Bespin 8,482 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Today's program: John Williams - Jurassic Park (Expanded Set) John Williams - Schindler's List (OST) John Williams - Sabrina (OST) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 18 hours ago, publicist said: Not a fan, but at least through the verfremdungseffects via hip-hop stylisms it aims somewhat higher than the average race drama score, say 'Hidden Figures'. I could have maybe appreciated that if the entire score didn't just hinge on a half-baked phrase, repeated ad nauseum throughout the score (and I guess one other cue that's a Richter knockoff anyway). Terrible album. 18 hours ago, publicist said: And i guess what i see as positive sign is that scores for a wide range of movies stand out more - for years, a lot of these would have received just mousy underscore afraid of getting in the way. And that Clint Eastwood after decades of being a musical annoyance finally scored with me is cause for jubilation anyway. Indeed. Though I'm sure the guys over at Filmtracks would not appreciate the sentiment. Will have to check out the Eastwood. I watched the film, but don't remember much from the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Sleepers Underrated score. Possibly my favorite of Williams' "dark 90's" scores. Far and Away Fun score, but the OST volume levels are too low! Hopefully that'll be fixed on the inevitable expanded release. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I always thought the bagpipes in "The Land Race" were mixed very badly. It almost sounds like a joke. I figure it's probably a comedic moment but I don't think it is meant to sound as pathetic as it does. Good score, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Sleepers by John Williams Edge of Darkness by Howard Shore Eastern Promises by Howard Shore Prisoners by Jóhann Jóhannsson The Miners' Hymns by Jóhann Jóhannsson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Today's program: John Williams - Nixon John Williams - Sleepers John Williams - Rosewood (the instrumental score from the Expanded set) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The instrumental score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 29 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: The instrumental score? He means the first disc of the LLL set, which doesn't feature any of the gospel spirituals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Incanus said: He means the first disc of the LLL set, which doesn't feature any of the gospel spirituals. Yes, the first CD. Normally, I listen to a combined playlist of the two CDs, but not this time! Rosewood [Music From The Motion Picture] (1997) (2013, La-La Land Records, LLLCD 1244; Caesar, Parks, Morgan, Williams) CD 1 - THE INSTRUMENTAL SCORE: Rosewood; The Town of Sumner; The Arrival of Mann; Mann Goes Shopping / Mann Meets Scrappie; Prayers at Dinner / The Wrights / War Drums; Scrappie and Mann Bond / The Beating; False Accusation; The Lie / Arresting Aaron; Roughing up Aaron / Aaron in Jail; Sam's Murder; Discovering Sam's Body / Mann's First Exit; Exchanging Gifts / Cracker Mob; Sarah is Shot / Attack on the House; Kids to the Woods / The House Burns; The Fire / Fanny's Guilt; The Klan Gathers / Wright's Decision / The Crackers Gather; Mann Rescues the Kids; Hide the Man, John / Wright's Dilemma / We Meet at Eight; Mann Leads the Group; Crossing the Road; The Capture of Mann / Mann's Great Escape; Burning Town / Sylvester Joins the Group; After the Fire; End Titles; CD 2 - 1997 SOUNDTRACK ALBUM: Rosewood; Look Down, Lord; The Hounds of Sumner; Healing; Light My Way; Trouble in Town; Aunt Sarah's Death; After the Fire; The Town of Sumner; The Town Burns; Scrappie and Mann Bond ; The Freedom Train; False Accusation; Mann at Rosewood; Look Down, Lord (Reprise and Finale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Koray Savas said: The instrumental score? Disc 1 of the LLL set dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 House of Cards, seasons 1-2. Why exactly was this score released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 It's even being performed in concert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Good scores. In context, at least. Never checked out the albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 16, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2017 Many scores that were released did not deserve it. Some that deserve to be released are not. Can you release them, bollemanneke? Do not be too eager to deal out score releases in judgment. Even the very wise cannot listen to all music. My heart tells me that the House Of Cards soundtracks have some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The music of Jeff Beal may rule the fate of many. Bespin, bollemanneke and Bilbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 What, seriously? Are there House of Cards concerts now? And BloodBoal, your words are poison! Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,349 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 We must join with him, bollemanneke...We must join with BloodBoal. Bilbo and bollemanneke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,715 Posted February 16, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 hour ago, BloodBoal said: Many scores that were released did not deserve it. Some that deserve to be released are not. Can you release them, bollemanneke? Do not be too eager to deal out score releases in judgment. Even the very wise cannot listen to all music. My heart tells me that the House Of Cards soundtracks have some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The music of Jeff Beal may rule the fate of many. Tell me friend? When did JWFan abandon reason for madness? Bilbo, bollemanneke and Bespin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 hour ago, bollemanneke said: House of Cards, seasons 1-2. Why exactly was this score released? They didn't need to be two-disc releases, but there's easily enough good material there to warrant an album. The main titles, "I've Known Everything," "Chessboard Revealed," "To Be a King," "Mr. President:" great stuff. 41 minutes ago, bollemanneke said: What, seriously? Are there House of Cards concerts now? And BloodBoal, your words are poison! Jeff Beal arranged a concert suite (perusal score here), but I don't think there are specific "House of Cards concerts." bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 hour ago, bollemanneke said: What, seriously? Are there House of Cards concerts now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Well, that seems a bit excessive. Occasional piece performances work great, but full concerts? That might be a bit much. The scores are quite good though. Especially for a show of this nature, there's a lot of harmonic colour and diversity on Beal's part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 By the way, I thought this was pretty cool: KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I love that Frank/Claire idea. His jazz background brings a lot to the show. _ So based on Alex's post with the main titles, I just checked out the score on Spotify out of curiosity. I like it. Definitely more fun than the drab, generic score for The Crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I agree that "I've known everything" is worth it, but 80% of these cues are totally redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Very interesting, particularly the opening and ending sections of the piece. Has anyone heard this in its entirety? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Yes, it's a good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Night and Day – Celebrate Sinatra (1993, Sony Classical, SK 47235; Boston Pops O/Williams) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post publicist 4,643 Posted February 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2017 Beyond the wastelands of big Hollywood productions there has been a fruitful collaboration largely ignored by the film music community, even if its musical part is played by the most recognized film composer ever (arguably, say beyond the US). Morricone and Tornatore have a great track record, even if not all the movies have been home runs, but what is certain is that Morricone starts firing on all cylinders whenever he's let near one of Tornatore's movies (one can only imagine the results of a productive Morricone/Tarantino partnership). So in between 'Cinema Paradiso' and 'La correspondenza' we have eight scores that all have a distinct musical flavour and 'The Best Offer', a mystery that due to its 'artsy' theme and consciously chosen Hitchcock parallels enables Morricone to branch out in all kinds of musical directions - it probably ranks among the Top 3. Beguiling soprano voices that that dance around lullaby-like intervals, wild violin tremolos and Morricone's own brand of slow-moving dirge-like thriller music mixed with classical solo violin miniatures - it probably doesn't need the full album (55 minutes) but a good 25-minute selection of it belongs to the best of what recent years had to offer and it's effective as hell in the (good) elegant thriller piece. Romão, Koray Savas, Muad'Dib and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephariel 451 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 The Great Wall by Ramin Djawadi. There were some moments of beauty in the score, but I found most of it to be way too generic. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 The voice of NeoNeoJWfan speaks! Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Casper Independence Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection (4 CD set) E.T.: The Extra Terrestial OST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Sleepers by John Williams Silence of the Lambs by Howard Shore Gnome in Plaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Twister Apollo 13 Batman Returns Titanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection (4 CD set) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Gloria (Conti) Bubba Ho-Tep (Tyler) The Boxcar Children (Burgomaster) The Departed (Shore) Doom (Mansell) What Dreams May Come (Kamen) So I was having a weird day... But every one of those is worth listening to. I know I've talked about Bubba Ho-Tep before, but I'm going to keep proselytizing because it's just so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I find this to be really strange. The music is absolutely fine, with enough personality and skill to warrant a high rating. At the same time, the album is a really weak listening experience - bit meandering and aimless. I like the writing but loathe the assembly. Something that usually ruins JNH soundtrack albums for me, I need to add. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, crocodile said: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I find this to be really strange. The music is absolutely fine, with enough personality and skill to warrant a high rating. At the same time, the album is a really weak listening experience - bit meandering and aimless. I like the writing but loathe the assembly. Something that usually ruins JNH soundtrack albums for me, I need to add. It's rather like the film in that case, though. Plenty of good individual bits, weakened by the way they're put together. I still look forward to the sequels, both films and scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I forgot to go and see it. Might check it out once it's on Netflix or something. Karo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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publicist 4,643 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Actually the finale is the weakest bit, i think. But the main culprit is the album cut: w/o combining the Deluxe edition's disc into one 1-hour cut you are left with a dangling mess of moments and bits and pieces of a good fantasy score desperately looking for a scissor. Morricone/Tornatore, Round 2: 'La Sconosciuta', thriller concerning a young ukrainian young woman haunted by a horrible past, who calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family. The movie unveils the truth about her in a jigsaw puzzle bit by bit. Morricone responds with a wonderful central idea, an austere romantic string waltz (the title cue) that misleadingly doesn't set the tone for the rest of the score (hough it is repeated verbatim a few times). Which still is a fascinating study of dissonance and confusion, with the fragments of the opening theme that act as distant calls of the past surrounded by jittery suspense, oppressive melodrama, and scratchy violin solos (the movie's version of 'action' music though the dazzling pop variation 'Flauto, Violino E Orchetra' is leading the pack): there is not much rest in between and while the theme is really the one memorable element beyond the many elements, compositonally premium of course, that turn up in many other Morricone's. There are standout cues, like the almost Goldsmithian 'Rapido' with its wild plucked strings and nervous string section overlay and the second half takes a bow to Bernard Herrmann's scores ('Psycho' and 'Cape Fear' spring to mind) and it's a joy having Morricone play around with musical conventions far outside his comfort zone. It goes without saying that he manages with aplomb and never sounds like a phonetic carbon copy (i. e. Silvestri's 'What Lies Beneath'). Go for 'Cromatismi Diatonici' to compare, or the last minute of 'Reiterazione'. All things considered, this is a thoughtful and stylish thriller score, harmonically richer and more interesting than the norm though, as also customary with EM, having 70 minutes at your disposal may seem overkill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 This is a good score! But then I was always a sucker for Ennio's suspense writing. Karo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 What i enjoy about the Tornatore scores is how multi-faceted they are ('Una pura formalità' may be the least acceptable, still a gorgeous main theme). Not to speak of the fabulous effect these elaborate scores have on their movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The Lost World: Jurassic Park Empire of the Sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The Missing by James Horner Perfect Storm by James Horner Merlin by Trevor Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection (4 CD set) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 39 minutes ago, publicist said: What i enjoy about the Tornatore scores is how multi-faceted they are ('Una pura formalità' may be the least acceptable, still a gorgeous main theme). Not to speak of the fabulous effect these elaborate scores have on their movies. La Sconosciuta almost feels like a Brian De Palma score. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 It's a vastly better one than the recent De Palma's and, btw, also a much better movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Jaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection (4 CD set) Batman Forever (OST) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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