#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 One of my favorite Williams concert pieces. Probably because its also a film score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 7 minutes ago, Stefancos said: One of my favorite Williams concert pieces. Probably because its also a film score. Well it is written in a very accessible style and clearly Williams was aware of the venue and audience and the need for a direct style to communicate the narrative, the emotional beats and also enhance the occasion of the millenium celebrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I'm generally a big fan of Williams Americana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Ditto. The suite actually offers a sort of kaleidoscope of his Americana writing from uplifting to sombre to playful and back to nobly triumphant again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 John Williams made America great again! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, Stefancos said: John Williams made America great again! If only his music could. It would be all hope and glory in endless summers of childhood and nights of enchanting magic and imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 And xylophone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, Stefancos said: And xylophone! Among other things yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Parts of that piece remind me of Far and Away, so of course I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 . Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Fantastic brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Recently, it's been the very opening of The Egyptian: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Wild signals from Close Encounters of the Third Kind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Best way to beat LA traffic: and: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 This theme from Bliss' score to "Things to Come" : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 On 3/4/2017 at 1:44 AM, TheGreyPilgrim said: Must reiterate this. Really a fantastic cue. If only Ottman worked more, and payed more attention to composing than editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Last time listened up when Ottman had a score out it was on 'Jack The Giant Slayer'. Consider the soft love theme variation and the subtle dissonant intrusions at the 00:40 and 01:50 mark (just for some dialogue scene). It has a distinctively old-school feeling for layered old-school scoring beyond 'big orchestra' settings. Sadly he still fails at sustained louder moments like a lot of his colleagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Ottman is one of those, "almost, but not quite" composers for me. Like Debney, McNeely. But probably less good then either of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 The saddest cue in the history of film music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Hummie Mann, where did you disappear to? Please come back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Thunderball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Not a film score melody but...Stickerbrush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 I really gotta play that game. As a kid I never played 2 or 3 for whatever reason, now everyone seems to agree 2 is the best one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 DKC2 is indeed the best of the SNES trilogy. It's also the hardest and not for the faint of heart! I've had the "Men of the Yorktown" melody, as performed by the Boston Pops last year, stuck in my head for a couple of hours now. I love that arrangement. Can't wait for the official release in a month or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 I thought 3 was supposed to be the hard one? They are all fairly hard games, especially compared to Mario games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 I have all 3 loaded up on my 3DS and I'll get to them eventually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,349 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I have the first two on VC. I'll never love the other two as much as the first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I don't know why, but I didn't have as hard a time with DKC3. That said, the level design is so good in DKC2 that I almost never got super frustrated. It (mostly) stays fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I still have my DKC3 cartridge with 3 files where I got to the final boss in each one and never beat it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 That killer chromatic bass line... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 13 hours ago, BloodBoal said: Excellent choice, Mr. Cortex, thought I would personally have chosen Mining Melancholy. Ah, great one. Can't fault you for that either, nor can I blame you. It is a mighty difficult decision to pick a #1 track from that game. Some days I think Mining Melancholy might be my favorite, some days I prefer Forest Interlude, some days Stickerbrush. What an excellent dilemma to have though, I must say! 1 hour ago, BloodBoal said: It's one of these video game scores I'd love to get an orchestral recording of! Oh my goodness, yes. I'm a bit surprised how many great video games scores don't have orchestral recordings to co-exist along the the original material even after all these years. Stuff like Zelda, that's a no-brainer, but there are so many others that I feel would lend themselves to the orchestral format. I feel like it would in most situations almost always end up being a hit, but I say that with a severe lack of knowledge and a large amount of naiveté. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 A general Nintendo concert with choice cuts from games like Mario Galaxy and DKC would be ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Kirby will be getting a 25th anniversary concert this month in Japan with a potential CD release of the live performance. I guess a game franchise has to last a couple decades or so until orchestral treatments even get considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 10 hours ago, BloodBoal said: Oh, shit, though of something else as well: Donkey Kong is a Nintendo character, but the DKC games were developed by Rareware (and there were other companies involved with the other games: Namco, Retro Studios...), so that might complicate things... Oh, yeah! Good point, I bet that definitely has something to do with it, alongside some of the other points you mentioned earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 Rare may have developed the original trilogy but Retro Strudios made Returns and Tropical Freeze and Nintendo owns all the characters anyway so none of that matters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Kashmir, Led Zep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 On 3/31/2017 at 5:32 PM, TheGreyPilgrim said: If only Ottman worked more, and payed more attention to composing than editing. Considering all of the different types of film jobs he's had, especially editing, it's amazing he can write orchestrally to that degree, so it's one of the more frustrating things about him. I respect his love for editing, but to think what he could have become as a composer if he focused on that entirely....kind of a missed opportunity. I quite liked the Superman Returns score, despite its detractors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 He is a rather frustrating individual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Homophobe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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