Film scores with extended brass techniques

[Lassi Tani]

Hey all! I'm in a search of film scores that use extended brass techniques. I'm specifically looking for contemporary sci-fi film scores. Are there any, which use extended techniques for brass extensively? Thank you in advance!

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[ed buller]

Bernard Herrmann's Score for the murder scene in Torn Curtain was rejected by Hitchcock on the sound stage...and fired him that day and never spoke to him again.

Thankfully Elmer Bernstein revisited it for his take on Cape Fear ( which was a remake of the original by Marty Scorsese and kept the score , by Benny !)

This a Textbook example of muted brass:



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[Lassi Tani]

Bernard Herrmann's Score for the murder scene in Torn Curtain was rejected by Hitchcock on the sound stage...and fired him that day and never spoke to him again.

Thankfully Elmer Bernstein revisited it for his take on Cape Fear ( which was a remake of the original by Marty Scorsese and kept the score , by Benny !)

This a Textbook example of muted brass:



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Thanks Ed! This is a great score, I really love the brass writing in this!

 

[lsabina]

Don Ellis’ score to The French Connection. Quarter-tone trumpets, I believe. But I suppose that really isn’t an extended technique—but certainly different.

 

[dcoscina]

Don Ellis’ score to The French Connection. Quarter-tone trumpets, I believe. But I suppose that really isn’t an extended technique—but certainly different.

Thanks for posting this- the 70s had some of the most interesting scores IMHO.

 

[NoamL]

What counts as "Extended technique" here?

You might check out Don Davis's Matrix scores or Edward Shearmur's Reign of Fire.

 

[dcoscina]

What counts as "Extended technique" here?

You might check out Don Davis's Matrix scores or Edward Shearmur's Reign of Fire.

Goldenthal’s Alien3 as well

 

[JoelS]

Goldenthal’s Alien3 as well

... and his Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within score, where he wrings all sorts of noises out of the brass.

 

[bdr]

if you're after 'extended' extended, just get some Penderecki. Fluorescences, Polymorphia, there's some incredible brass in his religious pieces also.

 

[Lassi Tani]

All great examples, thank you so much! I have to find time to study all those scores

 

[dcoscina]

This one is a humdinger too!