Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Twice.Easily one of the greatest scores of all time. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 It's nowhere near as bad as some of the blockbusters you see these days.Can't wait for the Michael Bay reboot in a few years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 John Carter 2: Age Of Extinction 1: Dark Of The Mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Incanus 5,725 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Angela's Ashes by John Williams: My favourite rainy day music. Goes right to the soul. One of JWs masterpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,410 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Angela's Ashes by John Williams: One of JWs masterpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Cutthroat Island by John Debney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Howard Shore - HugoI had completely forgotten that large parts of these score are very reminiscent of An Unexpected Journey! Specifically one common musical idea that is very similar to Bilbo's Fussy Theme, but also a few other melodies that steer close to some AUJ melodies. It's a completely different score sound-wise, with a wider variety of funky instruments used, and it's of course smaller and not as epic in nature. Overall, a very fun listen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonzoe 18 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I still need to pick up Hugo. Soundtrack budget and some of the limited older score expansions prevent me from ordering it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I listened on Spotify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Godzilla - Alexandre DesplatStardust - Ilan EshkeriThe Tree of Life - Alexandre DesplatNow on to: The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brónach 1,302 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Yes, I too love those points in that cue. And other points of the CD are listenable too. Some are bored by it, but I find the Home track to be quite beautiful.The Monuments Men - Alexandre Desplat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Any thoughts on all those Desplats, Chaac?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The Monuments Men, Godzilla - > FUN. THANK YOU!The Tree of Life -> depending on my mood it's either zzz or some sort of interesting internal experience. I makes me want to draw things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 the Gerhadt Empire Strikes Back. What can I say, I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The Monuments Men, Godzilla - > FUN. THANK YOU!The Tree of Life -> depending on my mood it's either zzz or some sort of interesting internal experience. I makes me want to draw things. And Grand Budapest?(I really like this one)Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy 55 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Yeah, The Grand Budapest Hotel is pretty enjoyable. It reminds me of Moonrise Kingdom. Dolores Claiborne by Danny Elfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I haven't heard Grand Budapest yet? Does it have more of a score than Moonrise Kingdom, which was essentially just one piece, broken part and repeated to fill up the duration of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The Monuments Men, Godzilla - > FUN. THANK YOU!The Tree of Life -> depending on my mood it's either zzz or some sort of interesting internal experience. I makes me want to draw things. And Grand Budapest?(I really like this one)KarolActually, the moment I started that I switched for some reason to The Asassination of Jesse James by the Coward Rober Ford, so I don't know yet, but I will listen now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,410 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The Phantom Menace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I haven't heard Grand Budapest yet? Does it have more of a score than Moonrise Kingdom, which was essentially just one piece, broken part and repeated to fill up the duration of the film.Desplat has actually written a very quirky (Wes Anderson film after all) but really interesting score for The Grand Budapest Hotel and I find it indeed much more substantial than The Moonrise Kingdom. It might not be up there with his very best but it is certainly entertaining and has a singular atmosphere to it. I need to give it a few more spins actually. It is on Spotify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The Monuments Men, Godzilla - > FUN. THANK YOU!The Tree of Life -> depending on my mood it's either zzz or some sort of interesting internal experience. I makes me want to draw things. And Grand Budapest?(I really like this one)Karol Actually, the moment I started that I switched for some reason to The Asassination of Jesse James by the Coward Rober Ford, so I don't know yet, but I will listen now Finally someone else that appreciates that score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Alien. All day. Mostly "The Landing" over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Desplat has actually written a very quirky (Wes Anderson film after all) but really interesting score for The Grand Budapest Hotel and I find it indeed much more substantial than The Moonrise Kingdom. It might not be up there with his very best but it is certainly entertaining and has a singular atmosphere to it. I need to give it a few more spins actually. It is on Spotify.And while it is slight - in a wonderful breezy way - i like most about it, that it doesn't sound like any number of filmscores (if we don't count 70's Morricone which over the course of 800 scores sounds like everything ever written). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Desplat has actually written a very quirky (Wes Anderson film after all) but really interesting score for The Grand Budapest Hotel and I find it indeed much more substantial than The Moonrise Kingdom. It might not be up there with his very best but it is certainly entertaining and has a singular atmosphere to it. I need to give it a few more spins actually. It is on Spotify.And while it is slight - in a wonderful breezy way - i like most about it, that it doesn't sound like any number of filmscores (if we don't count 70's Morricone which over the course of 800 scores sounds like everything ever written).Yes the composer really crafts singular sound specific to this project both in style and instrumentation while still keeping it recognizably Desplat. It is certainly one of his strengths and the strength of this score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Well, the album is on a bit of a repetitive side, to be honest. The pace is steady and never really changes. It's when you get to the climactic 10 minutes that the thing really pays off. But, as you both say, it sounds quite unique - gypsy, Hungarian, Polish, German, Russian folklore, with a bit liturgical singing, spiced up with pinch of old Hollywood and Philip Glass-like minimalism. It's madness.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Works wonders in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Desplat has been doing Philip Glass-like minimalism with his own touches for ages now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Yeah, I know. But not in a combination like this.minimalism. It's madness.MADNESS? THIS IS DESPLAT!You could possibly lip sync that, too. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I have to give Desplat a lot of credit for being able to adapt style so well while still giving a quality musical product. I've listened to a few of his scores over the last week (I was largely unfamiliar with him until Godzilla came out); Monuments Men, Rise of the Guardians, Moonrise Kingdom, the aforementioned Godzilla. Really talented guy. I would have absolutely no issue with him succeeding Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I was always astonished that one guy could go from something as simple and gentle as this: elegant like this: or quirky like this: to something as massive as this: Or terrifying as this:http://youtu.be/3T66Sdo_U2AKarol - who cannot wait for the December concert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 He's alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The Monuments Men, Godzilla - > FUN. THANK YOU!The Tree of Life -> depending on my mood it's either zzz or some sort of interesting internal experience. I makes me want to draw things. And Grand Budapest?(I really like this one)Karol Actually, the moment I started that I switched for some reason to The Asassination of Jesse James by the Coward Rober Ford, so I don't know yet, but I will listen now Finally someone else that appreciates that score!I love it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 That Zero Dark Thirty track is very interesting, I hadn't heard anything from that score before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 It's probably the best thing on that album, though. The rest doesn't live up to it.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Secret Weapons Over Normandy by Michael Giacchino: Some of Giacchino's flat out entertaining and melodic work is for games and this score once again reminded me of that. I wish he could compose something half as joyful and soaring for films. I know there are certain of stylistic nods in the music to the film music classics of the past but it remains a varied and colorful work in its own right and a darn wonderful album. John Carter - A Thern for the Worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Zubin Mehta Star Wars suite (AKA CInema Gala: Star Wars/Close Encounters). I think the performance is pretty awesome and the recording is astonishing. Sounds just like you're hearing it in person.UPDATE: Jesus Christ, this version of The Little People is better than sex. Confirmed, the entire suite is in fact better than sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Psycho IISolid Goldsmith, mediocre Psycho.The Stepford Wives - This is probably some of the most catchy material Arnold has ever penned. Certainly above most of his "big" action scores. Young Sherlock HolmesKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,493 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Psycho II was not a great score, but it was very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Zubin Mehta Star Wars suite (AKA CInema Gala: Star Wars/Close Encounters). I think the performance is pretty awesome and the recording is astonishing. Sounds just like you're hearing it in person.UPDATE: Jesus Christ, this version of The Little People is better than sex. Confirmed, the entire suite is in fact better than sex.Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Confirmed, the entire suite is in fact better than sex.You're doing it wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by John Williams: While Chamber of Secrets was largely a steady retreading of what had come before due to Williams' part time commitment Prisoner of Azkaban feels like Maestro really enjoying the new challenge director Alfonso Cuaron set before him, moulding a unified whole from such eclectic mix of styles and impulses. Modernistic techniques clash with mad-cap big band tunes, Romantic Rossini-esque orchestral writing meets a dash of faux-Medieval colourings and instrumentations but Williams finds a unifying thread in a collection strong themes that permeate this score. The new family theme, A Window to the Past, is a highlight, written in the English pastoral spirit with shades of composer's own Jane Eyre hovering good naturedly in the background, a sweeping, heartbreaking leitmotif full of the very essence of yearning and Double Trouble growing out of a school pageant song into a sort of an heir of Hedwig's theme that charts much of the story of the main characters in the film and score. Half a dozen other musical identifications adorn this soundtrack that sports some of Maestro's most appealing writing in the noughties both in terms of dynamics, invention, melody and orchestrations, the playfully Medieval stylings giving this score a very unique cast. Only the rather curious album assembly of the score leaves something to be desired, namely some of the highlights of the soundtrack, but otherwise this is a more than praise worthy successor score to the original Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, even improving things a bit as the music along with the story takes a darker and more mature turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Confirmed, the entire suite is in fact better than sex.You're doing it wrong.Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Confirmed, the entire suite is in fact better than sex.You're doing it wrong.Link?Rated NC-17.Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (from an album called American Spectrum) by John Williams: A very enjoyable 3 movement suite from Catch Me If You Can with Closing In (Main title), Reflections (Father's Theme) and Joy Ride (called The Float on the OST) all revised with added saxophone passages. This particular recording features the North Carolina Symphony with Grant Llewellyn conducting and Branford Marsalis on alto saxophone. Marsalis' performance is nuanced, agile and emotional, the Reflections in particular, and the orchestra has great playful energy throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The only recording that I've got is the recent Amy Dickson album. It's quite good, actually. The Core by Christopher Young - the score is revealing new details and might end up being my favourite work form the composerKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,725 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The only recording that I've got is the recent Amy Dickson album. It's quite good, actually. The Core by Christopher Young - the score is revealing new detailsKarolI would rate the Amy Dickson version a tad below the Marsalis one mainly due to the lack of fluidity and energy in certain parts but it is more the orchestra's fault than the soloist's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I need to check out that recording as well.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Jurassic Park - John WilliamsOne of my favorite isolated JW moments. crocodile and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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