Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The Wind Rises - Joe HisaishiStar Trek: First Contact - Jerry Goldsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,314 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Original release of First Contact, or the expanded version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 The recent expansion. It was $15 on Amazon so I finally got it. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,314 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Karol, have you listened to Davis' opera yet? Very curious to know what you think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Nice!Dang it's now $12! Anyone who's interested should grab it from them. Only 2 left in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Nice!Dang it's now $12! Anyone who's interested should grab it from them. Only 2 left in stock.Correction, only 19 left in stock! The internet age is quick! But I am getting one today! It is about time I get this score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Karol, have you listened to Davis' opera yet? Very curious to know what you think of it.It's more accessible than I expected. Not sure how would it rank among modern classical repertoire, but seems like a really solid job to me. Having said that, I have a hard time getting into opera in general, despite its obvious connections to film music.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Nice!Dang it's now $12! Anyone who's interested should grab it from them. Only 2 left in stock. Correction, only 19 left in stock! The internet age is quick! But I am getting one today! It is about time I get this score!We don't have time... to talk about time... What was I saying? It's a primitive culture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 It's the same with me for whatever reason. I suppose I prefer my drama/storytelling to not be directly injected into the music. But the composer being who he is, and knowing the tenor in the lead "villain" role, I checked it out a while back. Davis' work is interesting to me. His concert music sound-world is really singular and not exactly easy listening. For me, it was maybe a bit too long, a bit unsettling in some vague way, but I believe that was the point. There's also an anecdote, from Davis' son I think, that implies much of the "dysfunctional family" element is a reflection of the composer's actual relationships. I should listen to it again. Karol, have you listened to Davis' opera yet? Very curious to know what you think of it.It's more accessible than I expected. Not sure how would it rank among modern classical repertoire, but seems like a really solid job to me. Having said that, I have a hard time getting into opera in general, despite its obvious connections to film music.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 He seems to be a very sarcastic, dry-witted person. But also a very intelligent one and self-deprecating. Not sure if I can make any kind of assessment what could he be like in private life. Your guess is as good as mine.I was wondering. What do you think of him as a composer in general? As a someone who knows much more about music than myself, I mean? He doesn't seem to treat himself very seriously and even said that he's more of a recycler of greater ideas. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 He's a master orchestrator/textureist (new word?). I've only heard the bits of his concert pieces that you can hear on his website; some of them are a little too dense and angular for me, at least without repeated listenings and full context, but some of it is right up my alley. I've not heard much if any "recycling." He strikes me as a pretty original voice. Even when he ventures into more overtly tonal territory in his film music, it's refreshingly original. The only time I've ever felt a little underwhelmed by any of his ideas is "The Eye and the Pyramid" where he adopts a more generic Hollywood sound, which isn't surprising since it was written for the Hollywood Bowl I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Apparently, Conrad Pope said Davis' sketches for The Matrix sequels were pretty much as complete as John Williams'. In this "short score" format, or whatever it's called.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 As I've been saying, the soundscapes of the original Matrix are pretty much derived from the works of Aaron Jay Kernis. Awesome, yes, but not really original. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 That's true; and Adams as well, certainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 What about the more dissonant moments. Like the contrapuntal atonal writing for the machines, those brass and string clusters, and the perpetual motion passages with rolling low register pianos, elbow clusters, snap pizzicato and anvils?Don't say Penderecki or Horner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Well Horner got it from Davis to begin with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,506 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Original release of First Contact, or the expanded version?Just like the yellow mustard, or the darker one, it's important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Stick with the original. It has Ooby Dooby. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Ooby fuckin' Dooby doesnt have anything on Flight Of The Phoenix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 This is one Goldsmith score I just don't get. Outside of the theme. His weakest Trek.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 It was written in a very short time and at times it shows. But it has an excellent theme and some strong setpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 First Contact was my first Trek album (on cassette) and in many ways, I'm still nostalgic towards it. I still own the OST CD, but of course I bought the expansion. Yes, Flight of the Phoenix is a standout track, and was my favorite of the footwarmer I wore out. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,506 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Ooby fuckin' Dooby doesnt have anything on Flight Of The Phoenix!To hell with The Phoenix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,314 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hmm, First Contact might have been my first Goldsmith Trek too.... Can't remember if I had the Sony TMP already or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 TMP was my third Goldsmith Trek, after FC and V. I got V and VI at the same Christmas. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Mu first ST and Goldsmith was Insurrection.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 My first Star Trek score was the 1999 20th anniversary collector's edition of TMP.I just ordered the complete ST First Contact along with Bruce Broughton conducted re-recording of Miklós Rózsa's Julius Caesar and John Williams and Boston Pops album I Love a Parade.On my shopping list for the future: All the other Star Trek scores, more Rózsa (perhaps finally the FSM Ben-Hur set) and a good deal of Goldsmith and some JW concert and festive works. Darn I should throw in also most of the Tadlow re-recordings as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,314 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Wrath of Khan was definitely my first Trek score. I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 My first Star Trek score was the 1999 20th anniversary collector's edition of TMP.Had you existed in a timeless vacuum before that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hmm, First Contact might have been my first Goldsmith Trek too.... It was mine. I didn't like Goldsmith in the beginning, and watching the film, I particularly disliked his version of the Courage fanfare compared to Eidelman's. But a while later I heard a MIDI of the main titles on the internet and actually liked them, so I eventually picked up the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What? As late as 1996 you didnt like Goldsmith?I nearly wanked myself into a coma with joy when I saw a few clips on the film on TV and it featured score that could have only been Jerry's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hmm, First Contact might have been my first Goldsmith Trek too....It was mine. I didn't like Goldsmith in the beginning, and watching the film, I particularly disliked his version of the Courage fanfare compared to Eidelman's. But a while later I heard a MIDI of the main titles on the internet and actually liked them, so I eventually picked up the score.I remember thinking he was being lazy. You have to understand I expected balletic Star Wars-like music at the time. It took me some time to warm up to his style.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,506 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 My first Star Trek score was the 1999 20th anniversary collector's edition of TMP.I just ordered the complete ST First Contact along with Bruce Broughton conducted re-recording of Miklós Rózsa's Julius Caesar and John Williams and Boston Pops album I Love a Parade.On my shopping list for the future: All the other Star Trek scores, more Rózsa (perhaps finally the FSM Ben-Hur set) and a good deal of Goldsmith and some JW concert and festive works. Darn I should throw in also most of the Tadlow re-recordings as well. Canc, try the Tadlow "El Cid". It's good. Then try the re-recorded "The Private Lives Of Sherlock Holmes", and then "Time After Time". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 My first Star Trek score was the 1999 20th anniversary collector's edition of TMP.I just ordered the complete ST First Contact along with Bruce Broughton conducted re-recording of Miklós Rózsa's Julius Caesar and John Williams and Boston Pops album I Love a Parade.On my shopping list for the future: All the other Star Trek scores, more Rózsa (perhaps finally the FSM Ben-Hur set) and a good deal of Goldsmith and some JW concert and festive works. Darn I should throw in also most of the Tadlow re-recordings as well. Canc, try the Tadlow "El Cid". It's good. Then try the re-recorded "The Private Lives Of Sherlock Holmes", and then "Time After Time".I already own the Tadlow El Cid and Quo Vadis sets, which are both indeed fantastic and have heard the Private Lives of Sherlock Holmes, which I am definitely picking up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,176 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What? As late as 1996 you didnt like Goldsmith? I nearly wanked myself into a coma with joy when I saw a few clips on the film on TV and it featured score that could have only been Jerry's! You know the story. I didn't see Great Train Robbery until 97 or 98. ...and I did tape the end credits off Gremlins 2 around '90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Late bloomer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I've watched only a handful of the films Goldsmith has scored: Seven Days in May, Patton, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Secrets of NIMH, I.Q., and Mulan. Obviously, it wasn't moviegoing that made me a Goldsmith fan. I think FSM deserves the credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I ordered from SAE the new Intrada release of Young Sherlock Holmes and I bundled it together with Unbreakable by JNH and Music from the Edge by John Corigliano. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Not bad, Mr. Ojala. Not bad at all.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andy 4,088 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 CREEPSHOW - John HarrisonOn CD http://www.lalalandrecords.com/CreepShowLE.htmland today, I picked it up on VINYL! http://waxworkrecords.com/product/creepshow/This is my first boutique vinyl, and the first new sealed vinyl I've bought since the 80s. I opted for the "white cake with blood spatter" vinyl variant.Creepshow is not just my favorite horror movie, it's probably in my top 5 movies of all time. Seriously, it's a masterpiece.It's an interesting score, made up of old library production music, and original electronic score by John Harrison. The La-La Land CD is a welcome addition, but still incredibly incomplete, and seems to have some incorrect alternates as well that are neither film versions, nor original album tracks. I'm still going to try and make my own edit of the library tracks and as much as the Harrison score as I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Images 1 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 They also have Day of the Dead and Re-Animator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,088 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Yeah, this new trend of boutique vinyl soundtracks is kinda neat. I'm not full in, but it's fun to cherry pick old favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Psycho II - Jerry GoldsmithThe Sum Of All Fears - Jerry GoldsmithLair - John DebneyThe Unknown Known - Danny Elfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,740 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Human Target - Bear McCrearyTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Bear McCrearyTora! Tora! Tora! - Jerry GoldsmithWyatt Earp - James Newton HowardHooray for La-La Land's spring blowout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,988 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Psycho II - Jerry GoldsmithThe Sum Of All Fears - Jerry GoldsmithLair - John DebneyThe Unknown Known - Danny ElfmanSwitch the second one on your list with Broughton's Sherlock and you get my shopping list. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,314 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Placed an order with MovieMusic, since they still had Flight of the Intruder in stock (It's officially OOP at Intrada.com), and threw in two Kritzerland's with it Flight of the Intruder (Intrada Special Collection Volume 227) qty = 1 $19.99 each Rising Sun (expanded) (Kritzerland KR200265) qty = 1 $19.99 each Alien Nation (Kritzerland KR200264) qty = 1 $19.99 each Items Subtotal: $59.97 Sales Tax: $0.00 Shipping: $1.00 Order Total: $60.97 Love their $1 shipping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I get all my Intrada's on Amazon now. They still have a couple of their OOP titles too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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