Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Oh please. I hope he's had the "inspiring" stars wiped out of his eyes over the last few years and will do something this election season that's *actually* to the benefit of his country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 He already composed the score for the Goosebumps. Can you ask for more from one man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 His country thanks him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Sicario by Jóhann Jóhansson: I can imagine this working very well in the film but as a listening experience it offers a scant few pleasures. There is a slow burning sense of dread and unease to almost all of this music, which is very effective, but it is not music made for a pleasant listen and in that it certainly excels. Despite there being an effective heart beat suspense rhythm going on during several tracks and a few moments of impressive angry brassy growls here and there, most of this music does not go anywhere, repeating small cells of material or and wafting through the air as atmospheric ambience which I can't imagine I would revisit very often for pure pleasure, no matter its effectiveness in conjuring the feelings of unease for the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Did you like the "Desert Music" cue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 It registers as something different from the majority of the content of the album but it is not a bounty of musical treasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Sure it is! Just not of the type you prefer.We've moved from the hyper-romantic era of film music to the impressionist/minimalist one, just as the history of classical music itself evolved. Obvious musical narratives and "traditional" stylings as necessities is a thing of the past, get over it people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Lets hope we will move back soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Sure it is! Just not of the type you prefer.We've moved from the hyper-romantic era of film music to the impressionistic/minimalist one, just as the history of classical music itself evolved. Obvious musical narratives and "traditional" stylings as necessities is a thing of the past, get over it people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 He's not joking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 No, I'm not… I'm open and loving of all types of music, but I have my preferences. Y'all had your decades of glory, now I can have mine. Don't try to rush it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Zimmer-fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 It's also a bit of a curious statement. As if now all and every music that is somehow wafting away in the backgrounds is part of a new avantgarde. Hacks of the world will be delighted to hear this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Less pressure but still paid the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 It's also a bit of a curious statement. As if now all and every music that is somehow wafting away in the backgrounds is part of a new avantgarde. Hacks of the world will be delighted to hear this!Not what I said! Shitty music is still shitty music….Rosewood by John WilliamsListened to this last night as well.Band of Brothers & From the Earth to the Moon - Michael Kamen (plus many others for the latter)Love this scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Inky still believes in old-fasioned musical values, like theme, melody, development, counterpoint, and the symphony orchestra.Values that have stood the test of time, outliving the madness of zeitgeist and fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 The values that I assume you are decrying have also stood the test of time, you just haven't been aware of them until they entered into film music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I have avoided them! Film music used to be a refuge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 No, it's the great melting pot, the true evolution of every musical style since film is the ultimate art form. All should be welcome, whatever their approach or medium. There's room enough. I'll happy enjoy many diverse things while you lot whine and huff and puff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Go towards the light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 You merely adopted the darkness! I was born in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Chicken Run Cool Running Saving Private Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I wish the extra-terrestrials who abducted Danny Elfman and Tim Burton in the 90s would return them to us and take back their shitty replacements.They can keep Burton.Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 U.S. Marshals by Jerry Goldsmith: A middling action/suspense outing from late-90s shares some of its motivic DNA with the concurrent Star Trek Insurrection but depletes the energy of its main motif thoroughly in the 30 minutes of the album's running time. The ticking metallic echoey synth effects are staple 90s Goldsmith and combined with the edgy piano thumping actually work quite effectively creating a propulsive tension filled mood that drives the suspense forward. The forceful action music itself pummels the listener with endless repetitions of the short main thematic motto on brass, percussion and strings but as a testament to Goldsmith's skills at dramatist the theme undeniably feels like it has come a full circle in the redemptively calm final rendition in Free to go. Solid 3-3½ star material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I've warmed to US MARSHALS over the years. It's blunt and to-the-point but it's also - within the narrow paramters set by late 90's action idioms - surprisingly unique: you are not really going to confuse it with another score, either by Goldsmith or his peers. Given how interchangable a lot of other composer's stuff is in that department, it is actually quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Nice to see the score has finally received the recognition it deserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Best of the 90's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 As I said above the steely suspense music appeals to me the most in the score which is what made me purchase it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Mission Impossible: Ghost Nation Not really doing much for me. Perhaps it just has yet to "click". I do look forward to what Kraemer does next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Mission Impossible: Ghost Nation Not really doing much for me. Perhaps it just has yet to "click". I do look forward to what Kraemer does next.Oh, you mean Rogue Protocol? Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Prisoner of Azkaban This needs an expanded edition so badly. Also, the pronunciation of the lyrics in the Shakespeare-adapted "Double Trouble" makes the song sound like it's about diarrhea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 You mean Chamber of Azkaban? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 No, The Sorcerer's Goblet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Half-Deathly Prince! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Blood (also an alternate title for "Double Trouble") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The Chamber of Hallows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,481 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 My JW's Top 6 of the 2000 & 2010 years- Lincoln- The Book Thief- War Horse- Tintin- Memoirs of a Geisha- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 You need to listen to AI more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Pollyanna by Christopher Gunning: You can find my extended thoughts on the score here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 You need to listen to AI more.Not everything can make it into a top 6. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 When the track record of this director (and composer) almost kept me off listening to this Spotify thankfully put this in my inbox and i am rather enjoying it. MISSION TO MARS it ain't but when you're over its rather conventional musical design (Zimmer, Mansell, Horner et al.) you are left with a well-constructed piece that runs from playful to pathos rather enjoyably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I completely forgot to check out that score. Thanks for reminding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 When the track record of this director (and composer) almost kept me off listening to this Spotify thankfully put this in my inbox and i am rather enjoying it. MISSION TO MARS it ain't but when you're over its rather conventional musical design (Zimmer, Mansell, Horner et al.) you are left with a well-constructed piece that runs from playful to pathos rather enjoyably.I found it anonymous at first, began to think I would like it after listening a bit more, and have returned to not being interested. It's doodling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 When the track record of this director (and composer) almost kept me off listening to this Spotify thankfully put this in my inbox and i am rather enjoying it. MISSION TO MARS it ain't but when you're over its rather conventional musical design (Zimmer, Mansell, Horner et al.) you are left with a well-constructed piece that runs from playful to pathos rather enjoyably.I found it anonymous at first, began to think I would like it after listening a bit more, and have returned to not being interested. It's doodling.But not noodling? Because doodling I can take, noodling is something I can't stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Star Trek and the Final Frontier Thinking about getting one of the expanded edition of this. What's the lyrical/action music ratio in the new material? Because if it's largely the latter, then I might pass on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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