Hlao-roo

At least they're frank and upfront with you, not like those sneaky, go-behind-your-back "pop-unders"...

Yo mamma is a good pop-up killer... ...I think. Er. Never mind.

A lot of viewers have been complaining about the ostensibly slapped-on, "incongruous" ending... Maybe Kaminski's gritty cinematography was a bit too infectious... watch the movie again. Pay attention to the story (not the supposed swiss cheese of a plot) this time. Spielberg telegraphs this ending for you all along the way...

*Alan tries to imagine Gandalf in a tuxedo... ...oh wait, the Oscars, never mind..

No, they're not. - waves hand -

Uh...note that I never mentioned anything specifically about The Lord of the Rings, which I do think is great, though... The Yards, eXistenZ, Panic Room and Se7en are all highly "notable" scores, in my opinion...and believe it or not, I'm not judging them by "number of themes" or "melodiousness"...which shouldn't be too surprising...

Not as overrated as John Williams's last four scores have been.

So why is that composers such as Don Davis and Howard Shore manage to find the time to orchestrate their own works and manage to maintain such a high quality of composition...? Mr. Shore, at least, is well able to produce at least two scores a year, as well. Mr. Williams has a busier concert schedule, I suppose?

Here we go:

I believed the title (or at least part of it) is Over the Moon, published in a certain Latin American country...and I should definitely shoot myself for not remembering its name. : (

No, it says a lot about what John Williams and his unrivalled team of orchestrators can (or can't) accomplish.

Moi, it's not so much that I find it boring, it's that it's decidedly lacking in freshness... Perhaps I'll actually attempt to write a "review" for once...

Ain't that the truth...

Get "The Very Best of Michael Nyman - Film Music 1980 - 2001" -- I don't think this guy gets enough recognition.

Thanks.

Yeah, I'll be in the shed for the 3rd, too. This'll be my first JW concert; I'm excited.

Says a lot about the score as a whole, doesn't it?

I'm not agreeing with how you described the first score, but even if it was so unoriginal and unsurprising, that doesn't mean it wasn't spectacular. Ross needs to go with the flow, and not try to make it too original compared the first one. There should be uniue and original elements, but it should have the overall same "sound." Like Star Wars scores are all diferent, but they are all definitely part of the same group. Ray Barnsbury Well, remember, John Williams is setting the "tone" with his new themes and his 40 minutes of original music. I wouldn't mind Mr. Ross varying the instrumentation a bit more...all the whimsical string/woodwind whirls/twirls became decidedly annoying after a while. On a unrrelated note, I wouldn't mind them mixing the score somewhat lower this go around, with hordes of critics last time blaming Williams entirely (and unfairly) for the admittedly frequently distracting musical effects.

Yeah, but remember that Williams has an entire legion of orchestrators to help him with very many of his scores. Don't tell me he hires all of them just to be copyists.

You might also note that many credit him, accurately or not, with the revival of the extensive use of the symphony orchestra in scoring films.

Guys, someone e-mailed me this this evening. Tell me what you think:

I see we have a dedicated gamer among us.

Chills are in that score? Where? And Thrills? If you mean the action music. The childlike presense is cool though. The score has very good action music and a great theme, but I really don't consider it a masterpiece. Sorry. :twisted: Morn - Who finds it interesting though that Goldsmith thinks his score is better than ET Don't be silly, Morn. Nothing Goldsmith has written is less than an absolute masterpiece.

You guys terrify me with your insistence on classifying Williams using what most people I know consider a highly subjective term.

Geez, is Dinko trying to join all the film music message boards ever created? Anyway, Dinko, most of us are just disappointed because we wanted a Williams score. Sure, we should be thankful with the approx. 40 min., but we're greedy, what can we say? ; ) And, of course, there's that Oscar issue I raised that no one else (understandably) cares about...