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The Hobbit Film Trilogy Thread
SafeUnderHill and one other reacted to Barnald for a topic
I'm calling it now: all you guys who dislike AUJ will dislike DOS. Possibly more, possibly less, but I'd be very surprised if you did a 180 on this franchise.2 points -
Howard Shore's The Desolation Of Smaug (Hobbit Part 2)
Incanus and one other reacted to #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal for a topic
LOL Howard Sore! Listening to I See Fire for the very first time. Hmmmm.....the arrangement not annoying like Song Of The Lonely Mountain. but it's utterly unremarkable. Guitar strumming and singing, the tried and tested singer/songwriter way of making a popsong. Seemingly no thematic connection with the rest of the score. And no attempt to make it fit stylistically. It's just a pop balad dumped at the tail end of a fully orchestral score. I love all 3 the chart oriented end title songs for the LOTR trilogy. Stylistically, thematically they fit in right with Shore's music. They feel right. This is another skipper....2 points -
Expanded Harry Potter albums in the works?
Smeltington reacted to crocodile for a topic
I caught this quote from MV on FSM: Karol1 point -
The Return of the Black Mamba
Joni Wiljami reacted to Hlao-roo for a topic
Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant returned to action tonight, after missing seven and a half months with a torn Achilles tendon. And what was the music that accompanied his on-court entrance? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NG2m5IlFEz01 point -
John Williams receives 63rd Grammy Nomination
Smeltington reacted to Hlao-roo for a topic
For Lincoln in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media category. http://www.cbs.com/shows/grammys/nominees/1 point -
The Hobbit Film Trilogy Thread
Glóin the Dark reacted to Dixon Hill for a topic
But what he lacks in class, he makes up for in edge. You could cut yourself on some of his posts.1 point -
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The Hobbit Film Trilogy Thread
SafeUnderHill reacted to Barnald for a topic
Azog looks really good in that TV spot.1 point -
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The only improvements in the EE were in Rivendell - the other additions just felt like tacked on material to a movie that already felt like a lumpy extended version of some better original cut that we'll never see. IMO1 point
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The EE is the superior version of the film, GK. You should check it out!1 point
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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (JJ Abrams 2015)
Sharkissimo reacted to BloodBoal for a topic
God, no. This was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. It's the only movie for which I considered walking out of the theater before it was over.1 point -
Unique "Williams-isms"?
Ludwig reacted to Sharkissimo for a topic
The key dissonance in that cue in the use of chiming major 7ths and minor 9ths. Very similar to Szell's theme in MARATHON MAN, along with the B pedal point. Also.1 point -
Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek Nemesis - Deluxe Edition
Dixon Hill reacted to BLUMENKOHL for a topic
Film music (and music in general) has been going through this terrible phase. It's somehow just keeps getting worse and worse, like the ending of A.I. or the morning of 9/11. Okay, that second example is way too extreme, but you know what I mean. Now, here we are in this dark age and suddenly an okay-for-Goldsmith score like Nemesis sounds like a masterpiece. Well I think it's because something like Nemesis was very jarring back when it first came out. It was a brand new island of musical modernity in a sea of romanticism. It's the same reason people's ears bled when Rite of Spring premiered. And then when everyone started trying to delve into Straviniskian territory, everyone's like...wait...that [Rite of Spring] was actually really good. Now that the entire ocean is modern music, works like "Nemesis", or hell even "U.S. Marshals" really stand out. Nemesis is a damn fine "modern film score." It's intelligent, it embodies everything that "saying more with less" should be.1 point -
Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek Nemesis - Deluxe Edition
Dixon Hill reacted to Faleel for a topic
But my lord, is that... legal?1 point -
The Themes of Howard Shore's The Hobbit
Smeltington reacted to Incanus for a topic
Says who? Doug Adams in his liner notes says this pretty clearly. Perhaps "direct development" was somewhat hastily phrased but the House of Durin shares elements with Thorin's Theme and Thorin's theme in turn shares elements with Erebor theme so they are elementally linked.Any other sources to confirm this? Well there are these fine pair of ears I have on my head and a mind that is a bit obsessive compulsive about themes but after that I got nada.1 point -
John Wilson is a JW fan
0Kelvin reacted to Sharkissimo for a topic
Do you ever browse the internet to keep tabs on your fans? I can barely switch on a computer, let alone Google! [laughs] Many younger composers and students often ask me... No look, I'll drop the act. This antediluvian image I've helped cultivate for myself is something of a lie, I guess [laughs]. The truth is that I have an unhealthy addiction to social media. Around about 7 years ago I registered on a forum dedicated to me - the 'John Williams Fan Network' or 'JWFan' for short. Sounds incredibly egocentric, I know, but I did it only after pressure from my wife. Since then I've become what's known as a 'top poster'; but no-one knows who I really am. Probably for the better! That'll keep them guessing. I hope so.1 point -
Well, that brings me to the true purpose of this thread. I don't know if you've heard about it, but writer Andrés Valverde has a new John Williams biography coming out soon. It'll answer all your burning questions about the maestro and more. Available from Amazon on December 10, or at a bookseller far, far away.1 point
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I thought the concert was good. The playing of the Houston Symphony for the program was not quite at the same standard as the orchestras that play on the original soundtracks (we are symphony subscribers and they normally perform at a very high level so assume the short rehearsal window – JW and Mr. Ma only arrived the day before the concert had something to do with it). I actually thought the encores were performed better than the second half music – I would rank the first half, encores, than the second half. I have been going to JW concerts for years (see attached from the last time he conducted the symphony in 1983) and he has slowed down but seemed to be invigorated as the concert went on. The encore for the first half was Pickin’, for the second half Schindler’s List, Star Wars main theme, Yoda’s Theme and the Imperial March. It was clear that Mr. Ma and JW were having a great time. Great concert!1 point