Kasey Kockroach

You know they just wanted to take the last third of TLW and stretch it to two hours, even though we already have Carnosaur!

Our tastes couldn’t be more opposite, pft. But I’m with ya anyhow.

For all the soundtracks I bought, I came to realize I really only listen to my favorites and anything else was just padding out my library. I listen to, for example, Rocketeer when in a Horner mood, I don't need Perfect Storm. When the mood for the latter ever comes (and it isn't often), it's on YT/Apple Music anyway and I can just listen to a suite or whatevs.

Maybe edit it down to 69 minutes? Like, you know. Elfman did. Gawrsh, maybe he was onto somethin' thar.

I dig the synth in the "Smuggle" cue.

I'm so grateful that Jurassic talk is more fun than what you guys get up to.

You can imagine my disappointment as a teen upon learning Along Came a Spider does not feature Goldsmith scoring giant spider attacks. This is why I don't watch whatever's considered "real" movies.

My phone's charging, you nincompoop.

What can I say. Powell's spoiled me.

I’m not educated or informed at all when it comes to music, so I’ve always just taken everyone’s word for it that the performance is bad whilst it’s remained one of the top 5 Goldsmiths I listen to the most for a decade. (All while knowing nothing about the movie. I’ll assume it’s about a lion)

Hearing the Fallen Kingdom theme a couple times brought a smile. Earlier ribbing aside, FK’s still a fun listen. Giacchino’s action writing is really corny in a way I find endearing in a monster movie context. My main gripe is that, compared to, say, Powell, he doesn’t intertwine his themes within the score nearly enough. Powell sees action sequences as just as much of a chance to express character or story themes as any other kind of scene, whereas Giacchino just sledgehammers away and has nothing to say.

There is beauty in the original’s imperfection.

I'm guessing all the incidental suspense cues are included because ya'll kept complaining about missing music!

Amused at the hype for that “Mobilization” cue when it’s only one minute.

Then listen to those scores if you want that cue!

Suits the (terrific) film fine, just isn’t much of a standalone listen. That ‘badass’ cue is Small Soldiers-lite. I’ve seen the film several times and know the unreleased music is nothing to write home about. But nice it’s getting released, I ain’t complaining. Goldsmith being serviceable is of course at least pleasant.

My ranking from favorites to least interested (in terms of isolated listening): Gremlins 2 The Burbs Gremlins Explorers Innerspace Matinee Small Soldiers Looney Tunes: Back in Action

The best thing about BiA is the Gremlins reference.

I felt Small Soldiers complete didn’t do much but pad around the highlights, but Dante/Goldsmith collabs are still my favorite film music in general so I’ll keep an eye on this.

The end suite is all you need from this one.

A Chris Young wannabe is still fun to listen to though! Just as I always found James Horner’s Elfman ripoffs to be better than Elfman himself.

I am a certified lover of puns, courtesy of the Cryptkeeper and Tex Avery cartoons. So I'd like to think I know what I'm talking about when I say this guy stinks.