filmmusic

The Empire strikes back
The Blue Lagoon
Superman II
The Shining

The Empire strikes back
The Blue Lagoon
Superman II
The Shining

The Empire strikes back
The Blue Lagoon
Superman II
The Shining

The Empire strikes back
The Blue Lagoon
Superman II
The Shining

Nope.
 
we can confirm that Hayao Miyazaki’s animation How Do You Live? will not be heading to the Croisette. There had been hope the filmmaker’s first movie in a decade could grace the festival and conversations were had about that possibility but as first reported by Paris Match over the weekend, our sources have confirmed it will debut to Japanese audiences in July.
 
https://deadline.com/2023/03/cannes-lineup-studio-ghibli-anime-miyazaki-wim-wenders-ainouz-kitty-green-1235277889/

There is an affordable like new release of the 3 (the release I own), here:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204131799709
 
oh, and how could I forger The Piano?
Another favourite score for a favourite costume drama film.
But I'm sure you have that..

Yes!
 
 
Too expensive shipping, but I found it for about £20 including shipping on Amazon (not the marketplace), although it's out of stock. Ordered it anyway in case they get hold of a few copies.

Then, the Richard Robbins scores for the Ivory films:
Room with a view, Maurice, Howards End, The Remains of the day.
I don't see Robbins frequently mentioned here...

Then, the Richard Robbins scores for the Ivory films:
Room with a view, Maurice, Howards End, The Remains of the day.
I don't see Robbins frequently mentioned here...

I've got that!

I think the first score that comes to mind, that is a most favourite of mine from a costume drama, is The Age of Innocence by Elmer Bernstein. Sublime score.

For me it's definitely The Passion. We have heard swashbuckler scores before and with more success (eg. Star Wars), but I think we hadn't heard something like The Passion. I love that film very much and one of the reasons is its masterful score.

It's been yeaaaaars since I last saw this.
Great movie, great score!
I've watched it through my newly purchased UHD. Great disc too!

I just think its cool they built a new circus just for this film. From the wikipedia article
 
"The chariot arena was modelled on a historic circus in Jerusalem. Covering 18 acres, it was the largest film set ever built at that time. Constructed at a cost of $1 million, it took a thousand workmen more than a year to carve the oval out of a rock quarry. The racetrack featured 1,500-foot long straights and five-story-high grandstands. Over 250 miles of metal tubing were used to erect the grandstands. Matte paintings created the illusion of upper stories of the grandstands and the background mountains. More than 40,000 short tons of sand were brought in from beaches on the Mediterranean to cover the track. Other elements of the circus were also historically accurate. Imperial Roman racecourses featured a raised 10-foot high spina (the center section), metae (columnar goalposts at each end of the spina), dolphin-shaped lap counters, and carceres (the columned building in the rear which housed the cells where horses waited prior to the race). The four statues atop the spina were 30 feet high. A chariot track identical in size was constructed next to the set and used to train the horses and lay out camera shots."
 
That's cinema, baby

It was the only way to do it back then.
I need to revisit this beautiful film. I get verklempt every time.

I just watched it up to the intermission (no chariot race yet).
This is what we call CINEMA!
A true masterpiece. Real sets (or miniatures), real people (hundreds of them sometimes), not that CGI video game stuff!
I saw 2 hours and 20 minutes, and felt much less. More than an hour..
The musical score, one of the best ever written! I would love it if John Williams had done the music for a biblical epic too, to see what he would have come up with.
I LOVE these old epics (Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, Cleopatra, The Bible, The Robe, The Greatest Story ever told, King of Kings etc. etc.).
 
By the way, since we were talking about Gladiator that I watched yesterday and how much polished seemed Rome there...
Here in the entrance to Rome scene, the city felt much more real. I don't know if it was miniatures or matte paintings though.

I just watched it up to the intermission (no chariot race yet).
This is what we call CINEMA!
A true masterpiece. Real sets (or miniatures), real people (hundreds of them sometimes), not that CGI video game stuff!
I saw 2 hours and 20 minutes, and felt much less. More than an hour..
The musical score, one of the best ever written! I would love it if John Williams had done the music for a biblical epic too, to see what he would have come up with.
I LOVE these old epics (Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, Cleopatra, The Bible, The Robe, The Greatest Story ever told, King of Kings etc. etc.).
 
By the way, since we were talking about Gladiator that I watched yesterday and how much polished seemed Rome there...
Here in the entrance to Rome scene, the city felt much more real. I don't know if it was miniatures or matte paintings though.

One with choir.

I'm not sure if it's particularly dark.
I was referring to that combination of western style (mainly the choirs) with the ethnic elements.
Can anyone think of something similar beforehand?

I have listened to the expansion only once yet, but from the ost:
Peter Denies Jesus, Mary goes to Jesus, Crucifixion, Jesus is carried down, Resurrection.

I just watched it up to the intermission (no chariot race yet).
This is what we call CINEMA!
A true masterpiece. Real sets (or miniatures), real people (hundreds of them sometimes), not that CGI video game stuff!
I saw 2 hours and 20 minutes, and felt much less. More than an hour..
The musical score, one of the best ever written! I would love it if John Williams had done the music for a biblical epic too, to see what he would have come up with.
I LOVE these old epics (Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, Cleopatra, The Bible, The Robe, The Greatest Story ever told, King of Kings etc. etc.).
 
By the way, since we were talking about Gladiator that I watched yesterday and how much polished seemed Rome there...
Here in the entrance to Rome scene, the city felt much more real. I don't know if it was miniatures or matte paintings though.

A thousand times this. Also one of the best studies of leadership ever put to film. 
 
 
 
One of the greatest first 20 minutes of a film ever. Just an unbelievable opening that still holds up, and the cinematography is such that it looks like it could have been filmed yesterday. I still use it show off my Home Theatre. 
 
Damn, now I'm going to have to rewatch both of these Crowe Classics!

Dangerous Liaisons - George Fenton
 
Incredible! Just absolutely great

It's been yeaaaaars since I last saw this.
Great movie, great score!
I've watched it through my newly purchased UHD. Great disc too!

It's been yeaaaaars since I last saw this.
Great movie, great score!
I've watched it through my newly purchased UHD. Great disc too!