Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 10:20 am

I will not respond to your statements (statements that I will never read anyway). Ineffect, you do not exist, “Jeff Chandler,” as far as I am concerned.Now: In response to John J. and NotHitch, I never made a statement that I can predictthe details of what Herrmann would write. Everything specific cue is unique (exceptwhen frequent self-borrowing occurs! : )"Herrmannesque" means "ala Herrmann" or in the style of Herrmann. Some composersdid very good Herrmannesque at times. This included Fred Steiner, Jerry Goldsmithoccasionally, even John Williams. Some of this was intentional. For instance, anacquaintance of mine thought that a cue he heard on the Have Gun Will Travel marathontoday on the Westerns Channel was "obviously" Herrmann. Well, while it sure sounded alot like Herrmann, the music was by Rene Garriguenc. That composer purposefullymimicked Herrmann, especially in the suite of cues he did for the series, cues he titled"Have Gun series." Such Herrmannesque cues, HGWT or not, included "Trouble No. 2"(cue # 191),"The Desert No. I" (cue # 178),"Dramatic Journey" (#1065), and manyothers. Many times these cues by Garriquenc and by Steiner were so convincing that theyfooled the experts, so to speak, thinking it was music by Herrmann. Unless you had thewritten music, you could never be really sure, or happen to hear the cue(s) in questionand know that it was an original score by a different composer (such as Fred Steiner'smusic for "The Squaw" upcoming Monday morning at 8 am I believe on the Gunsmokemarathon. But Herrmann had a definite style that is pretty much instantly recognizable byfilm music fans, and this "generalized" style can be predictably replicated in aHerrmannesque score, but of course it will be unique music because the musical"thought-form", so to speak, or specific structure is a detailed application of thatgeneralized style. It cannot of course be Herrmann's music because Herrmann did notcompose it, obviously! A principle or theme or generalized style can be applied in any ofmany details, and those applications will be unique in most cases.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________talkingherrmann mailing list************************************1-3-10:Talking Herrmann: THE VIRGINIAN tv series now on The Westerns ChannelReply by: Bill Wrobel ()______________________________________________________________________Actually right now in the 8 am time slot is "The Squaw." Sorry! I need a cup of coffee! :) The "Cully Fights" cue is at the 20 minute point.188