A24 4,335 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 This 'Blade Runner Blues' is more Blade Runner than Blade Runner. It would have been perfect if the Fender Rhodes has some reverb on it. Tallguy, bruce marshall and Naïve Old Fart 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 I find it a bit strange when folks complain that the " complete" score hasn't been released considering what has been released is more music than was in the actual film "BRB" is one example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,335 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Indeed. The original Vangelis track is super long (10 minutes?) and only the first few notes are being used. I don't think the opening credits/Prologue music has ever been officially released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 No. That's why the boot is essential. I believe " On the Trail of Nexus 9" also contains more music than was used in the film. I find Vangelis versions of BRB, OTTONN, and " Roy Duels Deckard" to be far superior to the drawn out versions on the boot. Also " Bicycle Riders" while a lovely piece, appears for only seconds in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,335 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Also " Bicycle Riders" while a lovely piece, appears for only seconds in the film. But that's not Vangelis so I understand why it's not on a Vangelis album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Just now, AC1 said: But that's not Vangelis. I know. But the full- length version is on the boot and some folks want it on a mythical" complete score" CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Personally, I would love a clean Bicycle Riders", and clean "Snake Pit" cues. I still say that the best version of the score, is on the (Polish? East European, anyway) boot. "Wounded Animals" is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 My version is the best version. Although, it's missing " Morning at the Bradbury" A fanatic.BR fan spent years producing a complete version of the score as it is used in the film. It's pretty unlistenable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Bicycle Riders Just see what you done to the church of the American Indian? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 This morning... Home Alone, the Deluxe Playlist! Once and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,392 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 I dabbled a bit in Charlie Brown Christmas last night. Truly a classic. You know, I haven't broken out The Polar Express (score or film) this year. One of my all time favorites. (What's the last score you plan on listening to?) Jaws. You know, this ones not half bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Tallguy said: I dabbled a bit in Charlie Brown Christmas last night. Truly a classic. Jaws. You know, this one's not half bad. Tru, dat..x 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 On 14/12/2021 at 4:50 PM, LSH said: Love this one, it’s gorgeous. Young in quiet drama mode is something I want to hear more of. This, Murder In The First, The Hurricane and Something The Lord Made all demonstrate his ability in this area. However, I would like to know the circumstances surrounding its rejection and Deborah Lurie’s subsequent hiring. I understand the film sat on a shelf for a good while before its release but Lurie’s replacement score - competent but ultimately inferior - doesn’t exactly explore new ground. Tonally, they are both very similar… so why replace? It's a wonderful score. THE SHIPPING NEWS and MURDER IN THE FIRST are probably my favourites among this kind of pastoral Young. Alas, I can't help you with the query regarding the rejected score; just wanted to second the recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Here we go, Home Alone 2 Deluxe Playlist. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Probably the most american vatican music ever. But then Moross remains to me the most quintessential american composer, just a tiny notch below Copland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Vatican II I hope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ForestMusic 31 Posted December 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2021 Philosophers Stone has one of the greatest scores and I've been listening it all day! (It's just soooo magical!) Other than that, Zimmer's "Illuminati" score is also really cool! (Especially the religious choir and bells!) Once, Positivatee and Tallguy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 If you say you like a JW and a Zimmer score in the same post, don't expect "Likes"! Naïve Old Fart, Tallguy and Disco Stu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 19 minutes ago, ForestMusic said: Philosophers Stone has one of the greatest scores and I've been listening it all day! (It's just soooo magical!) Other than that, Zimmer's "Illuminati" score is also really cool! (Especially the religious choir and bells!) Liked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Tsk Tsk tsk!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 12 hours ago, Bespin said: If you say you like a JW and a Zimmer score in the same post, don't expect "Likes"! Too late. He's already got two of 'em. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,392 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Too late. He's already got two of 'em. I'm with you, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 The film was recently put out on Netflix, so I watched it again. It had been many years. I still think it's a bloody good film. Yes, it has that "Western Saviour Complex" written all over it, but much like Scott's BLACK HAWK DOWN, Fuqua counters that with lush, juicy images and a forward momentum with great pace. It had been many years since I listened to Zimmer's score too (with Gerrard's vocalisations, very much a thing at the time), but it holds up very well. Sincere, visceral, haunting. Zimmer is at his very best when dealing with ethnic instrumentation. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,392 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Spider-Man: Far From Home. Hey, you people are right! This is a pretty snazzy score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I like the action ostinato that shows up halfway through Happy Landings and continues in Tower of Cower Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Smooth film noir stylings with prominent jazz and sax, this obscure computer score by Harold Faltermeyer from 1997 has gone unnoticed by most. But I dig it! publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 The sound upgrade alone is worth the prize of the new LLL, not counting the obvious allure of the music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Wiseman's THE MUSIC OF KINGS & QUEENS is one of this year's highlights. Alas, it's not a film score. So I took another listen to this rare 2013 promo instead (and sorry for the bad cover; it was the only one I could find). More jaunty than pastoral, but VERY English. Only a mere 14 minutes, so a proper release down the line would be nice. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Ozu has always been a favourite director of mine. This impressive anthology 2CD set from 2003 covers a great many of his films, with lengthy selections from each. Some of the earliest selections on disc 1 (from his silent era, for example) are a bit too scratchy and ancient to provide much listening pleasure, but from TOKYO STORY onwards, the sound is good enough to enjoy. Sweeping, romantic, melodramatic scores by the likes of Masashi Sada, Kojun Saitô and Toshirõ Mayuzumi, capturing the poetic undercurrents of his many family relations. Some with a pronounced Rota/Fellini vibe. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 amazing cue from hans! Thor, Edmilson and Jurassic Shark 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 53 minutes ago, badbu said: amazing cue from hans! Sure is. The whole score is amazing. Edmilson and badbu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (JW) - Clearly the best Christmas score ever. Search your feelings, you know it to be true... but seriously, it's basically the original score, plus a metric shit ton of other new themes. In amongst his many fine qualities as a composer, I think it's the quality of his secondary themes that makes JW stand out from even the finest of his peers and HA2 is stacked full of melodies. Many are so good that most film composers would weep with joy to have written them, but in a JW score there they're just a throwaway theme for a particular moment but are strong enough that in many scores they could be the main theme. I mean, it even had great Christmas carols that could easily be in the standard repertoire, not to mention Merry Christmas x2 which is cheesier than a stilton soaked in port and covered in brie (so, cheesy in a good way), but the tune is insanely catchy and would make a great encore for any amateur Christmas choral and orchestral concert (assuming they didn't screw it up, I'm guessing the orchestral part is a bitch to play). Get Santa (Ilan Eshkeri) - I serve up, as an example of a charming, Christmassy score, full of lovely moments about which I can't honestly remember anything in particular. I mean, I enjoyed it when it was playing but now... not so much. Eshkeri is a fine composer and it's a nice addition to the Christmas scoring pantheon but I'll be buggered if I can remember much about it. The Polar Express (Alan Silvestri) - Having said that, The Polar Express is pretty stacked with themes itself. I wonder if that's one of the benefits of writing a handful of songs. It's pretty much Christmas scoring on steroids (Al definitely wasn't aiming for subtle) and the Elf Processional is like Christmas carol tourettes but it's so gleefully joyous that it's hard not to be swept away by it all. Some fine action writing in there too. This must surely be one of the best scores of the last 20 years to have basically not received an even halfway "proper" release. I can't believe it's not made it out yet. Fortunately, if you look hard enough here and there online... it's not impossible to find. Just make sure you then buy the legit version when it's released or Santa will put you on his naughty list. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi by Charles Gerhardt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (JW) - Clearly the best Christmas score ever. Search your feelings, you know it to be true... but seriously, it's basically the original score, plus a metric shit ton of other new themes. And some relevant new arrangements of old themes. The second half of Arrival in New York is just a workaround for Somewhere in My Memory, but it's still one of the score's highlights. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,392 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York We have two John Williams Home Alone scores. But only one Superman. 7 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: The Polar Express Oh heavens, yes. My son was playing Jolly Old Saint Nicholas for a Christmas concert and it took me right to the sleigh launch scene. The horns in that scene are amazing. 7 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Just make sure you then buy the legit version when it's released or Santa will put you on his naughty list. That is so the plan. Every Christmas I have money in the kitty just in case someone announces it. I know I'm obligated. 😁 I wish all of my obligations were as nice. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: The Polar Express...Just make sure you then buy the legit version when it's released or Santa will put you on his naughty list. In that case, I guess I'm on his naughty list. I have never heard a single note of this score, nor seen a single frame of this film. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,457 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Is The Polar Express that movie where the characters are creepily inhuman and uncanny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Yes. Uncanney valley, as it's called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 16 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (JW) - Clearly the best Christmas score ever. Search your feelings, you know it to be true... but seriously, it's basically the original score, plus a metric shit ton of other new themes. In amongst his many fine qualities as a composer, I think it's the quality of his secondary themes that makes JW stand out from even the finest of his peers and HA2 is stacked full of melodies. Many are so good that most film composers would weep with joy to have written them, but in a JW score there they're just a throwaway theme for a particular moment but are strong enough that in many scores they could be the main theme. I mean, it even had great Christmas carols that could easily be in the standard repertoire, not to mention Merry Christmas x2 which is cheesier than a stilton soaked in port and covered in brie (so, cheesy in a good way), but the tune is insanely catchy and would make a great encore for any amateur Christmas choral and orchestral concert (assuming they didn't screw it up, I'm guessing the orchestral part is a bitch to play). I confess, I never listen to Home Alone 1. Home Alone 2 has it all and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 17 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Just make sure you then buy the legit version when it's released or Santa will put you on his naughty list. The OST was released ages ago and contained all the songs from the movie. 11 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I confess, I never listen to Home Alone 1. Home Alone 2 has it all and more. Interesting. I prefer the score to Home Alone 1, in addition to the new songs of the sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 16 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Interesting. I prefer the score to Home Alone 1, in addition to the new songs of the sequel. Maybe I should add, that I just own the OSTs and there 2 has the additional advantage that it just contains Williams' music while 1 has additional christmas songs, that I am mostly not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2021 Both expansions are very much worth it. The one for HA1 has truly lovely source music arrangements of various carols, and the alternate finale is essential - Williams's take on O Holy Night might be the secret highlight of the entire score. Holko, Tallguy and Tom Guernsey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I think, they are both out of print, aren't they? Quo Vadis - Miklós Rózsa Nic Raine and the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra I just had the choral suite and thought, that gave a good overview. But I was so wrong. This! Score! Is ! AMAZING! Especially the recording. The arabesque tracks are wonderful. The romantic tracks are haunting. At the moment this is my christmas score. Naïve Old Fart and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Yeah, @GerateWohl, QUO VARDIS is a truly great score, and the re-recording shines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 From 2014, this is still one of the best, coolest and most stylish soundtracks for a horror/thriller in the last decade. Not only Steve Moore's brilliant synth score, but also the songs by the likes of Annie (yeah, a Norwegian!), Survive, Gatekeeper, Sisters of Mercy and others. The film is great too. I need to playlist it, though, it's too long. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I love so much the sound of Superman's re-recording conducted by John Debney. Amazing reconstruction of the score! Now a bit of my fave Horner : Cocoon Expanded, Appolo 13 Expanded, Glory Expanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 13 hours ago, GerateWohl said: I think, they are both out of print, aren't they? HA1 is still in print https://lalalandrecords.com/home-alone-25th-anniversary-limited-edition-2-cd-set/ HA2 is SOLD OUT https://lalalandrecords.com/home-alone-2-lost-in-new-york-limited-edition-2-cd-set/ GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Horner’s so good, he can make a superhero score that’s enjoyable to listen to for even someone as otherwise aggressively indifferent to superheroes as I am. bruce marshall and Bespin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 It's weird. I never play Christmas scores the rest of the year, for obvious reasons, but even though I'd like to play other music right now, I feel kinda "obligated" to play them as the season is upon us, to give them the light of day (like that plate at the bottom of the stack that never gets used). Anyways, this is about as warm and fuzzy and kitchy as only a Hollywood Christmas score gets, but done with such finesse, it's always a treat to revisit. Kasey Kockroach and DeltaPupJux 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 I was once recommended this because it contained my beloved "religious sound". Well, it only sorta does. It's not the pastoral sweep, but rather the indigenous stuff that Danna always does so well. So I've rather come to appreciate it for what it is. A different kind of Christmas score. "Veni, Veni, Emanuel" is gorgeous. LSH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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