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    Name your 5 favourite non-Williams drama scores from last 30 years

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    1 hour ago, GerateWohl said:

    If you put it like that, a drama is basically a stage play, so what's the definition of drama here? Why can a drama not have supernaural elements? Is Hamlet a drama? It has supernatural elements.

     

    I hate pedantics, don't get me wrong, but I assumed the OG meant films that could only be described as drama in their Wikipedia description. Where even the slightest element of action/thriller/sci-fi/western/etc would deem it unqualified.

     

    I don't know; like I said, I don't particularly care for such scrutiny.

    Name your 5 favourite non-Williams drama scores from last 30 years

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    On 13/03/2022 at 2:11 PM, GerateWohl said:

    The Green Mile - Thomas Newman

     

    Given the supernatural element I wouldn't consider this straight-forward drama.

     

     

    I'm having trouble deciding. I could come up with five now and they'd be different in 30 minutes time. I'm not good at lists; top five within a given composer's catalogue is easier but broader categories such as this are impossible.

    James Newton Howard thread

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    1 hour ago, Edmilson said:

    James is scoring a minisseries for Netflix that'll come out later this year or early next year:

     

    http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/03/08/james-newton-howard-to-score-netflixs-all-the-light-we-cannot-see/

     

    Between this and Willow, he has been doing a lot of TV lately.

     

    Very exciting!

     

    I'd like to think that when a composer as talented and successful as Howard reaches this point in his/her career, where money could not possibly be a motivation anymore, they will choose projects that appeal to them purely for musical opportunity.

     

    I mean, I would. I have a feeling James is exercising this privilege now.

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

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    1 hour ago, Jay said:

    Mark Mancina and Trevor Rabin - Con Air (OST)

     

    Oh boy I haven't listened to this since the 90s or thereabouts.  I still kinda like it; It's not an A+ like Speed or Armageddon, but it is actually roughly halfway between teh sound of those 2 scores, with many little passages throughout that reminded me of one or the other.  It's all action and suspense though, no real love theme to speak of like those scores have.  The album ends with a thud though; The final track despite being called "Overture" is just a bunch of random quiet bits.

     

    I never really got into this one, though I still enjoy the other two you mention, particularly Speed (and its sequel come to think of it). The 90s really was the best decade for the action/thriller score.

     

    Perhaps I should give it another go.

    What is your opinion of James Newton Howard?

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    James Newton Howard was the first composer I really connected with and subsequently latched onto when I first got into scores. His Disney scores in the early 00s were what got my initial attention and then I worked my way back through the major hits in his back-catalogue. He was my favourite for many years. 

     

    He's still up there but he was very soon joined by the likes of Goldsmith, Williams, Horner, Newman, Silvestri, and then the MV/RC graduates with merit.

     

    My favourite JNH scores, in no particular order:

     

    - WYATT EARP

    - DINOSAUR

    - SIGNS

    - WATERWORLD

    - ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE

    - GRAND CANYON

    - THE MAN IN THE MOON

    - VERTICAL LIMIT

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

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    Terence Blanchard – A Tale Of God's Will (A Requiem For Katrina) (2007, CD) - Discogs

     

    Not technically a film score though portions of it were used in Spike Lee's 2006 documentary When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.

     

    Thirteen stand-alone pieces of very dramatic and moving jazz movements co-written and co-performed by Blanchard and his band, with orchestral backing in most. Highlights for me are the exquisite and cathartic Ashé (written by the band's pianist Aaron Parks), the saxophone-led In Time Of Need (written by saxophonist Brice Winston) and Blanchard's own Funeral Dirge which, incidentally, re-uses a melody from his score for Inside Man (the cue Nazis Pay Too Well) but is completely re-invented here instrumentally and contextually.

     

    Recommended.

     

     

     

    The Thomas Newman Thread

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    I forgot to mention... 

     

    I went to see DOG last week, ostensibly for date night, actually to hear Newman's score (since it's not getting a release).

     

    I'm sad (but glad - given the no release thing) to report that the score is incredibly sparse and subtle. Given that it's a comedy/road movie, I was expecting a lot of the rhythmic side of Newman, montages with quirky plucked instruments and percussion... but these moments are covered with popular songs. From what I could hear (and trust me, I was listening), there are literally around five or six short cues and they are all pedal note synth with the occasional warm string wash. Think I heard a piano chord at one point.

     

    So, definitely not worthy of a release even though I'd still like it, being a completist and all.   

    Who would score YOUR film?

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    6 minutes ago, Bellosh said:

    I would do what Bespin said but with, Giacchino.

     

    Hopefully I would have the courage to say that his stuff is simply not interesting.  I'd probably fold though.

     

    my Greenwood answer is more based on the type of film I hypothetically wish I would make in this scenario. Probably a bit of unpopular pick here for sure, that's fine.  But if I couldn't get Williams, I'd want to go in a different direction.

     

    Underwhelmed.  Fine, I won't argue taste.  But I do think he has very interesting scores and talents.

     

    I wasn't underwhelmed by your choice of composer (of whom I admire greatly). I was referring to your initial response to my thread.

     

    This is getting too much.

    Who would score YOUR film?

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    6 minutes ago, Bellosh said:

    Oh stop being so offended by me answering your silly hypothetical question with an actual serious answer.

     

    I'm not offended, crikey. Yes it is a silly, hypothetical question. I was just seeking some interesting answers from the rich smorgasbord of music fans we have here.

     

    I'm not offended by your response. Perhaps somewhat underwhelmed. /s

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