Knight of Ren

Watched both Rebel Moon films so I thought I should share the chronological tracklist I assembled while watching: Part 1: A Child of Fire Part 2: The Scargiver The Rose Betts song it's actually used several times in different arrangements, but I placed it where it plays the version we hear on album.

Watched both films and listened to both albums and the overall feeling is the same for both. Some nice stuff hidden between some derivative stuff, which makes it seem like a waste of potential. I actually enjoyed the scores more than I enjoyed the films, and I feel that when Holkenborg is not just relying on his usual loud-action-drum stuff, the music it's actually pretty great. I love the vocal and emotional sections in both scores, and I like several of the themes that run across both albums, but I feel the action tends to be a bit too obnoxious at times, so these would greatly benefit from a shorter presentation highlighting only the best stuff. Even so, I feel Holkenborg is slowly growing as a composer, and if you enjoyed his score for Three Thousand Years of Longing, you'll also appreciate the softer and more emotional stuff in here!

Gorgeous score! Perfect blend of traditional orchestra with some oriental influences. Lovely and memorable main theme that gets developed extensively, alongside two other main themes, showcasing a strong and emotional narrative, that sounds more complex and mature than the film is scoring. Arturo Cardelús is a great composer and I hope this score allows him to be more recognized. If you enjoy this one, I also recommend his score for Buñuel en el Laberinto de las Tortugas, another fantastic score with a brilliant main theme!

Yes! Frieren is awesome. The score is both beautiful and exciting and even if the album is a bit too long, every track is worth listening. I love how well it balances the action cues (Zoltraak or Frieren the Slayer) with the cute comedy stuff and the more emotional cues, like Beyond the Journey's End which is one of the most beautiful tracks I've heard all year!

Frieren's complete score is out! 2 and a half hours of awesome music. It's so great to hear many of the great tracks I've grown to love while watching the show. On a first listen I really enjoyed new tracks like Frieren the Slayer, Beyond the Journey's End, Great Mage Flamme and The Magic Within!

Yeah, Fallout is more thematically complex than it seems on a first listen, and hearing it in context made me appreciate it a lot more. Same thing happened with Three Body Problem. Both are really good scores that are better appreciated in context first. And there are a couple of memorable themes in both of those scores! Been meaning to listen to this, but the 9 hour presentation is a bit too much to get through. Will probably listen disc by disc when I have time, but if you manage to create a shorter presentation

I think Zimmer's music is perfect for the Dune films, and even though Williams' score is brilliant, it wouldn't fit as well as Zimmer's music does with the overall tone and atmosphere of the films.

Not mine, but I found these on Twitter, and while they might be sacrilegious to some, they are fun experiments. I would say Williams' score works better in Dune than Zimmer's does in Star Wars, but I like how Kiss the Ring works with Attack of the Clones final scene!

2) I think that track was meant to be used during the action scene of Rabban Harkonnen's attack to the fremen, when they get scared and run off, since I think there's no music in that scene. Perhaps they felt it worked better without score, butfrom what I remember, it could fit in there. 5) I noticed this as well while listening to the soundtrack again a few days ago. Particularly, in Harkonnen Arena, Feyd-Rautha's theme reminded me a lot of that Seduction theme, so I checked both Harkonnen Arena and Seduction back to back and it definitely feels like the same melody but with vastly different arrangements. Listen to 0:45 of Harkonnen Arena and then to 0:50 of Seduction. I also remember there were some unreleased variations on this idea.

Oh my god! I hope it truly happens as I loved that show and got so mad when it got cancelled. I don't mind if it's another season or a movie but I think they deserve to finish the already planned story, so I hope they can get it done!

Here it is in case anyone wants to hear it via Spotify:

Yeah, it works great within the show which was quite entertaining. Nothing groundbreaking, but the music certainly elevates many of the more emotional scenes!

One of the best scores of the year so far, and a contender for a Top 10! Coker really shows how great of a composer he is, keeping his style from the video games, but adapting to the narrative brilliantly, with lots of memorable themes and great interplay between them. I love how he slowly develops them across the six episodes and offers some pretty epic and emotional statements during the climax. Some of my favorite ones are Mei Yin's theme and John's theme, and obviously Helena's theme, which is just breathtakingly beautiful. The album might feel a bit too long, but that's because it contains virtually all the music from the first six episodes of the show, so a bit of trimming is needed to fully enjoy the score. But I'm glad he gave us all the music from the show, and I cannot wait for Part 2 to be released, so we can hear how he develops and expands on this musical universe. I hugely recommend it to anyone looking for a great orchestral, beautiful and epic score, full of memorable themes!

ARK: The Animated Series was just released, and the first volume of the soundtarck containing, I think, all music from the first 6 episodes is here! Apparently, the composer was allowed to rework several sections from the game, as well as his memorable main theme, alongside at least 7 new identities for different characters. I haven't listened to the whole thing yet, but I'm planning on watching the show and listening to the soundtrack as soon as I can! What I've heard so far sounds awesome and I particularly love Helena's theme. I think anyone who's a fan of the composer will enjoy this. They also posted a small behind the scenes video where the composer talks about the scoring process:

I think Bear's thematic material shines in the TV shows where he allows his themes to develop across multiple seasons. RoP will surely be a great example of this when it's done, but Outlander is definitely one of my favorite scores by him, and as mentioned above has several recognizable ideas that I could hum with ease, like Claire and Jaime's theme, John Grey's theme, the Stones theme or the gorgeous title song, The Skye Boat Song. Something similar happens with Masters of the Universe, which has some of the catchiest themes he has done I feel. And I also think he crafted memorable and instantly recognizable themes for his God of War scores!