Incanus 5,713 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Indeed. Monsignor is also one of those Williams albums that feel more like a concept album than a film score. A great listening experience, Gloria and all. Bespin and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 One could say that it's...glorious. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 🎧 Gojira by Alex Desplat Karol Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 15 minutes ago, Richard said: One could say that it's...glorious. Quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Quite right! You're bloody well right! You've got a bloody right to say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Sleepy Hollow by Danny Elfman: Thunderous and gothic. Elfman at his relentless and haunting best. I love it. Nick Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Incanus said: Sleepy Hollow by Danny Elfman: Thunderous and gothic. Elfman at his relentless and haunting best. I love it. Shucks, man, haven't listened to that in almost a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: Shucks, man, haven't listened to that in almost a decade. You should! ASAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Amistad by John Williams Seven Years In Tibet by John Williams Nixon by John Williams Sleepers by John Williams JFK by John Williams Anyone else think that the 90s was probably Williams' best decade? Incanus, JoeinAR and SteveMc 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,310 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I prefer 75-84. Jurassic Shark and JoeinAR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,338 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 ROTK disc 3-4. I must say I didn't really enjoy disc 3 this time, way too much anonymous battle music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I think the 1900s was his best century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Jay said: I prefer 75-84. 75-93 for me. More than a decade, sure. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 18 minutes ago, KK said: Amistad by John Williams Seven Years In Tibet by John Williams Nixon by John Williams Sleepers by John Williams JFK by John Williams Anyone else think that the 90s was probably Williams' best decade? Sleepers, another excellent choice for October month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 21 minutes ago, KK said: Amistad by John Williams Seven Years In Tibet by John Williams Nixon by John Williams Sleepers by John Williams JFK by John Williams Anyone else think that the 90s was probably Williams' best decade? 2000's, if just for the first five years. The 90's was the last time he was a tried and true film composer, though. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: 2000's, if just for the first five years. The 90's was the last time he was a tried and true film composer, though. So now he's a false film composer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 He adopted a much more detached, statesman-like approach to scoring. And started taking considerably fewer projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I think it was with that decade, that he really reached beyond the conventions of his neo-Romantic roots and tapped into a language that was inherently his own. I also think it's where he maximized his potential as a musical dramatist. 2000-'05 was naturally a fruitful time for him, but the 90s were his most active years exploring musically, both in technique and in genre/style (just look how diverse a spectrum his 90s output creates). It was a time where he had a real edge to his sound, and you could hear a creative appetite in his work. This was a Williams that was hungry for more. Growing up a fan then, you probably wouldn't have known what to expect with each assignment. Nick Parker and SteveMc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 My favorite is the very first Williams score right down to the most recent. I can't pick a time frame. I love just about all of them across the board. Will and Taikomochi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: My favorite is the very first Williams score right down to the most recent. I can't pick a time frame. I love just about all of them across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,310 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 John Powell - Solo (OST) Nice enough, OST feels oddly arranged to me, I hope there is a session leak or even better a proper commerical 2CD set! Alan Silvestri - Predator 2 (Varese DE) One of my favorite 90s action scores! Yasunori Mitsuda - Chrono Chross My first time listening to this. As a HUUUUUUUGE fan of Chrono Trigger's score, this had a lot to live up to. And......... nah, it doesn't come close. All the best parts are just re-worked bits from Radical Dreamers. A disappointment. John Williams - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (C&C playlist made from La La Land Records 2CD set) Great, great stuff. Brian Tyler - Now You See Me Ah, super fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,175 Posted October 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2018 13 hours ago, Holko said: They're not necessarily 100% perfect, even physically - RotK Mine is! The Illustrious Jerry, SteveMc and Incanus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 1 hour ago, KK said: I think it was with that decade, that he really reached beyond the conventions of his neo-Romantic roots and tapped into a language that was inherently his own. I also think it's where he maximized his potential as a musical dramatist. 2000-'05 was naturally a fruitful time for him, but the 90s were his most active years exploring musically, both in technique and in genre/style (just look how diverse a spectrum his 90s output creates). It was a time where he had a real edge to his sound, and you could hear a creative appetite in his work. This was a Williams that was hungry for more. Growing up a fan then, you probably wouldn't have known what to expect with each assignment. I can definitely agree with that, although I feel like you can extend your sentiments up to the period I mentioned, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Mine is! Whoaaah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 10 hours ago, KK said: Amistad by John Williams Seven Years In Tibet by John Williams Nixon by John Williams Sleepers by John Williams JFK by John Williams Anyone else think that the 90s was probably Williams' best decade? It was a great decade. Williams clearly sought very different fare during that time to score and the 90's yielded among others those great scores you list. A good balance between the blockbusters and smaller films. Jaws (Intrada release) by John Williams: 1970's wasn't a bad decade for Johnny either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Incanus 5,713 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Far and Away by John Williams Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 15 hours ago, Incanus said: You should! ASAP! It's a trap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Ben-Hur (Tadlow rerecording, first listen to this edition) It's Heston's birthday, huh? I should've polished Dad's gun while listening to this to complete the tribute. This recording is fantastic for the most part, good for the rest. Some cues, like the original Entr'acte (one of my dearest bits of music ever) is a bit iffy with the tempo and instrument sync slipping around, and also a bit too bright. I definitely don't feel bad for getting it, though, it's great. So why is this score a masterpiece? Kickass unique marches, fanfares and other source cues are good to inject nuggets of life into the score. A centerpiece march incorporating both the hero and villain themes, the latter in a unique major variant is a fine addition. Well-defined soundscapes for the two main locations/factions (more square, rigid and militaristic for Rome, flowing and passionate for Judea) are a great base to build upon. A 20-minute setpiece with unique motifs building and building also buffs the overall cool factor. A swirling, passionate love theme is always a major boost. But what makes it all come together and be great is the heart of the score peeking its head out at key moments to balance all the angst, impulsiveness, tragedy and suffering of Judah as well as the pomp and circumstance of Rome - the Christ and Balthasar themes. The former, a regal motif, can both be a powerfully assuring fanfare (Prelude, Finale, that kickass transition from Prine of Peace to Roman Galley) and a soft, calming presence, both metaphorically and once literally an oasis in the desert. The latter is sweet, embracing and inviting. They both elevate the score to completely new levels whenever they appear. Also, on the whole, considering it's 59 years old and by a composer who defined this era, it's not nearly as horribly dated as one might think. Yes, there's the occasional Arrest, Leper stingers or battle bits, but most of the time it feels - well, not exactly fresh, but not dated. The disc arrangement seems accidentally perfect (D1 builds to a climactic battle and victory parade, the hero gets condemned but comes out semi-victorious at the end; D2 begins with sources , has a clear middlepoint then builds toward the finale), until one learns it was approximately the orginal separation point between the two halves instead of between Sorrow and the circus setpiece. Anyhow, it works out well. Jurassic Shark and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Yeah Rózsa's Ben-Hur is not hard to love. Quite the contrary. I have to say I like both the original tracks and the new Tadlow re-recording almost equally. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Interstellar, by Hans Zimmer 🎧 Anyone else think this may be Zimmer’s finest score? Such a richly textured, beautifully layered work, and one of my personal favorites of the 21th century so far. ***** out of ***** Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 minute ago, John said: Anyone else think this may be Zimmer’s finest score? Yes. And Pirates of the Caribbean is pretty good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Ive been listening and playing Piano music. So I played Welcome to Jurassic Park. Its a misty eyed piece to me. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 hour ago, John said: Anyone else think this may be Zimmer’s finest score? Such a richly textured, beautifully layered work, and one of my personal favorites of the 21th century so far. Nah, one of his better I guess - a top 10 Zimmer score, but there are far too big parts of the score that bore and/or grate me. Still, it has some fine moments. Inception is his best probably - which was remarkably fresh at the time it came out and remains a interestingly obsessive maximum-minimal score. I also dig some of the ambience in it. Now playing: Avatar - James Horner Not really a fan of this, uninspired RCP-like ostinatos and annoying chanting - strikes me as bland "epicness", but I don't mind it too much. It at least has a few tracks that are pretty good. Like Titanic, I don't mind it much in context even if I am not a fan of it, it just feels like a big missed opportunity though. Addendum: East of Eden - Leonard Rosenman Much, much better - in fact, one of the best film scores of all time. As Corigliano said, not even Copland could have written a better Americana theme. 1900 - Ennio Morricone My favourite Morricone score of the 100-something I have heard, not only because of the fantastic main theme, but also because it contains one of the 10 best film music tracks of all time - Olmo E Alfredo. How the melody is laid against accompaniment and what you can do with 2 notes. The string writing starting at around one minute into the track is amazing. It is my most favourite Morricone. Not Mr. Big and publicist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Thank goodness Up won the Oscar that year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 hour ago, JoeinAR said: Ive been listening and playing Piano music. So I played Welcome to Jurassic Park. Its a misty eyed piece to me. I love playing that one. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Lewya said: not even Copland could have written a better Americana theme. I would take either of Copland's Steinbeck scores over Rosenman's, personally. But that's not to besmirch Rosenman, those two scores are just the best film music Copland wrote. Of Mice & Men in particular is kind of underrated. One of the great orchestral scores I think. Lewya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 It's that time of year again! Legends of the Fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 John Barry's The Living Daylights. Love Ice Chase but the music for after they reach Afghanistan is top notch -Airbase Jailbreak and Hercules Take-Off personal favourites. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 It's a top notch score, and the perfect way for Barry to sign-off. There's a lot of love, on this site, for TLD. Sir Hilary Bray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 #sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Saving Private Ryan by John Williams The Village by James Newton Howard Rambo III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 2 hours ago, publicist said: #sad Didn't realize they tapped into him to do this movie! Do you say sad 'cause they got him to do it, or is the music below his capabilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 It's shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Empire of the Sun (LLL set) by John Williams: While this score goes through numerous moods and styles one word I would consistently use to describe it is haunting. Unforgettably so. I love how deeply Williams delved into the subtext of the story through his music, the music seemingly emanating almost entirely from the perspective, experiences and inner world of Jim, the main protagonist of the film. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Dragonslayer - Alex North Fantasy music doesn't get better than this. What brilliant orchestration. It makes me want to see the film. Nick Parker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,310 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Yea, I love that score too, and also haven't seen the film. Did you listen to the LLL edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Yeah, and the takeaway is a culminative one in my mind rather than standout tracks I think. Much like Cleopatra which I also need to give another listen to soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,310 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Ditto, when I first listened I was just wowwed by the whole album, didn't note any particular tracks as being highlights or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 First Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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