What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

[Incanus 5,890]

Rise of the Guardians is a very good score from Desplat but as publicist says it does have the trouble of sounding like other composers in places. I think the 67 minutes of the material is also all you need from the score as the FYC 53 track version drags because of the short repetetive cues and it is only 14 minutes longer than the OST anyway. Desplat has done a good job building the album here.

[publicist 4,650]

Pub saying good things about a score? Most people will probably skip this post, I guess.

I do often in this thread...i don't usually take the time to write about stuff sucking balls.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

That proves my point. I don't remember such posts!

[publicist 4,650]

You probably don't remember passing water, either, but trust me, it has happened!

[BloodBoal 8,711]

Actually, I remember every time I did that. I put it all in my notebook. I called it Memoir Of An Urinoir.

[publicist 4,650]

So we HAVE a thing in common, then! I prefer pissoir, though...

[Xander Harris 9,674]

I'm doing the Skywalker Symphony Star Wars CD. It isn't perfect, but there are some great recordings here like the Imperial March, Yoda's Theme and Jabba's theme.

[alicebrallice 134]

to kill a mockingbird - elmer bernstein

jane eyre - dario marianelli

two amazing scores.

[Rachael Foley 10,162]

AOTC.

[Ollie 1,375]

Die Hard 2 Deluxe Edtiion.

[crocodile 9,724]

Any comments, Mr. Olivarez?

Karol - still waiting for the delivery

[Jay 46,242]

My package from Varese of the recent Club titles hasn't arrived yet either for some reason

[alicebrallice 134]

water for elephants - james newton howard

I love this man.

[Incanus 5,890]

Fellowship of the Ring the Complete Recordings by Howard Shore: I listened to this yesterday in one glorious immersive go.

Now continuing with TTT

Uglúk's Warriors

[Rachael Foley 10,162]

TTT- Howard Shore (My edit of course)

[Koray Savas 2,260]

water for elephants - james newton howard

I love this man.

It's definitely one of the his better scores from the past couple of years.

[Xander Harris 9,674]

I'm jumping back and forth between Hook and Jurassic Park. I love the first minute of Journey to the Island (not to detract from the other 8 or so minutes).

[alicebrallice 134]

water for elephants - james newton howard

I love this man.

It's definitely one of the his better scores from the past couple of years.

I fully agree. his best since lady in the water imo

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I prefer The Last Airbender. Hunger Games and Snow White didn't have enough thematic unity to keep me interested.

[Brónach 1,330]

I love what I've heard of The Last Airbender and I wonder what the whole untouched and chronological score is like.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

If you can stomach the film you can hear its fully glory.

[Ollie 1,375]

Any comments, Mr. Olivarez?

Karol - still waiting for the delivery

Excellent, while there is music carried over from Die Hard, it's still a brand new score. I hated that the original DH 2 album left off the fight on the wing. There's a lot of unused music for that sequence. I wonder if Kamen scored a longer version or the scene wasn't finished and he scored a blank screen. I haven't read the liner notes yet.

But it sounds great. Now someone bring on DH 3.

[Marian Schedenig 11,694]

I fully agree. his best since lady in the water imo

That and King Kong (most of it at least).

[crocodile 9,724]

But it sounds great. Now someone bring on DH 3.

Amen!

Karol

[Matt C 605]

water for elephants - james newton howard

I love this man.

It really is one of Howard's most underrated scores. It's a wonderful throwback to his prolific period in the 1990s... shame he doesn't do it much anymore.

[Xander Harris 9,674]

Aww yeah!

[Koray Savas 2,260]

You really need all those playlists?

[Xander Harris 9,674]

Got to keep everything organized, man. It's convenient not to have to go through the grid of albums, have albums reorganized into chronological order and eliminate source tracks, alternates and other tracks I don't want to listen to.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Whatever floats your boat. I type in a keyword of whatever I want to listen to and it pops up. I don't reorganize anything unless it's one of my comprehensive playlists, where I'll have all works by an artist listed chronologically.

[Xander Harris 9,674]

Too general for me. I've got over 200 albums of JW music and typically I don't just put on any one of those albums, I need to make adjustments, rearrange and delete certain tracks and bundle scores from various sources, like E.T. I keep albums, recording sessions and other bootlegs separate and like I said, I usually don't listen through any of those. I'll occasionally do the remaster or album of E.T., but I usually want the complete version comprised of various sources. That's where these wonderful playlists come in handy.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

For me it's either the album or the complete score. I don't like inbetweeners and like 6 different versions of one thing.

[Ollie 1,375]

I keep mine simple. I just have 1 playlist for those special occasions.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I used to hate them, but I get some weird sort of pleasure from scrolling through the covers of my 12GBs of JW or Dylan in chronological order.

[Xander Harris 9,674]

I have about 129GB.

[Matt C 605]

The Wind and the Lion - Goldsmith

I'm listening to a 14 minute suite, and it's just so wonderful and unbridled Goldsmith at his best. It's utter perfection.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I have about 129GB.

Of John Williams?! I call bullshit unless you really have every redundant iteration of every score.

[Xander Harris 9,674]

It's also mostly in WAV.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Never mind then

[lonzoe 19]

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I'm listening to Prometheus right now as I read the original script.

[chuck 155]

The Wind and the Lion - Goldsmith

I'm listening to a 14 minute suite, and it's just so wonderful and unbridled Goldsmith at his best. It's utter perfection.

Is it a concert suite?

[Xander Harris 9,674]

Since moving to a perfect slice of suburbia in southern California, I am constantly reminded of the Amazing Stories end credits. Being among my favorite anyway, I've been playing those scores a LOT lately. I dig the McNeely recording of The Mission despite having the original versions. In fact, I feel the brass is much stronger at points in his. A prime example is the end titles. On Williams' original, the piano is more prominent, on McNeely's, it's the brass. They both sound great. Those 30 seconds just define why I love John Williams.

[Jay 46,242]

yea the Amazing stories scores by Williams are great stuff. Never heard the McNeely re-recording actually, I should check it out

[Xander Harris 9,674]

Absolutely. It's totally worth it. I had that one before the original recordings were released. It's one of my very favorite Varese CDs.

[Incanus 5,890]

Absolutely. It's totally worth it. I had that one before the original recordings were released. It's one of my very favorite Varese CDs.

I second that!

[Xander Harris 9,674]

Awwww yeah!

[lonzoe 19]

[crocodile 9,724]

If there is something worth listening to from Horner's output (the latter part of his career) it would be those three.

Karol

[crocodile 9,724]

Die Hard 2: Die Harder by Michael Kamen

If James Bond was to ever fall out of grace, start drinking cheap booze and smoke heavily (and generally be miserable), he would have sounded something like this! Loving it, just as Trent promised.

(Now that I've typed the above paragraph, it feels very funny Kamen to go score a very particualar Bond film.)

Karol

[Ollie 1,375]

Skyfall, it's not great nor is it bad. It's average I guess.