filmmusic

Ah. Got you. I didn't get it the first time.

Not to mention also the 2 tracks of the Hymn to Fallen.

You've got a pm.

What version of The Abyss would you prefer? https://imgsli.com/MjU2MjM3 the grainy one or the DNRed one?

Do you mean the score? Do you think it's a masterpiece?

Curious how Young ended up scoring this little film. Anyway, the music is quite ethnic and I'm curious also how the composer wrote such music. I mean did he study the music of the country or is he based on traditional melodies? There are many vocal tracks, and I wouldn't ever think that a Hollywood composer wrote these, if I didn't know.. I had listened to this fairly recently, and I can't udnerstand what people find in it. The Silence of the Lambs on the other hand, that's a masterpiece.

No, to all three questions. If I admitted that SPR is a masterpiece of a score, then it wouldn't be fair for true masterpieces in my book like E.T., Hook or Schinldler's List. As for the film, I vastly prefer The Thin Red line, which was released the same year.

I guess orchestras always play The Duel from Tintin because it's available from Hal Leonard, but it's hardly my favorite piece from that score. Tinker-Tin is much more original and fun for me...

I listened to Magdalene yesterday, and I found it a great score, although there are a couple of obvious "influences" from Mozart's Requiem. Check it out if you haven't yet. Pity that he has disappeared from the film music world! (Although to tell you the truth, I've only listened to 3 scores in total by him)

How on earth Paltrow won the Oscar over Blanchett's performance, I will never understand...

Just listening. It's quite good, yeah, but I don't hear any "Americana". Although to be fair, I have connected the term with Copland and Williams.

I don't know, I haven't warmed up to it at all..

Have you tried cleaning the disc with a cloth or even washing it? I hear in other forums this helps a lot with your problem.. Now, that you mention it, I also have Close Encounters, and I wonder if it has gone bad...

See here, Excised final chapter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic_at_Hanging_Rock_(novel)

I see the (US) blu-ray of that one is also OOP and is going high at ebay!