Jay 37,363 Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 I'd recommend listening on Spotify, and buying an eventual physical CD box set when one (hopefully!) comes out. Dixon Hill and mahler3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I'm not a Silvestri expert by far, but this is among the better stuff I've heard by him. Slight touches of Fenton's BBC documentary scores, but with a space aspect. Like the series, it has potential. We'll see what the next episodes will bring. (I haven't heard the album yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brown 91 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I'm not a Silvestri expert by far, but this is among the better stuff I've heard by him.I feel the same way. I've never really been interested in much of Silvestri's work, but the music for COSMOS was great. Full of emotion and excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Is it on par with The Avengers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 It's nothing like it. Not exactly a propulsive masculine Silvestri style.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Is it on par with The Avengers? It sounds like a mix between Contact and Fenton's Blue Planet, I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Volume 2 is coming out on Sunday March 30th according to Film Music Reporter: http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/03/18/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey-volume-2-soundtrack-announced/ or Sunday April 6th according to Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J2UVF9Y Either way, the track listing is the same:1. S.O.T.I. (1:31)2. You and Me and Your Dog (2:28)3. Interspecies Partnership (2:25)4. Artificial Selection (3:10)5. Living in an Ice Age (1:10)6. Genetic Alphabet (2:44)7. Natural Selection (3:06)8. Family Tree (3:50)9. The Eye (3:55)10. Theory of Evolution (2:53)11. The Permian Period (5:12)12. Tartigrades (1:54)13. Titan (2:59)14. The Story of My Life (3:11)15. 4 Billion Years of Evolution (1:05) Can anyone who's seen episode 2 comment if those track titles refer to only scenes from Episode 2?They said there are 4 volumes planned, yet there are 13 episodes of the season.... Maybe Silvestri is only scoring the first 4 episodes and then that will be tracked into the remaining 9? Or other composers are coming in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Those all seem like they're from 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Share Posted March 18, 2014 Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Maybe they'll release more than four volumes depending on the success of those four.The samples from Volume 2 sound nice, much more electronics this time though, and some expansion of the themes from last volume. All in all, good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Vangelis 2Silvestri 0As of the first two episodes. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 You mean Vangelis/Shostakovich/Bach/Vivaldi/Beethoven/Hovhaness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I think the original approach was far superior. The original synthy theme and the Vangelis stuff sucks you into the world...and the reliance on some of human kinds best classical works is a perfect pairing with the universe.Now with this one composer approach...I wonder what Jerry Goldsmith could have done here. Or John Williams. Silvestri just doesn't do it. It's wonderful to have an orchestra, but an orchestra does not great music make.Silvestri is a B-composer scoring an A-topic: the universe and science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 A "B" composer? Am I going to have to make you apologize like you did with Mr. Shark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Oscar Nominations:John Williams = 49Jerry Goldsmith = 18Alan Silvestri = 2Golden Globe Nominations:John Williams = 24Jerry Goldsmith = 9Alan Silvestri = 2Emmy Nominations:Jerry Goldsmith = 7John Williams = 6 Alan Silvestri = 0John Williams counts might be off by one or two. But that's three different award bodies saying the same thing: John and Jerry are on another level from Silvestri. I can list more awarding bodies if you'd like. But the story, from Oscars to BMI to Grammy to BAFTA to Saturn awards are the same. No fluke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well I was just teasing you, but ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Orchestral renderings of a flux capacitor-equipped De Lorean approaching eighty-eight miles per hour under adverse conditions:John Williams = 0Jerry Goldsmith = 0Alan Silvestri = loads Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 This score was disappointing in context after the hype built around it. The thematic idea provides that sense of "wonder" on a very functional level, but aside from that offers very little.As Blume said, for the great matters this show deals with, the music (despite its orchestral setting) comes off as stock music. Even the main titles sequence, which is designed spectacularly, is supported by music that sounds like patchwork underscore. Underwhelming stuff. Although I'd rather they didn't go with that sound, Fenton would have been more suitable for this.I'd love to see Williams tackle this. Or on a more interesting note, see what someone like Corigliano might come up for this. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Should have gone with Holst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Cliche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Neptune would have complemented the images rather well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Sure, but we would have complained how obvious it was to use Holst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Oscar Nominations:John Williams = 49Jerry Goldsmith = 18Alan Silvestri = 2Vangelis = 1Golden Globe Nominations:John Williams = 24Jerry Goldsmith = 9Alan Silvestri = 2Vangelis = 2Emmy Nominations:Jerry Goldsmith = 7John Williams = 6 Alan Silvestri = 0Vangelis = 0So Vangelis was also a B composer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Yeah. But he managed to transcend that. And he was aided by some truly great classical stuff. That doesn't appear to be happening here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Definite development of themes in the third episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Nice work on the end there, Mr. Silvestri!Definite development of themes in the third episode.Also a lot of tracking.Definite development of themes in the third episode.Also a lot of tracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Yeah, but the original music was tracked too. Lovely finale as you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Nice work on the end there, Mr. Silvestri! It's nice music, as is most of the scores so far, but I still have to agree with you that the Vangelis approach of the original is unmatched. Silvestri's galaxy collision is beautiful and grand, but at the same time it sounds like a "romantic Hollywood score". Vangelis's cues combined an emotional sense of discovery and grandeur with an inherently scientific sound. It's 70s synth music, but at least to me the result is timeless. Silvestri's music, nice though it is, already sounds dated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 You were never gonna love it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I was hoping I would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Has anyone actually noticed that volume 2 came out 9 days ago?EDIT: (Because nobody is discussing it).Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Yeah it was mentioned in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Well, not in this thread. And not in the other...Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 It was definitely mentioned in this thread.http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24218&p=989730 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 No, because no one is actually talking about the music. We knew they were coming out in relatively short amount of time.What's wrong with you, Jason?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I AM ASKING ABOUT THE MUSIC, GODDAMMT!Not release dates.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Well, what are your thoughts on the Volume 2 score CD, Karol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Not heard it, thought that was clear from my posts.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Not heard it, thought that was clear from my posts.KarolThat never stops me! A. A. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 I saved it as a Spotify playlist but haven't checked it out yetHere it is on Spotify US:Alan Silvestri – Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey (Music from the Original TV Series) Vol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm finding Silvestri's straight-up electronica (e.g., first part of "The Eye") more compelling than his orchestral stuff. Vol. 1 is stronger. But I'll reserve judgment until I listen to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Volume 3 will be released on April 29http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-SpaceTime-Odyssey-Music-Original/dp/B00JYRCLNO/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1398614086&sr=8-4&keywords=cosmos+alan+silvestri1. "All That Is or Ever Was or Ever Will Be" (1:35)2. Halley's Efforts (2:57)3. The Speed of Light (3:01)4. Physical State of the Stars (3:18)5. Ibn Al-Haytham (2:10)6. The Way We Live Now (3:04)7. The Lead Hearing (3:34)8. August, 1684 (3:31)9. The Rules of Science (3:05)10. Mo Tze (2:29)11. He Broke Through the Walls of Heaven (2:51)12. The Ultimate Green Power (4:51)13. Endless Searching (4:01)14. Halley's Comet (2:55) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I thought tonight's episode was lovely. Faraday has always been one of my scientific idols, and it was moving to see his massive influence on the modern world presented to a large audience, and through a medium that he is largely responsible for.I've also enjoyed how the chorale-like theme (if you know which I mean) has evolved over the episodes. Very stirring stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Volume 4 will be released on May 27http://www.amazon.com/Cosmos-SpaceTime-Odyssey-Music-Original/dp/B00KBNSQ7K/ref=sr_1_7?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1400071853&sr=1-7&keywords=alan+silvestri1. The Pale Blue Bot (3:25)2. Duck Soup? (3:55)3. Pat Patterson (3:07)4. 4.5 Billion Years Old (4:11)5. Sifting the Stars (4:10)6. Stellar Atmospheres (4:34)7. What About Us? (2:23)8. Adaptable Species (2:25)9. Paris, 1878 (2:38)10. Once There Was a World (3:56)11. Islands of Light (2:01)12. Sacred Searching (1:23)13. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - DVD End Credits (2:30) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Is that the final one?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Samples sound lovely! Can't wait to hear the full end credits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 ALL FOUR VOLUMES are now streaming on US Spotifyhttp://open.spotify.com/album/4jA6hNpRKL3XGBdfi6aO90http://open.spotify.com/album/3bcoYH7zz32Pyhwhnlmk8Jhttp://open.spotify.com/album/68JHxuT8NwMKjW5k6Y56xHhttp://open.spotify.com/album/0eHbCLuaoZPnELTvWrfh3p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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