The Quick Question Thread

[Hlao-roo 390]

I think they should have gone with "Orinoco Flow."

[Bilbo 4,294]

It gives the score a rather specific New Age quality it would have lacked if it had used a regular choir. Which is something Horner used in many of his other scores.

Yeah, I read that he went with the snyth because a real choir would have sounded too "churchy" or something. I dunno, personally I feel it detracts from the score but whatever.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,110]

The synth choir recalls the engineering of Titanic in a way that a real choir just couldn't have.

Listen to Southampton. You can hear the ship's steam engine in the mechanical choir. The instrument sounds like a steam-driven invention from that time period, and it works effortlessly.

Horner astutely exploits the mechanical nature nature of the sound for the purposes of the ideas the music is conveying. There is nothing cheap or low-budget about it, it's a great artistic decision.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

The Enya song is the main reason for the synth choir.

[Marian Schedenig 11,695]

The synth choir recalls the engineering of Titanic in a way that a real choir just couldn't have.

Listen to Southampton. You can hear the ship's steam engine in the mechanical choir. The instrument sounds like a steam-driven invention from that time period, and it works effortlessly.

Horner astutely exploits the mechanical nature nature of the sound for the purposes of the ideas the music is conveying. There is nothing cheap or low-budget about it, it's a great artistic decision.

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Horner astutely exploits the mechanical nature nature of the sound for the purposes of the ideas the music is conveying. There is nothing cheap or low-budget about it, it's a great artistic decision.

Nothing wrong with the ideas behind it, but the choir patch itself is like something from 1987, not '97. Intellectualise it all you want, but it just sounds like a cheap synth preset. Nothing befitting the industrial age or a top of the line Olympic-class liner.

[Bilbo 4,294]

Horner astutely exploits the mechanical nature nature of the sound for the purposes of the ideas the music is conveying. There is nothing cheap or low-budget about it, it's a great artistic decision.

Nothing wrong with the ideas behind it, but the choir patch itself is like something from 1987, not '97. Intellectualise it all you want, but it just sounds like a cheap synth preset. Nothing befitting the industrial age or a top of the line Olympic-class liner.

Yes, I should have stated that my problem isn't really with the idea of a synth (there's some good sounding stuff out there these days) it's just that whatever he used sounds like a General MIDI choir or something.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,110]

Horner astutely exploits the mechanical nature nature of the sound for the purposes of the ideas the music is conveying. There is nothing cheap or low-budget about it, it's a great artistic decision.

Nothing wrong with the ideas behind it, but the choir patch itself is like something from 1987, not '97. Intellectualise it all you want, but it just sounds like a cheap synth preset. Nothing befitting the industrial age or a top of the line Olympic-class liner.

Your perspective validates Jerry Bruckheimer's opinion on woodwinds.

Romanticize them all you want, but they just sound like primitive tubes of wood with holes through them. Nothing befitting the incredible sophistication of the British Empire's fleet and the badass Jack Sparrow.

[Hlao-roo 390]

The Enya song is the main reason for the synth choir.

Not at all. The synth choir is a sly nod to the supreme vainglory of man and his aquatic Tower of Babel. It rings hollow because it's purposefully adumbrative.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

The synth choir recalls the engineering of Titanic in a way that a real choir just couldn't have.

Listen to Southampton. You can hear the ship's steam engine in the mechanical choir. The instrument sounds like a steam-driven invention from that time period, and it works effortlessly.

Horner astutely exploits the mechanical nature nature of the sound for the purposes of the ideas the music is conveying. There is nothing cheap or low-budget about it, it's a great artistic decision.

[Jay 46,244]

The synth choir recalls the engineering of Titanic in a way that a real choir just couldn't have.

Listen to Southampton. You can hear the ship's steam engine in the mechanical choir. The instrument sounds like a steam-driven invention from that time period, and it works effortlessly.

Horner astutely exploits the mechanical nature nature of the sound for the purposes of the ideas the music is conveying. There is nothing cheap or low-budget about it, it's a great artistic decision.

My exact reaction to Blume's post.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,110]

I forget you all masturbate to real choirs.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

I forget you all masturbate to real choirboys.

FIXED!

[Marian Schedenig 11,695]

I forget you all masturbate to real choirs.

That would cause some odd looks every Monday night in rehearsal...

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

Not if its a church choir!

[Hlao-roo 390]

I forget you all masturbate to real choirboys.

FIXED!

Only if they've been "fixed"?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

Castrato's?

[Marian Schedenig 11,695]

[Wojo 2,458]

The synth choir never bothered me.

Rich

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

The synth choir never bothered me.

Rich

THIS!

[indy4 160]

Yeah, I really like the synth use in Titanic.

[Naïve Old Fart 13,023]

A quick "Star Wars" question:

As heard in the films, what is the longest, and shortest of the "Star Wars" scores? Also, what film has the most amount of music composed for it (including unused music)?

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Naïve Old Fart 13,023]

Thanks, Blood.

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

I forget you all masturbate to real choirs.

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Anyone remember that John Williams in polo neck (or was it Jerry Goldsmith) Kenner-style action figure in a box that guy here made? Saw it once in some thread but I haven't been able to find it since.

[steb74 53]

Batteries Not Included!

London Symphony Orchestra sold separately!

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Thanks!

[Rachael Foley 10,162]

What timestamp of "Alarm!" is bar 61-64 of "Room in Flames [7m2]"?

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

When's the chatroom ever going to return? /nopaedo

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

hey asl? u horny?

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

8/f/bangkok

me so hrny

[BLUMENKOHL 1,110]

Whatever happened to John Powell?

He gave a really frank interview to some sampler site, and since then he's vanished.

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Link?

[Jay 46,244]

Whatever happened to John Powell?

He gave a really frank interview to some sampler site, and since then he's vanished.

Did you completely miss the fact that he's scoring Rio 2 (OST was released yesterday, and is already on Spotify) and How To Train Your Dragon 2 (film opens June 13) this year?

Or are you asking where he's been since scoring The Lorax and Ice Age 4 until now?

Does this help?

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16073&p=917146

Link?

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16073&page=11entry894600

[KK 3,313]

Link?

http://www.spitfireaudio.com/john-powell-exclusive-qa.html

I remember when I first read it, it seemed like an April Fool's prank of some sort.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Seems like he's just extremely jaded due to getting shit projects for years.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

He did a Q&A recently with Sergio Mendez for Rio 2. Said he was on shrooms during part of the scoring process for the first film. Guess his answer for what is his inspiration in that interview wasn't a joke

Now that he's back I'm hoping Junkie XL will get rejected on Fury Road. Really don't think he'll ever do a live action film again. His last one was 4 years ago.

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

You're not a true composer if you don't dabble.

[filmmusic 3,270]

I see there was a Horner instruments discussion some posts earlier. I have another one.

What is this wind instrument at 5.50''?

I always confuse these.

Is it a celtic/irish flute? irish low whistle?

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Ahem, this is the quick question thread...

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Ahem, this is the quick question thread...

What?! I answered filmmusic's question without typing a word.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

Only yes and no answers please!

[Sharkissimo 1,978]

Yes

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Ahem, this is the quick question thread...

What?! I answered filmmusic's question without typing a word.

That spambot account posted this giant block of text with videos. It appears to have been deleted.

[filmmusic 3,270]

Oh, thank you!

I just saw this!

[Code 000. Destruct. 0. 4,262]

Why do the IMDb boards still exist? Why haven't they been nuked from orbit?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,387]

Because its usefull?