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    What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)

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    9 minutes ago, Holko said:

    I don't know about you freaks but personally I've always been disappointed Schindler's List doesn't end with Oskar going on the Eastern Front and turning on the nazis, killing all of them with oneliners like "Guess what? You're off my list". So pretentious.

     

    *said in various scenarios such as holding a Nazi by the neck over a tall ledge*

     

    "Sorry to see you Goethe."  *lets go*

     

    "Power is when we have every justification to kill, and we don't...unfortunately for you, I'm very weak." *pulls trigger*

     

     

    What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)

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    9 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

    Quint is an old gamer. Of course be loved it. 

     

    1 hour ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said:

    I think you were just desperate for a Spielbergian popcorn movie fix and RP1 could appeal to you as a gamer and with nostalgia for the good shit.

     

    As for Stefan, I think he was probably also just desperate for popcorn Spielberg and he probably loved Tin  Tin as well.

     

     

    Why do you seem so concerned with affixing some quick label to explain to him why he liked the movie? Is it so that it's easier for you to dismiss his perspective?

    What Is The Last Film You Watched? (2020 films)

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    1 hour ago, Quintus said:

    Saw someone mention here last week that they watched 

     

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    I meant to chime in but forgot to, so here I am. I saw this a couple of months back. Playing out like an utterly bananas extended episode of The Twilight Zone, I only wish there existed a scenario where I could look forward to a movie like this every week. Other than those boring sorts who take their films gravely serious, I can't really imagine how regular viewers could fail to be entertained by this really quite effective meltdown disaster and thoroughly cuckoo sci-fi thriller. 

     

    An initially awkward Nic Cage starts out as a regular family guy living out in the country, when suddenly a strange exotic object lands in his back yard (we call 'em gardens in England) and well to cut to the chase, life as he knows it collapses around him as weird shit starts to go down. If you take any kind of pleasure in seeing Cage going loko then this movie is for you. It's creepy, it's violent, it's gory, it's funny and its just bloody weird. The best part about the whole thing though is that Lovecraftian horror was the chief motivation behind the story, and so by the end it's also epic. There's a thrilling payoff here, and I haven't seen anything vaguely similar since Darabont's The Mist. In fact if you like that film - another hokey and imperfect slice of breakdown sci-fi - you'll probably like this one too. I'd give The Color Out of Space 3.5 out of 5.

     

    Added to my immediate queue, thanks for the heads up. How's the score?

    "Advice" from Ep. 9 Appreciation

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    7 hours ago, BrotherSound said:

    Also reminds me of “Ben Creeps Around” and a few War of the Worlds cues that also feature similar high, spare, string writing, without vibrato.

     

    Yeah, he loved this stuff in the 2000's  you hear it in AI, Revenge of the Sith (and for some reason I'm thinking Return of the Jedi with something Emperor related but I don't remember the track).

    Johnny Staccato

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    On 2/14/2009 at 8:59 AM, Nick Parker said:

    When you say "acting", do you mean as an extra, or an actual speaking role? If it is the latter, then I am most curious about this episode....

     

    You can actually see Williams at about 1:35 in this clip. And yes, it's a non speaking role.  

     

     

     

     

    1 minute ago, Nick Parker said:

     

    You can actually see Williams at about 1:35 in this clip. And yes, it's a non speaking role.  

     

     

     

     

     

    Thanks! That was definitely worth the eleven year wait!

    1 minute ago, Nick Parker said:

     

    Thanks! That was definitely worth the eleven year wait!

     

    No problem. :)

    When composing music, which medium do you usually use for sketching?

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    3 minutes ago, mrbellamy said:

    sequencing seems more fun, maybe, but intimidating to learn. I do always wish I could focus up and flesh these out the way I hear them, make them real. Drives me crazy but at least enriches my own little world <3 

     

    No time like the present! The tools out there have become so numerous, easily available, and after some initial breaking in, rather easy to use, too.

     

    5 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

     

    How do you do it then, and how does it involve your butt? :D

     

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    When composing music, which medium do you usually use for sketching?

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    39 minutes ago, gkgyver said:

    Do you ever have an idea, and write it down how you think is right, but since you don't have a perfect ear, of course it's not right, but it will always lead you back to the idea you had in your head anyway? 

     

    I see that as one of the key purposes of sketching, honestly. It was really inspiring to me as a teen to see sketches from someone like Stravinsky, because so often you could be hard pressed to link up the sketches with what you know of the piece itself (ie Rite of Spring), but obviously it was enough to put him on the track he needed to go.

    The Composer's Thread

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    On 7/20/2020 at 11:46 AM, KK said:

    Here's some of the score to a satirical film I was involved in recently. I got to write for the ondes martenot and managed to work with an ondist in Paris (since there aren't many active players in the world anymore). Was a lot of fun putting this together.

     

     

    I won't add much to what everyone else has said (don't want to do any unnecessary doubling ;)), but do you like using those lower blockier voicings in the piano like in the third movement (latter half)? 

     

    Overall, dig it, baby! Very fun and quaint tone.

     

     

    As for myself, I just finished last week a track for an unannounced album coming out in October, I might post the unmastered version once it's announced.

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