YoYoMama 48 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: It plays like a score, but I know what you mean. Technically a concert album for sure. I never could figure out if it was intended to be a score for the video game or not, and if last minute they decided they wanted more cues from ESB in the game or that SOTE wasn't "Star Warsy" enough. I love the fact that it ended up being a standalone album, a musical adventure with no direct ties to anything. It's a movie that exists purely in your mind. I can't think of the last time something like that was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,025 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 It was written for the book with the same title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 The Thin Red Line by Hans Zimmer Quite nice. Atmospheric, but engaging. Relatively simple yet striking textures. Long, well developed tracks. Well used electronics. I do rather like it. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,713 Posted February 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 11, 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World by John Powell: After a few listens over the weekend this just keeps getting better. The Illustrious Jerry, crocodile, Kasey Kockroach and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I'm currently listening to a bunch of Hans Zimmer stuff including his work on the Bible series. I want to like Hans Zimmer more but his musical language is so basic and predictable it's hard to engage deeply with. He brings the same basic musical language to every project to the point where I feel like I've heard a Zimmer score before I ever actually listen to it. His music isn't bad though, just really basic and predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,025 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Self-plagiarism is what he's best at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 38 minutes ago, artguy360 said: I'm currently listening to a bunch of Hans Zimmer stuff including his work on the Bible series. That's almost entirely his team. I believe his involvement starts and stops with the main titles track. It's been some time since I made myself sit through that awful first album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,025 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 He also handles the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi 404 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 1941 - John Williams The Predator - Henry Jackman Masquerade - John Barry The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The Lost World, OST. NOW this score is growing on me. The Illustrious Jerry and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The H8ful 8, by Ennio Morricone It's alright. **** out of ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Tom Tykwer & al.: Not bad. Not bad at all. Unbreakable by James Newton Howard: Such a terrific superhero score. Obi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,495 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 9 hours ago, Obi said: 1941 - John Williams The Predator - Henry Jackman Masquerade - John Barry One of those is ok, one of those is good, and one of those is freaking awesome!!!!! Obi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,333 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Predator - ok Masquerade - good 1941 - freaking awesome? Obi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi 404 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - John Powell Score of the year for now. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Poltergeist Twilight Zone: The Movie The Haunting Karol The Illustrious Jerry and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I don’t bother posting in this thread anymore because every other score has temporarily ceased to exist now that HTTYD3 is here. Bofur01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 The Thin Red Line (La-La Land) Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,476 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I finally did the peace with the Return of the Jedi score. - ROTJ (Anthology Disc 3) - ROTJ SE (but without the source tracks) 😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Ghostbusters II OST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 The Thin Red Line by Hans Zimmer. Yup, it is one of his best. Gentle, meditative and thoughtful. I'm not really familiar with the complete sessions so can't comment on what's missing exactly or how comprehensive the set might be. But the listening experience is quite great. I don't think I need more than 2.5 hours of this material. Karol Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Karol Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Pathfinder: Kingmaker by Inon Zur at al.: Pretty decent fantasy scoring for a computer roleplaying game. Nothing earth shattering but a nice mix of melody and mood and even some thematic through-line woven in here and there throughout. Bless the Child by Christopher Young: I like this score quite a bit but would love to have a release where the individual cues were separated rather than compiled into these longer tracks. It would make navigating to my favourite parts easier. The Missing by James Horner: A decent Horner drama/action score in the vein of Legends of the Falls but with a bit of Indian stylings thrown into the mix. Drag Me to Hell by Christopher Young: Raucous horror fun. Damien: Omen II by Jerry Goldsmith: Also pretty terrific and creepy horror from the old master. I like how he expands his original classic score and its elements. The both fun and strange croaking male chorus effect for the ravens is one of my favourite elements of the new work. Final Fantasy the Spirits Within by Elliot Goldenthal: A phenomenal piece of writing this one. I would not mind an expanded release of this one. Images by John Williams: A perfect musical portrayal of a mind on the frayed edge of sanity. Both lyrical and downright scarily odd with sculptures used as percussion, percussionist's breathing and groaning used as musical elements and these percussive impulses combined with a small string orchestra and piano. Not easy-listening by any means but fascinating in its madness. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World by John Powell: While I still think the second score is the most cohesive individual package of the three, the final score of the trilogy is a wonderfully well-wrought and thought out piece of writing where new musical ideas take center stage while Powell supports them with a plethora of music from the two earlier scores to form a fluid and uplifting whole. Pure energetic orchestral fun with a big heart to it that ends with a tear and a smile. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,495 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Inky, I'm not familiar with a lot of them, but DAMIEN: OMEN II, while being the least important of the Omen scores (especially when put aside the groundbreaking original, and the über-majestic TFC), is the most humorous, the most playful, and the most tounge-in-cheek of all the Omen music. I like it. A lot. IMAGES? That just speaks for itself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Just now, Richard said: Inky, I'm not familiar with a lot of them, but DAMIEN: OMEN II, while being the least important of the Omen scores (especially when put aside the groundbreaking original, and the über-majestic TFC), is the most humorous, the most playful, and the most tounge-in-cheek of all the Omen music. I like it. A lot. IMAGES? That just speaks for itself... That tongue-in-cheek element of Omen II is actually one of its most endearing qualities. It plays the third fiddle in the trilogy for sure but I like how Goldsmith expands on the original foundation and gives it even beefier orchestral heft (at least in the album presentation that opens the Varese release). There is a sort of manic glee to much of the all-out action and horror in the second score while the original was much tauter and serious affair (as much as it could). Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,495 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Agreed with, 100%. It's might be incongruous to call an Omen score "fun"... but it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Goldsmith was trying to give audiences tinnitus on that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 33 minutes ago, Incanus said: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World by John Powell: While I still think the second score is the most cohesive individual package of the three, the final score of the trilogy is a wonderfully well-wrought and thought out piece of writing where new musical ideas take center stage while Powell supports them with a plethora of music from the two earlier scores to form a fluid and uplifting whole. Pure energetic orchestral fun with a big heart to it that ends with a tear and a smile. For me, all three have their own individual strengths that make each one of them "the best of three" in one way or another. As a result, they end up about on the same level. I have a 3.5-hour playlist of all three albums (minus songs) on my iPod. Karol Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 BttF Trilogy - complete scores + pretty much all source music in its intended place, but not necessarily in their entirety, + my 4-part alternates suite. First one's just a classic. Works well both on its own and as a base for the other two to build upon or manipulate. Second one's pretty good with great highlights, bit too much reprisal and repetition perhaps. Third one's a great score with the largest range of the 3. I wanna see Silvestri's face when he first found out he's gonna score a Western in 1990, or when he found out he'll write a love theme for Doc Brown. The "rejected" first score was fascinating to hear for the first time! A lot darker and more grim, feels a bit smaller, perhaps in part because of the not so great sound. Good that they stayed with Silvestri and had time to figure out that the base was great, the tone just had to be pushed more towards comedy and adventure instead of weighty events and tension - I'm specifically thinking of cues like Einstein Dsintegrated, for example. I was almost pushed to buying all 3, but 2 is currently out of stock everywhere I could get it from, and the better edition of 1 is out of print. I'm still waiting for another 1 reissue because I'm really not about to get the current one - BTTF is not really BTTF without Mr. Sandman or Wallflower, but REALLY not BTTF without all the absolutely iconic music that was specifically written or rerecorded for it - no Power of Love, Back in Time, Night Train, Earth Angel or Johnny B. Goode anywhere, but we have Marvin Be-Bop, Goodnight Marty, and the Earth Angel overlay naked on its own in the main program? Fuck that. Even licensing out and remastering the OST and throwing it on a second disc would've been better. It's not like there's no bleeding space on the CD either - my playlist with some of the source slightly cut down and the full score is 1:08:00! The early score with better sound (if possible, of course) would be lovely to have, too, but not the greatest priority. 2 and 3 seem like pretty perfect releases. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 1 hour ago, crocodile said: For me, all three have their own individual strengths that make each one of them "the best of three" in one way or another. As a result, they end up about on the same level. I have a 3.5-hour playlist of all three albums (minus songs) on my iPod. Karol Yeah I sort of agree. All have their individual identities but great overarching thematic ideas to tie them all together. Bofur01 and Kasey Kockroach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,025 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I still prefer Chicken Run. I hope Powell and Gregson-Williams will team up again for the sequel! The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 30 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: I still prefer Chicken Run. I hope Powell and Gregson-Williams will team up again for the sequel! I certainly hope so! The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Wasserwelt by James Newton Howard Karol Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Islands in the Stream by Jerry Goldsmith How to Train Your Dragon: The Lost World by John Powell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 I love 0:28 - 0:51 The trumpets sound like something Mussorgskian and Star Wars, if you think about them as different harmonies than (ie. Western I IV V,) such creativity and personality I was really missing from The Force Awakens score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,476 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 What I really have to listen now, is the Isolated score of The Last Jedi. I want to set my mind clear, is it true we hear the Force Theme every 5 minutes in this score? YES or NO. 😝 The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 Just like Goldsmith’s Link! Or John Scott’s King Kong Lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 The Rendezvous by Austin Wintory. Think this might end up on my best of 2010's list. Absolutely wonderful music and album. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,510 Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 . SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 8 hours ago, Warrior of Wet Dreams said: Just like Goldsmith’s Link! Or John Scott’s King Kong Lives! Did you just question Jerry Goldsmith's one and only masterpiece?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Blown Away. One of the more unusual and intriguing scores of Alan Silvestri's career. Quite a good one too. Karol - who will be listening to Superman II next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oomoog the Ecstatic 314 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I have a question to throw out to the forum, just random thought here. (a) What do you guys consider catchy, and (b) does it matter if something is catchy? or does only the context within the film matter. Personally speaking, I don't find the majority of film scores too catchy, whereas I usually find John Williams incredibly catchy, to the point where I keep singing his tunes years later. For instance a score mentioned like How To Train Your Dragon 2 Compared to many things by Williams: (maybe the following has a similar sense of "Adventure") it seems to me like Williams puts much more thought into making something really catchy and singable, so that years later you're still singing out the tune: But yeah, just: What do you personally consider catchy, and (b) does it matter (especially now that you're used to hearing so many types of sounds and ways stories can be evoked)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I can whistle practically every HTTYD theme if randomly asked in public. In fact, I wish people would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Hans Zimmer, Klaus Badelt and various additional composers The music itself makes me want to sail the high seas, or get into a sword fight with some shipyard scoundrel. It's that good. Great themes, great coinage of pirate-y material. Really, really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Sometimes there's an annoying theme that will never leave you, like Supergirl or The Mummy Returns. It haunts you especially when your brain is like a sponge and you find yourself whistling the damn thing repeatedly, the judge will exonerate anyone who got so fed up and murdered you just to end it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 The complete score for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - John Du Prez. Always a favorite of mine, looking forward to officially owning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, by John Williams Gave the Ultimate Edition soundtrack a listen today. Not a perfect release by any means, but it's alright. The score itself is just as fantastic as ever. A wildly energetic rollercoaster ride from start to finish. Just a brilliantly well-rounded piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Trent B 337 Posted February 18, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2019 9 hours ago, John said: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, by John Williams Gave the Ultimate Edition soundtrack a listen today. Not a perfect release by any means, but it's alright. The score itself is just as fantastic as ever. A wildly energetic rollercoaster ride from start to finish. Just a brilliantly well-rounded piece of work. A fan made edit of the intended edition is so much better than the Ultimate Edition. I've actually made an intended edit myself and I listen to that all the time. I can't stand to listen to the Ultimate Edition anymore. Incanus, The Illustrious Jerry, Holko and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Your edit is the one I always listen to, Trent. Great assembly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I think ive only listened to the UE once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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