JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Indeed. The only reason to even listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Indeed. The only reason to even listen. To me the other reason to listen to the score is Anakin vs. Obi-Wan, although it's not only new material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Joy to the World by John Williams and the Boston Pops The Nativity Story by Mychael Danna Home Alone by John Williams Star Wars The Last Jedi by John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Quiet day at work today, I will listen to what I NEVER listen to normally... THE ADDITIONAL MUSIC added to Expanded releases. All the recent expansions... E.T.... CE3K.. even the JP set.. I never listened to the ALT tracks :-) On my mp3 player, I always put those tracks in a separate folder, preventing them to play automatically after the End Credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 6 minutes ago, Bespin said: Quiet day at work today, I will listen to what I NEVER listen to normally... THE ADDITIONAL MUSIC added to Expanded releases. All the recent expansions... E.T.... CE3K.. even the JP set.. I never listened to the ALT tracks :-) On my mp3 player, I always put those tracks in a separate folder, preventing them to play automatically after the End Credits. What do you do for work? A fulltime discographist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: What do you do for work? I'm an SAP developper. You make me think I have to add The Post to my website this week-end... and the two FYC albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I thought you were a pisces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, Richard said: I thought you were a pisces. I am. Pisces and Pisces Ascendant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Continuing my listening of "Extras"... Stanley & Iris, JP, TLW, Jaws and Jaws 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 What's your favorite of those extras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I don't know, I listen to the majority of them for the first time. The truth is I don't know these scores enough to really point out the differences between the original and alt tracks. But it's fun to listen to all of them, one after the other, it offers a different experience, without having to listen to all the entire scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Empire Strikes Back- the original release. Thinking about the scores this week, how when I was younger I preferred the action-y tracks to those like Princess Leia's Theme and yet now, find her theme quite stirring and always the Han Solo & The Princess. Hence liking the small use of Leia's Theme as the Falcon flees Cloud City ("Hyperspace"). The Duel/Clash of Lightsabers remains my favourite, still has this element of tension no matter how often I've listened to it. Bespin and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark (OST) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Star Wars (Episode IV) and Return of the Jedi original releases- for the former, Ben Kenobi's Death/TIE Fighter Attack has been the longstanding favourite. And as said above, Leia's Theme has come about in my estimation of recent years and therefore, it's use in Ben Kenobi's Death is nothing short of stunning. ROTJ has Luke & Leia which I've liked for a while, but clearly both Leia's Theme & Luke and Leia meant more in my head, hence the reaction to their being used in The Last Jedi. In ROTJ what has long been a favourite was the use of the Force Theme as Vader/Anakin lifts Palpatine and hurls him down the Death Star shaft/shute. Bearing in mind the prequels, Anakin fulfilling his destiny perhaps. Either way, it's fantastic. Meant to say how in recent listens of The Duel (or Clash of Lightsabers) in Empire, how the use of Yoda's Theme strikes me. Don't know if there's a thread, but it seems odd -it's after all accompanying the flight of Leia, Chewie et al with cut to's of Luke vs Vader. Perhaps a way of Yoda (by the Force) helping them along, either way it helps seal the deal for this track. --- Outside of Star Wars- Leonard Rosenman's Star Trek IV (expanded). Not the best but not the worst. Fits in for the film (though part of me wishes Horner had 'rounded out the trilogy' as it were musically). The Whaler packs a punch, accompanying the desperation of the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Top-tier 90's action score spiced up even further with this bouncy joyous theme! Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Hands down my favourite expansion this year. Lacks the historical significance of Ben-Hur, CE3K etc. No Oscar, not even a JWFans Best-of-list was ever in the cards for this, but i just love the atmosphere and that it is a sophisticated chill around your neck instead of big time pyrotechnics like 'Poltergeist'. Apparently Spielberg was much more involved than PR at the time let on, even directing some of it and hiring JG. That explains why the long version reveals a much more tight grip on musical character building than was the norm for big effects movies Goldsmith did at the time. Lots of effort to play around with motivic develoment you only will appreciate in the complete release - ca. an hour would have been the ideal length. Best late Goldsmith next to 'The Mummy'. Suite: James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Wait, Spielberg directed some of it and hired Goldsmith? Are you referring to Poltergeist or The Haunting?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 That's what Jeff Bond's liner notes say, re: The Haunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Currently a two-part retrospective on Franz Waxman, on BBC Radio 3. This is good - I mean this is "fuck off!" good! Thrilling, musical, and, in the case of THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, damned sexy! crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Turbulence by Shirley Walker. Karol Matt C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hellboy by Marco Beltrami Star Wars The Last Jedi (OST+FYC combo) by John Williams Close Encounters of the Third Kind by John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Just now, Incanus said: Star Wars The Last Jedi (OST+FYC combo) by John Williams Bastard. Just now, Incanus said: Close Encounters of the Third Kind by John Williams Super bastard. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Richard, you do know that the Last Jedi FYC promo info and the links to Disney's For Your Consideration site can be found in this thread. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMaestraX 106 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Jurassic Park Collection - Die Another Day! 😊Awesome🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Currently EARTHQUAKE. Wow, this has it all: "uptempo modernity" - whatever that means - (MAIN TITLE), pop sensibilities (MILES' POOL HALL), laid back sultriness (SOMETHING FOR REMY), tenderness (LOVE SCENE), tension - WATCHING AND WAITING/COREY IN JEOPARDY), and an elegiac quality (THE CITY SLEEPS), not to mention a fantastic "middle eight" in the form of the horn trio, in MILES ON WHEELS. It's no surprise that a quite a few serious film music critics cite this as JW's best score. I know there's a lot of love, in JWfan, for this score, but I really think that there should be more. The only downer was when my neighbours pounded on my apartment door, thinking that there'd been some kind of explosion in my living room. I tried to explain Sensurround to them, but they weren't having any of it. All in all, it's a fantastic way to ease into 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 After Poseidon and Inferno, tend to forget about Earthquake. I rewatched the film the other week, not bad, not good and the score is the best thing going. Think the City Theme is my favourite from the score. -- Charles Gerhadt's Empire Strikes Back Symphonic Suite George Fenton- Memphis Belle (one track I wish was here, was the music used for the assembly of the B-17's over the coast) Joel McNeely- Shadows of the Empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Harry Wizard and the Sorcerer's Stone Great music. Can't wait to hear Williams' Cursed Child score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The Journey Inside by David Shire Apocalypse Now by David Shire Star Wars: The Last Jedi by John Williams The BFG by John Williams Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The Black Hole- John Barry (expanded release) Battlestar Galactica -Saga of a Star World- Stu Phillips Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones- John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Two of those are brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Clones and Black Hole? A. A. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 THE BLACK HOLE, and BSG. Sir Hilary Bray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Ferdinand by John Powell. Karol - who decided to try out the Spotify Premium account today James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 All the Money in the World by Daniel Pemberton. Hey this is actually pretty good. A solid score for a Ridley Scott film...must be a dream. Karol James and publicist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 It's wonderfully eclectic, and i guess that's why it got by Scott's merciless scissors. Still, Pemberton is a deft composer with some talent. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 The Post by Williams. Not Mr. Big and James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Barry - Man in The Middle Suite Barry - The Black Hole Darkest Hour - Marianelli Williams - The Post, Another listen. It's growing on me. I appreciate that it's even more subtler and even surprisingly darker in tone compared to some of the recent Williams Spielberg drama scores. Good stuff. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 02/01/2018 at 7:51 AM, Not Mr. Big said: Harry Wizard and the Sorcerer's Stone Great music. Can't wait to hear Williams' Cursed Child score! I hope that never becomes a movie. It'd need critical retooling first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Agatha Christie's Poirot by Christopher Gunning: Such classy television scoring that simply is a perfect evocation of the whole time and place of the series. I really wish Gunning had been given a chance to compose for the final seasons of the show but alas it was not to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Do you know why that was (or, rather, wasn't)? Gunning makes fine music. He's no RRB, but it's great, nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James 119 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 SW: A New Hope, SW: Empire Strikes Back and SW: The Last Jedi. All by John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,990 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Three big comic book scores of 2017 for me this afternoon/evening: Justice League by Danny Elfman Valerian and the City of Thousand Planets by Alexandre Desplat Thor: Ragnarok by Danny Elfman Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 THOR RAGNAROK? Danny Elfman? I think you have been drinking your whisky from Kentucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Something Wicked This Way Comes - James Horner Some of that ominous choir and brass trills from Krull and Wrath of Khan, but Horner really imbues the fall setting and children's innocence with subtlety and grace. His style is similar to Georges Delerue's rejected score in places, but Horner's tone is more whimsical and optimistic. It's hard choosing between the two, but I like Horner's theme for the two boys more. Something Wicked This Way Comes (rejected) - Georges Delerue You can tell Delerue spent a lot of time writing, it feels very well spotted and the themes are well-placed. It's interesting to compare his score to Horner's replacement, but there's a lot of heart and storytelling in the score. Horner's feels a bit more rushed in comparison, but Delerue's score is more somber and less joyful overall. But his overarching theme is truly beautiful, and his end credit cue gives Horner's a run for its money. It's not surprising that Disney wanted a more 'scarier' score (i.e. Horner), but I think that's bull. They wanted something more optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 FSM release for Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan and the complete score for TMNT by John Du Prez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 10 hours ago, Richard said: Do you know why that was (or, rather, wasn't)? Gunning makes fine music. He's no RRB, but it's great, nonetheless. New production company and new producers. Apparently they never asked Gunning to continue with the show and hired Stephen McKeon and later Christian Henson to do the music for the later seasons. While both did a pretty good job their music is far less memorable. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,508 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Absolutely enchanting Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Nino Rota's one of those dudes that I don't think about a whole lot, but every once in a while he'll cross my mind and I'll say, "Man, he wrote some fine music!" My favorite film score of his is Casanova, have you listened to it? Yo check this out: Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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