Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Powell's next movie is now official. http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/12/30/john-powell-scoring-doug-limans-locked-down/ Shocked face! Romantic comedy heist movie. Hmmm. Could be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 We'll watch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayodiBA 517 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Finally! cant wait! Interestingly, WarnerMedia announced that the movie will be released next month in HBOMAX: https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/hbo-max-highlights-january-2021 That’s fast! How Powell can muster the orchestra recording in its pandemic arrangement within this short period of time? or, will it be primarily “electronic” score? Eventhough this is a really amazing news, but i think i will contain my expectation. Dont expect orchestra grandeur in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Maybe it will be another "Fair Game" situation with minimalist music that's entirely synth? (Obviously I hope not, but then again, it looks like the entire thing has been shot and produced over the last 3 months...that's not exactly a very long time.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 12 hours ago, PrayodiBA said: Finally! cant wait! Interestingly, WarnerMedia announced that the movie will be released next month in HBOMAX: https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/hbo-max-highlights-january-2021 On 12/17/2020 at 9:59 AM, The Illustrious Jerry said: The film was acquired by HBO Max and is expected to have an early 2021 release.https://deadline.com/2020/12/doug-liman-lockdown-hbo-max-deal-anne-hathaway-ben-stiller-agc-studios-pandemic-heist-film-1234635989/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Am I right in thinking I read that Powell wrote the music for the Star Wars logo on Disney+? The one that's shown at the start of each epsiode of The Mandalorian. Or am I making that up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bofur01 245 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Anthony said: Am I right in thinking I read that Powell wrote the music for the Star Wars logo on Disney+? The one that's shown at the start of each epsiode of The Mandalorian. Or am I making that up? Really? Huh. I always assumed it was Goransson. (tbf I don’t really like it either way, sounds like JW-lite to me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Anthony said: Am I right in thinking I read that Powell wrote the music for the Star Wars logo on Disney+? The one that's shown at the start of each epsiode of The Mandalorian. Or am I making that up? The Disney+ Star Wars logo cue was done by neither Powell nor Goransson. It is credited to Joseph Shirley, Ludwig Goransson's scoring assistant, who also worked on a few smaller cues for the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Thanks. Wonder where I read (or thought I read) it was Powell. Obviously not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Someone recently posted, like within the last week or so, that they thought it was Powell. No idea where that idea came from. I had always assumed it was Göransson and was surprised it wasn't on the first OST album. Interesting to learn it was Joseph Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Paul or Joseph!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,441 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Could've been Williams if Lucasfilm decided to have an intro way back in 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,365 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I just listened to the Powel film suites on YouTube and again realized how good he is with themes, harmonies and composition ideas, but when it comes to more classical oriented scores how bad he is with percussion. For scores like The Bourne Identity the percussion is completely fine, but when it comes to more classical scores like Ice Age or How to Train Your Dragon suddenly the most beautiful music sounds very very rough. I am not sure if he sees that as his personal style or if he would just need better orchestrators and better conductors. Smaug The Iron, Jurassic Shark and Luka 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka 242 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 4 hours ago, GerateWohl said: how bad he is with percussion Could you explain more in details? A lot of people, including me, love his percussion work. Powell himself often says he's a fan of percussion and sometimes draws inspiration from African rhythms, etc. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,365 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I can explain. It seems to me, like Powel does not really Trust into the rhytmic power of the melody instruments in the orchestra. Oh, here we need power, so let's cover the music with timpanies and tribal drums. One point where this became most obvious was at the soundtrack album for Solo. First piece from Williams who is really the world ever champion in using orchestra dynamics in a fine way using percussion just for accentuation (Lost World a noble exception). Next piece is Powel's Meet Han. Same theme covered under a carpet of drums, even though less dynamic, less interesting to my mind. Does this make clear what I mean? As I said, I habe just an issue here with the classical scores. Action scores like Bourne, which are mainly build on percussion sound colours work fine with that. Luka and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 There's much to agree about here. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka 242 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 26 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I can explain. It seems to me, like Powel does not really Trust into the rhytmic power of the melody instruments in the orchestra. Oh, here we need power, so let's cover the music with timpanies and tribal drums. One point where this became most obvious was at the soundtrack album for Solo. First piece from Williams who is really the world ever champion in using orchestra dynamics in a fine way using percussion just for accentuation (Lost World a noble exception). Next piece is Powel's Meet Han. Same theme covered under a carpet of drums, even though less dynamic, less interesting to my mind. Does this make clear what I mean? As I said, I habe just an issue here with the classical scores. Action scores like Bourne, which are mainly build on percussion sound colours work fine with that. Oh yeah I get your point now. I do agree, but I must say personally that I love the use of Powell's percussion to give more power, even if, of course, it's not comparable to the genius of Williams. GerateWohl and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty95 558 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 It's his style and I like that this makes his music recognizable. But to a certain degree I agree with you, sometimes less is more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Yeah, Powell can sometimes be a bit too much of a good thing, but his percussion is what gives his repertoire that "Powell touch". I don't think it'd be as good without it. On a related note, what did you think of A Prussian Requiem, @GerateWohl? Loert and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Powell’s percussion is the best part about his style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Depends on the context. It has both elevated and drowned out his material in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,365 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 16 hours ago, Muad'Dib said: On a related note, what did you think of A Prussian Requiem, @GerateWohl? I didn't know this Requiem existed. I just listened to some parts of it on youtube. At a Requiem you expect something sad. But I was surprised. Probably the lightest most optimistic Requiem I have ever heard, musically. Percussion is quite decent here, at least in the movements I listened to. I didn't know that Powel works on such kind of music. Thanks for the hint. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I didn't know this Requiem existed. I just listened to some parts of it on youtube. At a Requiem you expect something sad. But I was surprised. Probably the lightest most optimistic Requiem I have ever heard, musically. Percussion is quite decent here, at least in the movements I listened to. I didn't know that Powel works on such kind of music. Thanks for the hint. The Prussian Requiem is really superb and has plentiful mournful parts but I know what you mean, some of it is a little lighter. Highly recommended. The shorter work on the album, The Prize is Still Mine is great too. Orchestral/choral gospel work of surprising power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: At a Requiem you expect something sad. But I was surprised. Probably the lightest most optimistic Requiem I have ever heard, musically. Are you implying it glorifies death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,365 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Are you implying it glorifies death? I don't know. But there are whole religions claiming that the best is yet to come on the other side. Probably sad requiems are just a flirtatious way of managing expectations or at least that was what Powel thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Powell’s percussion is the best part about his style. Really? I've thought since Solo, HTTYD 3 and Call of the Wild that his use of melody, both prominent, and in the supporting orchestration, is his biggest strength. I find it astonishing what's going on in some of his busier sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 As much as I adore HTTYD, if you pay attention you can really hear his technique of laying down layer after layer, making each more busy and fun after the other, for example in Test Drive one group of instruments are playing the Friendship melody right on the beats with no embellishments mixed lower, and the flute is all virtuoso with added notes and liberal rhythm above it, but still playing the same theme. It's especially noticeable in the demo where the former group is mixed much louder. It's cool to see his writing has matured a bit since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Richard Penna said: Really? I've thought since Solo, HTTYD 3 and Call of the Wild that his use of melody, both prominent, and in the supporting orchestration, is his biggest strength. I find it astonishing what's going on in some of his busier sections. I haven’t listened to any of his recent output, so my opinion is based on his earlier work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 What made you decide to stop listening to new Powell scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 11 minutes ago, Jay said: What made you decide to stop listening to new Powell scores? I’ve stopped listening to most scores in general. Haven’t really listened to anything for the past couple years. Part of it is my music library getting messed up when transferring to a new computer. Still haven’t had the inclination to go back and fix everything. But my music tastes have mostly drifted away from film music into other genres for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Faleel 5,347 Posted February 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2021 Powell said this for JW's Bday: Bofur01, Will, Edmilson and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxsch 115 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I hope that he will announce expansions of HTTYD sequels in the near future since I'm sure Solo and HTTYD expansions are doing fine. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PrayodiBA 517 Posted March 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2021 For those craving for John Powell’s new music: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCzeExhquk/?igshid=ysxzqvz5p6ns it’s on spotify now: Will, Muad'Dib, Jurassic Shark and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Why don't violists play hide and seek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Fun piece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bounty95 558 Posted March 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2021 from JP's instagram: bruce marshall, Holko, Muad'Dib and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,314 Posted March 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2021 Oooooh fingers crossed for HTTYD2! Holko, TSMefford and Arpy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hancock plz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 994 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 The fact he only says physical releases makes me think either premieres of unreleased scores or represses of out of print or previously digital only scores. Would love to be proven wrong though. TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 On 1/22/2021 at 11:10 AM, Koray Savas said: ....my music library getting messed up when transferring to a new computer. Bummer. But, Jay + Co. keep telling us CDs are outmoded and obsolete and we should jump on the digital highway.😗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Solo Deluxe Edition only on vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 11 hours ago, Bounty95 said: from JP's instagram: I guess the obvious ones are HTTYD 2 & 3 + Solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Well obviously I hope it is Solo, HTTYD 2, and HTTYD3 on CD But it's probably Solo Deluxe on vinyl, Call of the Wild OST on vinyl, and Suites Vol 1 on vinyl TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,526 Posted April 24, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 24, 2021 Anyone who's attempted to familiarise themselves with Powell knows how freely and fluidly he treats his themes - he adds or subtracts notes and figures, uses them partially, pitched differently, rhythmically altered, seamlessly integrated into the action landscape, to the point where you can barely ever hear 2 similar statements. That's why when there are two samey statements of the mainish themes, it stands out to me: vs. vs. vs. I guess it could just be demos getting tracked into separate places then being asked to do the same... but I can't help but notice that these are all in narrative key points: Hiccup joyously flying Toothless away from everyone vs. Hiccup joyously flying Toothless together with everyone, Han getting saved and flying away vs. Han flying through hyperspace, the galaxy opening up for him, Buck defeating the sledding team leader vs. Buck saving a wolf from going over a waterfall (unused, film has an alternate shorter less dramatic version without this theme). Seems to me that he's intentionally drawing parallels between these scenes or beats to show character growth by not doing his usual wide variations but very similar tempos, phrasings, accents and orchestrations instead. Though he does always make it grow somehow - for HttYD, he plays the full sequence of Friendship Ostinato, Friendship, Flying instead of just the first and the last the second time around, for Solo the rhythmic base is more accented and brass joins more prominently alongside the strings, and for CotW the tempo's quicker. Jay, Muad'Dib, Edmilson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,441 Posted May 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/johnpowellmusic/photos/a.1918323288390964/2868452340044716/ Tom Guernsey, ChrisAfonso, A. A. Ron and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 23 hours ago, Edmilson said: https://www.facebook.com/johnpowellmusic/photos/a.1918323288390964/2868452340044716/ Great news. Absolutely loved the Prussian Requiem (was lucky enough to be at the premiere too) and The Prize is Still Mine is a superb companion work (who’d have thought an extended orchestral gospel choir work could be so great). The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Looking forward to CALL from Intrada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 9 hours ago, bruce marshall said: Looking forward to CALL from Intrada! When's this happening? I feel like it was at least 2-3 months ago that Powell announced this but haven't heard any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Announced on April 3rd...time is going far slower than I thouht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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