Edge of Darkness poll

[David Coscina 3]

Corigliano by a mile. I'm not saying it would have been infinitely better but I think it would have been much different than what Shore would provide. to be honest, I find Shore's writing to be a tad clunky at times. Like everything moves in a very blocky manner. I don't know if it's just the orchestration of something more endemic with his compositional style. It's very jagged. I know a couple other folks on this forum also thought that.

I'm not all lovey dovey on Corigliano's film output but I do like his concert works a whole lot and would have enjoyed hearing his take on this dark subject matter. Hopefully some label will pick this up so we can all hear and compare the final products.

[Quintus 5,391]

Shore's music never sounds clunky to me at all; indeed I find his work to be top drawer, everytime.

He's a modern day John Barry, which suits me down to the ground.

[Luke Skywalker 1,284]

He's a modern day John Barry, which suits me down to the ground.

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[Morlock 9]

I don't get the comparison either. Maybe in that both are composers who are at times brilliant but often bore me to tears? (in very different ways, though. And Barry bores me more than Shore).

Having heard Shore's score in the film, it did not strike me as a particularly notable work, so I'm obviously curious as to Corigliano's. But it's a pretty damn hard film to score either way- I was aghast at what Shore was doing in the climactic scene, only to realize that he was doing what the director thought he was doing the entire film, but failing.

[Richard Penna 2,083]

I've never heard a note of Corigliano, but Shore has mostly failed to impress me outside LotR, so a score for a dark drama is unlikely to do it for me.

[Koray Savas 2,095]

I actually forgot Shore's score was a replacement until this thread. It sure as hell doesn't sound like one. Shore for the win!

[crocodile 6,294]

The first one. The latter I WILL hear.

Karol

[King Mark 2,924]

I didn't notice the music

[Admiral Holdo 16]

Shore's music never sounds clunky to me at all; indeed I find his work to be top drawer, everytime.

He's a modern day John Barry, which suits me down to the ground.

Let's see how much flack I get for saying this: IMO, he's a modern-day Bernard Herrmann.

[David Coscina 3]

Shore's music never sounds clunky to me at all; indeed I find his work to be top drawer, everytime.

He's a modern day John Barry, which suits me down to the ground.

Let's see how much flack I get for saying this: IMO, he's a modern-day Bernard Herrmann.

Uh. no. Not anywhere near the same league. Even Shore would tell you that himself.

He's close to Barry in how he plays through the action but without the tuneful thematic abilities.

[Admiral Holdo 16]

I was referring to stylistic techniques (reliance on motifs over outright themes, etc) than quality.

[Morlock 9]

That emoticon is uncalled for, your real meaning could hardly be infered from your original post.

I don't see really any similarities between Barry and Shore. Their approach is so utterly different...the only composer that I feel works in a similiar vein to Barry is Morricone.

[Naïve Old Fart 6,637]

Definitely Corigliano's score. Actually, can I say "neither", and go with the Kamen/Clapton T.V. score, which is a very good piece of work?