While watching this on the Fox Channel, I was struck by how much some of the music sounded like that in
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Only the Lonely
EllisFowler — 14 years ago(October 20, 2011 09:28 PM)
While watching this on the Fox Channel, I was struck by how much some of the music sounded like that in
Doctor Zhivago
(I also figured that it was meant to blare dramatically out of the surround speakers in the hellplex theaters in which it was released). Lo and behold, IMDb confirmed that the original music was composed by none other than Maurice Jarre. You'd think he could have come up with something more original after 26 years but at least I didn't hear "Lara's Theme" so I guess one should be grateful for small favors. Even so, I kept thinking I was going to see Julie Christie's face metamorphose from a field of daffodils. -
EllisFowler — 13 years ago(April 15, 2012 08:21 AM)
sigh
First, I meant it humorously. Second, one legally CAN plagiarize oneself (although it's not to that I referred):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogerty_v._Fantasy
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EllisFowler — 13 years ago(June 27, 2012 05:28 AM)
It would be harder to cite this as flat-out plagiarism than, say, Yoko Ono's blatant ripoff of "Makin' Whoopee" or George Harrison's of "He's So Fine." Let's just say it very strongly suggests
Doctor Zhivago
, which is how I picked up on the composer's identity. On the other hand, Bernard Herrmann (whose work, like Max Steiner's, is almost immediately identifiable) lifted entire sections of what he wrote for
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
for use in his opera
Wuthering Heights
. And it seems to me he borrowed heavily from, as I recall, Ravel for
Vertigo
.