Marian Schedenig

Sometimes it's nice to have a large audience around you, even if they can be annoying at times. But for pure movie watching, a home theatre is great. The one problem I still have is that I don't dare turn the volume up too much because of neighbours (mind you, nobody ever complained, and I do turn it up quite loudly, but still... I would like to have a house or something, and be able to watch the opening of Master and Commander at full volume ).

I have to disagree with that. I often see movies which start out great and end in a mess. I consider the whole "exposition=bad" business a myth. For me, well-done expositions are fabulous, often most interesting and charming part of a movie. The problem is that many movies combine well-done expositions which drag you into the plot with over-the-top finales. So god is imperfect? *ducksandruns* Gremlins 2 (Jerry Goldsmith)

Perhaps she just enjoys sledging. Gremlins 2 (Jerry Goldsmith)

Does it keep those huge ears, or is it just still very young?

I didn't think it worked that well on film either. The first hour or so was very good, but the rest was below average.

When I saw Unbreakable in the theatre, the entire audience had laughing fits during the gun pointing scene. :?

CR:1 is fantastic. I was somewhat optimistic about Bourne Identity before I watched it, but as far as I remember, I didn't like the score too much and found it too MV-ish. X3 though is a very solid score with plenty of excellent highlights, and I now am convinced that Powell can write great music more than once. I hope he does so more often in the future.

Good. Better a hissy version than nothing until an official release finally comes along. Now get Gremlins 2, if you don't have it yet. Pot Luck rules.

I was talking about Maurizio's link above. Dunno what made me think it was YouTube. I guess it's probably because pretty much everything else is YouTube these days. Von Ryan's Express (Jerry Goldsmith)

Don't let that stop you. The Agony and the Ecstasy

Thinking back, there really has been an obvious decline in the number of interesting/anticipated scores since Goldsmith's death. Fortunately, we still have all that great music, and every now and again a new classy release comes out. And I can't wait for that biography. 8O Night Crossing

I haven't checked out the YouTube link above, so I don't know what exactly it is. But this FSM podcast has the exact audio excerpt from the docu where they're recording the Mynock cue (beware of X3 spoilers though). Not what nice reverb the score has in that clip. The streaming quality obviously sucks, but the reverb alone makes the music sound so much more natural than the SE CD...

You can never have enough Goldsmith. The first half of the first movement and the scherzo are my favourites of that symphony. #4 was the first RVW I'd ever heard, many years ago live in concert. Back then, it somewhat reminded me of Jurassic Park. For all those wondering what we're talking about, I can very much recommend the Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra 6CD set of all the RVW symphonies plus bits like Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Great recordings, very good sound, and only about 20 euros for the whole set. 8O

You mean they panned away the good bits? A Sea Symphony

I wasn't so much mocking as merely demonstrating that the mention of this fabulous score made me listen to it again after quite a while.

Funny you should mention this just now when I'm back to the board for the very reason to comment on my earlier post: I'm just listening to Job, and I like it. And yes, there's no choir, and I have no idea what made me think there was one. The Sea Symphony actually is one of my RVW favourites. As a whole work I still find it a bit difficult, but there's plenty of highlights and a rousing start. Along with the London Symphony probably my favourite of his symphonies. Aren't you Dutch?

Probably, but I disagree with the reason. I prefer CDs to iso scores with pauses, chopped-up tracks and Dolby-compressed audio which can't be navigated on a track level. And I don't have the time to rip all my isos and make nice CDs out of them. The Rudy Deluxe Edition is quite exemplary in this regard: It has an iso score AND the CD packaged along with the DVD.

I mean it though. Get yourself some Korngold.

That he had, without a doubt. Marian - who totally forgot about the Hollow Man commentary and never listened to it. Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith)

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It is very good. Overall a bit too subdued for me to play it frequently, but even then it has some gripping highlights. And for many others, Total Recall is only Goldsmith's second-best Verhoeven score, so... put it on the list next to those Korngolds. Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith)

Indeed. Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith)

Released by Prometheus in 2004.

Good. Now get the complete edition of Basic Instict.

Only the old release, mind you. Same goes for The Mummy (which I don't have). Isn't this only on the R2? And with better sound than the CD. To add: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Korngold)Rudy (Goldsmith) (I believe this has no commentary or anything, but I haven't listened yet) Starship Troopers (Poledouris) (with commentary, though I haven't listened yet) The Matrix (Davis) (with commentary between the cues, at two or three times it slightly overlaps with the music)