Incanus 5,714 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Sounds too European. Powell should have scored it.But you think Powell should have scored everything. And if not Powell then Price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 British composers for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Agora by Dario Marianelli: Marianelli employs orchestra, chorus, ethnic woodwinds and (obligatory) wailing female vocalist to produce a polished work that at times breaks into almost Goldethal-esque orchestral fury with satisfying results. It is all a surprisingly potent and entertaining mix which contains a strong narrative drive, well thought out thematic throughline and quite a few truly evocative moments. Only true distraction is the aforementioned female vocalist that is actually more of a distraction than an asset here, well worn through its decade plus use as a filmic devise for exoticism and tragedy that in this case adds very little to the music.I actually think the soloist adds an evocative texture in many moments. Though its not always pleasing to the ears.But yes, wonderful score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Agora by Dario Marianelli: Marianelli employs orchestra, chorus, ethnic woodwinds and (obligatory) wailing female vocalist to produce a polished work that at times breaks into almost Goldethal-esque orchestral fury with satisfying results. It is all a surprisingly potent and entertaining mix which contains a strong narrative drive, well thought out thematic throughline and quite a few truly evocative moments. Only true distraction is the aforementioned female vocalist that is actually more of a distraction than an asset here, well worn through its decade plus use as a filmic devise for exoticism and tragedy that in this case adds very little to the music.I actually think the soloist adds an evocative texture in many moments. Though its not always pleasing to the ears.But yes, wonderful score!I actually liked it even more after seeing the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yes! Very effective in context.It's a nice film too. Rachel Weisz was quite good in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Could go less European. Megan Fox would have been more ideal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Grrrr....fuck yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 What no Star Wars or Indiana Jones?!!!That shock you?Earthquake OST album Sabrina OST with the songs removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Grrrr....fuck yeah!Feeling a bit over-excited?Funnily enough, I'm listening to a little know Jerry Goldsmith score called Players, a film featuring a sport named tennis. I'll just take my racket, and smash the ball in your general direction, Monty Python style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I like that score. Supposedly the film is midday movie fare though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 So... did this get noticed and discussed when it first appeared, or am I somehow the first person here to point out it exists?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Oh that old thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 So... did this get noticed and discussed when it first appeared, or am I somehow the first person here to point out it exists?! 8 years ago:http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13700#entry365384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 The rejection of Shore's score was probably unjust (though I haven't heard the score and have no frame of reference) but I'm thankful that it gave us the JNH score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 LOL at the guy vigorously criticizing the fake "promo." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 So... did this get noticed and discussed when it first appeared, or am I somehow the first person here to point out it exists?!Yes, yes of course, you are the first person to point it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 A.I. Artificial IntelligenceAlso listened to Goldsmith's Chain Reaction today (courtesy of the new Varese Deluxe Edition album). I wasn't familiar with this score beforehand. It's actually not bad. In some ways superior to many things Jerry was churning out for other similar films during that era. It's not terribly distinctive theme-wise but the execution of Goldsmith's ideas is actually really strong.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 It's at least more fun than it ever seemed to me on the old release. Not a great score, but worth the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 The new album is too long perhaps but there is some good stuff on it that's worth having.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Far and Away by John Williams: A thoroughly Hollywoodized take on the good ol' Irish musical idiom combined in the latter half with big bold dozes of rambunctious Americana but it is oh so enjoyable. Chieftains add a nice authentic flavour and Williams oftentimes fuses their sounds with the orchestra but it is great to hear the ensemble on their own on a couple of tracks. I think this project was the composer's chance to do his "Quiet Man" and Johnny obviously relished the idea and the score sports a few Irish donnybrook fight scenes where the music dances with alacrity and humour, catching punches and ducking and dodging with slick little jigs. The album flows fairly well although it comes to a stop a couple of times with some sparse twinkling atmospheric writing (sparse use of the love theme in Am I Beautiful? and the dreamy crystallic sounds of Inside the Mansion) so typical of that era of JWs career. The love theme functions as the main theme of the score and pervades the score up until the end half. There the Americana takes over in Oklahoma Territory and The Land Race explodes into bass drum and cymbal bmmtzzzz fun and speeds in for a breathless gallop that finally culminates in the End Credits which is a great distillation of nearly all major elements of the score into a brilliant 6½ minute suite. Still as fun as ever, unashamedly big and bold. Not Mr. Big and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I would actually like to see this one getting a complete edition. Always liked this score.Karol Incanus and Not Mr. Big 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I would actually like to see this one getting a complete edition. Always liked this score.KarolYes a complete version would be great. But in all fairness the OST is one of his better ones, even preserving almost the whole narrative arc in original form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 The Family Plot Real Steal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Real Steal Are you trying to say that the OST is a bargain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 The new album is too long perhaps but there is some good stuff on it that's worth having.KarolI thought you were referring to A.I. Artificial Intelligence. I would have agreed. Anyway:Amazing Stories: The Mission (Joel McNeely recording) - One of the best John Williams scores and a favorite re-recording that was a godsend back in the day. Love this one. Harry's Wondrous World Chamber of Secrets OST version with a completely obvious edit of the concert version ending conducted by William Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 SODOM AND GOMORRAH - Miklos RózsaIn view of the mammoth length of this score's wonderful reconstruction on Tadlow i go in the opposite direction and keep this one short and sweet: you might not need every 1-minute lute piece or court dance, but dammit if Rózsa's epic sweep - you are up against the forces of history - doesn't make you feel elated. The often overbearing orchestral tumult of Rózsa's more action-oriented scores is kept at minimum here and and a stately, yearning and lush streak runs through the bulk of he score, which together with EL CID remains my favourite by this composer (at the expense of the better-known BEN-HUR).It may be partly due to the season and the threatening volatility of our time that things like this take on more meaning today than in the 90's so let's be thankful for Tadlow for producing this splendid set. It comforts with themes of nobility, heroism and longing that are just for the ages. Incanus and Romão 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 It's really something isn't it. And whatever the film was like, you can't hear it in the music, which is just about as vintage impassioned Rózsa as can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 There is a variation on the yearning theme i was never aware of before (i. e. in 'The Hand Reading') that i really dig. It's a mysterious sweep i only hear in Rózsa and sometimes Horner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Usually one great love theme is enough for a single score, Rózsa gave this one two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Truth by Brian TylerKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Minority Report OST (the version John Williams personally autographed for me)One of his best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 One of his best autographs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Nixon (Williams) - Damn. That's good stuff. I'd love to see "The 1960s - The Turbulent Years" from Hal Leonard at some point, but it's probably too obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Kingdom of the Heaven Restoration Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I listened to parts of the Hobbit scores and Jurassic Park.Also McCartney's Ocean's Kingdom which is basically a score without a film. It's good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Kingdom of the Heaven Restoration Great scores. Kingdom of Heaven is among Gregson-Williams' best and Restoration is not too shabby JNH score either. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Lair One of my favorite "could be Star Wars" scores though it's unrelenting throughout its running time and veers a bit too closely to pastiche. Nearly every moment is explicitly referencing another composer's work or style. It could also use a bit more breathing room in the form of some softer cues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanUp next: Jaws 2 (2CD)Let's see if they fucked up the sound of the original album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Lair One of my favorite "could be Star Wars" scores though it's unrelenting throughout its running time and veers a bit too closely to pastiche. Nearly every moment is explicitly referencing another composer's work or style. It could also use a bit more breathing room in the form of some softer cues.Some cues are actually very close to several OT pieces not just in style, but in actual content. But yes, there's great stuff in it, and even the rips are always fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Let me know!I may be jumping the gun here considering I've only listened to the first couple tracks of disc 1 AKA the complete/chronological film score (which I can already tell you, I'll never be listening to again), but the old CD sounds better! This new version is too loud and hissy for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Superman II/III - 1990 Japan release.I have a soft spot for these Ken Thorne scores. Although Superman II just repeats existing John Williams material (but does it well), Thorne really came into his own in III. And in the films, his precise placement of the Superman theme was as masterful as Williams. Something Ottman never seemed to understand.And I love the Moroder stuff on this CD, especially his synthesiser rendition of Williams' theme. It's so cheesy, it's almost addictive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Despite reduced power in the recording due to smaller orchestra, I'm a huge fan of Thorne's Superman II... not as huge of Supes III, but it has its moments.And Ottman did alright in my book, the only one of his scores I really enjoy (and own). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Jaws 2 album > Jaws 2 complete score"Ugh, there's still 30 minutes left?" - E.T., listening to the Jaws 2 complete/chronological score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 People will praise the loudness for "clarity". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 The OST sounds more natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 And those saps in this forum who are selling it off. Haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Fools! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Despite reduced power in the recording due to smaller orchestra, I'm a huge fan of Thorne's Superman II... not as huge of Supes III, but it has its moments.And Ottman did alright in my book, the only one of his scores I really enjoy (and own).I'm just glad to own this keeper of a CD. It's so rare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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