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I remember vaguely hearing about this "day" awhile back, but made no fuss over it. Every day is a film score day in my household.

National Film Music Day is what we make it to be. 4/20 and May the 4th had to start somewhere. It’s up to us nerds to take this thing to the next level. Fortunately, I have some ideas on how to kick start this holiday, and give it widespread commercial appeal: Try a composer who is new to you. Give an old OST you don’t need anymore to someone you think might play it. Start a composer thread for a composer you think we should pay more attention to. Donate to one of the film music recording Kickstarters. Do a random act of Film Score kindness. Buy Andy a CD of his choice. Think how good you’ll feel. Invent a cocktail that embodies your favorite composer or score. Drive through a bad part of town blasting “Cutthroat Island” with your windows down. Change your instant media profile pic to Giorgio Moroder. See if anyone guesses. Play some Barry or Delerue during sexy time with that special someone. And finally, for the children, invent a mythical “Father Film Score”, “Santa Soundtrack”, “Papa Bande Originale” character. Dress in a turtleneck, beard, glasses, and white ponytail. Carry a conductor’s baton and a sack filled with 1-cent Titanic OST’s you’ve been hoarding. Visit your local village, community center, or public market to the squeals of delight from the little ones.

wake me up when it's National Film Song Day

You can say that until you're blue in the face, but you'll give in!

Honestly, if it was up to me I'd chose March 5th as the Film Score Day. It was on this day, in 1977, that the first recording sessions for Star Wars took place (at least according to Wikipedia).

It's just a ruse by Big Oxygen to make you breathe. I won't have it.

Maybe it appeared a lot in those authomatic playlists generated by Spotify's algorithm?

Or "Oxygen Day." Let's celebrate breathing, everyone!

"I can't do this." [raw sketch for Schindler's List]

Be sure to pick up Titanic if you haven't yet - It's a wonderful release, an iconic Horner score, and I can't imagine how insanely high the price will skyrocket once it's out of print.

I always prefer whatever works best musically. With most scores I own, I don’t have an intimate knowledge of the movie and probably have never seen it at all. If a film version is full of hacky edits or extraneous loops, give me an album version every time.

Well done! There are children in Africa who have never even heard of Bernard Herrmann!

A filmmaker can leave things open to interpretation or not by choice. In this case, I don’t think an argument is there that anything in Barbie is subtext. It’s a movie for tweens and it wears its morals on its sleeve, often even telling explicitly instead of showing. The only variable is the sociopolitical baggage - or the chip on their shoulder - that each viewer brings in .

Well for many of the cues that have multiple options, a film version virtually doesn't exist because it's a hackjob of many versions or even many cues. They just had to pick one or the other.

It's not self-funding in general that's discouraged. You're supposed to estimate your requirements and then divide them up between what you can fund yourself and what you need to crowdfund. Then you start your campaign for the crowdfunded part, i.e. you should already have subtracted what you can reasonable contribute yourself from your campaign goal. It's still important to select a fitting goal based on how much you need at the very minimum to (hopefully) reliable deliver, and what you'd like to have to provide more than just the minimum viable product. And of course stretch goals can encourage backers to go far beyond your basic goal.

I instantly imagined him singing 'Sukiyaki.'

"Oh, Mr DNA, where did you come from?"

The film edits are wildly butchered from the original compositions. The film version would be unlistenable.

Kickstarter campaigns run until the originally set deadline. Everything that's pledged at this point, as long as it's not below the limit, is collected. I *think* it is possible to cancel a pledge as long as the campaign is still running.

I had never bothered to pick up Godzilla, so I just ordered from BSX. I’ll be the lab rat to see if those tracks are really on there. You’ll find out in a week or twelve, depending on when BSX gets it to me.

@Steffromuk Oh boy, you're just flooding the thread with your infinitely awesome custom covers, so much so that I couldn't even get around to praising @Laserschwert's fantastic Outcast mockups.

Honestly, I prefer Wagner.

Nope. It's the same artwork as on the website, which meant whoever submitted them to whatever database Stark used had to make up titles for them.

So me and @Stark have been discussing this anomaly, and discovered that if you purchased the score around at least February 2021, then chances are: you already have these tracks! And they're pretty much exactly what the titles say they are, so I guess we'll find out soon if this is another A.I. situation or not. Given I would've recently gotten the "original tracklist" version from one of Lukas Kendall's several collector sales, I am a bit peeved that this now another BSX release where I bought it before a slightly more expanded release popped up (or at least was made aware of this being something that has happened).

It just felt like it got chucked out there, with interest in the films kind of instantly dying upon the release of TROS, and Williams not even including the music in his concerts. It felt like even more of a crime given how good the score turned out to be. I'll enjoy seeing it reconsidered and given the attention it deserves in your book. And that goes for the whole ST and the PT too, since the OT has had way more written about it than the other 6. Probably because the OT will always be "classic" and the others will never be taken nearly as seriously. But since we're here to talk about the scores and not the films, obviously they ARE classics and deserve the royal treatment! You'll have some work to do trying to figure out the musical storytelling in the ST though. It's hard to be sure what Williams intended given the ever-changing cuts of the JJ films, or whether he was able to maintain a consistent vision at all.

Willie... Willie....what is that? Is that short for something? Willie is my professional name...Indiana. Hey, lady! You call him Doctor Jones! MY professional name. *flips a coin*

NIGHTBREED

"When 92 years old you reach look as good you will not, hmm?"

I made a slightly different version for those who prefer it not just refering to the video game, since it was originally a score to accompany the reader of the book. and another one using a source from the comic book series

Couple other notes.... Godzilla 2014's opening titles sequence still haven't been matched KOTM's official trailer might be the greatest trailer of all time

Horrible character indeed with stupid Marvel-esque quips that were incredibly annoying. I was waiting the entire movie for Godzilla to eat him I agree that, when you can actually see Godzilla battling the MUTOs in San Francisco it's actually very exciting, especially when the big G uses his atomic breath to rip the MUTO's head off But Aaron Taylor Johnson's character is probably one of the blandest protagonists of a blockbuster movie in recent years. Tom Hiddleston was much more engaging and fun in K:SI.

I remember liking '14 well enough at the time, maybe just because it was a big improvement on the '98 attempt and its T-zilla. But I haven't felt a need to rewatch it since. Saw KOTM once. Lots of bang for your buck, but again, no desire for a second viewing. Enjoyed Skull Island. As Edmilson said, the visuals are stellar, and the Vietnam angle was different. Actually liked it enough to pick it up for $10 in a DVD bargain bin. lol I enjoyed GvK for the novelty of seeing them collide for the first time since '62. As a fan of both since I was a wee one, it was a kind of event, and it didn't disappoint for me. I don't know how I feel about them being a tag team/allies for this new one... I may catch it on 'Cheapie Tuesday.'

Punisher & Daredevil in the set of Born Again: Source

All joking aside, I think it’s a nice idea to bring more public awareness to the art. Of course for us, every day is Film Score Day. But maybe you can celebrate by buying a CD or vinyl or download for a friend, or coworker, or their child who maybe might get something out of it.

I do think MM would have made a better main program.

I'll be metadata-editing JW albums in honour of the occasion.

I read that article, too. I understood, that this was the first published non-musical film score album.

When he ripped it in 2021, the titles weren’t on BSX’s website. The titles he has are slightly different.

She watched a different movie with her kids than I watched with my kid, I guess. Ken’s character was a stereotypical lout for the third act as he emulated what he saw in the “real world,” but he had a full arc, broke free and ended at a place of freedom to do pretty much anything he wanted (except hook up with Barbie).

A bit harsh, but I do concede that a movie that ends with it saying that men should be allowed to be their own people instead of following every masculine stereotype is anything but emasculating to men. (That, and nothing will ever be as cool as the whole "I'm Just Ken" sequence.)

Rushing to write music for Ready Player Two

"What a vivid imagination."

Good thought, maybe he had that connection in mind. And glad you did your homework on that one! It's a good score, and the suite is a very satisfying souvenir from it.

I think this was the first time I ever looked at the beginnings of this thread! WOW! Hee hee hee. Anyway, I came here to make everyone feel old in a DIFFERENT way. At this point the only Doctors I had seen other than Tom Baker were in magazines and The Five Doctors. Here in the States we hadn't even seen the costume yet. I was just taking my first steps into the ridiculousness that is fandom. I think this is probably right around the fortieth anniversary of my first convention as well! (Yup. April 20–22, 1984!)

This cue "8m64Cv9.18 Last Carriage Falls" goes in between Grace Climbs and Parachute Escape. FYI.

Lorne Balfe - Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (2023) Sources: GEMA (source of cue order), ASCAP, Known cue number sources: eddiehamilton.com (the Avid timelines contain different cue numbers for some cue titles, i've listed the best ones, Synchron Stage IG, Lorne Balfe IG 1m01 Bering Sea - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas Course 100 - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas 1m03 It Vanished - Stuart Michael Thomas 1m04 Torpedo Not Responding - Lorne Balfe, Kevin Blumenfeld, Stuart Michael Thomas 1m05a (1m08) Mission Briefing - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj, Stuart Michael Thomas 1m09 Braid Attack (called Desert Fight on EH's Avid timeline) - Lorne Balfe 2m11 (3m11) What Are We Dealing With - Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas 2m12 Gas Mask - Lorne Balfe, Kevin Riepl, Stuart Michael Thomas Reunited - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj 2m13 I Understand You’re Upset - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj, Bobby Tahouri Kittridge Mask - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas Kittridge Darted - Lorne Balfe 1m07 Main Titles - Lorne Balfe 2m15 Briggs and Degas - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Bobby Tahouri 2m16 (3m16) Airport - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Kevin Riepl, Stuart Michael Thomas 2m16 (3m16) Airport (Cont) - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey 3m18 Bomb Riddles Part 1 - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj 3m18 Bomb Riddles Part 2 - Lorne Balfe, Stuart Michael Thomas 3m19 We’ve Been Had - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj, Stuart Michael Thomas 3m20 Airport Flight - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey Keep Tabs on This Woman - Lorne Balfe 4m22 Magistrate Spezzi - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas 4m23 (3m23) Grazie Agente - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Peter Adams 4m24 Your Friends From The Airport - Lorne Balfe, Peter Adams Grace Crash - Bobby Tahouri 4m26a Italian Standoff - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas 4m26b Handcuffs - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri You’re Driving - Lorne Balfe Yellow Fiat - Lorne Balfe Fiat Reverse - Lorne Balfe 4m30 (5m30) Team Arrives In Venice - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey It’s Protecting Him - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj 5m31 He Calls Himself Gabriel - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas 5m35 Interested Party - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas 5m37 Run As Far As You Can - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Peter Adams, Stuart Michael Thomas 5m38 Ducale Palace Fight - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey 5m39 Entity Hacks Comms - Lorne Balfe, Peter Adams, Stuart Michael Thomas 5m41 (6m41) You Are Done - Stuart Michael Thomas 5m41 (6m41) You Are Done (Cont) - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas 6m42 I Was Hoping It’d Be You - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Bobby Tahouri, Kevin Riepl 6m43 Bridge Loss - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey 6m44 What If - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas You Don’t Even Know Me - Lorne Balfe 6m46a Do Not Alter The Plan - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj, Stuart Michael Thomas 6m46b Mask Machine - Stuart Michael Thomas Orient Express - Lorne Balfe, Kevin Riepl, Stuart Michael Thomas Talk To Me Benji - Lorne Balfe, Stuart Michael Thomas 7m48 Gabriel Hijacks The Train - Lorne Balfe, Kevin Riepl, Stuart Michael Thomas I Missed The Train - Lorne Balfe, Stuart Michael Thomas 7m50b Widow Swap - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas, Bobby Tahouri You’re Not Alana - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas 7m51 My Terms Have Changed - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas, Bobby Tahouri Paris Searched - Max Aruj, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas 7m53a Where’s Gabriel - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas It Won’t Be Long - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri 7m53 Operation Rasputine - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas Paris Stab - Lorne Balfe, Kevin Riepl, Bobby Tahouri 7m54 Commission - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas, Bobby Tahouri, Peter Adams 7m55 Cliff Edge (source: Lorne Balfe's IG; not listed on any repertories) - Lorne Balfe Jump Off Cliff - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Max Aruj 7m58a Transfer Declined - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas 8m58b Zola Fires - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri 8m59 Ethan and Gabriel Fight - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Joshua Pacey, Kevin Riepl 8m60 I Know What You Need to Know - Lorne Balfe, Bobby Tahouri, Stuart Michael Thomas 8m61 Gabriel Falls Onto Truck - Lorne Balfe, Kevin Riepl, Stuart Michael Thomas 8m64 Paris Rescue - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey Grace Climbs - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas 8m64c Last Carriage Falls - Cecile Tournesac 9m65 Parachute Escape - Lorne Balfe, Max Aruj, Joshua Pacey, Peter Adams, Stuart Michael Thomas 9m66 (10m66) Curtain Call (source: Lorne Balfe's IG; not listed on any repertories) - Lorne Balfe He Calls Himself Gabriel Reprise - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey, Stuart Michael Thomas Your Friends From The Airport Reprise - Lorne Balfe, Peter Adams I Was Hoping It’d Be You (Unused) - Lorne Balfe, Joshua Pacey

3 Body Problem Episodes 1-3 Super impressed with this show, one of the most exiting new shows in quite a while. Full of mysteries and interesting ideas. Looking forward to see how it unfolds and I believe S2 is being written right now!