Ollie

New club titles Friday.
 
 

Michael Giacchino’s complete works.

Just for fun…..
 
Pink Panther or Return of the Pink Panther - Mancini
 
Leviathan - Goldsmith
 
Shot In The Dark - Mancini
 
Exodus - Gold 
 
maybe another Michael Giacchino score that received a digital only release.
 
 
I believe the have some Barry re-recordings in the works as well. Don't remember when they were to be done.
 
 

Michael Giacchino’s complete works.

Quartet’s batch from last year.
 
 

 
 
They proved they were ready to bring their A game and some healthy competition.  I look forward to and shudder at the thought of their final batch of the year.  Any guesses?
 
 
 

Maybe you get a voucher for a lap dance? 🤔
 
Karol

I began working on this album in May of 2016.
 
The whole story of the album will be shared on various podcasts coming soon.

This is the sign we've been waiting for.

I’d love a release but I don’t think it would generate the hype Hook does. 

After LLL announced the first 4 releases, I figured # 5 had to be Hook. There was nothing else besides Star Wars or IJ that would be huge for Williams fans.

Not at all on my list of things to expect, but so very happy to see this expanded and remastered. While the film is not one of my favorite Hitchcock's, I think the score is quite nice. I'll have to watch the new 4K Blu-ray this weekend to refresh my memory and maybe I will like the film more this time. Frenzy last year and now Topaz. Amazing. Could Torn Curtain follow in 2024?
 
Ordered!

Made space for it already 😂 
 

After LLL announced the first 4 releases, I figured # 5 had to be Hook. There was nothing else besides Star Wars or IJ that would be huge for Williams fans.

After LLL announced the first 4 releases, I figured # 5 had to be Hook. There was nothing else besides Star Wars or IJ that would be huge for Williams fans.

Nope.
 
It's this:
 

Same except for the dishwasher 😂 

My oh my. Miracles do exist.
 
 

Williams recorded an entire score, but who's to say Mangold and the editors didn't use any of Ross' material?
 
Of course I'm being devil's advocate. It's too much fun watching you guys panic over whether you're hearing Williams or not.

Thank you for the input! 

In the right hands they would added a bit more believable depth to the growing relationship between Anakin and Padme.

Me, a drummer:
 

 
ollie:
 

I’ll be honest and say the female version was a wasted film that could have had potential. It lacks the charm of the original film and wastes the talent of the cast. The main villain is weak as well. 
 

TPM, while it may be contrived from ideas from other score from Williams past works, is still a fun score with a nice mixture of old and new themes. Duel of the Fates is the obvious hi-lite. 
 
The film is a mixture, visually impressive but a bit clunky, especially the Courascant scenes. The  duel is one of the best but the film suffers from silly humor permeating the script, a few pop culture moments of the late 90’s as well. 
 
ROTS is the best of the prequels, in part of the fall of the republic and birth of Vader. I do wish Lucas would have stepped aside and let someone who could handle the dramatic material,  direct. Hayden’s performance is a bit underwhelming at times, especially the moment he submits to Palpatine and his confrontation with Padme and Obi-Wan right before the duel. The duel is a bit comical and lacks the drama of Luke and Vader’s encounters in the OT. And the the thrill of TPM’s duel. 
 
The score is appropriately dark but Battle of The Heroes isn’t DOTF. And the reuse of The Duel from TESB comes across as bit uneven. But Williams hits the dramatic moments just right with the score.
 
AOTC is a mess, both score and film. The failure to let Williams score the entire film, reusing battle music from Menace and dropping most of the arena cue was a huge error. 
 
Most of the deleted scenes should have been left in the film and others removed. The whole Clone thing isn’t properly addressed and 10 years later the bad guys are still trying to get Padme. There is NO chemistry between Anakin and Padme and he come across as a creepy teenage stalker. Again, Lucas should have deferred the director’s seat. The film’s digital look sticks out like a sore thumb. But it has less Jar Jar, and that’s a plus. The audience I saw it with laughed at the Yoda / Dooku duel, which I don’t think was the intended reaction.
 
Sadly Williams score isn’t all that interesting. I blame a lot of that on Lucas. The Asteroid sequence relies more on sound than giving Williams a chance to shine and the chase thru courascant lacks any energy as a cue. The love theme wears itself out. 

I like it but It’s obvious who the temp track was cobbled from. I had the original album and saw the film upon its release. I was naive at the time and kept looking for an “Additional Music by Alan Silvestri” credit.