Obi 404 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Red Sparrow - James Newton Howard Silverado - Bruce Broughton Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - Alexandre Desplat Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Rambo: First Blood Part II is a superb action film! If you mean boring by saying superb, then you're right. I cannot think of many other films that make so little out of such a great score. In fact, it's one of the worst action films ever made, because it is boooooooring as hell and not even unintentionally funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The Bride Wore Black by Bernard Herrmann (additional music by Felix Mendelssohn) Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 6 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: If you mean boring by saying superb, then you're right. I cannot think of many other films that make so little out of such a great score. In fact, it's one of the worst action films ever made, because it is boooooooring as hell and not even unintentionally funny. See, you're completely wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Brundlefly said: and not even unintentionally funny. Yeah well it's intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 You don't think Stallone was being sincere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi 404 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Rambo II boring? It's pure fun. Bad, but fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Jane Eyre (Herrmann) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Avengers: Age of Ultron (Tyler only) Solo: A Star Wars Story Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: You don't think Stallone was being sincere? Of course he was. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PT. II is not a typical "them vs us" Reagan-era action flick. It's a bit of a throwback to the '70s "paranoia" films, in which the protagonist ends up fighting his own people - this time personified by the excellent Charles Napier. If the Rambo films have any overarching theme, it's "Don't forget those who served you. Just because what happened didn't go your way, that's no excuse to forget". The first two Rambo films are deceptively deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The way its presented is deliberately cartoony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 No, I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Of course it is. And the makers knew that exactly well. It was the price to put on the screen what they put on the screen. But let's not clutter this thread, there are - god knows - enough threads about bad 80's action movies and the lack of variety here is really driving me nuts. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 So how do you REALLY feel about The Last Jedi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 28 minutes ago, publicist said: But let's not clutter this thread, there are - god knows - enough threads about bad 80's action movies and the lack of variety here is really driving me nuts. You don't like Die Hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I wouldn't dream of watching THAT hoary old chestnut again, chrissakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 The Sister Brothers by Alexandre Desplat Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Return to Oz by David Shire crocodile and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,478 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 OSTs from: 😍 crocodile and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. After no Potter at all for a week. I enjoy how small and intimate this score feels. It is almost antithesis to what a typical blockbuster JW score normally would be. Karol publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Warrior of Wet Dreams said: Return to Oz by David Shire Aaah! What a lovely score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 8 hours ago, Obi said: Rambo II boring? It's pure fun. Bad, but fun. That is what I was hoping for. It turned out to be not just bad, but also boring. 5 hours ago, publicist said: The way its presented is deliberately cartoony. Are you serious? 5 hours ago, publicist said: Of course it is. And the makers knew that exactly well. It was the price to put on the screen what they put on the screen. In case this is true, it is still a very boring and badly made action movie. 5 hours ago, Stefancos said: No, I don't think so. So, what do you think? 1 hour ago, crocodile said: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. After no Potter at all for a week. I enjoy how small and intimate this score feels. It is almost antithesis to what a typical blockbuster JW score normally would be. And that is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Brundlefly said: So, what do you think? I think Sly intended to make an action film with a message when he made Rambo 2. Hell, the film actually ends with Rambo stating the message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 All the Rambo movies have a message. First Blood: Vietnam traumatized and displaced veterans Rambo: First Blood Part II: There are still POWs to help and soldiers deserve the love they've shown for their country Rambo III: The Taliban are good guys Rambo: The Burmese military need to die horribly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 What you say may be true, but it doesn't change the fact that Rambo 2-4 are pretty shitty movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I haven't seen it in ten years, but I remember liking the last Rambo movie. I seem to remember it having the earnest, stripped down tone of the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Brundlefly said: What you say may be true, but it doesn't change the fact that Rambo 2-4 are pretty shitty movies. But why do you think so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Dunkirk, by Hans Zimmer **** out of ***** First Man, by Justin Hurwitz **** and 1/2 out of ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1941 because of Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 OST, or LLL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 7 minutes ago, John said: Dunkirk, by Hans Zimmer **** out of ***** First Man, by Justin Hurwitz **** and 1/2 out of ***** Good choices and I agree with your consensual ratings! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Isle of Dogs by Alexandre Desplat I was initially taken aback by the style of this one, but it's grown on me and on this listen I embraced it. First Man by Justin Hurwitz A memorable theme and a few very nice cues. Solo: A Star Wars Story by John Powell Still great! Creed II by Ludwig Gorannson Good work, but not quite up there on the list. Starting a tradition of doing a year-in-review listening session for scores from this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,028 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 1 minute ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: Isle of Dogs by Alexandre Desplat I was initially taken aback by the style of this one, but it's grown on me and on this listen I embraced it. First Man by Justin Hurwitz A memorable theme and a few very nice cues. Solo: A Star Wars Story by John Powell Still great! Creed II by Ludwig Gorannson Good work, but not quite up there on the list. Starting a tradition of doing a year-in-review listening session for scores from this year. Do you use Spotify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Explorers by Jerry Goldsmith Pretty good. Some engaging material, electric and organic. Thoroughly enjoyable and nicely structured. Themes rather nicely done, too. Now, the portion of the Tannhauser Overture on the soundtrack, does anyone know anything about? Did Goldsmith conduct it? Sounds more extroverted than any of the other recordingd I have heard. The Age of Innocence by Elmer Bernstein Absolutely love this one. Excellent writing, commanding orchestrations. A great classical score. The End Credits is one of the best ever written. A credit to film music. 1993 was a good vintage. Colette by Thomas Ades As @publicist notes, the orchestrations here are quite interesting, but the short cues leave little room for the music to breathe. As it is, it is a score made up of rather pleasant little miniatures. Some nice melodies, like the one in "Willy's Arrival." Best thing about the score is that it was written by an established "classical" composer. Hope to hear more from Ades and others like him. The Phamtom Menace by John Williams A lot of great material in this score. We hear a lot of the old Williams magic, but also some striking examples of his late 90s-early 00s stylistic experimentation. Also a great deal of Rozsa coming through here, I feel, and not just in "The Flag Parade." Witness by Maurice Jarre This is an electronic score I can get behind. Jarre brings classical structure and stylings to the world of 80s analog synths and the results are impressive. Only a couple of action cues suffer from being rather dated. "Building The Barn" is magnificent and, actually I prefer the synthetic film version over any orchestral ones. My only complaint is that the love theme is not a bit more overt. Not golden age overt, that would be ridiculous, but maybe a little more spine in the atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Richard said: OST, or LLL? You tube. Its my only access to the score at work On 12/30/2018 at 6:35 AM, Brundlefly said: If you mean boring by saying superb, then you're right. I cannot think of many other films that make so little out of such a great score. In fact, it's one of the worst action films ever made, because it is boooooooring as hell and not even unintentionally funny. First Blood Pt II is superb. Both the film and score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 9 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Do you use Spotify? Not often, and not for scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Lots of classical recordings on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: You tube. Its my only access to the score at work "Work"? "Work"?! Pearls before swine, dear boy! Where I used to work, they made turn off Marillion. If I'd tried to play JW, I'd have been lynched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,028 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 5 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: Not often, and not for scores. It's great. I've been using it for ten years now, and nothing has yet surpassed it. What do you use for scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 5 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: What do you use for scores? My collection, physical and digital, and the library, a great free resource. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I loaned by cd player to my boss and she doesn't work on Mondays. I do have a few cds at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,670 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 The Tunnel by Paul Dawkins - the score from a found footage movie. I can probably count on one hand the number of people who have listened to this outside the film. I only went looking for it because the end credits music was interesting. It's a harmless background listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 listened to huge swathes in the past couple of months but chiefly Force Awakens and Last Jedi. The former -I couldn't get enough of Rey's theme wherever it cropped up, especially during The Adbuction. The latter is growing on me but though not a bad score is probably tempered by feelings towards the film itself. Then onto Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom. I watched both yesterday and Parade of the Slave Children (or Slave Children's Crusade) is still an old JW favourite. The start of the piece coinciding with that shot of Indy standing there. Listened to Charles Gerhadt's Empire Strikes Back, more of Solo (quite fond of Flying with Chewie, the music accompanying the arrival at the planet in particular), It's a Wonderful Life (Tiomkin), Miracle on 34th Street (both the '47 and '94 versions, Case Dismissed in the latter is a definite favourite) and a few others inbetween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Eleven minutes until midnight, so....:) The Illustrious Jerry and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,028 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Strangways said: Listened to Charles Gerhadt's Empire Strikes Back 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Sleepers by John Williams. It's one of those scores most people would overlook but in fact it might be one of the most unique works in Williams' career. I am particularly fond of the childlike, but somewhat very tortured, main theme which perfectly encapsulates the abused abuse subject of this film. It's a brilliant piece of composition - innocent and warm... and terribly lonely and uneasy. I also love the Saying the Rosary cue as well as The Football Game. The synth work might seem a bit of a cliche of certain period of film scoring but in Williams' catalogue in helps to establish this work something else. In fact it makes for a perfect companion piece to Presumed Innocent. It's a dark dark score...but quite close to my heart. Oh and the album's sound quality is excellent. Karol Not Mr. Big and Brundlefly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,337 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 1/1/2019 at 10:45 AM, crocodile said: the abused abuse subject of this film. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 7,984 Posted January 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2019 The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse. 2011 was an excellent year for John Williams fans. Both albums are hugely enjoyable. Karol D_nev, Not Mr. Big, Will and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Taxi Driver, by Bernard Herrmann ***** out of ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_nev 89 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 2 hours ago, crocodile said: The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse. 2011 was an excellent year for John Williams fans. Both albums are hugely enjoyable. Karol Couldn’t agree more. War Horse is actually one of my favorite scores from Willaims’s output! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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