Matt C 455 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 You guys left out Krull. Absolute powerhouse of a score. He hasn't hit those highs (save for The Rocketeer) after the mid-1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Apollo 13 for me, actually. Tracks like Master Alarm, Into the LEm or Dark Side of the Moon make this score for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Just amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I just listened to Far and Away, or the best James Horner score not written by James Horner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 The Passion of the Christ This score has grown on me over the past few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Apollo 13 > Braveheart > The Name of the Rose > Star Trek II/III > Brainstorm > everything elseI really have to give Name of the Rose a proper listen, since you put it among his very best scores. I don't think I've ever listened to it, which for a Horner-fan like myself is simply not OK.You guys left out Krull. Absolute powerhouse of a score. He hasn't hit those highs (save for The Rocketeer) after the mid-1990s.Totally right ! Krull is Horner's version of 1977 Star Wars. Imagine if we would've had a trilogy of Krulls ? What awesomeness that would've been !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 E.T. - The Extraterrestrial (the stupendous complete edit) by John Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Across the Sea of Time. From the first notes, you always know you're listening to John Barry. He was never able to vary his sound much from score to score. (Once, in my earliest days of collecting, I had a cassette with King Kong recorded on one side and Moonraker on the other. I stuck it in my car stereo one night without looking at which side was which. I listened for a minute, and could not tell which score I was hearing. I pushed the button to flip sides, listened some more. Still couldn't tell.) He had, for the most part, a single, elemental aural landscape, full of patient, repetitive, predictable progressions on strings with occasional brass highlights. Nothing much different than that.And yet it's such a beautiful sound. This is a gorgeous, thoughtful score, full of exactly what you'd expect from Mr. Barry—which is exactly what you want to hear when you listen to him. The film was less than an hour long, and he filled it with 43 minutes of music. I've never seen it, but I'd like to now.Horner's best? Oh dear. Hard to tell. I do know Apollo 13 would be up there, high.You guys left out Krull. Absolute powerhouse of a score. He hasn't hit those highs (save for The Rocketeer) after the mid-1990s.These two, plus Glory. Horner's trifecta of greatness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Apollo 13 > Braveheart > The Name of the Rose > Star Trek II/III > Brainstorm > everything elseNah."Brainstorm" > "The Name Of The Rose" > "ST:III" > "Gorky Park" > "Coccoon" > everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I absolutely love Horner's opening track for The Name of the Rose. It's one of the most atmospheric and evocative pieces of music he has written. The rest of the score doesn't quite live up to it, IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Just amazing.Smooth, with a capital smoo! Shire is SOOOOOO underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I absolutely love Horner's opening track for The Name of the Rose. It's one of the most atmospheric and evocative pieces of music he has written. The rest of the score doesn't quite live up to it, IMHOStill, it was a brave undertaking back then (medieval on synths) and there is a delicious bleakness hanging over the whole thing - it never tries to gloss up the surroundings with Hollywood lyricism (which is almost a startling revelation when your frame of reference is LEGENDS OF THE FALL et al.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 With that I can agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Born on the Fourth of July (complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,207 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 "Brainstorm" > "The Name Of The Rose" > "ST:III" > "Gorky Park" > "Coccoon" > everything else. Brainstorm is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Just amazing.Smooth, with a capital smoo! Shire is SOOOOOO underrated.You mean Grusin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Priest Passion of the Christ! Pan's Labyrinth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Penny DreadfulKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 By Krokzeniowski? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Are there any other dreadful pennies out there?And I should revisit Korzeniowski's score for the series. I remember it to be rather atmospheric and steeped in elegant musical shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It's not exactly the most sprawling of scores: recorded with smaller orchestra and quite moody.But there are some things there that are new for Korzeniowski that I really like:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoKZEVLC4wQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUoLHTS4h8whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2or86WlA9EKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR - Bernard HerrmannStill prime Herrmann, and uncommon for him, occasionally very gentle - as it is fitting for Joe Mankiewicz's sweetly haunted love story, in contrast to Hitchcock's often oppressive/obsessive pictures (THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY excepted). The spooky rising arpeggios that open the main title are gripping and when Herrmann uses them later as hypnotic harp solo, it's moody film music heaven. The yearning theme for Mrs. Muir is lovely, though it's for me really the more dramatic and atmospheric stuff that makes this music special to me. One cue of note that doesn't fit right in is 'Andante Cantabile', which plays more like a classical string lament. It's unfortunately missing from the otherwise perfect Bernstein re-recording. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I remember putting this score in a playlist with other new scores before I was familiar with it and when it started to play I was wondering who is the composer of this gorgeous music. Then I suddenly realized it was Herrmann and although there are tell tale signs in the music, the opening didn't feel nothing like the maestro of suspense and psychogical dread and tension I was used to prior to hearing more of his work. Absolutely gorgeous stuff. And Bernstein re-recording is indeed beautiful presentation of the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It's basically Herrmann's TITANIC: just watch the end of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 His most unique and (for me, anyway) moving score. Just listened to it recently myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 QB VII. Currently among my very favourite works from Jerry Goldsmith.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Not one of Basil's best. A little hackneyed, drawing too heavily from the themes from the first movie (Under Steef: Too Brief a Ban). I liked the Steven Seagal song, though.Maybe if we get a full release someday, this one will sound at little better. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Penny DreadfulKarolAfter taking another listen I have to say this is a neater score than I remembered. It has gotten better with time. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Season 2 starts next week. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I'll watch it for Eva Green and Timothy Dalton. Great performances. Let's hope Abel is able to expand upon his previous music. He is still doing the score, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hope he does that too. The show itself might not be exactly top of the line (like GOT or other things like that) but it's decent. Great production values, acting and some gore sell it for me. I'll check out the new season. The River WildKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hope he does that too. The show itself might not be exactly top of the line (like GOT or other things like that) but it's decent. Great production values, acting and some gore sell it for me. I'll check out the new season. The River WildKarolYeah plot-wise they went a bit over the top by including so many famous faces from horror literature but parts (apart from the heaps of gore) are very entertaining and they certainly got the mood right.Tale of a Forest by Panu Aaltio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The Journey Inside by David ShireKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 The Incredible Hulk - Craig Armstrong Life of Pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Depending on who is coming to dinner the life of pie can be a drastically short one.To Kill a Mockingbird by Elmer Bernstein Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Johnny English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,715 Posted April 29, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2015 Quo Vadis by Miklós Rózsa: I keep forgetting how beautiful this Tadlow re-recording of this particular Rózsa classic is. The composer is again no less himself although he delved into the Ancient world for inspirations for this music and what strikes me the most when listening is how musical he is able to keep the entire project. Every cue seems to have a strong internal structure with beginning, middle and end and the source music-like dances for example seem almost concert piece styled in their form (see the suite at the end of the disc for futher elaborations on these musical ideas in true concert setting). This combined with Rózsa's brand of gorgeous melodies for the main characters, full blazing symphonic scoring for spectacle and his trademark Roman marches exuding overveening pride, oppression and military splendour creates an impressive package. Various vocal performances from choruses representing the Christians, vocal solos meant to dub the singing for the actors (including some suitably deliciously delirious off-kilter songs for Nero (Peter Ustinov)) have been recreated with conviction and add to the variety of the score. The music offers some of Rózsa's most heartwarming themes and the score has audible sacral undertones (obviously because of the subject matter) but these only enhance the overall feel of the themes and the score. Producer James Fitzpatrick has compiled various shorter cues wisely into suites, including numerous fanfares for the emperor Nero and his comings and goings as well as for the bloody spectacles of the colosseum, which makes the whole experience a fluid listening experience. Highly recommended to all Rózsa fans and fans of old fashioned sword and sandal epics. crocodile, publicist, Romão and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Couldn't agree more, Mikko. It's pretty much the perfect representation of this score. There are three themes that are particularly gorgeous (Lygia's, Eunice's and Pretonius', all superbly combined in the Romanza movement of the concert suite) , but I also love the various statements (from full orchestra, to a capella) renditions of the ressurection Hymn. And the Ave Caesar/Fourth fanfare for Nero was the biggest revelation for me in this release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Every cue seems to have a strong internal structure with beginning, middle and end and the source music-like dances for example seem almost concert piece styled in their form (see the suite at the end of the disc for futher elaborations on these musical ideas in true concert setting). This combined with Rózsa's brand of gorgeous melodies for the main characters, full blazing symphonic scoring for spectacle and his trademark Roman marches exuding overveening pride, oppression and military splendour creates an impressive package.Beautifully put. QV is one of his greatest epics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 The Blue Max. Hard to believe but this is only my second listen of this score.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 The Blue Max. Hard to believe but this is only my second listen of this score.KarolI should give it another spin. It has been a while as I kind of burned myself out on it when I first got it and listened to it A LOT. One of Jerry's absolute best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I recently watched the movie and it was disheartening how much they shuffled or took out altogether. Goldsmith channels Strauss and Hindemith - the fugal writing and the passacaglia are of the same strict adherence to classical forms as those of Waxman and Rózsa, both his mentors. It's a remarkable work for a composer in his mid-30's. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Today I listened to a playlist on my ipod containing all three Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings releases - but on shuffle.I found myself liking the tracks containing Dangerous Passes the best. What a cool theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 The Living Daylights Dances with Wolves I don't think I like John Barry very much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Yep, those are two of his absolute crappiest scores. They have nothing going for them... Don't know what JB was thinking when he wrote them. Give me the modern masterpieces any day of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 They're both good scores but John Barry in general doesn't do much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Might I suggest you visit the nearest head doctor to get that brain examined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Yep, those are two of his absolute crappiest scores. They have nothing going for them... Don't know what JB was thinking when he wrote them. Give me the modern masterpieces any day of the week. I can't detect a shred of sarcasm in your post. You should be ashamed of yourself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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