Muad'Dib

Guys, guys... Take it easy. Like with all things, some people love it, some people hate it and some don't care. Don't be bothered with those who hate the things you love, we all have different opinions. Look, I'm annoyed with people who say modern JW scores are uninteresting and don't have that same spark he used to have. I say nonsense. I think he's better now than he was before. But some people think the other way around, and that's perfect. I respect their opinion and I even understand why they prefer "old" Williams to the "modern" one. It's mostly a generation thing, or what style you heard first. For example, if you heard Williams post-1993 output first, you'll probably enjoy this approach more. But if you were captivated with the music of your first viewing of Star Wars in 1977, you'll probably enjoy his pre-1993 more and complain all day that he uses too many notes nowadays. And you know what? I love both Williams approaches, it's just that I prefer one to the other. But does that make the other far less better? Of course not! And as I said, it's subjetive to your age and taste. The bottom line is: If someone shouts you on the street "Desplat sucks!" and you disagree, just keep walking.

Any chance you could upload some of your edits to YouTube some day?

I finally gave in to listen to this score, and it's absolutely wonderful. It's got that sweet and optimistic sound that I remember loving so much from Horner's scores from the 90's. I know it may be wrong, by I hope it gets a nomination. I can imagine Horner smiling from ear to ear while writing and conducting this. Just a little thing... Anyone else noticed the Stravinksy homage at the opening of "Leaving Detroit". Really wonderful

That's nothing...

Awesome!

I mean those "Da-da-da-da-dadadada", sorry for the lack of a better word And what about those alternates? Are they better than the concert version? I think there was an edit out there, but I believe there isn't one that's official.

Is there a version of "Battle of the Heroes" without those quick and high trumpet hits?

Munich is brilliant, both film and score. Very underrated.

Someone at FSM mentioned there's a quote to the Sorcerer's Stone motif in "Sky Battle" at 2:10 approximately. And it's true! It's very brief, but it's awesome.

For some reason, animated films let composers shine with their music. Maybe is because this medium has very direct emotions and therefore allows more development for themes and thematic ideas. Even with bad animation, composers usually deliver great scores. And Carl Stalling was a genious. Boy I miss his approach. It's the kind of mickey-mousing that (at least for me) doesn't sound silly. It sounds fun, but not silly. And the music was one of the main things that made the Looney Tunes shorts so damn good. And the use of a pure orchestra was sublime. Those were musicians! Having to play all those crazy notes and those incredible changes of tempo! They really deserve respect. If Chris Nolan did an animated film he would ruin the genre forever, at least musically...

I've heard of this before but.... IT'S GOING TO BE RELEASED FOR CHRIST SAKEEEEE!!!!! Finally! So we're getting four new Williams scores so far! Rejoice!

Cheesy score? Most of it was very low-key. It even blends so well with the sound design that it's almost impossible to distinguish between them. The only moment I might find cheesy is when Sirius is revelead and his theme plays: DA-DA-DAAAAAA! While cheesy, I think it's brilliant. It's old school!

I don't get what most of them do. For example, does song producer means Powell helped in a monetary form only? If someone could explain I think a lot of us would apreciate it. That's nothing. Check out the credits for POTC. However, as Prince of Egypt is so brilliant, for some reason it doesn't bother me that a lot of people were involved with it. Pwned!

Sorry for posting right after another post of my, but... I finally checked out The Prince of Egypt (both film and score) and it's freakin' brilliant. The film and the music have the same level of classiness that I thought only The Lion King had. As with this one, the songs blend perfectly with the score and they are all fantastic. Except for the pop one, which ruins the greatness of the rest. Two minor complaints though: One of the themes reminds me too much of Goldsmith's The Mummy, and another one reminds me of a theme from The Lion King II. However, this isn't that distracting because there's plenty to enjoy. Koray, do you happen to know who arranged each song? I remember reading somewhere that Powell arranged "Playing With the Big Boys".

Isn't the elegant dinosaur theme from JP hinted at the first seconds of "Hammond's Plan"? I'm talking about the OST, of that little flute solo. And I remember hearing the original Carnivore Motif somewhere here...

I think that the fact that there are so many Zimmer clones helps us appreciate even more those who have their own style like Giacchino, Powell, Desplat or Yared... While I think that Zimmer has a couple of amazing scores, he's not as great as everybody thinks. The difference between his fans and us is that they praise blindly everything he does. If he does a truly bad score, his fans will praise him anyway and suggest an Oscar nomination. Seriously, they need to stop praising everything he does. That's the difference with JW fans, who hate everything John does :cool:

You're missing the best of The Jungle Chase if you're hearing the OST... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPtHnSjZNLo&feature=related

Sounds really good! I like it a lot!

The piece was composed on 1990, so I find it kinda unlikely...

Anyone else really love this piece? I recently discovered it (pun not intented) and I simply fell in love with it. It's full of joy and optimism, and the main melody the piece has is very catchy and quite enjoyable. It goes in the direction of the olympic themes, but I think it's better than that. It has a sense of excitment, and I can't help but imagine swashbucklers discovering new lands while hearing to this amazing piece. Anyone else agree?

Well, a lot of KOTCS is more a self-parody than an actual Indiana Jones movie. And I think John understood that it was a comical fun movie, nothing serious. And after all, none of the Indy scores have been really serious. Sure, they had fight music or scary music, but definetly not serious. I still say that the score from KOTCS is awesome. Maybe it wasn't as thematically developed as a lot of people expected, but if your hear The Jungle Chase and don't feel excited then you should probably stop listening to new Williams scores and stick to your favorites. And I think it was a more cohesive listen than the second and the third prequels. Sure, maybe it hasn't got as much personality of its own as TPM, but there are plenty of fantastic moments to enjoy. It's supposed to not be serious, after all. Stop taking everything seriously. It was a fun blockbuster movie, nothing more. Same with the other Indy movies and the Star Wars movies. There are far more engaging films out there that deserve the same or more praise that these ones get. Just my two and a half cents. Like someone cares, anyway.

Check this out: It starts kinda like Howard's King Kong, but then it goes into what I think Williams would have done with the material.

Then start pulling your contacts!

Interesting. I imagined that they would have a rough cut by now. Oh well, at least we have two more insteresting scores to look forward next year