Alexandre Desplat - Rise of the Guardians (Varese OST Nov 13)

[Muad'Dib 2,059]

Samples!

http://www.colosseum...e-Desplat-.html

Sounds quite good. I like it!

Edit: Nice homage to Rite of Spring in Nightmares Attack!

[Incanus 5,890]

Yeah it sounds very good.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Jay 46,244]

A mistake the webmaster made for sure.

[Jonesy 55]

I like the new Djawadi's score, it's so orchestral.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[alicebrallice 134]

I was all :D during "tooth collection".

I like what I'm hearing.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[alicebrallice 134]

the day you hear me utter such a thing would probably mean I was under death threat. or possibly having a stroke.

please note that!

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[alicebrallice 134]

I'd expect nothing less of you, messenger!

[Rachael Foley 10,164]

Desplat is the next Kondo.

[Matt C 605]

The samples sound wonderful. Looks like next month will have some definite highlights: this score and Lincoln.

[SF1_freeze 138]

I listened to the Cinematic Sound preview of Rise of the Guardians and what i hear is fantastic! Didn't know i would say that about Desplat .

I say that as a very vocal critic of his Potter scores (mainly the subpar DH1). This is a whole other face and a fabulous work judging on those 20 minutes of previewed tracks.

[crocodile 9,724]

The whole/expanded (not sure) score can be heard here.

Karol

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[alicebrallice 134]

works for me!

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[alicebrallice 134]

you like that I like showing off, don't you?

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Jay 46,244]

The whole/expanded (not sure) score can be heard here.

Karol

Amazing!

[publicist 4,650]

Foobar tells me the mp3 files are 256kBit....an early christmas present from Dreamworks? Why did i pay for this, then?

[Demondm810 473]

Oh my God. This is fantastic. Desplat is so good when a director doesn't restrict him!!

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I don't understand all this "restricted" talk regarding this score. Desplat has always been a phenomenal composer, but I guess everyone here only listened to his bland Potter scores.

[Richard P 5,303]

Oh my God. This is fantastic. Desplat is so good when a director doesn't restrict him!!

+10000

Uber impressed here.

Although I also enjoyed his Potter scores plus the two dramas he did last year.

[Demondm810 473]

I don't understand all this "restricted" talk regarding this score. Desplat has always been a phenomenal composer, but I guess everyone here only listened to his bland Potter scores.

No. I've been a huge fan of his for some time. But his Potter scores bored me to death and I thought it was apparent he was given a fairly strict framework from which to compose. I was merely stating how happy I am to hear this quality of music from him again. And I LOVE Golden Compass.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

[Koray Savas 2,260]

I don't understand all this "restricted" talk regarding this score. Desplat has always been a phenomenal composer, but I guess everyone here only listened to his bland Potter scores.

No. I've been a huge fan of his for some time. But his Potter scores bored me to death and I thought it was apparent he was given a fairly strict framework from which to compose. I was merely stating how happy I am to hear this quality of music from him again. And I LOVE Golden Compass.

But he's done so much since Potter that it shouldn't come as a surprise.

[King Mark 3,975]

I think it's a huge improvement over Potter but still weak thematically

[publicist 4,650]

The themes go a bit too much in tried-and-tested Silvestri-territory, but the orchestration is much more imaginative.

[King Mark 3,975]

yes,I agree. The orchestrations are very nice which sets it apart from the likes of Debney,Powell...

The delicate cues are the best. The action music still sounds very generic and unfortunately so do all the brass fanfares. With Williams scores ALL transitional brass fanfares are awesome in their own right or become holy grails of unreleased music

[hornist 1,261]

At first Desplat's music sounds good, the more I listen to it, music reminds me of Blumenkohl's picture.

Too much everything.

[publicist 4,650]

Which Desplat? Because ROTG is hardly representative. Most of the rest is very transparently orchestrated, hence it's lukewarm reception by fans of american film music.

[Incanus 5,890]

Which Desplat? Because ROTG is hardly representative. Most of the rest is very transparently orchestrated, hence it's lukewarm reception by fans of american film music.

Well I find that Desplat's music is oftentimes emotionally lukewarm but his orchestrations quite unique and strong. But Rise of the Guardians score has some wonderful emotional warmth to it in its best moments. As fun as the fanfaric bustle in the music is, the quieter material here has the strongest emotional resonance for me.

[publicist 4,650]

Because he mostly rewrites other people's music in the loud moments (Elfman, Silvestri, Debney etc.). It is good, but you still feel a bit underwhelmed by the sheer familiarity knowing how unique Desplat usually sounds.

[Incanus 5,890]

Yeah that's pretty much the feeling I got from Rise of the Guardians.

[tannhauser 101]

Great score and i like the song too

[publicist 4,650]

The song is unexpected for a Dreamworks movie in its classical nature, yes.

[tannhauser 101]

Renee Fleming has a great voice. The orchestration is sublime too. It sounds at times like a number from the old MGM musicals.

[karelm 3,271]

Conrad Pope should get the credit for the orchestration here. I saw some of desplat's sketches and though he clearly knows what he's doing and is a consumite pro, it is Conrad's orch that breathes life into it and really raises it up a notch. I wonder if the film was extensively temped with silvestri and Powell hence the similarities in style.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Well it's the first DreamWorks Animation picture not scored by RCP, so I wouldn't be surprised.

[Brónach 1,330]

Conrad Pope should get the credit for the orchestration here. I saw some of desplat's sketches and though he clearly knows what he's doing and is a consumite pro, it is Conrad's orch that breathes life into it and really raises it up a notch.

I think you're opening a can of worms.

[Gurkensalat 385]

Watches the movie some weeks ago and found it very entertaining, especially in 3D (excellent use of 3D!). And I liked the music, so I looked around and found a download of the complete version from the FYC site. Started listening, liking the music very much, but what it is with the horrible sound quality? Harsh and distorted in the woodwinds? After a few tracks I gave up. But since I wanted to have the music, I managed to find a reasonably priced used CD of the official soundtrack and bought it. Much better, excellent sound quality! I knew only the Potter scores from Desplat and found them not so good, so I am pleasantly surprised by this great score. Very colorful and full of surprises. Nice discovery for me. And I don't think I am missing to much from the complete soundtrack; the CD experience seems quite rounded. Footnote: I assume that the extreme similarity to the main theme from Bruckners 6th symphony is coincidental. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OflReU5RlZM&t=1m11s

[bruce marshall 1,988]

Very good score.

Pope and his wife did a.great job orchestrating this .

No expansion necessary.

 

This is the only Desplat score I own!

On 10/19/2012 at 3:11 AM, BloodBoal said:

Only soundtrack collectors would buy a CD with such an awful cover. It makes me wish I wasn't one of them.

Definitely needs a custom cover!