Max

Probably won't get an OST album like 50/50 and This Is Where I Leave You, I bet

More music for a future Giacchino / Disney / Theme Park / Pixar short compilation!  Make it happen, Intrada!

I attended the Jurassic World In Concert event on May 30 and the NASA event on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Both were great! (I got to meet Giacchino at both. He's a great guy!)
 
I tried to get a video recording of Giacchino's new "Voyage" piece, but an usher was standing close to me, so I was only able to get an audio recording, if anyone would like to give it a listen. I thought it was a beautiful piece, and I hope an official recording gets released someday! My recording from the back of the Kennedy Center doesn't do it justice. (The orchestra started playing as John Cho finished reading a poem, so the audience claps at the start of the piece.)
 
Voyage by Michael Giacchino (June 1, 2018)
 
It's been almost a year since I last posted, even though I've been a daily reader. Looking back at Giacchino's 2017 scores (I thought they were all great), I would rank them:
 
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Coco
4. The Book of Henry
 
I'm incredibly excited for The Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

I attended the Jurassic World In Concert event on May 30 and the NASA event on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Both were great! (I got to meet Giacchino at both. He's a great guy!)
 
I tried to get a video recording of Giacchino's new "Voyage" piece, but an usher was standing close to me, so I was only able to get an audio recording, if anyone would like to give it a listen. I thought it was a beautiful piece, and I hope an official recording gets released someday! My recording from the back of the Kennedy Center doesn't do it justice. (The orchestra started playing as John Cho finished reading a poem, so the audience claps at the start of the piece.)
 
Voyage by Michael Giacchino (June 1, 2018)
 
It's been almost a year since I last posted, even though I've been a daily reader. Looking back at Giacchino's 2017 scores (I thought they were all great), I would rank them:
 
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Coco
4. The Book of Henry
 
I'm incredibly excited for The Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

I attended the Jurassic World In Concert event on May 30 and the NASA event on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Both were great! (I got to meet Giacchino at both. He's a great guy!)
 
I tried to get a video recording of Giacchino's new "Voyage" piece, but an usher was standing close to me, so I was only able to get an audio recording, if anyone would like to give it a listen. I thought it was a beautiful piece, and I hope an official recording gets released someday! My recording from the back of the Kennedy Center doesn't do it justice. (The orchestra started playing as John Cho finished reading a poem, so the audience claps at the start of the piece.)
 
Voyage by Michael Giacchino (June 1, 2018)
 
It's been almost a year since I last posted, even though I've been a daily reader. Looking back at Giacchino's 2017 scores (I thought they were all great), I would rank them:
 
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Coco
4. The Book of Henry
 
I'm incredibly excited for The Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

I attended the Jurassic World In Concert event on May 30 and the NASA event on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Both were great! (I got to meet Giacchino at both. He's a great guy!)
 
I tried to get a video recording of Giacchino's new "Voyage" piece, but an usher was standing close to me, so I was only able to get an audio recording, if anyone would like to give it a listen. I thought it was a beautiful piece, and I hope an official recording gets released someday! My recording from the back of the Kennedy Center doesn't do it justice. (The orchestra started playing as John Cho finished reading a poem, so the audience claps at the start of the piece.)
 
Voyage by Michael Giacchino (June 1, 2018)
 
It's been almost a year since I last posted, even though I've been a daily reader. Looking back at Giacchino's 2017 scores (I thought they were all great), I would rank them:
 
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Coco
4. The Book of Henry
 
I'm incredibly excited for The Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

I ask Giacchino on Twitter today if it was going to be released and his response was “that’s the plan!”
 
 

Thank you very much for recording this. I hope we eventually get a release of it from Giacchino himself. Though I suspect it will be released with the rest of the music he is writing for NASA anniversaries soon. 
 
I like the theme. Nice and Americana. Some lovely orchestration, especially so in the first couple of minutes with the soft percussion.

Thanks for the recording, @Max!
 
It starts much darker than I had expected for a celebratory piece (not necessarily a bad thing, though!). The piece gets frickin' awesome when the snares kick in near the 2/3 mark, though. It's not really anything we haven't heard from Giacchino before - the haters will still hate, I'm sure, and it won't win any points for originality - but I find it very enjoyable. Particularly near the end it gets that over-the-top celebratory feel that he rarely gets to completely unleash in his scores. Very fun. 

I attended the Jurassic World In Concert event on May 30 and the NASA event on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Both were great! (I got to meet Giacchino at both. He's a great guy!)
 
I tried to get a video recording of Giacchino's new "Voyage" piece, but an usher was standing close to me, so I was only able to get an audio recording, if anyone would like to give it a listen. I thought it was a beautiful piece, and I hope an official recording gets released someday! My recording from the back of the Kennedy Center doesn't do it justice. (The orchestra started playing as John Cho finished reading a poem, so the audience claps at the start of the piece.)
 
Voyage by Michael Giacchino (June 1, 2018)
 
It's been almost a year since I last posted, even though I've been a daily reader. Looking back at Giacchino's 2017 scores (I thought they were all great), I would rank them:
 
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Coco
4. The Book of Henry
 
I'm incredibly excited for The Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

I agree! I love "Research and Development". I really liked all of Giacchino's 2017 scores; I just found myself returning to The Book of Henry less than the others. Still good, though! 

I attended the Jurassic World In Concert event on May 30 and the NASA event on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Both were great! (I got to meet Giacchino at both. He's a great guy!)
 
I tried to get a video recording of Giacchino's new "Voyage" piece, but an usher was standing close to me, so I was only able to get an audio recording, if anyone would like to give it a listen. I thought it was a beautiful piece, and I hope an official recording gets released someday! My recording from the back of the Kennedy Center doesn't do it justice. (The orchestra started playing as John Cho finished reading a poem, so the audience claps at the start of the piece.)
 
Voyage by Michael Giacchino (June 1, 2018)
 
It's been almost a year since I last posted, even though I've been a daily reader. Looking back at Giacchino's 2017 scores (I thought they were all great), I would rank them:
 
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Coco
4. The Book of Henry
 
I'm incredibly excited for The Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

Book of Henry was pretty good.

We're all so sorry.
 
 
Just listened to your recording (thanks for that!) and I think it sounds pretty good on first listen!  Didn't bowl me over anything but it strikes the right tone and the theme is nice.  I like the overall structure of the piece.

I attended the Jurassic World In Concert event on May 30 and the NASA event on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Both were great! (I got to meet Giacchino at both. He's a great guy!)
 
I tried to get a video recording of Giacchino's new "Voyage" piece, but an usher was standing close to me, so I was only able to get an audio recording, if anyone would like to give it a listen. I thought it was a beautiful piece, and I hope an official recording gets released someday! My recording from the back of the Kennedy Center doesn't do it justice. (The orchestra started playing as John Cho finished reading a poem, so the audience claps at the start of the piece.)
 
Voyage by Michael Giacchino (June 1, 2018)
 
It's been almost a year since I last posted, even though I've been a daily reader. Looking back at Giacchino's 2017 scores (I thought they were all great), I would rank them:
 
1. War for the Planet of the Apes
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Coco
4. The Book of Henry
 
I'm incredibly excited for The Incredibles 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom!

UPDATE: There are at least 10 minutes of music uploaded from the singlepayer campaign story-line, and it sounds terrific!  Hopefully we'll get the entire thing.
 
 
"Hijacking the AT-T" sounds straight out of the films, and the "Finale" is quite stunning!  
Also, I made this cover if anyone is interested:
 

I will make it legal

I hope!
 
Max, who would love for Giacchino to be installed as the permanent spinoff composer 

April 2018:
Michael Giacchino's Rogue One vs Michael Giacchino's Han Solo score

Sad news....I don't really like any of his scores....

http://www.filmtracks.com/scoreboard/forum.cgi?read=48695
 
 
Discuss!

I really enjoyed Iron Man's theme--my favorite of the three (?) Iron Man themes so far, honestly. I thought it sounded heroic, sort of how Peter would think of Mr. Stark, and I really like its appearances the "Ferry Dust Up" and "A Stark Contrast" tracks. I think it has a lot of potential, and I'd love to hear Giacchino get to use it again in the future.
 
There's a great interview here about Giacchino's work on this and War for the Planet of the Apes, and he confirms that his Spider-Man theme is supposed to be young and clumsy like the character, which is why I think I like it more than the other Spider-Man themes (though, admittedly, I'm not 100% sure what part of Elfman's main titles is his main theme, even after several listens).
 
What I like about Giacchino's Marvel scores (that other people might not like so much) is that his themes aren't just heroic fanfares. Spider-Man's theme is clumsy and Doctor Strange's theme is kind of sad, but I think both themes reflect their characters well (and I still think that both themes receive pretty heroic renditions in their respective scores). Iron Man's theme sounds the most heroic to me, but that's also how Peter imagines Iron Man, so it's still fitting to the character in a way. And I think the other themes in both scores fit their films just fine. The Ancient One's theme is very mystic and is probably my favorite from Doctor Strange, and while both films' love themes appear only briefly in the films/scores themselves, I really like their longer renditions in the end credits. I think Vulture's theme and the music in his scenes (such as "Fly-By-Night Operation") do a good job capturing the "assembled" nature of the character--combinations of different weapons and machines from different previous villains--and I like the dark choral writing for Kaecilius. It might not be the most distinctive theme in that score, but Kaecilius also isn't the most distinctive villain, so I can forgive Giacchino for that... But overall, I like that Giacchino's themes reflect the nature of their characters, even if that doesn't lend itself to the most heroic music ever written.
 
So anyway, to summarize: A Giacchino fan is happy with Giacchino. 

I really enjoyed Iron Man's theme--my favorite of the three (?) Iron Man themes so far, honestly. I thought it sounded heroic, sort of how Peter would think of Mr. Stark, and I really like its appearances the "Ferry Dust Up" and "A Stark Contrast" tracks. I think it has a lot of potential, and I'd love to hear Giacchino get to use it again in the future.
 
There's a great interview here about Giacchino's work on this and War for the Planet of the Apes, and he confirms that his Spider-Man theme is supposed to be young and clumsy like the character, which is why I think I like it more than the other Spider-Man themes (though, admittedly, I'm not 100% sure what part of Elfman's main titles is his main theme, even after several listens).
 
What I like about Giacchino's Marvel scores (that other people might not like so much) is that his themes aren't just heroic fanfares. Spider-Man's theme is clumsy and Doctor Strange's theme is kind of sad, but I think both themes reflect their characters well (and I still think that both themes receive pretty heroic renditions in their respective scores). Iron Man's theme sounds the most heroic to me, but that's also how Peter imagines Iron Man, so it's still fitting to the character in a way. And I think the other themes in both scores fit their films just fine. The Ancient One's theme is very mystic and is probably my favorite from Doctor Strange, and while both films' love themes appear only briefly in the films/scores themselves, I really like their longer renditions in the end credits. I think Vulture's theme and the music in his scenes (such as "Fly-By-Night Operation") do a good job capturing the "assembled" nature of the character--combinations of different weapons and machines from different previous villains--and I like the dark choral writing for Kaecilius. It might not be the most distinctive theme in that score, but Kaecilius also isn't the most distinctive villain, so I can forgive Giacchino for that... But overall, I like that Giacchino's themes reflect the nature of their characters, even if that doesn't lend itself to the most heroic music ever written.
 
So anyway, to summarize: A Giacchino fan is happy with Giacchino. 

I really enjoyed Iron Man's theme--my favorite of the three (?) Iron Man themes so far, honestly. I thought it sounded heroic, sort of how Peter would think of Mr. Stark, and I really like its appearances the "Ferry Dust Up" and "A Stark Contrast" tracks. I think it has a lot of potential, and I'd love to hear Giacchino get to use it again in the future.
 
There's a great interview here about Giacchino's work on this and War for the Planet of the Apes, and he confirms that his Spider-Man theme is supposed to be young and clumsy like the character, which is why I think I like it more than the other Spider-Man themes (though, admittedly, I'm not 100% sure what part of Elfman's main titles is his main theme, even after several listens).
 
What I like about Giacchino's Marvel scores (that other people might not like so much) is that his themes aren't just heroic fanfares. Spider-Man's theme is clumsy and Doctor Strange's theme is kind of sad, but I think both themes reflect their characters well (and I still think that both themes receive pretty heroic renditions in their respective scores). Iron Man's theme sounds the most heroic to me, but that's also how Peter imagines Iron Man, so it's still fitting to the character in a way. And I think the other themes in both scores fit their films just fine. The Ancient One's theme is very mystic and is probably my favorite from Doctor Strange, and while both films' love themes appear only briefly in the films/scores themselves, I really like their longer renditions in the end credits. I think Vulture's theme and the music in his scenes (such as "Fly-By-Night Operation") do a good job capturing the "assembled" nature of the character--combinations of different weapons and machines from different previous villains--and I like the dark choral writing for Kaecilius. It might not be the most distinctive theme in that score, but Kaecilius also isn't the most distinctive villain, so I can forgive Giacchino for that... But overall, I like that Giacchino's themes reflect the nature of their characters, even if that doesn't lend itself to the most heroic music ever written.
 
So anyway, to summarize: A Giacchino fan is happy with Giacchino. 

I really enjoyed Iron Man's theme--my favorite of the three (?) Iron Man themes so far, honestly. I thought it sounded heroic, sort of how Peter would think of Mr. Stark, and I really like its appearances the "Ferry Dust Up" and "A Stark Contrast" tracks. I think it has a lot of potential, and I'd love to hear Giacchino get to use it again in the future.
 
There's a great interview here about Giacchino's work on this and War for the Planet of the Apes, and he confirms that his Spider-Man theme is supposed to be young and clumsy like the character, which is why I think I like it more than the other Spider-Man themes (though, admittedly, I'm not 100% sure what part of Elfman's main titles is his main theme, even after several listens).
 
What I like about Giacchino's Marvel scores (that other people might not like so much) is that his themes aren't just heroic fanfares. Spider-Man's theme is clumsy and Doctor Strange's theme is kind of sad, but I think both themes reflect their characters well (and I still think that both themes receive pretty heroic renditions in their respective scores). Iron Man's theme sounds the most heroic to me, but that's also how Peter imagines Iron Man, so it's still fitting to the character in a way. And I think the other themes in both scores fit their films just fine. The Ancient One's theme is very mystic and is probably my favorite from Doctor Strange, and while both films' love themes appear only briefly in the films/scores themselves, I really like their longer renditions in the end credits. I think Vulture's theme and the music in his scenes (such as "Fly-By-Night Operation") do a good job capturing the "assembled" nature of the character--combinations of different weapons and machines from different previous villains--and I like the dark choral writing for Kaecilius. It might not be the most distinctive theme in that score, but Kaecilius also isn't the most distinctive villain, so I can forgive Giacchino for that... But overall, I like that Giacchino's themes reflect the nature of their characters, even if that doesn't lend itself to the most heroic music ever written.
 
So anyway, to summarize: A Giacchino fan is happy with Giacchino.