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Because I don't have a music app on my phone that uses sort tags all my albums have a sorting prefix. SW4, SW5, SWJT4, SWJT5 (for my own edits), SWLP4, SWLP5, etc.

Did you know that JNH and Barbra Streisand, director of the film, were a couple?

Either he chooses - or gets - worse film projects lately or he just gets to be more free and experimental with classical music when he’s not constrained by the medium and the filmmakers. My guess is both. Anyway I agree, Elfman now is at his best when he writes for the concert hall.

It is probably my favourite as well. 😀 Karol

Is it performed by the Blue Man group?

Becoming a bit obsessed with this movement.

I created a playlist of concert and stage works of Danny Elfman for my own pleasure. It features: Serenada Schizophrana (entire album) Rabbit & Roque (entire album) Violin Concerto (entire album) Percussion Quartet (from Third Coast Percussion album) Cello Concerto (from streaming/radio live performance) Iris (entire album from Cirque Du Soleil show) Percussion Concerto & Wunderkammer (entire album) Total of 5 hours and 45 minutes of best Elfman music out there (at least this century). Karol

No, not in my opinion. Because the music before Human Hunt is a bit slower and less bombastic, the impact Human Hunt has is that much more powerful. I would say there is around 15 to 20 minutes in the start of the album that could be taken out, while still having that same impact. But I feel that's up to you if you want to do that or not.

DRACULA is nothing like Twilight. It's (Dracula, that is) a gothic horror with the romance of Bram Stoker's original story, hence in the title "Bram Stoker's". Another great vampire film is Neil Jordan's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, with a tremendous Elliot Goldenthal score.

I am not sure if it is of any use to anyone, but I decided to compile all the Bear's blog entries into one PDF file. I suppose people who did not get the CD box set might find this of interest. This combines the 4-part appendices and the episode guides into one document. The booklet on the Mondo set only features episode entries so makes up about 75% of content of his blogs. There is a bit of repetition here, especially same images popping up where relevant, but I just kept the majority of it as is. The Lord of the Rings - The Rings of Power - Blogs by Bear McCreary.pdf Karol

I was doing something on a laptop yesterday afternoon and I decided to put on both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows albums back-to-back. Haven't heard them in many, many years. They are certainly quite all over the place in terms of styles but there is a big chunk of some really solid orchestral writing in there. What these two scores sound like to me, especially the second one, is that Desplat didn't get the assignment he was expecting, and he was desperately trying to please everyone all at the same time. They clearly asked him to steer it towards the "epic" sound, but he was also clearly desperately trying to bring in some colour into this as well. Keeping that in mind, his efforts are admirable, if not exactly spectacular. Karol

It is quite embarrassing to admit but I was avoiding this score up until now. There are some animation scores of John Powell that I absolutely adore and there are quite a few I do not care about (mostly of the sillier sort). I am about halfway through the album now and I can happily confirm this falls into the former category. It's interesting though, because it would appear this film would be demanding something scattier, and there are certainly elements of that, but the score as a whole feels more mature and coherent. The themes are nicely defined as well. Very enjoyable album. Karol

I also grabbed some digital albums off Qobuz. Karol

This one I actually got from an artist in the UK online about ten years ago, have it framed.

Is it a better listening experience if I start with Human Hunt?

So just because of one stupid entry you're dismissing the whole "genre"?

Probably next week when the film releases

There it is!

That's all I remember. That and Keanu Reeves' 'out of placeness'.

I've was flipping through Wikipedia page for the LSO, and I came across a curious entry, about INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. It states that the LSO performed parts of the score. Is this true, and, if it is, what music did the LSO record? (edit) I am aware that there are a few incorrect entries (THE FURY; BRAINSTORM)

I've followed Dabney Coleman's career, ever since I saw him in THE TOWERING INFERNO. R.I.P.

Any news on when the score album will be released, someone on FilmScoreMonthly said there is a score album coming

My preferred albums (each score's situation is a little different) are sorted at the start of the S's, for ease of access. Others are sorted the normal way, later in the S's.

Wasn't it Pascal who pushed for his face to be shown? Like the guy needed more recognition... It's hard to escape his face.