The R.I.P. Thread
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And I think that’s probably why I like them a bit less. Nothing against drums or guitars, but I prefer the purer synthy waves of Enya. “I admire its purity”, as Ash would say.
Yes, nice one.
Just the other day, you brought up PATRIOT GAMES, and I was singing the virtues of “Harry’s Game”.
Interesting to learn that the song actually belongs to a same named TV series from 1981. The song from LAST OF THE MOHICANS seems to have been a original one though.
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has died, age 81:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/arts/music/michael-tilson-thomas-dead.html
I got this Stravinsky 3CD set many years ago, which is very good (although the dynamics from high to low even challenges those old RSNO recordings from the 90s). Not sure what else I have of him.
Oh, how very sad to hear. Terrific conductor, I’m really sad to hear that news. He made one of my all time favorite Mahler recordings (7th, with the London Symphony Orchestra).
I’ve got a number of recordings he made, and they are all excellent. I’m particularly fond of his Ives set for Sony Classical.And the Stravinsky set is excellent, top drawer.
One of the American greats. He’d been I’ll for a while,, so not a huge surprise, but he will be missed. He has a number of reference recordings.
Ben Bartlett has died with 61 (damm cancer strikes again…)
https://filmmusicreporter.com/2026/04/25/ben-bartlett-1965-2026/I am not too familiar with his music but I like his documentary scores WALKING WITH DINOSAURS and WALKING WITH BEAST. I saw some episodes of the crime series VERA he scored but honestly don’t remember the score…
Yes, sad news indeed. Way too young.
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS has this big crossover appeal. I remember holding a film music lecture for young folks two years ago, and one of them brought this score up when I asked them for favourites. I think the series itself was a big thing at the time. I remember it was on, but I was too old (about 22) to get any nostalgic connection to it. I got my nostalgic dinosaur connection with JURASSIC PARK some year earlier.
It’s a fine score (including WALKINGS WITH BEASTS), but not something I’ve sought out to own.
I think these are the only two works I’ve heard by Bartlett.
I have both digitally and I at least watched some of tthe DINOSAURS episodes as it was broadcasted over here, at prime time even I think. Back then the visual effects were state of the art.
RIP norwegian director Anja Breien.
She worked four times with Jan Garbarek on different projects, and once with Arne Nordheim.
I would be interested in hearing Garbarek’s score to SMYKKETYVEN from 1990.
Yes, sad news. A legend in Norwegian film history, a pioneer for women in film. I ran into her a few times at various festivals, but never chatted much. Nordheim’s FORFØLGELSEN is a spellbinding score that should get a release some day. The Garbareks too.
No, I don’t think so, but I’m guessing they’re good. He usually is.
I forgot that Nordheim scored ARVEN too. And the brilliant Stefan Nilsson did DEN ALVARSAMMA LEKEN.
Just read on FSM that Japanese composer Yuji Ohno passed away. Not terribly familar with him but he of course was the original composer of CAPTAIN FUTURE.
Mark Smythe, apparently a composer originally from New Zealand, has unexpectedly died as well. I have never heard of him before but seems he was quite known as composers like McCreary, Wintory etc posted about it on social media.
And Ohno was even born in 1941, so he would have qualified for the “Composers at 85+” thread. But I wasn’t aware of him, and now it’s too late. But reading some of the comments on forums, he seems to have done several things I’m familiar with. At least by name.
And Ohno was even born in 1941, so he would have qualified for the “Composers at 85+” thread. But I wasn’t aware of him, and now it’s too late.
Yes, I thought as well that we totally missed him sadly.
Bummed to hear that Dennis Locorriere died a couple of days ago, age 76. He was the voice of Dr. Hook, a band I listened to quite a bit as a kid (I rarely listen to country rock these days).
Anthony Head has died, age 72:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0p0rz4n0mo
I used to watch BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER off and on during the 90s. Not a big fan or anything, but there were limited options back then, I watched what was on, especially if it had paranormal elements. Liked it reasonably well, and Head was obviously the adult alibi in it. I also remember him from a coffee commercial (Evergood?) that was shown often back then. Sad news.
Oh, 72 is no age nowadays… I also watched BUFFY back then ocasionally (and the ANGEL spinoff, too…). Beck did some good music for it.
I also remember him as a Doctor Who villain and that MERLIN TV series.Yeah, the limited options back then. It had something to it, at least you didn’t get caught in choice overload…
Never watched BUFFY or MERLIN so the Nescafé Gold Blend ads are my go-to remembrances for Anthony Head.
I LOVE the Merlin series, and have seen it half a dozen times all the way through. Brilliant acting by Anthony Head in that, as well Colin Morgan, and the rest of the cast. Sad to hear that he’s gone.
When I first heard the news about “Anthony Head”, I misread it first as “Anthony Heald”! The latter is fortunately still with us. In any case, may Anthony Head rest in peace.
I LOVE the Merlin series
I also really enjoyed the series (for reasons having nothing AT ALL to do with Katie McGrath), but I’ve only seen it once. A rewatch in honor of Giles, perhaps. I already rewatched Buffy last year.
I never got in to Buffy, but I know it’s beloved! I had a college suite mate who was a big fan, so I remember watching a few episodes with her from time to time. I love rewatching my favorite shows rather than new ones, so that’s why I’ve seen Merlin so many times. Sometimes you just want something familiar and I’m not as stressed when I know what’s coming, and I can just relax and enjoy it, haha.
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