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Richard Penna last won the day on October 23 2022
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Label Threads The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
Richard Penna replied to Charlie Brigden's topic in General Discussion
That's not a Varese title (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varèse_Sarabande_albums_discography) -
Label Threads The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
Richard Penna replied to Charlie Brigden's topic in General Discussion
I'd be open to that if it's got some interesting unreleased material. I'm giving the OST a refresher and it now comes across to me as a more melodic variation on the sorts of Horror stuff I like from Bishara. Rebuying Starship would be a slightly tougher sell as I'm not familiar with the film nor what's missing, but still open to it. -
Label Threads The Official Varese Sarabande Thread
Richard Penna replied to Charlie Brigden's topic in General Discussion
Album 1: Album 2: https://www.facebook.com/varesesarabanderecords/posts/pfbid02ScpKeXgngEtS8XUCV3ASfvW3coS7YQTTXCWXHmWhQnjzMLMVKXQuGJgCKBQPvb2Bl What Lies Beneath suggested already on FB. Second... alien, monster, blood, planet... gun. Could it possibly be Starship? Feels like yesterday that I bought the first one with the huge mastering error. -
Your favorite re-arrangement of Devil's Dance?
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in JOHN WILLIAMS
I always like the simpler arrangment for this - the original definitely the best. I don't particularly go for the Shaham arrangement but actively don't like Mutter's. No doubt others will see her playing in a better light than me, but I feel her style is completely at odds with Williams' careful, usually structured style. Far too much meandering around with bits that aren't relevant to the core idea. She's no doubt a very skilled player but it always seems to me that she's just showcasing her speed and versatility instead of tailoring her playing towards what JW's pieces need and, where appropriate, what a film needs. Tibet/SL were case studies in a soloist being a perfect match in terms of their playing style and Williams's score. I can't say the same about ASM. -
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Richard Penna replied to crumbs's topic in General Discussion
They also need to use Newborn's theme for the opening and closing. -
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What absolute bollocks It really does sound like he got up at 8am yesterday morning, noodled on his keyboards for 3 hours and came up with that. It's so uninspiring. It goes with my belief that when he's given some inspirational, life-affirming project he comes up with some tat like this, but when given 4 weeks and a film to just.... score, he does a really great job.
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I listened to Djawadi's Fallout the last few evenings and it seems to fall right into my taste range. Very little going on thematically at surface level but it's one of those scores where he manages to keep me engaged for the full 70 minutes without ever being new or very distinct. A bit like Eternals, anyone completely allergic to the vaguest RCP influence should run holding their noses, but Djawadi has clearly got some chops in some extended rhythmic and melodic ideas.
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The Official La-La Land Records Thread
Richard Penna replied to robthehand's topic in General Discussion
I love the TTRL OST but in this case I'm not really interested in the additional material. -
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The Official La-La Land Records Thread
Richard Penna replied to robthehand's topic in General Discussion
I got an e-mail about 12 hours or so ago. I use gmail but we also have a family domain so it doesn't go directly there. Doesn't seem like they're in the remotest urge to get TLW back in stock. I wonder if sales slowed after the initial buzz? -
Recently purchased movies / tv series
Richard Penna replied to Trent B's topic in General Discussion
I have tens of Blu-rays but only around 10 ripped, and a few of them were more so I could skim a few bits without needing the disc in the drive. Essentially I narrow it down to those that are either particularly important to me or are hard to find in physical format and therefore I want the digital copy. Far more DVDs fall into that category for me, particularly TV shows. I'm not quite picturing a full dystopian future where nothing is available to own, but I want a PC-based copy of important stuff that no studio can suddenly decide to pull. This is visual media only, of course. I rip all CDs on receipt - there should be nothing that isn't in my flac archive. -
Now playing: Nightwing. Beautiful score and Varese club album, which I purchased blind entirely based on samples.
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Recently purchased movies / tv series
Richard Penna replied to Trent B's topic in General Discussion
I've had degradation too - I got a Jurassic trilogy Blu-ray set a few years ago and TLW now refuses to play, full stop. I can see some colouring on the outside so it's evidently worn or rotted away. Thankfully I have the DVD and it's my least fave of the three by miles so I'm not actually that bothered. I'm finding an urge with my absolute favourites to rip the entire disc to my PC, which is also a mega-convenient way to watch it. -
Richard Penna reacted to a post in a topic: What are your non-Williams film score holy grails now?
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I have the previous release and find it overlong. Chances of my buying an even longer one without samples are zero.
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Recently purchased movies / tv series
Richard Penna replied to Trent B's topic in General Discussion
Woah. I tend to give up and settle for DVD at those sorts of prices. I think the only movie I'd kind of like to own on Blu-ray but have never seen a domestic version, is Sphere. I can get the DVD for £1.