Popular Post LSH 964 Posted September 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 2, 2021 It's an absolute travesty that this guy wasn't brought back. What a superb action score. He has excellent command of an orchestra. Tallguy, Marian Schedenig, Edmilson and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,044 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 38 minutes ago, LSH said: It's an absolute travesty that this guy wasn't brought back. What a superb action score. One of the best LSH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 By Request. Specifically Midway. What a terrific piece. It's Zero Hour to 1941's Airplane. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,457 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Hard to beat compilation! Ok, for me now an All-Herrmann day, today. THE SOUND OF BERNARD HERRMANN!!! Citizen Kane (Gamba) The Day The Earth Stood Still (McNeely) Vertigo (McNeely) North by Northwest (McNeely) Psycho (Elfman) Jason and the Argonauts (Broughton) Torn Curtain (unused score, Bernstein) Cape Fear (reworked 1991 version, Bernstein) Taxi Driver (Original Score, conducted by Herrmann) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,044 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Tallguy said: Midway. It's Zero Hour to 1941's Airplane. Woah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 A nice score that suit perfectly the masterpiece that is the movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 The Hangover Trilogy by Christophe Beck A really fun score with a nice presentation of the highlights of the three movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,457 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 IT'S FRIDAY! A little trip to Peter Jackson's Middle Earth's World! Fellowship of the Ring (OST) The Two Towers (OST) Return of the King (OST) A Selection from The Hobbit Trilogy (Inspired by the Prague Philh O album program, it will be my introduction to the 3 scores!) Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted September 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2021 Sphere by Elliot Goldenthal Never listen to that one before. What a shame because it is trully wonderful. There some Alien3 ideas here and there but with all the liberty that he couldn't have when scoring a sequel. Bespin, Tom Guernsey, Marian Schedenig and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,089 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, May the Force be with You said: Sphere by Elliot Goldenthal Never listen to that one before. What a shame because it is trully wonderful. There some Alien3 ideas here and there but with all the liberty that he couldn't have when scoring a sequel. Top shelf Goldenthal, and my personal favourite of his. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,044 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Jake Kaufman - Shantae Half-Genie Hero Woops, I meant to play Pirate's Curse but played this by mistake. It's just not as good as Pirate's Curse, even returning to it again now after a year of not hearing it, that opinion hasn't changed. Oh well. James Horner - Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (complete) I used to this this was among Horner's best for some reason; I still like it, but the more I familiarize myself with his entire body of work, the lower this goes on the list. It's still good, though! David Holmes - Ocean's 11 (FYC album) A classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jay said: David Holmes - Ocean's 11 (FYC album) A classic! Is there any significant difference with the regular album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,800 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 This is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,044 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 It's significantly different! It contains the entire original score, meaning no Gritty Shaker (since that was an existing composition from his 1997 album Let's Get Killed), no Clair De Lune, no Junkie XL remix of A Little Less Conversation, etc. The OST album likewise features all those and a bunch of other existing songs from the film, TONS of dialogue from the film, and only SOME of the score, a lot of which those dialogue bits play over. So I prefer the FYC album as a whole, but the most satisfying experience is to take it and mix into it Gritty Shaker, Claire De Lune, and Conversation Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I haven't listen to it in a while so I don't recall much besides the incredible track $160 Chinese Man. I don't know though if I would like it without the "911 emergency response" quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,450 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I know a guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,385 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 19 hours ago, May the Force be with You said: Sphere by Elliot Goldenthal Never listen to that one before. What a shame because it is trully wonderful. There some Alien3 ideas here and there but with all the liberty that he couldn't have when scoring a sequel. Yes, it's brilliant. It has a very Adams/Harmonielehre vibe about it at times, but through Goldenthal's unique lens. Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,044 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 6:49 PM, Tallguy said: I'm correcting a mistake. Michael Giacchino - Spider-Man: Far From Home I loved the first film and score. I was a little underwhelmed with the second film. Good, solid film. Just not the home-run that Homecoming was. I guess that opinion wound up unfairly taking the score along with it. This is freaking great! I love the first film and score and actually think the second film is pretty terrible. But I love the second score! On 9/1/2021 at 6:53 PM, Edmilson said: Far from Home is in my top 5 MCU scores ever. I love Mysterio's theme, World's Worst Water Feature is one of the best action cues by Gia and Tower of Cower is very badass. I love the rhythmic theme that shows up in the last minute of Happy Landings then continues through Tower of Cower... So good! On 9/1/2021 at 6:58 PM, Bespin said: Michael Giacchino... as he doesn't conducst himself, I guess he compose on a computer with samples and toolkits? Almost every composer working today, composers on a computer instead of sith a pencil on paper. But all his scores are fully orchestral, with occasional synth lines (performed live with the orchestra) On 9/1/2021 at 8:24 PM, HunterTech said: Brad to the Drone accompanies probably one of the most questionable MCU scenes, yet I find it a banger of a cue. Right!? On album that track was so over the top, I was wondering what kind of scene it would accompany... Then I saw the film and was like... Wtf? Such a weird scene. But the scene itself is so ridiculous, it makes sense that it's score cue is turned to 11. On 9/1/2021 at 8:24 PM, HunterTech said: 'm quite fond of Power to the People as well. Me too, felt so refreshing somehow. Like it's the perfect way to score that scene, even though it's not a style I ever would have thought of beforehand ~ I think the only aspect of FFH's score that doesn't do much for me is the love theme for MJ, though the love theme in Homecoming didn't do much for me either. Come to think of it, I can't think of a stellar love theme in Giacchino's entire ouvre. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Power to the People is Prep and Landing with web shooters. And I LOVE Prep and Landing. (Yes, I know Spider-Man isn't in that scene. Well... I know it now.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,385 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 If you like the moody cocktail lounge jazz of Mancini and Williams of the 60s, this isn't far removed. And from a Scotsman, no less. I'm not familiar with any other of Keating's work, but this is one I return to now and then when I need some background music for a drink or two. Even if it's rather upbeat at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,401 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Excellent! I especially loved Gulliver's playing around with 18th century forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,401 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 And another very good collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,401 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Gloriously over the top. General sound and some awkward edits cloud it a bit, will look into the Talow. That's a 6/7 for me for the whole set, maybe 6.5. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,457 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 That's work day in Canada, so I have all the day again to listen to music!!! Powell - Solo OST Gerhardt - Empire Strikes Back McNeely - Shadows of the Empire Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2021 This thread made me make a playlist based on playcounts so I didn't keep answering "Star Wars. Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The Rocketeer. Etc." I keep forgetting about this one. And it always makes me say "Wow". Chewy, Smaug The Iron, Jay and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,457 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 21 hours ago, Holko said: Gloriously over the top. General sound and some awkward edits cloud it a bit, will look into the Talow. That's a 6/7 for me for the whole set, maybe 6.5. BTW, I'm happy you noticed the clunky edits even on the new set, because I have the same ones on my old CD of this recording. Nevertheless nothing unusual for a "re-recorded" OST of this era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Ah, my second-favourite Joe Dante score now finally on Spotify: Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Yavar Moradi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,457 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I realize that I have difficulties to listen to a score on Spotify, unless I own it on CD. There's a thing I don't understand about technology! Or maybe it's a thing about psychology! GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,957 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 A nice compilation of Morricone's piano works, both "serious" and from various soundtracks. Released 2021. Yavar Moradi and publicist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,385 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 2017 videogame score. Not on the level of Curry's EVERYBODY'S GONE TO THE RAPTURE (2015), but once she again explores these wonderful choral harmonies. Also, the undulating, piano/string-led harmonies allow a higher degree of identity and structure than most other videogame music these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,282 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 12 hours ago, Bespin said: I realize that I have difficulties to listen to a score on Spotify, unless I own it on CD. There's a thing I don't understand about technology! Or maybe it's a thing about psychology! Same for me. Listening to Spotify for me is like listening to audio samples to help me make a buying decision for the CD. And what do I do with the CD? I immediately create a digital backup on my computer. Psychology. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,355 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 20 hours ago, Tallguy said: That cover looks different from the official?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 913 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Chewy said: That cover looks different from the official?! The logo and "A Ron Howard Film" has been replaced, the image has been made lighter and it's maybe been cropped a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I just found an image on the web so I could post like the cool kids do. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,621 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 The Burps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2021 25 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: The Burps By Jerry Gulpsmith? Edmilson, Not Mr. Big, Kasey Kockroach and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,457 Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 The Burbs is a score I still have to discover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I thought someone said it was available on the streamers now. I've never made it though the film. And I've found that Dante / Goldsmith scores (even ones I adore like Innerspace) can take a little warming up to in their entirety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,044 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Tallguy said: I thought someone said it was available on the streamers now. On 9/6/2021 at 4:38 PM, publicist said: Ah, my second-favourite Joe Dante score now finally on Spotify: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post publicist 4,643 Posted September 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2021 Two recent Varése's came in. LOVE FIELD: After the strains of 'Total Recall' and the less than ample rewards, Goldsmith attempted a 'genre purge', refusing from then on action and horror pictures, looking for the blessings of character dramas (Oscar bait, for the more cynical-minded). The results were decidedly mixed, with JG doing a string of chick flicks that he graced with sweet puppy-dog tunes that weren't always to the best advantage of the films they accompanied. Be that as it may, 'Love Field', written around early 1991, has the advantage of being a solid drama about race relations, so the rampant cuteness is bracketed with more somber material for the movie's stoic black character and the problems he and JFK-mad housewife Michelle Pfeiffer (the movie's set in 1963) encounter. The southern settings also beget us a blues/gospel vibe, a rare occurence in Goldsmith's work and a real shot in the arm for the score. It was released as very short album in 1993, so naturally a lot of Goldsmith's motivic work fell under the table or appeared like random musical ideas. It's by nature not the most exciting music to listen to, but a noticeable asset is the elaborate woodwind writing that recalls Goldsmith's 60's work and is a few notches above other scores of that time (especially in tandem with the deep reverb blues piano). Least pleasant are the typical jagged action moments (The Motel) that fall back on familiar clichés and feel a bit cheap in context, but thankfully they are kept to a minimum. All in all a welcome addition, with a few of Bill Payne's replacement cues, that sound like source music but are a nice bonus (Goldsmith's score got rejected halfway, which happened much more frequently from the late 80's onward). THE EIGER SANCTION: John Williams lone score for Clint Eastwood, and one wishes it were for a better picture. Part campy Bond movie, part tense mountain-climbing thriller, its elements never come together and apart from the breathtaking photography (Utah and the Swiss Alps), it's a rather unpleasant affair, with Eastwood hitting about everything offensive he could find (queers, women, toxic masculinity, and not in a charming kind of way). Williams was hired because he was a hot commodity at Universal back then and had a talent for jazz, a Eastwood favourite, even if the movie wasn't an especially 'jazzy' one. The main theme, a vaguely melancholic baroque affair with a distinctly european flavour, has at best a tangential relation to the movie. Like in the disaster movie's of that era, it was kinda hard to come up with anything fitting, so composers resorted to either locale or some other superficial element to grace them with something memorable (see also 'Cassandra Crossing' for a very similar example). The new Intrada fleshes out the other motivic elements, like the 'Family Plot'-like harpsichord idea that turns up much more often here, as well as the many suspense moments from later in the story, which unfortunately aren't nearly as exciting as i remembered them (resembling Jaws 2, surprisingly). So what we have here is a pop score with a lot o groovy variations on the main theme as a selling point, and single pieces from the fist half of the score - Friends and Enemies, the baroque montage, the fierce car chase, one of the best action cues from that time in Williams' career - as well as the Straussian alpine cues, mainly for the beguiling establishing shots of the Eiger north wall (The Eiger, First Sunset). It's all not particularly deep or insightful, but once you've seen the movie you wonder why Williams took it at all. It's very entertaining, though, once you got rid of the fat and the repetitions. My perfect 70's Williams collection is complete now. Yavar Moradi, Tom Guernsey, Tallguy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,385 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 This is the contemporary Elfman that I love these days (although it's 10 years old by now), not the big action-ey blockbuster stuff. Small indie, soft-strumming guitars, explorative strings, discrete percussion, slightly minimalistic -- breezy and interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,044 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 5 hours ago, publicist said: Two recent Varése's came in. LOVE FIELD THE EIGER SANCTION The Eiger Sanction was Intrada, not Varese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post publicist 4,643 Posted September 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Jay said: The Eiger Sanction was Intrada, not Varese I drop these little inconsistencies just to test your attention. Edmilson, mrbellamy, Bespin and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yavar Moradi 2,517 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 9/6/2021 at 2:38 PM, publicist said: Ah, my second-favourite Joe Dante score now finally on Spotify: My #1 favorite score for Dante! (What's your favorite, again?) 13 hours ago, publicist said: 'Love Field', written around early 1991, has the advantage of being a solid drama about race relations, so the rampant cuteness is bracketed with more somber material for the movie's stoic black character and the problems he and JFK-mad housewife Michelle Pfeiffer (the movie's set in 1963) encounter. The southern settings also beget us a blues/gospel vibe, a rare occurrence in Goldsmith's work and a real shot in the arm for the score. It was released as very short album in 1993, so naturally a lot of Goldsmith's motivic work fell under the table or appeared like random musical ideas. It's by nature not the most exciting music to listen to, but a noticeable asset is the elaborate woodwind writing that recalls Goldsmith's 60's work and is a few notches above other scores of that time (especially in tandem with the deep reverb blues piano). Least pleasant are the typical jagged action moments (The Motel) that fall back on familiar clichés and feel a bit cheap in context, but thankfully they are kept to a minimum. All in all a welcome addition, with a few of Bill Payne's replacement cues, that sound like source music but are a nice bonus (Goldsmith's score got rejected halfway, which happened much more frequently from the late 80's onward). Goldsmith's score was fully finished, but over half of it went unused in the film (and almost as much was left off the original album) -- I'm pretty sure this is a unique example in Goldsmith's output of a score being over half unused, but it still being used at all and his name remaining on the picture. Much of what was lost was development of Lurene's theme, which thankfully avoids the "rampant cuteness" regularly displayed by the score's primary theme. I agree with you that Paul's Theme is the best part of the score (and now with the full work for context before it, I actually like the action cues a lot more because they incorporate his theme within). I also like how you call out his "elaborate woodwind writing" -- my favorite example of this is my new favorite cue in the score, "The Map". The flute in that is absolutely delightful. Bill Payne's America theme is the only part of his music where I don't agree with you that it sounds like source. But I find the whole 17 minutes of his work a very pleasant listen and nice follow-up to the Goldsmith score. It's certainly not a jarring transition even though the Payne cues all lack the dramatic heft of Goldsmith even when he's being cute. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said: My #1 favorite score for Dante! (What's your favorite, again?) Innerspace! (I know, you didn't ask me.) Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,517 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tallguy said: Innerspace! (I know, you didn't ask me.) Innerspace is yours, or Innerspace is his? I think for me the top 5 is: 1. Burbs 2. Soldiers 3. Tunes 4. Explorers 5. Gremlins (2, that is) Innerspace only barely misses out. If Twilight Zone: The Movie counts it's probably in third place. "It's a Good Life" is easily my least favorite out of their entire collaboration, and one of my least favorite things Goldsmith ever wrote. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,450 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Favourite Jerry/Joe collaborations? 1/ INNERSPACE 2/ EXPLORERS 3/ IT'S A GOOD LIFE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,243 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 36 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said: Innerspace is yours, or Innerspace is his? Mine. Man, I could never get into Gremlins 2. I adore the movie. But there's something in there I'm missing. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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