Thor

Just another Wednesday at Boston Symphony Hall.

I played this a lot when it came out in 2016. Came in 8th that year. But the novelty value of the vocal variations eventually wore off a bit, so I haven't played it in a long time now. But it's still good stuff, and of course, the 1-minute JURASSIC PARK variation was icing on the cake.

I like it, but it's not as ethereal and gorgeous as some of his other work in a similar idiom. It's a little "stark" somehow.

Only 19 minutes, but one of my favourite scores from 2011. Love the religioso/pastoral/Delerue-ian bits as well as those 70s/Pink Floyd-esque organ bits. Haven't found another Hewitt score yet that reaches these heights.

Now THAT'S a link....

When you find a pic on, say, Google Pictures, do you remember to open the image in a new window before you download from there? If you don't, I've often found that the image downsizes. You need to download from the root directory.

Yeah. Performances & make-up (esp. Roth, Bonham Carter and Giamatti), fantastic production design and cinematography and one of Elfman's best scores post-millennium. So what if Wahlberg has the charisma & acting chops of a soft ice, and the story has a few twist and turns and holes. It's not enough to make me dislike it, or even say it's a bad film!

Yeah, it's a pretty decent sequel. Furthermore, I'm one of the three people on the planet (of the apes) who also think Burton's film has a lot going for it.

It's disconcerting to think that he was four years YOUNGER than me at that point. I hate these reminders. For example that Dr. Grant in JURASSIC PARK is the same age as I am now.

Nor did I. In fact, I hated it. But that wasn't Yeoh's fault.

Why? Of all the people not to like.... I think she's been good in basically everything she's been in.

Yes, some. The Goldsmithian elements, as mentioned before, and some big epic things (with choir and everything), and the return of MELODY in several instances. But you'll have to be patient about it; there are a lot of those chuggachugga RC-isms to wade through as well. If there's any album to be had here, it needs to be heavily playlisted.

Yeah, saw it this morning. It was rather excellent, actually. I went in with low expectations, so I was definitely pleasantly surprised. Great world building, good "journey" narrative, some intense setpieces, likeable central characters. The climax was perhaps a bit too on-the-nose, but nothing to whine about. Best Apes film since the 1968 original. Paesano's score had some very trite contemporary tropes scattered about, but also some lovely moments -- including references to Goldsmith's original. I need to listen to it on album first, but the best Apes score since Elfman's, I think (which I absolutely adore).

Indeed. As I said over on FSM, you really can’t go wrong with Ilarramendi. Posted a lot of his stuff earlier in the thread.

It is! And THAT ONE falls into the 'almost' category mentioned in the other thread.