Under-Terrestrial

An american film?!?

What I'm most excited for: THE BRIDE! - Jonny Greenwood ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Jonny Greenwood FRANKENSTEIN - Alexandre Desplat THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME - Alexandre Desplat THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES - Alexandre Desplat (we've heard the score, but I'm guessing the film's stateside release will be this year) DROP - Bear McCreary MOTHER MARY - Daniel Hart SINNERS - Ludwig Goransson WILDWOOD - Dario Marianelli THE SHROUDS - Howard Shore THE WAY OF THE WIND - Eleni Karaindrou THE LIFE OF CHUCK - The Newton Brothers TRON: ARES - Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE - Thomas Newman THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - Michael Giacchino ********** This score was a nice surprise! Didn't expect much more than electronic ambience from a low-budget Soderbergh horror-drama, but it's very forward in the sound mix, and mainly acoustic/symphonic elements. Not many cues total, but it leaves a mark when it shows up. This composer is entirely new to me:

FAVORITE [primarily original] FILM SCORES OF 2024 TOP SCORES (in alphabetical order / #1 is bolded): THE BRUTALIST --- Daniel Blumberg CHALLENGERS --- Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS --- Carter Burwell HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - CHAPTER 1 --- John Debney HERE --- Alan Silvestri IF --- Michael Giacchino MEGALOPOLIS --- Osvaldo Golijov MEMOIR OF A SNAIL --- Elena Kats-Chernin NOSFERATU --- Robin Carolan QUEER --- Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING --- Dabney Morris THE WILD ROBOT --- Kris Bowers HONORABLE MENTION (in alphabetical order): BLITZ --- Hans Zimmer CHICKEN FOR LINDA! --- Clement Ducol NIGHTBITCH --- Nate Heller A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE --- Alexis Grapsas THE PIANO LESSON --- Alexandre Desplat SPACEMAN --- Max Richter TRAP --- Herdis Stefansdottir THE WATCHERS --- Abel Korzeniowski FAVORITE FILM OF 2024 TOP FILMS (in alphabetical order): ANORA CHALLENGERS DUNE: PART TWO FLOW INSIDE OUT 2 JUROR #2 MEMOIR OF A SNAIL NOSFERATU THE PIANO LESSON THE SUBSTANCE PENDING VIEWING (there are others, but these are the ones I suspect I'll dig the most:) THE BRUTALIST (I've technically seen it, but I was nodding off hard after the intermission, it's looong. I plan to pay to see the second half again) STRANGE DARLING

Looks like The Brutalist / Conclave / Emilia Perez / Challengers are now shoe-ins, with Queer / The Wild Robot / The Room Next Door vying for that 5th slot (if the self-fulfilling awards pundits' predictions are any indication).

DAMN, A24 came through for once! Wish they'd done so a year before, we might've had proper Zone Of Interest audio files. Glad to have Brutalist a week early anyway!

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/queer-original-score/1781969889 Very searching stuff from Reznor/Ross, which seem to be in-line with Daniel Craig's wandering state of being in the trailer. "Wouldn't You" is the most beguiling track in the bunch for me.

And we've got the first 3 tracks! Definitely some brooding stuff, mixed in with warm/victorious feelings:

The month of Desplat! Though it still doesn't have American distribution, the album for THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES is out tomorrow. Animated feature from the director of THE ARTIST, also the first animated film to compete for the Palme D'Or since WALTZ WITH BASHIR: "Le bucheron et l'enfant" is an especially beguiling track. https://music.apple.com/nz/album/la-plus-précieuse-des-marchandises-bande-originale-du-film/1777225189

I was hoping that the official audio had been released, but this will suffice for now Here's hoping all their unused music for the film surfaces someday!

Searchlight Pictures' NIGHTBITCH (Nate Heller) is up at: https://debut.disney.com/fyc/searchlight/movie_fyc/nightbitch-1708642171016?tab=score Page only appears if you enter "score" at the end of the URL, isn't quite live yet.

Having now seen the movie, I'm very curious about this cue which did not show up in the movie. There is no flood, so the entire scene must've gotten cut. Since the story spans so many thousands of years, I wonder if the flood takes place in the past or future (I'm guessing the future since the cue is on the back end of the track list and the album is more or less in chronological order). (also, despite the reviews, I really dug this movie. Zemeckis is one of my all-timers and I'll follow him on a bad day. But everybody seemed on board with the ambition of this material (based on a graphic novel)). The acting is very broad and theatrical, but that seems very in-keeping with the literally theatrical POV of the film. Felt right. The relentlessness of time and the preciousness of fleeting moments stuck with me. The collage-esque visual language more or less worked for me, except for most of the morph transitions, those looked cheap.

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/here-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1776647977 Sentimental Silvestri is catnip for me : ) The second half of the "Why Am I Here?" sample is a standout to me.

My moment has COME! This is my seasonal playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMnA1EwJ4YTXhTDZN6R4H6eb0-McUEvRX&si=Npv8ixVNAJ9fV02C

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/megalopolis-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1769427559 20 years ago, Coppola asked Golijov to write a "symphony" for Megalopolis, and from the track "New Rome" alone it sounds like he's delivered. This is invigorating stuff!

Oh yes...oh YES!!! https://music.apple.com/nz/album/megalopolis-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1769427559