crocodile

I love it dearly but for me The Agony and the Ecstasy takes that title. 😀
 
Karol

Sorry for the tiny cover, it's all I could find. This remains my favourite of Carl Davis' silent film scores, I think (out of the 20 or so I've heard, he did a LOT!). Accessible, delicious darkness, a little bit religioso.

I love Alex North. My favorite score from him is A Streetcar Named Desire, and I'm not even a jazz fan!
 
Also really like The Agony and the Ecstasy, Cleopatra, Spartacus, Dragonslayer...

Cleopatra. Fantastic score, among North's best. Very rich and always interesting. The three principal themes are to die for.
 
Karol

I love it dearly but for me The Agony and the Ecstasy takes that title. 😀
 
Karol

Cleopatra. Fantastic score, among North's best. Very rich and always interesting. The three principal themes are to die for.
 
Karol

Cleopatra. Fantastic score, among North's best. Very rich and always interesting. The three principal themes are to die for.
 
Karol

This is sad proof to me that we get so few tragedies in film today - stories where a character is brought down by their tragic flaw - that when people see a tragedy they don't know how to digest it.

Watched this last night. It was really great, beautifully directed and quite gripping. Blanchett was magnificent. Might be her best performance actually.
 

 
Karol

Watched this last night. It was really great, beautifully directed and quite gripping. Blanchett was magnificent. Might be her best performance actually.
 

 
Karol

You know what, with Alien day approaching and 4K release coming out next week I wouldn't be at all surprised. The previous expansion is over 20 years old now.
 
Karol

There is no CD release for 2.
 
Karol

Avex also lists the sequel, but it does not appear to have any bookings yet - https://www.avexclassicsinternational.co.uk/avatar-the-way-of-water-live
 
Odd - could have reverted to Disney?

I have wondered if the score could be considered technically unfinished, just based on the state of certain cues. The Main Titles being completely tracked (1m1 is actually Death Camp), the original version of Land of Intolerance abruptly ending (with the film version having to fake one), and everything to do with Inside The Statue (the Kamen website even lists the tracked version!). Combine that with the slew of revisions, plus versions made specifically for the OST, it is honestly a miracle that the score holds together as much as it does. Even if it does also explain why people generally only remember select pieces.
 
If it wasn't for Disney buying Fox, I would've been very curious in seeing what a further expanded re-release of this score could've looked like, since there's absolutely stuff they could release in addition to the coveted classic superhero sounding demos MK made. Even if it's just the final score demos Badelt used to have on his promos/website and proper film versions on some tracks (since the internal 2CD set seems to have been for an earlier cut). But then given the Kamen Estate likely already gave them everything they had presumably, I guess it'd be down to if anyone else involved had anything they could offer from the production.
 
 

The bottom line is, the best presentation of this is score to something each listener would need to tailor for themselves. Neither of the official presentations is perfect for listening.
 
Karol

Decided to go to this. The fact they are using real choir and soloists makes me more optimistic about this. Plus (almost) any live Horner is good.
 
Karol

And with today being Mancini's 100th birthday, let me again point to where I think its syncopations originate:
 

Fantastic score.
 
Karol

I created a double playlist with both Delerue and Horner scores back to back. I called it Some Things Wicked This Way Come. 😂
 
Karol

Fantastic score.
 
Karol

I created a double playlist with both Delerue and Horner scores back to back. I called it Some Things Wicked This Way Come. 😂
 
Karol

Fantastic score.
 
Karol

The Abyss on the new 4K disc. Can't tell you how it compares in terms of look because I've never seen it before. Very enjoyable movie, very impressive technically. It's probably bit less than sum of it parts as it feels like some better Cameron films but it certainly does not stop me from enjoying myself tremendously.
 
Karol

Conan the Destroyer. Yeah, it is a "bad" sequel. One of those goofy 80s fantasy movies. But it was nowhere near as terrible as I was expecting.
 
Karol

Conan the Destroyer. Yeah, it is a "bad" sequel. One of those goofy 80s fantasy movies. But it was nowhere near as terrible as I was expecting.
 
Karol