James Horner was a very talented multi award winning film composer who has shared his talent in over 75 films, many of which were box office hits. He has set the bar for so many composers in the world of scoring. James Horner was born from an Austro-Hungarian dad and a Canadian mother. James’s dad immigrated to the United States in 1935 where he builds a career as a set designer and art director. James was born August 14, 1953 in Los Angles, California. At a very young age James was exposed to the word of Hollywood, so many of his decisions he made growing up was in many ways a reflection of it. He began his interest in music when he was five years old with the piano. When his family moved to London 5 years later he continued his interest of …show more content…
James was quoted saying “It was like lightning, I suddenly realized that I could be as expressive as I wanted. Each Film was completely different.” he told Los Angeles Times reporter Steven Smith in 1995. These days for Horner were stepping stones where he began to express himself more through the music he composed. He continued this streak and the more he composed for these films the more word spread around of the impressive work he presented. Horner’s lucky break came following the hit movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The Star Trek franchise was already very popular by this time; this film would positively change the direction of James’s career. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan debuted in 1982 and had a box office success of 97 million. This movie put Horner on the map with A-list Hollywood composers. He continued to write movie scores for a lot of high profile movies including Star Trek III: The search for Spock, Commando, Cocoon and many more. Also during this time he began to write his first orchestral score for family films; the first would be An American Tail. It wouldn’t be until the 1986 movie Alien where Horner would be nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Original Music Score. It would also be the first of many times Horner would work with director James
John Williams is probably one of the most well known composers in history. If there’s any doubt in anyone’s mind, just think back to some of the most iconic movies of the past (like Jaws, Star Wars, E.T., Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, and even Memoirs of a Geisha) and the most striking feature about all of these movies is their amazing soundtracks. They compel and spellbind us; tying magical stories together with even more poignant melodies to captivate the mind’s imagery.
David Bailey is an English author and photographer based in East London. He is widely revelled as one of the greatest photographers ever; thanks to his free-spirited and nonconformist approach to his technique. He felt as though he needed to integrate himself into his projects as well as his subjects, which is what set him apart from the others in his league. He always showed a piece of himself in every photograph or portrait in his career.
For almost a quarter century Billy Sunday was a household name in the United States. Between 1902 when he first made the pages of the New York Times and 1935 when the paper covered his death and memorial service in detail, people who knew anything about current events had heard of the former major league baseball player who was preaching sin and salvation to large crowds all over America. Not everyone who knew of the famous evangelist liked him. Plenty of outspoken critics spoke of his flashy style and criticized his conservative doctrines. But he had hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of loyal defenders, and they were just as loud in their praise as the critics were in their criticism.
n the essay written to encourage the use of short words, Lederer himself employs many polysyllabic words in paragraphs 5-11 the purpose in doing so is using multiple syllables words ,after explaining that the purpose of the essay is based on monosyllabic words, he was just trying to emphasize the simplicity and value of short words
Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Scottron Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after that to pursue her acting career; she went to live with her grandparents. Through her grandparents influence she became involved with organizations like the NAACP, at an early age.
620000 people died in the Civil War and Vermont’s population was almost half that in 1860. William Yarrington fought in many battles, but most were not documented well. These battles would be like all the rest in the gore and bloody way. The braver that each young man had, been indescribable because their soldiers and friends falling dead in every battle. Through it all he stayed strong and courageous no matter what.
suited to film. It is no accident that he was the composer for some of
Although known for his pianistic abilities Grainger is best known throughout Australia as a composer. He had planned his life as a composer before he was twenty years of age and held true to that plan as best as he could. His arrangements of folk music including ‘Country Gardens’ and ‘Folk Song from Country Derry’ were not what he classed as compositions. Rather his serious compositions include ‘Kipling Jungle Book Cycle’ and ‘The Warriors’ during his quest for free music. Grainger’s folk music are short melodic works that are set in a variety of rhythms, pitches and instruments. During his early years in London he composed a transcription of Tchaikovsky’s Flower Waltz and this sparked a venture into piano transcriptions including Four Irish Dances by Charles Stanford. It was also during this time that he met Edward Grieg, his long time musical hero and inspiration. Whilst in Australia Grainger was first introduced to Grieg by his mother Rose and thus ignited his passion for Grieg’s lyric pieces, resulting him to arrange a series of theses during 1898. Grainger continued to arrange folk music, presenting a collection of work which is unique in music history. During a visit to Scotland during 1900, Grainger was heavily influenced by his cultural experience and arranged 25 new accompaniments to Augener’s ‘Minstrelsy of England,’ thus had a profound effect on his future musical
Howard Thurman was born in Daytona, Florida (1899) into an overtly segregated and racially biased community. Due to an absence of educational opportunities for African Americans in Daytona, Thurman chose to attend a religiously affiliated high school in the Jacksonville area. As he progressed in age, Thurman developed a unique style of “nature-mysticism” through his veneration of environmental phenomena. Additionally, Thurman was a prolific student who excelled at almost every level of study. After he completed his education, Thurman held teaching positions at various colleges and engaged in wide reaching lecture tours. During this early period in Thurman’s career, he began to formulate and cultivate the major ideas that would comprise his
“Nemo me impune lacessit,” in other words no one attacks me without worrying about punishment. These words are from the intriguing character Montresor, or the author of the story Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor, from the short story of “the cask of amontillado” is a serial killer who murders people who insult him. In this short tale he murders a man by the name of Fortunato who ends up insulting the wrong person. Another character that would make great friends with Montresor would be General Zaroff, from the short story “the most dangerous game” by Richard Connell. General Zaroff is a ruthless man who loves to hunt people, not just anyone but people he believes are low in status or are of equal match to his capability to hunt. General Zaroff
My Name's Matt Mader, and I am a student in Daniel Hand High School. I constantly like to challenge myself both in school and out of it. I am currently working on my Eagle Scout Project, and am on the Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track team.
The mass suicides, that took place under the influence of Reverend Jim Jones, can be explained from a sociological perspective. By looking at how the group dynamics played into the outcome one gets a better idea of the whys? of the massacre. The sociological explanation is but one way to explain this horrific event. It is , however, the only one explored in this essay for reasons of concision.
Director Nicholas Ray was lucky to have a talented composer create an original score for Rebel Without A Cause. Leonard Rosenman was born in 1924 and studied music in New York and Europe. His work as a film composer and arranger is very traditional, and has been regarded by some music critics as "insignificant." However, Rosenman received Academy Awards and Oscar nominations for his work. Along with film scores, Rosenman wrote theme music and scores for numerous television shows. The score in Rebel Without A Cause is much like another film starring James Dean, East of Eden.
The mass suicides, that took place under the influence of Reverend Jim Jones, can be explained from a sociological perspective. By looking at how the group dynamics played into the outcome one gets a better idea of the whys? of the massacre. The sociological explanation is but one way to explain this horrific event. It is , however, the only one explored in this essay for reasons of concision.
Jerome Seymour Bruner is an American psychologist who made signification contributions to educational, cognitive and developmental psychology. This paper will focus on who Bruner is, his main theories explained, plus a comparison between Bruner and Piaget and the effectiveness of Bruners theories in the classroom.