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Posts posted by MrJosh
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It's nice to see all these Star Trek scores getting propper presentations
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I think Giacchino is the next Horner. He's not even close to Williams but someone you always look forward to new scores
That's what I think.
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I will go see it, just for the big screen experience again. I'm honestly not feeling that excited about it right now, but I feel like if I skip it, I'll kick myself later...I mean, it IS still STARWARS in theater.
I'm wondering if it will strictly be 3D or if there will be some 2D showings also....I'm not really that into the 3D hype.
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Jerry Goldsmith - Cain's Hundred.
-I like listening to old TV scores. This was my first time to hear this one and while I thought it had many fun moments, nothing that really stood out to me.
Jerry Goldsmith - Capricorn One
-First time hearing this too, I really enjoyed it! I like the bombastic parts and the trombones sounded pretty awesome. I like the gentler theme that makes a few appearances and the jazz source cue (Kay's Theme). This score is now somewhere near the top of my favorite Jerry scores.
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I like the mixture of serious answers and extreme sarcasm. LOL.
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Anyone have The Wizard of Oz on BD? If yes, what do you think of the transfer? I just purchased it but haven't had time to watch.
it's good but remember it's not widescreen.
Oh right, wasn't it filmed in 1.37:1 or something like that?
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Very cool, well I will definitely be picking it up soon to give it a nice listen. And yeah somehow I didn't realize it until reading your post but there certainly are some ALIENS-ish moments in his Star Treks. Oh well, its still a sound of James Horner that I very much love.
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lol, yes hopefully I would at least hit the order button before fainting
I'm just hoping that tapes survive for a lot of the oldest stuff. I always hate to hear when bits don't survive, like the other 12-ish minutes of Conrack (or however much was left of that score), bits of Not with My Wife You Don't that couldn't be found, etc. etc. -
My favorite theme/ motif is :05-0:16. I like the way it plays around with notes that aren't really in the key of the chords underneath (if that made any sense lol) in a quirky way like Williams also does.
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Anyone have The Wizard of Oz on BD? If yes, what do you think of the transfer? I just purchased it but haven't had time to watch.
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Wolfen by James Horner: It is rather disappointing to hear this score since it works almost like an introduction to material Horner would later regurgitate with vengeance. He uses the main musical idea (here an admittedly nice connection to a wolf call when sounded on trumpet) and other orchestral techniques found in this score most shamelessly in Aliens and having heard Aliens first I can't but feel that this score offers very little new to discover even though Horner copied Wolfen into Aliens and not the other way around. It seems like he did almost note-for-note copying here which is really blantant and irritating. The latest victim of this particular motif is Avatar where Horner assigned the 7-note call to the big Thanator creature.
Wow this is really interesting to me. I don't have Wolfen and haven't heard any of it either, though I've always loved ALIENS. I used to consider it one of Horner's most original scores, but I guess in reality it was ripped off from Wolfen. So on one hand, I'm sad to discover that, but on the other hand I'm excited to listen to Wolfen since I'll probably like it if I love Aliens lol.
I recently listened to:
Jerry Goldsmith - The Boys from Brazil
- The Burbs.
Boys from Brazil is a pretty unique score filled with some cool Brazillian flavoured melodies, some cool rhythms and some pretty stand out cues, especially near the climax of the film. My first time hearing this one!
The Burbs, I've listened to many times already but it's been a while since I heard it last. I like the darkness of the main theme, and man there are some weird electronics going on in some of this lol. Weird dog barking noises or something.
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What a cool mystery! I can't wait to see what this will be.
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Emma Watson oh yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
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First time seeing that WOTW featurette. way cool! I liked the WOTW score when I first heard it, I liked the raw power and the dual timpani playing.
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I'm not caught up on the TOR files but quick question: is the whole cue there for "laser fight March" ?
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Thank you, Jason. That's so interesting to see the small changes that Goldenthal did in the order of those few cues and not including those tiny bits in this release. I wonder why? Very interesting.
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I'm sure we will see it released before we see complete prequel score set.
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I too greatly appreciate these early Williams threads, I've been wanting to hear more of the early stuff. If a label ever releases a Kraft box set in the future, I might faint out of excitement.
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Why is this release "99.9%" complete? Did I miss something?
Yeah the horn rips are insane
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I too played OF SAILORS AND WHALES conducted by McBeth himself just three years ago. I'm very sad to learn he has passed on to composer heaven.
He was a small old Guy but as sharp as a tac! And man, he knew his peice like the back of his hand! ( you'd think any composer would know their own work inside and out but I've experience that is not always the case ).
I remember he had a VERY specific sound in his head that he wanted my university band to achieve on his music. I played 1st horn and I remember first time playing through with him he instantly noticed that a muted horn part was marked with incorrect dynamics in the edition we were playing from (was marked "p" when supposed to be "ff".
Its a great piece of music and great horn parts too
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I've always liked the OST so I'm really excited to get this, I hope they wont be gone when I get paid next week....!!
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Well, it is pretty much the same as my fav composers list:
2) Antonín Dvorák
3) Sergei Prokofiev
4) Erich Wolfgang Korngold
5) Richard Strauss
6) Gustav Mahler
7) Gustav Holst
8) William Walton
9) Leonard Bernstein
10) Dmitri Shostakovitch
11) Sergei Rachmaninoff
12) Giacomo Puccini
13) Pjotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky
14) Arnold Schoenberg
15) Béla Bartók
16) Camille Saint Saëns
17) Edward Elgar
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25) Maurice Ravel (would be an interesting film composer)
Film composers:
2) Erich Wolfgang Korngold
3) Jerry Goldsmith
4) Elmer Bernstein
5) Maurice Jarre
6) Dmitri Tiomkin
7) Victor Young
8) David Raksin
9) Max Steiner
10) Jerome Moross
11) Anton Profes
Your list is fantastic! I have the same #1 spot composer
And as for me, the film composer I would resurrect would be Jerry G because....well, its already been said like 20 times LOL. However, Basil Poledouris is a strong #2 for me. I really enjoy many of his scores and his theme from RETURN TO BLUE LAGOON was Love at first sight...er...listen..
Introduce me to Alexandre Desplat
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I find much of his music to be really beautiful (at least the stuff I've heard), but yeah...
....he just hasn't made it far up on my list of most favorite composers. He hasn't even passed David Arnold. Or Giacchino. Or a bunch of other people.
I've listened to the two HPs, Benjamin Butt, Golden Compass, Birth and Coco Avant Chanel. I do adore the theme in Coco Avant Chanel.