What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

[Thor 7,495]

 

Such an underrated D. Newman gem (well, most of David's scores are, really). Warm and comforting like a summer's day.

[publicist 4,643]

1 hour ago, The Big Man said:

I just remember on the internet about 20 years ago it seemed in-vogue to sing T13W's high praises while leaving The Mummy for dead.

 

It sounds more 'epic', a sound that for whatever insane reason is considered the high watermark.

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

That's surely because of RCP's influence.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

4 minutes ago, publicist said:

It sounds more 'epic', a sound that for whatever insane reason is considered the high watermark.

And because it's the easiest way to approach scores, I know a lot of people who do not fancy much film music but who like to listen to epic music like the one you find in trailers.

But whatever the excessive excitement with the 13th Warrior, I think it really need an expansion.

 

Just finished Dances with Wolves by John Barry. It's really good although I'm not very familiar with the man's work.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

48 minutes ago, Raiders of the SoundtrArk said:

Just finished Dances with Wolves by John Barry...I'm not very familiar with the man's work.

You have a wonderful voyage of discovery, ahead of you.

I envy you.

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

Yeah. First he'll have to listen to the OST, then to the first expansion, then to the mammoth LLL expansion. Then he'll likely realize that the first expansion was sufficient.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

32 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

You have a wonderful voyage of discovery, ahead of you.

I envy you.

Yeah discovering all those fantastic score it's...

23 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Yeah. First he'll have to listen to the OST, then to the first expansion, then to the mammoth LLL expansion. Then he'll likely realize that the first expansion was sufficient.

Too many expansions, I don't know which ones to choose, plus my wallet keep crying....

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

1 minute ago, Raiders of the SoundtrArk said:

Too many expansions, I don't know which ones to choose, plus my wallet keep crying....

 

What kind of black magic is this?

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

The kind that can put Travolta in your wallet I guess

Would definitely make a great movie with wallets' battles between Travolta and Cage

[publicist 4,643]

1 hour ago, Raiders of the SoundtrArk said:

And because it's the easiest way to approach scores, I know a lot of people who do not fancy much film music but who like to listen to epic music like the one you find in trailers.

 

Sounds like people you mustn't know.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

14 minutes ago, publicist said:

Sounds like people you mustn't know.

You would be surprised...

[Thor 7,495]

 

Great, overlooked score from 1992 by a guy who's mostly famous as an orchestrator. Unashamed consonance and lush orchestrations (as one would expect) - and an electronic sprinkle or two. You rarely hear these kinds of scores anymore.

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

Consonance, oh no!

[Thor 7,495]

Yes, consonance and melodies, what an outrage!

[publicist 4,643]

18 minutes ago, Thor said:

 

Great, overlooked score from 1992 by a guy who's mostly famous as an orchestrator. Unashamed consonance and lush orchestrations (as one would expect) - and an electronic sprinkle or two. You rarely hear these kinds of scores anymore.

 

I'd like to have both the Mann, and the rejected Barry score as Deluxe edition with this cover.

[Thor 7,495]

Yeah, now that you mention it, I do vaguely remember something about a rejected Barry score for this. I wonder if it ever surfaced on the "black market", so to speak.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

Olympus has Fallen by Trevor Morris

Some loud orchestrations with nice ideas but it's still sound like a flavourless 90's Zimmer score.

[Romão 2,274]

38 minutes ago, Thor said:

 

Great, overlooked score from 1992 by a guy who's mostly famous as an orchestrator. Unashamed consonance and lush orchestrations (as one would expect) - and an electronic sprinkle or two. You rarely hear these kinds of scores anymore.

 

I'm also very fond of his score dor Dracula: Dead and Loving It, which plays it completely straight and is therefore a pretty great Dracula score.

[Thor 7,495]

 

Wonderful synth score from 2016; got a lot of spins back then. Playing again now after I was thrilled with Hultquist's work on DICKINSON recently.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

3 hours ago, publicist said:

 

I'd like to have both the Mann, and the rejected Barry score as Deluxe edition with this cover.

C'mon Quint; you don't have to hear the Barry score; you already know what it sounds like😒😞

 

 

That is a great cover!

8 hours ago, The Big Man said:

Anyone else remember when everyone else thought The 13th Warrior was better than The Mummy?

They were right then,

They are right NOW!

On 3/2/2021 at 8:53 AM, Tom Guernsey said:

I tried really hard to like this (McCreary is worth the effort most of the time) but I couldn't quite get a handle on it, but a good excuse to give it another listen..

Try my curated program.

It makes for a much improved experience😊

[Bespin 8,480]

@bruce marshallI have to say, I don't like your tone.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

 

Despite its age, this LP played just fine all the way  thru, until, it stuck right at the end of the last track!

[publicist 4,643]

 

A rambling low noise when i first heard it, i now at least partly appreciate it as electronic concept album with some nice ideas along the way.

[publicist 4,643]

 

Mondo Jerry, arab style.

[Thor 7,495]

4 hours ago, publicist said:

A rambling low noise when i first heard it, i now at least partly appreciate it as electronic concept album with some nice ideas along the way.

 

The X-PERIMENTS album works better as a concept album, I think. The proper soundtrack never did much for me. But I'm impressed you're playing DARK PHOENIX at 6 in the morning!

 

Meanwhile, over here, as I get up 4 hours later:

 

 

This 1999 score got its first soundtrack release in 2019 - 20 years after its premiere. It's about time too, because it's a wonderful gem. Erhus(?), harps, strings and floating electronic textures denote the vastness of the mountainscapes. Xiaofeng came and went too quickly, he hasn't done a film score since 2009.

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

1 minute ago, Thor said:

Meanwhile, over here, as I get up 4 hours later:

 

You don't like sleeping, do you?

[Thor 7,495]

7 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

You don't like sleeping, do you?

 

Yes, but I rarely go to bed before 2AM.

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

I guess you have quite flexible wake-up time.

[publicist 4,643]

My working days start at 06:30, and i usually drop over by 10, 10:30 at night.

[Thor 7,495]

17 minutes ago, publicist said:

My working days start at 06:30, and i usually drop over by 10, 10:30 at night.

 

Yikes! What are you, a baker?

 

 

This French 80s TV series is drenched in nostalgia for me and other Norwegians my age (maybe also other Europeans?), as it was shown on "breakfast TV" in those days. The always-eclectic Cosma provides not only catchy songs, but fun orchestral arrangements of the melodies.

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

18 hours ago, Raiders of the SoundtrArk said:

It's really good although I'm not very familiar with the man's work.

 

Then I'd like to recommend his score to Out of Africa.

[publicist 4,643]

11 minutes ago, Thor said:

Yikes! What are you, a baker?

 

I wish, at least i could gratify myself with something!

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Then I'd like to recommend his score to Out of Africa.

Already planned

 

Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris

Great score. Love the main theme so epic and adventurous.

[Thor 7,495]

 

Just because I got in the Cosma groove all of a sudden. Terrible, "over-busy" cover, though.

[Marian Schedenig 8,192]

2 hours ago, Thor said:

Yikes! What are you, a baker?

 

A butcher?

[Thor 7,495]

Butcher, baker, postman.....it must be gruelling to start the work day at 6:30. That's when I'm in my deepest sleep.

[Jay 37,352]

Local man can't comprehend other people live different lives than he does, more at 11

[Thor 7,495]

Ha, ha. 

 

I guess now it makes more sense to play DARK PHOENIX so early the morning. At that point, one probably needs loud, bombastic music and a black coffee to even get the body working.

[Holko 9,525]

3 hours ago, Thor said:

 

This French 80s TV series is drenched in nostalgia for me and other Norwegians my age (maybe also other Europeans?), as it was shown on "breakfast TV" in those days.

Hell yeah! I completely forgot this existed until just now, I used to love it.

[Jay 37,352]

You edited your post!

[Bespin 8,480]

I listened to this CD which compile all of John Williams's works re-recorded by Roy Budd and the LSO for an LP called "The Fantasy Album" in 1984.

 

I was already familiar with some suites. It's refreshing to hear other orchestrations. Roy Budd was a film music composer himself, maybe not a so great conductor, but there are enough good parts in his recordings to be interested by them.

 

 

1    Raiders of the Lost Ark/Indiana Jones Suite    5:56
2    E.T. Suite    11:37
3    Superman Suite    12:17
4    Star Wars Trilogy Suite    26:40

[Smaug The Iron 513]

Titanic by James Hornet (La La Land Records)

E.T. by John Williams (La La Land Records)

Home Alone by John Williams (La La Land Records)

Home Alone 2 by John Williams (La La Land Records)

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

Cats and Dogs by John Debney

A funny score from a funny movie from my childhood. Cats adorers can pass their way.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

I cannot add anything, about this score. There is nothing new I can bring to the table, so I'll just say:

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE.

 

[Thor 7,495]

44 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I cannot add anything, about this score. There is nothing new I can bring to the table, so I'll just say:

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE.

 

 

Sometimes, one doesn't really have to say anything, especially when it comes to the classics. Whenever I post a famous soundtrack cover, I prefer to just let it sit there, sans text.

[Jurassic Shark 12,067]

3 minutes ago, Thor said:

 

Sometimes, one doesn't really have to say anything, especially when it comes to the classics. Whenever I post a famous soundtrack cover, I prefer to just let it sit there, sans text.

 

Unfortunately, famous doesn't always mean good.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

@Jurassic SharkYou're one post away from 22222 change that!

[Thor 7,495]

 

Another synth favourite from 2014; in fact one of my top 10 soundtracks that year.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

Out of Africa by John Barry

One negative point: why is there only 33 minutes on this album

[publicist 4,643]

Because it's repetitive even at this length.