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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Holko in Hayao Miyazaki Retires From Feature Directing   
    i can't see why anyone would want to see a dubbed version over a subtitled version.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Jay in Hayao Miyazaki Retires From Feature Directing   
    The Wind Rises is unlike any other animated movie ever made i would posit. It is basically a sweeping biographical historical period piece drama. You could make the same movie word for word, moment for moment in live action and it would be one of those classic epic Hollywood oscar best picture winners.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from filmmusic in Hayao Miyazaki Retires From Feature Directing   
    it's very fantasy - kinda like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle - not in quality but perhaps content. Phantasmagoric, creatures, quests - that kinda thing. 
     
    The Wind Rises is a staggering masterpiece. This feels like a step down. 
     
    Though of course it is still good. It's Miyazaki afterall.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Naïve Old Fart in Hayao Miyazaki Retires From Feature Directing   
    it's very fantasy - kinda like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle - not in quality but perhaps content. Phantasmagoric, creatures, quests - that kinda thing. 
     
    The Wind Rises is a staggering masterpiece. This feels like a step down. 
     
    Though of course it is still good. It's Miyazaki afterall.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Bellosh in 2023 John Williams Official top 10 film scores. Your individual lists.   
    1. E.T. the Extraterrestrial 
    2. The Reivers
    3. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    4. Hook
    5. Jaws
    6. Star Wars
    7. Superman
    8. Raiders of the Lost Ark.
    9. The Empire Strikes Back
    10. Jurassic Park
     
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    TheUlyssesian reacted to artguy360 in Ludovic Bource's The Artist Score and Vertigo's Scene D'Amour: The Famous Scene   
    I'm really interested in this one rather famous instance of a temp score track being used over the original music written for the scene. 
    Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist came out in 2011. It's a black and white silent film and the film itself is an homage to so many things Hollywood. For the climax of the film the scene was temped with Bernard Herrmann's cue Scene D'Amour:
     
    Working off of this temp score, the composer for the artist, Ludovic Bource wrote this music:
     
    The music is good. I imagine it would have worked well with the film. It is also nearly a 1:1 replica of Herrmann's music, obviously not on accident. But the most interesting thing about this is that in the end the director opted to stick with the temp score! Can you imagine if George Lucas turned to John Williams during the scoring of the first Star Wars film and said "Johnny, I think we're gonna stick with Holst in this scene." I find this particular moment in film score history fascinating, particularly because the composer so clearly hewed close to the temp track. I imagine he was really trying to get the director to say yes and approve the cue, but it never happened. You can see the final seen here with the Vertigo music:
     
     
    And to be honest, I don't think the Vertigo music even works that well with the scene. The sync points aren't very strong and the music resolves before the drama in the scene does. What do y'all think? Which cue works better for the scene?
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from JTN in Anne Dudley anyone?   
    Her score for Elle 2016 is very good.
     
    The main theme is very attractive.
     
     
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Goldsmithfan in Dial of Destiny: Cue-by-Cue Breakdown of the Score   
    They "sing" it.
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    TheUlyssesian reacted to Tom Guernsey in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    Ditto aside from IMAX (although Leicester Square Odeon is still a very fine cinema to watch it), but totally agree on the music. As I said in my longer review in the 2023 movies thread, the scoring made each dialogue scene sound like it was either part of a montage or from a trailer, urging on to the next scene, rarely letting the scenes breathe and not letting the actors bring their own drama. It meant that truly pivotal scenes were scored to the same level of intensity and were thus robbed of a lot of their impact. So many scenes needed the quiet of an empty room or lecture hall but didn't get it.
     
    As I also noted in my comments (link below), the music seemed to always fill the entire aural space rather so it's not surprising the dialogue was often drowned out. There was no writing music around the dialogue or ebb and flow to scenes, just ratcheting up the tension over and over. He just doesn't seem that great at spotting his films for music; I mean, everything was scored in more or less the same style, so it didn't actually feel like there was much nuance to the spotting. "Yeah, can we have some tense strings/electronics here... and here... and here... oh and there, there and there... maybe a bit louder here" - repeat for 3 hours.
     
    Anyway, more blathering on this here...  I'm gonna listen to some Shostakovich.
     
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from TolkienSS in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    I saw it in 70mm IMAX - as intended. 
     
    I found the score distracting and too loud in the film. It was nearly constant, blaring loudly and drowning out dialog.
     
    I could discern some some variation in the music but it seemed largely same-y.
     
    Not impressed.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Chewy in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    I saw it in 70mm IMAX - as intended. 
     
    I found the score distracting and too loud in the film. It was nearly constant, blaring loudly and drowning out dialog.
     
    I could discern some some variation in the music but it seemed largely same-y.
     
    Not impressed.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from A. A. Ron in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    I saw it in 70mm IMAX - as intended. 
     
    I found the score distracting and too loud in the film. It was nearly constant, blaring loudly and drowning out dialog.
     
    I could discern some some variation in the music but it seemed largely same-y.
     
    Not impressed.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Toillion in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    I saw it in 70mm IMAX - as intended. 
     
    I found the score distracting and too loud in the film. It was nearly constant, blaring loudly and drowning out dialog.
     
    I could discern some some variation in the music but it seemed largely same-y.
     
    Not impressed.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Courtney Sees Ghosts in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    I saw it in 70mm IMAX - as intended. 
     
    I found the score distracting and too loud in the film. It was nearly constant, blaring loudly and drowning out dialog.
     
    I could discern some some variation in the music but it seemed largely same-y.
     
    Not impressed.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from MaxMovieMan in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    I saw it in 70mm IMAX - as intended. 
     
    I found the score distracting and too loud in the film. It was nearly constant, blaring loudly and drowning out dialog.
     
    I could discern some some variation in the music but it seemed largely same-y.
     
    Not impressed.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Taikomochi in Ludwig Göransson - OPPENHEIMER (2023)   
    I saw it in 70mm IMAX - as intended. 
     
    I found the score distracting and too loud in the film. It was nearly constant, blaring loudly and drowning out dialog.
     
    I could discern some some variation in the music but it seemed largely same-y.
     
    Not impressed.
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Muad'Dib in John Williams' 10 Best Themes/Motifs from 2015 onwards?   
    I think we all can agree - from 2015 onwards began a new phase of Williams' career. He has exclusively composed music for his close collaborators o friends (Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Bryant). Dial of Destiny may or may not be his last score. Time to make an assessment with regards to his notable contributions to his monumental body of indelible themes and melodies he has already created. 
     
    As a reminder here are the 10 eligible scores from which we can pick themes & motifs - 
     
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
    The BFG (2016)
    Dear Basketball (2017)
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
    The Post (2017)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
    The Fabelmans (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
     
    For this exercise - your own definition of theme or motif, and for any less familiar one - obscure one - provide a link so that other's can listen in.
     
    Here are my picks. 
     
    1. Rey's Theme (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
    2. March of the Resistance (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
    3. Jedi Steps (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
    4. Victory Theme (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) - The theme that plays in the beginning of this track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9reMkxTjw
    5. Sophie's Theme (The BFG) - The theme that plays in the beginning of this track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBHovCi4iI4
    6. Dear Basketball Theme (Dear Basketball) - Concert suite presentation -ish of theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKMmOqrY3OY
    7. Setting the Type Motif (The Post) - Heard at 0:10, 0:54, 1:58 in this concert suits like presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SgX139uZY8
    8. The Fabelmans main theme (The Fabelmans) - As heard in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXD5a6C1eVg
    9. Rose's Theme (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) - The theme that plays in the beginning of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0nEO6q8iI
    10. Nazi Might Theme (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) - The theme that plays at 1:07 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFioda0kMzw and scores the title card
     
     
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    TheUlyssesian reacted to Tallguy in What's a score you wished John Williams did?   
    It was. It is. And Eidelman did a fine fine job. It's a very watchable film. It was a very fine send-off (sign off) for Kirk and Co. But it was done as much on the cheap as they could manage for a Star Trek film. Which is the same approach that gave us The Wrath of Khan. But I think they cut closer to the bone here. For one thing the cast was much more expensive than they were 9 years before.
     
    I'm trying to think of the last film that Williams was involved with that wasn't considered 'A-List' from front to back?
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    TheUlyssesian reacted to Schilkeman in What's a score you wished John Williams did?   
    Kind of the low end for a mid budget drama in the late 90s, I think. 
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from Bellosh in John Williams' 10 Best Themes/Motifs from 2015 onwards?   
    I think we all can agree - from 2015 onwards began a new phase of Williams' career. He has exclusively composed music for his close collaborators o friends (Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Bryant). Dial of Destiny may or may not be his last score. Time to make an assessment with regards to his notable contributions to his monumental body of indelible themes and melodies he has already created. 
     
    As a reminder here are the 10 eligible scores from which we can pick themes & motifs - 
     
    Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
    The BFG (2016)
    Dear Basketball (2017)
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
    The Post (2017)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
    The Fabelmans (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
     
    For this exercise - your own definition of theme or motif, and for any less familiar one - obscure one - provide a link so that other's can listen in.
     
    Here are my picks. 
     
    1. Rey's Theme (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
    2. March of the Resistance (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
    3. Jedi Steps (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
    4. Victory Theme (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) - The theme that plays in the beginning of this track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9reMkxTjw
    5. Sophie's Theme (The BFG) - The theme that plays in the beginning of this track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBHovCi4iI4
    6. Dear Basketball Theme (Dear Basketball) - Concert suite presentation -ish of theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKMmOqrY3OY
    7. Setting the Type Motif (The Post) - Heard at 0:10, 0:54, 1:58 in this concert suits like presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SgX139uZY8
    8. The Fabelmans main theme (The Fabelmans) - As heard in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXD5a6C1eVg
    9. Rose's Theme (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) - The theme that plays in the beginning of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0nEO6q8iI
    10. Nazi Might Theme (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) - The theme that plays at 1:07 in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFioda0kMzw and scores the title card
     
     
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    TheUlyssesian reacted to Bounty95 in John Williams' 10 Best Themes/Motifs from 2015 onwards?   
    1. Rey's Theme (TFA) 
    2. March of the Resistance (TFA) 
    3. The friendship theme (TROS) 
    4. The victory theme (TROS) 
    5. Poe's theme (TFA) 
    6. The Adventures of Han (Solo) 
    7. Helena's Theme (DOD) 
    8. Kylo Ren's Theme (TFA) 
    8. Rose's Theme (TLJ) 
    9. Anthem of Evil (TROS) 
    10. Obi-Wan Kenobi
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    TheUlyssesian reacted to Not Mr. Big in John Williams' 10 Best Themes/Motifs from 2015 onwards?   
    1. Rey's Theme
    2. Rise of Skywalker (The Rise of Skywalker)
    3. The Fabelmans (The Fabelmans)
    4. Adventures of Han (Solo)
    5. Dear Basketball (Dear Basketball)
    6. Kylo Ren's Theme 
    7. Mother and Daughter (The Post)
    8. The Presses Roll (The Post)
    9. The BFG friendship theme (The BFG) (0:56 of Blowing Dreams)
    10. The Nazi Suite (prologue from The Dial of Destiny)
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    TheUlyssesian got a reaction from A. A. Ron in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (Disney Records Original Soundtrack Album) - NO FILM SPOILERS!   
    On a serious note - 
     
    Did Williams go overboard with FOUR Nazi motifs? Was he specially inspired by them? Does he have Nazi memorabilia stacked up somewhere in his home that we are not aware of? 😀
     
    And secondly in his big concert suite of themes - the first album track (and end credits) - he manages to get in nearly every theme and motif - except the main Dial Of Destiny theme!
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    TheUlyssesian reacted to Falstaft in NY Times Article: "How to Write Music for Rolling Boulders"   
    It was a long and complicated process, though it started very simply with me pitching the idea with a cold-email back in early May. The thrust of what I wrote initially was more academic in tone, and I had a few more examples in mind: the theme from Slalom on Mt. Humol; the key changes from Bug Tunnel/Death Trap; the rhythms of Ants!; that brass canon Belly of the Steel Beast; and even a mention of Falcon Flight from TROS (as proof that JW "still got it" when it comes to action scoring). But during editing, everything was, quite logically, focused down onto more to a few key examples.
     
    The biggest editorial note I received was to make it all more autobiographical and assertive in its opinion, which was a tone I was not used to writing in. But I think it worked out -- the personal touch in particular (anyone else have that Kid Stuff album?; it really was formative to me!). Once everything got going -- after Dial came out, primarily -- the editing process was really supportive and pleasant. 
     
    As far as the multimedia element, I can only point to the incredible design team at the Times. I just specified the timestamps and they worked their magic behind the scenes. I was super lucky that they had access to that high quality, recent video of JW conducting the Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra with Berlin, that was a real coup.
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