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Who blew?

Doug Tornquist and Jim Self

Norm

John Williams again? (possibly the only thing that would get me through this movie...)

Music was awesome

Just watched Star Wars last night, whoever was playing tuba was killing it. Also the french horn section was phenomenal

hduong wrote:Just watched Star Wars last night, whoever was playing tuba was killing it. Also the french horn section was phenomenal

The music was the most interesting thing about it. My ears pricked up in the bits and snippets they played waiting for it to start, and by the fourth or fifth gratuitous reference to the 1977 movie, listening to the soundtrack, especially for exposed tuba, was all that was keeping me from sleeping. My wife is not so interested in tuba stylings, and did sleep a good bit.

Yes, Doug is a "first call" player now, from what I can tell. If Being "first call" means that music contractors and/or composers think to call you first.

I'd guess that Jim Self is still getting the most "first calls". But I don't expect anyone to surpass Tommy Johnson. It seemed like ALMOST everyone wanted him first while he was around.

Also, sometimes a player doesn't like working for a particular composer, and someone like Tommy Johnson or Jim Self had/have such good reputations that they could afford to turn down jobs, if it fits them. That gave other guys an opportunity to get into recording situations as a "second call" player. if a "second call" player impresses the contractor, composer, conductor, director, whatever--they will have a much better chance of getting that "first call" on their next score, etc.

If they mess up while the red light is on, well, I hope they play in a good quintet. Then again, most anyone who is playing in a Hollywood scoring situation is probably prepared to handle it.

Film score music is almost always copied without key signatures, with every accidental written in, regardless of key. This helps with the sight reading.

Yes. Most scores will not have any key written at the beginning of the staff. If you have a good enough understanding of theory, you should be able to tell what key it is in from the accidentals, which get written in before every note.