Tom Guernsey

I don't know; I don't even know how many he's written (there seems to be at least a third from what I remember).
 
Anyway, today seems to be Hisaishi news day:
https://www.rpo.co.uk/news-and-press/879-joe-hisaishi-composer-in-association
 
 
 
And from the Facebook announcements of the new album:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1624465498354635
 
 
So the symphony is indeed the Musikverein live performance I attended last year. The video shows that Viola Saga was recorded at the Konzerthaus, without an audience.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
 
Personally I like Afterlife a bit more, but this was still a whole lotta fun.
 
The whole cast here is great, and there's quite a lot of them. I think it both works and doesn't work. Because there are so many human characters to give time to some don't feel explored or used enough and it also means that the villain hardly shows up. Which is a real shame, because he looked absolutely spectacular and felt like a real threat. But because he showed up so late, he was also taken care of pretty quickly. I would've preferred him showing up sooner and be more of a throughline in the whole film.
 
I always like Paul Rudd and he was great here. I am a big fan of Carrie Coon, so I'm always happy to see her. McKenna Grace remains a joy to watch and even though Finn Wolfhard and Celeste O'Connor hardly have anything to do, they still did a good job.
From the OG cast, Dan Aykroyd was my favourite. He gets the most to do and seems to have the most fun in the role. Stantz has always been my favourite Ghostbuster and that streak continues here. Ernie Hudson, Annie Pots & Bill Murray were all great, but also didn't get a lot to do.
 
As for the new cast, I both liked and didn't like Kumail Nanjiani. I liked his performance. His comedic timing was great and he played along really well with the rest of cast. What I didn't like was the role he was given. I know these films feature a bunch of ghosts and stuff, but it always felt like there was a certain groundedness to all the films. With his character being able to control fire, that kinda broke that vibe for me and didn't work.
Patton Oswalt showed up for a short bit, but he made full use of the time he had.
 
Besides the small quibles I mentioned and that I thought 20 minutes in the middle dragged a bit, I still really enjoyed myself. These films are made to entertain and that's what it succeeds in doing. It had some really fun visuals, cool sequences and a fantastic score by Dario Marianelli, beautifully incorporating Elmer Bernstein's original material and building his score from there.
 
I would definitely go if they made another one of these. It just feels good to be in the company of these characters.

I've got this going through my head for some reason.
 
 

Here is my complete cover set for Ramin Djawadi's 3 Body Problem S1: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBibLE
 
I really like the show and thought that the art designs for the promotional material, including the character posters (which are often dull) were inventive so I tackled most of the available material. To access the covers click the Flickr link!

Just had my contribution taken and email confirming that it was all funded. Hurrah! Now just need to wait to see my name in lights (well a thank you in the credits). Oh and can't wait to hear it, obviously. Decided to give all the clips a miss, feels like one of those things I will enjoy more when the whole thing is there to enjoy.

Yea the whole album's tracklist is up on iTunes.  Drops May 17th
 

 
1 Wunderkammer: I
2 Wunderkammer: II
3 Wunderkammer: III
4 Percussion Concerto: I. Triangle
5 Percussion Concerto: II: D.S.C.H.
6 Percussion Concerto: III. Down
7 Percussion Concerto: IV. Syncopate
8 Are You Lost?
 
https://music.apple.com/nz/album/percussion-concerto-wunderkammer/1737254712

Pretty much this
 

Just had my contribution taken and email confirming that it was all funded. Hurrah! Now just need to wait to see my name in lights (well a thank you in the credits). Oh and can't wait to hear it, obviously. Decided to give all the clips a miss, feels like one of those things I will enjoy more when the whole thing is there to enjoy.

Just had my contribution taken and email confirming that it was all funded. Hurrah! Now just need to wait to see my name in lights (well a thank you in the credits). Oh and can't wait to hear it, obviously. Decided to give all the clips a miss, feels like one of those things I will enjoy more when the whole thing is there to enjoy.

Maybe because the sets will be used for reference for the more expansive CG. (Seriously.)

The one movie where they could do all of the scenery in CGI and it would be literally fine... and they build physical sets. Genius.

Maybe because sets built out of mostly blocks are an easy construction job, lol. 

The one movie where they could do all of the scenery in CGI and it would be literally fine... and they build physical sets. Genius.

So, since I bought Zorro, which is now the latest Horner score I own, and I was planning on relistening to a few of his scores anyway, I decided to just make it an all-out Horner marathon, going through all his scores I own!
 
Wrath of Khan (+ my Search for Spock suite) - It really already has it all, doesn't it? Gentle emotional stuff, TOS-esque underscore, Danger Motif and experimentation for Khan, and awesome action that really draws you in with its consistent tempo but changing emphasised beats, kickass theme usage, back and forth good guy/bad guy music, satisfyingly timed hits...
 
Krull - and here of course he just turns it all up to 11. "I have pretty much free reign and the LSO? Cool. Let's see how good they really are. I will break them." Thankfully they can keep up with the insane barrage of high-octane action, lush love theme and long-lined Korngoldian fanfares thrown out left and right! Man, I can't imagine what it must've been like to see this wunderkind come out of nowhere and immediately come to such career peaks in only a handful of years!
 
Cocoon - I adore the arc of this score, how all the hinted at themes come into their own and the sound grows from gentle beginnings to a tragic midpoint, a resolved heroic third act and a bittersweet farewell finale.
 
Aliens - It's Aliens. What else is there to say?
 
Willow - Again I love the arc of the score, the orchestral writing and also all the weird other sounds it incorporates.
 
Sneakers - Holy shit why am I not listening to this more? Wonderful minimalistic texturework, breezy fun and just enough tension.
 
Jumanji - Again I just love his creativity with textures and ability to create flow and tension even while somewhat restraindely underplaying the mayhem onscreen.
 
Titanic - What stood out to me this time was how much I now like all the deliberately used synth textures!

I've alerted Bono. He's literally on the edge.

It's the day after TV theme song day.

Yes, but how many non-film music enthusiasts are actually aware this day exists, I wonder... Heck, I only just heard of it through this thread.
 
 
Didn't @Tallguy try that for seven days straight?
 
It almost killed him.
 

This must be stopped! Divert all shipments from specialty labels of Herrmann titles to Africa! Bono can pilot the plane!

I've alerted Bono. He's literally on the edge.

I loved Spacey's Luthor and I REALLY loved Ottman's theme for him.
 
March of the Villains isn't that far off of The Imperial March. It's just got something that makes it kind of goofy. But parts of it (and some of it's statements) are really rather menacing.

It's just a ruse by Big Oxygen to make you breathe. I won't have it.

It's just a ruse by Big Oxygen to make you breathe. I won't have it.

wake me up when it's National Film Song Day

You can say that until you're blue in the face, but you'll give in!

It's just a ruse by Big Oxygen to make you breathe. I won't have it.