Comments on: 9 Favorite Scores of Alex North http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2010/02/9-favorite-scores-of-alex-north/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=9-favorite-scores-of-alex-north Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jim Lochner http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2010/02/9-favorite-scores-of-alex-north/#comment-1826 Jim Lochner Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:54:58 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=5037#comment-1826 CHEYENNE AUTUMN was just under the list. I seriously considered it. It's a great score. It's too bad more people don't "get" North. Of course, art is highly subjective, and North's music demands more of our faculties than some other composers. But it sure pays off for those who are willing to give it their time and attention. CHEYENNE AUTUMN was just under the list. I seriously considered it. It’s a great score.

It’s too bad more people don’t “get” North. Of course, art is highly subjective, and North’s music demands more of our faculties than some other composers. But it sure pays off for those who are willing to give it their time and attention.

]]> By: Charles Mazarakes http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2010/02/9-favorite-scores-of-alex-north/#comment-1825 Charles Mazarakes Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:25:46 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=5037#comment-1825 Great list you have here Jim although I'd find it hard to leave out CHEYENNE AUTUMN from the top nine. Disappointed there doesn't seem to be more interest in North. I guess he's out of fashion in a time when so much film music at least to my ears is glib and superficial. North's work always seemed highly personal. Sometimes, beautiful, sometimes brooding even tortured as if it where ripped from his soul. His music dug deep and often expressed the true inner voice of the characters and story and as you said he brought a modernist edge to historical epics that had never been heard before. Thanks for remembering this great composer Jim. Cheers, Charlie Great list you have here Jim although I’d find it hard to leave out CHEYENNE AUTUMN from the top nine. Disappointed there doesn’t seem to be more interest in North. I guess he’s out of fashion in a time when so much film music at least to my ears is glib and superficial.

North’s work always seemed highly personal. Sometimes, beautiful, sometimes brooding even tortured as if it where ripped from his soul. His music dug deep and often expressed the true inner voice of the characters and story and as you said he brought a modernist edge to historical epics that had never been heard before.

Thanks for remembering this great composer Jim.

Cheers,
Charlie

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