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    Holko reacted to igger6 in John Williams is becoming a Disney Legend   
    What a farce. Disney has gone so acquisition-mad under Iger that they’re now sending Bishop from X-Men (company employee!) decades into the past to inform various titans of pop culture that they’re actually working for Disney, who will own them forty years hence. 
     
    I can’t quite articulate why this feels so icky to me, but it’s the same feeling I got when The Sound of Music and Miracle on 34th Street showed up in their respective decades on the Disney100 section of Disney+ last year. They were not affiliated with you! They were, in fact, directly competing with you!
     
    Disney is basically Mother Gothel now.  
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    Holko got a reaction from Edmilson in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga   
    ATJ has energy and Hemsworth's hamming it up amazingly but... All the movies so far had very distinctly different visuals, characters, plots, visceral tangible tactile filmmaking... this is just stalling, Fury Road memberberries with bad fake "big epic" over the top CG stuff? eh
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    Holko got a reaction from Andy in Soundtracks, Compilations, or other recently purchased Music   
    Agreed but that's Tom Scott.
  4. Surprised
    Holko got a reaction from GerateWohl in Soundtracks, Compilations, or other recently purchased Music   
    Agreed but that's Tom Scott.
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    Holko reacted to Nick1Ø66 in AI music scam impersonating composers   
    Well, perhaps. Theoretically, there are many legal remedies. But legislatures and courts move slowly, and in the past it's proven almost impossible for the legal system to keep up with emerging technologies. Most countries, in terms of legislation, still haven't fully figured out how to grapple with relatively simple things like how copyright, free speech and censorship works in the age of the internet, and it's been decades. I mean, it hasn't even advanced much since I was in law school.  And that's nothing...advances in DNA, genetics and AI are going to be the real challenge. Part of the problem is that most judges and legislators just don’t understand the technology that they’re trying to regulate.  
     
    And remember, it's not just the US, every country is going to deal with this differently, absent international agreement, and good luck with that. The genie is just out of the bottle on this stuff, and we're all just struggling to keep up.
  6. Angry
    Holko got a reaction from Manakin Skywalker in AI music scam impersonating composers   
    So I was listening to my usual Tidal playlist of weekly new release recommendations and I came across some weird albums by known but not huge film composers (Broughton, Debney, McNeely, Badelt), all with nondescript titles, 3 tracks not recorded with a real orchestra, with obviously AI generated covers. I couldn't find anything about any of them except for the streaming/youtube uploads, nothing on the composers' sites, no news about them. The Youtube uploads are not on the composers' own Topic channels, but on "Release - Topic", and all attributed to the Vietnamese "OnlyStar Music" production company.
     
    What can be done about this if it's some larger scale scam?
     
     
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    Holko got a reaction from Once in AI music scam impersonating composers   
    Joel McNeely has a direct email address on his site so he was an easy pick for a contact attempt, now he responded with "Wow, that’s unbelievable. How do they get away with this? I’m forwarding on to some people."
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    Holko got a reaction from Trope in AI music scam impersonating composers   
    Joel McNeely has a direct email address on his site so he was an easy pick for a contact attempt, now he responded with "Wow, that’s unbelievable. How do they get away with this? I’m forwarding on to some people."
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    Holko got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in John Powell's HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (2019) - 2024 Varese Deluxe Edition   
    Second pass at an edit: I shortened Armada Battle.
     
    I realised a lot of the messiness comes from tempo shifts, abrupt/imperfect transitions and some basically 1:1 reprised segments. I narrowed down the key offenders to 3 sections that I removed: 2:48-3:32 (the Wings / Challenging the Alpha reprise), 4:55-5:39 (The Kill Ring reprise) and 6:22-6:44 (The Hiccup & Toothless Attacked reprise).
     
    Not to toot my own horn too much but something must be right about my "musical sense" because thankfully the first and third are actually on cue borders, some of the weaker transitions come from that, and because the FYC contains the cues separately that also gave me some clean openings/endings to work more flexibly with.
     
    The first and second are simple transitions, switch the later section in for the removed one when it would come in, let the buildup bleed through in a crossfade etc. The third was trickier since I was left with a buildup and a quiet unimpressive clean opening, so I snatched 3:30-3:32 for a quick brass and percussion burst to patch the transition with (and make a tiny fragment of the removed material live on!).
     
    To further "clean up" the tempo, I tightened up the 4:31-4:34 buildup to the fast Love Theme (made it start earlier, shortened it a tiny bit), and very slightly sped up 4:44-4:55 which is a kinda weird drop in tempo after that Love Theme.
     
    I'll need to live with it a bit, come back after some time of course, but I think I succeeded in tightening it up, focusing it more on the new stuff, new renditions and better integrated old renditions.
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    Holko got a reaction from Jay in John Powell's HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (2019) - 2024 Varese Deluxe Edition   
    Second pass at an edit: I shortened Armada Battle.
     
    I realised a lot of the messiness comes from tempo shifts, abrupt/imperfect transitions and some basically 1:1 reprised segments. I narrowed down the key offenders to 3 sections that I removed: 2:48-3:32 (the Wings / Challenging the Alpha reprise), 4:55-5:39 (The Kill Ring reprise) and 6:22-6:44 (The Hiccup & Toothless Attacked reprise).
     
    Not to toot my own horn too much but something must be right about my "musical sense" because thankfully the first and third are actually on cue borders, some of the weaker transitions come from that, and because the FYC contains the cues separately that also gave me some clean openings/endings to work more flexibly with.
     
    The first and second are simple transitions, switch the later section in for the removed one when it would come in, let the buildup bleed through in a crossfade etc. The third was trickier since I was left with a buildup and a quiet unimpressive clean opening, so I snatched 3:30-3:32 for a quick brass and percussion burst to patch the transition with (and make a tiny fragment of the removed material live on!).
     
    To further "clean up" the tempo, I tightened up the 4:31-4:34 buildup to the fast Love Theme (made it start earlier, shortened it a tiny bit), and very slightly sped up 4:44-4:55 which is a kinda weird drop in tempo after that Love Theme.
     
    I'll need to live with it a bit, come back after some time of course, but I think I succeeded in tightening it up, focusing it more on the new stuff, new renditions and better integrated old renditions.
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    Holko reacted to Ricard in The Legacy of John Williams (Website & Podcast)   
    Personal attacks are NOT ALLOWED on JWFan.  Please restrain from using our website to attack other members, either publicly or privately.
     
     
     
     
  12. Really Sad
    Holko got a reaction from GerateWohl in JAWS - 2015 Intrada 2CD Release (Complete film tracks & original LP re-recording)   
    It's out of stock there too, not even orderable.
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    Holko got a reaction from JTN in JAWS - 2015 Intrada 2CD Release (Complete film tracks & original LP re-recording)   
    It's out of stock there too, not even orderable.
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    Holko got a reaction from JTN in JAWS - 2015 Intrada 2CD Release (Complete film tracks & original LP re-recording)   
    That's why you tell them to go to hell and order from EU stores like MusicBox and Intermezzomedia. It would be on its way from them too.
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    Holko got a reaction from JTN in Which Soundtrack Albums Do You Regret Having Purchased?   
    Those goddamn demasters.
  16. Confused
    Holko reacted to JTN in The Legacy of John Williams (Website & Podcast)   
    I don’t think there is anything but his music that people should learn about John Williams, by simply listening to it. This level of obsession about another person - any person for that matter - is nothing short of toxic and borderline neurotic. Just listen to the man’s music and stop analyzing every single thing he said and did, like he was Jesus. The guy even dresses like JW, he looks like an obsessed person. And he is supported in this obsession by some people like it was a normal thing. The amount of time and money he must be putting into worshiping another man is crazy. I really feel sorry for this guy for not finding something truly meaningful in his life other than worshiping a 92-year-old American composer.
    Pathetic and revolting.
  17. Haha
    Holko reacted to Nick1Ø66 in The Rings of Power show discussion - spoilers allowed for all aired episodes   
    Hush now, Bespin, Bespin, don't you cry
    Mama's gonna check out all of your books for you
    Mama won't let any Tolkien get through
    Mama's gonna keep you right under her wing
    She might let you read, but not Lord of the Rings
    Mamma's gonna keep Bespin, Middle-Earth Free
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    Holko reacted to Smaug The Iron in John Powell's HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (2019) - 2024 Varese Deluxe Edition   
    Got my copy today, I am so happy that I now can listen to the entire trilogy in complete form. And the fact that it has only been  five years since this came out and we already have the complete score is so great!
  19. Angry
    Holko got a reaction from Not Mr. Big in AI music scam impersonating composers   
    So I was listening to my usual Tidal playlist of weekly new release recommendations and I came across some weird albums by known but not huge film composers (Broughton, Debney, McNeely, Badelt), all with nondescript titles, 3 tracks not recorded with a real orchestra, with obviously AI generated covers. I couldn't find anything about any of them except for the streaming/youtube uploads, nothing on the composers' sites, no news about them. The Youtube uploads are not on the composers' own Topic channels, but on "Release - Topic", and all attributed to the Vietnamese "OnlyStar Music" production company.
     
    What can be done about this if it's some larger scale scam?
     
     
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    Holko got a reaction from Andy in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    I was just randomly scrolling through MBR's stock categorised by labels I know when I saw that Cinevox had already expanded Giú La Testa and it was reissued and still in stock. I don't know how I never knew about that or never tried looking for it, I've loved it since I first heard the OST on the first big Morricone box, and loved it even more after I finally watched the movie (which easily became my favourite of the "Once Upon trilogy" - the score might be too, I really like America now but it's not varied enough, and I don't really want to bother with West until somebody does a proper sounding release). So I just did a quick sample check to see if it's a worthy release, not still a mess like that West reissue, and ordered it immediately with HTTYD3 in maybe 5 minutes. And I still friggin' love it, just a perfect blend of beauty and melancholy slightly tinged with spaghetti western textures and sprinkled with some fun additions, I especially adore the aching theme for the flashbacks that's often played by lush romantic strings or the female vocalist. Most of the alternates aren't huge revelations but it's a nice alternate program and I found all the differences interesting enough.
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    Holko reacted to Luka in John Powell's HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (2019) - 2024 Varese Deluxe Edition   
    That's where I turn the volume up and bang my head 
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    Holko got a reaction from JTN in James Horner's THE LADY IN RED (1979) - NEW! 2024 Intrada premiere release   
    If this takes you hours for free for a score you don't even necessarily care about... then why can the paid professional only throw together something so bland and low effort? Though at least there are no mistakes in it except for the bad font choice, as far as we can tell for now.
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    Holko reacted to Brundlefly in 96th Academy Awards (2024 Oscars for 2023 films)   
    Oppenheimer deserved all of these Oscars sooo much! The only thing that bothers me is the fact that it didn't win for the sublime script too.
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    Holko reacted to GerateWohl in John Williams on Variety Cover (article & video)   
    Sorry. I don't want anymore franchise blockbuster scores by Williams.
    The only franchise sequel, that I would love to be scored by him is Tintin 2.
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    Holko reacted to Madmartigan JC in John Williams receives 54th Oscar nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!   
    Nice find! Just found the full speech in better quality HERE.
    He looks great. I too was worried when he didn't appear in tonight's broadcast.

     
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