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It’s one of my faves.

I’ll give this a listen at some point but I’m not in any rush. I’m not a fan of Giacchino in general though this is one of my very few favourites of his (still faint praise). A lot of it is likely due to my love of the film but I still can’t forgive him for that dreadful handling of the Force theme.

I know pal. 👍🏻

I never see much love for this but it’s one of my favourite JNH scores from the early 00s. A fantastic Goldsmithian adventure score with some great big fanfare-y and ethnic moments and some beautiful softer cues. However, it’s let down by a rather limp recording/mix so hopefully it’ll be picked up for an expansion/re-master at some point because there’s a lot missing from the paltry 44min Varese OST, particularly from the third act of the film. Anyway, what a great year 2000 was for Howard. This, Dinosaur and Unbreakable.

It's a treasure; a complete and utter joy and lightyears from anything we'll ever hear now.

I literally have no idea what any of this means.

I’m a mad Horner fan but I find his score for Enemy At The Gates completely overbearing. I’m with Thor on a few of these, particularly Giacchino. Just never connected with his music whatsoever.

I hate to nitpick, and please correct me if I'm wrong or missing something, but shouldn't it be the 35th anniversary collection... at least?

Despite the sheer number of people involved in this score (which, by all accounts, is a fucking lot) I think it might be the best from the Zimmer brigade in the mid-90s. It's almost obnoxiously thematic, and I love it for that. It certainly set in stone their approach for what followed... I mean, you can hear the beginnings of Pirates. Anyway, I love it. Great film too.

Really neat work pal, well done.

I've been re-organising my music library and re-discovering some forgotten gems. This a great effort - with a lovely theme - from Powell, likely overshadowed by the greater successes of the Dragon Training films that surrounded it.

Careful…

I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

A very incomplete mock-up of the Home Alone Main Titles that I would loved to have completed but never got round to. Still the best thing I ever did with samples, by far. https://soundcloud.com/lee-hayward-643793768/home-alone-main-titles/s-NkxnHRYvds5  That, and my attempt at The Mummy, which I did to picture: Lockdown drunken boredom.

I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

It'll be Brian Tyler. Just watch it.

I'm in complete agreement. I think if John suggested what we eventually got, we should be thankful. And I love that theme too Arpy. It's lovely.

MY GIRL - JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Yeah... a shit DVD rip of the score. THIS NEEDS A PROPER RELEASE. It's utterly stunningly, utterly stunningly, utterly stunningly, utterly stunningly... beautiful. Why has nobody done it yet? I would literally stab a baby to get this. This is my Holy Grail.

I'm also a fan of THE POSTMAN Thor, I've told you in person, film and score. I'd love to see JNH return and do a proper Western score if Costner would allow. I mean, if we consider News Of The World the most subtle of 'western', I'm not sure what the most full blasted we can get these days. I'm very drunk. sorry.

I'd forgotten how great this film is. I went to visit my dad for a few beers and he suggested putting it on. So over the top, in a superb 90s way. Shane Black's screenplay is as sharp and witty as anything he's ever done. Need to revisit Kiss Kiss Bang Bang again, his directorial debut.

If that's true, it's an incredible shame. Clearly a superb orchestrator... he could have been a better composer. There's just too little to tell. The little he has composed has been great.

A Jurassic score with no reference to Williams’ themes would be utterly pointless and insulting. But then - obvious jokes aside - are there any instances of Horner adapting another composer’s themes. I can only think of Alexander Courage’s opening Star Trek motif in ST II and III.

He was most prolific during the 90s if I recall. Orchestrated loads of Horner scores.

Very good point. With Powell taking less projects (which, in itself, is a good thing… the quality has skyrocketed), I don’t really mind if Sener continues to imitate him. More Powell = happiness. It’ll merely be a bonus if Sener turns out to have his own singular voice. Hoping so.