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redishere

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  1. These days I listened to LLL's E.T. and Home Alone. The first is obviously a gorgeous score, but I never really gave HA that much attention before, and I have to say, I enjoyed it a lot. Plus, winter is on its way, so these Nutcracker-y vibes fit perfectly these days. Then I went on to Intrada's Jaws, which is always a great listen, and I had an epiphany: I somewhat had never realized JW scored Jaws 2 as well. I felt so stupid, so I opened Spotify and gave the OST a listen. My jaw dropped. You can really feel the different approach of a JW that had scored A New Hope and Close Encounters (among others). The fact is, I've never watched Jaws 2 (I surely will now), so that's probably the reason why I've never searched for the soundtrack before. But I'm curious to know: is this score a bit underrated or not that much regarded, or it's just that I'm a bit ignorant?
  2. I compared those tracks with the OST and I honestly couldn't tell the difference. Is it because hearing loss in adult males usually cuts frequencies above 15khz? I don't know. God: "Here's a hearing problem you'll get when you're middle aged." Me: "But why?" God: "So you can enjoy the HP boxset no matter what" Me: "Cool! What about the shawm cue though?" God: "Gotta go now brb"
  3. I liked it quite a lot! Such a gritty and glitchy introduction to the movie's aesthetic and feel. I also like how they covered Is Your Love Strong Enough? Great choice for the ending. The Heart's Filthy Lesson is perfect for Se7en, even if every time the end credits pop up I'm usually standing with my mouth agape and a blank stare.
  4. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross. This is one of my favorite of theirs, if not my favorite. It's like listening to the sound of snow (and blizzard) covering the face of the Earth. Brilliant score, and a gorgeous, albeit not chronological, album presentation. Love the movie as well (Fincher delivers as always), but I wish there weren't so many unused cues.
  5. The Nines – Alex Wurman (2007) This is one of my favorite scores ever. There's something about it I can't exactly put my finger on, but it sends shiver down my spine every single time. Love Opening and Knowing Theme. Love the movie, too. Don't know why the tracklist is different (and shorter) here http://www.alexwurman.com/the-nines/ but it has the Out Come Free cue, which I love as well. Wish this soundtrack had a proper release.
  6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Recording Sessions) — Patrick Doyle Quality is not that great, unfortunately. This definitely deserves a proper release. Didn't like this score that much when I first listened to it. But it grew on me and, as far as the HP saga goes, this is one of the few non-Williams soundtracks that stuck in my head the most.
  7. That’s great! GOF is one of the few non-JW Potter scores, if not the only one, that stuck with me. Didn’t like it that much at first, but Doyle created really great themes. I’ve only seen POA live to projection, but I would like to see more HP movies like this. ...and JP of course!
  8. JW: How does she know who I am? And why does she give a damn about me? ASM: I've got two tickets to Iron Maiden, baby Come with me Friday, don't say maybe I'm just a teenage dirtbag, baby, like you Ooooh
  9. The Shawshank Redemption (LLL) – Thomas Newman I'm a huge Tom Newman fanboy, and this is the score that made me fell in love with him. Platonically speaking, of course. He may not have JW's clever orchestrations and flourishing counterpoints, but if JW's my favorite soundtrack composer, good ol' Thomas comes right after him. I have a soft spot for his dissonant, weird, modal interchange-y, sort of grunge chords progressions. Speaking of Shawshank, am I the only one hearing a hissing, high-passed rhythmic noise in the left channel on the tracks Rock Hammer and Letters/Taxes? It's mind-boggling, I have no idea what it is but it's in the OST as well. I've always found it very distracting: it sounds like a badly tuned radio catching two frequencies at once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Philosopher's Stone (LLL) — John Williams What else can be said? This score is massive. Loved the OST (first soundtrack album I bought), hated it for the missing cues. Waited for this complete presentation since 2001, and it keeps getting gorgeous every time I listen to it. The Children's Suite is like a hot cup of cocoa on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Jurassic Park (LLL) – John Williams Another soundtrack I can't get tired of. Journey to the Island is in my opinion one of the best examples of score/underscore I've ever heard. Wasn't a big fan of the Carnivore Motif-driven second half of the tracklist, but it grew on me. It really is Johnny at his best. Sounds so aggressive and unhinged, I love it. Plus, I was recently listening to Bernstein's To Kill a Mockingbird and I think I found the Carnivore Motif's older brother.
  10. One time I found a (fragile) envelope I was waiting for in precarious balance on my fence. A few days later, when I placed my order for the HP Collection, I started sweating.
  11. In the continuous mixes I made for HP3 I edited most film versions and original cues together (Saving Buckbeak for example has the original ending followed by the bats cue, while for Lupin’s Transformation I put the percussion ending first, then the pizzicato part). Not the slickest editing in the world, but it works for me ‘cause I like every version. Plus, it’s not like they didn’t put alternates in the same track in the boxset.
  12. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (LLL) – John Williams It's that time of the year again. What can I say. Perfect. Such great atmospheres and textures. Makes me want to take a stroll down to Hagrid's Hut for a cuppa. (that's actually me in Glencoe, Scotland, where they shot those scenes in HP3: best day ever)
  13. Yeah, if my memory doesn't fail me, Chamber's EE was a tad better edited. I also liked the extended Borgin&Burkes scene with Draco and his father, but I don't remember if it was scored or not.
  14. Yeah, there's Cadogan, but something tells me they didn't shot everything, 'cause they decided to scrap the whole scene halfway through production. Otherwise they wouldn't show half a deleted scene in the DVD… I guess.
  15. Agreed. They look and sound like fan-edits. When I bought my 16-Discs BluRay boxset I was initially upset 'cause the extended editions of the first two movies weren't there… Changed my mind pretty fast as soon as I rewatched them online. Which was right after I listened to the HP JW Collection. Hearing music crossfading into a (badly) tracked cue every time a deleted scene appeared set my teeth on edge.
  16. So this means they used the same musical phrase twice: the one when Filch yells "Who's there?" in the Restricted section is the same heard when Snape turns back to confront Quirrell. These tracking choices really sound weird after one realizes they're there: what is heard cannot be unheard, I guess. For the same reason, I was excited to rewatch the extended versions of HP1 and HP2 and boy, do those tracked cues sound sloppy as hell.
  17. A friend of mine had the Lost World: Jurassic Park laserdisc. I was so envious.
  18. To Kill a Mockingbird (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by the composer) by Elmer Bernstein. One of my favorite scores ever, and I love this recording. It's so good that, when the End Title track finishes, I immediately play the album again, from start to finish. It makes me feel good, even if I'm having a bad day. A.I. (Expanded LLL release) by John Williams. I had never listened to the soundtrack by itself, but I remembered it well from my views of the movie. This score is so sad it makes my insides ache. I'm not sure it's something I'll be listening to multiple times, but it's still JW at its best. I had forgotten the Hide and Seek motif, and I somewhat fell in love with it. Now it's been stuck in my head for the past couple of days.
  19. That, or he left the Quirrell/Snape dialogue unscored, which is a bit weird.
  20. Speaking of the movie, is it true they changed the color grading in the BluRay? I loved how desaturated it looked when I first saw it in theatres; this was my reaction when the 20th Century Fox logo appeared:
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