#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Some quite groove stuff in that score. I enjoy the faux baroque sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Depending on the musical style used, the main theme goes from 70s dated to timelessly groovy in the space of a couple of tracks. File that melody under 'easy listening'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 1 hour ago, Quintus said: I felt like something a little different this morning so I listened to The Eiger Sanction. Old school Williams orchestration sparsity (better for album listens than his ultra sophisticated modern sound), some chilled jazz and a bit of prog rock in the middle made my final drive to work before the break much more enjoyable than it might have been. A dated but diverse 3 out of 5 score. It's a great little score to be sure. A bit of jazz and a bit of Baroque thrown together with the pop-ish sounds of the 1970's. It makes for a nice listening experience. Remains a curious but listenable souvenir of the time. Wyatt Earp by James Newton Howard (LLL 3 disc mammoth release) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hopefully, I can someday add this score to my collection. Varese, please, re-release this one. The Hateful Eight. Undoubtedly the second best score this year (although it might share top spot with Williams). Morricone is the master of suspense, perhaps as good as Herrmann. No big themes here, just collection of small motifs. I haven't yet listened to the dialogue tracks or song. My iPod features only 51 minutes of score. It might be a tad repetitive this way but the music is so good anyway that I don't mind. Karol - who listened to Quartet's Total Recall before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I have been having a hard time getting through The Hateful Eight. It is so repetitive that I just turn off while listening to it and pay attention to other things. I'm sure it will work well in the film, and it is extremely texturally interesting, at least in its base elements that are repeated over and over. I don't think it will have any shot at edging out my favorites this year: TFA, Jupiter Ascending, or Wolf Totem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I can't stop. Help me... The Force Awakens nightscape94 and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Star Trek: First Contact Godzilla (1998) Star Wars: The Force Awakens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The Mastered in 4K BD of Godzilla '98 looks great! It beats out the horrible mastering on the G'14 BD which is guilty of leaving the brightness down way too low - it looked much better in the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Dean Devlin said that the Blu-ray of Godzilla was the way it was originally supposed to look. It's on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,346 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 ET, he is talking about the new Godzilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 To clarify, Godzilla '98 on BD looks great. But Godzilla '14 on BD looks awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The Rapture - Thomas Newman Shit, how the hell did it take me so long to really discover this incredibly crafted score? Newman has soooo much ability that he is apparently only very rarely willing or permitted to utilize. A real revelation. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Sea Hawk The Pagemester Star Wars: The Force Awakens The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms The Polar Express Karol Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Batman Returns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 After I play for midnight mass, I think we're gonna get drunk and watch Eyes Wide Shut, as usual. Is the backwards priests thing Christmas music? I think it's becoming Christmas music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I love Eyes Wide Shut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I like to do it as a double feature with Generations, as unexpected Christmas movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 That's right. My favorite Christmas movies are Batman Returns, Star Trek Generations, Eyes Wide Shut and Love Actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Oh I forgot Love Actually. That one is good too. And Serendipity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 BASIC INSTINCT - Jerry Goldsmith Never having owned an useful upgrade of the old Varése - save for a suspicious bootleg - i leaped at the 2015 release from Quartet in vain hope that's the final verdict on Goldsmith's most predatory lascivious score. While Goldsmith was on an albeit short perfect album streak at the time (MEDICINE MAN? RUSSIA HOUSE? GREMLINS 2? TOTAL RECALL? Even lessers like SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY and FOREVER YOUNG? All releases that ranged between 38 and 60 minutes and were perfectly assembled), the score to BI remains the most important JG creation of the 90's in terms of peer and audience recognition and it took a great deal of labor pain to arrive at its now seemingly obvious balance of chilly strings and sensual dread. So having it now unfolding in 75 minutes means getting into a few areas that idiomatically weren't covered by the old Varése and which help to break the Tramell spell, so to speak, as the old album was solely concentrated on scenes revolving around Sharon Stone or her influence. The new tracks are not strictly necessary but having 'One Shot' and 'Beth and Nick' and especially the remaining Stone cues, 'Catherine and Roxy' and 'Don't Smoke' still has its perks, listening-wise. It's all very lean, Goldsmith by this time had become disinterested in showing off, entering the John Barry-phase of his career, but even with the very focused orchestral resources he still is able to generate a sometimes almost baroque feel of opulence, like the electronic harpsichord playing underneath the icy high strings of the 11-note 'in motion' theme for Michael Douglas's character that gives way to a perfect wedding of woodwinds that lap around a little string cadenza when we first see Sharon Stone turning her face towards us - a moment that easily could've turned into parody in lesser hands. There has been said all that needs to be said about the mischievous application of the string orchestra simulating an epic (and dangerous) sexual intercourse - pre-cum may be dripping out of your speakers at the 3,5 minute mark in 'Pillow Talk' - and frankly, the movie owes Jerry big time, Sharon Stone should lay flowers on his grave once a week. But he got a lot of recognition for it that was richly deserved. Given his fondness for Verhoeven we can bemoan the latter's decline and especially losing the elusive Carolco follow-up, 'The Crusades', an expensive Ahnuld spectacle on the crusades that was scrapped for - brace yourself - 'Cutthroat island'. Having Goldsmith score a Verhoeven flick with christian knights in Jerusalem, you know, it boggles the mind. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Home Alone (original album) Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 23 hours ago, TheGreyPilgrim said: Is the backwards priests thing Christmas music? I think it's becoming Christmas music. I suppose in the same way Die Hard is a Christmas movie, sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Batman Returns Love that "Super Freak" source track! crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 John Barry's The Lion In Winter -and the Star Trek Generations expanded that I got the other day. Can't help but feel the strength of Generations is in the action pieces (Outgunned, The Crash etc) and the overture. Prisoner Exchange/Time Is Running Out and others feel a bit plain and same-y when you compare to say Star Trek V which has tracks like Raid on Paradise to Free Minds/The Birth etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I like all the brooding creepy music in that one. Batman Returns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome in Plaid 219 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Home Alone - Never disappoints. The concert suite version of "Star of Bethlehem" is my John Williams desert island piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, and Bryce Dessner - The Revenant Didn't find anything here interesting at all. Still looking forward to seeing the film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 That one score John Williams did this year. It's not bad. Karol Gnome in Plaid and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 It's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I love the 40 minute version! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I've tried editing it down to a 40 minute album in the style of the ROTJ OST, but it didn't work for me. I want more. And I know I shouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I did. Made it to 42 minutes. 1. Main Title and the Attack on the Jakku Village 2. Rey's Theme 3. March of the Resistance 4. The Falcon 5. The Starkiller 6. Han and Leia 7. Scherzo for X-Wings 8. The Ways of the Force 9. Farewell and the Trip 10. The Jedi Steps and Finale Some painful sacrifices had to be made. But I like the way mine is paced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Doesn't sound like a bad playlist actually. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Yeah, I would never choose to do a smaller playlist of TFA, but if releases were limited to ~40, that'd not be so bad. It has all the highlights of the highlights. Though, I might switch Han and Leia out for something else, maybe The Abduction or Torn Apart. Though, having Han and Leia more conforms to the type of musical narrative I think Williams would try to create himself. I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens FYC Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith expanded edit The Empire Strikes Back OST The Empire vinyl is truly the definitive presentation of the score. The sound is tremendous and every subsequent release was a step down for no apparent reason. I also really appreciate the arrangement of the cues. Williams cared fuckall about even remotely following the narrative of the film outside of the placement of the main and end titles. It's a superior listening experience, with bonus clunky analog edits. It's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 The ESB 2LP program is great and I'm excited it's coming out in digital quality soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hopefully, it's a good remaster. I also listened to the ROTJ OST. Jedi is an even longer score and curiously, an even shorter and more concise album. I did skip "Lapti Nek". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 3 hours ago, Jay said: The ESB 2LP program is great and I'm excited it's coming out in digital quality soon I'll have to make a CD-R of it, print out a high quality cover with an artstyle similar to the old Polydor releases of the 80s, and put it on my shelf with my other SW OSTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I was planning to use inserts from the old CD release and put them in a fat 2 CD case similar to the Polydor Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 It would require some redesign to accommodate that fat 2-CD case. Plus accurate tracklisting, and barcode to create the illusion of authenticity. And I would be very strict that the design must adhere to the Polydor aesthetics of the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Having finally started to play Halo 5, I've had a complete reversal in opinion of the music. I don't know what the hell I was doing when I listened initially, but I was way wrong in my assessment. This is very fine music, very fine. I have to approach the album again obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 John Williams - Empire of the Sun (OST) Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Assassin's Creed Syndicate by Austin Wintory Home Alone by John Williams Star Wars the Force Awakens by John Williams The 33 by James Horner Mr. Holmes by Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight by Ennio Morricone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Inky, what are your thoughts on The 33? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 1 minute ago, Jay said: Inky, what are your thoughts on The 33? It is a rather subdued swan song from Horner. Undoubtedly it was the way to go for the film but on the album it takes some listens to really appreciate and to be honest doesn't leave that strong an impression. 3 to 3½ stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Interesting. I've yet to listen to it.... kinda don't want to yet because its his last score. Almost still can't believe he's gone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 15 minutes ago, Jay said: Interesting. I've yet to listen to it.... kinda don't want to yet because its his last score. Almost still can't believe he's gone.... The music is very subdued and small. There is an ethnic Andean folksy element to it that might or might not appeal to everyone and the emotion is carried often by solo ethnic flute or guitar alone. There are some genuinely wonderful small moments hidden in there, solo instrument sections for harp and flutes and even guitar that show why Horner was so respected and knew his stuff when it comes to the scale and requirements of a film and how to communicate emotional narrative through his music. Very familiar and very Horner as his staple instruments (e.g. shakuhachi) and melodic devices appear often enough and he combines these with some synth work in the similar manner as he did in say Avatar. Done with his usual mastery of the craft but doesn't pack a huge punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Do we know this for sure that it was the last score he recorded? The airplane documentary was supposed to be also getting a soundtrack release. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thats a lovely score! Was glad I caught the movie in Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I can't wait to hear the soundtrack album. But since the release is supposed to coincide with DVD/Blu-ray release of the film, it won't happen until late 2016. If we are to believe the film's official website. So we have still one more new James Horner album coming. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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