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    'Thanks To Brilliant Composers, Film Scores Are Becoming Relevant To The Superhero Genre Again'

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    12 hours ago, Alexcremers said:

     

    Maybe that's exactly why. Maybe it's wallpaper in order not to put a burden on the public.

     

    Still that "today's song comparison" doesn't work, that's aside the point though.

     

    Hollywood these days seem to be allergic to themes. Good film music shouldn't have to be music wallplayer. Good music should be able to know when to give the rights emotions and tone above anything else. A lot of modern film music for me fails precisely because often I get nothing out of it. It's ridiculous. 

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    5 minutes ago, BloodBoal said:

     

    Isn't that a problem with a lot of movies in those cinematic universes, anyway? Feeling like the producers are more interested in laying the groundwork for more sequels than they are in telling a proper, well-rounded story.

     

    Marvel at least had the curiosity in 2008 to treat Iron Man like a one and done film, save for Nick Fury's cameo in the after-credits because even they realized it may have not been a hit at the time. 

     

    All these studios want their own franchises these days, that they don't think ahead of time about the possibility of failure. It's very frustrating to say the least. 

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    Fade To Black - Craig Safan - The suspense rock bits don't do a whole lot for me, but I do like the shimmer strings theme, and the French like waltz classical sounds very nice. Overall an uneven score, though it's fairly effective in the film itself. 

    2 minutes ago, Richard said:

     

    WITNESS is, probably, the best of the lot. MAIN TITLE/JOURNEY TO BALTIMORE is cosmic.

    I've also got a soft-spot for WARGAMES, BLUE THUNDER, RUNAWAY, and THE MOSQUITO COAST.

     

    Those are good examples, some of my other favorite 80's synth scores would probably be Escape From New York (most John Carpenter stuff as well), Day of The Dead, Blade Runner, The Blob, Flight of The Navigator (cheesy Silvestri synclavier score, but I really love it honestly, nostalgia man), among others.

     

    There were a lot of actual horror films that used only electronics around that time to usually fairly effective results. 

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    I've been told that one of the biggest problems with The Mummy is that so much of it just feels like set-up for more dark universe. If Universal is going to continue with the dark universe somehow, they're going to have make these films better, if they can. 

     

    On 6/8/2017 at 4:11 PM, Mr. Breathmask said:

    The Mummy could have benefitted from a proper old-fashioned adventure score. The movie still wouldn't have been very good, but at least it would inject some life and - God help us - some actual fun into the proceedings.

     

    Studios don't want "old-fashioned" adventure scores, they want mood / noise music these days because strong themes are actually considered too old-fashion and or distracting, apparently. Not surprised by the composer / music choice. 

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    The synclavier is all there of course, but I find its use effective. The album and film are actually different though. The music in the film was actually quite restrained, while on the album it seems to strangely more "beepy / melodious", which was Shire's original intent. 

     

    BTW apparently according to an interview with Shire in 1985, the reason why Hyams wanted a electronic score was because he "felt the score needed a bit of the “other-worldliness” that electronic realization would evoke", so in that sense I can understand why he went with that type of music, well that and it was the 80's. 

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    2 hours ago, Stefancos said:

    I only like the last orchestral track.

     

    Who's idea was it to give the sequel to 2001 a synth score?

     

    Likely Peter Hyams, who originally hired of all people to do the music, Tony Banks, but they had a falling out. If you watch the film though, much of the music is dialed back quite a bit anyway. Personally I really like the music because while it is very 80's, it does manage to create quite the atmosphere at points too, and I'm a fan of the sound. Of course it has nothing on the original in terms of actual music, but it's good. 

     

    On that note, 2010 and Short Circuit are the only Shire scores that I'm aware of that are largely synth based, unless I'm mistaken. 

    'Thanks To Brilliant Composers, Film Scores Are Becoming Relevant To The Superhero Genre Again'

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    Zimmer's score for MOS and BVS is exactly the kind of issue I have with modern superhero scoring and scoring in general. He makes fine themes, but his underscoring for both films is full of largely noise and irritating Junkie XL electronic, not my cup of tea really. 

     

    I suppose it could be worse though, like Jackman's work for The Winter Soldier. Shudders! 

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    16 hours ago, Richard said:

    THE HINDENBURG, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, 2010, and ZODIAC, are all top-notch.

     

    Farewell My Lovely and Monkey Shines are also great. 

     

    Anyway...

     

    The Mummy - Brian Tyler - After a promising if good start (Egypt's Next Great Queen actually features some decent Tyler scoring that isn't overdone), the album starts to head into typical chaotic Tyler territory. There's some fine modern adventure, including a nice theme for Cruise's character, but boy does Tyler need to learn how to quiet things down more often. Sometimes it feels like he thinks like he's composing for a huge opera or something. Also the album is just way too long, which is typical of a Tyler release really, otherwise it's a fine score I suppose. 

    'Thanks To Brilliant Composers, Film Scores Are Becoming Relevant To The Superhero Genre Again'

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    Wake when we get actual "epic romantic music" in our superhero films again. 

     

    I liked Logan, and parts of the Wonder Woman score are starting to grow on me but damn if the action music isn't the same RC pumping noise we've heard a million times. 

     

    Certainly the MCU could do better to have actual recurring themes playing throughout their films, but they seem adverse to that, as well. Article is good and well-meaning but I don't entirely agree with the subject. 

    What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

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    La Pella - Lalo Schifrin - Found this while searching online. It's an obscure Italian film with a score by Schifrin, written during what I consider the composers most varied period. It's great, with a sweeping main theme, some dissonant strings, and old-timey source material, as well as classical music references. The original album is short but apparently the music was re-released in Spain in 2006, running at over an hour in total as well. Good stuff!

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