[Michael Giacchino's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - 2022 Expanded Edition now available]

29 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

What's so bad? I mean, partly I think the theme is bullet proof. But I also don't think he misuses it anywhere.

 

[Is there a movie you love with a score you hate?]

7 hours ago, Thor said:

 

If it is, that just means I love it even more.

It’s one of my faves.

[Michael Giacchino's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) - 2022 Expanded Edition now available]

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.

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

8 minutes ago, Thor said:

 

I've always dug it.

I know pal. 👍🏻

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

 

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.

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

1 hour ago, Jay said:

John Williams - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (LLL disc 1 w/ The Encounter, The Kiss, and Levitation added where they belong)

 

I listened to it on John Williams' birthday, after not having listened to it for a while, probably a year or more.  Damn, what a score - I always seem to forget how great the tender Elliot / ET material is, probably because JW only seems to performing the flying theme stuff at concerts over and over again.  But the whole score is so wonderful, every single cue.

 

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

[James Newton Howard thread]

5 hours ago, Jay said:

Can someone ELI5 this?

 

James Newton Howard Film Score Catalog Acquired By Multimedia Music In Wake Of $100M Fundraising

 

I literally have no idea what any of this means.

[Is there a movie you love with a score you hate?]

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.

[Official Danny Elfman Thread]

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?

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

 

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.

[Official Danny Elfman Thread]

Really neat work pal, well done.

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

 

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.

[Drama films with Irish content?]

14 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Titanic is also a drama and it has Irish music... Or is it Celtic? Anyway, it does have music from somewhere in the UK.

Careful…

[What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)]

24 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

I'm serious.

I've always been bothered by the glorification of firearms in Hollywood advertising.

 

 

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

[Official JWFan mock ups and fan-made recordings thread!]

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.

[What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)]

32 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

I hate posters that feature the stars holding guns!

Especially these days.

 

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

 

 

[Kevin Costner’s new epic western “Horizon” (2023)]

It'll be Brian Tyler. Just watch it.

[Why did John Williams recommend Don Davis to score Jurassic Park III?]

10 minutes ago, Arpy said:

The question of this thread seems to be 'Why Don Davis?' but I suspect considering the score we got, I have to ask 'Why NOT Don Davis?' 

 

I absolutely love the Family Theme for this film, especially as presented in the end credits suite.

 

 

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.

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

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.

[Kevin Costner’s new epic western “Horizon” (2023)]

6 hours ago, Thor said:

I'm one of the few who actually like THE POSTMAN. Saw it up again just a couple of weeks ago (probably my third or fourth viewing). Gorgeous JNH score too. While I would normally go immediately for JNH again, his "sorta similar" NEWS OF THE WORLD two years ago wasn't more than OK.

 

I have no particular suggestions of composer. I'll assess it when it's out.

 

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.  

[What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)]

 

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. 

[Why did John Williams recommend Don Davis to score Jurassic Park III?]

21 minutes ago, danielnrg said:

I've heard that he's somewhat retired from composing now

 

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.

[Why did John Williams recommend Don Davis to score Jurassic Park III?]

19 minutes ago, Muad'Dib said:

I seem to recall that originally Johnston wanted Horner for the gig, and it got close to happening but Horner didn't want to use Williams' themes, so it ended up not going anywhere.

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.

[Why did John Williams recommend Don Davis to score Jurassic Park III?]

1 hour ago, crypto said:

On the topic itself, wasn't Davis a rather prolific orchestrator before he was composing scores himself?

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

[Batu Sener’s The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild]

Just now, WampaRat said:

I will be most interested to hear his own musical voice as he goes along. He’s clearly VERY adept at sounding like his mentor. Although I can’t complain if he continues to sound like this.If we have a couple dozen zimmer clones in the industry, why can’t we have at least one Powell clone? 😜

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.