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So, if you listen to "Battle of Syracuse" from the new Indy Movie and then listen to "Attack Pattern" you'll find something very similar.
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Lorne Balfe's MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING (2023/24)
BLUMENKOHL replied to antovolk's topic in General Discussion
That is certainly an energetic title sequence! Great performance. -
Blumenkohl's Rules for Good Listening
BLUMENKOHL replied to BLUMENKOHL's topic in General Discussion
I'll have a separate rules for good sex, but for now: Solo Sex: 3.0/10 Duo Sex: 9.5/10 Trio Sex: 9.0/10 Quartet Sex: 6.0/10 Quintet Sex: 5.5/10 Sextet Sex: 5.0/10 ... 120-Person ("Full Symphony") + 200-person "Full Choir" Sex: 9.6/10 -
Blumenkohl's Rules for Good Listening
BLUMENKOHL replied to BLUMENKOHL's topic in General Discussion
I’m crossing out rule 4. After a few years of reflection…sometimes you need sunny music on a rainy day. -
Blumenkohl's Rules for Good Listening
BLUMENKOHL replied to BLUMENKOHL's topic in General Discussion
There’s hope. You can still turn it around. -
Blumenkohl's Rules for Good Listening
BLUMENKOHL replied to BLUMENKOHL's topic in General Discussion
People who DON’T follow these rules don’t retire. They work to the bone and lose their savings the day after they retire! -
Blumenkohl's Rules for Good Listening
BLUMENKOHL replied to BLUMENKOHL's topic in General Discussion
Yep, when you go back, you’re like…hmmm…it’s good…but not that good! Caffeine has tricked me too many times. But still it’s fun! -
Blumenkohl's Rules for Good Listening
BLUMENKOHL replied to BLUMENKOHL's topic in General Discussion
Updated with rules 24-30. -
OBI-WAN KENOBI (Disney+ series)
BLUMENKOHL replied to Gruesome Son of a Bitch's topic in General Discussion
HZ sucks. Pirates is satan's music!!11 -
OBI-WAN KENOBI (Disney+ series)
BLUMENKOHL replied to Gruesome Son of a Bitch's topic in General Discussion
This show has heart, but my god the technical production is terrible. The action sequences have all the energy of an asthmatic snail crawling on a salt flat. -
I was confused at first by the surprisingly tense portion of the theme from ~1:05 to ~2:00. Then I realized it’s all about that “passage of time” quality that fits a man in exile and hiding.
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Great theme!
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Most music today is referenced with AirPods as part of the mixing iterations. The recording engineer might use some fancy detailed headphones for the original mix, but then they go put in some AirPods to see how it sounds there and tune it accordingly. Why? Because 9 people have Sennheiser HD400s and a billion have AirPods.
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All of this god-damned technology, and the world's most detailed, accurate, and all around headphone is still available for $20 and lifetime replacement for $9: https://koss.com/products/ksc75 Koss was a genius (duh, he invented stereophonic). RIP. https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2021/12/22/koss-corp-founder-john-c-koss-who-created-stereophone-has-died/8999903002/
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THE WITCHER (2019) - score and show talk
BLUMENKOHL replied to TheUlyssesian's topic in General Discussion
Season 2 was the show sitting with the popular kids and dressing in popular kids clothing and listening to popular kids music. The charm of the first season is lingering by a thread. -
THE WITCHER (2019) - score and show talk
BLUMENKOHL replied to TheUlyssesian's topic in General Discussion
Everything about Season 2 (music, effects, make up, editing) is more refined, polished, and perfect. It’s like the whole production has been put through auto-tune and a quantizer. I’m not sure how I feel about that. Trapanese is awesome and will do a great job…but why did we need him to begin with? Sonya and Gion brought a more formula-breaking approach that was refreshing. The charm of season 1 was that it felt like a group of amateur filmmakers with no preconception of how a big-budget Netflix production should be like had stumbled on a boatload of money and had fun with it. This score has a lot of intricate thematic development going on. If you’re into that sort of thing, I’d invite you to do more than sample. -
Shinzon's Theme in "A New Ending" is just chef's kiss perfection. I think John Williams is the last man standing who can write sweeping orchestra in that style. I used to be weirded out by the slow tempo of the TMP march in that track. Now the normal one feels too fast. Must be my old creaky bones! The old dying composer is slowing it down so he can savor his creation for an extra few seconds, one last time. If only we could do that with real time!
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I dig it. You should go after your haters. Aggressively.
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When King Mark says this, that’s your sign of the end times.
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Square Escape is a really good fusion of Zimmer action music and Bond. I’ve never heard brass used quite the way you hear 35 seconds in. Surely there is some digital wizardry at work there? The brass has both bite, rapidity, and a softness that is unreal and satisfying! It’s on another plane from the usual choppy shit.
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Dune sucks. I've played this 4 times already. The first 11 tracks are an uninterrupted supreme listening experience.
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SPOILER TALK: NO TIME TO DIE (2021, Cary Fukunaga)
BLUMENKOHL replied to Jay's topic in General Discussion
Even Hans Zimmer couldn’t conjure enough musical testosterone to balance a female Bond. -
This was better than I expected.