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    Matt C got a reaction from crumbs in Simon Franglen's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022)   
    Franglen was put in a tough spot with this score. He had to follow in the footsteps of his close collaborator Horner, satisfy James Cameron, while establishing his own sound.
     
    Way of Water is not a bad follow-up to Avatar. It's not an entertaining powerhouse like that score but Franglen managed to straddle the line (probably plays even better in the film!). He uses Horner's motifs sensibly but doesn't slather them on willy nilly.
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    Matt C reacted to Edmilson in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Too bad the score is bland and generic. It would've been a much better movie had Kraemer scored it.
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    Matt C got a reaction from leeallen01 in Simon Franglen's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022)   
    Franglen was put in a tough spot with this score. He had to follow in the footsteps of his close collaborator Horner, satisfy James Cameron, while establishing his own sound.
     
    Way of Water is not a bad follow-up to Avatar. It's not an entertaining powerhouse like that score but Franglen managed to straddle the line (probably plays even better in the film!). He uses Horner's motifs sensibly but doesn't slather them on willy nilly.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in Simon Franglen's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022)   
    Franglen was put in a tough spot with this score. He had to follow in the footsteps of his close collaborator Horner, satisfy James Cameron, while establishing his own sound.
     
    Way of Water is not a bad follow-up to Avatar. It's not an entertaining powerhouse like that score but Franglen managed to straddle the line (probably plays even better in the film!). He uses Horner's motifs sensibly but doesn't slather them on willy nilly.
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    Matt C got a reaction from MaxMovieMan in Simon Franglen's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (2022)   
    Franglen was put in a tough spot with this score. He had to follow in the footsteps of his close collaborator Horner, satisfy James Cameron, while establishing his own sound.
     
    Way of Water is not a bad follow-up to Avatar. It's not an entertaining powerhouse like that score but Franglen managed to straddle the line (probably plays even better in the film!). He uses Horner's motifs sensibly but doesn't slather them on willy nilly.
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    Matt C got a reaction from LSH in What Is The Last Score You Listened To From 2022?   
    Home Sweet Home Alone - John Debney
     
    It's certainly leagues better than Nick Glennie Smith's score for Home Alone 3 -- but Debney is doing a William Ross-esque job of rearranging and placement of Williams' themes  wholesale for the most part (and he quotes them frequently). Even the villainous husband-wife duo get a similar woodwind motif to Harry and Marv. 
     
    It's not a bad score but Debney hardly brought anything new to it. Stick with Williams' original score.
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    Matt C got a reaction from crocodile in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Hard Rain - Christopher Young
     
    It plays like a Young-scored Die Hard movie and quite entertaining. Unlike The Core, the album isn't too long and the clarity and depth of the recording is impressive even now. I wish Young recorded in London more, because Hard Rain sounds bigger than Drag Me to Hell and Spider-Man 3 in places. 
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    Matt C got a reaction from JNHFan2000 in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (2022 films)   
    Hellraiser (2022)
     
    It's a pretty solid franchise entry, with enough gore and creative Cenobite designs to satisfy fans. Jamie Clayton is pretty good as Pinhead, giving the character a more sensual edge than Doug Bradley but more androgynous. It's slick and clearly Hulu and Spyglass invested more money and effort than the Weinsteins did with their DTV cheapies.
     
    Director David Bruckner and his Night House writers do pretty well here, honoring what came before and putting their own spin to Clive Barker's novella. Composer Ben Lovett also respects what came before, staying in the sonic realm Young did -- weaving in the opening bars and saving wholesale quotations of "Resurrection" and "Hellbound" for maximum effect.
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    Matt C got a reaction from LSH in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    United 93
     
    Revisiting it over 20 years of the 9/11 attacks, Paul Greengrass did an incredible job telling the story of Flight 93. There is a handful of cinematic liberties taken (for obvious reasons) but they're minor in comparison to the emotional truth here. The fact that Greengrass consulted with the victims' families and hired airline employees showed that he wanted to do right and tell the story without sensationalizing it. You know how it ends and yet the last 15-20 minutes remains riveting, nail biting stuff. It still packs a gut punch.
     
    And hats off to John Powell for nailing the approach score-wise during spotting. The desperation, sadness and heroic final 20 minutes is almost perfectly scored. 
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    Matt C got a reaction from Tallguy in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    United 93
     
    Revisiting it over 20 years of the 9/11 attacks, Paul Greengrass did an incredible job telling the story of Flight 93. There is a handful of cinematic liberties taken (for obvious reasons) but they're minor in comparison to the emotional truth here. The fact that Greengrass consulted with the victims' families and hired airline employees showed that he wanted to do right and tell the story without sensationalizing it. You know how it ends and yet the last 15-20 minutes remains riveting, nail biting stuff. It still packs a gut punch.
     
    And hats off to John Powell for nailing the approach score-wise during spotting. The desperation, sadness and heroic final 20 minutes is almost perfectly scored. 
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    Matt C reacted to Bryant Burnette in THR: Warner Bros. Discovery might be combined with NBCUniversal   
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    Matt C got a reaction from Edmilson in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    That doesn’t bother me as much as Giacchino not quoting Elfman and Horner’s Spider-Man themes more prominently in those scenes. Elfman’s Doc Ock and Green Goblin themes got used more in comparison.
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    Matt C reacted to LSH in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Now this is a score I don't hear anybody mentioning much of anymore... and this is possibly only my second/third listen since it came out so I remembered very little.
     
    What a blast! Let's remember, this is still - though only just - pre-Avatar and he hadn't really done anything like this sort of family-friendly fantasy fair for a good while at this point. There's tonnes of echoes from the likes of Jumanji, Bicentennial Man, Willow, Casper, The Rocketeer, The Land Before Time... even The Spitfire Grill and the Zorro films.
     
    The cue The Flight Of The Griffin is sublime Horner.
     
    I love it!
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    Matt C got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in The DCU - DC Universe   
    The movie is not complete. At all. No final sound mix, no complete VFX, no score.
     
    The directors were out of the country attending a wedding when WBD announced Batgirl was being canned. When they got back, the studio had already yanked the footage they were editing.
     
    It's a bad look for Warners. Had Zaslav allowed the directors to present a finished film to screen for audiences, a positive audience response could've changed minds. 
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    Matt C got a reaction from Yavar Moradi in The DCU - DC Universe   
    It makes no sense. Now the unreleased F4 movie by Roger Corman I get (since they spent like $2M on it to keep the rights), but it's a completely different thing to can a $90M movie that's almost finished. Studios usually can a movie BEFORE filming starts or after the first week of shooting.
     
    There's no way Batgirl is "unreleasable." Zaslav is not a great 'tastemaker', his purview before the Discover merger was unscripted fare like "Naked and Afraid" and "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives." WBD could've just sold Batgirl to a rival studio and try to recoup their cost, rather than a tax write off.
     
    And I would've loved to hear Natalie Holt's score, since she apparently met with Elfman for his blessing on using his Batman theme for Michael Keaton. But I don't think they got to the score recording phase, which is a shame.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Bilbo in The DCU - DC Universe   
    Oh God. Why oh WHY do producers keep hiring this guy? This is likely going to be closer to his Pacific Rim Uprising nonsense than Black Widow.
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    Matt C got a reaction from bruce marshall in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    It is such a strong album after all these years. The recording and mastering is still aces -- I actually prefer the Batman Forever and First Knight suites over the original recordings.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Tom Guernsey in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Jaws: The Revenge
     
    Wow, this is BAD. Incompetent script, zero tension, bad acting. This might be enjoyable if you're drunk or high -- it's worse than the old Friday the 13th movies you could heckle with your friends on TV but not enjoyable schlocky like Howling II. Michael Small's score is OK, leans too much on Williams' two note motif, and deserved a better movie.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Raiders of the SoundtrArk in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    The Man Without a Face - James Horner
     
    Just an exquisite little gem of a score. He knew how to hit the emotional sweet spot in dramas like these as well as the big players like Krull and Titanic.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Naïve Old Fart in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    The Man Without a Face - James Horner
     
    Just an exquisite little gem of a score. He knew how to hit the emotional sweet spot in dramas like these as well as the big players like Krull and Titanic.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Edmilson in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    The Man Without a Face - James Horner
     
    Just an exquisite little gem of a score. He knew how to hit the emotional sweet spot in dramas like these as well as the big players like Krull and Titanic.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Glóin the Dark in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Sadly, it's NOT the one with Ferguson in the bikini. That one has the best MI score by Joe Kraemer.
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    The Red Shoes
     
    The movie itself is a great film, but it's that surrealistic and abstract ballet sequence that seals the deal (and the one everyone talks about). It is an amazing testament to cinematographer Jack Cardiff, the set designers and Powell and Pressburger's vision.
     
    Just exquisite. Moira Shearer is also quite ravishing.
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    Matt C reacted to A. A. Ron in Jurassic World: Dominion (Colin Trevorrow 2022)   
    This was a big, stupid movie and I loved a lot about it. There were tons of new dinosaurs in it and the action was mostly ok, it just lacks tension because the only people dying were background characters. Is this as good as the OT? Of course not, but the people who say it’s worse than Fallen Kingdom or The Rise of Skywalker are full of shit.
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    Matt C got a reaction from Raiders of the SoundtrArk in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    The Spiderwick Chronicles - James Horner
     
    It was nice seeing Horner revisit the family fantasy genre he made popular with Casper and Something Wicked This Way Comes. And it is a perfectly enjoyable, but it's marred due to temp tracking or Horner just unconsciously ripping off himself. Still, he could hit emotional beats better than a lot of the new composers on the scene in 2008.
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    Matt C reacted to Naïve Old Fart in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Agreed. WILLOW is good (if heavily derivative), but it's no KRULL.
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