186 Julius Caesar (1950)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
186 Julius Caesar (1950)
- Due to budget restraints, only one horse could be hired per day, hence
a different colored horse was filmed each day, with footage cleverly montaged
and edited to create the battle scenes.
- Musical director 'Grant Fletcher' (qv) hired 'Chuck Zornig' (qv) 72 hours
before the recording date, handing him a two-bar harmonic sketch by
'John Becker' (qv) and a shot list to work from. From this, Zornig
produced a 32-page score, still copying parts for musicians as they arrived
to record the score. Becker approached Zornig and asked him how he could
read his two-bar sketch. Zornig replied ``When I couldn't I just chose the
most dissonant sounds,'' causing Becker to roar with laughter.
- The orcherstra which performed the score consisted of nine brass instruments
plus timpani, and was recorded in an abandoned indoor swimming pool to
create echo and a large sound.
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