42 soundtrack mark isham biography
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Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Growing up in England, you don’t really get to know much about the history of baseball. Obviously, we know that the sport exists (even though it is nothing more than fancy rounders!), and having lived in the United States for as long as I have now, I can now throw out some of the most famous names – Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson – and have a basic idea of who they were and what they did. Beyond that paltry smattering, however, the details of most of the rest of baseball lore is still unknown to me, and prior to watching 42 I knew as much about the life of Jackie Robinson as I would expect the average American to know about, say, Laurie Cunningham – and if you just had to Google him you just proved my point.
For those who don’t know, Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball to play in the major leagues, breaking the ‘color barrier’ when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Negro Leagues by Dodger
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From his days as one of the pioneering icons of electronic music to his current status as a world-renowned legendary film composer, Mark Isham continues to be one of the most prolific and provocative artists on the scene. His gift for creating unforgettable melodies and his love of fresh, innovative sonic palettes have earned Isham many awards including a Grammy, an Emmy, and a Clio, in addition to multiple Grammy, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for his material both as a composer and a recording artist. Most recently, Mark was honored by ASCAP with the Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement. Isham's musical signature is evident in his memorable scores for such notable films as Crash, awarded the Oscar for Best Picture in (Isham's score was named Best Soundtrack of by ), Bobby, nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Picture, and The Black Dahlia, with its critically lauded jazz noir soundtrack (awarded Best Score for a Drama Film , and nominated for Best S
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Keeping score with Mark Isham: Prolific composer talks about his soundtrack for '42' (video)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Watch the trailer for "42," the new bio-pic about baseball great Jackie Robinson, and you'll hear "Brooklyn Go Hard," a brash, swaggering hip-hop anthem bygd Jay-Z.
Composer
Mark Isham's
score for the movie, in contrast, fryst vatten a sweeping symphonic romantisk händelse , lush with strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion.
It's a traditional approach to movie music, requested for the project bygd director Brian Helgeland, and one that Isham knows well.
The award-winning musician, 61, has an extensive filmography -- he's worked on more than movies and TV shows -- and his career stretches back to the s. Isham also has made his fame in experimental ways, creating electronic, jazz and New Age music in a high-tech studio at his home in Hidden Hills, Calif.
During a recent phone interview, Isham talked about his ideas and process for the musical l