Page - 27 - in Der Filmkomponist Max Steiner - 1888 - 1971

1.2. Filmmusiktechnik Abb. i. Stieiner bä der Arbeit im Studio. Über den Kopfhö- rer Kört er den Klick. „Hie click track ... is also the reason for my orchestra budget usually being lower than it originally figures. The click track has proven effectual in some of the biggest j obs with large orchestras. It has been in use for ysars> of course> but I think I am perhaps one of tr^ fir5t conductors to adapt it for rny own use. The diffi;ulty that arises for a man not used cornp osing this vray> obvi oudy, is to rnake his c ornpositi on sound natural and at the same time, write again t^ these clicks. Sorne of my colleagu« are notable to write or to think this way. I took rne some time before I learned to do it, but I finally licked it. I used it rnost effecüvely for the fir^t time in GONE WITH THE WIND... I would &y 70 % of the pictures for v/hich I compose .,. v«re v/ritten with the aid of a click track ,. ."^ ^fenn für den Klick die Präzision und die damit verbundene Zeitersparnis sprechen und gegen den Klick das "Verlangen nach einem natürlichen> organischen musikalischen Aus- druck steht, so bemüht man sich, wenn immer es geht> um einen Komprorniss zwischen der Rationalität in einem Metier* das von Termin- und Finanzdruck gekennzeichnet ist, und dem künstlerischen Anspruch einer gefühlvoll interpretierten Musik. : M?t& To Yen. S. 1