SNEAKERS - JAMES HORNER

IT’S LOGICAL – EPISODE 3: MAGICAL ENCOUNTERS

"It's logical" is a series of articles about the logical construction, the coherence, the visual, narrative, symbolic and emotional dimensions of the many and significant allusions and quotes that James Horner always peppered his work with. Beyond the colors of the piano, Sally Stevens and Darlene Koldenhoven’s ethereal vocals and Branford Marsalis’s warm saxophone, Sneakers (1992) features a mysterious and captivating theme. All of its statements accompany interactions between the movie’s two antagonists, Bishop (Robert Redford) and Cosmo (Ben Kinsley). This theme first appears in a particularly high-speed statement four seconds into the Main Title, where it returns twice (at 1:22 and[...]

BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND SENSITIVITY: TWO DISSECTED UNTRUTHS

Everybody has a right to judge James Horner's music and not to like it. Generally this disenchantment is reflected in terribly pejorative verbs such as dig up, borrow, pump, copy, plagiarize ... The kind of actions the composer is accused of, putting forward the idea of ‌‌a lazy craftsman's poor and sloppy work: the pickaxe as an unsubtle tool, borrowing as a sign of weakness, pumping for large quantities, copying for the lack of creativity, plagiarism as a lack of respect towards the other composers. It is difficult to go against this phenomenon because the allegations are undeniable: Indeed, it is indisputable[...]

SALLY STEVENS

Sally Stevens is an American singer from Los Angeles. She has been part of most choral music works for Hollywood movies, and for several years has played a major role as an intermediary between composers and choirs/singers, and is as such referred to as "choir / vocal contractor." She brings in vocal talents who can meet the composers' needs for their choral parts. As a soprano, she sang in the choir she founded, the Hollywood Film Chorale, and performed the sublime song Flying Dreams in The Secret of NIMH (Jerry Goldsmith). A really accomplished artist, Sally Stevens is also passionate about photography.[...]

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IT’S LOGICAL – EPISODE 3: MAGICAL ENCOUNTERS

BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE AND SENSITIVITY: TWO DISSECTED UNTRUTHS

SALLY STEVENS

BRANFORD MARSALIS

FRANK BENNETT

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