Quintus 5,399 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I didn't mention the middle. Which is average, serviceable Spielberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 The middle is fantastic. My favourite part of the film. Much trickier to get right than the viscerality of the opening (which is also fantastic in a gruesome way). But Spielberg manages to pull it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Not according to NeoJwfan! SPR is one of his most interesting and exciting scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Lonnegan said: The choral intro to this is better One of my favorite parts of the score! Even when I'm not in the mood to listen to the song, I'll always play that intro before skipping to the next track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 The music in those first few seconds of the film are beastly. JW at his peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 The whole score is preposterously excellent. Not subtle mind you, but excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I'll go along with that, though I like the other two scores more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Lonnegan said: The music in those first few seconds of the film are beastly. JW at his peak. Immediately sets a fantastic tone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Lonnegan said: I'll go along with that, though I like the other two scores more. Raiders is much more focused, without a single wasted note. As effective as a bullit. TLC is more varied in tone and style, more reasonable too. TOD is like a huge hambuger served by a waiter dressed as a clown. Ridiculous, but on the right occasion just what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 "Finding Private Ryan" is my favorite track. I also don't associate "Hymn to the Fallen" or even the post-Normandy Americana stuff with the rest of the score, which is typically brooding and just badass. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 I don't believe you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 You don't believe me? You will become a true believer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 That score doesn't fit with your usual selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Someone JWFraped him, I think. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 20 hours ago, crocodile said: Williams' last masterpiece. Karol Agreed. Though I consider Memoirs to be his last truly inspired score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 16 hours ago, Stefancos said: Its a very "American". If you get my drift. Not quite, actually it was around this time that Williams' more homely Copland-inspired writing became more operatic. 'Hymn' is a cue that, in execution and melodic arc, owes more to Morricone than to prototypical americana composers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 On 30.7.2016 at 0:43 PM, Lonnegan said: Can't stand it. The search of the blue fairy in an outstanding piece of music. What is wrong is that too classical style of the singer, it would be so much better without that much vibrato or with a kid voice. On 30.7.2016 at 5:06 PM, Lonnegan said: It's atonal again though isn't it, like the Close Encounters stuff I love. He excels at that style. It's the sugar I can't stand. Hymn to the Fallen gets out of control because of it. It's only the "highlight"(terrible female vibrato shouting) of that piece, otherwise it is beautiful, the brass choir etc as is the whole soundtrack. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I think it would lose something integral if anything were changed. It needs the very feminine, liberal use of vibrato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Oh as film music it is perfectly suitable for the scenes it underscores. But as album material the vocal creates an aesthetic which doesn't agree with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 It's a shame we don't have versions without the vocals. I guess we're stuck with them. There was a 5.1 mix of the OST released. Is there a way to eliminate or reduce the vocals like what people have done with the 5.1 SACD of the Titanic OST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 10 hours ago, hornist said: It's only the "highlight"(terrible female vibrato shouting) of that piece, otherwise it is beautiful, the brass choir etc as is the whole soundtrack. Brilliant. The main theme of the piece (after the brass intro) is nice and ambrosial, I agree. The accompanying soft choir works well, at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Hymn to the Fallen works very well without the chorus actually. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I have a very close emotional attachment to "Hymn to the Fallen" and the Saving Private Ryan OST in general. I dunno, maybe it's an American thing. It's in my blood! Patriotism <> nationalism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 @BloodBoal What score and cue is the music heard starting at 11:00 in the video from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 On 01/08/2016 at 1:05 PM, crocodile said: Hymn to the Fallen works very well without the chorus actually. Karol It might work very well without the chorus, but it's not what JW intended. Why does he include vocals? What is he saying by including vocals? Imagine "EXULTATE JUSTI", or "GLORIA" without the choir. NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 8 hours ago, Will said: @BloodBoal What score and cue is the music heard starting at 11:00 in the video from? 04:42 Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Brilliant. Just masterful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I'm absolutely sure I've heard that before in one of the Call of Duty games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Rubbish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 What? I'm being serious. That's exactly what CoD music sounds like, and most games of its ilk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 All CoD games sound like a generic Media Ventures score of about 10 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Yes, exactly like this new Mad Max music linked on the previous page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 That's why I like it. It's of course deeply mediocre and simplistic, even simple music. Done by a composer with a very limited talent and skill-set, who nevertheless does his job on this film with utter dedication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Hans Zimmer did one of the Call of Duty scores actually, it was rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 So I heard. I bet the pay was excellent though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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