He gave dunh dunh a meh, more or less.
A films soundtrack would become available way before the movie itself.
I said to him, You conjured in me images that then were reproduced when I saw the films.
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Really, I could walk intoSupermanand hum the theme before the movie started…
He was my introduction to cinema in many ways.
Superman, the 1978 film directed by Richard Donner, exemplifies the composers breadth within a single motion picture.
Director Laurent BouzereauAxelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Krypton so, thats kind of like science fiction.
And then you have Smallville and thats like an Americana kind of thing.
You have really a tapestry of music there that is like no other.
The director continues, The range is gigantic… Those scores are really remarkable.
And so thats his range.
Im thinking aboutMonsignor, which is not a film that anybody remembers, but the score is spectacular.
AndThe Fury, for example, the Brian De Palma movie, or the John Badham version ofDracula.
Its not justStar WarsandJawsand the things we know theres a palette there that is absolutely incredible.
Hes someone who lives by music and through music and has not really shared his journey, Bouzereau says.
And its one that is super inspiring.
The composer describes her spirit guiding him back to music in the years that followed her passing.
I felt like she was helping me, he tells Bouzereau.
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The range is gigantic, and I really feel he is like our Mozart, our Beethoven.
He is is all that, says Bouzereau.
Hes definitely modest to a fault.
I just think that thats part of who he is.
And at the same time, you really sense that sort of humble, relatable humanity in his music.
