robthehand

Damn, that Bernstein box is going to cost me £55. I'll have to think about that one.

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I missed this thread too. I only really know him from Blazing Saddles, but he was good in that. "I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, s**t-kickers and Methodists!" R.I.P.

Memoirs of a Geisha.

I'd say simply a bad score one that lessens the effectiveness of the film. One that makes it worse than it was before. For that it would have to not only be bad/inappropriate, but also noticable. Good/bad stand-alone music is a different matter entirely. Many a good "score" is not particularly good "music", and vice versa. <_< Someone on the FSM board started screaming at me when I said that a while ago. I enjoy the album, but I was apalled at how badly it worked in the film. Not sure what you're referring to here - do you mean like in "The Ecstasy of Gold" (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) or the theme from Once Upon a Time in the West? If so, I'm amazed that you could watch the film and think that that's bad scoring. I disagree with that too. The Exorcist's score could mostly be described as "noise", but it works, that's all that film needed. A more elaborate score would have weakened the film.

Tommy it is. Nicholson's singing in that scene was... interesting.

Nope.

Fixed, hopefully.

There's one really great cue missing, when Mrs. Baylock appears at the hospital. That's pretty much the only bad thing about that album IMO.

Correct.

why didnt they co-nominated courage for the academy award? Because the nomination was for the "adaptation", not the orchestration, and Williams was the only one credited for that:

I know he's been ill for a while, but still sad news. Rest in peace. I don't want to sound trivial, but I do think it's nice that he lived to see his Superman IV score released, and finally get the recognition it deserves.

I believe Scott considers the original versions of Alien and Gladiator to be the definitive versions. Not sure about Gladiator, but Alien certainly.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture for me. I never thought it was bad, but it took lots of listens before I understood why it was so well-loved. Now it's one of my favourites.

Does the pitch problem affect all the versions of that album, or just the CD?

Fantastic! Didn't see this one coming at all, nice surprise. I'll order it ASAP, there's some other stuff I need to get too.

Josh. Really, truly, honestly, what on earth are you talking about?

What...? Did I miss something?

4. Unlike most I actually really like the original album. There was some nice stuff left off, certainly, but I find it a really entertaining listen.

Which ones, out of interest?

Good point, but filmmakers do have to be careful not to confuse "serious" with "pretentious". A film can definitely take itself too seriously (not that I think 2001 does). The thing that really struck me when I saw it in February was how "perfectly" made it was. I wouldn't normally use that word... but here every shot seemed exactly right, the timing of every moment was spot-on. Not a single frame seemed out of place, or unfinished. Most movies have the odd line or shot that doesn't feel 100% right, but with 2001 I get the impression that Kubrick knew (and got) exactly what he wanted.

"Are you proud of having got rid of one of the very few humans on the Discovery?" I actually saw 2001 in the cinema a few months ago. I had terrible seats and the print was very damaged, but it was still an amazing experience.