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[BloodBoal]

Quick BloodBoal! which score is better Skyward Sword or Spirit Tracks?

I can't say! I'm not familiar with Spirit Tracks. I only know the overworld theme of this one, but it's quite good. I'll listen to it, and then I'll tell you. But it ain't gonna be hard for it to beat Skyward Sword!

For you, Blood, I could be Richard Armitage.

Don't... tempt me!

[Incanus]

Body Heat by John Barry

Basic Instinct by Jerry Goldsmith

Presumed Innocent by John Williams

[publicist]

Feeling kinky, eh?

[Jason LeBlanc]

In a sexy mood were you, Inky?

[Incanus]

Yes a bit. I guess listening to Newman's score Whispers in the Dark last night got me going. This seemed like a natural progression.

[crocodile]

Ben-Hur and Ben-Hur

Karol

[Incanus]

Ben-Hur and Ben-Hur

Karol

You must have been really feeling like wearing a sword and sandals today if you had a double dose of that.

[Faleel]

I was listening to it too, The Procession to Calvary is really brutal.

[crocodile]

Yeah, pretty much. We all know how amazing Miklos Rozsa is (especially on the new set), but Carl Davis is no slouch either.

Karol

[publicist]

Yes a bit. I guess listening to Newman's score Whispers in the Dark last night got me going. This seemed like a natural progression.

Is it good?

[crocodile]

It is actually. If you like Newman, that is.

Karol

[Incanus]

Yes a bit. I guess listening to Newman's score Whispers in the Dark last night got me going. This seemed like a natural progression.

Is it good?

See previous page of this thread for my short review.

[TheTennisBallKid]

The Classic Film Scores of Errol Flynn

Great versions of Korngold's Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk(I don't think Gerhardt's rendition of "Strike for the shores of Dover!" can be beat), and Steiner's Don Juan is really good, too.

What stuck out to me this listen though, was Freidhofer's main title from The Sun Also Rises.

I really need to get the rest of the Gerhardt albums, now that they're re-released.

Taras Bulba

[Faleel]

Is there actually an orchestral soundtrack available for the Zelda games outside the 25th Anniversary album?

Oh, oh, oh! Have I managed to convert Incanus to video game music? Hehehehe...

Agreed on Gerudo Valley. The arrangement is awful, and there is one instrument playing in the background that rubs me in the most irritating way ever! I really think this arrangement betrays the original piece. It really has nothing to do with it. The tempo is too slow, and they tried to turn it into some epic music, which the original wasn't. And where is the spanish flavor? Where's the guitar, for fuck's sake? Listen to the original, Inky Boy!

To answer your question, Old Ink, there is only one other available orchestral soundtrack of Zelda music, and that is Hyrule Symphony. That's not a full orchestra playing, though, just some strings and an ocarina.

There are two tracks on Smashing.....Live! that are zelda related.



(at 8:50)

this is great as well (not Zelda):

[Omen II]

The Classic Film Scores of Errol Flynn

What stuck out to me this listen though, was Freidhofer's main title from The Sun Also Rises.

If I had to compile a list of the ten best film music rerecordings ever released, that one might well be at the top of the pile. I was listening to the CD myself just a couple of days ago. Hugo Friedhofer wrote some breathtaking music but I don't think I have ever heard any of it performed live, even in concerts devoted to his more famous pals such as Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold et al Newman.

[Marian Schedenig]

Yeah, pretty much. We all know how amazing Miklos Rozsa is (especially on the new set), but Carl Davis is no slouch either.

The Classic Film Scores of Errol Flynn

Great versions of Korngold's Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk(I don't think Gerhardt's rendition of "Strike for the shores of Dover!" can be beat), and Steiner's Don Juan is really good, too.

Fully agreed. And I love the little cue from Captain Blood.

What stuck out to me this listen though, was Freidhofer's main title from The Sun Also Rises.

Yep. Would like to hear the rest of that score someday.

I really need to get the rest of the Gerhardt albums, now that they're re-released.

I would've probably picked up all of them full price had they not been the unexpanded/shortened (I'm still confused by the release history of this series) version. Now I'm still waiting for a good deal on them. From the old releases, I have some in original form, some on CDR, and some I've never heard at all (e.g. Gone With the Wind).

[Trent Bennett]

Superman Returns

It had been a while since I've heard this. I know many here don't care for the score but I for one do enjoy it. Hell I listen to it more than Williams original Superman score, which I think a lot of times tends to drag on.

[Neimoidian]

Superman Returns

It had been a while since I've heard this. I know many here don't care for the score but I for one do enjoy it. Hell I listen to it more than Williams original Superman score, which I think a lot of times tends to drag on.

Saying this here is a little bit like...

[Richard Penna]

And it shouldn't be. There is much to like about Ottman's score.

I recently listened to the entire McNeely re-recording of Vertigo. Beautiful, but also very introspective; almost a saddening quality to it, but then the plot of the film is equally as 'disorienting'.

[Neimoidian]

And it shouldn't be. There is much to like about Ottman's score.

I didn't say I didn't agree.

I recently listened to the entire McNeely re-recording of Vertigo. Beautiful, but also very introspective; almost a saddening quality to it, but then the plot of the film is equally as 'disorienting'.

A fantastic score to a great movie. It's probably my favourite of Herrmann's work and BH-AH collaboration. Also McNeely's re-recording is stellar.

[John Crichton]

Williams' Superman is a seminal masterpiece. Ottman's Superman Returns is the definition of mediocrity. There is no comparison.

[BloodBoal]

There is no comparison.

It's funny you should say that, because you just compared them!

OWNED!

[crocodile]

Hook by John Williams

What I found really surprising about this new release is that there isn't as much unreleased music as I thought there would be. Essential unreleased music, that is. The album generally feels like the OST with extra bits. That's fine - the score can be enjoyed in this form, especially by the casual listener. The sound quality in the final batte tracks doesn't bother me at all. However, the volume changes do, and so does the looped material. I didn't expect to spot it to be honest, as I was never a big fan of the score. But I did and it is quite jarring. It's a nice album and I'm grateful that I could buy it, but there is a certain dose of frustration ingrained in this project as well, which took so much time to complete. As compared to, say, LLL's Batman Returns, which was very much fast-tracked (as far as I can remember), I can't help to feel a bit disappointed this time (keep in mind I waited almost 6 weeks for this delivery). But then again, I think that presentation-wise that Elfman release was their best release so far. Oh, the design and the look is top notch. LLL releases generally look better than other labels' and this is no exception. Whatever the shortcomings, still and essential purchase.

Karol

[Faleel]

EL CID.

[Joe Brausam]

EL CID.

Funny, that's what I listened to today as well! Such a magnificent work.

[Trent Bennett]

I don't give a shit if anyone else hates the score for Superman Returns.

I don't hate the score for Williams original Superman score. I just find Superman Returns more enjoyable and I listen to it more.

[Faleel]

EL CID.

Funny, that's what I listened to today as well! Such a magnificent work.

Indeed, though I wish the original recordings had survived in Stereo.

[MrJosh]

I've always enjoyed Superman Returns quite a lot.


Today I listened to The Hours - Philip Glass. You can go into a trance listening to this music if you didn't get enough sleep the night before.

[Joe Brausam]

EL CID.

Funny, that's what I listened to today as well! Such a magnificent work.

Indeed, though I wish the original recordings had survived in Stereo.

I sort of have a feeling they'll turn up one day, just as Tiomkin's 55 Days at Peking was still around. They're just waiting to be found, hopefully!

[Faleel]

up next: either The Ten Commandments, or Ben Hur Disc 4 (Disc 2 of alternates Listening Experience)

[MrJosh]

Oh man, I need to buy Ben Hur set.

[Incanus]

Lord ot the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring OST by Howard Shore: It has been a while since I listened to the OST but it is not half bad condensation of the 3 hour score into a 70+ minute programme. The Ringwraith theme gets a little too much exposure and the History of the Ring theme too little but other than that the album works quite well, catching all the major sequences in its running time. The mix is quite different than on the CR which at times works better and at others not so well to the advantage of the music. The more balanced mix of the CR robs many of the choral sections their clarity and power which is intact on the OST. Plus FotR OST is inarguably the album of the three OSTs that contains most alternates and Theatrical version pieces of the three which is both a nostalgic and interesting listen after 11 years. Just hearing the Prophecy again makes you remember how listening to this album slowly but surely eradicated all doubt that Shore could score this trilogy from my mind.

[MrJosh]

Lord ot the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring OST by Howard Shore: It has been a while since I listened to the OST but it is not half bad condensation of the 3 hour score into a 70+ minute programme. The Ringwraith theme gets a little too much exposure and the History of the Ring theme too little but other than that the album works quite well, catching all the major sequences in its running time. The mix is quite different than on the CR which at times works better and at others not so well to the advantage of the music. The more balanced mix of the CR robs many of the choral sections their clarity and power which is intact on the OST. Plus FotR OST is inarguably the album of the three OSTs that contains most alternates and Theatrical version pieces of the three which is both a nostalgic and interesting listen after 11 years. Just hearing the Prophecy again makes you remember how listening to this album slowly but surely eradicated all doubt that Shore could score this trilogy from my mind.

Great post! Yes, this really is a great album presentation. I need to listen through the LOTR music as the Hobbit gets closer...get me pumped up!

[Chaac]

I remember years ago, when I didn't have the Internet, all I had was a copy of the OST that a friend burned for me, and the tracks were in the wrong order. I still have it. I get all nostalgic. I listened to it endless times, while doing nothing but listening, in the bed of my room.

So yeah I like it too lol

[Maglorfin]

Just hearing the Prophecy again makes you remember how listening to this album slowly but surely eradicated all doubt that Shore could score this trilogy from my mind.

I thought exactly the same thing after having listened to the OST for the first time back in 2001.

[crocodile]

Yup, it was definitely a big surprise. I knew Shore only from Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs at that point. And I can remember the day I bought this CD. Just like that, heard no clips or anything like that. And when it started I thought "holy shit, this guy actually pulled this off!".


Not exactly a score, but Górecki's Third Symphony (of Sorrowful Songs).

Some Hook, Tintin and Predator as well.

Karol

[Pasi Tiitinen]

Oh you got Hook, I've been few days of.

That was fast delivery indeed!

[crocodile]

38 days! Two more and it would have been a nice Biblical number.

Karol

[Matt C]

Williams' Superman is a seminal masterpiece. Ottman's Superman Returns is the definition of mediocrity. There is no comparison.

Oh you did NOT say that.

If you want to label a Superman score as mediocre, then Ken Thorne's Superman II fits that bill to a T. Hardly any effort put into it, save arranging Williams' themes for a smaller orchestra that sounds like a marching band.

[Hlao-roo]

It is actually. If you like Newman, that is.

Karol

It's not good if you hate Newman?