tpigeon 3 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 which is your favorite? mine is The Reivers. i'll elaborate more on that later, but football is on now so i haven't the time.Ted, who thinks the game tonight will be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 This must be the condensed version of that list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted November 5, 2002 Author Share Posted November 5, 2002 This must be the condensed version of that list... i can never please you, Morn. i just want to know which score everybody prefers out of these two, since they are of a similar nature.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesyboy 3 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 The Cowboys wins by a mile (IMO of course )Jamesyboy - going through a major posting dryspell.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 I'm only judging this by the main theme/Overture, in which The Reivers takes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,158 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Reivers is lovely, a good or possibly very good score. But Cowboys is Cowboys! No contest there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 I never listened to the Reivers and I don't own either cd, but from what I've heard from The Cowboys, it is a very very good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 here's my opinion...i have both cd's, The Cowboys and The Reivers, and though i love the Copeland-inspired music in The Cowboys, i think the Reivers is an absolute masterpiece. from the moment i first heard that theme, i was totally enchanted by it. i could have sworm that i heard it before, but i have yet to see the film (since it is out of print and impossible to locate!), because it was an immediate connection for me. there's something about it that sweeps me into this happy-go-lucky world of imagination that may sound pretentious, but is totally true. the same goes for the entire score, which is focussed around that one theme mainly, in that there's something about it immerses me into this unexplainable state. it's mainly in the string melody, but as is the case with most Williams pieces for me, there's something about the entire orchestra in unison that propels me into another world. i don't know what it is, but this score just does it for me. that's the only explanation for my feelings, it's the best i can do. much of experiencing music is too intangible and goes far beyond my ability to formulate words, especially with Williams' music.The Reivers is one of my very favorite pieces of music by Mr. Williams.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 it's mainly in the string melody, but as is the case with most Williams pieces for me, there's something about the entire orchestra in unison that propels me into another world. i don't know what it is, but this score just does it for me. that's the only explanation for my feelings, it's the best i can do. much of experiencing music is too intangible and goes far beyond my ability to formulate words, especially with Williams' music.Excellent. I know exactly what you mean about this (not specifically with the Reivers, but all his works). I feel the same way.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 again, thanks Ray!Ted, still glad that someone agrees with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted November 7, 2002 Share Posted November 7, 2002 LOL Those were kind of identical posts to the ones in the other thread, I guess.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted November 7, 2002 Author Share Posted November 7, 2002 it's ok, i did too... sort of. i still enjoyed reading them both.Ted, who hates visual mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 I don't really see the need for visual mode, although I appreciate the effort put into it. But what's up with what the post looks like after having used visual mode? I first wondered if it was just my computer or something, so I'm glad it's not.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Yeah, and that question it has to ask every time you wanna write something is just annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted November 8, 2002 Share Posted November 8, 2002 Yes, extremely.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris 0 Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 No comparison I'm afraid - although I love The Reivers, as was stated earlier in the thread, Cowboys is Cowboys! Nothing pre-Jaws comes close to it I'm afraid! And tpigeon, yes I reckon you have heard the Reivers theme before, but only if you're a fan of crap British sitcoms, in this instance the theme from Last of the Summer Wine...Now I know that Reivers came first, but maybe someone British would like to dispute the similarity between the Nixon theme and Emmerdale....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eplicon 53 Posted November 9, 2002 Share Posted November 9, 2002 Both scores have really beautiful moments, so it's hard to say. Which is better, "Prayers at Bedtime" from Reivers or "Summer's Over" from Cowboys? I suppose I prefer the more bustling Americana material from Cowboys than the bluegrass tinged motifs of Reivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted November 9, 2002 Author Share Posted November 9, 2002 i liked your description of the two scores, Eplicon.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 The Cowboys...Reivers... has all this crazy southern guitar music that I can't stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted November 11, 2002 Share Posted November 11, 2002 Just comparing the main themes/overtures The Cowboys takes the cake.And they're tied at 9 a piece as they come down the final stretch. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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