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I love Atonement from Supremacy, probably Powell's best "adult" cue. Overall though the Bourne scores work great with the movies, but they are far from the kind of music I like to hear in action movies.
 
And yeah, scores like Evolution, Agent Cody Banks, Solo, are as entertaining as his cartoon scores - sometimes even more than them. These are live action movies but without the dour and serious atmosphere of his thrillers so Powell has a lot more room to write the kind of expansive orchestral movie he does for the cartoons.
 
Also, am I the only one here who likes X3: The Last Stand? It's "dark" Powell but the action music is so fun. I enjoy it very much. How could I dislike Powell + LOTR choir + John Williams' prequels + Don Davis' The Matrix?
 
About this whole extremely interesting and informative discussion about the use of quotation marks in Thor's post, the only appropriate reaction is this:
 
 

Full credits for each track:
 
01 - Bedtime Story (1:46)
John Powell
02 - What Else Is Out There? (1:50)
John Powell
03 - The Flock Arrives (1:00
John Powell
04 - Join Our Migration (3:30)
John Powell
05 - Open Your Eyes (1:27)
John Powell
06 - Uncle Dan (1:57)
John Powell
07 - Let's Fly (1:51)
John Powell
08 - Heron Adventures (5:35)
John Powell, Batu Sener
09 - Night Time, Day Time (3:07)
John Powell
10 - Fog World (1:36)
John Powell
11 - Central Park (3:05)
John Powell
12 - Chump (1:25)
John Powell
13 - Follow Me, But Not Too Close (2:58)
John Powell
14 - Meet Delroy (3:15)
John Powell
15 - Kitchen Key Caper (2:55)
John Powell, Batu Sener
16 - Survivor (Film Version) - John Powell & Mon Laferte (1:45)
John Powell, Mon Laferte
17 - He's Coming! (1:58)
John Powell, Batu Sener
18 - The Key To Regurgitation (2:13)
John Powell
19 - Migration Continues (1:50)
John Powell
20 - Eye Of Doga (1:50)
John Powell
21 - Duck Heaven (1:52)
John Powell
22 - Chef At Farm (3:55)
John Powell, Peter Davison
23 - You Need A Hug (1:48)
John Powell, Peter Davison
24 - Helicopter Attack (2:11)
John Powell, Batu Sener
25 - Hopelessness Tango (2:53)
John Powell
26 - Rebellion Of The Winged (3:56)
John Powell, Batu Sener
27 - Jamaica (3:56)
John Powell
28 - Migration End Titles (1:59)
John Powell
29 - Survivor (Full Version) - Mon Laferte (3:03)
Mon Laferte
 
Source:
https://hans-zimmer.com/discography/21/project/4074
 
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Nice! It’s such a relieve to find most of them, including almost all of the highlight cues, are solo Powell 😊

Nope, love that one too!
 
I think it comes down to any film that's fun or sci-fi/fantasy will get an interesting score.

I love Atonement from Supremacy, probably Powell's best "adult" cue. Overall though the Bourne scores work great with the movies, but they are far from the kind of music I like to hear in action movies.
 
And yeah, scores like Evolution, Agent Cody Banks, Solo, are as entertaining as his cartoon scores - sometimes even more than them. These are live action movies but without the dour and serious atmosphere of his thrillers so Powell has a lot more room to write the kind of expansive orchestral movie he does for the cartoons.
 
Also, am I the only one here who likes X3: The Last Stand? It's "dark" Powell but the action music is so fun. I enjoy it very much. How could I dislike Powell + LOTR choir + John Williams' prequels + Don Davis' The Matrix?
 
About this whole extremely interesting and informative discussion about the use of quotation marks in Thor's post, the only appropriate reaction is this:
 
 

Nah

I LOLed when I saw it. One of the dumbest things I've seen in a while. Apparently some people will need therapy after watching this very normal-looking thriller and the studio want them to go to their website before whining on Twitter.

Ever wanted to see Wednesday Addams as a sexy student seducing her professor (who happens to be Bilbo Baggins)? Here you go:
 
 

It'll be some very busy months for Powell fanatics:
Migration in December/23 Complete HTTYD: The Hidden World in February/24 Thelma the Unicorn in May/24 That Christmas in December/24 HTTYD remake in June/25 And perhaps some other movies we may not know about it yet.

I honestly can't believe that after 7 years they chose only the most boring and stupid ideas for a sequel, like Elena blackmailed into divorcing Alejandro, Alejandro becoming depressed and alcoholic and with an annoying kid.
 
But then again Mask actually had competent screenwriters behind it, while Legend was written by the same dudes who regurgitated Transformers, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Cowboys & Aliens and that Tom Cruise Mummy movie that no one saw.
 
Martin Campbell may be a competent director, but he needs a good script (see also GoldenEye, Casino Royale). Otherwise, we get The Legend of Zorro and Green Lantern.

That would be Brian Tyler, who's got a bachelor and a masters degree in music and yet his music is okay at best.

I think every major Hollywood composer has had to work even having children at home. JW's children were kids in the 70s and he was a widower but that didn't stop him from writing all those disaster movies, Jaws, Black Sunday, The Eiger Sanction, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Superman, etc. If that was good or not for his kids' well being is an entirely different conversation... 
 
JNH had his first kid during the recording sessions of Wyatt Earp. Randy Newman had to step in for him while he was at the hospital and, when he returned to work, the orchestra played a lullaby for him (a nice story that is on the Wyatt Earp LLL liner notes).
 
So I don't think that's the only reason... Unless Arnold is one of those people who found more satisfaction in being close to his family then on working on big budget movies, and if that's the reason I have some real respect for him.

Almost every score these days get a live to picture concert.
 
Can't wait for "Sharknado 7: Killer Sharks vs Nazi Clowns from Outer Space - Part 1" in concert, conducted by Ludwig Wicki and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

I think every major Hollywood composer has had to work even having children at home. JW's children were kids in the 70s and he was a widower but that didn't stop him from writing all those disaster movies, Jaws, Black Sunday, The Eiger Sanction, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Superman, etc. If that was good or not for his kids' well being is an entirely different conversation... 
 
JNH had his first kid during the recording sessions of Wyatt Earp. Randy Newman had to step in for him while he was at the hospital and, when he returned to work, the orchestra played a lullaby for him (a nice story that is on the Wyatt Earp LLL liner notes).
 
So I don't think that's the only reason... Unless Arnold is one of those people who found more satisfaction in being close to his family then on working on big budget movies, and if that's the reason I have some real respect for him.

It'll be some very busy months for Powell fanatics:
Migration in December/23 Complete HTTYD: The Hidden World in February/24 Thelma the Unicorn in May/24 That Christmas in December/24 HTTYD remake in June/25 And perhaps some other movies we may not know about it yet.

In the 90s and 2000s he was amazing. These days I'm not so sure.

Almost every score these days get a live to picture concert.
 
Can't wait for "Sharknado 7: Killer Sharks vs Nazi Clowns from Outer Space - Part 1" in concert, conducted by Ludwig Wicki and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Zack Snyder movies deserve exactly the score they got.

What about the prequels? Anakin and Padme's romance in Attack of the Clones would've been even harder to take seriously without Williams' Across the Stars.
 
He had to work extra hard to make people not to cringe even more with that movie.

The only people who actually remember movies like Jane Eyre, The Fury, Dracula, Monsignor, Far & Away, Spacecamp and such are us Williams fans. Otherwise, had they had a mediocre score by some unknown composer, no one would talk about them in 2023 (unless those people obssessed with oddities from the past).
 
And I guess this is more true for the older movies in his filmography than the new ones. Despite stuff like The Patriot, Stepmom, The Terminal, etc., not being classics, some people still have fond memories about catching them on cable or DVD or whatever. It will take a little while before they fade out from public consciousness like 78 Dracula or The Eiger Sanction.

Here's the thing: if the score to DoD is nominated for the Oscar, I'll use Lorne Balfe as my avatar for one month. And if it somehow wins, I'll use the Balfe avatar for a whole year.

Not his fault. He's not getting proper gigs. I doubt his talent is gone.

It'll be some very busy months for Powell fanatics:
Migration in December/23 Complete HTTYD: The Hidden World in February/24 Thelma the Unicorn in May/24 That Christmas in December/24 HTTYD remake in June/25 And perhaps some other movies we may not know about it yet.

It'll be some very busy months for Powell fanatics:
Migration in December/23 Complete HTTYD: The Hidden World in February/24 Thelma the Unicorn in May/24 That Christmas in December/24 HTTYD remake in June/25 And perhaps some other movies we may not know about it yet.

and without resorting to the overused ticking clock synth

5 Cat Studios website says this is coming out in December
 
https://5catstudios.com/listen