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So tired of all the crapping on Giacchino after all these years. He's no saint, but some people act as if he's committed a crime against humanity. Would've liked to have heard what he might've done had he been involved in the creative process from the beginning, just as much as I am to hear what Desplat might've given us.

@1:36 in To Athens is a recent favourite. Evocative of Helena's and Indy's themes https://youtu.be/2NcEbgJ-tqs?si=GC97-RfhgpXJd40W

Check out Kamasi Washington's score for Lazarus that just dropped. I've been listening to Washington's music for a number of years now so it's nice he's been given this opportunity to score an anime! https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nCt1G_t3i4plxftm-U3lEai9Z8dIb4aNw&si=-v3bn4KhQrQ1LxBK

It is signed, not printed.

Is it strange you haven't heard the Hobbit scores?

Thor will be buried with a burned copy of Patrick Doyle's Thor (C&C version).

Nothing more depressing knowing it's been twenty years since RotS and STILL no expansions. I'm just over it. We shouldn't have to wait decades for this music, it shouldn't be rotting away in cupboards and boxes, it should be rotting with the rest of my CDs on my shelves.

:Suffers heavily'? Really? Why do you need to make the comparison in the first place?

Battle of the Heroes is not borderline generic. I haven't heard anything approaching that power and immediacy in a long time. Whilst I love Anakin's Dark Deeds, it is such a short piece in the film with a specific moment that I think to flesh it out would make it lose whatever power it has!

Is it possible Williams' bound copies also have dedicated sections that include his early sketches? Which would be neat to have all in one book?

Hey jwfan-ers! What's the best edition of the North by Northwest score to get?

I saw it at my local entertainment retailer but thought it was a cheap reissue and considered instead getting the LLL version. But I might pick it up for fun next time I'm there as I only have the second score on cd.

Saw the film last night and find what @PrayodiBA said rings true, Powell's score is mixed lower than the other 'score' elements and you can tell there's this rich, colourful writing going on, but they've turned it down! Schwartz's songs aren't bad, but they are stained with the type of pop writing that tends to sound cheap - even when enhanced with an orchestra. Unfortunately for me, I had trouble parsing what was OG Powell and Schwartz and the feeling that Powell didn't really get to shine and was instead constrained to what the material he was given. I'm not a huge fan of musicals and part of me felt as if I would've preferred had this story been told without any musical numbers, yet some songs speak loud enough that they can be a welcome thing.

Too much eyeliner and his eyes will truly be On the Waterfront...

I thought the visuals and the sets were beautiful. It didn't mess around, wasn't bogged in unnecessary character bullshit and looked good while doing it. The score had all the bells and whistles of something in the vein of Goldsmith but didn't have a strong thematic identity to the point where I feel it needs a theme to at least match the original films'.