Thor 7,508 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Quintus said: Why did Arnold turn his back on the sound of a symphonic score? To be fair, there are bits and pieces of that old Arnold sound here. Particularly the track "Atlantis" brought a smile to my face. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Basically you only like one Arnold score Concentrate less on individual scores and more on his writing style. When he wants to, Arnold can make a really bloody convincing symphonic score. These days, few can do that in this industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I agree, and I agree that it's a shame. I was listening to the piece he did for the Olympics a while ago. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Two episodes in, the music is pretty great in this, and pretty up front. Its fun hearing Arnold reuse a Bond motif. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Great acting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 David Tennant is superb as Justin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Got the hair just right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Exclusive Interview – Composer David Arnold discusses Good Omens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 10:12 AM, The Original said: Got the hair just right! I have short hair now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/14/2019 at 12:37 AM, Dieter Stark said: I have short hair now. We know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I tried watching this but was dozing in and out. The music doesn't even sound like David Arnold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Are you joking? Its sounds distinctly Arnold. A. A. Ron and Once 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Nope... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Yes it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Sounds just like ID4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 A bit like Bond too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Is it quirky little ensemble or fully orchestral? I'm assuming the former. Is there a strong theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 It's a bit of everything really. From small and quirky to hip and a bit Bondish to Emmerich style orchestral and choir. Probably a more interestring listen on album that his Sherlock stuff. I'll give the OST a spin after i finish the show. It's TV music rather than film music though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Probably the best way to build up an appreciation for the music will be while watching the program rather than going straight for the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Certainly. Finished the series. Its solid. Highly enjoyable without being brilliant. Should have either been longer or shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Is it on Netflix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Netflix? That doesn't exist in the early 00s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Netflix? That doesn't exist in the early 00s. They mail you a rental disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Of course, forgot about that. Better get the VHS, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 The Laserdisc edition has great 5.1 surround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Looks great through S-Video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 David Arnold snags TWO Emmy Nominations for Good Omens! Original Main Title Theme Music, as well as Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) for episode 1! https://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=2811 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliburn 72 Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 For who is interested in my thoughts. I have reviewed the music. A very enjoyable show, with an outstanding score. https://soundtrackworld.com/2019/08/good-omens-david-arnold/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 lol why did he tweet out a picture pixelated af Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,198 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,350 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: X-Files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,198 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 5 minutes ago, Signals said: X-Files? From a certain point of view: Quote From the start, Gilbert says, they wanted to parody the TV shows Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and True Detective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Album Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 And not pixelated to hell this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I listened to it today. Like with the season 1 OST, not terribly exciting. A bit of Elfmanistic waltzing, a bit of tongue-in-cheek, religioso epicness, lots of sleuthing music. Sound is weird -- orchestra sounds sampled and pinched. Don't know what that is about. But then I haven't seen the series itself, so I don't know how it works in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Watch the show, it's great! I liked the first season but the second one did everything better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 29 minutes ago, Muad'Dib said: Watch the show, it's great! I liked the first season but the second one did everything better IMO. I've been re-watching Season 1 and just re-read the book. The first was a grand tapestry of a dozen characters that weaved plot lines back and forth around each other. It was a surprisingly nice and accurate adaptation of the book. Season 2 became the "Aziraphale and Crowley show" because 1) they discovered in the first series how awesome Sheen & Tennant are (or Tennant & Sheen) and 2) I'll lay some of that at the missing Terry Pratchett -- or at least the fact that this is not the sequel that Gaiman and Pratchett came up with, it's the prelude to that sequel that G & P concocted that will be series 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 My problem with the first season is that I found myself having trouble engaging with most of the stuff that didn't involve Aziraphale and Crowley. Season 2 has them as 90% of the focus, which I adored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,395 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Muad'Dib said: My problem with the first season is that I found myself having trouble engaging with most of the stuff that didn't involve Aziraphale and Crowley. Season 2 has them as 90% of the focus, which I adored. That's more than fair. Like I said: The casting is genius. Re-reading the book I remembered that I always liked both of them. But you put those two actors into the roles? KACHOW! I was a little surprised to discover that "Do I LOOK like I own a BOOOOOK SHOPPE?" was actually in the book. But Tennant took it and made it hilarious. There's also a question of point of view. Season 2 paints The World (or Creation) as a broken down mess. While 1 and the book (and I'll just say 1 from now on) show it as less broken down than as beyond understanding. "Ineffable" if you will. The great moment in the book (and I believe in the show but I haven't gotten that far on watch 2) is when Aziraphale essentially says "Look, you people don't know that this isn't The Plan any more or less than we do!" "God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time." I also realized in season 2 that I really missed Frances McDormand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Muad'Dib said: My problem with the first season is that I found myself having trouble engaging with most of the stuff that didn't involve Aziraphale and Crowley. Season 2 has them as 90% of the focus, which I adored. yeah, and it had a vague air of "novel put to screen too literally" over it, with a weird pacing. i figured the reason may have been more or less that, bc i haven't read it. or perhaps some areas were better translated to the show. (the aforementioned casting etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,198 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 48 minutes ago, Tallguy said: That's more than fair. Like I said: The casting is genius. Re-reading the book I remembered that I always liked both of them. But you put those two actors into the roles? KACHOW! When the casting was announced I realised that Crowley already looks like tenant in the original book inside cover thingy illustration. I'm a big Pratchett fan, and I like Gaiman, but I've always only "liked" (not loved) Good Omens. It feels a bit too over the place to me, and (not unlike the original The Omen film) seems to suggest a greatness through its concept and setup that's not there for me in the final product. As such, I thought S1 was a fitting adaptation (that I didn't love it maybe just comes with the territory). I haven't seen S2 yet, so how I'll like it remains to be seen, but judging from what I've read about it by Gaiman, Rhianna Pratchett, and Rob Wilkins (and their respective retweets), I'm confident that it's artistically motivated (i.e. more than just a cash grab) (perhaps/probably/certainly not exclusively, but then what production that needs a budget is), and those involved & responsible seem to be satisfied that Pratchett's spirit remains alive in it (certainly something that Rhianna P & Rob Wilkins are very aware and increasingly protective of, given some other recent projects). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Samples https://music.apple.com/nz/album/good-omens-2-prime-video-original-series-soundtrack/1703101061 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 ‘Good Omens’ Renewed for Third and Final Season at Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 this arnold guy is pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,465 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, Brónach said: this arnold guy is pretty good In the 90s and 2000s he was amazing. These days I'm not so sure. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Edmilson said: In the 90s and 2000s he was amazing. These days I'm not so sure. Not his fault. He's not getting proper gigs. I doubt his talent is gone. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted December 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2023 He's a burned-out dad of three kids. He probably only wants to sleep. A. A. Ron, Tallguy and JTN 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,029 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: He probably only wants to sleep. And eat tons of sweets, as seen on his TwitterX profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,465 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: He's a burned-out dad of three kids. He probably only wants to sleep. I think every major Hollywood composer has had to work even having children at home. JW's children were kids in the 70s and he was a widower but that didn't stop him from writing all those disaster movies, Jaws, Black Sunday, The Eiger Sanction, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Superman, etc. If that was good or not for his kids' well being is an entirely different conversation... JNH had his first kid during the recording sessions of Wyatt Earp. Randy Newman had to step in for him while he was at the hospital and, when he returned to work, the orchestra played a lullaby for him (a nice story that is on the Wyatt Earp LLL liner notes). So I don't think that's the only reason... Unless Arnold is one of those people who found more satisfaction in being close to his family then on working on big budget movies, and if that's the reason I have some real respect for him. Jurassic Shark and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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