Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Tom & Jerry: The Movie by Henry Mancini Probably the best T&J music is ever going to be without Scott Bradley. I can also confess to enjoying the songs when taken out of the context of a garbage movie (which, bizarre as it feels to admit it, nonetheless is a vastly funnier failure than anything done with the characters since then). In that amend, I suppose it could be considered an equivalent to Goldsmith's Looney Tunes honestly being worthy of Carl Stalling's legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Goldsmith/Frankenheimer at their gloomiest (preparing for Proud later this month). It will never become a fan favourite but should be an object to study how you translate acute psychological conditions into music. Goldsmith bases his whole score on a simple baroque triad that imprints the movie, best tagged as 'philosophical thriller' - with a mean ending - , and it's one of his very best scores he wrote in regards how its perfectly glued to Rock Hudson's/John Randolph's fate. Not one wasted note. Watching the movie is key to understand its brilliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Little Buddha by Ryuichi Sakamoto Nativity Story by Mychael Danna The Gospel of John by Jeff Danna Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,683 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Black Panther after hearing a few clips in the round table video. I think it goes a bit overboard with the African percussion at times and some of the score goes into slightly generic territory, but when it gets going with more orchestral material it's pretty good. I really like the theme in Glory to Bast / United Nations and other tracks. If only Goransson had used some of this talent in Venom. The Illustrious Jerry and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brundlefly 2,385 Posted December 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2018 Rosewood Certainly in Williams' Top 5 of the last 25 years. It's emotionally powerful, eclectic and very creative, regarding the bland of southern and orchestral music. A shitload of effort was put into this. One of the rare cases where every cue seems to be meticulously crafted. For me, this score is totally unsuitable for a casual listen, since it's far too gripping and touching. Especially "The Crackers Gather" gives me shivers. One of the "Big Four" exceptional Williams scores near the turn of the millennium with an outstanding and revealing LLL release: Rosewood The Lost World Artificial Intelligence The Prisoner of Azkaban Wow, just wow. Incanus, Bespin and crocodile 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 The Four Feathers by James Horner. Jimmy, when you were good you were really good. Bit of a lost gem, this one. Thank you to @publicist and @KK for putting it on my radar. Karol publicist and KK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Maps to the Stars - Howard Shore Imaginative and good, Shore's finest score since The Lord of the Rings, much preferable than the tired Hobbit stuff. Top 5 of 2014 material. War Horse - John Williams Still not a big fan of this. For all its characteristic craftmanship, it lacks distinction. Still, it is top 10 of 2011 material, maybe even top 5. American Beauty - Thomas Newman The best score of 1999 for me (followed by Titus, The Matrix, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and The Mummy - now that was a good year for film music, full of highlights). Gorgeous, inventive - top 5 Newman. Angels in America - Thomas Newman Bliss, also top 5 Newman. I don't want to pick between this and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King for the best score of 2003 - both are two of my favourite scores of all time. Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal My favourite score of 1996. Top 5 Goldenthal. This is just tremendous and moving. This has to be one of the most underrated film scores out there despite the Oscar nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Creed II by Ludwig Goransson. Seeing the film actually helped a great deal. Some nice development of material from the first film, nice statements of Conti's material as well. And I really like Drago's theme. It's a good score on par with the first one (perhaps not as good on album). Will buy the CD when it comes out next week. While Venom is an abomination, both this and Black Panther remain highlights of 2018. Karol Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Locrius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Meet Joe Black - Thomas Newman I know this is one lots of people like, but it's never been among my favorite T. Newmans, and after this listen it still isn't. If we're talkin' late-90s Newman, give me The Green Mile or American Beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Good score. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Good. But not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanobard 71 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 The Avengers - Alan Silvestri The main theme is great, the rest...less so. Enjoyed the action cues though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Mary Queen of Scotts by Max Richter There's some pleasant underscore and flashes of sweeping feel-good Richter ground bass. But there's ultimately too much bland Zimmer-ized theatrics bogging down the album. The "big traditional orchestral score" was never Richter's forte, and it clearly shows here. It's a shame too, given the material. The finale is nice though, and a memorable token for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 The best John Williams playlist in the world! SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 This morning: Fitzwilly (the film recording) An essential CD. Then, Hook... My "evaluation copy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locrius 97 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Surprised more people are not talking about Shaiman's MARY POPPINS RETURNS; what I've heard so far is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 It's a bit too whimsy for our crowd here - in fact, like Sherman Bros. on steroids but with so much cheering waltz time going on it indeed feels like from better times. The movie seems to be an anachronist's dream, Shaiman didn't update the idiom of the 1964 movie but he's so darn good it doesn't matter much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Return of The Mary Poppins Locrius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 So where she was all that time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Rehab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Locrius said: Surprised more people are not talking about Shaiman's MARY POPPINS RETURNS; what I've heard so far is fantastic! Because this is JWfan, not MSfan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locrius 97 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 1 hour ago, publicist said: Shaiman didn't update the idiom of the 1964 movie but You say that like it's a bad thing. Isn't that kind of the point? It's certainly what I was hoping for since the whole thing got announced. This film is supposed to serve as a direct sequel to the original; the aim is for it to basically feel like it came out just a few years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 So Hollywood business as usual, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I was super disappointed with that song they clearly want to be this movie’s “Feed the Birds.” Mediocre melody and Blunt’s a lousy singer. They should’ve hired a Broadway star, not a movie star. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Rehab. They tried to make her go to rehab; she said "no", "no", "no". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Richard said: They tried to make her go to rehab; she said "no", "no", "no". Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 The Pagemaster Sneakers Apollo 13 Casper - James Horner Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 One of those is great and the others are a can of meh sauce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 9 hours ago, crocodile said: Karol Croc, get that monster out of here! crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Vertigo. Oh I love you Benny. This score is perfection. Karol Naïve Old Fart and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 48 minutes ago, crocodile said: Vertigo. Oh I love you Benny. This score is perfection. Karol The pinnacle of film music still in many ways for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Why not having a smoke and a drink on sundays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Under Fire Words serve to describe emotions, but there needs to be several linguistic gradiations, altough in reality emotions are a spectrum. Music has much more emotional gradiations than words and every musician uses and is able to deal with an individual amount of them. Under Fire proves that Goldsmith is one of the most precise, sensitive and subtle composers and that his music is far beyond just being able to express "happy" and "sad". Just one aspect of this outstanding score (accompanied by an outstanding film as well). I hope you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Dracula - The Film Score 🦇 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Creed 2 Karol Nick Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Interstellar by Hans Zimmer On Her Majesty's Secret Service by John Barry A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi The Return of the King by Howard Shore The Christmas Shoes by Lawrence Shragge Ant Man by Christophe Beck A very nice weekend! And more to follow suit this week! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 3 hours ago, crocodile said: Creed 2 Karol I cannot get over how much fun and badass this score can be sometimes. My standout track is the one I've already linked to so many times here. It's all just so full and satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 What is the general JWFan consensus of which is better between Creed and Creed II? (The scores, not the films) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 The Red Violin by John Corigliano: Quite exquisite. Troy by Gabriel Yared: I can hear why Horner commented this being old fashioned but it is old fashioned in a old school orchestral epic kind of way which is just a plus in my books. Quo Vadis by Miklós Rózsa: Tadlow re-recording is just wonderful and this might be the most intimate of the composer's sword and sandal styled epics with its lovely romantic themes and evocations of exotic dances and pomp and circumstance of the Ancient Rome done in his indelible style. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by John Williams Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by John Williams Sorry, just the OSTs. Great stuff, but I think I still like Philosopher's Stone a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Obsession Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 19 hours ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: On Her Majesty's Secret Service by John Barry The greatest Bond score, from the greatest Bond film. No argument. End of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Hellboy by Marco Beltrami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Richard said: The greatest Bond score, from the greatest Bond film. No argument. End of. I loved it. Thanks @Holko for recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Most of my Revenge Of The Sith edit while I was waiting for my wife at one of her appointments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,514 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 "Most of it"? That's one heck of an appointment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,054 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I was thinking the same, but then I realized his edit probably only contains Anakin vs. Obi-Wan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Home Alone OST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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