[What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)]

I'll take grain over overdone DNR. 

[What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)]

Rear Window is the weakest of the three IMO. 

[What is the last Television series you watched?]

I tried Peaky Blinders once and it just felt like big budget Eastenders. 

[The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power (2022 TV Series)]

There, he said it quite openly, he's possibly interested. So if the showrunners don't even speak to Shore about it and just go in another direction, basically fuck this show. 

 

I'm really fearful of a Djawadi style approach with this. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

1 hour ago, badbu said:

Joe Kraemer 

 

And you are? 

[What is the last Television series you watched?]

Second season of Cobra Kai in the bag. Wtf this is somehow my favourite show now 

[Concert arrangements. Where you you like to hear them?]

A lack of concert arrangements on modern scores is another reason why film music sucks these days

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

31 minutes ago, Jay said:

The nice thing about these days, on the other hand, is that if you are curious about a score you don't have to drive to a store and buy it and hope you end up liking it, you can just subscribe to an online music service and listen to all new film music coming out for free to decide what you want to buy

 

I actually lament the passing of the days when that sort of effort was part and parcel of getting into a score. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

Romão's was not even a creme de la creme list and it still utterly smashes all new music in movies. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

13 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

Even guys who used to be great like Elfman now do crap like Justice League. 

 

That's another major issue. To think that a now wholly average Alan Silvestri is behind the unremarkable music to what is the biggest grossing blockbuster of all time, and people apparently rave about it... that's where scoring is now, that's the zenith. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

This is where differing definitions always come into it. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

I remember when I first heard Balfe on Crysis 2 (yet another higher end video game score) and I thought, "hey here's another guy to watch." But then he went to Hollywood and blended in with the rest of the current dirge, took the pay and slotted himself in. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

22 minutes ago, Erik Woods said:

 

Ugh... I hate doing home work for other people and I'm sure you'll just crap all over what ever I write 

 

Not at all, Erik. 

 

Thanks for the list of names, I would *sincerely* love to see some of your suggestions rise up and be given the opportunity to prove themselves and indeed carry that torch. Fuck, I'd love nothing more. But apparently film scoring work isn't really the right environment at the moment for that kind of thing to happen. Artistry doesn't seem to be nurtured in a way we would like it to be, or at least to an extent where it can make a big splash on the scene. 

 

Yet I believe that real talent, the blood n guts god given stuff, does rise up above these challenges. And if it doesn't, it was probably never really good enough to begin with. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

7 minutes ago, The Big Man said:

Doesn't say much about the current state of Hollyweird if you have to mount an expedition to dig up new and decent film scores.

 

This compared to previous decades where there were outstanding scores coming out from every left right and centre of Hollywood and elsewhere, written by absolute virtuosos and downright musical prodigies. It was like that for years and years and years.

 

Even B-movies and lesser had very fine music written for them. 

[GAME OF THRONES]

I remember after reading the book and enjoying the Robert Baratheon character, I was like whaaaaa? after learning they'd cast Mark Addy in the TV version. But he did okay really, he wasn't bad. Addy was nowhere near as imposing and larger-than-life than the Martin original, though 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

35 minutes ago, Erik Woods said:

There is no truth in your statement at all.

 

Gia fan? Desplat? Or are we talking Powell? 

 

I'll be more specific: when JW passes, great film scoring in the neo-romantic style will be dead. None of this watered down substitute from the likes of those guys mentioned above. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

The truth hurts! 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

Of all things, State of Decay 2 is my favourite soundtrack of the past 12 months. 

 

 

I never would have thunk.

 

Composer Jesper Kyd is awesome. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

I mostly just stick to video game soundtracks these days, mostly. Prefer what I hear there. 

[Joe Kraemer: “I haven’t scored a single mainstream Hollywood movie since ‘Rogue Nation’”]

But according to the admin here movie music is in great shape right now and there's plenty to talk about; we don't require more interesting or more controversial topics at JWFan. 

 

Little wonder I have all but abandoned what used to be a major hobby and barely ever listen to film music anymore, especially the new stuff. 

 

Film music is dead as disco. When Williams does pass, it's all over. 

[JWFan's Greatest Films: Tic Tac Toe!]

Fried Green Tomatoes. 

[Is there a PERFECT film?]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

I do wonder how many people here just rattle off their favourite movies?

 

 

Everyone. 

[Is there a PERFECT film?]

2 hours ago, The Big Man said:

Rosebud my arse!

 

Whatever you're into. 

[Is there a PERFECT film?]

Yeah Back to the Future is another. I can't find fault in it.

[Is there a PERFECT film?]

Jaws and Raiders for me. Fellowship gets closest of the trilogy.