[93rd Academy Awards (2021 ceremony for 2020 films)]

I'm about to give Nomadland a watch. Thoughts later...

[93rd Academy Awards (2021 ceremony for 2020 films)]

None of my close colleagues at work (with whom cinema is one of very few topics of conversation) knew anything of it this morning.

[93rd Academy Awards (2021 ceremony for 2020 films)]

I always thought Wikipedia was unreservedly accurate.

 

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

5 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

It's very much in that classic 90s D. Newman family adventure film style.  I was glad he was given an opportunity to write a score like that in the 2010s. Good stuff!

 

That's exactly what took me by surprise. A lot of it sounds like it should have come from the 90s, especially the softer, emotional cues. The excellent recording just tops that all off.

[What is the one work that you just can’t listen to by a composer you really like?]

2 hours ago, Richard Penna said:

Far and Away has a few good parts.

 

I was this close to lambasting you for that comment but, on reflection, I guess it really does only have a couple of [outstanding] highlights. The Land Race cue is essential for any budding Williams enthusiast; in fact, it's the only cue I return to nowadays.

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

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

Aye, it's a bit of an obscure one.  It was nominated for an AFMCA Award at least

 

 

 

Yes, it's certainly a hidden gem. For once my ignorance has rewarded me.

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

 

I didn't even know this existed until now. Crikey, it's brilliant!

[What is the one work that you just can’t listen to by a composer you really like?]

I'd only expect this sort of pedantry from Thor.

[What is the one work that you just can’t listen to by a composer you really like?]

1 hour ago, bruce marshall said:

Sappy Goldsmith

POWDER/RUDY

 

Yeah, I kinda agree with that too. Goldsmith wrote some powerful themes in his time but I find Rudy just a bit sugary. It doesn't help that it was so often imitated afterwards for other sports dramas.  

[What is the one work that you just can’t listen to by a composer you really like?]

37 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

JNH - his generic Bourne-like action scores for thrillers (Salt, The Bourne Legacy, The Tourist, etc).

 

This.

[Indiana Jones 5 (James Mangold, June 30 2023)]

Why does she need to be related?

[What is the last Television series you watched?]

I knew that already but the point is - as some people outside of the British Isles might not know or notice - Northern and 'Southern' Irish accents are really very different.

[The Orchestral Sample Library Thread]

7 hours ago, filmmusic said:

Has anyone tried Audiobro's Modern Scoring Strings?

How different it is in sound from LASS?

 

I'm eager to know too. Not that I'll be able to afford it any time soon.

 

LASS is a great library but takes a lot of time and effort to learn that I simply haven't invested.

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

 

I love this particular era (pre-Shawshank) of Thomas Newman's catalogue.

 

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

Nah, the third one is the best. Best visuals, best score. It's also the shortest.

[Waterworld vs. Cutthroat Island]

Yeah, I too think it's the variety of music on offer in Waterworld that tips it for me.

[Waterworld vs. Cutthroat Island]

This was quite difficult actually but I went for Waterworld for both.

 

Both films are stinkers. Both scores are great but Waterworld has the edge I think. 

[Your favorite James Horner duology?]

Give me a chance!

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

58 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said:

King Of Thieves ... true-story crime caper about the Hatton Garden robbery with quite the cast (Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, Paul Whitehouse, Michael Gambon and Francesca Annis). Amusing, but not without its darker moments (Broadbent is genuinely menacing at times, for example).

 

Yeah, he's a bastard in that.

 

It's one of several films made about the event. None of them are particularly good. This one is watchable at least. Once.

[The scores of 2021 (aka What Is The Last Score You Listened To? 2021 edition)]

Shoot me.

Only you would notice that, you killjoy. 

[What do you consider to be Superman's "main theme" in Zimmer's Man of Steel (2013) and other scores?]

Which one has the most notes?

[The scores of 2021 (aka What Is The Last Score You Listened To? 2021 edition)]

25 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

 

Me too. At first I didn't care for the main theme, but now I can't stop listening, specially the performances on "Young Raya and Namaari" and "Running on Raindrops".

 

Yeah, it's great isn't it!?

 

I also love the rendition that closes the final track, The New World, too... with that 'Treasure Planet-esque' brass flourish at the end.... which I madly wish led to something else.

 

 

I'm so glad Horner returned for this, at a time when he could have easily said no.

 

I much prefer this to the original. More action (The Train is an absolute showstopper of a cue) and a much superior recording... those castanets sound so crisp, and it just feels a bit more mature.

[The scores of 2021 (aka What Is The Last Score You Listened To? 2021 edition)]

 

This is really growing on me.

 

It's not his most thematically developed score (even within his small portfolio of Disney animation), but it has a lot of heart and spirit.

 

I like it. A lot. 

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

5 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Why are JNH's fingers so short?

 

He's a notoriously fast worker. All that playing must take its toll on your hands.

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

6 hours ago, Thor said:

 

 

This 2010 effort remains my favourite Heffes score to this day. I'm always a sucker for indigenous African music (in this case Kenyan and East African tropes) merging with western styles.

 

If I remember rightly, a cue from this was performed at the WSA in 2012; one with quite prominent vocals ("The Execution"?). Gorgeous stuff.