#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I hope he wasn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 If he was serious, I couldn't take him seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Why so serious Alvar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I don't get NeoJWfans I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 They're a weird bunch, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Lincoln Now this is what a Star Wars score should sound like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Nope, TFA is superior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I was being partially serious about it. There's a lot of heart to that score. Everyone talks about that "sunset quality" in TFA they love so much (as do I), well Lincoln is oozing in it.I need more time with TFA to emotionally connect basically, but it is quite a fine score nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 TFA has more of a twilight quality than a sunset quality, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicebrallice 134 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 well, tonight at work: https://vid.me/e/e1STyes. I'm pretty excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ahhh Alice!! Surprisingly it isn't Newman for one who brings you back...Will we get to hear your thoughts on the film and score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens OST!It's amazing! Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Haven't heard it yet. Might go listen to Arnold's Godzilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I'm happy for you. Really. I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I was so sure I'd make it. But I haven't. That's why I needed the story so bad. I just didn't want you to know I'm a failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 And you thought that made it okay to steal my tapes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens OST!It's amazing!WHAAAT?!!! You gushing about the new JW score after grumbling about the film for so long. Could it truly be? Are you sure you are not just pretending?And yes I agree. It is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Disappointing, but quite good, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Disappointing, but quite good, yes.Now that is publicist style damning with faint praise. You are getting hang of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Well with him being nowhere to be found, someone has to pick up the slack and balance the inflated optimism of the JWFan high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Well with him being nowhere to be found, someone has to pick up the slack and balance the inflated optimism of the JWFan high!Hey it is a new Star Wars score and the first new John Williams score in 2 years. Let people gush a bit man! Rey's Theme (is awesome btw and well developed throughout the film and album). Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It was never about the movie. The movie is a means to an end. It was always about the music. I'm an emotional wreck listening to tracks like "The Starkiller" and "Rey's Theme", so I know it turned out for the best. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Never!! Rey's Theme is fantastic.It's more the score as a whole I found disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It was never about the movie. The movie is a means to an end. It was always about the music. I'm an emotional wreck listening to tracks like "The Starkiller" and "Rey's Theme", so I know it turned out for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It was never about the movie. The movie is a means to an end. It was always about the music. I'm an emotional wreck listening to tracks like "The Starkiller" and "Rey's Theme", so I know it turned out for the best."The Starkiller" is beautiful and has modern elegiac Williams written all over it. I don't think SW has ever sounded so personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It was never about the movie. The movie is a means to an end. It was always about the music. I'm an emotional wreck listening to tracks like "The Starkiller" and "Rey's Theme", so I know it turned out for the best."The Starkiller" is beautiful and has modern elegiac Williams written all over it. I don't think SW has ever sounded so personal.Also it is has surprising restraint to it. Which made it quite effective in the film. Goes for the opening section of Torn Apart as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I look forward to it! How'd you like the film Inky? "Farewell and the Trip" - the awesome rendition of the Force theme here is stuck in my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I look forward to it! How'd you like the film Inky? "Farewell and the Trip" - the awesome rendition of the Force theme here is stuck in my headI liked it quite a bit. I went in with no special expectations and was more thrilled and engrossed than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ahhh Alice!! Surprisingly it isn't Newman for one who brings you back...Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ive never heard LincolnMe neither. Should I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Only of you believe in truth, justice and the American way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I hear actor Sam Waterston does great performances of Lincoln's speeches. You should start with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ive never heard LincolnMe neither. Should I?Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Every track has narration from Daniel Day Lewis on it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Every track has narration from Daniel Day Lewis on it though!Then you are listening to the audio track from the film. Turn on the CD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It was the only way he could truly get into character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Ive never heard LincolnMe neither. Should I?Absolutely.Yes it's John Williams' soulful gentle Americana with reverent bent. Can't go wrong with musical hagiography like that.Oh I don't believe that, not truly. I love that score. It is musical embodiment of all the sentiments JW feels toward Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Hmm, ennobled Americana Williams isn't really my sort of thing. Saving Private Ryan I liked, but that's my limit I reckon. I'll certainly watch the film eventually though, because it's Spielberg and because I heard Daniel didn't play captain hook in it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 The movie has the charm of a sterilized museum, the score is very good: far from original, but maybe the culmination of Williams' works in this idiom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I like Lincoln, but I am rarely in the mood to listen to it. War Horse I could listen to any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I like Lincoln, but I am rarely in the mood to listen to it. War Horse I could listen to any time.Lincoln has more of an effortless flow to it though. War Horse seems a bit more disconnected among its different styles. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,363 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I feel the COMPLETE opposite of those statements! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 A little 90s Williams throwback this morning. I listened to The Lost World OST and the end battle from Hook. Now, on to The Force Awakens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John WilliamsThis one is a grower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 John Williams is a grower, not a shower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 ew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John WilliamsThis one is a grower.Glad you are coming around. If I had to compare it to another franchise film, I'd say it reminds me of Desolation of Smaug's score, which I love. That score, too, seemed somewhat of a letdown after AUJ, filled with mild underscore, but once I spent time with it and began to trace the intellectual development of the themes and narratives, I began to love it more than it's precedent. I don't think I like TFA better than the OT scores, but it's a similar process in my shifting opinion on the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 To be honest, I'd compare it more to AUJ more than DoS. DoS was fascinating for me personally just because there was so much that Shore was bringing newly to the Middle-Earth table, and that may have been what turned so many people off to it at first.TFA is more safe, like AUJ. Williams wasn't trying to reinvent the SW vocabulary like he tried to do with TPM. I don't think he was even especially keen on writing "SW music". He was just writing what he would normally write for the genre of today, and in a way it makes parts of this score rather personal, which is what I'm starting to dig about it. Cues like "Rey's Theme" or "The Starkiller" shine in that regard. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,363 Posted December 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2015 Hmmm, I wouldn't really say that this score is Williams playing it safe - in fact I think he takes a lot of chances here, what with no audience-friendly set-piece theme like the previous 6 scores in the franchise. Sharkissimo, Lewya, Taikomochi and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Maybe. I don't know, I find some of orchestral colouring choices in AotC and especially RotS more daring for the SW universe. TFA features a more matured Williams, but still one that is writing music we are all familiar and comfortable with. There's nothing especially radical being done here, not that that's necessary at all. And I think he decided he didn't need to come up with any showstoppers a la "Duel of the Fates" or "Across the Stars" this time because he could rely on the old themes more with this film (and I'm guessing this is what J.J./producers/whoever wanted as well). So this gave him room to just write the kind of music he was comfortable writing. Which is why you get less super-memorable themes, because he doesn't really write that kind of music anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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