Jay 37,352 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I used to too but now I kinda wing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, Jay said: I used to too but now I kinda wing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 14/02/2022 at 6:48 PM, JTWfan77 said: Jackman is a terribly nasal singer, I can't stand to listen to him. #I have a very annoying vibrato-o-o-o-o-o# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 990 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Welp I'm sure this will be back in stock on LLL eventually, but I wasn't about to lose chances as this slightly cheaper listing on Discogs was still available. Would've been nice to order it alongside ST:TMP when that came out, but hey at least I paid less for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Beethoven 9, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki. Heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, bollemanneke said: Masaaki Suzuki How much time does it take to go from 0 to 100? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 An hour and a few minutes. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Too bad his first name isn't MAZDA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 After many years for the first time, I got myself new 3 Goldsmith scores and I am quite excited. Especially, Hour of the Gun is great. Naïve Old Fart and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 JNH - I am Legend (me too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, is decent, and I've always liked Buckmaster's 12 MONKEYS. THE RIGHT STUFF speaks for itself. Its only serious Oscar™ rival, in 1983, was UNDER FIRE. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said: THE RIGHT STUFF speaks for itself. Its only serious Oscar™ rival, in 1983, was UNDER FIRE. Though none should have won against Return of the Jedi... bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 RETURN OF THE JEDI? SHMETURN OF THE JEDI. He won the year before. Let someone else have a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Just now, Naïve Old Fart said: RETURN OF THE JEDI? SHMETURN OF THE JEDI. He won the year before. Let someone else have a go. That's a fair point. That's why I always have been a defender of the "Best Original non-Williams Score" since a long time, it's more clear Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, May the Force be with You said: Though none should have won against Return of the Jedi... Far behind Under Fire. Though better than the other three. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Can't be true - it doesn't have any cuddly ewoks. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Exactly! plus they're on a parade! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: RETURN OF THE JEDI? SHMETURN OF THE JEDI. He won the year before. Let someone else have a go. It's uninspired. Like the retread film😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,436 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, publicist said: Far behind Under Fire. Though better than the other three. Agreed. Jerry's Under Fire should've won that year, with Jedi in second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Shipped from Ark Square: And ordered from Varese: Karol Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Amer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Ordered direct from Varese: Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 A complete Horner's purchase: The Amazing Spider-Man Troy The Magnificent Seven The Journey of Natty Gann (Intrada) Searching for Bobby Fischer (LLL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I just purchased the 6-CD Ultimate John Barry Collection, and with this I consider my John Barry Collection as complete. In addition I have the Bond songs, Born Free, The Black Hole, Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves. My hunger is satisfied, I would say. Especially because Barry is a composer where I am mostly satisfied with a collection of the Main themes. OST feel often too long and repetitive. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I've been meaning to check out Jon Burlingame's new book on Barry. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I don't want to say anything pejorative about Barry as a film composer or a song writer. But about him I feel absolutely no drive for completeness. But apart from John Williams and my favourite bands I feel that nowhere anyway. And even there I make exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 For me, Barry always been in the category of composers where I stick pretty much only to their scores for movies I love. Which is a lot of scores when it comes to Barry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 That's for Barry probably the perfect approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,192 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 3 hours ago, GerateWohl said: I just purchased the 6-CD Ultimate John Barry Collection, and with this I consider my John Barry Collection as complete. In addition I have the Bond songs, Born Free, The Black Hole, Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves. My hunger is satisfied, I would say. Especially because Barry is a composer where I am mostly satisfied with a collection of the Main themes. OST feel often too long and repetitive. Your Barry collection is probably bigger than mine, and I also usually don't have patience for full length scores in his case. But: The Lion in Winter! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I've been meaning to check out Jon Burlingame's new book on Barry. I have it. Jon and two Barry experts split the duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Three conclusions so far from listening to my new definitive John Barry collection. First, I never realised before, how close Barry's music is particularly to Morricone's music. For some pieces, especially from the 60s and 70s could also have been written by Morricone. Second, I never knew, that Barry wrote some interesting choir works for film. Made me wish to know, what he might have done to the Lord of the Rings movies, if he would have been assigned to them. But probably rather his 20 years younger self. Third, my points, why I am not his biggest fan remain: His increasing tendency to introduce a theme in the horns, then repeat it in the trumpets, then in the strings is a little boring in the long term. And he always stayed basically a song weiter, so counter points are for pussies, he must have thought. But overall his music is so much more than this. This collection really provides a great panorama. It dips a little deeper into some scores with 6-9 tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Personally, I would never purchase a big COP Philh O boxset... Their recordings are often hit and miss. I think JB's music depends a lot about "the colors" of the sound and the orchestra, I find it hard to "re-record" while keeping the same feeling... but there are exceptions. I would suggest you this great 3-CD compilation, using the original recordings: https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/9085815-John-Barry-The-Real-John-Barry Then I have yet to discover this 1972 re-recording made by Barry hilmself, which seems to be a "must": https://www.discogs.com/fr/master/327545-The-Royal-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Conducted-By-John-Barry-The-Concert-John-Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Naa! I know, you once said, you don't like Prague recordings. But mostly I do. Yes, where I own the originals, these re-recordings seem to be a bit slower, what is really dangerous with Barry, because the originals are often already borderline slow. But I am really fine with this one. I also like, that the Prague collection doesn't have such a focus in Bond. But thanks for the recommendation. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Their Zulu re-recording (including some suites from other movies [those you surely have on your compilation]) is a must. https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/4487895-John-Barry-Zulu/image/SW1hZ2U6MTA4NDY2MjY= Amer and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Barry wrote his most interesting music when he varied the instrumentation. YOLT and OHMSS are masterpieces. Fantastic themes. Interesting arrangements. When he started writing primarily for orchestra his material really suffered. There is virtually no attempt to create a distinct musical signature- like with his Bond scores. Thus, they became almost completely dependent on the qualities of the themes. Basically, he stopped trying to do anything unique or interesting. His flaws, repeating phrases for example, became magnified. After BODY HEAT in 1981 he really declined imho , even if the public ( and OSCAR) embraced his blandness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,123 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Probably a function of when I grew up, but I love the late 70s Barry after he moved to the US. King Kong, Black Hole, even Lone Ranger and StarCrash all have something about them. And they're movies (of varying quality) I enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 19 hours ago, Andy said: Probably a function of when I grew up, but I love the late 70s Barry after he moved to the US. King Kong, Black Hole, even Lone Ranger and StarCrash all have something about them. And they're movies (of varying quality) I enjoy. KONG is JB at his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Not really a big fan of Barry (sorry) but there are some scores I like: Zulu The Lion in Winter On Her Majesty's Secret Service King Kong Moonraker The Living Daylights Body Heat Dances With Wolves Anything else I'm missing? Suggestions always welcome. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, crocodile said: Anything else I'm missing? Suggestions always welcome. Out of Africa Born Free Somewhere in time crocodile and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,826 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 9 minutes ago, crocodile said: Anything else I'm missing? Suggestions always welcome. The Scarlet Letter? crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 hour ago, crocodile said: Anything else I'm missing? Suggestions always welcome. Die Barry I think, Stu's approach pretty much nails it: On 17/03/2022 at 2:11 PM, Disco Stu said: For me, Barry always been in the category of composers where I stick pretty much only to their scores for movies I love. I like The Black Hole, but it is probably not a good recommendation for people, who are just in for the music. For me it is just a precious memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 2 hours ago, crocodile said: Not really a big fan of Barry (sorry) but there are some scores I like: Zulu The Lion in Winter On Her Majesty's Secret Service King Kong Moonraker The Living Daylights Body Heat Dances With Wolves Anything else I'm missing? Suggestions always welcome. Karol Chaplin Born Free (re-recording) The Beyondness of Things (not a score) crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Bespin said: The Beyondness of Things (not a score) Part of it is the rejected score for THE HORSE WHISPERER, in much the same way that MOVIOLA is part of the rejected score for THE PRINCE OF TIDES. 2 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Die Barry I think, Stu's approach pretty much nails it: I like The Black Hole, but it is probably not a good recommendation for people, who are just in for the music. For me it is just a precious memory. I, also, have a lot of good memories associated with THE BLACK HOLE. The jury's still out on which was the first digitally recorded soundtrack: THE BLACK HOLE, or STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. GerateWohl and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Sold it. MOONRAKER is better. Both films suck big time! GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 18 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Out of Africa Born Free Even though I have the albums, or maybe because of that, for Out of Africa and Born Free one could be fine with just a good recording of the main themes. There is not so much more to discover in the scores. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 24 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: Even though I have the albums, or maybe because of that, for Out of Africa and Born Free one could be fine with just a good recording of the main themes. There is not so much more to discover in the scores. At least for Africa the whole album (however short) is a nice listening experience. I love the mood it sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,357 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: At least for Africa the whole album (however short) is a nice listening experience. I love the mood it sets. I don't like that they fade out the Mozart piece in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I don't like that they fade out the Mozart piece in the middle. Me neither. Just purchase the complete recording by Marriner. The complete movement is included on the Varese rerecording, btw. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 On 19/03/2022 at 8:49 PM, crocodile said: Anything else I'm missing? Suggestions always welcome. Karol High Road to China is a personal favourite Edmilson and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 On 19/03/2022 at 6:49 PM, crocodile said: Zulu The Lion in Winter On Her Majesty's Secret Service King Kong Moonraker The Living Daylights Body Heat Dances With Wolves Anything else I'm missing? Suggestions always welcome. Your little list contains my top-5 Barry scores, so... kudos, dude. I'd suggest YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER RAISE THE TITANIC PLAYING BY HEART (another personal favourite) WALKABOUT THE DEEP THE LAST VALLEY Jurassic Shark and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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