Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 The BFG by John Williams I admit that as far as 'modern' Williams music goes, I kinda like this one. It's likable, easy-breezy listening. Heck, I'd take this over the Hairy Potty stuff any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 5 hours ago, Lewya said: It makes me want to see the film. Even if you just want to see the music in context, do yourself a favor and allow this desire to remain a pleasant fantasy. 8 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said: Heck, I'd take this over the Hairy Potty stuff any day I just got flashbacks to elementary school in 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 1 minute ago, kaseykockroach said: Now I have even more flashbacks! Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Oh my goshness, I LOVE WONDER SHOWZEN FUCK JOHN WILLIAMS LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjZfdN6wGJk&t=78s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted October 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2018 Listening to the Gerhardt Close Encounters suite. Thrilling. Nick Parker, SteveMc and Jurassic Shark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 One Little Indian by Jerry Goldsmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Relaxing tonight, with a good glass of red wine. Amen. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crocodile 7,984 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The last time I listened to this must have been years ago. Perhaps even 4 since my last full listen. Karol Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Casper The Spiderwick Chronicles Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 A non-"ultimate" pic of Yoda! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 10 hours ago, crocodile said: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The last time I listened to this must have been years ago. Perhaps even 4 since my last full listen. Karol I really love the first score of the trilogy. While I think Desolation of Smaug might be the best overall, the feel of the first score is special and juggles a lot of new ideas along with the older themes in a very satisfying fashion and even added a few differences to the orchestrations of e.g. the Rivendell music which made it feel fresh. The progression from the very familiar variations of the Shire material to the largely new themes when Bilbo passes beyond the borders of his homeland is very well crafted and the dwarven musical material is quite strong and memorable along with the Misty Mountains theme. The tone of the score is also more wondrous and light-hearted compared to the next two that got progressively darker with the story and this is perhaps one reason that still makes it my favourite listening experience of the three scores as it also captures the fairy-tale mood of the children's book very well. All the King's Men by James Horner The Village by James Newton Howard Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend by Jerry Goldsmith Explorers by Jerry Goldsmith Wolf Totem by James Horner Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Maps to the Stars - Howard Shore I am not a big fan of The Hobbit scores even if they are decent, but this on the other hand is Shore's most striking recent achievement. This is a good and an imaginative score. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Lewya said: Maps to the Stars - Howard Shore I am not a big fan of The Hobbit scores even if they are decent, but this on the other hand is Shore's most striking recent achievement. This is a good and an imaginative score. I didn't find the percussion and ambience of the score all that impressive. Certainly not striking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Let him enjoy his music without protest, you old fool! Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Go back to your cartoons you young dafty! War of the Worlds by John Williams God of War by Bear McCreary Hour of the Gun by Jerry Goldsmith Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Lost World: Jurassic Park Karol SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 48 minutes ago, crocodile said: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Lost World: Jurassic Park Karol Good. Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 1 hour ago, crocodile said: The Lost World: Jurassic Park Karol Top fiver for moi as far as the J. Williams library goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Its a top ten score for sure. Superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 It's the last Williams score I can listen to all the way through without getting bored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 It's in my top 4 Williams scores of 1997! Karol Bilbo and Kasey Kockroach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 The Battle of the Fives Armies by Howard Shore Brilliant. Might be my favorite Hobbit score. Attack of the Clones Complete Edit by John Williams Quite good. No, very good. I love the Separatist motif, so underlying and dark, as well as mysterious. Plays its role perfectly. Anakin and Padmes love theme is good, but I never really latched on to it as much as others. Action cues like Chase Through Coruscant, On the Conveyor Belt, and The Arena are so darn good. Jurassic World by Michael Giacchino Pretty good. I liked Fallen Kingdom much better though, score and film. Seven Years In Tibet by John Williams A very nice theme that captures that Tibetan feel, with cello solo by Yo-Yo Ma. As for the rest of the score I can't say much. Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Fallen Kingdom's score is so good, I had a bizarrely hard time convincing grandpa they didn't bring John Williams back! "Well, it was really nice of John Williams to use Giacchino's themes from the last movie." "Um...? This is still Giacchino." "What? No it isn't! The orchestrations are a LOT better this time!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 1 minute ago, kaseykockroach said: Fallen Kingdom's score is so good, I had a bizarrely hard time convincing grandpa they didn't bring John Williams back! "Well, it was really nice of John Williams to use Giacchino's themes from the last movie." "Um...? This is still Giacchino." "What? No it isn't! The orchestrations are a LOT better this time!" Perhaps Drax is getting to me, but everytime you bring up your grandpa I imagine a Norman Bates type situation. Taikomochi and Kasey Kockroach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Fallen Kingdom is brilliant! Giacchino's best work in a while. His thematic material is stellar, action writing very memorable, and he's not riding Williams coat tails half the time. At Jurassic World's End Suite is the track of the year for me, as you, Kasey, have so wonderfully reminded me of. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Free might be my second favorite on the album, with that Powell-esque muted brass and hurried strings. The Wheatly March is also really good. So much great music! I don't get the same feeling with Jurassic World. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Just now, The Illustrious Jerry said: His thematic material is teller I wish Giacchino's music was like Teller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Stellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 9 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: Perhaps Drax is getting to me, but everytime you bring up your grandpa I imagine a Norman Bates type situation. I think I inherited my interest in film music from him, as I don't know anyone else in the family that's into that sort of thing. Our tastes differ greatly of course (Barry's his favorite, Goldsmith for me, I love monster movie music, he loves westerns), but we unite here and there. We both share a love for Hook, and neither of us have bothered seeing the movie! 7 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: Fallen Kingdom is brilliant! Giacchino's best work in a while. His thematic material is teller, action writing very memorable, and he's not riding Williams coat tails half the time. At Jurassic World's End Suite is the track of the year for me, as you, Kasey, have so wonderfully reminded me of. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Free might be my second favorite on the album, with that Powell-esque muted brass and hurried strings. The Wheatly March is also really good. So much great music! I don't get the same feeling with Jurassic World. AGREED! I'm shocked how much I've fallen for that score. This is otherwise the year of Powell goodness, but Fallen Kingdom is just more to my genre taste. Plus, I think FK's album is much better put together than Solo's. I didn't expect to love it much at all, as my feelings on the previous Jurassic score are merely "well, I like it better than Don Davis', and that's all I wanted!". But there's just something about FK's main theme that's continued to fascinate me. It might be my favorite theme Giacchino's composed so far. Besides that glorious ending suite, favorite cues for me are World's Worst Bedtime Storyteller, The Neo-Jurassic Age, Declaration of Indo-pendence and Operation Blue Blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said: But there's just something about FK's main theme that's continued to fascinate me. It might be my favorite theme Giacchino's composed so far. I posted in the Fallen Kingdom score thread how similar and yet different it is to the Avengers theme. On September 15, 2018 at 2:06 PM, The Illustrious Jerry said: This segment sounds a lot like Corellia Chase, Flying with Chewie, and Train Heist. It has that Powell SW vibe. Those almost muted brass trills that come in around 2:15 are the major echoes. Additionally, the Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom theme (which is great) holds a similar melody to the Avengers theme (at least the first bit of the JW:FK theme). However, instead of doubling up on the first note (doo-doo da-doo doo {Avengers}) it's just a single note (doo da doo-doo). Anyways, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a really great score. Here's my favourites from this year. JW:FK is climbing it! 1. Solo: A Star Wars Story by John Powell 2. Darkest Hour by Dario Marianelli 3. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by Michael Giacchino 4. Incredibles 2 by Michael Giacchino 5. Avengers: Infinity War by Alan Silvestri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Always loved the clarinet at 1:43 of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Free. And I'm compelled by how Giacchino structures the score around the theme. Throughout the first third or so of the score, he continuously hints at it in bits and snippets, like musical foreshadowing of sorts (the main titles, first part of Nostalgia-Saurus, some of Operation Blue Blood, etc). Deliberately restraining itself until the Indoraptor shows up, and that's when the theme finally is unleashed full blast! It makes that point (Thus Begins the Indo-Rapture) give such a glorious feeling of catharsis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I love the little flicker of the woodwind in Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Free around 2:02. Always reminds me of Debussy's The Little Shepherd. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I LOVE his raptor theme getting a glorious fanfare when Blue jumps in to protect Owen and Maisie from the Indoraptor. I LOVE the use of organ (in Indo-Rapture, Go with the Pyroclastic Flow). And the bells in There's Something About Maisie! The brass throughout the entire score sounds amazing! I love this score, dudes, I'm sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 The raptor theme usage is so perfect. Well spotted. I will have to look out for that organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: The raptor theme usage is so perfect. Well spotted. I will have to look out for that organ. Heard clearly at 1:32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Oh yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 The Jurassic World theme also ends up being more interesting here as a supporting theme, rather than the main theme like last time. I particularly love its mournful rendition at the end of March of the Wheatley Cavalcade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 War for the Planet of the Apes by Michael Giacchino (56-minute playlist) Any suggestions for a shorter playlist for Dawn? And please, no cynical answers like "An ideal playlist for that score would be 0 minutes!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 "The Predator's Gift"... did Shane Black make another Christmas movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,713 Posted October 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2018 Titus by Elliot Goldenthal: Gosh this Goldenthal fellow is pretty good isn't he. The Sphere by Elliot Goldenthal Taikomochi, crocodile and Bilbo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. The ballsy big orchestra version of TAS material. Probably one of the better feature Batman scores out there in all honesty. Karol Nick Parker and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Walkers Batman theme is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 1 minute ago, crocodile said: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. The ballsy big orchestra version of TAS material. Probably one of the better feature Batman scores out there in all honesty. Karol I was just about to listen to that myself! Been impressed by bits and pieces I have heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 It might be the best Batman theme actually. Although it is a tough competition between this, Elfman and Goldenthal. Each one has its own strengths and weaknesses. Man, Batman music used to be good. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Its the best Batman theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 6 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Its the best Batman theme. Musically, it peters out quickly without a proper conclusion--it has a super short bridging figure then has to go back to the top. But as a melodic encapsulation of Batman, it's simply perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Yeah, it is Gothic... but also very heroic...and yet brooding...with a sprinkle of tragedy in it. Not bad for such a simple theme. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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