Reply To: Film Composer & The Singular Voice

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KMCG
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    Yes. Much like how one can tell a song by R.E.M to a song by Marc Bolan or David Bowie.
    Although film scores will be a bit tougher, cos there’s no Freddie Mercury vocal or distinctive Brian May guitar to highlight the individual trademark.
    I’m sure we’ve all been wrong quite a few times too, hearing a score cue and thinking one thing but learning another.
    And there are always ‘outlier’ scores as well.
    I would never have guessed JEREMIAH was by Bruce Broughton, cos it has none of his familiar signatures within it (I still love it though).
    Likewise many synth scores, with the same tech being used (I have that TALES FROM THE CRYPT TV scores compilation and every piece kinda sounds the same, despite the composer disparity – Elfman, Horner, Broughton, Eidelman, Cooder etc – due to the same synths being utilised).