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    filmmusic got a reaction from Jurassic Shark in Recently purchased movies / tv series   
    Well, it's situated in USA. But they ship internationally. Now, it's another story what I'll pay at customs! 
    The Warner Archive releases I think are Region free.
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Jurassic Shark in Recently purchased movies / tv series   
    I took advantage of MovieZyng's sale regarding Warner Archive blu-rays. Today is the last day of the sale for anyone interested.
     
     

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    filmmusic reacted to Naïve Old Fart in Recently purchased movies / tv series   
    There's some fantastic stuff there, @filmmusic, but I'll single out VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED as a British classic.
    Brilliant script (can you believe that the man who wrote this also wrote THE SWARM?!), fine acting, and well creepy kids (who looked that way because platinum blonde wigs were placed on children with brown eyes).
    "You're thinking of... a brick wall!"
    Excellent choices, all round.
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    filmmusic reacted to neumation in Neumation Music Publishing Updates   
    No, we don’t seal the books with shrink wrap. It was a deliberate choice to avoid contributing to plastic waste. Which is also why we use recyclable shipping packaging. 
    It will be ready when it’s ready. It is a 900 page manuscript and has very dense orchestrations, very laborious to engrave.
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Thor in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    A facebook friend of mine said that this was Kilar's Dracula 2, a masterpiece, the best score for a TV production ever.
    I am not sure if it holds up to that title, but it sure was great, with Dracula-like chorus pieces, minimalistic of course as always with Kilar's music.
     

     
    In Kilar mode again. The vocal theme was sublime.
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Jurassic Shark in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    A facebook friend of mine said that this was Kilar's Dracula 2, a masterpiece, the best score for a TV production ever.
    I am not sure if it holds up to that title, but it sure was great, with Dracula-like chorus pieces, minimalistic of course as always with Kilar's music.
     

     
    In Kilar mode again. The vocal theme was sublime.
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    filmmusic reacted to Tallguy in The Official Alan Menken Thread   
    "Greek" isn't a real ethnicity or nationality anyway.
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Thor in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Magnificent main theme, and a very good score overall, albeit short.
    Unfortunately only an LP has been released.
     
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Andy in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Just listened to this too.
    While Sarde isn't great in my book like let's say John Williams, with easily recognizable melodies, he never fails to deliver good music.
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Thor in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Just listened to this too.
    While Sarde isn't great in my book like let's say John Williams, with easily recognizable melodies, he never fails to deliver good music.
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    filmmusic reacted to Andy in Your Favourite Jerry Goldsmith Score   
    You don’t want to scroll past another person saying Star Trek TMP, so …
     

     
    Explorers is probably my favorite, start to finish.  Breezy, wistful, soulful, quirky, brave, silly, sentimental.  So much heart in the music for Explorers. I just adore it. 
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    filmmusic reacted to Garrett in John Williams’ First and Last Great Score   
    First masterpiece: Daddy-O
     
    Last masterpiece: Towering Inferno
     
    Last good score: Midway
     
    After Towering Inferno, John Williams changed for the worse. He was never the same after that, in my opinion. It seems that once he reached his mid-40’s and entered middle age, he lost the energy and vigor of his youth that had made his music so special.
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in Your Favourite Jerry Goldsmith Score   
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    filmmusic got a reaction from JTN in Your Favourite Jerry Goldsmith Score   
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    filmmusic reacted to Naïve Old Fart in Recently purchased movies / tv series   
    "... patience wore off".
    I see what you did, there." 
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    filmmusic reacted to Andy in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    It’s Barry. I mean, you know mostly what you’re getting, but this one has great themes and superb arrangements.   If you like Barry, I highly recommend it.  Part of why you might not remember it in the film is some of it was rescored by Sylvester Levay. And then there were the Cherry Bomb pop songs. So it may have been easy to miss the entirety of what Barry delivered, but given this presentation with all the alternates, I’d say he gave it his all. 
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Thor in First Impressions: The SCORES of 2024   
    Quite good score.
    Tonal, dramatic, romantic, with gorgeous melodies...
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    filmmusic got a reaction from JTN in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    It was alright I guess...
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    filmmusic got a reaction from JTN in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Classic!
    I don't even love the movie but I bought it nonetheless to support magnificent restorations, like the Arrow is one (unlike the latest Cameron 4Ks which seem to be awful!)
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    filmmusic reacted to ragoz350 in John Williams' OST album breakdowns   
    Decided to correct and expand Memoirs of Geisha OST breakdown a bit. Thanks @filmmusic for some observations in that thread!
     

    01 Sayuri's Theme
    1m2A New [The Story] 
     
    02 The Journey to the Hanamachi
    0:00-1:58 - 1m1Alt The Opening (mm. 1-18/24)
         1:02 - SKIPPED: mm. 8-9
         1:11 - SKIPPED: mm. 11-12
    1:50-end - Theme 
    - In 1m1Alt instead of the usual signature "J. Williams BMI" it says "J. Williams (after Demo Model)". There are a lot of inconsistencies between the sketch and the recording of the cue. From JW remained shakuhachi's solos, string sustains and some taiko hits, the rest of the "decorations" (percussion and synths) were done in a different way.
    - Theme was probably the first cue written, perhaps even as a demo. The sketch was written a bit hurriedly, without specifying the tempo and, for example, specifying the synth timbre: "synth (later)".
     
    03 Going to School
    1m7 New Off to School 
         (2:30-2:38 - that bars are missing from the sketch)
     
    04 Brush on Silk
    0:00-0:14 - 2m2 New A Teasing
    0:14-0:25 - 2m2 New B
    0:25-end - 2m2 New C
    2:16-end - 2m2B Approaching Mameha (as overlay, as it should)
     
    05 Chiyo's Prayer
    0:00-2:09 - 3m4 Chio's Prayer (mm. 1-33/40)
    2:09-3:02 - 2m4 A House Called Tatsuyo (mm. 9-22/22)
    3:02-end - 3m4 Chio's Prayer (mm. 34-40/40)

    06 Becoming a Geisha
    4m2 Mameha's Instruction
         3:27 - SKIPPED: mm. 103-112 
     
    07 Finding Satu
    0:00-1:44 - 3m5 Enter Mameo (mm. 1-30/32)
    1:44-2:31 - 5m4 Do You Like Someone Else (mm. 6-17/32)
    2:31-3:08 - 1m5A The Roofs of Hamachi (mm. 11-18/22)
    3:04-end - 2m2B Approaching Mameha (again)
     
    08 The Chairman's Waltz
    Chairman's Waltz (Full Version)
         2:23 - SKIPPED: mm. 79-114
        (that 35 bars copied from Chairman's Waltz (Violin Variations))
     
    09 The Rooftops of the Hanamachi
    0:00-1:57 - 3m1 New On the Roof (mm. 1-59/89)
         1:14 - SKIPPED: mm. 21-23
         1:46 - SKIPPED: mm. 50-51
    1:57-2:10 - 3m1 New Insert
         1:57 - SKIPPED: mm. 61-62
    2:10-2:43 - 3m1 New On the Roof (mm. 59-89/89)
         2:38 - SKIPPED: mm. 82-85 (approx.)
    2:43-end - 3m1 On the Roof (mm. 50-82/82)
         3:18 - SKIPPED: mm. 66-67
         3:35 - SKIPPED: m. 77
    - The 3m1 New Insert was written before the recording, and it only adds material and doesn't replace anything. It also adds one bar around 1:46 (not in the OST).
    - This track combines two versions of the cue for the same scene.

    10 The Garden Meeting
    0:00-1:40 - 7m5 Preparing for the Reunion
    1:40-end - 5m8 The Cherry Garden (mm. 4-16/16)
     
    11 Dr. Crab's Prize
    6m3Alt
    - In the sketch instead of the usual JW signature it says "Trad. Japan" (as in 6m1Alt).

    12 Destiny's Path
    7m7 We Have No Choice
         1:20 - SKIPPED: m. 22
         2:00 - SKIPPED: m. 33
         2:32 - SKIPPED: m. 43
     
    13 A New Name... A New Life
    4m3 A New Name... A New Life

    14 The Fire Scene and the Coming of War
    0:00-3:21 - 6m4 The Fire Scene
         0:59 - SKIPPED: mm. 23-27
         1:05 - SKIPPED: m. 30
    3:21-end - 6m5A The War Comes (mm. 1-58/60)
    6:37 - last sustain tracked from somewhere else: it should be G, not C.
     
    15 As the Water... 
    0:00-0:54 - 6m5B After the War (mm. 1-18/38)
    0:54-end - 6m5B After the War (Vln+Vc Version) (mm. 18-40/40)
    (the violin part is played by viola an octave lower)

    16 Confluence 
    8m3 New Coming Together
     
    17 A Dream Discarded
    8m1C Rev. The Hankerchief Scene
    - The letter "C" stands for "cello" here. Four versions of this cue were written: two for flute and two for Yo Yo Ma.
     
    18 Sayuri's Theme and End Credits
    0:00-3:44 - Sayuri's Theme (mm. 1-124/142)
    3:44-end - ?new ending? 
    - There are differences in orchestration of Sayuri's Theme: most of the theme's renditions were entrusted to Japanese instruments (or synths that imitate them). On the recording, they almost all replaced by orchestral instruments (mostly by cello).
    - The new ending is the transposed last bars of 4m2 Mameha's Instruction.
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    filmmusic reacted to Nick1Ø66 in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    THE MUMMY is a fantastic flick. Better, and certainly more fun, than the last two Indiana Jones movies.
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Nick1Ø66 in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Classic!
    I don't even love the movie but I bought it nonetheless to support magnificent restorations, like the Arrow is one (unlike the latest Cameron 4Ks which seem to be awful!)
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    filmmusic got a reaction from TolkienSS in Johnny Douglas's SPIDERMAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS (1981)   
    I just discovered this release from Neumation's facebook.
     
    I don't know if anyone grew up with this series but this was one of my most wanted TV animation soundtracks.
    Alas, the 17 minutes of this release don't include all the music cues that I remembered from the show (I just browsed the first episode to confirm that there was other music indeed too).
    Neumation says this must be a teaser. I hope so!
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    filmmusic got a reaction from Naïve Old Fart in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Classic!
    I don't even love the movie but I bought it nonetheless to support magnificent restorations, like the Arrow is one (unlike the latest Cameron 4Ks which seem to be awful!)
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    filmmusic got a reaction from JTN in Johnny Douglas's SPIDERMAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS (1981)   
    I just discovered this release from Neumation's facebook.
     
    I don't know if anyone grew up with this series but this was one of my most wanted TV animation soundtracks.
    Alas, the 17 minutes of this release don't include all the music cues that I remembered from the show (I just browsed the first episode to confirm that there was other music indeed too).
    Neumation says this must be a teaser. I hope so!
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