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I years ago freed myself from the irritating pedantic shackles of astronomical seasons. Trust your own senses. Winter is December - February. Spring is March - May. Summer is June - August. Autumn is September - November. In this hemisphere of course.

“Wands to the Earth” is a top-5 JNH cue. Haven’t yet listened to SoD, but if the same people disliking it here are those that disliked CoG, then I think I shall like it plenty.

I guess it’s sort of resolved in that Decker is like screw this place I’m outta here. If I can’t have the Enyerprise, you can take it. I’m ascending to a higher order and getting a second chance with Ilia. No hard feelings, Jim. Ooh my hair is tingling. Real hair, Jim. Real!

Hey, it's John "Curley" Williams!

Season 3 will arrive this summer

As Meat Loaf once said: two out of three ain't bad.

Crimes of Grindelwald is an excellent score. Not sure how people here like Secrets of Dumbledore better.

Just so long as we've retired anyone calling it Hedwig B theme. I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by Filmtracks!

King Kong (Stromberg Re-recording) by Max Steiner Great recording for a very strong score

Re: The Changeling - There are some very specific parallels (There is an overwhelming attack on the Enterprise and it's cut off because the realize they don't understand Nomad / Vejur's transmission because it's too fast) and it turns out to be an Earth launched probe. But good zod the similarities are very superficial. The comparison I never hear leveled is Robert Wise's film Run Silent, Run Deep where an older Clarke Gable comes in at the last second and relieves a younger Burt Lancaster of command. Star Trek goes in a different direction but the initial confrontations between Gable / Kirk and Lancaster / Decker are very similar. (Something that isn't / couldn't be fixed by the Director's Edition is that the Decker / Kirk plot is never resolved. It's just replaced by Spock's story. Spock's story resolves. Kirk's doesn't.)

Yeah, I'd appreciate some context when you leave these kinds of videos here @Jay, many of us can't see them due to region-locking and have no idea what you're posting. I recently finished season 4 of Discovery. I have to say, this show really found its footing. Apparently COVID gave the writers more time to break the story and it really shows. The entire season feels like a breath of fresh air; tight, focused, and fluid, and everyone is given something interesting to do (give or take a Grey or Adira). While the subject matter is clearly a parallel to COVID and current events it never feels ham-fisted like so many pandemic-related things do. The actors are all doing great work, especially Martin-Green as Burnham who has finally elevated to the role of captain, and she earns it. Burnham is no longer defying strict orders every other scene to suit her own selfish pursuits and is finally embodying leadership skills and professional judgement in the spirit of Kirk, Picard, Sisko and Janeway before her. I suppose if you watch the first three seasons as a show about Burnham growing and learning to become that captain it makes a lot of sense, but it's still good to see her character's qualities defined by her actions, rather than the visible and heavy hand of the writers who traditionally gush over her through dialogue from supporting characters. I still have issues with the thematic focus and approach to trauma and mental illness, but at least now it feels a little more balanced with the themes of duty, resilience and logic, and is somewhat more relevant given our current world condition. There's still a few awkward moments featuring characters inexplicably regurgitating their traumatic pasts, which would be fine if the show allowed those characters some focus but given the plot heavy serial-approach and scene emphasis on the leads it never really feels earned. MVP for me this year was Wilson Cruz as Dr Culber. He gave a compelling performance and has grown so much as an actor since the early days. You could really tell he was more of a stage actor in those days, but he's found a really naturalistic approach for TV now and doesn't stick out but stands out. That character always felt a bit thin but the writers gave him a lot to work with and he nailed it. It was nice to see first contact with a truly alien, non-humanoid species, and the 10-C were genuinely awe-inspiring as depicted. The focus of diplomacy and communication in the face of existential threat is pure Trek, and while the science behind their communication method felt a bit dodgy it was held together with some compelling drama. There was some clear influence from Villeneuve's Arrival which served the show well. Also I loved Saru (who's always been my favourite), and his courtship and chemistry with the Ni'Var president crackled, but in an entirely appropriate way. I totally ship those two. I also continue to enjoy Cronenburg's enigmatic character, and Tig Notaro always delights as Jett Reno (whenever her schedule allows her character to materialise out of the pattern buffer). Plenty more to go on about, but I'll leave it there.

Man, this cue is so emotionally powerful and moving. The whole score is a masterpiece, but the final cues are even more wonderful

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE - JAMES NEWTON HOWARD My second complete run-through and I can now safely say that it's my favourite from the franchise. The more low-key approach entirely works for me (as I mentioned in the main thread, I adore Howard's softer noodly underscore stuff, and there's more than enough here to keep my interest). I can hear echoes of previous Howard fantasy efforts... there's some lovely Maleficent-esque material for instance, and some Raya And The Last Dragon in the opening of Kingdom Of Bhutan (and the closing half of that cue reminds me of Finding The Tail from Alive). Funny. I'm so glad they released so much material from the score (as much as it irks some folk, bizarrely). Solid 4/5 from me.

I don't feel like the Cakes for Crabbe and Goyle variation is fundamentally different from how it's used for the snake escape in 1. It had that "comic hijinks" side of it early on.

I just want to know what happened in Santiago with Gus.

Liberty Bell in the historic area museum (east of downtown, closer to the river). Some like to check out all the Rocky locations (steps of City Hall, etc). Must eats would be an authentic cheesesteak at Geno's (or Pat's) just south of downtown. Note on this: they like taking orders as quickly as possible. Have cash on hand and simply indicate the type of cheese you want on it (American, provolone, CheezWiz) and with/without onions. For shopping, PA has no sales tax on clothes (up to $300 I think). Nearby Delaware has no sales tax on anything. I'd be up for a pre-concert meetup as will of other JWFanners care to join?

Baldie clunge! I’m dying

There speaks a man who had the shite scared out of him by classic Doctor Who as a wain.

Oops, forgot to mention, The Quidditch Match.

Ageist!

I'm equally triggered by Schwarzenegger's English and people mispronouncing Bach.

I loves me some Phuff music! This Curly kid shows promise.

Today I bring some prettay, prettay, prettay good news Larry David Confirms Curb Your Enthusiasm Will Be Back For Season 12

Sylvester Stallone: Arnold, Jean-Claude, Bruce and I are making a film about composers of the Baroque era. I'll be appearing in the role of Vivaldi. Willis: I'll be Handel. Van Damme: My character is Monteverdi. Schwarzenegger: I'm going to play Dietrich Buxtehude, an influential but little-known Danish composer who wrote many important sacred pieces, particularly for the organ.

Exactly. Children are by nature open-minded. The problem is that parents and TV are trying to push children into a direction which they think is suitable. In Belgium most parents think children should listen to K3. When I was young we didn't have K3, I listened to the music my mother and other adults were listening to. Same for movies.

In any case, I am not quite sure I will invest in the CD this time. I already have a high resolution download and took me two sittings to get through the first half of the album. I liked the first score, the second one I listened to exactly 3 times in 3 years and can't so far make it through the third one. Seems like it would be a waste of money. The only reason to get this would be for completeness' sake. Doesn't seem worth 40-50 quid. Karol

Correctamundo...a word I have never used, and shall never use, again.

The Vote is indeed a great cue and I also think that He Sought to Kill, I sought to Protect is a real highlight, but I thought that the tracked John Williams material in Bhutan was really out of place and took me out of the movie as it made no sense. To me the JW tracking only works during the logos or in Hogwarts scenes.

I think one of the best cues on the album is 'The Vote'. I love Grindelwald's theme at 3-quarters in. As for Case Chaos. The beginning (0:00-0:29) is in the film replaced by Hedwig's Theme/The Quidditch Match. I actually really like what Howard composed for this scene. And personally would've kept it. But I understand why they chose to track a bit of music from The Quidditch Match in there.

Yeah, Layer Cake is good ... it's the performance that convinced EON Craig was right for Bond, if memory serves.

Were the practice / tests video or stills ? Photoshop or some other form of compositing it for a still is obviously apples to the oranges of moving people in a video sequence is the only reason I ask. Makes what we got in "What We Left Behind" the most beautiful of teases.

A Lady Gaga score for Top Gun? Sure, why not? While we're at it, I also would want to hear an Ariana Grande score for Die Hard and a Miley Cyrus score for Terminator, both in collaboration with Zimmer (and Balfe)

Forget where it was but enjoyed him reprising this little melody, a fleeting favorite

Then why didn't... you know... they just use his demo? I decided to watch the TOS episode The Changeling last night after similarities in plot had been pointed out over at the FSM discussion. "It's like poetry, it rhymes" - Gene Roddenberry

Yes, that definitely enticed me as well. As far as I know the songs in this set are her only studio recordings between leaving the Duke in '42 and her untimely death in '49.

Counterpoint: He pretended he had a family/kids to manipulate Walter

Nimbus 2000

Best version is the OST. It's fairly repetitive music, so at 72 minutes it's already stretching patience. In fact, there might be an even better, shorter version hiding in there.

If they need content, they should HD-remaster DS9!

The thing is @publicistthat you have the opportunity to whittle down those tracks to your heart's desire, whereas for a majority of score releases you simply wouldn't have the material to whittle down in the first place. I'd rather have the option of more music than spend years waiting for a expanded release...

"I recommend cooking fresh Spaghetti no longer than five minutes." "Thanks, Placido."

"What does it do? Can it conduct?"

What a fun game!

Jay trying to clean up these threads:

Movies you pretend to like so your mom's boyfriend doesn't hit you again

The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford