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    Brando reacted to Holko in Did you ever smoke?   
    No offense intended but to me personally, voluntarily inhaling smoke always seemed like one of the most incomprehensibly/bafflingly dumb/weird pastimes possible.
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    Brando reacted to crumbs in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    Maybe just repeat the word Hook five times in front of a mirror and see what happens. 
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    Brando reacted to Holko in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    Believe it or not, I'd be much happier if I could finally stop doing this round of likefarming! But my hands are tied.
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    Brando reacted to Andy in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    I truly wish they’d have released the marching band parade music from Jaws.  The snares as Brody quickens his walking pace actually build a bit of gravitas to the scene, and when the band gets close enough to drown out the dialogue between Hendricks and Vaughn, it’s pretty hard to forget. 
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    Brando reacted to Jay in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    Yep
     
    Just look at how many specialty label titles have a "Source Music" section listed on the back cover, almost always containing recordings made by the same composer as the score at the same recording sessions as the score.
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    Brando reacted to Datameister in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    No he's totally referring to Williams's fantastic cartoon pastiche. The best part is that he says it'll be replaced with a march or something - which is, I'm sure, an intentional reference to the sorts of music people more commonly associate with Williams. 
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    Brando got a reaction from Holko in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    One day...one day I will be sad and glad at the same time that this video isn't posted here. Glad because our quest will finally be complete, yet sad because it's hilarious every time its posted
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    Brando reacted to Docteur Qui in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    I've always found it quite funny that Hammond points out the score as being temporary and will eventually be replaced, despite the fact that the music is obviously incredibly detailed and was clearly written, orchestrated and recorded (spared no expense) specifically for that animation, sync points and all. What kind of monster would replace that? Still, it fits with his character arc I guess. Hammond is a stand-in for the Hollywood producer tyrants. 
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    Brando got a reaction from TSMefford in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    One day...one day I will be sad and glad at the same time that this video isn't posted here. Glad because our quest will finally be complete, yet sad because it's hilarious every time its posted
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    Brando got a reaction from Dr. Rick in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    One day...one day I will be sad and glad at the same time that this video isn't posted here. Glad because our quest will finally be complete, yet sad because it's hilarious every time its posted
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    Brando reacted to Maurizio in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    Yes, and it was him playing trombone, together with Spielberg playing clarinet and Malcolm McNab playing trumpet.
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    Brando reacted to phbart in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    Yes!! I always wondered how on earth a proper presentation of the sacrificial scenes unreleased music can be put together for an album presentation without excluding anything. Only MM can do this.
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    Brando reacted to Chewy in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    Maybe if we all watch the whole 2-hour video, it will happen?
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    Brando reacted to Chewy in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    HOOK HOOK HOOK GIVE US THE HOOK HOOK HOOK GIVE US THE HOOK HOOK HOOK
     
    Let's summon it every month, until it finally happens!
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    Brando reacted to Holko in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    Sigh
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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    Brando reacted to Jay in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    What do you mean? I'm sure it is
     
     
    Yea 
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    Brando reacted to Jay in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    This one, I guess
     
     
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    Brando reacted to Jay in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    This will be nice to see on Tuesday after a long weekend!
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    Brando reacted to The Score Cleaner in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    Get HYPED!!!!!
     
     
    ....for normal, decent releases, keep reasonable expectations
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    Brando reacted to Jay in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    MV just posted in the FSM "questions" that he'll share information about their next titles on Tuesday, June 1st (I presume this means a Flyer posted to Facebook that day, but he doesn't specify)
     
    https://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=118900&forumID=1&archive=0
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    Brando reacted to Jay in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    Source music does indeed mean music that is supposed to be coming from a source the characters in the film could hear, it's also known as diegetic music.
     
    Source music could be an existing piece of music that wasn't created specifically for the film, it could be something made specifically for the film but the composer of the score had no involvement with it, or it could be something the score composer recorded, typically at the same recording sessions as the film score.
     
    For example, let's look at Jurassic Park.  Early in the film when Nedry meets with Dodson to get the shaving cream can, playing in the background is "Las Gaviotas" by The Madacy Mariachi Band, an existing piece of music that was licensed to put in the film that JW had nothing to do with.  But it's source music that is meant to be literally playing in that location and they would hear it.  Later in the film, the "Mr. DNA" cartoon is scored with original music that the characters in the film hear (Hammond even mentions it, saying it will be replaced with different music when the park opens).  This is also source music, but this time it was composed by John Williams and recorded at the same recording session as all the score cues.
     
    Sometimes, the line between source music and score can be blurred, typically in a way where something starts as clear source music but as it goes on becomes more embellished than what the characters would actually hear as the movie continues to show other things.
     
    For example, let's look at E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.  The cue "The Kiss" begins as an interpolation of a piece of Victor Young's score to "The Quiet Man", a 1952 film that is on the TV in the scene, so it is meant to be music the characters can hear.  But as the cue goes on and Elliot kisses the girl, the cue morphs into original JW material using a theme from the ET score.  So it's really both a source cue and a score cue all in one!  Or for the most obvious example of this of all time, in "Close Encounters" the 5 note theme begins life as source music people around the world are hearing and repeating, and becomes the main theme of the film's score by the final cues.
     
     
    In terms of JW and the source music he writes appearing on his albums... it depends!  Typically, the original soundtrack albums he assembles at the time of the film's release don't have any, but there are exceptions.  For example, his Star Wars OST had the Cantina Band cue, Close Encounters had "The Conversation", Return of the Jedi had "Lapti Nek", Empire of the Sun had "Suo Gan", etc etc.  But these are exceptions, most of his OST albums don't have any.
     
    Years later when an expanded release of one of his old scores happens, the new album's producer will typically get access to everything recorded for the film, which includes source music along with the film cues.  Often when hearing the proposed new album JW might ask for some source music to be dropped; generally source music of a more dated styling gets axed, while source music or a more classical styling gets released.
     
    For some examples:
     
    Jaws - he approved the inclusion of the Joplin rag, waltzes, and marching band cues, but axed the source music from the opening beach scene Jaws 2 - he axed the beach rock source music that he composed Superman - Mike avoided this approval process by releasing all of it on the Superman II/III collection instead Dracula - None of the source music (classical music playing from an on-screen record player) was included Home Alone - all the christmas carols and other christmas-y source music was included, Harry's whistling of the wet bandit's theme was not Jurassic Park - the Mr DNA cue was included AI - the Mr Know It All music (arguably if source or not) was included, as was the Joseph Williams cue that was on the OST, but Joseph Williams' other two source cues and the instrumental backing of "I Only Have Eyes For You" JW recorded was not Harry Potter 1 - Hagrid's recorder cue was included, but with a "proper" ending and not the tail-off ending used in the film Harry Potter 3 - the courtyard recorded source cue was included, along with A Winter's Spell and all 3 Dufay Ensemble pieces, but the shawm source cue was not As you can see -- it all depends!
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    Brando reacted to Holko in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    Hmm.
     
     
     
    These are the big timpani cutaway bits I was thinking of. Wonder how Mike will do this, the film audio's a mess of edits, overlays, sweeteners, tracks edited together. I really hope it's not just the album track and the playoff in the main program and that's it.
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    Brando reacted to Datameister in Temple of Doom Sanskrit Sacrifice/Sacrifice Sweetener/Drums   
    The sacrifice music would all be considered source music, though it starts to intermingle with the score later on and even shows up as part of the score in the broken bridge cue. Source music is just any music that's part of the environment depicted in the film, i.e. music the characters can hear too. Doesn't matter whether it was written by the score composer or not. 
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