Popular Post crocodile 7,984 Posted August 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2018 Hubris by John Powell. The best thing he's ever done. Absolutely love this album. People who doubt Powell is capable of writing some passages in Solo should give this a listen for it is even better. Karol Will, SteveMc, Kasey Kockroach and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 There's only one score to listen after HUBRIS, he-he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 That's one of the strangest albums I ever listened... with those weird sounds effects... and the program in general... But the recordings of The Witches of Eastwick and Star Wars's Throne Room and Finale are excellent (a special mention to Goldsmith and Elfman tracks!) https://www.discogs.com/Hollywood-Bowl-Orchestra-The-John-Mauceri-Journey-To-The-Stars-A-Sci-Fi-Fantasy-Adventure/release/2499336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 2 hours ago, crocodile said: Hubris by John Powell. The best thing he's ever done. Absolutely love this album. People who doubt Powell is capable of writing some passages in Solo should give this a listen for it is even better. I want to. Still waiting for the CD to become available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Marian Schedenig said: I want to. Still waiting for the CD to become available here. One word: Spotify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I don't have Spotify, and I don't want to pay for it when I find it hard enough to listen to all the music I have in my collection. Having access to a whole streaming service would overwhelm me. European Amazons sell digital downloads of Hubris, but I'd rather have a CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: I don't have Spotify, and I don't want to pay for it when I find it hard enough to listen to all the music I have in my collection. Having access to a whole streaming service would overwhelm me. Spotify has a free option if you only listen on your computer. You only have to pay to use it on mobile Jurassic Shark and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Yea exactly, Spotify is a great tool to check out new film music before you decide whether to purchase it or not Ollie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: I want to. Still waiting for the CD to become available here. I bought it twice. I had no idea will be available and assumed the (rather excellent) digital package available from Powell's website is the only option. So now I have a physical copy as well as wide variety of high-res downloads (including 6-channel version). I don't regret it - it's a lovely piece of work. It's available from Amazon UK by the way. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 King Solomon's Mines by Jerry Goldsmith Rambo III by Jerry Goldsmith The Blue Lagoon by Basil Poledouris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Spotify has a free option if you only listen on your computer. You only have to pay to use it on mobile I seriously didn't know this. I might check it out... but assuming I liked Hubris, I'll still want a non-streaming version for repeated listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post SteveMc 2,674 Posted August 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2018 Trumpet Concerto by John Williams Love this work. Some passages have the air of filler about them, but, overall, there is much to be impressed with. Some very nice writing and orchestration, and one of John's more coherent structural efforts for the concert hall. Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra by John Williams Great vitality in this piece. Like I've said before, it has an energy that rivals some of his best action cues. Balto by James Horner Lovely score, very pleasant listening, some excellent moments. Gotta love that dynamic range. Incanus, Bespin and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, Steve McQueen said: Trumpet Concerto by John Williams Love this work. Some passages have the air of filler about them, but, overall, there is much to be impressed with. Some very nice writing and orchestration, and one of John's more coherent structural efforts for the concert hall. Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra by John Williams Great vitality in this piece. Like I've said before, it has an energy that rivals some of his best action cues. Balto by James Horner Lovely score, very pleasant listening, some excellent moments. Gotta love that dynamic range. Sandoval or Harjanne for the Trumpet Concerto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, Bespin said: Sandoval or Harjanne for the Trumpet Concerto? Harjanne. I find Sandoval's tone a bit harsh. Disco Stu and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I listen to this for the first time. Film music without film. 😁 Without the images, better audio: SteveMc and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Drango - Elmer Bernstein (Kritzerland) Underrated gem. Dramatic score about an immediately post-Civil War Georgia town. This is my favorite kind of Bernstein score. Lots of complex, ambiguous drama to score. Brooding at times, gentle at others, always thoughtful and interesting. One of my favorite random purchases I've made this year. Ollie and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 I enjoy reading Steve Alten’s MEG series and I’m looking forward to this film. The Meg..... Just dreadful noise. Given the hype for this film, I can think of 10 composers who could have at least given this a decent score. I have yet to hear anything worthwhile from HGW so I’m not surprised how the score turned out. But I’m sure he did what the director and producers wanted. Shame really, I wasn’t expecting anything as good as JAWS musically but I was hoping something interesting would come from this film, score wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 hour ago, El Jefe said: I enjoy reading Steve Alten’s MEG series and I’m looking forward to this film. The Meg..... Just dreadful noise. Given the hype for this film, I can think of 10 composers who could have at least given this a decent score. I have yet to hear anything worthwhile from HGW so I’m not surprised how the score turned out. But I’m sure he did what the director and producers wanted. Shame really, I wasn’t expecting anything as good as JAWS musically but I was hoping something interesting would come from this film, score wise. Well if you are scoring this, it might not give you much inspiration: Thank you! Thank you! I'll be here all week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Third time I've seen that joke, bub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Another one of those cutesy mouse atrocities, think 'Saving Mr. Banks', the score at least is pleasant if hardly worth to lose much talk about it. A combi of woodwinds, soft strings and piano, the whole thing plays more or less in the same register all the time - you will be hard-pressed to differentiate beginning, middle or end - but it's not grating on the ear, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 4 hours ago, kaseykockroach said: Third time I've seen that joke, bub. Yeah and it never gets old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 6 hours ago, El Jefe said: I have yet to hear anything worthwhile from HGW so I’m not surprised how the score turned out. He's got one great solo score and one great collaboration score: Sinbad and Chicken Run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Saving mr. Banks is a very good Thomas Newman score Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Saving mr. Banks is a very good Thomas Newman score I on the contrary think it is quite a generic Newman score. I can't remember it being anything but pleasant. I wish his more recent output would impress me but alas no. God of War by Bear McCreary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 It had a memorable main theme!! I can at least hum the end credits opening from memory. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I'll have to revisit it some of these days as I really cant't remember a single melody from the score from the film or soundtrack outside the Mary Poppins tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Incanus said: I'll have to revisit it some of these days as I really cant't remember a single melody from the score from the film or soundtrack outside the Mary Poppins tunes. I tend to enjoy his light, airy scores quite a bit. Like drinking from a cool mountain spring Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 HAN'S THEME (or whatever it's called), on Classic FM. There's some nifty trumpet runs, here. It's nice stuff, all round. It makes me wonder why he didn't write a theme for Solo, for the OT? Oops, it's now playing some Powell stuff, from SOLO. Ooh, this is good. #johnpowellforepisodeIX. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend by Jerry Goldsmith Adventures of Robin Hood by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Stromberg re-recording. Is this the best re-recording? Not sure what others there are) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 2 hours ago, kaseykockroach said: Adventures of Robin Hood by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Stromberg re-recording. Is this the best re-recording? Not sure what others there are) It's the most complete. There's also the earlier, LP-length re-recording by Kojian, which perhaps sounds a bit more idiomatic. And of course nothing beats the Gerhardt-conducted suites. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 16 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: It's the most complete. There's also the earlier, LP-length re-recording by Kojian, which perhaps sounds a bit more idiomatic. And of course nothing beats the Gerhardt-conducted suites. It’s obviously only a few cues from Robin Hood but I really love the Lionel Newman album of Korngold pieces from the 60s. Maybe my personal favorite of the rerecording compilations of Korngold, even over the Gerhardts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Nightmare Before Christmas by Danny Elfman Friend of mine sent me the expanded/complete score from that Burton box set! I probably should wait until Halloween to listen to it though...but I am not known for being patient. Alien 3 by Elliot Goldenthal Album's fine. Can confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 The Whale - Debbie Wiseman Silva Screen didn't issue a soundtrack release for the TV movie, but that's OK. The main theme encompasses the best bits. Haunted - Debbie Wiseman The album is repetitive and the ensemble she used here sounds small. The suite in her album is, again, better due to the larger orchestra and distilling all the best parts into a nice meaty suite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Well, that doesn't sound very wise, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Urgh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Not scores, but where else? We listened to these all the time when I was tiny, it was nice to return to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 The Lord of the Towers: The Two Rings Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 This is the story of a waltzing mouse...his name was Johann, and he lived in Vienna, in the home of Johann Strauss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 The Mummy by Jerry Goldsmith The Mummy Returns by Alan Silvestri A.I. - Artificial Intelligence by John Williams Empire of the Sun by John Williams Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores by John Williams Kasey Kockroach and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Droles De Petites Betes by Bruno Coulais I have no idea what that translates out to, but I'm digging this score anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Honey I Shrunk The Kids by James Horner This is a score I liked better in the movie than on album. A good score to be sure, but it is the juxtaposition of the wacky elements of the movie with the jazz material, and the slower scenes with the lovely corresponding writing that is primarily effective. Jurassic Park by John Williams Is it only me, or is My Friend, The Brachiosaurus one of John's best cues? I hear traces of CE3K and War Horse there, actually. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 The Mummy by Jerry Goldsmith I admit to not really being on the same boat as a lot of you chaps as far as ranking it highly in the Goldsmith library, but it's a fun ride all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 11 hours ago, Steve McQueen said: Is it only me, or is My Friend, The Brachiosaurus one of John's best cues? I hear traces of CE3K and War Horse there, actually. I hear a lot of HP-esque material in there. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 The Mum Returns by Alan Silvestri. Bit all over the place expanded album but I'm still very happy to have it. And I will say this again: Silvestri's sintgke finest. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 23 minutes ago, crocodile said: The Mum Returns by Alan Silvestri. Bit all over the place expanded album but I'm still very happy to have it. And I will say this again: Silvestri's sintgke finest. Karol What about the Dad? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 The Haunting by Jerry Goldsmith (heard the OST...people consider this a terrible representation? It's just like the complete score! But shorter!) Planet of the Apes by Jerry Goldsmith (what is it with cues titled The Hunt consistently being awesome?) Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 I love the new Haunting. Much better. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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