What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)

[SteveMc 2,674]

The Empire Strikes Back (complete score) John Williams

A masterpiece of the very highest order, etc. etc.  I've never been the biggest fan of the Yoda's Theme concert arrangement, but the way Williams uses the theme's components in the score is really something.  

 

Trumpet Concerto  John Williams

Love to revisit this one. The Harjanne recording this time.

 

 

[Edmilson 7,466]

It Chapter 2 - Benjamin Wallfisch

 

A nice blend between the extreme and highly dissonant horror music of people like Joseph Bishara, a dark fantasy score that could have been written on the 80s or 90s and some emotional music for the Losers. It's a very long album, but there's enough good material here to get a decent playlist out of it. And I really liked "The Ritual of Chud" with its Christopher Young-like epic and dark choirs from hell, and the very touching "Stan's Letter", which has some Alan Silvestri-style of sad strings. 

[crocodile 8,017]

 Ivan the Terrible (complete score) by Sergei Prokofiev

 

I love these two pieces in particular:

 

 

 

Karol

 

[Romão 2,274]

18 minutes ago, crocodile said:

 Ivan the Terrible (complete score) by Sergei Prokofiev

 

I love these two pieces in particular:

 

 

 

Karol

 

 

One of the greatest scores of all time. I'm very partial to Ricardo Muti's recording

[publicist 4,643]

A man greater than all of you combined was fond of this spot:

 

 

[Romão 2,274]

Horner, I would assume

[publicist 4,643]

And it's a good steal.

[crocodile 8,017]

25 minutes ago, publicist said:

A man greater than all of you combined was fond of this spot:

 

 

 

23 minutes ago, Romão said:

Horner, I would assume

 

22 minutes ago, publicist said:

And it's a good steal.

He was unjustly disqualified from the Oscar race due to those outrageous accusation of plagiarism. Thankfully, they recognised his genius and nominated his beautiful original score for Field of Dreams that year.

 

 

Oh wait... wrong clip...

 

Karol

[publicist 4,643]

Tuneful, romantic orchestral score for what is obviously no Dracula doc, for a change. Actually quite an uplifter.

 

3 minutes ago, crocodile said:

He was unjustly disqualified from the Oscar race due to those outrageous accusation of plagiarism. Thankfully, they recognised his genius and nominated his beautiful original score for Field of Dreams that year.

 

 

Oh wait... wrong clip...

 

Hedging his bets. The americana quote overtook the russian one, though 'Glory' is a far superior score in scope and execution.

[publicist 4,643]

There's a strong eastern vibe running through Hildur Guðnadóttir's 'Joker' that wouldn't be out of place in a Tan Dun score, conveying a meditative stillness with only the slightest motion forward. How it relates to that most american subject, the urban comic book, will remain a mystery for me (i wouldn't touch the movie with a ten-foot pole), though it could pass for an icelandic one. It features not enough additional musical characteristics to elevate it above a pure mood piece with a few interesting textures (with 36 minutes, it's at an agreeable length at least) and apart from the lurking quality of its main motif there's just nothing there to hang on to. With tracks 2, 6, 11, 12 and 17 you have a good sample of that.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Zzzzz...

[crocodile 8,017]

 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (the original album)... one of the most baffling John Williams albums ever

 

Karol

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

It's great!

[Bespin 8,483]

[crocodile 8,017]

 Midsommar by Bobby Krlic. Some of it might be bit sound-designy but it's mostly quite well done. Makes my skin crawl in places. But then, the film itself managed to really freak me out so...

 

 

Karol

 

[Fabulin 3,514]

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[Dixon Hill 4,234]

Der Name der Rose - Herr Horner

 

Mystical excellence. 

[crocodile 8,017]

Dario Marianelli day:

 

Atonement

The Boxtrolls

Jane Eyre

V for Vendetta

Brothers Grimm

 

When he's good he's really good.

 

Karol

[Naïve Old Fart 9,534]

4 hours ago, Dixon Hill said:

Der Name der Rose - Herr Horner

 

Mystical excellence. 

Fuckin' A, Dix!

It's his true masterpiece.

[Jay 37,368]

Danny Elfman - Mission: Impossible (OST remastered on LLL)

I accidentally listened to this the other day, instead of the new main score presentation.  First time I've listened to this album in years! It's a very nice summation of the score, and the edit that combines Worse Than You Think into The Heist is brilliant.  But damn, the out-of-orderness is messed up - why program Betrayal before Phone Home?  Why move Love Theme? so early in the program?  Sounds good on the LLL, just as good as the main presentation sounds.

 

 

John WIlliams - The Sugarland Express

 

Listened to this on a whim after the discussion of it recently came up in the Black Friday thread.  It's quite the fun little score - no reason to keep it buried, JW!

 

 

Lena Raine - Celeste: Farewell

 

I've decided this is good for a few one-off tracks as little bonus tracks to the great original album, with stuff in between that's just kind of there.  This never really had a chance to be anything amazing, based on what it is, I suppose.  Looking forward to her next full new score more than ever though.

 

 

James Newton Howard - Waterworld (Complete)

 

An old favorite!  Still my favorite JNH score by leaps and bounds.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

The Big Country (Quartet release)

The Jayhawkers (Intrada)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (FSM)

Grizzly! (Intrada)

The Valley of Gwangi (Intrada)

Symphony No. 1 (LSO/JoAnn Falletta recording)

 

I've been acquainting myself with the music of Jerome Moross, both film and and concert works, over the past month or so.  What a wonderfully charming composer!  The only music I had been familiar with prior was his theme for The Big Country, which is famous among Western scores of course.  His music always has a very satisfying rhythmic, almost dance-like, forward drive to it that pulls you along, the melodies are charmingly folk influenced, and the orchestration is really top notch.  He's also really clearly influenced by Copland, which is what put him on my radar to begin with; he helped orchestrate Copland's earliest film scores (Of Mice & Men and Our Town).

 

His concert works show more of a jazz influence than his scores, and they really remind me of Leonard Bernstein in that respect.  Very glad I explored his music!

[Jay 37,368]

Danny Elfman - Dick Tracy (fan edit made from Intrada expansion)

I dunno, I just can't get into this score

 

 

Eric Serra - The Fifth Element (complete)

 

Wonderful!

 

 

Jake Kaufman - Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

 

Fun!

 

[publicist 4,643]

 

It's this time of the year again...though the picture below is probably a better representation of the story.

 

[Incanus 5,715]

I wish that score would be re-recorded in its entirety or re-released. One of Herrmann's absolute best.

 

Black Dahlia by Mark Isham

 

L.A. Confidential by Jerry Goldsmith

 

Minority Report by John Williams

 

Across the Stars x 4 (during the weekend) by John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter

[Disco Stu 15,495]

1 minute ago, Incanus said:

I wish that score would be re-recorded in its entirety or re-released. One of Herrmann's absolute best.

Held captive by the Fox box!  Although I do find the 70s Elmer Bernstein recording to be a pretty satisfying listening experience.

[Jay 37,368]

Danny Elfman - Batman (Complete)

 

The OST album of this score is brilliant, and a proper fully complete fully in the right order fan edit is brilliant too.  I love this score!

 

 

Basil Poledourig - Starship Troopers (Complete)

 

Boy what a remarkable score.  Perfect action score

 

 

John Williams - Minority Report (Complete)

 

Good suspense music, good action music, sad emotional music, uplifting finale.  Good score all around!

[SteveMc 2,674]

Collage by James Horner

 

Last year when I listened to this piece I was going through a big Horner period, and it sounded fantastic and lovely.  Revisiting it, it is still charming and a most pleasant listen, but definitely feels like a retread of familiar ground.  I do prefer the more rhapsodious Double Concerto.

 

 

[Incanus 5,715]

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within by Elliot Goldenthal

 

Titus by Elliot Goldenthal 

 

Omen III: The FInal Conflict by Jerry Goldsmith

 

The Amazing Spider-Man by James Horner

[Bespin 8,483]

Still the best of the best 1 CD compilation.

 

By Request... The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra (1987, Philips, 420 178-1, Compilation; Boston Pops O/Williams) Olympic Fanfare And Theme*; The Cowboys Overture; Excerpts From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind; March From Midway; Flying Theme From "E.T."; Luke And Leia Theme From Return Of The Jedi; March From Superman; Liberty Fanfare*; March From Raiders Of The Lost Ark; Yoda's Theme From The Empire Strikes Back; March From "1941"*; Theme From Jaws*; Imperial March From The Empire Strikes Back; Mission Theme (Theme For NBC News)*; Main Theme From Star Wars. *Previously unreleased.   (Released in 1987, Philips, 420 178-2)   (Reissued for digital download in 2014, Universal)

[Disco Stu 15,495]

The World is Not Enough - David Arnold (LLL)

 

Gosh this is such a cool score.  I love it pretty much from start to finish, even the climactic “Submarine” has really grown on me a lot since I started revisiting this one more regularly with the LLL release.

 

I love this score and it’s still probably only my 3rd favorite Arnold score for the franchise, he was just such a perfect fit for those scores.  I still wish he was coming back!

[Jay 37,368]

I agree with every single word of your entire post!

 

Except I'd still say it's my second favorite Arnold score, behind Tomorrow Never Dies and ahead of Casino Royale, then Die Another Day, with QOS in 5th place

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

TWINE is a superb Bond score. 

[Edmilson 7,466]

Minority Report (complete)

 

Since this is the movie (and score) of the moment around here, I decided to revisit the leaked sessions. Pretty good! Not easy listening by any means, but a cool combination of Bernard Herrmann, Williams action style of the early 2000s and icy strings that, although far from the warmth of stuff like Across the Stars, it's still very interesting and compositionally intelligent.

[Jay 37,368]

1 hour ago, Stefancos said:

TWINE is a superb Bond score. 

 

I can't get over how much I love listening to this new release.  I have never been more impressed by re-evaluating a score 20 years later as I did with this one!

 

10 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Minority Report (complete)

 

Since this is the movie (and score) of the moment around here, I decided to revisit the leaked sessions. Pretty good! Not easy listening by any means, but a cool combination of Bernard Herrmann, Williams action style of the early 2000s and icy strings that, although far from the warmth of stuff like Across the Stars, it's still very interesting and compositionally intelligent.

 

The session leak is too dry, too compressed, and they forgot to mix in the wailing woman vocals into Agatha Spring Forward.  The score sounds much better properly presented, properly lossless, and properly mastered for home listening

 

It was amazing at the time for a full JW score to leak so early after it was first released. That never happens any more!

[publicist 4,643]

Another 'behaved' Elfman from his early days - the storybook style of Caroline Thompson's movie forbade zany frenetics and it's all the better for it. An english folklore idiom is brought to life with light, agile orchestrations, favouring soloists (violin, piano) over big ensemble and eschewing overt sentimentality. The omnipresent main theme is pleasingly varied throughout (you have to wait for a secondary theme for a recognizable Elfman lick) and though some of the more dramatic material comes off a bit hamfisted, it's a perfect 45-minute album (the movie is more heavily scored). 

[crocodile 8,017]

Funny. I'm listening to the La-La Land expansion at this very moment.

 

Karol

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Kilar

 

This is seriously one of the best releases to come out of LLL in the last couple years.  The original version of "The Storm" with the choir from Hell.....it just rocks so hard.  This listen through the middle part of the score where most of the tender, gorgeous romantic material is concentrated really hit the spot for me, the 15 minutes between "The Storm" and "The Hunt Builds."

 

 

The atmosphere is just so dark and luscious, a true delight.

 

[Jay 37,368]

It's that time of year!

[Incanus 5,715]

4 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Bram Stoker's Dracula - Kilar

 

This is seriously one of the best releases to come out of LLL in the last couple years.  The original version of "The Storm" with the choir from Hell.....it just rocks so hard.  This listen through the middle part of the score where most of the tender, gorgeous romantic material is concentrated really hit the spot for me, the 15 minutes between "The Storm" and "The Hunt Builds."

 

 

The atmosphere is just so dark and luscious, a true delight.

 

While Kilar's brand of minimalistic repetition can get a bit well...repetitive...Dracula is definitely gone up in my eyes since I got the LLL set. A fantastic and masterful score. And yes The Storm is among the highlights of the score and as you said it is such a delight to hear it in its original form without all the layering of disparate elements like it is on the OST. Just the ritualistic raw power of the slowly building choral and orchestral forces performing the Latin phrase Sanguis vita est  "the blood is life" which then violently explodes into those cacophonous screams at the end. Fantastic.

 

And the romantic material in the score is certainly nothing to sneer at. To my ears Kilar's more melodic writing in this and other scores bears similarities with John Barry's of all people.

[publicist 4,643]

 

An unlikely candidate for the warm, autumnal 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Award is this side theme (from 01:36) of Jerry Goldsmith's otherwise pretty funky 'The Traveling Executioner'. There was a time when Goldsmith's sweet, meditative themes didn't all sound like 'Rudy' and they were the better for it.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

6 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

Dracula

 

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Dracula?? Dracoolahh? Ha! I can get King Kong!

[Incanus 5,715]

Across the Stars (Deluxe Edition) by John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter: I think this album gets better with each new listen. I really like all the arrangements and the short but sweet Markings is in typical Williams way written in his accessible concert hall idiom and makes for a nice addition to his violin compositions repertoire.

[crocodile 8,017]

 The Rendezvous by Austin Wintory. My favourite score of his. He applies his ethereal and intellectual style to a romance/mystery/thriller genre with delicious results. Definitely among the most satisfying film score albums in recent years.

 

Karol

[SteveMc 2,674]

Images by John Williams

 

It is a most disturbing score, but I must say Williams approached the project with a definite precision.  The string writing is remarkable.  The breaths, grunts and guttural exclamations are totally needless, however.

[Bespin 8,483]

I still have to be able to watch the movie, completely, then I'll try the OST.

[Incanus 5,715]

14 hours ago, SteveMc said:

Images by John Williams

 

It is a most disturbing score, but I must say Williams approached the project with a definite precision.  The string writing is remarkable.  The breaths, grunts and guttural exclamations are totally needless, however.

Are those breaths, grunts and moans needless in the movie?

 

On the whole it gives a very chilling, disorienting and nightmarish feel to the depiction of fracturing of a person's psyche as Susannah York's character loses her grip on reality in the film. I love how Williams' music shifts between the ominous yet almost childish lilting main theme and the strange percussion effects and string work and Stomu Yamashta's vocalizations.  

[Naïve Old Fart 9,534]

Yes, yes, Steve! To Inky, you listen!

There's not an ounce of fat on IMAGES. It's a hard listen, but it pays off, in the end.

[Arpy 4,145]

Violet Evergarden - Evan Call

 

 

[crocodile 8,017]

 The World Is Not Enough (La-La Land) by David Arnold. Curious how adding few little bits here and there added to the overall enjoyment of the score. I didn't expect to like this expansion as much as I do.

 

Karol