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Loert got a reaction from JTN in What are your favorite shots in a movie?
Recently rewatched 2001, this is definitely my favourite shot/moment:
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Loert got a reaction from TolkienSS in Here is what other composers are saying about John Williams
I find Birtwistle's music interesting, but his point there is just confusing. Star Wars is film music, not classical music. Sure, it could pass as classical music, just like Stravinsky's ballets can pass as film music. But you can't say that Star Wars is representative of classical music. There are film music concerts, then there are classical music concerts. There are even LtP concerts...but it's not classical music. Listen to John Williams' classical music, then we'll talk!
(Or maybe more correct to say "concert" music instead of "classical" music)
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Loert got a reaction from Marian Schedenig in What are your favorite shots in a movie?
Recently rewatched 2001, this is definitely my favourite shot/moment:
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Loert reacted to Marian Schedenig in What are your favorite shots in a movie?
…and at least a dozen more that didn't come up in my Google search.
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Loert reacted to ddddeeee in Do aspiring film composers have a harder time getting a break now than in the 60s, 70s or 80s?
It seems as though there are far more opportunities to get in, but far less opportunities to stand out.
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Loert reacted to crocodile in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)
Actually it was about Varese saying something negative about Jews and then she finds it ironic/funny that Goldsmith rips him off for Planet of the Apes. Something like that.
But that quote, regardless of the "real" opinion of Goldsmith, has other context in the scene. Blanchett's character makes a point about associating composer's personality and/or opinions from their work in response to one student who didn't have any interest in Bach because he was a "straight white male". So it's more about (what people like to refer to as) "cancel culture" more than anything else.
Karol
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Loert reacted to crocodile in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)
Watched this last night. It was really great, beautifully directed and quite gripping. Blanchett was magnificent. Might be her best performance actually.
Karol
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Loert got a reaction from Andy in Temple of Doom is celebrating 40 years in 2024
My favourite Indiana Jones film and my favourite JW score. I will for sure be re-watching it. But my ultimate dream is to see it in a Live to Projection concert. Though unfortunately the people who organize LtP concerts probably already took one look at the score and said: "No way!"
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Loert reacted to Datameister in The Ol' College Try
Cutthroat Island comes to mind. It's got some great themes, and it's beautifully recorded, but it's just. Too. Much. You've got thickly layered fortissimo strings, brass, winds, percussion, and choir up the wazoo—and that's just the first cue! I enjoy individual tracks but I absolutely cannot enjoy the whole album, despite years of trying.
I was really lukewarm on Star Trek TMP for a long time, but I finally "got" that score eventually.
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Loert reacted to Jurassic Shark in The Ol' College Try
Worst idea ever to make a musical about a soundtrack specialty label.
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Loert got a reaction from Schilkeman in The Ol' College Try
I adore A.I., but I made myself a 51-minute mix and listen to that. Don't think I can sit through the entire score and get the same enjoyment.
In terms of (supposedly) great scores, I struggle with LotR, Conan the Barbarian, and La La Land. I will say no more.
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Loert reacted to JWScores in The Ol' College Try
Lincoln, most of the LOTR scores (except for The Fellowship of the Ring), Back to the Future, Dances with Wolves, and surely many more.
AI is one of my very favourite scores, certainly in my JW top-10, but I also prefer to listen to it in the form of "suites" compiled by myself, rather than the whole C&C score (I'm very glad I have it, though, so I can choose).
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Loert reacted to Jurassic Shark in The Ol' College Try
The OST is missing the JW/Strauss cue. Unforgivable.
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Loert got a reaction from Brando in Is the Raiders March your favorite theme John Williams has ever written?
Maybe they were just really tired...
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Loert got a reaction from filmmusic in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)
Oh believe me, I've read all the wikipedia pages and I'm still confused!
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Loert reacted to Tom Guernsey in What is the last piece of classical music you listened to?
One of those British composers nobody seems to have heard of but who I’d say is more interesting than a lot of his more famous contemporaries… this is probably the best place to start if you want to sample his output. Really thrilling stuff.
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Loert got a reaction from Tom in Is the Raiders March your favorite theme John Williams has ever written?
Maybe they were just really tired...
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Loert got a reaction from Naïve Old Fart in The Classical Music Recommendation Thread
On the topic of cello concertos, here's one of my favourites...written by John Williams' composition teacher!
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Loert got a reaction from GerateWohl in John Williams Caption Competition!
FIX IT NAAAUUUUGHHHHH!!!!
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Loert got a reaction from Jurassic Shark in John Williams Caption Competition!
FIX IT NAAAUUUUGHHHHH!!!!
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Loert reacted to BB-8 in John Williams Caption Competition!
"Ah I see, so you are the person responsible for that GMAIL issue."
"Hahaha, Johnny's fans have got a permanent G-what-so-ever issue!"
"Please, go and fix that G-what-so-ever issue on my fan site! Here, take 50 Dollars..."
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Loert reacted to BB-8 in John Williams Caption Competition!
"For heaven's sake, just fix that GMAIL thingy!!!"
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Loert got a reaction from Holko in John Williams Caption Competition!
...and then they told me they didn't have any more turtlenecks in stock...