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Just came back from the film (in IMAX). It's easily my favourite film of the year (so far). Denis Villeneuve is truly the new Ridley Scott in terms of both narrative depth and visual style. People weaned on Marvel and tapid blockbusters will no doubt find it dour and depressive, and call for the "fun" of it all, but I'm oh so thankful it doesn't have anything of that, and takes itself very seriously. Love the lower tempo, the dream segments, the vistas, the stagings. 2 1/2 hours flew by extremely quickly, and can't wait for part 2 (providing there will be a part 2). Zimmer's score has some great parts, especially the more "lean" parts (no pun intended). Absolutely love the GLADIATOR stylings for the fremen/the desert, all the music surrounding the prophecy and the use of vocals. That's the visionary Zimmer I had hoped for and expected. However, there are other parts -- mostly the action stuff with electric guitars and whatnot -- that becomes too much of a "loudness war". When the soundtrack comes out, I'm expecting to weed most of this stuff out (I have no doubt the soundtrack will be insanely long, as has been Zimmer's practice in recent years). There's a rhythmical, Tangerine Dream-like sequencer track that is very cool too; gets to shine in the middle part of the end credits. I see that Klaus Schulze has co-written a track with Zimmer, I wonder if that's it -- it's got the Berlin school nailed down, anyway.

Come on guys... obvious clickbait is obvious. The "source" is the Daily Mail -- a dumpster fire of tabloid trash. Kathleen Kennedy + female characters are guaranteed triggers for basement dwellers worldwide. We went through this same confected media-driven outrage with Shia in Indy 4. These days it's even easier to manufacture outrage with female characters instead.

https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/details/53783/ TICKET ALERT!!! 36 tickets :O

I'm sure he would. He's a film buff, isn't he?

Roger just posted on the Intrada forum that they will look into this issue.

Brian Eno did once call JW his "Anti-christ". But he also calls himself a "non-musician", so...

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Realisticly, what we could get at any time is one of 15 scores: SpaceCamp The Accidental Tourist Born on the Fourth of July Presumed Innocent JFK Sabrina Nixon Sleepers Seven Years in Tibet Amistad Stepmom Angela's Ashes The Patriot Catch Me If You Can The Terminal That is everything excluding Disney stuff, post-2005 stuff and scores with license or source issues.

I'd post more if anyone was having interesting conversations! *blows raspberry*

Has some nice highlights in here of the concert. Wish I could have seen this live. Terrific terrific score.

So do I. *Briefly surveys Disco Stu's recent posts* Ahem...

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Yeah, I think John Williams mentioned it once in an Interview, that he doesn't see himself as a good vocal composer.

I don't understand what was wrong with these posts either. Anyways I'll be mostly limiting my posting to non satirical, straightforward comments on the latest expanded release or new Williams piece/score. It's the first time in the board history where I feel like literally anything else you say can possibly get you a warning or ban from the mods. Political posts used to be easy to avoid and this place existed mainly to discuss movies ,TV shows, videogames and film scores, but it's hard when everything you loved about all that is being infiltrated and ruined by political agendas and your forced to remain silent about it . Basically our favorite topics are full of land mines now and I'm not sure what this new mod squad is looking for.

Hi all, here are some little emotional cues for our troubled teens at Hogwarts. We hope you enjoy Cue No. 22: Hermione and Harry and Cue No. 23: Malfoy and the Vanishing Cabinet!

Here is the full concert video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13g6hMtwvcdyWVJascZ0dflkEvXrCb6KY/view?usp=sharing

After watching Amistad on Blu-Ray with remastered picture and sound, I wanted to start this thread. The Maestro's score, like the film itself, is a masterpiece. However, there is over 40 minutes of the score that has not yet been released. The first attempt of Mr. Baldwin communicating with the Africans, Cinque's tale of slaying the lion, his entire flashback sequence, Yambe explaining the Bible to Cinque, the entirety of Adams' Summation are just a few of many yet to be released highlights from the score. The entire score is a brilliant combination of African texture and instrumentation with orchestra and choir. The score is powerful and moving, like all the Maestro's work. However, there is something I cannot truly describe about this score of his that makes me want it to be given the remastered and expanded treatment. I have a very personal connection to this score. I was too young to see the film when it first came out, but I was introduced to the music via the soundtrack album. This score introduced me to the spiritual aspect of music. When I was old enough, I saw the film, and both the film and score moved me deeply. All of the Maestro's work is sheer brilliance and blessed with genius, but if I had a choice, difficult as it is given his other scores that have not yet received remastered, expanded and definitive releases, to have one score be given a remastered and definitive release, it would be Amistad. This thread is not only an appreciation of this score, but a discussion on the likelihood of Amistad getting the remastered, expanded and definitive treatment.

One of the best video games ever made! I hope they make a part 3

Dougie Slocombe's photography is utterly fantastic!

I always find it interesting how many Morricone themes there are that are familiar (because they've been showcased on compilations and stuff), yet people don't always know their origin. This is one example, where the "Viva La Revolucion" theme is very familiar, but people may not know it comes from this particular 1969 film. It's a very nice score, a more straightforward spaghetti western, more classical, without so many of the oddball instrumental choices as in the Leone and Corbucci films.

This is finally opening in the US on October 16th, which is a Saturday, so I guess it's going to be on a streaming service and not in theaters? Anyways, hopefully that means we finally get a score album on Friday the 15th or Friday the 22nd

I tend to call it 'experience-oriented' cinema where the primary objective is to engross the spectator in a particular universe rather than to tell a particularly original story (which it obviously does not). Like an amusement park ride, almost. It's by no means the first movie to do this, but it used the various new technologies at the time to take it one step further (3D, motion capture etc.)

Well, I watch 300-400 movies each year on average (old and new), so a film will need to stand out in order to stick. I guess there wasn't enough in this one to stick out according to my preferences, oddball characters or not. But since I gave it a solid 3-star rating, I'm prone to give it another go.

one thing I'd love Indy 5 to have, is a scene like the bar shootout in Raiders. No music, brilliant sound effects, campy BUT ALSO very violent. It's one of the most unique scenes in the series. I'm sure he can pull it off, considering he did Logan.

Dune Sprawling, gargantaun and pretty much everything I expected it to be. And yet...it feels kind of empty...hollow, even. I enjoyed it, but I'm not sure I loved it. At the very least, it definitely has a third act problem. Also, this film deserved a better composer. God, with all the soaring visuals, the score is really such an unimaginative turd.

We have Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, and Disney+ We also currently have Apple TV+, but as soon as Ted Lasso season 2 is over we'll cancel it until Season 3 comes out. Unless Foundation gets astounding buzz We'll probably also try Paramount+ sometime this winter for a bit, maybe when Halo comes out Haven't been tempted by anything on Peacock yet Not sure if Showtime has a standalone service or not but if not we'll subscribe to Showtime through Amazon for a month when Dexter Season 9 is wrapping up to watch that We also use some of the free ones - The Roku Channel and Pluto TV - from time to time

Looking forward to this movie but would have preferred to be released in cinemas instead of Netflix. For some reason I often miss movies that go directly to streaming which I would otherwise probably have seen in the cinema.

I think it has quite faded from the public consciousness.

Disco hates the '70s because back then Spielberg didn't make movies about presidents yet.

Harmonium: Yeah! The Death Of Klinghoffer: Pew, heavy!

There's also the issue of whether those were actually the movies that made money. We tend to forget it nowadays, but the early-to-mid 70s did have their own version of a big blockbuster: the disaster movie.

Okay, I'll rephrase: was there genuinely a single year with such releases somewhere in the world, or does this represent a look back at the 70s through slightly rose-tinted glasses?

Yeah, there are at least two scenes that I can think of right off the bat that offer a bit of humour.

It's better than those you mention, but the stuff that's arranged by Fenton is just too light. It doesn't stand a comparison.

Thanks a lot for your feedback! Indeed, the affordable album was part of the series "Two On One" (Two albums on one CD) by the Capitol Records label in association with EMI. More info can be found on http://www.goplanete.com/johnwilliams/music/disco/albums.htm

Are you saying, as opposed to his film scores, he stays away from the fifth?

I really hope this happens....but diff cover art please

Reviews are in. This is just one of them (and it's great news for our wizards here): https://www.joblo.com/denis-villeneuve-dune-review/ Some quick excepts from other reviewers: - Blockbuster cinema at its dizzying, dazzling best. - The Guardian - Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is a bombastic, impersonal imperial space tragedy. C+ -The Film Stage This perfectly describes Villeneuve for me: - Not for the first time, his craft seems to exist mainly for its own sake; it’s the hallmark of a filmmaker who’s more logistician than thinker, more technician than artist. As a visual and visceral experience, “Dune” is undeniably transporting. As a spectacle for the mind and heart, it never quite leaves Earth behind. - Los Angeles Times

I liked the sequels when I was a teenager. Then I watched the trilogy again last year, and while 2 and 3 are not amazing, they're not as horrible as the internet would make you think. And Davis' score is excellent.

Fierce Creatures is a gem.

I think you have very reasonable points, and like mentioned above, no doubt that when an issue is found, someone is thinking 'dammit, should've caught that'. On the Eiger issue I think it's a breathtaking waste of time and resources for Intrada to have to repress and mail out a replacement CD, in order to move a track index by a second. Just imagine the financial hit in repressing and mailing cost they take every time they feel obliged to fix some little issue because someone either doesn't like a choice, or made a small error. I'm not saying they shouldn't be paying attention to these things and taking suggestions on board for future proofing, but I feel QuartalHarmony's intial post above expressed feelings similar to my own. (I thought I'd seen it all until complaints recently about music included at the end a release because it 'ruined the flow' of the ending. Do the complainants realise how utterly impossible they're making the labels' job?)

"Long ago (and far away)" is a song with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the 1944 film musical "Cover Girl". This song must have fascinated John Williams, as there exist different recordings with his involvement! 1. Recording at the Symphony Hall in Boston in December 1992; conducted by John Williams and released by the Boston Pops Orchestra on album "Unforgettable" (Sony Classical, SK 53380) 2. Recording for the album "The Johnny Williams Orchestra Plays Sound From Screen Spectaculars" (issued on Craftsmen C-8043 in 1957); reissued as "Big Hits From Columbia Pictures" (Tops L-1632; Golden Tone 9632S & Mayfair 9632S) and "Movie Memories" (Simitar/Pickwick, 1126-2 in 1996) Another version of this song was recorded January 28, 1960. On that day John Williams took part in a recording session for the album "First Affair" with the popular American vocal quartet "The Four Freshmen". They have been very successful and nominated for a Grammy Award six times between 1958 and 1986. Actually, John Williams played harpsichord on album track "Long Ago And Far Away" plus celeste on "I`ve Never Been In Love Before". In this regard, here is a new collaboration album to be added to the JW discography. Artist: The Four Freshmen Album: First Affair Featuring John Williams (celeste & harpsichord) on tracks "I`ve Never Been In Love Before" & "Long Ago And Far Away"; Capitol; (S)T1378; Recorded at Capitol Tower Studios, Hollywood, January 26-28 & February 1, 1960; Released September 5, 1960; Reissued in 2000 & 2002

A 'Variety' article from Jon Burlingame talks about the 'Black Panther' L2P concert this weekend at the Hollywood Bowl. 'Black Panther' Score to Be Performed at Hollywood Bowl - Varietyhttps://variety.com/2021/artisans/news/black-panther-score-hollywood-bowl-1235057552/ Here are the highlights: I hear that the Hollywood Bowl does their rehearsals of their concerts for the public for free. I wonder if one could get in on the rehearsals for that concert.

Ludwig Goransson will return for the sequel: http://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/09/07/ludwig-goransson-to-return-for-ryan-cooglers-black-panther-wakanda-forever/

Zimmer's apprentices at RC vs. Giacchino's sons vs. Marco Beltrami's assistents: who will win the ultimate battle for the Hollywood blockbusters?