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Knight of Ren

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  1. I've been watching this show and I really enjoyed the first season, and the soundtrack album was just released! Some beautiful stuff in there, especially the main theme by Satoru Kosaki, that plays in many of his cues. Kevin Penkin's contributions are also nice, but my favorite tracks are definitely in the first part of the album. I absolutely recommend both the show and the soundtrack. Lyrical, cute and emotional, and one of the biggest surprises of the year so far! Also, Hiroyuki Sawano's score for Solo Leveling was released, but I found it a bit underwhelming, relying on the same techniques he perfected in Attack on Titan, but without the emotional impact they had in there. The OP song is awesome as is DARK ARIA, and some cues are nice (big fan of part 8 of the symphonic suite), but overall is a bit of a disappointment.
  2. Yeah, I've kind of lost hope on a Masters of the Universe release. It's a shame because there was some great bits of muisc in the new season but I don't think a release is coming. Which is weird since recently they released an album for Imaginary, which in my opinion is much less interesting than MotU S2. But I also thought there wasn't going to be a blog post about Percy Jackson and we got it two months later, so who knows...
  3. For me, these two scores are great to dissect and analyze but for a listening experience they need some trimming and rearrangement to be fully enjoyable. And my appreciation for them has grown over time, but the soundtrack albums aren't as interesting to listen to on the whole.
  4. Nice score! The main theme heard in the first track is quite memorable, and I really like its different arrangements across the album. The fantasy stuff is definitely the best part of the score, because when it veers into action/atmospheric territory in the middle section it lost me a bit, but some trimming should leave a really enjoyable listening experience. Nothing groundbreaking but entertaining and really pretty at times, and a much better score than this (quite mediocre) film deserved!
  5. I've been revisiting the Kung Fu Panda scores and the second entry is definitely my favorite. Powell's presence is perfectly balanced with Zimmer's and I really like how each of them gave their own style to the music and the themes. KFP3 is also really nice, but I feel not as great since Powell's absence is felt more, and a similar thing happened while listening to the fourth score recently. My fav Powell scores outside of HTTYD would be Pan, Call of the Wild and Solo. I love his fantasy/adventure writing and I feel those are some of the best examples of what he has to offer!
  6. Knowing she is Giacchino's wife makes me think she will definitely use his themes, so I'm okay with someone else scoring the film as long as it's a good score, and perhaps she will bring a new perspective or a new voice to the project. Looking forward to it!
  7. Definitely my favorite Richter work for films/TV is The Leftovers. He brings back some ideas from his solo albums, but the three season albums make for a great listening experience. And it also works brilliantly within the show, which also incorporates some of his studio pieces like November. Great stuff!
  8. Yess, Kajiura has done some great stuff for the show too, even though she only was allowed to shine more in the last season with Mitsuri's theme! I quite enjoy the show to be honest. It's heavily carried by its animation and soundtrack, but I also really like many of its characters even if the story is a bit simple and predictable at times. But it's definitly worth if only to hear the brilliant score in context.
  9. The action track sounds fairly generic for my taste, but I really like the other track. As mentioned above, it was a great theme from the sketches album that was never expanded upon, so it's nice to hear it here in full. Really looking forward to both the film and the score! Also, I see there's a track called Eclipse in there. Could it be related to Pink Floyd's song? It's probably unrelated to that, but who knows. After all, Zimmer did a cover of that song for the first movie, I think it was for one of the trailers.
  10. I absolutely recommend the whole score for Demon Slayer. It's one of the best anime soundtracks I've heard, because the composer Go Shiina was allowed to score the show with a brand-new piece of music for each scene, in the traditional film scoring way, so he had to create many hours of new music for each season, all tied together by dozens of leitmotifs for each of the many different main characters. It's an astonishing job in my opinion! Here's the latest released track, from the end credits of the movie that is being released during this month in many countries, which mixes the opening song from S3 with several leitmotifs from across the show!
  11. From what I gathered when comparing the FYC and the OST I feel that the soundtrack is the composer's preferred presentation, and the FYC gives us basically the film mixes/edits of all the cues. In some cues the difference is just a couple of seconds shorter or longer, but other times there are huge chunks of music only present in one of the two versions. And for example, the track Arturo's Death is completely different to 4m20B Arturo's Death, so I don't know what's up with that!
  12. I mean, it would be my personal pick, but The Zone of Interest is there and it also has several nominations in other categories which might give it the upper hand. Both great films so I wouldn't mind either of them, but I would personally choose Bayona's film!
  13. Yess! Really deserved. It's such a shame that he wasn't nominated for an Oscar, as it has now become one of my favorite 2023 scores, and one of my favorite Giacchino scores in recent years. Also worth mentioning is the fact that the movie took home 12 out of the 13 awards it was nominated in the Goya Awards. I think there might be a small chance of it winning the Best International Film at the Academy Awards, but it has some strong competitors, so who knows.
  14. Yeah, I feel the film is a bit over-scored, at some points, but that more Nolan's way of doing things. Goransson's score works great within the film, truly elevating some sequences like the Trinity test. On album is a great listening experience, moody, atmospheric and hypnotic, with some interesting interplay between synths and orchestra. It's actually more thematic than it appears at first, and that's something I've noticed with many Goransson scores, where I only fully appreciate what he's doing after several listens.
  15. Some thoughts on a couple of films I watched recently: The Zone of Interest One of the most disturbing films from last year, because of how sick it makes you feel, while not showing you nothing at all, That's where it shines the most, in the way it constructs the story and we get to see the ordinary lives of these people, making us almost connect and empathize with them. But the genius of the film lies in the way it uses sound to constantly remind us of the truth behind this beautiful and idyllic facade, and that makes it really scary and frightening. Great photography and great acting all around. I felt the film went on for a bit too long, and there are a couple of "abstract / dreamy" sequences that I don't really know if work well with the rest of the film, but overall, a very solid and thought provoking film. Killers of the Flower Moon The film is really long, but Scorsese's direction never lets you feel bored or disinterested, and it's constantly moving the narrative forward, supported by a brilliant cast. The story is complex and full of nuance, and offers a poignant reflection on the corruption and greed of these white men that led to the murder of many people who were just trying to live in peace in their own land. DiCaprio is great, as is DeNiro, both portraying their characters' double-faced intentions with ease, but who impressed me the most was Lily Gladstone. She embodies all the suffering and pain of the Osage, and you can feel this just by looking at her eyes, full of sorrow and anger. She is subtle when she needs to be, but I also love the scenes she shares with DiCaprio, where she stands her ground with ease. She's definitely an actress to keep an eye on. I wish the film had focused a bit more on the Osage people, on Molly and her relationship with her sisters, but the way its told, it feels more authentic and frustrating, just like reality. Asteroid City If you like Wes Anderson, you'll like this one. If you hate Wes Anderson, you'll hate this one. I'm usually a fan of his style, and this movie sees him take another step forward into the distillation of his particular style. The visuals and set designs are top notch, the cast is full of recognizable faces that all offer great, profound and memorable performances, however short they might be, and the story is as quirky and melancholic as with any of his movies. Actually, I felt this movie had more emotional depth than for example, The French Dispatch, and while not all of it works, it pays off greatly in a third act that is both unexpected and emotionally captivating. Desplat's brief score works brilliantly within the film too!
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