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Posts posted by Richard Penna
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Are those comments by Horner real or Hitch made them up?
Ironic that some of Horner's score seems to STEAL from Yared.
They are real comments.
They are from a very long audio interview Daniel Schweiger from Film Music Radio had with Horner quite a while back.
And yes, those are direct quotes - my opinion of him plummeted when I first heard it.
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My Williams collection is like a sponge. My problem is I find it hard to sit down and listen to an album, it's always like a track from here, then there. If a certain moment reminds me of something else I always feel compelled to switch over and listen to it which starts me on yet another adventure.
I recently acquired Journey to the Center of the Earth, and the video game score from Da Vinci Code, which I found, after hearing a clip on Top Gear, can be downloaded free from composer Gary Kibler's website.
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I hope they've woken up to the bore that I consider most of Hooper's music.
But even then, replacement scores have been recorded in days. It has to be something else.
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Aren't you alittle old for LEGO's, Scratch?
Hey, the Lego game is fun.
It is fun, except for the glitches! My wife and I play it together though, I don't think I'd enjoy it much by myself.
I also want the Complete Adventure Collection on blu-ray, but stupid George Lucas doesn't want it that way.Patience.
Yep, all the DVD double dipping that studios do now (and it is not just Lucas by any means) has caused me to simply stop buying things the first time around and just wait. It works out because then you find out what you truly want because some things I never even get around to buying.
I don't really buy movies any more full stop, and not just because DVD is about to be overtaken. I find that once I've seen a movie... that's it. I might watch it a few times in the future to refresh, but then what? If I see a movie on TV that I haven't watched for ages, I watch it, then that's it for another 5 years.
My DVD collection is around 60 movies, and a huge number of them are movies I've seen a million times that I picked up cheap before High Def really picked up. A good proportion of them will not be viewed any time soon, so really, what's the point?
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I've avoided most of the movies. The only one that I skipped that people seem to like is Wall-E. (I'm not much into kids fare), so really the summer has had Indy 4 and Dark Knight in my eyes, the latter being the only good score of the year.
Ahem... Dark Knight - the only good score?
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It should be pointed out the film is being moved for $$$ reasons and not problems with the film. The film is virtually done. Next summer will once again be a summer of sequels, but it doesn't appear to be shaping up as even close to this one.
And how do you know the film is 'virtually done'?
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It's not composed by Williams... it was a given.
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You shouldn't be embarrassed to 'admit' not owning certain scores. Your taste is your taste...
I don't have the full albums for Jaws or E.T. (only Star Wars from your list) and quite a few other classics. Hey, I just like some other composers.
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SW theme in Platform 9 3/4 from HP:PS.
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Reminds me of Horner's interview about Yared's rejected Troy score.
Yeap, it really was the height of arrogance. I can't remotely imagine Williams saying anything like that.
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I'm the least excited about this one than any of the others, including Hallows. The book is just one giant setup for the big plunge, albeit with a tragic end.
Which is a pity, because the teaser makes it look far more serious and grown up than any of the previous movies.
And I agree with Nick - my memories of the first film at least are very Xmassy. They'd never have released that during the summer.
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Definitely option 3. It's cool to revisit all the familiar themes, but hearing them in a new way keeps things fresh.
JNH does this a lot. Several of his End Title pieces contain either completely new material sandwiched in between stuff from the movie, or rerecordings/ alternate /film takes of existing themes. Many others are clearly specifically recorded pieces. He also seems to be releasing more of them on CD (I know I'm gushing, but I've made no secret of how well made I think most JNH albums are).
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An amazingly petty thing to have an 'issue' with
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What a !"£$%^&
Sounds like Horner.
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regardless of the source of Horner's music, it is music,
zimmer makes ugly noise.
Joe, truer words have never been spoken so well. God bless you!
Joe: line 1 - perfectly valid
line 2: bullsh!t
I vote for Horner because he clearly is better trained than Zimmer, and his best stuff really gets to you. Zimmer's best stuff to me is merely very good, but it rarely gets under my skin like Horner.
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I'm going to have to disagree with the following being disappointing:
Hancock - I love this score. In fact the final 5 tracks (Hollywood Blvd ->) are getting so many plays right now and I was really annoyed to find that first track completely hacked up in the movie.
The Happening - I agree that it's probably the weakest of their collaboration but I still enjoy most of it.
Indiana Jones 4 - I was disappointed by it, and still find half the album dull, but it's still a decent work - just standard Williams fare.
Journey to the Center of the Earth - I like about half the album. There's some stunning work in 'Building the Raft' and 'Storm'.
The Mummy 3 - I'm bothered continually by Edelman's synth padding, but I do love the themes, and most of the more incidental music I find very beautiful.
WALL-E - I agree not his best, but I love the main theme and it worked wonderfully in the film
X-Files 2 - Minimalist but some good parts
To call DK disappointing... well, I had low expectations, and even those fell through the floor when I heard it. I like 3 tracks, and that's after watching the movie.
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I don't know enough Vangelis to make this comparison. Besides, the one score for which I know he used an orchestra, he had to get one of those guys who conducts the Prague PO to do all the 'real' orchestrations.
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Agreed about the phoenix theme - such an epic and hummable theme.
CE3K is one of the millions of movies I haven't seen for years, and almost certainly not in their complete form. I would say the list could be embarassing, but not after a certain admission of not having heard any of the Indy trilogy...
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I need to watch this movie again...
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Why don't he and Lucas just retire.
That way we'll never run the risk of being subjected to a Zimmer-Spielberg score *shudders*.
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Well I didn't see the movie because I suspected that reason. I didn't like the first one much either.
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That's the guy who conducted at the one and only film music concert I've ever been to.
Why do these damn composers never come to our lonely little island?
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You mean wouldn't...
I didn't buy Caspian, but that's only because it's much darker and has passages that really aren't particularly interesting, I suspect, unless you've seen the movie.
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Sounds good. I should be able to make it, although it will depend on timings with work & getting up to London.
Plus, I've never met anyone on this board yet which is a disgrace considering how much time I spend on here.
Indiana Jones Soundtrack Release?
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Backups Drax... backups.
I haven't bought a physical CD since the last Doctor Who album, and I download quite a lot of Blu-ray rips which are miles ahead of DVD quality (will have blu-ray playback when we get a PS3, or I upgrade my computer, whichever is first).
Scratch is right in one area - my brother just bought a 1TB hard drive for about £100. Besides, think how much we'll save the environment by banishing plastic discs...