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    Raiders of the Lost Ark vs Star Wars

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I find nothing in SW that I cannot listen to. In Raiders, it's different. I can never listen to "The Basket Game." It's great in the movie, but on its own, I always skip it. The same goes for parts of the opening. The rest of it is gold though, but it's never been as complete a listening experience as SW has. Or indeed ESB, but that's an entirely different discussion altogether (and if someone makes an ESB vs TOD poll, I'll scream. Don't make me choose!).

    1982 -- best summer movie season EVER

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    Posted

    I am legend was sabatoged by some stupid ignorant fool who thought special effect creatures would be better than using actors. it harmed the story, and it took away a chance for WS to play off someone.

    I AM LEGEND needs to be remade by someone who's actually made it through the novel. The movie was a pathetic shadow of that great work.

    The John Williams Musical Opinion Thread

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    OVERALL FAVORITE SCORE: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

    OVERALL FAVORITE PIECE: "The Rebel Fleet/End Title"

    OVERALL FAVORITE CD RELEASE: SUPERMAN (RHINO)

    OVERALL LEAST FAVORITE SCORE: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

    OVERALL LEAST FAVORITE PIECE: "On The Conveyor Belt"

    OVERALL LEAST FAVORITE CD RELEASE: STAR WARS: EPISODE I ULTIMATE EDITION

    FAVORITE STAR WARS SCORE: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

    FAVORITE INDIANA JONES SCORE: TEMPLE OF DOOM

    FAVORITE SCORE FOR A STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM: TEMPLE OF DOOM

    FAVORITE ACTION/ADVENTURE SCORE: TEMPLE OF DOOM

    FAVORITE SAD SCORE: A.I.

    FAVORITE EMOTIONAL SCORE: STAR WARS

    FAVORITE SOFT/SUBDUED SCORE: MUNICH

    FAVORITE FANTASY SCORE: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

    MOST EFFECTIVE SCORE: JAWS

    FAVORITE SCORE FROM 1960-1969: Don't know his old old stuff.

    FAVORITE SCORE FROM 1970-1979: STAR WARS

    FAVORITE SCORE FROM 1980-1989: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

    FAVORITE SCORE FROM 1990-1999: THE LOST WORLD

    FAVORITE SCORE FROM 2000-PRESENT: REVENGE OF THE SITH

    MY CURRENT MOST-LISTENED-TO SCORE: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

    MY CURRENT LEAST-LISTENED-TO SCORE: ATTACK OF THE CLONES

    THE SCORE I WISH I COULD APPRECIATE MORE: THE PHANTOM MENACE

    FAVORITE NON-MOTION PICTURE WORK: Not hugely familiar with his non-movie stuff.

    FAVORITE VOCAL PIECE: "Anakin's Dark Deeds"

    FAVORITE LOVE THEME: "Willie's Theme"

    FAVORITE HERO THEME: "The Raiders March"

    FAVORITE VILLAIN THEME OR MOTIF: "The Emperor's Theme"

    FAVORITE VICTORY THEME OR MOTIF: "Rebel Fanfare"

    FAVORITE NON-VILLAIN EVIL THEME OR MOTIF: "Theme from Jaws"

    FAVORITE CHARACTER THEME: "The Raiders March"

    FAVORITE CHARACTER MOTIF: "Boba Fett's Theme"

    MOST EFFECTIVE CHARACTER THEME: "The Raiders March"

    FAVORITE OLYMPIC THEME: Don't know them

    FAVORITE SAD PIECE: "Carbon Freeze"

    FAVORITE EMOTIONAL PIECE: "Yoda and the Force"

    FAVORITE ACTION PIECE: "The Asteroid Field"

    FAVORITE ADVENTURE PIECE: "The Trek (Short Round's Theme)"

    FAVORITE CREEPY PIECE: "Attack on the Helicopter" (specifically the ending scoring the girl who was with Sean being eaten)

    FAVORITE SOURCE CUE: "The Max Rebo Band" (the instrumental, NOT "Lapti Nek")

    FAVORITE MUSICAL REFERENCE TO A PREVIOUS WORK: "Yoda's Theme" in E.T.

    MOST CREATIVE TRACK TITLE: "Through The Flames"

    THE TRACK TITLE THAT DOES NOT FIT: "Journey to Akator"

    THE SCORE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMPLETE: TEMPLE OF DOOM

    THE SCORE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME-KIND OF RELEASE FOR: I don't think there is one.

    THE MOVIE JOHN WILLIAMS SHOULD HAVE SCORED: STAR TREK II

    THE MOVIE JOHN WILLIAMS SHOULD NOT HAVE SCORED: JURASSIC PARK (maybe)

    THE MOVIE IN WHICH THE MUSIC IS TOO GOOD FOR THE MOVIE: THE PHANTOM MENACE

    MY FIRST JOHN WILLIAMS RECORD/TAPE/CD: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (on vinyl)

    Johnny's Temp Track?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Man, that's weird.

    I too prefer "Victory Celebration" over "Yub Nub." It seems to have a bit more weight to it. That, and "celebrate the love" is just a bit too much. The Charles Gerhardt version without vocals is good though.

    It's that time again! We've all had time to reflect...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    While I do love the LOTR films and Howard Shore's music, Williams was at the top of his game for the trilogy and nothing from LOTR comes close to the first three films.

    Can't really say much more than that. I love LOTR, but Star Wars just captures something inspirational in me, even with ROTJ's lesser parts. In terms of SE vs EE, some of the things done to the OT weren't great (although I do prefer the SE Victory Celebration music). The EEs are nice but there's not one of them I prefer over the theatrical cut (although how the scene with Boromir and Faramir at Osgilliath was left out of the theatrical TWO TOWERS is beyond me), and the ROTK EE is downright terrible.

    But anyway, Star Wars without a doubt.

    The OFFICIAL Quantum of Solace Thread

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    TSWLM can be entertaining enough from time to time, but from the Moore films I much prefer For Your Eyes Only.

    I agree, FYEO is the finest Moore, and a pretty underrated 007 flick. But in terms of CASINO ROYALE, I think it's the best 007 movie. GOLDFINGER's a riot, but CR is the first Bond movie where I've really actually felt like I could relate to him in a human way, which is a big step. That and the sight seeing bits never seem as dull as in the other movies. I have to admit, my interest in the series dwindled a lot when I got older, so much so that I didn't even see CR in the cinema (even when I saw DIE ANOTHER DAY - erk.)

    The 2008 Box Office Thread

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I think it makes sense. Who's going to be the best person to concentrate on for marketing? Clean-cut all American Eckhart, or Heath Ledger in deranged clown makeup?

    Just think of THE PHANTOM MENACE. Darth Maul was in it, ten minutes tops, but his face was plastered over everything because he had a very simple and effective look, which worked well for the marketing folks selling the movie. Not that I think Ledger will be in TDK for ten minutes, but still...

    Indiana Jones Unreleased Music Resource

    in JOHN WILLIAMS

    Posted

    Could everyone at least post some instructions on what they did do? If so, we could have a complete list in quite a short time, right? :lol:
    I want to, but I need to set aside some time to match each track to the film, as I'm not that exhaustively familiar with it. I've added the map music to my expanded edition, and made a couple of edits using the British fanfare from the FSM podcast, and an edit of the finale/end credits using part of the Raiders March (DCC, first track).
    The DCC version is the RotLA version, right? What did you use that for on ToD? :blink:

    I personally tried to edit the ToD OST finale onto the expanded version and it's relatively good, but could be much better. I still hope some day someone will do it better. :rolleyes:

    Yeah, ROTLA. I used the first 1:30 of it to replace the opening salvo of the Raiders March (that plays when they take the kids back to the village) that isn't present on the DVD rip I have, and then matched that up with the Slave Children's Crusade theme that plays when they give the rock back to the Shaman, then finished it with the end of the OST end credits, as the DVD rip for some reason repeats the British Fanfare at the reprise of Willie's Theme at the end of the credits. So it goes: DCC Raiders March --> DVD rip Finale/End Credits --> OST End credits.

    It's not amazing, but it works for me.

    Movie Pirating

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I think it depends. I've only ever downloaded one movie (RAMBO), which I liked so I'm going to buy the BD when it's out. Music-wise, I will try and obtain something pre-release if it's special (like Indy), but if I don't like it, I'll delete it and I won't buy it, I won't just keep it on my hard drive as a "well, I don't like this much, but I didn't pay for it so..." deal. But if I like it, I'll buy it, like I did with Indy. As previously said, the sound clips are not always a good method to measure them by, and with the current prices of CDs, I just can't afford to buy stuff I don't like. Other than that, I only download unreleased material or OOP stuff. If I'm not being given a chance to legally purchase it from a retailer, as opposed to a ludicrous Ebay auction, I think it's fair game. Then again, I've never been a fan of limited editions, be them CDs or collectibles.

    Indiana Jones Unreleased Music Resource

    in JOHN WILLIAMS

    Posted

    Did anyone make a mix of the newly discovered music from LEGO Indiana Jones and the low-SFX expanded edition for ToD yet? If so, could you tell me how you did it? I'd be very interested in having such a version, so some editing instructions allowing me to do it myself woud be welcome. :huh:

    I want to, but I need to set aside some time to match each track to the film, as I'm not that exhaustively familiar with it. I've added the map music to my expanded edition, and made a couple of edits using the British fanfare from the FSM podcast, and an edit of the finale/end credits using part of the Raiders March (DCC, first track).

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