Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, GerateWohl said: Much Ado about Nothing Henry V Love's Labour's Lost But I must admit, the last one mainly lives from the nice song arrangements. What do you think about his score to As you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Scores released when I was 10 years old! Temple of Doom, Once Upon A Time in America, The Search for Spock and Gremlins! Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Jurassic Shark said: What do you think about his score to As you like it? I never really got into it. As I mentioned, with Frankenstein I was already slightly fed uo. Same with Hamlet. Much Ado about nothing was the highpoint for me. The Thor score I actually found quite terrible. Later I gave Cinderella a try, but found quite trivial. But if you recommend it, I would give As You Like It a listen. Seems I am in some kind of Doyle mood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I never really got into it. As I mentioned, with Frankenstein I was already slightly fed uo. Same with Hamlet. Much Ado about nothing was the highpoint for me. The Thor score I actually found quite terrible. Later I gave Cinderella a try, but found quite trivial. But if you recommend it, I would give As You Like It a listen. Seems I am in some kind of Doyle mood. I haven't listened to it yet, so I'm not recommending it. Btw, I didn't know @Thor's got his own score. Too bad it's terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 It's not terrible. "Sons of Odin" or whatever the track is called is a wonderful track from THOR. I like the score. Faleel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Isn't it even British? I try to "support" non-Amazon sites when feasible. I think it might be, but hadn't heard of it before, but good to know! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,350 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Bram Stoker's Dracula (LLL) - Wojciech Kilar Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Good shit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Catch-22 by the Gregson-Williams brothers. Haven't listened to it since it came out. It's really fun. And not too long. I really like it!! The jazz and orchestral moments really make for an enjoyable album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Thor said: I like the score. You should. For someone who has such a wide range in taste and experience it would really be bad luck, if of all things you would dislike the score named "Thor". Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 3 hours ago, GerateWohl said: I never really got into it. As I mentioned, with Frankenstein I was already slightly fed uo. Same with Hamlet. Much Ado about nothing was the highpoint for me. The Thor score I actually found quite terrible. Later I gave Cinderella a try, but found quite trivial. But if you recommend it, I would give As You Like It a listen. Seems I am in some kind of Doyle mood. A Little Princess is lovely GerateWohl and Tom Guernsey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 CARLITOS WAY is his masterpiece# GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Breezy score for the morning. This is stylistically like a cousin to Michael Gore's DEFENDING YOUR LIFE. McNeely flirts around the classical pieces featured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 One of Söderqvist's best scores, IMO (perhaps even the best). Haunting, chilly, melancholic - like the film. I actually did the bonus commentary track on his CD (where I interviewed Söderqvist, sound designer Tormod Ringnes and director Marius Holst). LSH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 This one might be better than the original one and the LLL Edition is absolutely stunning! bruce marshall, Tom Guernsey and Bespin 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Justice League (Danny Elfman) - I can’t decide how much I enjoy this score. It’s got some decent action writing (notably Tunnel Chase) and has a lot more texture and interest than most marvel/DC movie scores. Funny that this comes right after a post about Batman Returns which is a far more interesting score both dramatically, thematically and totally. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: Justice League (Danny Elfman) - I can’t decide how much I enjoy this score. It’s got some decent action writing (notably Tunnel Chase) and has a lot more texture and interest than most marvel/DC movie scores. Funny that this comes right after a post about Batman Returns which is a far more interesting score both dramatically, thematically and totally. Well I've never enjoyed that score I find the main title quiet boring to be fair, it sounds more like accompagnating music than a true main title. I find the only two really nice things of this album was the first song Everybody Knows and of course the Beatles remix which sounds terrific. Plus it is because of this score that I've stand away for a long time from some older Elfman's masterpieces such as Returns or Scissorshands because JL was one of the few scores I've really listen from that composer at the time with the Alice in Wonderland movies and Avengers: AoU. What a great masterpiece! I'm so disappointed that Goldsmith didn't write more trilogy because he really made a terrific jobs with this one. I was wondering if the Varese DE of the trilogy where all complete or if they were some music missing that might lead to a reissue? Marian Schedenig and LSH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,368 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Michael Giacchino - Jupiter Ascending (OST album) Took the shrinkwrap off the Varese version of the OST album today. I hadn't heard this score in a minute. I still like it, but I do feel a shorter OST length would have been a better way to initially release the score. It really meanders for a while in the middle here. The complete score actually works pretty well, but this oddball version, too long to be a standard OST album, too short to be the whole thing, is just kinda goofy. But I really like the themes and the performance and recording, regardless of all that! Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Discovering this Elfman score, that's full of testosterone! Not Mr. Big and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bespin said: Discovering this Elfman score, that's full of testosterone! I couldn't believe Elfman wrote that when I first heard it. He really can write anything Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Sorry for the tiny cover, this is another rarity. I adore electronic 80s Newman. SUSAN (which was the first time I saw Madonna act) has a remarkable Tangerine Dream feel about it. And another great one from the same era and style, since I was in the mood for it this morning. LSH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Holes (Joel McNeely) & Justin and Knights of Valour (Ilan Eshkeri) - Grouped together as I listened to them one after the other and both struck as surprisingly uninspired efforts from two composers I usually enjoy. I seem to recall Holes being unreleased until Intrada picked it up and, while I really wanted to like it, found it just passed me by. Having listened to one of the 16,942,326 (approx) Tinker Bell scores he has written a couple of days ago and Iron Will, Holes doesn't really have much to say compared to the endless number of hummable tunes from his better efforts. Justin and Knights of Valour is nice enough, but Eshkeri has definitely done better. Currently on The Orphanage by Fernando Velazquez which is largely enjoyable, notwithstanding that horror scores aren't exactly my thing. Having said that, I'm not sure it's enough to make me pick up the re-recording (the original sounds fine enough to me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE GEISHA😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Hollow Man by Jerry Goldsmith Fondly recalling when I was listening to this at night awhile back and was not ready for a certain spine-tingling noise that’s heard near the end of “The Big Climb”. That man still had it in him even then to scare the crap out of me with his music! Marian Schedenig and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 CHAPPIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Well that was disappointing. Usually I find Beltrami's work largely more interesting than this. Here there is mostly unmelodic and frankly boring music without much soul. It really didn't work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Our own @The Illustrious Jerry's playlist of Nicholas Britell's 'The Underground Railroad', thankfully sparing me the work of wading through all plodding slo-mo chords of the long album. It gains and invites you to think more about thematic and instrumental choices, which can be interesting and even stirring on occasion. The Illustrious Jerry and SteveMc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Simply gorgeous. A great comedy score from the maestro Jurassic Shark and Bespin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1983 Return of the Jedi, Octopussy, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Skrull. Raiders of the SoundtrArk and SteveMc 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Rogue One Michael Giacchino Kind of an underwhelming score all things considered. It meanders for the most part without a very clear focus, stuck between being a thematic score and a more atmosphere giving one, doing neither very well. There are moments where themes or orchestration shines a bit, but these moments are scattered and they generally pass by without being satisfactorily developed. The use of JW's themes is probably the weakest part of the score. The variations MG tries to put them through simply feel off. Could have been a lot better. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 31 minutes ago, SteveMc said: Could have been a lot better. He could have done more (but didn't have the time). Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 A classic Desplat score. I always find those nice without being transported by it. I think it contains some Basic Instinct stuff in it but I should listen to it again to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I started my "4 CD/year" thematic with 1986. For my next selection, should I go to 1982 or 1987? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,465 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 The Towering Inferno The main theme and all its variations are great, and Setting the Charges is a great action cue... But the rest of the score is a little boring and the romantic material is a little cheesy (it all sounds like an instrumental song from The Carpenters or the like). In any case, it's interesting to see how JW's style evolved and matured over the decades. Fun fact: The Towering Inferno is until this day the Warner Bros. movie with most tickets sold here in my country. Not even Potter or DC managed to reach its number of tickets, though Joker came close in 2019. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 It's raining so .... Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 56 minutes ago, Bespin said: I started my "4 CD/year" thematic with 1986. For my next selection, should I go to 1982 or 1987? I would say 1987: with The Witches of Eastwick, Empire of the Sun, *batteries not included and The Untouchables and then 1982 which is a better year with E.T., First Blood, The Wrath of Khan and Blade Runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, May the Force be with You said: I would say 1987: with The Witches of Eastwick, Empire of the Sun, *batteries not included and The Untouchables and then 1982 which is a better year with E.T., First Blood, The Wrath of Khan and Blade Runner You choose the year, I choose the scores! Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 That's fine for me as long as you put E.T. for 1982 Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,465 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, May the Force be with You said: I would say 1987: with The Witches of Eastwick, Empire of the Sun, *batteries not included and The Untouchables If I recall correctly, Witches of Eastwick is from 1986. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Edmilson said: If I recall correctly, Witches of Eastwick is from 1986. Nah it was reallesed in June 1987 (the 12 in the US). Williams only wrote SpaceCamp in 1986 and Empire of the Sun, The Witches of Eastwick (+Superman IV) in 1987 Great score from Newman, lots of very fun moment, this has been a while I haven't listened to that one and I clearly missed it. I although love the cover Bespin and LSH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I don't even have The Untouchables, I wait for a reprint of the expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Well you can still listen to it on youtube but it's surely less great than the LLL 2CD set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 15 minutes ago, Bespin said: I don't even have The Untouchables, I wait for a reprint of the expansion. It's a great expansion! bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Yeah but it's OOP... Damn this score is perfect. I think 2005 is Williams best year. SteveMc and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Oh, I’m not in need, I’m stubborn! Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 PEANUTS with a rock twist! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 THIS is the type of score BR 2049 needed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 A truly beautiful score with a great presentation. I love the first track it immediately turned up my attention and this for the whole album. Not Mr. Big, SteveMc and Bespin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 The closest Fenton has been to sci fi at this point. It's a weird score - typically offbeat like any Gilliam score would be. Dig the electronic bits; cute, because you can tell it's not Fenton's strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Some really nice stuff here, the Mouseclick Symphony is a really fun cue, too bad that the sound quality is awful although I don't know if it's the same with the original album or just with the FYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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