Romão 2,274 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.9585/.fNot unexpected, but finally! Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hooray! Instabuy! After dinner, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Yeap an instant buy! I can't wait to hear all the creepy lion music left off the original album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Ditto.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I only bought the OST a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I only bought the OST a few weeks ago.Curse of expanded scores strikes again. Buy the OST and sure enough the expanded release will be released in a few weeks! Matt C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I bought the Jaws the Revenge promo and that happened. I then bought Jaws 2 and Dracula and nothing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Bwahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Finally. It's one of those rare scores where the alternates and different mixes (that i know of) really make a difference. The movie might be nothing more than an effective outdoor thriller with some pictorial scope but Goldsmith obviously saw it as a late opportunity for writing an epic and the care he lavished on details is remarkable. There is something about those sampled chants and how Goldsmith employed them throughout the score that elevates it above his other great adventure scores of the 1990's: it's one of the last times he actually was ahead of his colleagues in creating something that nobody had done this way before him and, come DINOSAUR, it catched on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The samples chants add an otherworldly feeling to the score that a normal choir would not have been able to give it I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It was a great OST, I have no idea what else is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Would love to get it but can't...someone wanna get it for me? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Wow. For some reason, this is one I didn't see coming. It's plenty welcome, though—one of the master's last epic scores for a less-than-epic film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I will buy this album at some point. It's a gorgeous score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It was a great OST, I have no idea what else is there.If you're only a casual Goldsmith fan you won't need it. If you thought it was great and had a unique atmosphere, you should get the full release. There are not many boring patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I read a review once that said it was the superior Jerry Goldsmith of that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Don't tell the resident trekkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Nah, I'm OK with someone else's opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 You mean is it better than First Contact? You bet.But then, I was never a fan of that Trek score.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Its the better of those 2 scores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Which one?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The lion one It wasn't written in 2 weeks like First Contact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It takes the more tweedy and polished Hollywood style of JG's later career and adds some abstract twists to it that elevates it above the more 'pure' and ponderous ones like 13TH WARRIOR - they too are great but GATD has the plushy thematics plus the weird sampled material, making it at least a bit of a leap in the direction of his greatest works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I love this fanfare at the beginning before the "Welcome to Tsavo" cue but sadly wasn't included in the original album. It's the kind of fanfare that only JG can do: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmManiac79 6 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Awesome news! I was crossing my fingers for "Warlock"...and Intrada delivered. I was hoping for "The Ghost and the Darkness"...and they delivered again!Now if La La Land can knock it out of the park with the Williams release that hopefully happenens soon, I can rest easy until TFA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 Back in stock https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/sc.16/category.90860/it.C/.f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 Amazing score and album. Rather so-so film though. Karol JTN and Muad'Dib 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,280 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 10 hours ago, crocodile said: Amazing score and album. Rather so-so film though. Karol Not seen the film, but agreed on the score. One of those odd Jerry scores where the main themes are kinda meh when presented on their own (the mix of Africa and Celtic feels a bit literal) but when applied within the score are elevated significantly. Brilliant action/suspense writing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 I was just looking through label backlogs for new (to me) scores that are still in stock and came across this. The first sample got me instantly hooked, and the rest convinced me that it's worth buying, it has pleasing textures, variety and a structure. I bought it purely based on that. The OST's not bad at all, then I watched the movie and thought it was OK, then I listened to the rest of the release. And it's great! Goldsmith is very hit or miss for me but this is him in full John Barry landscape epic mode with various ethnic touches, that's perfectly my shit. But I wouldn't be myself if I wouldn't complain and this time it's about Intrada's bizarre naming conventions that make the tracklist a whole lot more confusing than it needs to be. Labeling film versions or film mixes in the main program (Alternate), "Welcome to Tsavo #2" with no "#1", many extras that have no corresponding names in the main program. The cue list in the booklet (which I do always love, every label should include them for every score!) does help explain a lot of it but then it also ignores the OST which has unique material and combinations. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Amazing score, this one. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 When it was released, this was more along the lines of what I was hoping Congo would have like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,463 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Brilliant score, of course. One of my first 5-6 Goldsmith CDs. Funnily, I've learned the African folk songs by heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 On 09/06/2023 at 8:47 AM, crocodile said: Amazing score and album. Rather so-so film though. Karol In feel the opposite. Really enjoy the film, saw it in the cinema on release, and the Laserdisc with it's Dolby AC-3 audio track became a staple demo disc in the A/V store I worked at. The score doesn't do much for me, either on album or in expanded form. I just don't like that sampled ethnic signing, it sounds too artificial and the main theme just doesn't feel like top drawer Goldsmith to me. Give me Congo over this. #UnpopularOpinion Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,331 Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 The Lions Reign though. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,585 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 8 hours ago, JTWfan77 said: Give me Congo over this. #UnpopularOpinion I actually feel largely the same way. Ghost and the Darkness has some amazing action music highlights though. Really appropriately ferocious brass. But overall I far prefer Congo with its real African vocals instead of sampled, and I also love its main theme and feel the whole score gels better together. Yavar 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Agree, the suspense and action stuff is superb. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,585 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Yeah, totally. It’s just that Congo feels more organic and cohesive to me, whereas The Ghost and the Darkness feels like less than the sum of its parts. I realize that’s a minority opinion though! Yavar iamleyeti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,331 Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said: Yeah, totally. It’s just that Congo feels more organic and cohesive to me, whereas The Ghost and the Darkness feels like less than the sum of its parts. I realize that’s a minority opinion though! Yavar Pretty sure he was talking about Congo? I mean: 23 hours ago, JTWfan77 said: The [Ghost and the Darkness] score doesn't do much for me, I don't like that sampled ethnic signing, the main theme just doesn't feel like top drawer Goldsmith to me. Give me Congo over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I meant the suspense and action stuff in GatD is superb mainly in film context, but as a listening experience I prefer Congo: great themes, terrific exhilarating action cues and so on. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I skipped into the OST before and nothing grabbed me at all. GatD hooked me instantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 I went through the entire Intrada and amended Jay's spreadhseet with a new tab breaking it all down - I grouped the different mixes of the same takes together and noted the differences etc. Jay and crumbs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 Great work on that google doc tab, @Holko! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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