Maglorfin

Outstanding stuff! Bravissimo! Do some more & when you do, let us know!

Requiem by John Rutter.

Been in London recently, finally bought the James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set of 42 DVDs. My girlfriend got Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Amadeus and Kieslowski's "colour trilogy" (Blue, White, Red). So, plenty of stuff to watch these days ...

The Man With the Golden Gun. After buying the 42 DVD Ultimate 007 Collection in London last weekend, I'm pretty much 007-obsessed these last (and future) days.

Right you are, I forgot that. :D

You watch yourself, young man! The concert was great, especially with the pre-concert talk, appearance of both Arnold and Doyle and Arnold's own live performance on the stage, which surely is a rare treat. Arnold was also very kind, he spent a lot of time chatting with people and signing autographs (he signed 5 of my CD booklets and also wrote "I know your name!" on the Casino Royale, which is really cool! ). When asked about his favourite 007 soundtrack (apart of his own work, of course ), he said You Only Live Twice and when I asked him whether he planned to use the "007" theme again (it's last been used in Moonraker, if I remember correctly), he said thar there's a good possibility of it being used already in the upcoming Bond. The LSO outdid themselves, as they usually do. The only drawback was the drummer, who really messed up the James Bond Theme (it was played as an encore), and the Pink Panther was also strange. Although there's a Star Wars exhibition still opened in London, Darth Vader didn't appear to conduct the Imperial March with his lightsaber, which was kind of disappointing. Too bad they programmed My Heart Will Go On, anything else by Horner (or somebody else) would've been better. The conductor also did a good job and made a good impression. Overall, a great event, so I'm already looking FW to attending another film music concert in 2-3 years' time.

Exactly.

Many thanks for that link, the blog looks terrific!

Ah, I'd love that, but I've just used my London "bonus" for another two or three years. We'll see who comes to London 2/3 yrs for now. Maybe John himself?!

I only managed to read this thread today.

HA 1 & 2 (The Deluxe Edition), these last days. (Also listening to 2 right now.)

You're right, Horner dropped out ten years ago. Quite true. However, it should be acknowledged and admitted that in spite of all his self-plagiarism and all that countless times discussed stuff, he did do some great work in his time (with Aliens being my personal all-time favourite). Were it up to me, I'd set the "Holy Trinity" as Williams, Goldsmith, Morricone. (But such "selections" are always subject to change, so it could be e. g. Williams, Elfman, Shore, Barry a month from now. But Williams will of course always be the No. 1 for me. )

I wholeheartedly concur. So do I. Watched the documentary Best Ever Bond this morning (I guess this is old news, being made in 2002, however I've seen it for the first time). Cool stuff.

My words exactly! Really, congrats, and when there'll be a sample available, do bring it to our attention!

I voted for the first film, simply because we get introduced to that "vintage" HA sound and feeling. It's truly a classical moment and brings back so many fond memories ... Of course, the 2 is also great (especially the way it is treated and heard on Varese Club edition), "updated" somehow, but very much with good taste (as one would of course expect from JW). So I really love that one too, but in this case, I'd go for the first film (partially also because whole Somewhere In My Memory is included). If however asked about the Setting the Trap, I think I'd be tempted to vote for the second version. Such great stuff!

Got 'em, they're both magnificent! What a great after-New-Year's present! Flying to London today, expecting to buy some more great stuff there ...

Two classics: The Omen, to be closely followed by The Exorcist.

392. He has never travelled to or gave a concert in the continental Europe. ()

Stopping at my post office tomorrow to finally pick up those two VS Soundtrack Club CDs that I ordered (North By Northwestand Magic Fire).

Amen to that! The RotK CR are truly magnificent , and the circle is finally complete. Yeah!

Everything the very best in 2008 to everybody! May the art of film music be graced with as many excellent achievements as possible this year!

Of course I'm interested, but I'm not sure how exactly we could meet, i. e. how would you know that I'm Maglorfin and how'd I know that you're Jim Ware. The other thing is, I'm not sure when we'd meet. I really don't know where anything is in Barbican, although I was able to find my seat on that JW concert three years ago. Perhaps I could give you my mobile phone number and we'd be able to find each other somehow in Barbican? Otherwise, we (me and four other concertgoers from Slovenia) are flying to London tomorrow evening. We're all very much looking forward to the concert (and to visiting London itself, of course).

Neimoidian, that Kilar stuff looks great, I bet it sounds the same! My two VS Club latest CDs are waiting for me at the post office, but I haven't had the time to pick them up yet, those days are incredibly busy with the last pre-new-year's-concert practice sessions with my orchestra. I guess I'll be picking them up on Thursday or Friday.

There's also some very cool sounding percussion stuff (although no percussion only tracks) in Conti's For Your Eyes Only, mainly in tracks Gonzales Takes a Dive and Ski...Shoot...Jump... And that 007 is also partially set in Greece (Corfu and Meteora, to be precise).

And so I'm offering this simple phrase to all from one to ninety-two, although it's been said many times, many ways - merry Christmas to you!