Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Both JAWS, and JAWS 2 were released on a Boxing Day. If released in Summer '78, JAWS 2 would have gone up against STAR WARS, and THE WILD GEESE. In those days, wide releases were not heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Bloody Thatcher! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thatcher? In 1978? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Time travel, mate. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Well she was alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 In 1978, she was leader of the opposition. She didn't seize power - oops, I meant didn't get elected - until May, '79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Her webs of conspiracy were already woven in 78! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon McBride 113 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Phantom Menace Ultimate Edition I don't think I'll ever get tired of this. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Sounds great on the hi-fi. Willow The Pagemaster Apollo 13 The Rocketeer Casper Titanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn by John Williams: The OST album, which is a really terrific listening experience. To my ears Williams really got a kick out of doing his first animated film and while the main theme is perhaps more of a short motto ol' Johnny makes it up with a huge array of other ideas and really fun sprightly setpieces. Just plain playful fun. And now I have that jazzy and kooky main title music stuck in my head. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 3 hours ago, Incanus said: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn by John Williams: The OST album, which is a really terrific listening experience. To my ears Williams really got a kick from doing his first animated film and while the main theme is perhaps more of a short motto ol' Johnny makes it up with a huge array of other ideas and really fun sprightly setpieces. Just plain playful fun. And now I have that jazzy and kooky main title music stuck in my head. His best score from 2011! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 The Remains of the Day by Richard Robbins The Count of Monte Cristo by Edward Shearmur The Golden Compass by Alexandre Desplat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 4 hours ago, KK said: The Remains of the Day by Richard Robbins God I love his Merchant Ivory scores. Remains is great, but I think Howards End is probably his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Remains of the Day remains (pun) my favorite of their collaboration, but the recording is atrocious Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 It's a great score. Basically setting the path for Desplat a good decade before his time, though with more personality, I may even argue. Shame about the mix though. Would have been nice to have the sax parts more pronounced, and could have done without the hazardous volume jumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 16 minutes ago, KK said: Basically setting the path for Desplat a good decade before his time, though with more personality, I may even argue. Speaking of, the last score I listened to is Desplat's Philomena soundtrack, a favorite Desplat release of mine. I love how he went with a circus/carnival-type melody for developing the main theme. It's a nice reference to the location where Philomena's "transgression" occurred and really fits the emotional straightforwardness of the character. Very enjoyable melodies throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 9 hours ago, BloodBoal said: His best score from 2011! Probably. War Horse hasn't "aged" as well for me. Once the emotional bombast wears off, it just feels like a collection of mostly incomplete themes. It's also a really exhausting listen (thanks to the length and aforementioned emotional bombast) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 The Long Goodbye [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (1973) (2012, Quartet Records, SCE046) The jazz parts of this score are so good, that listening to the "whole" score for the first time was a little bit deceiving for me. I even stopped the album before the end.... and I created a playlist to reproduce the 2004 Varese Sarabande CD program instead. Of course, I will give it another try... But I must admit, that even if it was "short", the 2004 CD program is hard to beat! The liner notes of the 2012 release mention that due to the repetitions of the theme and the different sources taken to make this release, they didn't put the tracks in chronological order. The goal was to offer a better listening experience, they wrote. Well, for me, it didn't make it. Maybe I have to put all this in chronological order and give it another try... Does someone here did a chronological list of the cues? EDIT : It's here --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 4 hours ago, Romão said: Remains of the Day remains (pun) my favorite of their collaboration, but the recording is atrocious The film is bona fide fuckng masterpiece! The HOWARDS END score just takes it from TROTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 15 minutes ago, Richard said: The film is bona fide fuckng masterpiece! The HOWARD'S END score just takes it from TROTD. Howards End was made first....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I know. I saw both at the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I think I was misunderstanding what you were trying to say. " The HOWARD'S END score just takes it from TROTD. " That to me implied you were saying that the Howards End score was just copying (for lack of a better word) the Remains of the Day score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Far from it, Stu. Both are truly original, but I really like the Edwardian feel of HOWARDS END. I've got just one question: what are "dry goods"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Return of the Jedi (Anthology) Star Wars: The Force Awakens OST Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Jurassic Park Batman (1989) (OST) Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 War Horse by John Williams: Such a lovely score through anf through and Homecoming is one of Williams' most fluid, joyous and organically evolving end title suites where he weaves nearly all the themes of the score into a musical miniature in such an effortless way. The Ghost and the Darkness (Intrada) by Jerry Goldsmith: One of the highlights of Goldsmith's 1990's output with perfect blending of orchestral, ethnic African vocals, percussion and synthesizer elements. It's exotic, grippingly primal and sweepingly romantic all at the same time and as I have said before its epic quality is only enhanced by the Intrada release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 3 hours ago, Rose Dawson said: The Lost World: Jurassic Park Return of the Jedi (Anthology) Star Wars: The Force Awakens OST Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Jurassic Park Batman (1989) (OST) Because you included BATMAN..."I'm not gonna kill you". Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Star Trek First Contact Star Trek Final Frontier Naïve Old Fart and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,551 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Nice! Q. How many ears does Mr. Spock have? A. Three: a left ear, a right ear, and a final front ear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Dracula (1979) By John Williams On the CD I found at a thrift store and paid 75 cents for! Bespin and Koray Savas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 5 hours ago, Incanus said: War Horse by John Williams: Such a lovely score through anf through and Homecoming is one of Williams' most fluid, joyous and organically evolving end title suites where he weaves nearly all the themes of the score into a musical miniature in such an effortless way. His worst score from 2011! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 4, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2017 A most daring and vibrant work The last minutes are rhytmic Goldsmith brilliance. What a ridiculous text. Ponderous, pretentious, humorless, badly dated. But delivered to perfection by Anthony Hopkins. And Jerry's music has the function of his score to a bad film. Rising far above it, without actually betraying the source it was written for. crocodile, Dixon Hill and publicist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Return of the Jedi OST The Patriot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Godzilla (1998) Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Titanic Return of the Jedi OST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Star Trek: Generations Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The Handmaiden - Jo Yeong-wook It's a more classical score than you'd expect. One could temp it in an English historical drama and it wouldn't feel out of place, and it captures a vivid mood of romance, betrayal, and intrigue. There's a bit of Zimmer, Williams, and Desplat running throughout, and Jo utilizes the influences to satisfying effect. "You Must Be a Natural" and "My Tamako, My Sookee" are some of the dramatic highlights here. An underrated gem from last year. Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 On 1/3/2017 at 0:31 PM, Not Mr. Big said: Probably. War Horse hasn't "aged" as well for me. Once the emotional bombast wears off, it just feels like a collection of mostly incomplete themes. It's also a really exhausting listen (thanks to the length and aforementioned emotional bombast) Granted, I probably haven't given it as many complete listens as you have, and I'm not comparing it to Tintin here, but I adore it. It has so many moments of pure Williams awesomeness. I completely agree with Spielberg when he said in the liner notes that "the Earth was speaking through John with this score." For instance, this moment: I can't say enough about how great this is. There's been a little period of calm after the massive initial Dartmoor theme statement, now there is anticipation in the winds ... and then, at 2:51, the build-up begins. At 2:57, brass plays a frenetic and incredibly exciting line as whimsical wind lines come in over top and lower strings answer with a figure of building excitement. That figure becomes more and more prominent in the next few bars. At 3:07, Williams pauses the movement for just a moment. Then the string figure comes back in earnest with bells or some other shimmery sound -- this is really my favorite moment of this part. It sounds almost like a horse or some other animal is trying to break free from its cage to run free. Then finally we build to the actual running with the glorious theme statement. But it is short, ending with a gorgeous slow piano (?) glissando (?) (apologies if I'm using some terms wrong), which could almost symbolize how the joy in War Horse never lasts too long, always interrupted by financial realities or war. I know the terrific "Plowing" has been widely acclaimed but I think the above moment is just as good. Williams can build excitement so well with an incredibly emotional undertone - other examples are "Farewell and the Trip" (beginning and end) and "Dream Country" (end). And of course the action music in this score, among other things - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, Matt C said: The Handmaiden - Jo Yeong-wook It's a more classical score than you'd expect. One could temp it in an English historical drama and it wouldn't feel out of place, and it captures a vivid mood of romance, betrayal, and intrigue. There's a bit of Zimmer, Williams, and Desplat running throughout, and Jo utilizes the influences to satisfying effect. "You Must Be a Natural" and "My Tamako, My Sookee" are some of the dramatic highlights here. An underrated gem from last year. "My Tamako, My Sookee" is possibly my favorite film cue from the last year. It's really a fabulous piece of music, and stunning to hear in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The above-linked is just another rubbish 'Journey to the Line' clone. Pass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hook by John Williams: Ah the fairytale swashbuckle bombast of this score. So colorful, hyperactive and so sweet it might rot your teeth but full of that Hollywoodian Williams magic that tickle's your nostalgia bone and impresses with the constant flurry of busy thematic interaction of the numerous leitmotifs and heart-on-your-sleeve dramatics that underline the sanctity of imagination of youth and family and make Robin Williams soar as he finds his happy thought and Dustin Hoffman's James T. Hook almost burst with pompous villainy. Remembering Childhood, The Ultimate War and Farewell to Neverland is a classic trifecta of lengthy sequences scored to perfection by Williams, meaning they are wall-to-wall scored thematic goodness. It is a cornucopia of melodic ideas, styles and moods, a splash of vivid colours and nods to the greats of Hollywood's yesteryear (Korngold in particular), a fairystory ballet where Neverland and the Seahawk meet. One of my personal favourites to be sure, the one score that appeals the most to my inner child. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I generally prefer the earlier highlights of the score over the Ultimate War segment. They feel more sustained and developed. I do appreciate how Williams brings together most thematic material in the final battle but it's just so chaotic and overenthusiastic that I find it bit tiring. As you probably know, I'm not a big Hook fan. But I do admit the sheer number of memorable themes (each one of them could be the main one) is just astonishing feat in itself. Hopefully we'll get a proper Matessino album soon enough. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,018 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by Michael Giacchino. By no means great music. But still among the most enjoyable scores of 2016 and one of the strongest Giacchino's scores. It's main fault is Jyn's theme which feels a bit too basic for this franchise. However, Gia applies it skillfully enough for that not to matter too much. I'm glad that he's back to the Medal of Honor territory which feels strangely appropriate for this film (it being a war film). I feel that he betters that sound with this score and it feels more rewarding. He does also honour Star Wars sound and creates just about the only score in this world not written by John Williams that actually sounds like it belongs. Again, not necessarily the best music written for a Star Wars project but it at least feels like it (unlike Joel McNeely's music, as great as it is). All of this is, of course, fan service. But then, Giacchino is great for this sort of stuff. While he proved himself in the film medium already, it is also really funny that among my favourite features scores of his are two that follow directly in John Williams' footsteps. Some of the moments are not that great but the third act itself is really entertaining - some of the best action material of his career.. Not the great work of art but a lot of fun all the same. Which is what Star Wars is all about anyway. And, unlike most people, I don't believe he would have written better music with more time. Maybe Jyn's theme would have been more interesting, who knows. But overall I'd say it's better than most of his scores written in normal time. Plus, he wrote each episode of Lost, still his finest work, in just couple of days. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Haven't listened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I'm just at home with the kids and they're watching some Jurassic World Lego show on Netflix, and immediately I noticed the healthy use of fully orchestrated original JW themes, and actually some really decent incidental action writing. Who's the composer? It's good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Rob Westwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 10 minutes ago, Quintus said: I'm just at home with the kids and they're watching some Jurassic World Lego show on Netflix, and immediately I noticed the healthy use of fully orchestrated original JW themes, and actually some really decent incidental action writing. Who's the composer? It's good stuff! This show? http://jurassicoutpost.com/first-episode-lego-jurassic-world-indominus-escape/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Edit: oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, publicist said: Rob Westwood. That's from the Lego Jurassic World video game, NOT the Lego Jurassic World: Indominus Escape TV series. It seems the TV series is scored by David & Eric Wurst http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6101862/combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 That's what it was. It was 24 mins long. The end credits appeared to use the original JW score, or it sounded damn close to it if it was a rerecording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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