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  1. On 9/4/2022 at 10:17 PM, Luke Skywalker said:

    I just wanted to mention that in recent discussion, it was said Giacchino had not ever created a widespread memorable theme in his life. 

     

    And i say, if none other applies (debatable), there is one: the Marvel fanfare. 

     

    Everytime i watch a marvel product with it, i cannot get the fanfare out of my head, it is very catchy. 

     

    Maybe not widespread, but I do find that when watching films these days, for whatever reason, his themes seem to "jump out" at me the most, and I find myself noticing them in film a lot. 

     

    E.g. I didn't consciously pick up on any of Danny Elfman's Dr Strange themes in the film itself, whereas Giacchino's Dr Strange theme really did, and I remember the Ancient One's theme standing out in-film, even if I can't remember it now.

     

    The Batman, Catwoman and Riddler themes all made an impression, as did the Indominus, Raptor, Ingen and Jurassic World themes from that film.

     

    I guess my post isn't so much about memorability, but how prominent they are in the film. I can't believe how much the Indominus motif stood out in Jurassic World, say compared to some of JW's SW sequel trilogy themes, which all ended up (relatively) buried behind a million sound effects.

  2. 12 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

     

    Hence my saying "used" in quotes.

     

    I have heard it insisted that it was newly recorded from Silvestri's score. I can't tell you more than that.

     

    Other than Bond and Star Wars what composers have really based a score on another composer's theme? Certainly not in anything resembling the modern era. They'll usually sprinkle in a quick reference or two or just needle-drop and existing use of a theme.

     

    (The worst for me was when MG used a quick snip of Amok Time in Into Darkness - that was buried under sound effects and had to be pointed out to the most die-hard Star Trek fans - and then said "Hey! I used Original Series music!")

     

    Does Solo qualify? :P 

  3. There's a fair bit of film music that gives me chills.

     

    Lots of the obvious parts of LotR, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, CE3K, ET etc, HTTYD, Solo...

    Most recently, Sometimes Nature's Cruel and Gods Fight, Buck Takes the Lead and Rewilding from Call of the Wild.have all given me chills.

     

    Even *imagining* Rewilding gave me chills, which I've never had before... has anyone else had anything similar?

  4. It’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle to WW’s Kingsman, I’d say.

     

    Way more unfocused than the first, messy, with some subplots feeling a bit ham-fisted and under-baked. Worse than Aquaman for my money (I thought that was dumb but deliberately so and really fun).

     

    But Pedro Pascal is brilliant in it, it does have that.

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