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Me popping into this thread to see if there's any interesting discussion related to the thread title

Yeah Powell is one of my favorite composers but a lot of his scores have a point where its just too much and I have to turn it down or skip, generally the climactic action scenes like Into the Maw, or Rebellion of the Winged

Exactly what I did! and I ended up loving that show. Also to your point about not needing a continuation... I was about 3/4ths into the season and REALLY hoping it just ended up being a limited series, which I think could have been so perfect. Still excited for a season 2 and don't have any reason to resubscribe to apple until that or Pachinko season 2 comes out.

@Jay @Knight of Ren love Hollow Knight too and it's my favorite metroidvania. I've never actually listened to the score on its own but I remember it being a huge contributor to the amazing atmosphere of the game. You guys made me want to go listen to it now! Might be time for a second playthrough sometime soon as well!

Yeah I was just saying on another thread after watching Fargo season 5, his stuff is great. It's often not super melodic so I don't really listen to the score on its own, but in the context of the show it does just what it needs to and adds so well to the drama and tension. I love the main theme and all the different variations it gets.

Seriously. I think it's because there are so many of these really short passages pasted around here and there, which you would only notice when listening really intently, while having listened to the rest of the score enough to recognize them from other cues. This last one I found was driving me crazy because I was certain I head that passage somewhere else in the score but I couldn't find it for so such a long time.

Ah I see, thanks for the clarification. Aside from all the tracking, more carefully comparing both versions of Helena's Tutorial has made me notice a lot of differences in just this one cue. Helena's tutorial in the OST track seems like either an alternate recording or there's been lots of microediting here and there. Aside from the obvious extra timpani, there are a few sections on the film version that are not in the OST version; 1) 1:31:38 to 1:31:47 (0:09) 2) 1:32:19 to 1:32:24 (0:05) 3) 1:32:38 to 1:32:54 (0:16) 4) 1:33:16 to 1:33:25 (0:09) a section of the OST track that's not in the film version; 1:46 to 1:51 of Polybius Cypher - which would come in at 1:33:11 in the film version as well as a section towards the end which is unique to each version compare 1:33:44 to 1:33:53 of the film version to 2:18 to 2:27 on the OST track (this part of the OST definitely sounds tacked on to me) Just looking at all the differences in this single cue makes me wonder if there's tons more like this in the rest of the score that I hadn't noticed either 0_0

I'm in a similar boat. Although now that I'm on a newer Apple computer I'm using Apple Music, but it functions almost exactly as iTunes has for me in the past. I've also been using media human for conversion which works great. Can you elaborate on your JP expanded playlist? I'm about to actually dive into the score for the first time (better late than never lol) but I'm not sure how the tracks on the OST and the expanded release compare. Like which tracks if any are alternate recordings or edited significantly from their complete forms. The last few years that I've gotten a lot more into film score music and classical music means I have almost at least as much of that as I do pop music in my iTunes now. I'm starting to wonder if I should have a separate library for score/classical music now. Do you do something like this?

It's a puzzle for sure, and no small feat to even partially figuring out where all the pieces were originally meant to go. Thanks for putting in the work in helping everyone understand how it was all put together! I wish it wasn't necessary but who knows if we'll ever get a proper official expansion of the maestro's intended vision. For number 6 I think you mean it was tracked in from Polybius Cypher rather than Helena's Tutorial In regards to the Ancient Syracuse section: 2:10:33-2:10:38 has a statement of Indy's theme that I feel like I recognize from another part of the score, but maybe was originally intended to be there and it's the tracked bit of Into the Portal that's making it sound out place lol. 2:10:39-2:10:50 has this sustained string? chord that might belong there but sounds strangely out of place to my ears as well. Could be the same issue with the previous bit though or some kind of looping. Also I noticed one bit of tracking in the middle of Melting Wax you missed, which is 1:36:19-1:36:35 (0:16) is tracked from Archimedes' Tomb - compare to 1:50:23-1:50:39

I just happened across that show when I had a free month trial of Apple TV. If there's any reason in the future for me to sign up again, it would definitely be season 2 of severance. It's so rare these days to get the chance to stumble across something completely blind and it end up being so great. Also just finished episode 5 of Fargo season 5. This show never fails to remain top tier TV for me, and I've loved every season so far. This, along with Legion, gives me so much hope for Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien series. Aside from his main theme, which is great and gets tons of awesome variations, Jeff Russo's scoring has never been quite listenable on its own for me, aside from some great tracks from season 4. That being said, his scoring is always so great at fitting the mood and enhancing what's going on onscreen, without ever fading into the background, and sometimes just taking command of a scene with some great orchestral swells during the really dramatic scenes. He's always doing some fun stuff with the drums throughout the series, too.

'Viking Wedding' from HTTYD 'Wedding' from The handmaiden

The indy theme 3:19-3:26 of Ancient Syracuse has to be an insert right? It sounds so tacked on to me. I think possibly even the sustained notes that continue until about 3:39 may be a part of the same insert. I love that whole track but that section feels so cluttered to me with how disparate the different parts sound.

Fratres?

I've been living in South Korea for 11 years, and one of the reasons I never watch Korean reality TV is because of its constant onslaught of OCD editing. Basically 99 percent of every a reality or variety show's runtime is filled with onscreen text accompanied by sound effects, and they constantly play 15 to 60 second clips of music, with only a few seconds void of music between each track. So whenever someone starts talking about a new topic, or has some kind of reaction to something, it switches to some new music. It's almost exclusively copywrited music from anywhere in the world, sometimes film music, sometimes pop, and sometimes classical, and primarily from western counties. I wonder if the production companies buy some kind of blanket license to allow them to use basically whatever music they want. I've heard John Williams pieces dozens of times, mostly Harry Potter or Star Wars, to the point where it's no longer an "unexpected random encounter" because I'm always expecting it. I always get irrationally angry when it's some film music I like because it's taken so out of context that it detracts from the impact of the piece. For example on some comedic variety show, someone does something in a determined way then the imperial March starts playing. Or when someone on a travel show walks into a European village saying "wooww it's so beautiful" and they play Hedwigs Theme, or test flight from HTTYD if they want it to sound more exciting.

Yes! two excellent renditions of my favorite themes from HTTYD2, the alpha theme and Valka's theme