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Not Mr. Big

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    The Terminal - NEW! Complete Cue List, OST Breakdown, and Unreleased Music List

    in JOHN WILLIAMS

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    15 hours ago, Richard Penna said:

    While I wouldn't expect the full film version of Viktor's exit to feature on an expansion (it's an edit, no two ways about it) I'd absolutely expect active consideration that they would include an orchestral version of that cue without all the bits they added after. I'm glad someone else finds the plucky strings as annoying as I do.

    It's a little on the nose and subtracts a bit dramatically as a result.  The completion of the musical phrase is what really makes the film version for me (where the album version just kind of tapers out after a short statement of the theme)

    The Terminal - NEW! Complete Cue List, OST Breakdown, and Unreleased Music List

    in JOHN WILLIAMS

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    2 hours ago, crumbs said:

     

    It's a small thing but I really love the alternate film mix of this cue, and vastly prefer it to the OST mix (with those distractingly prominent plucked strings).

     

    There's something cleaner/more focused with the film version and suits Viktor's relief perfectly.

     

    I really hope a future expansion includes the film mix, considering how prominently it's featured, and effectively forms the climax of Viktor's story (considering the jazz club scenes are unscored by JW).

     

     

    One of the best film music moments ever, tracked or not tracked

    Stepmom (John Williams)

    in JOHN WILLIAMS

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    6 hours ago, Toillion said:

    I can't think of a color that really fits thematically with the movie. So it was probably just one of the options available and there is a lot of green on the cover. Or someone asked their stepmom what her favorite color is.

    Orange/brown.  A quintessential fall movie

    Stepmom (John Williams)

    in JOHN WILLIAMS

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    On 07/04/2024 at 9:57 AM, Richard Penna said:

     

    Nah, I don't think pearl clutching is warranted - this can hardly be compared to other cases of composers coming on late in a project and composing a massive symphonic score in a few weeks. It's a sugary family drama that quickly needed some fairly understated music which any good Hollywood composer could have done. Compare it to Rosewood where Williams provided an actual score (after that bizarre jazzy stuff which was never going to work) and delivered an excellent, thematic, celebrated score.

    Completely disagree with the notion that understated drama scores are inherently lesser projects with a "one size fits all" approach that any composer could fill.  Williams' fingerprints are all over stepmom and it contains some of his finest melodic work

    The Official Anime Music Thread

    in General Discussion

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    On 19/03/2024 at 3:56 PM, Muad'Dib said:

    I love this show so fucking much and I think what I love the most is the music -the songs are great but the orchestral score is so unnecessarily dramatic, I can't help but adore it!

     

    This is straight out of a suspense film:

     

     

    That's what I call "Spongebobbing" where shows use their own fully orchestral stock tracks to score silly or mundane things.  Nichijou is my favorite for this type of style 

     

    9 hours ago, Knight of Ren said:

    I've been watching this show and I really enjoyed the first season, and the soundtrack album was just released!

    I've been working my way through Apothecary Diaries too.  Solid show/music 

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    Tom Sawyer

    Often gets overlooked in favor of JW's original works or the more acclaimed Fiddler on the Roof.  Despite not being as well researched as Fiddler, it feels more through and through JW to me, with lots of stylistic callbacks (or call forwards in this case) to his Americana sound. 

     

    By virtue of being an original musical rather than Broadway adaptation, there's also a lot more room for Williams' voice to shine through in the songs.  The brass interlude in Hannibal Mi Zoo Ree brings to mind a similar moment from Exhultate Justi.  The sentimental reharmonization of the "Tom Sawyer" song in "Aunt Polly's Soliloquy" is basically hinged entirely on JW's layered string work.

     

    The Sherman Brothers' songs are solid with only a couple stinkers (How Come & "If N I Was God").  Hannibal, Freebootin, Gratifaction, and A Man's Gotta Be are great upbeat, audience pleasing songs, with the first three getting fantastic renditions in JW's overture and exit music. 

    River Song is the most emotionally impactful, written from a nostalgic, omniscient POV (perhaps an elderly Tom Sawyer or maybe God).

     

    Despite having no original JW melodies and only a couple underscore tracks, it feels like a decent entry into the JW "canon" as it's one of the only from-the-ground-up musicals he worked on. 

    Upcoming Films

    in General Discussion

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    On 12/03/2024 at 2:55 PM, Jay said:

    Two new posters for The Fall Guy

     

     

     

     

    Apparently that one's a really good old-school action rom-com.  Need to be sure to see it in theaters  

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