[HN Gopher] How Arnold Schoenberg changed Hollywood
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       How Arnold Schoenberg changed Hollywood
        
       Author : tintinnabula
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-03-13 20:15 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | mihaic wrote:
       | The more I dug into it, the more movie soundtracks were all
       | rooted in the Vienna scene, with Wagner at the base.
       | 
       | Max Steiner and Erich Korngold are for me better examples of this
       | influence, since Steiner in particular pretty much invented the
       | first modern film score with King Kong.
        
         | AlbertCory wrote:
         | Very slightly relevant, since he IS a film scorer:
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         | Danny Elfman, he of Oingo Boingo as well as film music, wrote a
         | violin concerto and has a concert in San Jose in a few weeks:
         | 
         | https://www.dannyelfman.com/events-posts/san-jose-ca-violin-...
         | 
         | Interesting question: what's more common, classical --> pop, or
         | the other direction?
         | 
         | Before you answer too quickly:
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         | Paul McCartney
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         | Billie Joel
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         | Stewart Copeland
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         | Danny Elfman
         | 
         | But anyway, probably classical --> pop is more common.
        
           | staplers wrote:
           | I'd guess a similar artist --> designer flow as one is more
           | lucrative financially.
           | 
           | Follow the money as they say.
        
       | microtherion wrote:
       | It seems that while Schoenberg was highly respected by fellow
       | professionals, he had a somewhat more difficult time with
       | executives.
       | 
       | There's an anecdote that some influential admirers got Schoenberg
       | an audience with Louis B. Mayer, who received him, saying: ,,I'm
       | a great admirer of your lovely music." Schoenberg answered ,,My
       | music ISN'T lovely", and stormed out of the meeting.
        
         | ecoquant wrote:
         | That is great anecdote. I have been trying to get into
         | Schoenberg for about 30 years now and besides for Yuja Wang
         | playing his Piano Suite I continue to fail.
        
       | spindle wrote:
       | https://archive.md/iGI5A
        
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