antovolk 95 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Quote 1. Overture 2. The Steam Room 3. One Night is All I Ask 4. Take Off Your Dress 5. Arriving at Sparrow School 6. Training 7. Anya, Come Here 8. When Did You First Notice the Tail? 9. There's a Car Waiting To Take You To Moscow 10. Follow the Trail Wherever It Leads You 11. Blonde Suits You 12. Searching Marta's Room 13. Ticket to Vienna 14. Telephone Code 15. Searching Nate's Apartment 16. Can I Trust You? 17. Switching Disks 18. So What Next? 19. Didn't I Do Well? 20. End Titles Seems like the CD (and download) is dropping tomorrow in the States - https://www.amazon.com/Sparrow-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B079VDDDWM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519895816&sr=8-1&keywords=red+sparrow+james+newton+howard Saw the film earlier this week and really really liked it. JNH does some very good work here, a combination of Hermann and classical Russian flourishes (especially in the opening and closing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 He's scored a lot of J-Law films now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I think it's because of Francis Lawrence Thanks for the heads up, @antovolk, I didn't know this was getting a release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 We saw the trailer for this movie, it looks REALLY bad Hopefully the score is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 The first and last track are absolutely gorgeous... the rest instead not so much, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I've only listened to the overture which was indeed very good. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 The penultimate track is also very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Yeah so we have 30 minutes of really good JNH and 46 of not so good JNH. The good news is the good stuff is very good. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Yes. The Overture is really a powerhouse piece (the End Title suite more or less recapitulates the same material, but adds some more oomph), some of JNH's most classical writing. The penultimate cue also has some very nice female choir stuff going on. The rest is in his "ambient/drone" vein (albeit with some occasional nice flute/string writing). Makes me wonder if the Overture/End Title is what JNH likes to write, while the underscore is what the filmmakers want him to write Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 The Tchaikovski running through the classicist passages might be a layoff from Disney's Nutcracker movie...? (though it's mostly in the 'concert' cues, another case of JNH having fun á la Last Airbender or Maleficent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Anyone have a "best of" playlist? Don't really have the patience for JNH drones and drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 minute ago, KK said: Anyone have a "best of" playlist? Don't really have the patience for JNH drones and drums. First track and the last two? That's 30 minutes of music for you already. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Neat. Thanks Karol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 This one could be a decent 40 minute playlist: 1. Overture 11. Blonde Suits You 16. Can I Trust You? 18. So What Next? 19. Didn't I Do Well? 20. End Titles crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Love the overture, as well as a few cues (Arriving At Sparrow School has some haunting vocals), and end credits. The rest of the ambient stuff, I can take or leave though. There are some great Russian themes and strings in this score though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 OK after my first full listen I can say this is a pretty interesting score. Perhaps bit shapeless in terms of obvious storytelling drive but, for the most part, well written. And I assume subsequent listen might reveal more. I don't think the 77-minute album helps and there are some cues that are slightly on a weaker side...but the majority of it is good enough for me to buy the CD when it comes out LLL later this month. Now this is the JNH I like. Karol - wondering how much of this Slavic flair will be carried over to The Nutcracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,133 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Wow, great balletic writing, especially the main pieces at the opening and closing of the score. Some of the woodwinds and strings are so whimsically light and fun that it's strange that this music is associated with what appears to be such a standard espionage film. It makes me interested in seeing the film to find out how this kind of music works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 4 hours ago, crocodile said: OK after my first full listen I can say this is a pretty interesting score. Perhaps bit shapeless in terms of obvious storytelling drive but, for the most part, well written. And I assume subsequent listen might reveal more. I don't think the 77-minute album helps and there are some cues that are slightly on a weaker side...but the majority of it is good enough for me to buy the CD when it comes out LLL later this month. Now this is the JNH I like. Karol - wondering how much of this Slavic flair will be carried over to The Nutcracker. LLL? It’s available now from Sony Classical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Koray Savas said: LLL? It’s available now from Sony Classical. It was supposed to be "llllater". Karol Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel P. 738 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Great music, but definitely too long with too much underscore. The best, almost outstanding are tracks 1, 19 and 20. Wonderful, ominous and intriguing. 30 minutes of pure beauty with the influence of the greats, like Tchaikovsky or even Mozart, but also Bernard Herrmann. But the CD is too long! 76 minutes? C'mon... I will probably program the CD in this way. It would be a very good 48-minute album. 01. Overture (11:34) 05. Arriving at Sparrow School (2:51) 06. Training (1:43) 10. Follow the Trail Wherever It Leads You (2:30) 11. Blonde Suits You (4:59) 13. Ticket to Vienna (1:45) 14. Telephone Code (1:10) 16. Can I Trust You? (3:06) 19. Didn’t I Do Well? (8:48) 20. End Titles (9:30) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,133 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Nice interview with JNH about the score. He says he wrote the long ballet suits in only a couple of days. https://www.kusc.org/culture/out-and-about-blog/music-for-moving-pictures-james-newton-howard/ crocodile and TownerFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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