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Started by KK., Jul 06 2012 08:44 AM
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#1 KK.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 08:44 AM

Here's a review of Horner's latest effort:
http://musicmusekk.w...n-james-horner/

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 08:54 PM

I really enjoyed reading this review, KK (among other reviews of yours). I can't, however, agree with that Elfman's theme is in any way iconic. In fact, I find it incredibly weak. and not it any way it defines Spider-Man to me. It is used and developed in an impressive fashion in these score, but, as a standalone idea, remains completely uninteresting and unmemorable. I said this already, but many people have a problem with pointing which idea is it. I myself think there are far more interesting things in there than this theme. And this is coming from someone who really likes Elfman's works.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 02:27 PM

I don't think it's "iconic", although fans of the film or film scores would recognize it.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 05:54 PM

Yeah, we had that conversation two or three times already. ;)

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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate. - Christopher Nolan

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 06:20 PM

First of all, thanks for the comments croc. Second, while the theme is not particularly hummable, it is instantly recognizable, even in the mainstream. Just play a bit of the main theme to any guy coming out of the cinema and they'll probably instantly recognize it as Spiderman (unless they've never watched the films). The same probably can't be said for Horner's great theme though.

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 07:18 PM

Great review K.K.! (also your other new ones)

I am watching the film tomorrow and am looking forward to it mainly because of the score.
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