Incanus 5,713 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Lionheart (J. Goldsmith)Themes galore ! And they're all bloody great and used in such gorgeous and exciting ways... Jerry was a real tunesmith.Even the at times silly synths can't ruin this one. Fantastic stuff. King Richard is just a brilliant piece with one of Goldsmith's most rousing marches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I'm not sure if this counts as I haven't listened to the full score yet (it's a little bit too expensive on Amazon) but the "Overture" cue is spectacular. Mark McKenzie is a composer I want to hear more from. His The Greatest Miracle is spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hoosiers by Jerry Goldsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Does the main theme also somewhat remind you of Williams' Smallvile theme?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Does the main theme also somewhat remind you of Williams' Smallvile theme?KarolActually now that you mention it, it does a bit but that is no small surprise given that they both strive to depict rural small town America with their Americana writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hoosiers by Jerry GoldsmithAnother one that could be ruined by the cheap synths, but is actually a delight from start to end. I mean how can you go wrong with such melodies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Charlie Brigden uploaded a very nice mix of Goldsmith music that I'm listening to at the moment:http://www.mixcloud.com/filmsonwax/goldsmith-gold/How do you embed these things?Karol Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I'm listening to Crash and The Black Dahlia tonight. Happy Birthday to Mark isham! One more thing:Quite randomly, while browsing different website I encountered a clip of this score. And then decided to give the entire album a listen. It's quite good, I really like it - something a bit different, for a change: Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 That was an interesting score but I'm not sure it deserved the Globe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hoosiers by Jerry GoldsmithThe Concert Suite should be played more often. One of JG's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hoosiers by Jerry GoldsmithThe Concert Suite should be played more often. One of JG's best.I listen to Goldsmith's sports movie scores much more than I listen to Williams's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hoosiers by Jerry GoldsmithThe Concert Suite should be played more often. One of JG's best.I listen to Goldsmith's sports movie scores much more than I listen to Williams's.Can't recall, but JW had sports movie scores?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 No, I literally don't think he has done any scores for films that center on sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,287 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 But his Sunday Night Football theme is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Too MV-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,337 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 But its John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Michael Collins - Elliot GoldenthalFantastic score. And this arrangement is really something. Also Lincoln. The pinnacle of elegance and refinement, tearjerking simply because of its perfection. Romão and KK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 The Deathly Hallows Part 2: It doesn't really compare to any of Williams scores for the series (except COS perhaps) but it's still a pretty impressive piece of music and Desplat's most entertaining score so far. 4/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Maps To The Stars by Howard ShoreAngry Video Game Nerd: The Movie by Bear McCreary crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Michael Collins - Elliot GoldenthalFantastic score. And this arrangement is really something. Also Lincoln. The pinnacle of elegance and refinement, tearjerking simply because of its perfection.Agreed on both counts Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Maps To The Stars by Howard ShoreNice. I really need to hear this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Indeed. And that arrangement is just sublime.Michael Collins - Elliot GoldenthalFantastic score. And this arrangement is really something. Also Lincoln. The pinnacle of elegance and refinement, tearjerking simply because of its perfection.Agreed on both countsIndeed. And that arrangement is just sublime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Michael Collins - Elliot GoldenthalFantastic score. And this arrangement is really something. Also Lincoln. The pinnacle of elegance and refinement, tearjerking simply because of its perfection.Agreed on both countsI am afraid I have to agree as well.Goldenthal's work I would call ferocious. There is a certain piercing aggressiveness and lyricism in his music that cuts right through you. That arrangement is particularly haunting.Lincoln is perhaps the single most focused Americana effort from Williams. It just musical captures the sounds and feel of the American music, its 20th century evocations of Copland and others but also the folk melodies and hymns, much as it was Williams' intention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I listened to Revenge of the Sith today. The lament is beautiful and perfectly captures the tone and mood at that point in the film. I love the music accompanying Obi Wan to Utapau and also the thrilling opening scene. Snare, taiko drum and trumpets, flutes and piccolos, trombones and all things Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,337 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 I like the beginning of Padme's Visit when Anakin sees Padme's ship coming on the monitor, I love how that bit has so much emotion in it, seeing how uninspiring the movie was:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUe0AtKPgQI also love the string writing in Scenes and Dreams: Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Maps To The Stars by Howard ShoreAngry Video Game Nerd: The Movie by Bear McCrearyNice, thanks for sharing Koray! Have you read my review?I'm listening to both last Die Hard scores by Marco Beltrami this morning. Needed an adrenaline rush!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 154 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 But his Sunday Night Football theme is awesome.Rudy's "Take Us Out" is a far more attractive a theme for me. JW's theme is sluggish and mechanical. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Rain Man - Hans ZimmerGroovy. Pretty good move on Barry Levinson's part, as it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Schindler's List- One of my favorite John Williams scores but not one I revisit too often as it requires me to be in a very specific mood. It's some of the most beautiful music that John Williams has ever written. The biggest fault of the album is the unnecessary repetition, with full renditions of the theme at the end of nearly every track (The Terminal had this problem as well). There are a few technical issues with the album too, such as excessive studio noise and occasionally hissy sound quality. Despite these issues, the album is still the best way to experience the score as many of the best cues are absent in the film.Music-5/5Album-4.5/5Does anybody know if the gold album worth getting? Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 The Terminal was my listening experience today. Lovely, lovely score. Main complaint is that Viktor's krakhozia or whatever it's called is overused. The fountain scene is the best ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I like the beginning of Padme's Visit when Anakin sees Padme's ship coming on the monitor, I love how that bit has so much emotion in it, seeing how uninspiring the movie was:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tUe0AtKPgQThat eerie chord at the start is a favourite of Williams. Occurs in a number of scores from the 80s. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Does anyone else love these types of passages concerning horns? 4:32 - 4:46 Star Wars Episode III Soundtrack - Palpatine's Teâ¦: http://youtu.be/nRaiLY23gU8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 The bit at 4:32 is a bass clarinet doubled by four muted trombones (3 tenors, 1 bass). Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Ah I suck at spotting instruments, thanks Sharky I should have been more specific at the part directly at 4:35 are these still the same instruments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 8 horns (1-4: open, 5-8: wood mutes). Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yes that is the part, sounds delicious. I can't describe it but I just love that part so much.It's similar to this moment here around 1:12 after the sinewy string stuff 3M6 Going to Utapau: http://youtu.be/meTY7hMzpZk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Maps To The Stars by Howard ShoreAngry Video Game Nerd: The Movie by Bear McCrearyNice, thanks for sharing Koray! Have you read my review?I'm listening to both last Die Hard scores by Marco Beltrami this morning. Needed an adrenaline rush!KarolI hadn't. Thanks for the link! Seems we came up with the same ideas about the music.Speaking of Beltrami, I'm currently reviewing The Giver and The November Man. Haven't given the latter a listen yet, but the former is a surprisingly delicate powerhouse. Completely unlike the Jablonsky-esque score I was expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Journey by Austin Wintory: A wonderfully atmospheric musical journey that has almost meditative feel to most of its tracks. I hope Wintory has a chance to tackle more movies as he surely is a voice to keep your ears peeled for. My lenghtier thoughts can be found in the Reviews section of this MB here.Young Sherlock Holmes by Bruce Broughton: Broughton's magnum opus along with his famous Westerns. A model of 1980's whimsical fantasy adventure score with great melodies, exciting setpieces and big heart. I know it is shameless self promotion but here you can read my verbose thoughts on the score at Films on Wax. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I hope Wintory has a chance to tackle more movies as he surely is a voice to keep your ears peeled for.That sounds painful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I hope Wintory has a chance to tackle more movies as he surely is a voice to keep your ears peeled for.That sounds painful. Start peeling Alan! I used the idiom in a painfully inventive way. Or you can always prick your ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Listened to a score today. Cant recall the name. Quite recent one I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Good healthy eclectic lineup you've got there, sir!Maps To The Stars by Howard ShoreAngry Video Game Nerd: The Movie by Bear McCrearyNice, thanks for sharing Koray! Have you read my review?I'm listening to both last Die Hard scores by Marco Beltrami this morning. Needed an adrenaline rush!KarolI hadn't. Thanks for the link! Seems we came up with the same ideas about the music.Speaking of Beltrami, I'm currently reviewing The Giver and The November Man. Haven't given the latter a listen yet, but the former is a surprisingly delicate powerhouse. Completely unlike the Jablonsky-esque score I was expecting.I've heard bits of The November Man, but not the whole thing yet. Who knows, might dive into it next. The Giver is supposed to be good, or so I heard.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Young Sherlock Holmes by Bruce Broughton: Broughton's magnum opus along with his famous Westerns. A model of 1980's whimsical fantasy adventure score with great melodies, exciting setpieces and big heart. I know it is shameless self promotion but here you can read my verbose thoughts on the score at Films on Wax. No love for Lost in Space? That one is actually my favourite Broughton and it beats his western scores hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Belle - Rachel PortmanIt's another typical Portman score, heavy on strings and woodwinds, but the theme is a nice companion to The Duchess. It's a very engaging listen nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gerhardt's Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack and Anthology and I'm currently up to the end battle from Hook. This is exactly why I listen to music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I've heard bits of The November Man, but not the whole thing yet. Who knows, might dive into it next. The Giver is supposed to be good, or so I heard.KarolIt's good. I'll go into detail in the review. Stay tuned! crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Young Sherlock Holmes by Bruce Broughton: Broughton's magnum opus along with his famous Westerns. A model of 1980's whimsical fantasy adventure score with great melodies, exciting setpieces and big heart. I know it is shameless self promotion but here you can read my verbose thoughts on the score at Films on Wax. No love for Lost in Space? That one is actually my favourite Broughton and it beats his western scores hands down.I'll have to give it a spin sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 You've not actually heard it yet? It has a trademark western-like Broughton theme. The score was composed in a very short period of time. Here's one of the major cues. And even if the hour long Intrada is nice to have, the 30-minute available in the original commercial album is a really good selection. You'll enjoy it. I've heard bits of The November Man, but not the whole thing yet. Who knows, might dive into it next. The Giver is supposed to be good, or so I heard.KarolIt's good. I'll go into detail in the review. Stay tuned!Will do, I check out that website quite often actually. Been doing that for quite some time.Karol Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 You've not actually heard it yet? It has a trademark western-like Broughton theme. The score was composed in a very short period of time. Here's one of the major cues. And even if the hour long Intrada is nice to have, the 30-minute available in the original commercial album is a really good selection. You'll enjoy it.KarolI have heard it but only once. It wasn't much of a listen as I unfortunately can't remember a thing about it. Too many great scores too little time I guess. Time to give it a serious spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 It's not an "essential" Broughton, being a rush job and all that. But it still kicks major butt.Karol Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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