Unlucky Bastard

I wonder if HAP will have 70's porn music to accompany it?

It'll come back to him.

Better than making a redundant thread.

God, I liked Hitch better before he died!

Not that score, the OTHER score!

"Enter Lord Vader". Best track on the CD, action and abroad.

Gunsmoke, great early TV music by Jerry.

You've met him? What's he like? Har har har I mean I do not like him as an actor. Plus seeing him in Bowling for Columbine was the last straw. "You can pry it from my dead cold hands!" (if you have seen the Michael Moore "documentary" you know what that last line means. I know Moore is a provocative documentarist but still). Moore is a scumbag of the lowest order. Chuck shouldn't have let him in his house.

You've met him? What's he like?

Janet Leigh's bra, you mean?

I'd have to borrow Hitch's chins.

Pain can't just be taken away with a magic wand!

Really? I find my use of the English language quite tit-illating. And anyway, find yourself a good blonde. There's a hot Swedish blonde in my journalism class and yesterday, she accused me of being "mean" to her and that our so-called "friendship" has been permanently scarred. Sounds like all the workings of a new Hitch film if you ask me.

Nobody's perfect.

Must be all those marshmellows.

You never cease to surprise me.

No particular order... "Princess Leia's Theme" from Star Wars by John Williams "Love Theme" from Superman by John Williams "Cadillac of the Skies" from Empire of the Sun by John Williams "Anakin's Theme" from Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace by John Williams "The Reunion" from AI - Artificial Intelligence by John Williams "Ilia's Theme" from Star Trek: The Motion Picture by John Williams "The Enterprise" from Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith "Home Coming" from First Blood by Jerry Goldsmith "Reunited" from Legend by Jerry Goldsmith "The Final Conflict" from The Final Conflict by Jerry Goldsmith "Main Titles" from Black Beauty by Danny Elfman "Main Titles" from Sommersby by Danny Elfman ...and for the sake of it, a thirteenth, "Ice Dance" from Edward Scissorhands by Danny Elfman.

That's almost an insult to Elfman. No way would he compose something as generic and boring as this track. Sounds like Doyle is pulling a Dennis McCarthy on us.

Sounds like a Pirate score.

A fanwank rumor is that Willliams is "retiring very soon". Currently very popular at IMDb message boards.

Out of that list, Superman: The Movie.

He's a god, of course. He's the most powerful of the System Lords.

Dinosaur by James Newton Howard. This was probably one of the most random purchases I've ever made and I probably wouldn't have even considered picking it up if it hadn't been for the announcement that Howard would be scoring King Kong, thus reading some positive comments about Dinosaur on this board. I saw the movie in theatres, but the score didn't impress me then. Thankfully, I'm older and know when to try new things. Dinosaur has quite a lush and smooth flow to it, and there are some really catchy rhythms throughout. It sounds nice, but it just feels so generic, as if Howard doesn't really have his own style. I've heard other scores by Howard within the films, but there's really nothing that screams out to me "that's a Howard score!" He doesn't seem to have his own voice, he just seems to be one of Hollywood's "utility men" (sort of like how Clemmensen described John Debney in his The Passion of the Christ review) who just adapts to what the director or producer wants. Dinosaur is an easy listen, and I'm sure I'll go back to it later on when I feel the need to, but it's mostly stuff I've heard before in Jerry Goldsmith's The Ghost and the Darkness, James Horner's The Land Before Time and Hans Zimmer's The Power of One. What the African chants are doing in this score, I don't know, but it's all so generic, I wouldn't be able to identify it with this particular movie. I'm willing to give Howard another go by perhaps listening to Peter Pan or The Village, and I do remember liking Signs a lot, because he's not bad, just a tad bland.

If you want to avoid this sort of problems, then stop going to the theaters. I can't remember seeing a film in theater and not being severely distracted by the audience. They phone, eat candy, talk about not understanding the plot, lean or push against the back of your seat, etcetera. And it's way to expensive, for the same money you can almost buy the DVD. ---------------- Alex Cremers You should come and live in Australia. People are generally much quieter in the cinema. You'd be lucky to hear someone laugh.