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Well, all this hype made revisit the score (with which, like most of you, I am greatly familiar) ad what struck is how varied and ecltectic this score really is. You get everything from angelic choir (Hatching Baby Raptor), pulsatic syncopathic synth suspense (Dennis Steals the Embyo . and what a wonderful piece of mickey mousing this is within the movie), manic dangerous suspensed(High Wire Stunts), an modernistic and highly impressionist horror cue (Raptor Attack), a very nostalgic and touching lullaby (Remembering Petticoat Lane), a jungly, tribalesque cue (Jurassic Park Gate), an enobling cue for the dinosaus (My Friend, the Brachiosaurus), absolutely exhilarating action cue (T-rex Rescue and Finale), and I could go on and on, but there aren't many scores with so many different colors and moods.

Actually, I think JW gave each planet and culture in TPM a very clear musical character, not a necessarly thematic one, but in terms of orchestration and color. Those Roman textures as you put it, are clearly associated with Coruscant and the feeling of this milenary Republic. You have many great examples of this in the scene when Padme calls for a vote of no confidence or when they meet Vallorum after landing on Coruscant.
On the other hand, Naboo has a also very clear musical character, very evident in the scene when Padme confronts the Trade Federation by via com or the scenes in Otoh Gunga. The music sounds so green, ecologic, aquatic, verdant. It's endlessly fascinating

Yes I though I'd rather use my real name from now on

I don't mean to say that an original recording cannot be the best recording. But I don't think the contrary is untrue either. These are symphonic music works, that envolve the tinniest details in orchestration and interpretation. Any new recording can bring something new to the table, and are, thefore, most welcome, for they can often times offer new often better interpretations of the music. And in case of older scores, you get better sound to boot.
Being the original recording does not assure anything at all, quality wise

1 - Sleepers
2 - JFK
3 - Return of the Jedi
4 - Seven Years in Tibet
5 - ET The Extra Terrestrial
6 - Schindler's List
7 - Nixon
8 - Close Encounters in the 3rd Kind
9 - Memoirs of a Geisha
10 - Adventures of Tintin
Reflecting on my top 10, the overal consistency of JW's ouvre becomes staggering. There are easily 20 more scores I consider for inclusion in a top 10

1 - Sleepers
2 - JFK
3 - Return of the Jedi
4 - Seven Years in Tibet
5 - ET The Extra Terrestrial
6 - Schindler's List
7 - Nixon
8 - Close Encounters in the 3rd Kind
9 - Memoirs of a Geisha
10 - Adventures of Tintin
Reflecting on my top 10, the overal consistency of JW's ouvre becomes staggering. There are easily 20 more scores I consider for inclusion in a top 10

1 - Sleepers
2 - JFK
3 - Return of the Jedi
4 - Seven Years in Tibet
5 - ET The Extra Terrestrial
6 - Schindler's List
7 - Nixon
8 - Close Encounters in the 3rd Kind
9 - Memoirs of a Geisha
10 - Adventures of Tintin
Reflecting on my top 10, the overal consistency of JW's ouvre becomes staggering. There are easily 20 more scores I consider for inclusion in a top 10

Goldenthal's wailing horns

And what a score, it has definitively become one of my favorites

And what a score, it has definitively become one of my favorites

The Adventures of Tintin
It's been a while since I listened to it, and it's one of my absolute favorites. The freshness of it, the instrumental performances, the thematic writing, this whole thing oozes class and panache. It's just a terrific display of talent. And those two first tracks are absolute killers

The Adventures of Tintin
It's been a while since I listened to it, and it's one of my absolute favorites. The freshness of it, the instrumental performances, the thematic writing, this whole thing oozes class and panache. It's just a terrific display of talent. And those two first tracks are absolute killers

I still consider it the greatest TV show I have ever seen. Before the grand finale, there are 6 or 7 filler episodes that I could do without, but all the rest is pure gold. And Fire Wal with Me elevates the whole thing even more

Those guys are the real assholes. What a stupid rant

I'd hate seeing Batman next to all those superpowered characters. It just undermines the character so much and it simply doesn't fit tonaly. I've never even liked it in the comics

I'd hate seeing Batman next to all those superpowered characters. It just undermines the character so much and it simply doesn't fit tonaly. I've never even liked it in the comics

I also agree Inception is one of the great Zimmer scores, and an example where his sensibiliaties were spot on

This is no longer about making a great film based on a book, but trying to cram as much material as possible. But PJ has already graduated with honors in making false endings and streching simple stories to ridiculous lengths

Rottentomatoes can be very misleading and the percentage thing tends to hurt more divisive movies, that get very high and very low grades. A movie can get mostly average reviews and still have a very high tomatometer. And also movies get reviewed in relation to what preceded them, that's why lackluster (IMH) blockbusters like Star Trek and Avengers get such high ratings.

I don't particularly like the movies nor the the scores. They both fit in the "could have been worse, should've been better" category