've tried hard to stay out of this so-called "controversy", and I still am
gonna. It's a waste of my time... @(^.^)@
groovy yak
In article <89231801...@proxy.styria.com>, marko....@styria.com says...
>
>
>Pete Briggs wrote in message.......
>>In article <6fp8i9$ij8$1...@newsd-121.bryant.webtv.net>, Indy...@webtv.net
>>(Neil Bulk) wrote:
>>
>>> How about Xerox?
>>
>>How about "Redux"?
>
>How about "One of the top composers of our time"?
>
>
>
>incredible idiots.
>
>
I hope you mean FILM composers and not composers in general, because if you
mean composers in general, you've shown me that YOU are an incredible idiot.
Here's a nickname "The choice of the musically tasteless."
Groovy Yak
Pete Briggs
In article <89231801...@proxy.styria.com>, "Willow"
<marko....@styria.com> wrote:
> How about "One of the top composers of our time"?
>
>
>
> P.S.: It's obvious that all Horner haters out there are nothing but
> incredible idiots.
I'm not a Horner hater. I've got pretty much all of his scores on CD, and
most of the bootlegs. I'd happily use him on a movie of mine (but I'd have
to sanction every note before I'd allow a sound cut.)
It's just a shame he recycles. And samples. And uses other people's scores.
And how that derivative score won an Oscar is STILL beyond me...
PfanGirl
<<It's just a shame he recycles. And samples. And uses other people's scores.
And how that derivative score won an Oscar is STILL beyond me..>>
I'm neither a worshipper at his feet or someone who hates him, but I gotta
say the TITANIC score really left me cold (even though there are obviously 25
million CD buyers who'd disagree with me). Horner HAS done better work than
this in the past (BRAVEHEART, THE SPITFIRE GRILL, ALIENS, GORKY PARK, THE
ROCKETEER, and STAR TREK II come to mind) and will probably do better work than
this in the future.
And even though I knew TITANIC would win the Oscar, I was rooting for
Goldsmith's LA CONFIDENTIAL, which was infinitely better to my mind (and ears)
than any of the other nominees.
Oscars are not given for quality, though. We have 70 years worth of proof to
that effect...Cary Grant never got a best Actor Oscar, Hitchcock never got a
Best Director nod, and on and on and on...
Did TITANIC deserve a Best Original Score award?
I don't think so.
Does Horner?
Probably, But not for TITANIC.
But he did, and perhaps next year, someone better will win. But for right
now, Little James Horner is sitting in his corner, sticking his thumbs in Jerry
Goldsmith's pies...
Jeffrey Wheeler
A beginning is a very delicate time, "Willow"...
>Pete Briggs wrote in message.......
>>In article <6fp8i9$ij8$1...@newsd-121.bryant.webtv.net>, Indy...@webtv.net
>>(Neil Bulk) wrote:
>>
>>> How about Xerox?
>>
>>How about "Redux"?
>How about "One of the top composers of our time"?
>P.S.: It's obvious that all Horner haters out there are nothing but
>incredible idiots.
You like Horner and you still act like an incredible idiot, so you are
being very unfair! #;-)
Jeffrey Wheeler
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Ray Tucker
On 11 Apr 1998 03:22:04 GMT, pixm...@aol.com (Pixmedia) wrote:
>How about "johnny one note"?
How about "That thar crazy knucklehead with all them'ar gold figgers"?
Mr. Mike
The "lispin' Limey"... ";-/
Pete Briggs
pfan...@aol.com (PfanGirl) wrote, intelligently:
> I'm neither a worshipper at his feet or someone who hates him, but I
gotta
> say the TITANIC score really left me cold
Yay! Words of wonder!
> And even though I knew TITANIC would win the Oscar, I was rooting for
> Goldsmith's LA CONFIDENTIAL
You and me both, kid. (Even though "City Hall" is a better riff on this theme.)
> Oscars are not given for quality, though.
Nope.
>Cary Grant never got a best Actor Oscar
I LOVE Cary Grant (well, I have his cleft chin!)
Roboman7
raym...@nr.infi.net (Ray Tucker) wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:27:35 GMT, a02...@giant.mindlink.net (Mr. Mike)
>wrote:
>
>>The "lispin' Limey"... ";-/
>>
>
>How about "Brother, can you spare a tune?"
How about "I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
ass what those idiots on the internet think of me."
groovy yak
In article <35323e9c...@news.supernews.com>, robo...@nospam.net says...
Close. How about
"I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
ass about the people who listen and buy my music so I'll continue to copy and
steal from others and myself because my fans are so stupid, they'll buy
anything I put out- the only thing I care about is lots and lots of money."
Groovy Yak
Reese
> How about "I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
> will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
> ass what those idiots on the internet think of me."
No, I prefer to think of the Man of Destiny by the affectionate
appellation,
JIMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ray Tucker
Roboman7
perr...@pilot.msu.edu (groovy yak) wrote:
>
>Close. How about
>
>"I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
>will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
>steal from others and myself because my fans are so stupid, they'll buy
>anything I put out- the only thing I care about is lots and lots of money."
>
>Groovy Yak
Either way he doesn't give a rats ass about your opinion, nor do I.
groovy yak
In article <353273d6...@news.supernews.com>, robo...@nospam.net says...
If you really don't give a rat's ass about my opinion, why did you respond to
my post? If you really didn't care, you would've just ignored my crude comment.
Groovy Yak
Roboman7
perr...@pilot.msu.edu (groovy yak) wrote:
>>
>>Either way he doesn't give a rats ass about your opinion, nor do I.
>
>If you really don't give a rat's ass about my opinion, why did you respond to
>my post? If you really didn't care, you would've just ignored my crude comment.
>
>Groovy Yak
It's called baiting you for sport. You're one of the easier ones to
bait in this group.
Ray Tucker
On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:23:18 GMT, robo...@nospam.net (Roboman7)
wrote:
>How about "I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
>will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
>ass what those idiots on the internet think of me."
Maybe that should have been "The world's richest dealer in pre-owned
melodies". Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!!!
Jeffrey Wheeler
A beginning is a very delicate time, Roboman7...
>raym...@nr.infi.net (Ray Tucker) wrote:
>>On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:27:35 GMT, a02...@giant.mindlink.net (Mr. Mike)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>The "lispin' Limey"... ";-/
>>>
>>
>>How about "Brother, can you spare a tune?"
>How about "I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
>will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
>ass what those idiots on the internet think of me."
Nah. Too long. You need something shorter, like "Horner Devil" or
"Hac-Man."
Fox
whatever. Wasn't Ray Tucker a bit baited by the comment too? Seems to
me to go both ways.
--
Fox
Give me ambiguity or give me something else
Fox
> >raym...@nr.infi.net (Ray Tucker) wrote:
> >How about "I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
> >will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
> >ass what those idiots on the internet think of me."
It seems the Horner fans have been torn down to their last line of
defence: "well, all that may be true, but he's still rich and you're
not! Hahahaha!"
Screw off.
Stargazer
In article 1...@msunews.cl.msu.edu, perr...@pilot.msu.edu (groovy yak) writes:
>In article <35323e9c...@news.supernews.com>, robo...@nospam.net says...
>>
>>raym...@nr.infi.net (Ray Tucker) wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 12 Apr 1998 17:27:35 GMT, a02...@giant.mindlink.net (Mr. Mike)
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>The "lispin' Limey"... ";-/
>>>>
>>>
>>>How about "Brother, can you spare a tune?"
>>
>>How about "I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
>>will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
>>ass what those idiots on the internet think of me."
>
>Close. How about
>
>"I've got one of the top selling soundtracks of all time and
>will probably get about $20 million from it and I couldn't give a rats
>ass about the people who listen and buy my music so I'll continue to copy and
>steal from others and myself because my fans are so stupid, they'll buy
>anything I put out- the only thing I care about is lots and lots of money."
>
>Groovy Yak
>
Whereas all the saints on rmm and the film-music lists think only of
originality and have only altruistic tendencies. They are also
internationally renowned epxerts in the field of romantic/neo-romantic
/modern/atonal/dodecaphonic and pentatonic music. They are all
experts and connoisseurs. Indeed.
No more auctions, no more sales, no more whining, no more insults, no
more foolish blabberings, no more personal attacks. Yeah, a-ha, right.
I think Horner's doing well for himself. Why be so hypocritical?
Good music is where you find it, and Horner has had his moments.
In the end, all everyone's interested is fame/money/security. At least
that's the image I get from reading posts on this newsgroup. :-)
I'd love to be proven wrong. But until then, all these verbal jabs are
at best pointless.
Let's live our lives.
Ain't it great?
--stargazer
Anonymous
In article <353273d6...@news.supernews.com>, robo...@nospam.net wrote:
> Either way he doesn't give a rats ass about your opinion, nor do I.
Weren't Robomen those humanoids in old Brit Doc Who Dalek movies who
slavishly followed demented mechanical leaders?
Hmmm....
Michael Decosta III
I acknowledge the man has talent and lament that he rarely decides to
exercise it. So for the most part it is:
"Jimmy cracks horns and I don't care."
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