Bespin 8,508 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 #HansZimmer 🏴☠️⚔️🗺️🚢💀🔐 Tallguy and Jurassic Shark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,761 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Now, just a damn minute! Where's the thumb?! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,508 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 .... return of the thumb! #JohnWilliams 👧📚👣🌌🍿👑 Naïve Old Fart and JTN 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 1,018 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 10 minutes ago, Bespin said: .... return of the thumb! #JohnWilliams 👧📚👣🌌🍿👑 His best score of the past decade, in my opinion, of course. Bespin and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,660 Posted July 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2023 18 minutes ago, Bespin said: #HansZimmer 🏴☠️⚔️🗺️🚢💀🔐 Good score, awful OST. The bootleg has a lot of great cues that went officially unreleased. And the best part: the boot doesn't include the atrocious remixes! Bespin, Smaug The Iron, Tallguy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,508 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Speaking of bootlegs... Has this FYC release been shared yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,553 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 1 hour ago, JTW said: Do you think Elfman should’ve gotten the Oscar for it? The more I listen to X-MEN, the more I miss Michael Kamen. This is a sensational score. Has all the K-Men (hehe) touch and some clever electric elements, and several bombastic and badass cues. I LOVE the ethereal “The Mutant School”. And the final confrontation between Magneto, Logan and Rogue is some of the best action music I’ve ever heard. I wish we’d gotten another X-Men score by Kamen. He left us way too soon. A seriously underrated score. And for that matter, film. And yes, I miss Kamen too. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,508 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 @Naïve Old Fart Have you heard about the BFT? The Big Fucking Thumb! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Tallguy said: A seriously underrated score. And for that matter, film. I don't think I have heard it. (except in the film, ages ago) I will follow your recommendation and check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,553 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Bespin said: @Naïve Old Fart Have you heard about the BFT? The Big Fucking Thumb! Hey, whatever goes on with consenting digits is none of my business. Naïve Old Fart and Bespin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 This videogame score from 2000 is something to get lost in, in a positive sense. Part ethereal and bittersweet, part experimental, always eclectic -- typical of the late Japanese master. He was tapping into what was happening on the electronic scene at the time here, but in his own unique way. One of my top 10 favs of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,761 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 7 hours ago, Schilkeman said: His best score of the past decade, in my opinion, of course. Ah! Back 2016, when JW was just a whippersnapper, of 85 years. Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thestat 359 Posted July 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2023 Silvestri's Judge Dredd - this was the key track missing from the original release, which somehow formed the end credits? Anyways, brilliant 1995 music with the Goldenthal horns making an appearance. David Arnold's Stargate set the bar so high for 90s Carolco orchestral adventures that Silvestri had to go an adapt his previously dry style to the massive orchestral force that comprises Judge Dredd - Silvestri before 1995 sounds very very different. And a lot of scoring moved to the Arnold school of massive orchestral forces - see Cutthroat Island, Twister filmmusic, JTN and Edmilson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, thestat said: Silvestri's Judge Dredd . Love many moments in this score! And I love the film too (apart from the comic sidekick). I wish it was released on 4k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestat 359 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Patrick Doyle's Indochine - a fantastic, massive orchestral score, great themes. fantastic orchestration: filmmusic and JTN 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 21 minutes ago, thestat said: Patrick Doyle's Indochine - a fantastic, massive orchestral score, great themes. fantastic orchestration: Love this score too and the film! * * * One of the better scores by Isham, for strings mainly. The thing is, I cannot pinpoint any particular style with this composer. Can any? bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,660 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Silvestri's Judge Dredd is a very entertaining score indeed. I find it better than Eraser. bruce marshall and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 It's curious how Maurice Jarre of Lawrence and Zhivago, turned to synth scores in the 80s. Although I'm into traditional orchestral scores, I kinda like this. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,660 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Decent and well written, but still somewhat generic, like a by-the-numbers Horner fantasy score. According to Wikipedia, this movie came before The Matrix, which explains why it's somewhat anonymous. I love Davis' Matrix scores and like House on the Haunted Hill and JP3. Are there other scores from him aside from those that you'd recommend? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Are there other scores from him aside from those that you'd recommend? I love his Beauty and the Beast TV series scores! It's in this cd along with Hyperspace which I don't remember if I have listened to. Edmilson and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,275 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 9 hours ago, filmmusic said: I don't think I have heard it. (except in the film, ages ago) I will follow your recommendation and check it out! You mean my recommendation? 1 hour ago, filmmusic said: It's curious how Maurice Jarre of Lawrence and Zhivago, turned to synth scores in the 80s. His son is Jean-Michel Jarre… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 hour ago, JTW said: You mean my recommendation? Ah, yes, sorry... 1 hour ago, JTW said: His son is Jean-Michel Jarre… Yes, I know.. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,761 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 5 hours ago, filmmusic said: Superb! An absolutely brilliant score, from a terribly underrated film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 7 hours ago, filmmusic said: The thing is, I cannot pinpoint any particular style with this composer. Can any? There are some recurring features. As a trumpeter and jazzer, those elements are obviously prevalent in many of his scores. There's also the whole "New Age" aspect (and his long association with the Windham Hill label). But he can write orchestral scores too, like the best of 'em. He's simply a very chameleon-like composer, a quality I didn't recognize properly in my formative years. 6 hours ago, filmmusic said: It's curious how Maurice Jarre of Lawrence and Zhivago, turned to synth scores in the 80s. It actually has little to do with his son Jean Michel, as previously alluded to. Although they reconciled in the end, they weren't really on speaking terms for many, many years, including the 80s. Maurice had left the family for Hollywood when JM was a kid, and it took a long time before he forgave him for that. Some of this is recounted in the brilliant "Making the Steamroller Fly" documentary featured on JMJ's Moscow DVD. But of course, Jarre sr. must obviously have been aware of his son's success, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of those synth excursions in the 80s (which range from terrible to the really good, like JACOB'S LADDER) in some way or form was influenced by what he picked up from his son. Annyways, now playing: Just a bit of morning Morricone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,112 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 8 hours ago, Edmilson said: Decent and well written, but still somewhat generic, like a by-the-numbers Horner fantasy score. According to Wikipedia, this movie came before The Matrix, which explains why it's somewhat anonymous. I love Davis' Matrix scores and like House on the Haunted Hill and JP3. Are there other scores from him aside from those that you'd recommend? I would certainly recommend this one: Obsession by Bernard Herrmann. Listening to the original album recording, as presented on the recent Phase 4 set. In genuinely feel this is one of Herrmann's finest achievements and the 40-minute album is terrific. I also enjoy both the Music Box and Tadlow albums and it must be said the music as heard in the film is pure magic. Herrmann wrote quite a lot of music for thrillers like this, this is one of the few that really reaches those kind of dramatic heights, elevating the silly story into truly mythic proportions. While the plot itself is really silly, the music makes you think you are experiencing a truly profound Greek tragedy. And, as such, it is not quite unlike composer's magnum opus Vertigo. Karol Edmilson and Tom Guernsey 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,761 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Thor said: Just a bit of morning Morricone. Ooh! Morning Morricone, and midnight John Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I am not familiar with Schifrin. I have listened only to a few soundtracks, and I don't remember much, apart from the theme to Amityville Horror. This was cool! Can anyone recommend anything else from him? (apart from Bullitt, Enter the Dragon, THX 1138 and the 2 I mentioned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 30 minutes ago, filmmusic said: I am not familiar with Schifrin. I have listened only to a few soundtracks, and I don't remember much, apart from the theme to Amityville Horror. This was cool! Can anyone recommend anything else from him? (apart from Bullitt, Enter the Dragon, THX 1138 and the 2 I mentioned) MANNIX is my alltime favourite of him. And -- contrary to most others' opinion -- NOT the original album from 1968, but the new, rerecorded one from 1999. Both are good, but the latter takes the cake for me, due to its lush sound. A couple of other fine compilations/rerecordings include THERE'S A WHOLE LALO SCHIFRIN GOIN' ON and the JEAN MICHEL BERNARD PLAYS LALO SCHIFRIN. Also, GONE WITH THE WAVE is gorgeous; coupled with Williams' DIAMOND HEAD on FSM, so presumably you already own this. I'm sure you're familiar with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE too, even if you didn't mention it in your post. Other favs include RUSH HOUR, COOGAN'S BLUFF, SOL MADRID, THE FOUR MUSKETEERS and THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND. filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,761 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 39 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Can anyone recommend anything else from him? I agree with @Thor, about THE FOUR MUSKETEERS. I would add THE EAGLE HAS LANDED, VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED, and ROLLERCOASTER. filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 21 minutes ago, Thor said: Also, GONE WITH THE WAVE is gorgeous; coupled with Williams' DIAMOND HEAD on FSM, so presumably you already own this. Yes, I own it, but again I don't remember anything. I am not sure if I have played it to tell you the truth. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,499 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 22 minutes ago, Thor said: Other favs include RUSH HOUR Then rather go for Rush Hour 2. That is the orchestral version of Rush Hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Just now, filmmusic said: Yes, I own it, but again I don't remember anything. I am not sure if I have played it to tell you the truth. hehe Give it a go! It's one of those albums that are pretty much perfect background music for a loungey cocktail party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Thor said: Give it a go! It's one of those albums that are pretty much perfect background music for a loungey cocktail party. Have you listened to Schifrin's Planet of the Apes? Or you do not recommend it? GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Have you listened to Schifrin's Planet of the Apes? Or you do not recommend it? Yes, I sampled it ages ago, when FSM did their POTA releases. Didn't do much for me, even though I have a very nostalgic connection the series -- moreso than the films -- as it aired on Super Channel in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,558 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 hour ago, filmmusic said: I am not familiar with Schifrin. I have listened only to a few soundtracks, and I don't remember much, apart from the theme to Amityville Horror. This was cool! Can anyone recommend anything else from him? filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,499 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, filmmusic said: Have you listened to Schifrin's Planet of the Apes? Or you do not recommend it? A rejected score or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,558 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(TV_series) GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, Jay said: well, if it had a release too, it would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,508 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 #DannyElfman 🔥👹🌌🔨💥 JTN and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,761 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Is that a crack in the case, I see? 1 hour ago, filmmusic said: Can anyone recommend anything else from him? If it's non-film stuff that you want, check out his many jazz albums. I like BLACK WIDOW, and TOWERING TOCCATA. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,276 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Thor said: MANNIX is my alltime favourite of him. And -- contrary to most others' opinion -- NOT the original album from 1968, but the new, rerecorded one from 1999. Exactly my main recommendation as well. There's some cool stuff on the FSM box as well (which I expect is very hard to find these days), including The Cincinnati Kid and something else that sounds a lot like Jaws (but came before that). The Dirty Harry scores are fun as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Ok, I'm just listening now: It's quite good to pass your leisure time, but the problem I have with such music is that it doesn't feel like film music. It's like source cues and I'm more into the other kind of film music. One reason that Cinderella Liberty hasn't been played much in this household! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,761 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Ok Bes, what's so about my last post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 1 hour ago, filmmusic said: It's quite good to pass your leisure time, but the problem I have with such music is that it doesn't feel like film music. It's like source cues and I'm more into the other kind of film music. One reason that Cinderella Liberty hasn't been played much in this household! We try and we try, but we can't seem to find something you like! In all seriousness, I dig the fact that you explore these things. Keep it up! filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,916 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Thor said: We try and we try, but we can't seem to find something you like! In all seriousness, I dig the fact that you explore these things. Keep it up! Well, you know by now what I like.. hehe And it's not that I didn't like it! It's just that it plays more like lounge music than film music. Same thing with most scores by Mancini. (and I love many of those) Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Fair enough. He, he....I inspired myself to play this again by recommending it to filmmusic above. Sweet chill! Perfect for what looks to be a great, sunny summer day in the Norwegian capital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,499 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 12 hours ago, filmmusic said: Well, you know by now what I like.. hehe And it's not that I didn't like it! It's just that it plays more like lounge music than film music. Same thing with most scores by Mancini. (and I love many of those) I said it somewhere else. The term film music is misleading as a name for a musical genre as film music can be almost any kind of musical genre. So you @filmmusic should probably rather define what genres you are looking for. Anyway, from previous discussions and based on your recommendations and reactions on scores, I think, we both have a big overlab on what kind of movie soundtracks we like. You have got good taste as far as I am concerned. filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 EASILY the best film score of 2002. Haunting, introspective. I remember when it came out, I was gobsmacked and impressed by what Gerrard could do on her own as a film composer, not just a singer for other composers. (Look away, filmmusic, this is not for you!). JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,258 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Haven't heard it, but I doubt it's better than The Hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,701 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 13 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Haven't heard it, but I doubt it's better than The Hours. Oodles more rewarding. What should be more shocking to film score fans is that it also beats out LOTR 2, HARRY POTTER 2, ATTACK OF THE CLONES, MINORITY REPORT, SIGNS, THE TIME MACHINE, SPIDER-MAN, MIB 2, THE BOURNE IDENTITY, ROAD TO PERDITION, FRIDA, FAR FROM HEAVEN, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN etc. etc. All superb scores, but not as good as WHALE RIDER, IMO. Outrageous, innit? GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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