Fancyarcher

Abominable & Sudden Impact both by Schifrin.

There are a lot of lifts, Kaufman even snuck Mancini's The White Dawn in the actual film in a scene, but I'd say it's less plagiarism and more temp-track / director demand hell, since Kaufman is apparently very difficult for composers to work with, especially since he isn't very specific about what he wants, it's why John Barry left the film. But lifts or no lifts, it's a great score. That main theme is so damn siring, patriotic sounding, and appropriate.

Yeah John's got the power. (Stupid fast typing mistake)

One of my favorite Powell scores. So good.

The score was way too "western, we need something a bit more European".

This is like a dream come true.

The Potter scores are great, but the LOTR films are among the earliest films I saw in the cinemas, where I can recall actually remembering the music extensively. They definitely get my vote.

They claim "mutual disagreements", because Jackson didn't think that Shore's score worked for the film, though I'm sure there's more to it then that.

Craig's just waiting for the dump truck of money to appear on his doorsteps.

Dunkirk by Hans Zimmer - A lot of beeping and tension noises, but hey I kinda like it. Works wonders in the film too.

Last Men in Aleppo - 8.5 / 10 - Really really powerful.

Okja - This was fantastic. Can't believe it took me so long to watch it, ha. Gyllenhaal's performance got on my nerves, but once I viewed the character as being insane and crazy, that "high-pitched Joker like" voice made sense. 8.5 / 10

Awesome trailer. There's more of Hela (Blanchett) in it then the previous films. Also hearing The Hulk actually talk made the fan-nerd in me go crazy.

Looks like "callback the movie". Hopefully the references aren't so in your face in the actual thing, I trust Spielberg. Visuals should be great at least. Also Iron Giant is in this film? Wow, that's actually kinda awesome.

Heard was also great in Cutter's Way, a sleazy thriller with Jeff Bridges, and a little known film called Chilly Scenes of Winter. RIP!

Dunkirk - OMFG, they weren't kidding, it is the real deal. I'm glad it was only an hour & 45 minutes because otherwise I may have felt pure dread just like the soldiers. 10 / 10

Back To The Future - 10 / 10 - Saw it on the big screen this time with a big audience, was quite the experience.

Spider-Man 2 - 9 / 10

Film critics are a terrible parameter of film music. What else is new?

Top Secret by Maurice Jarre

"Give me Why So Serious from The Dark Knight, and I'll think I'll do sorta funky remix of it, as Lando's theme".

Henry Jackman is clearly the only right answer.

If by some crazy chance Nolan somehow doesn't land a best director nomination, then he's probably never getting nominated, I'd say. Of course I have no idea what will actually happen. Well with 8 best picture nominees, it's not hard to get nominated. A lot of it depends on the subject matter. An acclaimed genre film is less likely to get a nomination compared to say a drama for example, with the few exceptions of course.

Yes that comes to mind. I may have to rewatch the film though, it's been a while.

Hopper was very difficult to work with back then, and he hated the Hollywood system. I can only imagine he agreed to take credit and add scenes because he assumed the film would be a big hit due to Spielberg's involvement. Yes Spielberg can "eccentric" in his style from time to time like any director (I'm a big fan of course), I'm just saying there are certain sequences that don't completely feel like his own. Mind you this is just what I think.