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Well, if you ask me about the score of the year, it's this one:
 
It plays like old school film music, actually more like classical music with large atonal parts and more extended harmony parts resembling Mahler (maybe?) or other composers (who???)..
Please give it a listen (I mean all of you jwfanners) , and tell me your thoughts in the appropriate thread. I would be really curious to know...
I was very surprised when I listened to it, about how good it is! There is no contest with any other film score of the year. 
I don't know how it plays to picture though...

Well, if you ask me about the score of the year, it's this one:
 
It plays like old school film music, actually more like classical music with large atonal parts and more extended harmony parts resembling Mahler (maybe?) or other composers (who???)..
Please give it a listen (I mean all of you jwfanners) , and tell me your thoughts in the appropriate thread. I would be really curious to know...
I was very surprised when I listened to it, about how good it is! There is no contest with any other film score of the year. 
I don't know how it plays to picture though...

Well, if you ask me about the score of the year, it's this one:
 
It plays like old school film music, actually more like classical music with large atonal parts and more extended harmony parts resembling Mahler (maybe?) or other composers (who???)..
Please give it a listen (I mean all of you jwfanners) , and tell me your thoughts in the appropriate thread. I would be really curious to know...
I was very surprised when I listened to it, about how good it is! There is no contest with any other film score of the year. 
I don't know how it plays to picture though...

They are comparable.  I have Krull and it's great.  

I love the entire transformation scene!

The John Williams score that he'll compose totally out of the blue, without us knowing it! 

They're both romantic and pastoral approaches, of course. As someone who's not a big Barry fan (although I like his romantic output, of which SCARLET LETTER is part) I gravitate towards Morris' more transparent style. He's able to finish off his melodic lines quicker and to-the-point. Less half note meandering, which Barry does a lot. As I said, however, the release is hampered by less-than-stellar sound, which might influence the whole evaluation.

I agree!
I like this film also (although I'm not a Paltrow fan), and I'm eagerly waiting for a blu-ray release to buy!

I have seen this many many times. I used to be Finn, only not a painter, but a poet/writer. And I loved a girl who was like Estella, who broke my heart many years ago. Sadly our story didn’t have a happy ending like this film, but that makes me love it even more because I can see what my story could have been like.
Patrick Doyle’s score is phenomenal. 

I haven't listened to many 2023 releases but I assume the Williams score was indeed the best?
Because by Williams standards is in my bottom list of his output.

I love this film, and most of all the music theme by Silvestri! It's a guilty pleasure!

Occasionally through gobfuls of dough he can be heard to mutter 'This is revenge for that bloody steamed chicken diet I was on during the training regime!'.  
 
No Mercy - Tough Chicago cop Eddie Jillette (Richard Gere) goes down New Orleans way after the crime lord (Jeroen Krabbe) who killed his partner, with his 'moll' (Kim Basinger) in tow. Decent enough mid-80s thriller, with a quite exciting stalk-and-shootout climax in a burning hotel.       

I finally had the time to look up my interview with Gabriel, and here's what he said:
GY: "I don't have a favourite, but there is one score that I wrote, that when I perform in a concert, I say to myself "Oh my god, how did I do that?". One, only one, it's called CAMILLE CLAUDEL."
 
He goes on about how three works inspired him to write the score: Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, Richard Strauss' Metamorphosis and the 1st Movement of Mahler's 10th Symphony. 

I don't understand the hate for this film.
It's marvelous! Great production values and a great Dustin Hoffman (I don't know who was nominated for an Oscar that year, but I would nominate him).
Ok, Julia Roberts is indeed miscasted I think, but I got used to her..
One of my favorite movies, and the score... second favorite Williams score ever (after E.T.). (it was sacrilege that it wasn't nominated for an Oscar)
 

Listened to the score only, without the classical pieces.
Well, I think the main theme is my favorite non-Williams theme of the last 20 years (together with Korzeniowski's A Single Man).
The rest is mostly drone and sustained music, but of the good kind, if there is such a thing.
Love it! Moving and melancholic.

Listened to the score only, without the classical pieces.
Well, I think the main theme is my favorite non-Williams theme of the last 20 years (together with Korzeniowski's A Single Man).
The rest is mostly drone and sustained music, but of the good kind, if there is such a thing.
Love it! Moving and melancholic.

Listened to the score only, without the classical pieces.
Well, I think the main theme is my favorite non-Williams theme of the last 20 years (together with Korzeniowski's A Single Man).
The rest is mostly drone and sustained music, but of the good kind, if there is such a thing.
Love it! Moving and melancholic.

Yeah, it's because of the sound and the instrument choices I didn't recommend it to you. I don't think you'll like it.

Yes, in my interview with him. If I remember correctly, he had been listening to a lot of Mahler before he started composing CC, and it had a great influence on his writing. But I’ll check our conversation later and quote him. 

On Valentine's Day, I found it fitting to watch again this film. 
One of my favorite movies that holds a sentimental value, as it was the first soundtrack album I ever listened to.
If it wasn't for Keanu Reeve's performance, I would consider it a masterpiece.
I adore the production (music, costumes, make-up, photography, sets etc.) and I think Gary Oldman is great in his role, albeit a bit theatrical more than needed.

On Valentine's Day, I found it fitting to watch again this film. 
One of my favorite movies that holds a sentimental value, as it was the first soundtrack album I ever listened to.
If it wasn't for Keanu Reeve's performance, I would consider it a masterpiece.
I adore the production (music, costumes, make-up, photography, sets etc.) and I think Gary Oldman is great in his role, albeit a bit theatrical more than needed.

Really? I should listen to it then.
In the meantime, I listened to another Yared masterpiece:
 

 
 

Really? I should listen to it then.
In the meantime, I listened to another Yared masterpiece:
 

 
 

I haven't seen this film, though I want to, because the score is masterful.
Strings heavy with a great opening theme.
I see at this site that the composer has only one credit:
https://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/composerdiscography.php?composerid=1029
Weird!

I haven't seen this film, though I want to, because the score is masterful.
Strings heavy with a great opening theme.
I see at this site that the composer has only one credit:
https://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/composerdiscography.php?composerid=1029
Weird!