Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 hours ago, JoeinAR said: You are still young You don't have to be young to dislike Star Trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: The negative reactions to such positive, joyful music make me a bit sad. Ah well, such is life. Another passive aggressive comment by Stu about people not liking something he does, what a surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Stefancos said: Another passive aggressive comment by Stu about people not liking something he does, what a surprise! Would you rather I’d have used a.... colorful metaphor? Nobody pays any attention to you unless you swear every other word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I say "screw you!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 8 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: You don't have to be young to dislike Star Trek. Thats why lighter fare such as Jurassic World inspires you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 31 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Thats why lighter fare such as Jurassic World inspires you. To tell you the truth, I haven't watch a JP film since the lousy 3rd installment. I chose that picture as my profile picture just because it's cool... and it involves a shark. There's always a bigger fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 JS remember these words STAR TREK IS BETTER THAN EVERYTHING. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 What did I need to remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Its a vital truth that if you forget can get you beaten up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: To tell you the truth, I haven't watch a JP film since the lousy 3rd installment. I chose that picture as my profile picture just because it's cool... and it involves a shark. There's always a bigger fish. Jurassic Shark, doo doo, doo-doo doo-doo, Jurassic Shark, doo doo, doo-doo doo-doo, Jurassic Shark, doo doo, doo-doo doo-doo, Jurassic Shark... Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garloo126 2 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 If you close your eyes and listen you would think you were listening to a score to a Christmas movie. It didn’t fit for me. It’s wonderful and cheery and I guess a breath of fresh air after the gloom of Star Trek 3 but in my opinion it didn’t fit and it bothered me when I first heard it. Yavar Moradi and Locrius 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdog1 50 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 22 hours ago, Garloo126 said: If you close your eyes and listen you would think you were listening to a score to a Christmas movie. It didn’t fit for me. It’s wonderful and cheery and I guess a breath of fresh air after the gloom of Star Trek 3 but in my opinion it didn’t fit and it bothered me when I first heard it. Yep, would have fit a Christmas movie for sure. I guess it fits the goofiness of the film. JoeinAR and Garloo126 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I don't associate the music with Christmas at all. Erich Kunzel recorded a good version of the main title for Star Tracks II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestat 348 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Cos its orchestration and placement is like a bad 80s sitcom. Very popular at the time. struggling since Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 3 hours ago, thestat said: Cos its orchestration and placement is like a bad 80s sitcom. Very popular at the time. struggling since I don't think it was popular at the time. I saw it in theaters and the score was a let down compared to all other Star Trek music before. I recall it just didn't feel "Star Treky" while watching it though also thoroughly enjoying the film. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 It was so bad it got an Oscar Nomination 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Same year as scores by Horner (Aliens), Goldsmith (Hoosiers), Morricone (The Mission)...and Herby Hancock won for a film I never heard of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 Aliens should have won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 17 minutes ago, karelm said: Same year as scores by Horner (Aliens), Goldsmith (Hoosiers), Morricone (The Mission)...and Herby Hancock won for a film I never heard of! You've never heard of ROUND MIDNIGHT? 13 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: HOOSIERS should have won. Sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Richard said: You've never heard of ROUND MIDNIGHT? Sorted! Nope. The Mission should have won. One of the most gorgeous scores ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Forget it k, baby! HOOSIERS, all the way! Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Richard said: Aliens is the superior Sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Because Rosenman's name is similar to Roseanne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 27 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: Aliens is the superior Sorted! Think that's funny, do you? JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Python 22 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 A lot of the complaints seem to come down to "it doesn't sound like the other scores", which is such a bullshit criticism. Scores should be judged by how well they fit into the film, not the fucking franchise. It's the same kind of gripes I heard over GOLDENEYE's score because Eric Serra made a score that was unique and perfectly suitable to that film, rather than just taking a "traditional" approach by copying John Barry, which you'd get in full spades anyway with David Arnold's banal run. I've heard Rosenman's comments on why he repurposed previous material like LOTR onto this score, and his reasoning was simple: That film flopped hard, and he wanted the music he liked to be in a film more people would likely see. Truthfully, I never saw that animated film and have no intention of ever seeing anyway, so the fact that THE VOYAGE HOME repurposed music from that means very little to me. And I can sympathize his reasoning for doing so. Jerry Goldsmith's SUPERGIRL score is absolutely wonderful and should be something more people should listen to, but that will never happen because it's attached to a terrible film no one wants to see, thus remaining neglected by everyone except Goldsmith/film score aficionados. It's too bad both Goldsmith and John Barry put a lot of great work into really shit films that fewer people are likely to see. John Williams seemed to have a much better knack at selecting more films that became embedded in pop culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 'Round Midnight is a very good film...given the subject and that it was released in the '80s, I guess it was never destined to really be popular, but it is is unfortunate that it isn't recognized more than it is. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,599 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Makeshift Python said: A lot of the complaints seem to come down to "it doesn't sound like the other scores", which is such a bullshit criticism. Scores should be judged by how well they fit into the film, not the fucking franchise. It's the same kind of gripes I heard over GOLDENEYE's score because Eric Serra made a score that was unique and perfectly suitable to that film, rather than just taking a "traditional" approach by copying John Barry, which you'd get in full spades anyway with David Arnold's banal run. It's not bullshit criticism, especially since the film is a *direct* sequel to the preceding one by the same director. (The James Bond films are all pretty much stand-alone.) Consistency is more important then. Like, imagine James Horner getting to develop his Spock theme further in this new setting. What a missed opportunity. Yavar karelm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 21 hours ago, Makeshift Python said: A lot of the complaints seem to come down to "it doesn't sound like the other scores", which is such a bullshit criticism. Scores should be judged by how well they fit into the film, not the fucking franchise. It's the same kind of gripes I heard over GOLDENEYE's score because Eric Serra made a score that was unique and perfectly suitable to that film, rather than just taking a "traditional" approach by copying John Barry, which you'd get in full spades anyway with David Arnold's banal run. I've heard Rosenman's comments on why he repurposed previous material like LOTR onto this score, and his reasoning was simple: That film flopped hard, and he wanted the music he liked to be in a film more people would likely see. Truthfully, I never saw that animated film and have no intention of ever seeing anyway, so the fact that THE VOYAGE HOME repurposed music from that means very little to me. And I can sympathize his reasoning for doing so. Jerry Goldsmith's SUPERGIRL score is absolutely wonderful and should be something more people should listen to, but that will never happen because it's attached to a terrible film no one wants to see, thus remaining neglected by everyone except Goldsmith/film score aficionados. It's too bad both Goldsmith and John Barry put a lot of great work into really shit films that fewer people are likely to see. John Williams seemed to have a much better knack at selecting more films that became embedded in pop culture. No. There is a vernacular and it is reasonable that a project that deviates from this will receive some criticism. For example there is a "sound" for a period piece. Score it with rock ensemble and you can expect criticism even if it is good rock because it isn't a fit. From time to time directors like to mix things up such as Julie Taymor placing a Shakespearean drama in a random time zone like Titus and the score fits perfectly. But that is sort of her shtick and the music works effectively because it mirrors those esthetics...at times epic, at times lyrical, at times heavy metal, at times jazz, etc. This is also music theater which she is known for. Sort of like why Stravinsky was extremely effective in "A Soldiers Tale" using what is effectively music theater and jazz rather than the style used in Rite of Spring. Goldsmith's score to TMP was a perfect example of a unique personal take on a series. I recall hearing it theatrically and recognizing about 5 to 10% of the themes as being classic trek but the bulk sounded entirely different but within the same framework. Then came Horner's scores for TWOK and TSFP which were similarly 10% familiar and 90% unique so they still felt adequate while being distinctive. Rosenman had a double wammy. His score felt like a chamber score (it wasn't) and didn't fit the material. We can differ on our opinions and I have every right to my opinion and it not being called "bullshit criticism" - I didn't like ST IV score then and its still my least favorite. Feel free to disagree, but it aint bullshit criticism. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 So how do you guys feel about McCarthy's Generations? It's the only one I haven't purchased in expanded form. I don't mind it too much but it does feel a bit too much like a super high budget TV episode score. On 1/5/2019 at 1:35 AM, Yavar Moradi said: Like, imagine James Horner getting to develop his Spock theme further in this new setting. What a missed opportunity. Yavar Interesting, I never really thought about it that way. Good point. Did Horner ever score 3 films in a series? Although I do love parts of STIII (Stealing the Enterprise!) I find Horner tended to retread too much ground with his follow up scores (to his own work). Cocoon: The Return is a good example. Perhaps he would have surprised us. I wonder what a Horner Amazing Spider-man 2 would have sounded like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 50 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said: Did Horner ever score 3 films in a series? Sadly no AVATAR would have been his first and only, presumably. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Since the first Avatar score wasn't especially good, it's thankfully not that much of a lost opportunity. 1977 and Wojo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Just now, Jurassic Shark said: The first Avatar score wasn't especially good, so it's not that much of a lost opportunity. You are seriously incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 A subjective opinion cannot be wrong. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Of course it can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 The difference being "it isn't very good" (objective) versus "I don't find it very good" (subjective) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 The interpretation of art is subjective. If you claim that the quality of the Avatar score doesn't depent on the subject, then it's not art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 But if I find it good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: The interpretation of art is subjective. If you claim that the quality of the Avatar score doesn't depent on the subject, then it's not art. Avatar is an objectively great score and you are objectively wrong. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said: But if I find it good? Then it's your opinion and it's totally valid! 3 minutes ago, John said: Avatar is an objectively great score and you are objectively wrong. With respect to which set of criteria? 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 It is a great score. Brilliant on so many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 15 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: The interpretation of art is subjective. If you claim that the quality of the Avatar score doesn't depent on the subject, then it's not art. Fuck art. Let's dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 18 minutes ago, Richard said: Fuck art. Let's dance. That's also art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 It is! Especially if it's under the moonlight, the serious moonlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,913 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 20 hours ago, John said: Avatar is an objectively great score and you are objectively wrong. What you should say is "In my opinion, Avatar is an objectively great score and you are objectively wrong." Then no one can debate you because you are being subjective. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 20 hours ago, John said: Avatar is an objectively great score and you are objectively wrong. But...objectivity is subjective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Python 22 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/4/2019 at 3:35 PM, Yavar Moradi said: It's not bullshit criticism, especially since the film is a *direct* sequel to the preceding one by the same director. (The James Bond films are all pretty much stand-alone.) Consistency is more important then. Like, imagine James Horner getting to develop his Spock theme further in this new setting. What a missed opportunity. Yavar It may be a "direct" sequel but it's such a tonally different film from the II and III that it makes sense that Nimoy would want to go for a different sound that was remiscent of the classic light hearted episodes, rather than continue the more dramatic stuff from the last two. I don't really care that we miss out on Spock's theme as I got all I wanted from those two scores. Being a direct sequel shouldn't restrict you to just sticking to a particular sound or composer, especially if the new sound fits like a glove with the specific film. On 1/4/2019 at 4:49 PM, karelm said: No. There is a vernacular and it is reasonable that a project that deviates from this will receive some criticism. For example there is a "sound" for a period piece. Score it with rock ensemble and you can expect criticism even if it is good rock because it isn't a fit. From time to time directors like to mix things up such as Julie Taymor placing a Shakespearean drama in a random time zone like Titus and the score fits perfectly. But that is sort of her shtick and the music works effectively because it mirrors those esthetics...at times epic, at times lyrical, at times heavy metal, at times jazz, etc. This is also music theater which she is known for. Sort of like why Stravinsky was extremely effective in "A Soldiers Tale" using what is effectively music theater and jazz rather than the style used in Rite of Spring. Goldsmith's score to TMP was a perfect example of a unique personal take on a series. I recall hearing it theatrically and recognizing about 5 to 10% of the themes as being classic trek but the bulk sounded entirely different but within the same framework. Then came Horner's scores for TWOK and TSFP which were similarly 10% familiar and 90% unique so they still felt adequate while being distinctive. Rosenman had a double wammy. His score felt like a chamber score (it wasn't) and didn't fit the material. We can differ on our opinions and I have every right to my opinion and it not being called "bullshit criticism" - I didn't like ST IV score then and its still my least favorite. Feel free to disagree, but it aint bullshit criticism. All I can say is I strongly disagree with the assertion that his score doesn't fit the material. With what the film was aiming for, I thought it complimented the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,599 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Makeshift Python said: It may be a "direct" sequel but it's such a tonally different film from the II and III that it makes sense that Nimoy would want to go for a different sound that was remiscent of the classic light hearted episodes, rather than continue the more dramatic stuff from the last two. I don't really care that we miss out on Spock's theme as I got all I wanted from those two scores. Being a direct sequel shouldn't restrict you to just sticking to a particular sound or composer, especially if the new sound fits like a glove with the specific film. But of course James Horner would have both maintained thematic continuity, while also very much changing his approach for the different setting/tone of the new film. But that new setting/tone isn't present from the beginning sequences of the film; it only starts when they go back in time. And many things are still carried over and developed from the previous film, like the Kirk/McCoy/Spock dynamic, with Spock learning to be himself again essentially. I don't feel the Rosenman score DID overall "fit like a glove" -- in fact I found it largely distracting and detracting (again the final cue for the reveal of the Enterprise-A being an exception). And without sharing my opinion with her beforehand, my wife very much felt the same way, reacting incredibly negatively to the music in the film (physically screwing up her expression by way of reaction, even) when I went through all the Star Trek films with her. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Its the worst Trek movie score, even Giacchino hasn't been able to dethrone it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 8:46 PM, John said: Avatar is an objectively great score and you are objectively wrong. A classic example of somebody who's got no clue acting like he's got a clue. On 1/7/2019 at 8:50 PM, JoeinAR said: It is a great score. Brilliant on so many levels. A classic example of somebody mixing up his own very affective opinion with actual quality. Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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