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Everything posted by Richard Penna
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Live Action Harry Potter Series (HBO Max)
Richard Penna replied to Bilbo's topic in General Discussion
Potter was always better suited to a series - films have to cut too much stuff out, especially for a book as detailed as this. -
I usually understand the desire to have a cue as composed, rather than a film edit, but not in this case. The film version - with whatever they did to the original stems, is indeed masterful. I guess it wasn't in keeping with the purpose of this set to include it, but it really should have been, primarily because we can't recreate it.
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Jurassic World: Dominion (Colin Trevorrow 2022)
Richard Penna replied to John's topic in General Discussion
I think it competes with JPIII as the best non-Williams score. Some of Davis' action scoring, particularly for the birdcage sequence, is amazing. -
Jurassic World: Dominion (Colin Trevorrow 2022)
Richard Penna replied to John's topic in General Discussion
I seem to be in a minority who enjoys Fallen Kingdom more than the first one. I love the gothic style theme (gloriously heard in World's Worst Bedtime Storyteller and Thus Begins the Indo-Rapture), and also the recording quality is light years better than the first. -
Composer Threads John Powell kicks ass
Richard Penna replied to Morlock's topic in General Discussion
Really? I've thought since Solo, HTTYD 3 and Call of the Wild that his use of melody, both prominent, and in the supporting orchestration, is his biggest strength. I find it astonishing what's going on in some of his busier sections. -
I only have one full, legit album from Yared, 1408 (the other one is part of the Cold Mountain promo) which is a perfectly pleasant listen. Other than that, and the odd track from his rejected Troy score, he's not on my radar. I guess I'll pick this up from Intrada when they get it in stock, along with WotW.
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The Naked Gun Reboot: Liam Neeson as Lt. Frank Drebin?
Richard Penna replied to crumbs's topic in General Discussion
I'm generally a MacFarlane fan, but Neeson does not strike me as a comedy actor in the sense that's needed for Drebin. -
Let's Rescore Scenes! (Fun Thread)
Richard Penna replied to Oomoog the Ecstatic's topic in General Discussion
Some years back I noticed that if you line it up just right, JNH's The Great Eatlon works very well with the flying bird chase near the end of A Bug's Life. -
Composer Threads The Thomas Newman Thread
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
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Composer Threads The Thomas Newman Thread
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
Oh yeah, forgot about those. Anyway, The Axiom, Define Dancing, and a lot of music from towards the end, are the highlights, I'd say. -
Composer Threads The Thomas Newman Thread
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
From an ebay screenshot, looks like the FYC has a handful fewer tracks than the OST, so probably yes. It's a very fragmented listen. -
Don't worry - none of those! I just failed to remember when it was - I'd thought about coming along. Was still at the tail end of working at 6pm so I wasn't checking JWFan as much as I might have been. I'd also got it into my head you'd organised it for a Saturday, or something - probably a better day. We hold a family Zoom at 7pm every week, and the timing is to make it easier for my brother who lives in San Francisco.
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Composer Threads The Thomas Newman Thread
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
Passengers has a handful of highlights, but they're surrounded by a somewhat average score which functions well in the film (which I enjoyed), but not so much on its own. I adore the highlights in 1917, but I'd say that the action material is very much on the generic side, with only Sixteen Hundred Men really feeling to me like it does something special, once it's escaped from its Thin Red Line temping. -
In what other genres of music you into?
Richard Penna replied to mxsch's topic in General Discussion
I have no idea how to categorise the non-soundtrack artists I listen to, but I have anything from a few albums to a full discography from the following: Lana Del Rey Of Monsters and Men Imagine Dragons Ruelle Lorde Mimi Page I also like a lot of Ludovico Einaudi's material too. The vast majority of my music is instrumental. -
Label Threads The Official Intrada Thread
Richard Penna replied to Deleted's topic in General Discussion
Why? It's a slightly flawed release, but I'm glad it happened. I'm more disappointed in their Mummy Returns expansion, due to the apparently lousy recording of the final battle. -
Nigel Westlake's BABE (1995) - 2021 Varese Deluxe Edition
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
Yes, 'sample' is the key word for me. Spotify really exists as a way for me to decide whether I like something enough to buy it. It's not even because of the pennies they give to artists (although that is a factor), but that I need to own my music on my own hard drive. I would never, ever maintain my music collection only on a streaming platform. -
Nigel Westlake's BABE (1995) - 2021 Varese Deluxe Edition
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
No it's fair enough, and not always easy to understand. I'm fairly sure that the only thing that could get JWFan in trouble would be hosting copyrighted materials directly on our server, and making it available. Spotify is right at the 'correct' end of the spectrum - it's a legal streaming service, regardless of how you access it. -
Nigel Westlake's BABE (1995) - 2021 Varese Deluxe Edition
Richard Penna replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
It's really only YouTube which has any significant copyright 'police', and they just punish the uploader if they take something down. Even if someone embedded the entire JW discography here, the worst that would happen is that someone noticed, reported it, and the uploader's account closed, leaving a lot of dead links here. (I mean, if JWFan were the uploader, things could get messy... but you get the idea - we're just viewing something available on public Internet)