Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 When You're Alone is lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Even the melody of You are all Alone is pretty meh. It's no Somewhere in My Memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 The Good Dinosaur by Mychael and Jeff DannaOh man, this has some of the finest tunes of the year. In what's largely been a bit of a dry-spell in film music, this is a refreshing album to sit through! It's a well crafted package of heartwarming themes, folksy tunes (sometimes rather Copland-esque), ethnic eclecticism, subtle impressionism and even some fun avant-garde bits. Puts much of Giacchino's output this year to shame. Wonderful stuff.My only gripe with it is the dry sound, which is something that's often burdened the Danna brothers' work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 That's WB for you... I love the warm character of that room but it is as dry as a bone especially if you have a big group playing. Fantastic score though, I agree. A highlight for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 It does work very well for some of the more intimate moments: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I couldn't get into it at all. But then, it's been a busy weekend.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 The compact disc format has too much room on it. Composers and album producers have been abusing it.You can blame Beethoven for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Jaws 2. It's a very strange score. A late 1970's Williams applying his lush and romantic style of that era to his mid-1970's Williams. It feels more ornamented and warmer than its predecessor, which robs the concept of some of its power, but it's a highly entertaining music on its own. I'm not really attached to the OST so the complete presentation worked for me with no reservations. The sound is fantastic, too.There is only one gripe I have about Intrada's releases of both Jaws scores from Williams... The liner notes talk hardly about the music. It's all about the film and music restoration. The contents of the scores are not discussed at all. Odd. All of which makes Varese's recording good to have.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 It's too hissy and loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Why don't you like anything these days, mate? I worry about you sometimes. You were The Chosen One!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I like the old Varese CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That's fine. But what's wrong with having a choice? I mean, now you have four programmes of Jaws to choose from and three different recordings. Good times!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Jaws 2. It's a very strange score. A late 1970's Williams applying his lush and romantic style of that era to his mid-1970's Williams. It feels more ornamented and warmer than its predecessor, which robs the concept of some of its power, but it's a highly entertaining music on its own. I'm not really attached to the OST so the complete presentation worked for me with no reservations. The sound is fantastic, too.Interesting. I don't have it yet, so I don't know the complete score (I've seen the film once about 15 years ago). But I always thought it distinguished itself from the original score by making the action music even more brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 It might be more brutal but the recording and overall style make it feel more like a fairy tale type of thing. Hard to explain. Maybe it's because the original score sounds so raw and dry. It's a subjective thing, of course. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I find the music for the shark far less threatening and more humorous in the sequel. It's a bit over the top and campy in a 1941 kind of way.Hollow ManA Musical History of Disneyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Coma, 1992 Bay Cities album.Christian Clemmenson might think I'm "deranged" for enjoying music like this, but I get my kicks from Goldsmith's grim, frantic suspense classics like this.The presentation is better on this album than the more fragmented FSM release, but I enjoy that version too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 RIP, Bay Cities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I listen to the Bay Cities edition of 1941 more than the LLL anyway. Who the hell would need that long, fragmented and repetitious expanded version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 No one except Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 There's a disturbing lack of understanding of music narrative and presentation independent from the film around these parts. Many seem to advocate musical repetition that would drive any sane person nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I find the music for the shark far less threatening and more humorous in the sequel. It's a bit over the top and campy in a 1941 kind of way.This. But then, who would want to listen to a lineup of 1-minute cues of frantic rubber shark action? The good action scenes Szwarc did (Water Skier, Eddie's Death) have great set pieces, then you are pretty much done with that until the finale and what's left that is truly great about JAWS 2 is the moody underwater scoring, the menu and the glorious americana hymn that is the end credits.Apart from the longer main title i can't see a single reason to own this new set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Another bottle cap dressed up to line the pockets of greedy Intrada business tycoons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 People love bottle caps.Fantastic score though, I agree. A highlight for the year.Some cues, yes. Others, not so much - mainly the score-y type cues and, quelle surprise, it needs a good editor. Wouldn't rate it that much above INSIDE OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 It's highlights soar much higher than those of Inside Out.In fact, it's one of the most satisfying Pixar scores I've heard in a while. I do agree that the album could benefit from a better edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Apart from the unexpected rustic touch and the occasional sesame street feeling the dramatic parts are musically not much to write home about. Very typical ostinato building blocks that aren't interesting to listen to.Love the little Tiomkin moment in 'Bloodhounds' (and 'Run with the Herd')...just like Burwell's river crossing scene in TRUE GRIT it probably will elevate the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 They have a great sense for melody though. The contours in these tunes are anything but typical. Genuinely lyrical and not "built." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I can agree on some of the lackluster ostinati, but even in the action department, I'd hardly call any of it pedestrian. You've got to love that the Dannas dare to employ stuff like Goldenthal-esque brass clusters in animated films of this nature (ex. Fight Them Rustlers).But the real highlight, as Grey mentions, are the fantastic tunes in this score. It ranges from characteristic Danna mysticism ("Fireflies"/"Orphans"/"Arlo's Vision"), Western Tiomkin-esque bounciness ("Bloodhounds"), your classic Americana brass chorales, and some other really soaring melodies (second half of "Run With the Herd"). Like Giacchino could really learn from these guys about how to write a proper theme!Definitely one of the finest efforts of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I am not disagreeing that it's nice and distinctive but like with SPECTRE i think there's a bit of hyperbole involved. Though the year wasn't exactly ripe with finest efforts, so maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Yeah, it hasn't exactly been a spectacular year for film music, so I'll take what I can get! Still not really onboard the Spectre hype train though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Something from my childhood just popped into my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Raiders of the Lost Ark by John Williams: Among the most perfect film scores I know. Everything seems to fall into place so organically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 When You're Alone is lovely!This ! I will never program out that cue whenever I listen to my complete Hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Btw where did you get your gruesome avatar from DreamTheater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That's a videogame character from the recent Metal Gear Solid V. Nothing gruesome about it, it's all digital ones and zeroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 She has pixelated blood all over her bosom. How sanguine of her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Something from my childhood just popped into my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Having lots of ballsy fun with this. Who would've thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Something from my childhood just popped into my head Oh you guys mean Trevor Rabin's Deep Blue Sea? At 4:20http://youtu.be/49QhC12njR4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 They're both atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Better than Jaws! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 You wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Something from my childhood just popped into my head Oh you guys mean Trevor Rabin's Deep Blue Sea? At 4:20Ugh. Sounds like a shittier version of the Shrek cue. No thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 That thing just lacks the Powell Thing and it's so slow.... I prefer the Shrek theme....Out of this year's scores I've still only listened to Jupiter Ascending, Ant-Man, Inside Out, Jurassic World, Fury Road, The Martian, Pan and Rogue Nation. I'm so far quite unimpressed. I didn't care for most of Inside Out. I like some of the InGen music in Jurassic World (the only thing to like in the entire movie). I remember snippets of Fury Road, and a pair of tracks from The Martian (like Hexadecimals), and a theme from Pan. And the last bit of Commitment from Jupiter Ascending. Edit: Oh, I completely forgot I'd listened to Age of Ultron, too. I have six other scores in mind and then the whole non-Hollywood area of which I'm totally ignorant this year. This evening I'm going through Wolf Totem, Crimsom Peak and Carol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 What about Brian Tyler's version then? The same melody is in Children Of Dune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 What about Brian Tyler's version then? The same melody is in Children Of Dune.In which track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Not sure as I'm not familiar with the score, but that melody is famous for no one knowing who actually wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I always liked the Shrek one as a kid because they used it to build up to that triumphant little melody as a capper. It's not very interesting on its own.Though naturally I prefer this cue to the one Chaac posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 I had that cue on a loop the other day. mrbellamy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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