Bespin 8,484 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Comfort food for your headphones. "Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album". Daniel Hope, Royal Stockholm Philh O, A. Shelley "The World of Hans Zimmer - A Symphonic Celebration". Vienna Radio SO, Zimmer "Celebrating John Williams". John Williams, Los Angeles Philh, Dudamel "The Fellini Album - The Film Music of Nino Rota". Nino Rota, Filarmonica Della Scala, R. Chailly "Music from the Movies". London Concertante Mr. Who 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Joel McNeely) - I can't for the life of me think what made me listen to a score which is an effective pastiche of JW, mixing a few sections of the classic themes with strong new material, with perfect classical reference points (notably a lot of Walton and Prokofiev)... or, why Seth McFarland should have been the music producer for Obi-Wan Kenobi (or, you know, full producer as I doubt he'd have made a show less involving than what they have actually made, so far at least). A MillIon Ways to Die in the West (JMcN) - Since I was on a Joel (not Goldsmith) roll and with Seth McFarland in mind, it seemed only appropriate to give their live action, big screen collaboration another listen. Probably the best western score Elmer Bernstein never wrote; terrifically memorable, energetic main theme and a charming love theme (which sounds a bit James Horner-ish but I can't quite put my finger on what). Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted June 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2022 Joel McNeely is such a terrific composer, it's sad that he doesn't get more projects. We're lucky that he and McFarlane they're a damn good pair Bespin, JNHFan2000 and Tom Guernsey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: and a charming love theme (which sounds a bit James Horner-ish but I can't quite put my finger on what). Hymn from Courage Under Fire. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 1 hour ago, May the Force be with You said: Joel McNeely is such a terrific composer, it's sad that he doesn't get more projects. We're lucky that he and McFarlane they're a damn good pair Indeed. THE AVENGERS is a fantastic score. On 10/06/2022 at 3:17 PM, Bespin said: The Fellini Album - The Film Music of Nino Rota". Nino Rota, Filarmonica Della Scala, R. Chailly Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted June 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2022 Presumed Innocent (Expanded) by John Williams Unlike many here I absolutely don't mind the repetitive aspect of this score, espacially since the theme is gorgeous. This new expansion is really terrific SpaceCamp (Expanded) by John Williams Simply wonderful and majestic (a four + score) Bespin, Holko and Andy 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted June 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2022 E.T. the Extra-terrestrial (LLL) by John Williams (I know nobody elsecould have written it) Perfection! From the scary and tense writing of Far From Home, the melancholic and sweet The Beginning of a Frienship, to the heartlifting and greatest finale of soundtrack, Williams touches every single emotion with absolut brio. bruce marshall, Bespin, Tom Guernsey and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LSH 969 Posted June 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2022 An absolute joy of a score. It's also one of the surprising few that manages to capture most, if not all, of Newman's best qualities. The gorgeous slow ethereal piano-led There Was Snow and Simple Truths, backed with haunting pads and reverby flutes and violin... the jaunty plucky stuff of Angus, Pilgrim's Progress and Hereford Cross... and the soaring brass and strings of Montana, Rhythm Of The Horse and The Very Act Of Being.... all wrapped up in a beautiful Americana sensibility. It's genuinely some of the most 'epic' stuff Newman has written. I really really really hope that he revisits this style at some point in the future; it is very very lovely and moving. Gorgeous stuff. As I understand, this was a replacement to John Barry's score; whether or not it was a 'rush job', this is a small body of work that Newman should be extremely proud of. Edmilson, Tom Guernsey and Bespin 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,474 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 One of my favorite Newman scores ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Edmilson said: One of my favorite Newman scores ever. It's one that I've always loved. But it seems to get better with each and every listen. It's just so haunting, yet invigorating, in equal measure. Interestingly, as a side note, all of the music in the trailer for The Green Mile is taken from The Horse Whisperer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted June 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2022 20 hours ago, May the Force be with You said: Joel McNeely is such a terrific composer, it's sad that he doesn't get more projects. We're lucky that he and McFarlane they're a damn good pair Absolutely, and all those terrific Tinker Bell scores - if only Disney thought to employ him on something a bit more high profile - while Christophe Beck's Frozen scores are pretty great, it's the kind of film McNeely should be up for. He really should have got the Obi-Wan gig... 18 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Indeed. THE AVENGERS is a fantastic score. It is and one where he more clearly pulls away from being a JW imitator as was more prevalent in his earlier scores although on Young Indy, you could hardly blame him, but then Laurence Rosenthal never really did a full on JW pastiche in his scores for the show. 18 hours ago, publicist said: Hymn from Courage Under Fire. That's the one (re the Million Ways love theme) ! I knew it was one of Horner's hymnal themes but couldn't quite remember which one. Couple more recent listens (if anyone is still reading...) The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (Howard Shore) - despite being generally cynical/realist nature, I try to remain relatively positive when I contribute here, but man this was a bit of a slog to get through. I never actually got round to watching the film (the blu-ray boxed set is still shrink wrapped having bought it at our local HMV's closing down sale a few years ago) so maybe my appreciation would increase, but this one feels like one long action cue. There was a discussion elsewhere about how film music is ramped up to 11 in the epicness stakes and this almost feels like that, for like an hour. Sure, it's well written epic music, but it does get tiring by the end. I hope he has more interesting things to do on the upcoming TV show. The 10th Kingdom (Anne Dudley) - Fairly eclectic but decent TV miniseries score from 2000; a nice mix of epic and more intimate material. Congo (Jerry) - Got suckered into reading a clickbait article on Screen Rant (or similar) about how Congo wasn't as bad as you remembered but I do remember it being fairly bad, but if you had a bad movie that needed a decent score, Jerry was usually the man for it. His Spirit of Africa is a fine choral anthem (although I suspect these days, the sentiment in the lyrics might be deemed a bit patronising) although it doesn't feature much in the score generally which is more heavy a mix of action and melodrama. By coincidence I had added Jurassic Park (to mark the anniversary of it being released and to remind myself how much better it is than Michael Giacchino, as if I needed it, after JP was the score that got me into film music in the first place) to play after Congo and it reminded me that Congo was one of those many films where Jerry got lumbered with the pale imitation of a JW scored classic (Superman/Supergirl, Raiders/King Solomon's Mines etc.). OK it's not exactly an exactly a rip of Jurassic Park, but as another Crichton novel adaptation that was clearly meant to cash in on the success of JP, I would still lump it in that category. crocodile, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Have a Great Symphonic Summer! E.T. (expanded) Jurassic Park (expanded) The Lion King (expanded) How To Train your Dragon (expanded) Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Tom Guernsey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 13 hours ago, LSH said: An absolute joy of a score. It's also one of the surprising few that manages to capture most, if not all, of Newman's best qualities. The gorgeous slow ethereal piano-led There Was Snow and Simple Truths, backed with haunting pads and reverby flutes and violin... the jaunty plucky stuff of Angus, Pilgrim's Progress and Hereford Cross... and the soaring brass and strings of Montana, Rhythm Of The Horse and The Very Act Of Being.... all wrapped up in a beautiful Americana sensibility. It's genuinely some of the most 'epic' stuff Newman has written. I really really really hope that he revisits this style at some point in the future; it is very very lovely and moving. Gorgeous stuff. As I understand, this was a replacement to John Barry's score; whether or not it was a 'rush job', this is a small body of work that Newman should be extremely proud of. Happened to have Tuck Everlasting by William Ross pop up in my listening queue and I suddenly thought "this sounds like The Horse Whisperer" and, lo and behold... Winnie and the Tucks is pretty much a two minute approximation of Rhythm of the Horse. It's not that Newman-esque otherwise and is quite a lovely score, but clearly Ross was (I would guess) obligated to follow the temp track rather closely on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,969 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 God Of War - Bear McCreary God, this is such a cool score!! The main theme and action music is terrific!! Peaks Pass, The Dragon & Magni And Modi are my favourites. The emotional moments are also great! Can't wait for the next one! Edmilson and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Tom Guernsey said: Happened to have Tuck Everlasting by William Ross pop up in my listening queue and I suddenly thought "this sounds like The Horse Whisperer" and, lo and behold... Winnie and the Tucks is pretty much a two minute approximation of Rhythm of the Horse. It's not that Newman-esque otherwise and is quite a lovely score, but clearly Ross was (I would guess) obligated to follow the temp track rather closely on occasion. Yeah I have noticed some similarities in the past. Listen to Miles' Story from Tuck Everlasting... ... and There Was Snow from The Horse Whisperer. You're right though... outside of a couple of moments, the rest of Ross' Tuck is not particularly Newman-esque. Nice score overall. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 GIRL FROM UNCLE v.3 Featuring Dave Grusin FSM This is how you program albums, or the way it used to be done when labels gave a s... Each episode is One track. The best cues combined into a musically satisfying suite or medley of five to ten minutes. Smooth transitions employing CROSSFADES - the horror, the horror!😵-and skillful editing. Compare these tv releases to the stultifyingly dull QM releases where EVERY damn cue is included; no matter how short, boring or repetitive! A remnant of a more civilized time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,484 Posted June 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2022 "Summer of '82 please!" Blade Runner, E.T., Conan the Barbarian, Poltergeist! GerateWohl, Tom Guernsey and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,474 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Presumed Innocent The perfect score for a melancholic Sunday night Is this the closer that we got from a all-electronic John Williams score? Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 A-hum. Heartbeeps. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,474 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 That's a pretty underrated score. It sounds like a cross between Elfman's Spider-Man and Planet of the Apes with his own version of "Godzilla/monster music" and some Arab-influenced material. And the main theme is pretty good. Bespin, bruce marshall and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 There's some nice stuff in this, definitely. Bit of a head-scratcher as a concept but still an entertaining album for the most part. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted June 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2022 Apollo 13 (Intrada) by James Horner Terrific score from my favourite Horner's year, I simply love the Launching track LSH, Tom Guernsey and Bespin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,969 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Creed & Creed II - Ludwig Göransson 2 fantastic scores. Big fan of Göransson and the first Creed is the score that made me that fan. The omages to Conti's work but also making a compelling score is a big feat to accomplish and Göransson succeeds on all fronts. The mix of orchestra and R&B/Hip-hop works great. The theme for Creed himself in the first score is magnificent. But in the second score it's Drago's theme that is the standout. Awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 51 minutes ago, May the Force be with You said: Apollo 13 (Intrada) by James Horner Terrific score from my favourite Horner's year, I simply love the Launching track Oh, yes, I love BRAINSTORM bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 I don’t need coffee, just this opening track. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 @bruce marshall BRAINSTORM is all over that APOLLO 13 track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: @bruce marshall BRAINSTORM is all over that APOLLO 13 track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Monkeybone (Anne Dudley) - delightful and quirky score that was much better than I remember it. A shame that Dudley won her only Oscar for The Full Monty which basically riffed on Rocky (which Bill Conti had to then conduct as she went up to get her statue) as she’s written a ton of great scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Don't forget her work with The Art Of Noise, and the wonderful arrangement of Ron Grainer's title music, for Bill Bailey's "Docteur Qui'. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Still listening to Lost World, been falling back in love with it after a long break from film music. I want to check out that thread here again that dissected each cue piece by piece, hope it’s still around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 This one? https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/19455-complete-cue-list-the-lost-world-jurassic-park/ Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I meant this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted June 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2022 GOLDENEYE. I've posted before, and I'll post again; this score is awesome! bruce marshall, Bespin and Disco Stu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 These next few days mark both the 30th anniversary of Batman Returns and the 25th of Batman and Robin. I'm listening to both scores this morning and toasting the memory of when Batman films were fun. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Do you prefer your Batman with nipples or without nipples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 The Kilmer nipples are a nice middle ground Bespin and Kasey Kockroach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Maybe LLL will get to this one someday Score and FILM versions of the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Was surprised and amused at how Debney does practically nothing with this except typical slashing strings for six minutes. Not to toot my horn as I am not a film composer nor do I strive to be such, but I would think a Stan Winston monster exploding would offer something a bit less rigid. Am grateful toward whoever made this video though, always dig seeing stuff like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Christopher Larkin - Hollow Knight I love this score so much, and got the jones to hear it again after the new trailer for the sequel. The thing is, the OST album is a perfectly fine, a very well crafted and arranged highlights collection, as is the later Gods and Nightmares sequel album. But between the two there's still so much music in the game that isn't on either album, not to mention the music is so good, I'd love to hear most of it loop twice instead of just the one time in most album tracks. So I've wanted to make my own expanded album forever but never found the time, and I recently came across one someone posted online. So I eagerly tried it out, but was pretty disappointed. It was poorly edited (like on a technical level), poorly arranged (the evolved boss fight music was appended to the original boss fight music throughout), still missing stuff, and just not satisfying ultimate overall. Luckily it motivated me somewhat to finally get off my butt and make my own, so maybe that will happen soon. Lena Raine - Moonglow Bay I love the main theme, and the quiet / calm/ relaxing tracks here. The more up-beat tracks are fun to, but overall lets to a listening experience of constantly shifting moods. I think I'd like to make a playlist of just the chill tracks and I'll probably listen to that a ton. Raine is back! Various - Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade OST I've listened to this a ton since it came out; Not the whole album as-is, because it's one of the most disappointingly constructed OST albums I own, with tons of off-putting tracks I don't need to hear for sidequests and random stuff mixed in with the great narrative underscore. By cut-down hourlong playlist is great! James Newton Howard - Jungle Cruise I listened to someone else's shorter album cut-down from the long OST album. Hey, this is a good score that really faded out of the conversation pretty steeply after a few weeks. It's worth revisiting, there's some good stuff here! If they make a sequel movie, I could see him delivering a pretty cool sequel score. Kasey Kockroach and LSH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LSH 969 Posted June 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 17/06/2022 at 9:48 PM, Jay said: James Newton Howard - Jungle Cruise I listened to someone else's shorter album cut-down from the long OST album. Hey, this is a good score that really faded out of the conversation pretty steeply after a few weeks. It's worth revisiting, there's some good stuff here! If they make a sequel movie, I could see him delivering a pretty cool sequel score. Yeah, this score does keep rewarding with repeat listens, I've noticed. I really want JNH to move away from franchise stuff however if they make another Jungle Cruise, I'd love to hear a development of his work on the original. Completely hooked on this lately, you may have noticed. I've been having a really stressful few weeks at work and this score soothes me to no end when I get home. Newman... please make more stuff like this! Tom Guernsey, Edmilson and Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Georges Delerue: The Complete London Sessions March Shaiman - City Slickers Alan Silvestri - Father of the Bride Jerry Goldsmith - Medecine Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 THE IRON GIANT Ost program I'm really glad VS put out a DE because it caused me to revisit this score. I've gone from liking it to loving it! Btw Did anyone else notice a musical quotation of the intro from " Theme from SUPERMAN"? You know.." Bump bida, bumpida bumpuda" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 "Bump bida, bumpida, bumpidua"?! What the hell have you been smoking?! bruce marshall and Jurassic Shark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 8,020 Posted June 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2022 He said bumpuda. Pay attention! Karol Jurassic Shark, Naïve Old Fart and bruce marshall 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,474 Posted June 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, crocodile said: He said bumpuda. Pay attention! Sounds like the name for a planet in the Star Wars galaxy. crocodile, Naïve Old Fart and Jurassic Shark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 8,484 Posted June 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2022 Thomas Newman - The Player Joel McNeely - Shadow of the Empire Jerry Goldsmith - Air Force One Expanded Michael Kamen - The Iron Giant Expanded Jurassic Shark, Tom Guernsey, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,287 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Bespin said: Thomas Newman - The Player Joel McNeely - Shadow of the Empire Jerry Goldsmith - Air Force One Expanded Michael Kamen - The Iron Giant Expanded Good choices. And, I gotta say, nice legs! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Don Davis - Jurassic Park III I hadn't heard this score at all in years and years, having never really been much of a fan. I thought after all this time my mind might be changed, but it wasn't. Admittedly part of the problem was that I listened to a rip of the complete version - was it an FYC album? But it was a bad rip that both sounded bad (sounded like poorly made 128kbps mp3 files) and also was cut wrong so the very beginning of each cue actually appeared at the end of the previous track, and then there was a gap. Really took me out of things. I guess I'll go back to waiting for a legitimate expansion to finally give this score another chance. Michael Giacchino - Jurassic World I listened to the complete score leak and damn, it's quite long in that configuration, eh? I had to skip all the source cues because the all rubbed me the wrong way (they work fine in the film itself though from what I remember). I like the score a lot and all its themes, but sometimes these complete leaks can be a bit of a slog especially if there's tons of silence at the end of each tack. Overall though, I was happy to be reminded of how much good stuff this score has. Michael Giacchino - Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom Also listened to the complete version. Somehow it was less of a slog, maybe because of less source music. I appreciate the new themes, and new versions of the themes from the first (World) score, and really like the horror-type scoring and use of choir. I found myself with music from this score stuck in my head way more than the first one. I was happy to revisit these before seeing the new movie, and now I look forward to revisiting that score album! Kasey Kockroach and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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