SzPeti42

Hello there everyone! Recently, I’ve been experimenting with mock-ups and I thought this forum/topic would be the most appropriate place to share some of them. Rey's theme: This is probably the most complex piece I’ve tried to recreate, and probably the one to interest you the most, feel free to ask questions about anything. I’m a bit anxious about sharing as I’m just a socially anxious person in general and although there was a time I used to post here, in the past few years I did a Luke and went away, had to deal with a lot of family issues and such, I’m still not likely to be too active, but this is something I worked on to better myself and if even one other person likes it or gets inspired by it I will be happy, even if it's far from perfect. And let me share 2 smaller, more "quick-fire" mock-ups from the end credits suite of The Force Awakens: The Rey-Force theme connection: Kylo's thematic material (this is probably the least accurate to my overly critical ears):

I have finally got around to watch X-Men: Apocalypse and maybe because of the lowered expectations, but I liked it. I was sceptical at first about Sophie Turner’s Jean, but she was fine. Maybe if I start thinking about the plot and stuff I will eventually poke holes in it, but it’s still my initial phase. It was harder for them this time to channel that much nostalgia into the plot after Days of Future Past (the X2 theme is a huge help, that's what sold me the X-Men franchise back in 2003), and partly because of that the villain really seemed like a boring evil dude we’ve seen a thousand times before just on a bigger scale, but at least we had some nice character building moments, like Quciksilver’s arc, or Charles’s journey. I wasn’t a fan of the comics growing up, so I’m not upset about some of the changes, like Raven’s transformation to an A-list X-Men hero, I found it a natural progression for this particular incarnation of the character. Quicksilver’s big scene was the highpoint for me, that’s what I love about special and visual effects, we can now have scenes like this, another example for me why CG doesn’t necessarily have to suck (and the 80s music helps too )

Next on my list is The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition. As a PC guy from my early childhood these old Lucasarts Point&Click games were my Marios and Zeldas, especially Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. On another note I never could get into the Elder Scrolls games, they were less focused on the story and I hadn't had the time to finish all games, but I always loved the music, like this.

Love reading the different reactions, how it stirred a vast array of emotions. For me it was totally unexpected, I don't want to spoil the film, so I barely listen to any news about it. One side of me is disappointed of course, the other likes Giacchino, so I don't know what to feel I've liked him since his Video Game days, like The Lost World, Medal of Honor, I did not thought that he could have a Hollywood career like this, but I guess he really was and is at the right place at the right time (Alias, Lost with JJ).

A really interesting video about the score (and sound design) of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This kind of Eastern European folk music is really close to me, they're not unfamiliar where I grew up, and it's interestingly combined to make the game's atmosphere really unique and wonderful.

I had 220 hours in The Witcher 3 on the highest difficulty easily It's a state of mind. When you're in the game, you're IN THE GAME. I barely used fast traver for example, I did not mind to travel the same ldistances from Novigrad to Crow's Perch for example, if I needed my master armorer. Maybe it's just me, I had practice since childhood

This I can get behind! That’s how I imagine it too, and I think the theme in general can be used as a new Jedi-specific theme, it has that mysterious, larger-than-life quality for me, but my secret wish is that Luke didn’t become an irreversibly bittered old hermit and we’ll hear glimpses of his innocent theme clearly representing him for some nice moments, not just for random nostalgic/hopeful Star Wars-y scenes like in EPVII

Yeah, that comment sums it up well too. I share your opinion about this that it’s not inherently a bad business practice and can be used for useful purposes not just for cash-grab, like most of the mobile games business or some really annoying pay-to-win titles, but some developers or PR teams cannot for their life communicate it well even if it’s just for small stuff. I don’t mind if Blizzard says that they want a chunk of extra money if you want to buy cosmetic stuff, but if somebody, or anybody starts explaining that “Uhm, they’re not really part of the game, you shouldn’t care if you don’t want to, we don’t care, you can grind it out yourself, etc.” that can be dishonest because their main goal IS to make money, and maybe they do need it for the constant support, so they’ve clearly put it in there and designed it as a random loot system that requires you to constantly buy boxes to get lucky or to farm in-game money (I use Overwatch as an analogy, but you can insert any game with similar features).

Cool, nice examples, this old movie is something I've only heard about now, I'll definitely check it out for the music if nothing else. The Indy films in general are loaded with musical comedy, they are really asking for it, this is my personal favourite, this scene was also one of my biggest laughs as a child.

My favourite console was the Gameboy emulator for the PC, those long nights of Pokémon on a big monitor in a small window resting my legs on the table are precious memories

Hahaha, that's too funny. It's a shame they released an incomplete game, and the hype certainly hurt it. It’s still an interesting piece of programming, but this kind of procedural generation can be as much of a drawback as a helpful tool to extend the longevity. I’ve seen a comment that got my attention, the commenter called it “Quantity Over Quality: The Video Game” My gut feeling is that they’ve developed this system for generating planets which I can imagine took a lot of time, money and effort for a small indie team, but did not have the time or creativity to decide what to really do with it, so they’ve put some basic survivor elements, some shell of a lore with this center of the universe stuff and the random alien language wordfindings, and they’ve tried to communicate it as vaguely and mysteriously as possible to maintain the hype level. I especially don’t like that they’ve tried to sell it as a “kind-of-MMO”, which turned out to be false at the time. They’ll work on it for sure, maybe it will be like they’ve wanted it to be years ago, but the 60 $ price tag is way too much for it now. I’m a little bit late to the party, but I’ve been playing Overwatch for the last few weeks, mostly with my cousin as a team, and it really hooked me in. I’ve been playing Blizzard games since the first Warcraft and Diablo, so I had a vision of what to expect, and for me it succeeds at what it’s trying to do. And I especially like the time and effort they’ve put into the lore, the animated shorts, and the general design of it all. I’m a kind of a guy who values some knowledge in a lot of areas more than being a master of only one, so the character pool of the game suits me very much, I enjoy playing the fast-paced flanker Tracer as much as the Russian weightlifter lady Zarya with the BIG GUN, or the angel like support, Mercy. It’s the best when you have at least an illusion of a team, but playing with one partner is still much better than playing solo. The one thing I don’t like is the algorithm of the loot boxes, it’s overly grind-y to encourage you to pay real money for boxes, but that’s still no guarantee that you’ll unlock the cosmetic that you want, and it has too many duplicates. Fortunately it doesn’t affect the gameplay, so it’s a minor thing, but it can be regarded as a bit of a shady business, especially with the summer games’ cosmetics which you can’t buy from grinding in-game money, you have to unlock them from boxes, and it’s basically impossible to do so by only levelling up and getting the 1 free box per level. I got lucky and unlocked one of the legendary skins that I wanted, two times within 5 levels/boxes What do you think about this and microtransactions in general?

The first that came to my mind.

Interesting thread, love the examples! General Grievous from RotS is what came to my mind the first time I read the title. I just love the raw power and rhythmic nature of this cue, it's nothing he's ever done for Star Wars before and since. (Zam would have been my number 2 choice, it's a shame both are heavily edited or differently arranged in the movies themselves)

When I thought I've seen/heard it all.

Awww, so nice They had a bold idea, they went through with it and they've got an experience for a lifetime. This is truly inspiring, he is such a nice, nice man.

I personally like Desplat very much, loved his HP scores, for me it managed to capture the spirit of the Harry Potter universe but with his distinctive style and I think this is the way to go with Rogue One. I just hope that the quoted SW themes will not be directly lifted but referenced properly in his own way. Other than that, I’m fine with him, and I’m looking forward to it, the movie sounds like a Star Warsified heist movie rather than a “gritty war movie”, but at this point I don’t think we know the overall mood of the movie just yet, and how the reshoots will change that, and the music. The movie itself is a big question mark, it certainly is a challenge for any composer, but I have faith in him. A Danny Elfman SW score? Sign me up

Thank you very much, I aprreciate it! Shantae sounds lovely. I adore the music from those 8bit/16bit eras, so that's a plus.

I agree, this is really cool. It reminds me of the old RPG Maker games from my teens. I used to play those, there were some really talented Hungarian developers, they made some really great free-to-play 2D JRPGs in the early 2000s, and I think they had used these kinds of tracks for their games (FInal Fantasy tracks, Megaman, Castlevania, etc.),this sounds familiar to them in style, I like it. Nice music Can you recommend more from him, where should I start?

- Home Alone during the Holidays - The Olympic Spirit just before playing football - Harry Potter while reading the books - Almost constant whistling (which can be quite annoying for others ) based upon mood, company, etc., mostly Williams, and nearly 100% movie scores. - Watching sport highlights or tributes on Youtube muted replacing it with Williams music

While I was away on a holiday, I managed to get a glimpse of a beloved cartoon from my childhood, Talespin, on a random background TV, and I almost instantly had the most intense nostalgia trip. I had forgotten how much I loved it and how good its music was for a 90s cartoon TV show. I don’t know if it was successful elsewhere, but in Hungary it was the shit growing up Oh, I miss the 90s… So now I’m on a walk down memory lane, fortunately I found some of the music on Youtube, that’s what I’ve been listening lately apart from of course the BFG

A little taste from the Polish Music Festival’s Witcher 3 concert. Have any of you had the chance to be there in person? For me, it looks awesome and I really loved the game’s music, it’s close to the folk music we grew up with.

Thank you again for all of it! I like the fact that it has action cues and lesser known pieces, I liked it back in the day, I haven't changed that much since

I went away for a few days, I’ve listened to it yesterday, and I can say that I loved it. It was fun, whimsical, overall a great first impression. Yes it was familiar, I can imagine the film is familiar too, it’s a children’s tale by Spielberg, it screams familiarity by a mile away, and I’m personally happy with that. It’s still magical for me, and I’m beyond happy that I experienced a new John Williams score in 2016 I will have to listen to it a few more times that’s for sure, and I’m looking forward to it.

Same here! I'm still resisting because I have to eat first, but I feel the power of Williams singing in my ear, "Resistance is useless!"

Yes, he shared his usual anecdotes, like the famous (or more like infamous at this point ) Spielberg-Schindler’s List one, he spoke about the orchestra a lot, and they’ve played one really interesting piece, Indy’s First Adventure from The Last Crusade first without the music with his commentary and then live in sync. He has played that piece in other concert if I’m not mistaken, that was my favourite. It’s always nice to hear him talk about his music and his techniques, and to listen to it live, that isn’t something you experience every day And he spoke about Van Cliburn of course, the famous pianist, he was there too, it was an honour in itself to meet him and Williams on the same day. He died in 2012 unfortunately, may he rest in peace. Interesting fact about him that his mother studied under Arthur Friedheim, who studied under Liszt Ferenc, who is the namesake of Hungary’s only international airport, so he was kind of a big deal for us