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Quintus

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  1. My nicely boxed T2 soundtrack has collected dust ever since I purchased it about five years ago. What sounds great in a film doesn't necessarily sound great on my headphones. Synth is mostly shit as a stand alone listen. 8O
  2. Its an excellent album if you don't already own the ost's included, as it features stuff conducted by Williams and performed mostly by the great Boston Pops Orchestra, if not, its the original version. Probably the best album for any newcomer to Williams.
  3. Bloody well spotted. I picked up on that too. PJ always seems to lace his movies with little moments like that. I'm guessing the shot probably went over the heads of the audience majority, but its nice that I'm not the only one who picked up on that thoughtful little sequence.
  4. Fantastic film, I loved it. It didn't drag in the slightest for me. Yes some of the cgi looked a tad 'unfinished', but it didn't really detract from OTT (in a good Indy Jones kinda way) action, i just went along with it all. Besides, I'm guessing they may polish some of the cgi come the dvd. The score was suprisingly very good imo. In fact it sounded very Howard Shore tbh. Newton Howard even managed to get a few little motifs in there and one quite beautiful love theme, played mainly on piano. Methinks he's had that little tune stored away in his notes for some time, waiting for the right movie to use it in. It seems simply too good to be thought up in the short time he had to compose over 2hrs of music. On the whole, Kong has a very good score that suits the proceedings perfectly.
  5. Speaking of which, does anyone know where I can find a recording of his "Star-Spangled Banner" arrangement for the 2004(?) Rose Bowl? Surely his rendition can't be as good as the excellent Goldsmith version heard at the beginning of Poltergeist
  6. Agreed. The murderous scene at the end of Heavenly Creatures makes for suprisingly very powerful cinema, especially with that truly haunting piece of music playing in the background before the kill. Whats it called again? I only have a crappy mono version of it.
  7. Okay, but aside from this, I happen to know on good authority that Bill Paxton felt slightly ripped off when the judge threw out John Barry's James Bond theme composition claim.
  8. Thats a good point But I imagine that at the least he must repect it for what it is, maybe more.
  9. Me, but not for the reasons you obviously think. I just reckon it would be interesting to hear what a celeb 'pro' jazz fan thinks of William's stab at the intergalactic clarinet. Theres nothing wrong with that
  10. Well since Star wars was a fairly big film back in '77...
  11. Seeing as Allen is a major jazz fan, does anyone have any info on Woody's thoughts on this great piece of sci-fi-jazz inspired catchiness? Have I just made a new word in 'catchiness'? Probably not.
  12. Personally, I happen to like the distinct Zimmer sound. Pumping brass etc. Just because he likes to use stuff other than natural sounds doesn't make his work any less entertaining, to me at least. Especially when Zimmer utilizes his instrumental tastes so well. There sure are some snooty attitudes on this bored. I signed up for this forum to discuss my passion for film music and its composers, with Williams being my personal favourite. There certainly is an elitest attiude amongst some members towards what they see as 'lesser' film composers, which is a little off putting to a new memer like me.
  13. True, this must be his busiest year in about 5.
  14. Gladiator as in its music? Its more of a proud pleasure for me. One of the best epic scores in a long time. The battle music is freakin amazing, as is the love theme.
  15. Well I guess Newell may just like working with Doyle. A loyalty thing maybe. I don't think you should read too much into it tbh.
  16. I think you just hit the nail on the head. But if the Superman movie had failed to recieve its audience, I'd bet that the main theme would be judged in the same way. In an overly pompous kind of way.
  17. I quite like Goldsmiths saccharine Spielberg segment of The Twilight Zone *looks around worried*
  18. I agree, but if Supergirl had actually been successful (God forbid), then I could actually see the theme as being part of eighties popular culture, in the same way the Superman theme is. As much as we movie music fans love our shit, it IS dictated to an extent, by a films success. If Superman had flopped, then the theme would've most likey vanished with it. Apart from the die-hard fans who love the stuff regardless, myself included. Supergirl's theme IS a quality and catchy piece of music in the same vein as the Williams theme, just less accomplished. Successful films or franchises make the music sink in.
  19. Funny that you should say that, because although I obviously rate Desert Chase very highly, I actually prefer T-rex & finale as a stand alone piece of of music
  20. With the Superman theme passing with ease into the mind of popular culture and Goldsmiths underrated Supergirl theme being wrongly brushed under the shite (yet strangely entertaining) film carpet, is this perhaps the only time that Williams and Goldsmith have actually gone head-to-head, in terms of musical genre? I cannot think of another time that the two greats actually worked on a project which featured very similar material, so surely Goldsmith felt like he had a challenge on his hands when he scored Supergirl. After all, he was indirectly following up a Williams bonifide classic. Jerry must have taken this into thoughtful consideration when he sat to write his interpretation of the S-chested hero. For all he knew, Supergirl might turn into another big franchise and actually rocket him into the summer blockbuster trend of the '80s, which he must have secretley wanted, seeing as he took the project on in the first place. He knew he had a hell of an act to follow in terms of iconic theme tunes. So as good as the Supergirl theme may actually be (terrible synth whooshes accepted), do you think Goldsmith ultimately failed when compared to one of Williams' finest, or was he merely a victim (again!) of the great score/theme - shit film syndrome?
  21. Heh, glad to see I'm not the ONLY person who voted for JP. I too grew up with the Indy music (I was born in '77 and my mother still has an audio tape of me humming the Raiders March on an audio cassette somewhere!), but it was only when JP came along in '93 that I actually made a point of finding out who actuallly wrote the truly wonderful music that utterly caught my ear. But I really can't understand some of the comments made about the JP score tbh. Its a fantastic score and really is vintage Williams, being possibly his best in the last 15 years, apart from SW:Ep1 maybe. The track I used in the poll is easily one of his greatest ever action cues imo, not to mention the earlier piece: "High wire stunts". Each to their own I guess. Anyway, thanks for the interest and warm welcome guys
  22. I'm quoting because I didn't understand the nature of your above comment. I'm assuming it was lighthearted sarcasm? If so, then I don't know why T-Rex Rescue & Finale could be seen as a funny choice.
  23. T-Rex Rescue & Finale is an amazing action cue? Yikes! ?!
  24. Really? I love the entire piece. I must have listened to it a thousand times. Maybe I'm gonna be on my own with this one...
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