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Article: 'Ring' resounds at the Hollywood Bowl
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- Daily Breeze
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- September 23, 2004
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Movie music's a lot like that famous comic -- it gets no respect.
The classical music crowds have traditionally turned up their
collective noses whenever music from the movies is performed, unless
it's on a pops program that comes with a disclaimer stating this is
"music from the movies." In their view, film composers have all sold
their souls to studios, for which, in turn, they rake in the big
bucks for churning out music like multicolored wallpaper.
Unfortunately, they do have a point, since film composers are, by
design, subordinate to the will of the filmmakers. The only time a
film composer really gets to strut his stuff is during the credits,
and often the end-credits at that, when ...