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Dixon Hill

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  1. I had a vision, of a JWFan without Star Wars mania.  General Discussion/Tolkien Central ground out a little profit and the moderators tried to shut them down, one thread at a time...and it was so...boring.  I've had a change of heart.  I don't want Mattris spoiling everything, but why should I have all the fun?  Let's give someone else a chance.  If Mattris isn't banned in sixty minutes, then I blow up Other Topics.

  2. 15 minutes ago, Stefancos said:

     

    Musicians preferring the "clean", perfect sound of their samples is a problem in current day music.

     

    They would rather not have it performed by another artist.

     

    I was actually just talking about this with a relative who is younger and more knowledgable about samples.  He reckons dumb kids who don't know how orchestras actually work are churning out unbalanced demos and expecting that from reality.  Doesn't help that apparently samples aren't adjusted to have proper dynamic scaling so if you don't know how to do that everything is off.  Glad I don't tinker with that shit anymore.

  3. 49 minutes ago, Fabulin said:

    I wonder what qualifies as a really good sound to you.

     

    In terms of symphonic music - little dynamic compression if any, little or no reliance on spot microphones, a certain school of musicianship with a more nuanced handling of dynamics and balance than is now common (possibly this is a result of how often scores are striped and players, especially brass, feel like they can/are asked to cut loose more when on their own), and a balance of presence with space.  It's rare that this is all met 100% but I look for at least most of these things.

     

    49 minutes ago, Fabulin said:

    CE3K, Star Trek TMP, ESB, E.T., Amadeus, Cotton Club, Batman

     

    The first two are ok but could be better, ESB and ET are grating - the former more than the latter.  No opinion on the others.  Star Wars 77 is a prime example of what I don't like.  It's right on the edge of the time when scores had obviously inferior sound (and frankly playing as well) and when things started to improve a little bit but it falls into unpleasant territory for me.  

     

    The 90s were the goldilocks zone for symphonic film music.  After the low performance and sonic standards of previous decades, and before new production methods came along that are fine for some things but not for this type of music.  Notable recent disappointments are John Powell's works.  Even Hubris has an unpleasant EQ shape to it.  His music is wonderful, but the production doesn't work for me.

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