[Michael Giacchino's THE BATMAN (2022)]

Zimmer's two notes are absolutely iconic and embody just what he and Nolan were after.  Quite an achievement for any composer to engrain such a simple motive in the minds of so many.

[Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are 'not cinema']

Another old fart doesn't like Marvel.  Stop the presses.

[You ungrateful bastards.]

I've mentioned you a number of times you attention whore.

[Ad Astra (Max Richter & Lorne Balfe)]

Yeah I took note of that one too - obviously a sure hand behind it as in The VVitch but Richter's lovely unusual harmonies struck me more than another horror score that's often an encyclopedia of avant gardeisms.

[Anyone else miss Nick1066?]

Yeah.

[Jerry Goldsmith's AIR FORCE ONE - 2019 2CD Varese Deluxe Edition]

Drax's hearing is beyond reproach!

[Hmm.. JoeinAR hasn't been here in a few months]

He's left a fine legacy behind him, living on in our memories.

[Hmm.. JoeinAR hasn't been here in a few months]

Did his husband happen to mention who Joe's CD collection will go to?

[Ad Astra (Max Richter & Lorne Balfe)]

My reaction to this score is the same as my reaction to the film.  It's not at all bad, and quite good at points, but the inspirations shine through really, really heavily, which makes it lack a certain amount of its own identity.  I reckon the director had a lot of homages he wanted to make on his own as well as with the composers.  Standouts are Terra Incognita and The Rings of Saturn which are both wonderfully fresh.  The latter is some of the most harmonically crafty film music I've heard in recent years.  Messiaen finding his way into a blockbuster.  Resonantia is similarly impressive.

[Anyone else obsessed with home security?]

 

10 hours ago, Mr. Manfrenjensenden said:

 

 

I don’t like to fly.

 

I take trains!

[Anyone else obsessed with home security?]

Anyone else thinking of traveling to Australia and robbing Drax?

[What track do you find yourself listening to on repeat the most?]

With Malice Toward None

[Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (Soundtrack by Geoff Zanelli)]

If you can't see that Signs outclasses all but the last one you mentioned then you're, well, Thor I suppose.

[What is the last piece of classical music you listened to?]

Last thing I listened to was a rough read through this morning of a large scale piece I'm working on for alto flute, harp, viola, and bass.  After listening to some students talk at length about their own very innovative works in progress I was feeling like quite a square to be doing something so academic by comparison.  Much to my surprise they found my music engaging and "trippy" so perhaps I've still got it.

 

 

[R. I. P. Robert Forster]

Cooper...Cooper.

[GAME OF THRONES]

They're still doing Lost rehashes and they're still shit.  Difference is the Robert Jordan books are pretty good source material and it's a completed story that can be freely adapted.  Decent chance of it surpassing GOT in quality if they do it right, if not necessarily in cultural impact.

[GAME OF THRONES]

People still give a shit about this dumpster fire in all its incarnations, past and future?  More interested in what Amazon will do with Wheel of Time now.

[R. I. P. Robert Forster]

I liked this guy.

[What are the best lightsaber fights on Star Wars movies?]

The TPM setpiece first, followed by ROTJ and the Sidious fights from ROTS.

[Anyone else dark and disturbed?]

I feel as if a weight has been lifted from my heart!  How can I repay you for this miracle?

[If you got to sit down and talk with JW, what would your top three questions be?]

Who is the sexiest young celebrity these days?  Anyone else dark and disturbed?  Is the MCU cinema?

[Anyone else dark and disturbed?]

Cosmic thoughts, gentlemen?

[Star Wars IX The Rise of Skywalker (JJ Abrams 2019)]

I sho' am boy.

 

[Joker (Hildur Guðnadóttir)]

What?

[Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are 'not cinema']

9 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

 

Robert shows how to be diplomatic.

 

Ye gods Stern has become bloodless in the last few decades.