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I wanted to be right next to the orchestra so I could just watch them. Everyone around me had their necks twisted looking up at the screen from a horrible angle. I'm not kidding when I say that the only times I looked at the screen were when they stopped playing music for a few seconds here and there haha. I always think that if I wanted to watch the film, I'd do it at home. I'm there for the orchestra.
 
 

Karol

I would actually love to have a small, calm, minimal Zimmer reimagining of his scores. One of my favourites from him is his piano theme for Clark in Man of Steel. So delicate and powerful. I could imagine his other big scores being interesting with the same treatment.

Hahaha I'm going insane because I can't actually believe we are getting this!
 
Are you bloody kidding me?
 
It's like JNH asked me personally what I'd love to have from him and he just said "sure, no probs."

Hahaha I'm going insane because I can't actually believe we are getting this!
 
Are you bloody kidding me?
 
It's like JNH asked me personally what I'd love to have from him and he just said "sure, no probs."

A chamber orchestra album of Zimmer scores. Hahah.
 
Maybe something from Thomas Newman, more from John Powell, Michael Giacchino, Alan Silvestri, Joel McNeely. I could go on and on

If this album does well, JNH could do something similar for other scores of his, like his Disney movies 

Hahaha I'm going insane because I can't actually believe we are getting this!
 
Are you bloody kidding me?
 
It's like JNH asked me personally what I'd love to have from him and he just said "sure, no probs."

Hahaha I'm going insane because I can't actually believe we are getting this!
 
Are you bloody kidding me?
 
It's like JNH asked me personally what I'd love to have from him and he just said "sure, no probs."

Hahaha I'm going insane because I can't actually believe we are getting this!
 
Are you bloody kidding me?
 
It's like JNH asked me personally what I'd love to have from him and he just said "sure, no probs."

Yeah, in the sense that any film just is what it is, the score would be different if the movie was different. But dramatic arcs and editing rhythms aside, ultimately the composer deserves all the credit for expressing a film's particular musicality, which is infinitely variable and doesn't really exist except in their mind. 
 
It seems the hardest thing about bad movies would be just having nothing to work with and stretching to make something interesting. Christophe Beck once told a funny story about a director asking him to score the change in an actor's face which was just a blank stare no matter how hard he looked. 

Not only TLA is a good score, but also, like many JNH/MNS scores, some of the best cues are still unreleased. This, for example, is just gorgeous:
 
 

His Airbender score is phenomenal.

His Airbender score is phenomenal.

His Airbender score is phenomenal.

His Airbender score is phenomenal.

His Airbender score is phenomenal.

Said every Goldsmith fan ever, amirite??
 
Trenchant japes aside, this announcement is really exciting. I have all of the JNH/Shyamalan scores on CD, having collected them several years ago with the sense that there was something special about their collaboration (and that there wouldn't be any more of it forthcoming). 
 
There's something nostalgic too about their collaboration that, for me, represents one of the best things from the aughts decade. I don't really know how to put words to it, but I know I'm very much looking forward to this CD.

Naturally this album is a must-have.

I wish JNH’s excellent animated movie scores were released as expanded editions. 

I agree with this except I’d move The Happening up one tier into “Masterpiece” status too. (And I actually like the film and think it’s misunderstood.) What’s surprising is that he didn’t phone it in for the horseshit films that were Lady in the Water and The Last Airbender.  
 
Yavar

Oh my god! -
 
"An all-new recording of music for M. Night Shyamalan’s most acclaimed films. For this album, James Newton Howard created eight suites that are piano centric and include new and original material."
 
 
 
 
This is going to be special.

 
 
 
Tears streaming down my face. It's like I'm listening to the first piece in a new score for the sequel to the Village. 
 
Holy shit this album is going to destroy me.
 
 
 

Pre-ordered. These are my favourite scores from JNH so no reason to even contemplate this.
 
Karol

I’m a life-long JNH enthusiast and I have to regrettably agree with that sentiment entirely. 
 
I always connected with Howard because he creates great ‘moments’. While there are countless great scores and cues, I could list a hundred 5 second -bits- that I often repeat. He has a knack for that. A perfect film composer really. 
 
edit: I just realise that wasn’t what you were talking about. The sentiment remains however.
 
I’m drunk. I don’t know what I’m talking about.

Get all this in a concert and let me buy a ticket. Please.

Brilliant! James Newton Howard is one of my favorite composers ever, and I absolutely love all of his work with Shyamalan, so this should be a fantastic album by all accounts. That first The Village track is stunning. It really feels like a proper extension from the score, which now makes me wish they would release it in a more complete form soon!
 
Anyway, this looks promising. Cannot wait!

Oh my god! -
 
"An all-new recording of music for M. Night Shyamalan’s most acclaimed films. For this album, James Newton Howard created eight suites that are piano centric and include new and original material."
 
 
 
 
This is going to be special.

 
 
 
Tears streaming down my face. It's like I'm listening to the first piece in a new score for the sequel to the Village. 
 
Holy shit this album is going to destroy me.