publicist 4,643 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 News from the Balfe utility shop with a guaranteed absence of sharp edges or musical ambition. Mission accomplished, as usual. I wouldn't have bothered weren't it for the name 'Ang Lee' on the package but then i read on and read 'Will Smith' and knew the beat. Incanus and Gruesome Son of a Bitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I bet Koray disagrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Aliens It's one of my least favorite JH scores. I think it's a fairly boring listen aside from a few tracks. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 10 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Aliens It's one of my least favorite JH scores. I think it's a fairly boring listen aside from a few tracks. Then why did you listen to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 A lonely impulse of delight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Jerry Goldsmith - Air Force One (Varese Deluxe Edition) Now THAT'S an action score. Holy hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jay said: Jerry Goldsmith - Air Force One (Varese Deluxe Edition) Now THAT'S an action score. Holy hell! The Hijacking is one of my favourite Goldsmith tracks, the way it builds and builds and that moment when Air Force One is veering across the airfield. -- I dug out my Superman discs (Rhino) and realise it's one I do so every few months and I point it out because I see now that it makes it sound as new. Some soundtracks I can do this with and it doesn't seem to affect things but this does and how. Planet Krypton just sounds fantastically epic but rising to the top in my book is The Flying Sequence. I don't know why but it ticks all the boxes. It even on this occasion move me a great deal. Certain moments, small musical moments, rattle around in my head. The Trip to Earth makes me think of Yoda's Theme somehow, similarly during The Destruction of Krypton a few seconds sound (to my tonedeaf ears) from the end titles for Jaws but in Chasing Rockets 1.20 to about 1.24, that particular sound seems fantastic. Coming as it does before the theme. Otherwise I'm revisiting my Battlestar Galactica stuff a lot this past couple of weeks. Saga of a Star World mostly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I love the rumbling piano in Stalking The Plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I'm quite partial to Radek's Death, the choir as he crumples to the ground. Or much of Under Attack and the music when Ford is faced with the fact the damage is so bad (in No Way to Land) by the Marine pilot. Great action score as you say and to think Goldsmith did it in the time he had available is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I haven't seen the film in 22 years so have no memory of anything specific that happens in the film or what any of this music syncs to. But boy is it good music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 39 minutes ago, Jay said: I haven't seen the film in 22 years so have no memory of anything specific that happens in the film or what any of this music syncs to. But boy is it good music! I, er, have seen it far too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Trent B 337 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 My complete edit for Air Force One using the Deluxe Edition and a couple of cues from the boot. I am really glad to finally have the full score to this film. One of my absolute favorites and one of my favorite Goldsmith scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 The Last Temptation of Christ (Passion) by Peter Gabriel. With all the flood of "world music" clichés flooding our cinema in the 00's, which of course quickly got old, I am surprised how well this album is holding up. 30 years later it still remains the finest example of this kind of a score. And a damn fine album too. Karol Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 Yes, yes, yes. Agreed, in every respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,457 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Vertical Limit by my boy JNH. Pretty nice action score from a 2000 movie, which means it's very similar to his scores for the Kevin Costner adventure flicks (Waterworld and The Postman) and the Disney animations (Dinosaur and Atlantis) from that era. Not bad, but a relatively minor entry on his curriculum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Dracula, The Book Thief and Angela's Ashes. These scores taste best at this time of the year. Karol Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,513 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Batman (1989) OST (Danny Elfman) There is no comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 1:31 AM, publicist said: News from the Balfe utility shop with a guaranteed absence of sharp edges or musical ambition. Mission accomplished, as usual. I wouldn't have bothered weren't it for the name 'Ang Lee' on the package but then i read on and read 'Will Smith' and knew the beat. Lol this crap is an Ang Lee film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 8 hours ago, Edmilson said: Vertical Limit by my boy JNH. Pretty nice action score from a 2000 movie, which means it's very similar to his scores for the Kevin Costner adventure flicks (Waterworld and The Postman) and the Disney animations (Dinosaur and Atlantis) from that era. Not bad, but a relatively minor entry on his curriculum. Wowww... what else can we expect from the Year 2000?? Imagine the possibilities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I'm looking forward to 2001. Things are better than ever these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Hubris: Choral Works by John Powell The Fury (both versions) The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Karol Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,483 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Today's program: the best of the best... of the best! Ii2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ii2 210 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End. It's decent. Still has that pumping Zimmer style most of the time. I don't hate Zimmer's music, it's just that I haven't grown to like it. After Gladiator, At World's End is probably Zimmer's best score. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 You don't grow to like it. You grow to see through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Edmilson 7,457 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 36 minutes ago, Ii2 said: After The Last Samurai, At World's End is Zimmer's best score. Fixed! Oh, well, I just love Zimmer's "epic" phase from 1998-2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Psycho by Bernard Herrmann: Masterful terror and suspense from the master of suspense. Hellboy by Marco Beltrami: I think this is the composer's best score. Just terrific on all accounts. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Two very, very good scores. Inky, I agree with you, on HELLBOY. 59 minutes ago, Bespin said: Today's program: the best of the best... of the best! Oh, just rub it in, why don't you! Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 16 minutes ago, Incanus said: Psycho by Bernard Herrmann: Masterful terror and suspense from the master of suspense. But which recording? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: But which recording? The McNeely/RSNO one. Bespin and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 It's the best there is until the original recording gets a proper release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I like the 1998 one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ii2 210 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Modest Expectations said: The Lion King <At World's End <Gladiator Yeah. I right about agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The Sixth Sense The Village Red Sparrow Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Karol Incanus and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,457 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The Dark Crystal - Trevor Jones Pretty great and unique fantasy score from the 80s! Wonder Woman - Rupert Gregson-Williams A nice mix of HGW's The Chronicles of Narnia and Zimmer's power anthems from the 90s and early 2000s. As a fan of RCP's music from that era, I am pleased that RGW is still writing on this style these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,513 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 . SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Count Your Blessings (1959) - Franz Waxman Wow wow, this was the real hidden gem for me in Intrada's Franz Waxman Collection. A dripping, grand melodrama score with Waxman's incredible orchestrations. He was at the absolute top of his game in the late 50s. Throughout the score, I love the way he brings different solo instruments to the fore before they recede back into the orchestra, taking turns. The orchestral colors you hear in outstanding cues like "Charles is Back" and "Sigi / Sigi Can’t Sleep"; all film composers should bow to the master. A must hear for any Waxman fan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Yasunori Mitsuda - Chrono Cross I've been checking out bits and pieces of this one more and more, and it's really making me want to play the game! They should port it to modern systems! Michael Giacchino - Spider-man: Far From Home (OST) The (current) best score of 2019. Bring on a session leak, please! Yasunori Mitsuda & Others - Xenoblade Chronicles II (OST, my own much shorter playlist) I never ever get tired of all this brilliant music James Horner - The Rocketeer (Intrada) Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 13 minutes ago, Jay said: Michael Giacchino - Spider-man: Far From Home (OST) The (current) best score of 2019. Bring on a session leak, please! Wasn’t that album 79 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 I've seen the film and I heard a whole bunch of really good music in it that is not on the OST album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Modest Expectations said: Sommernachtskonzert 2010 - featuring Star Wars Main Title, Princess Leia's Theme, and The Imperial March, by, as the liner notes say, "the uncrowned king of Hollywood music". They've probably never heard of Jerrald King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,016 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The Happening by James Newton Howard. This score seems to be considered one of the weaker entries in the Shyamalan/Howard run. Having listened to the album very carefully earlier today, I'm not quite sure whether this is true. Yes, it doesn't have as strong of a stylistic hook as, say, Signs or The Village but the also feels like it adds something to the film that wasn't necessarily required - a sense of stark beauty and elegance to pair it with the Herrmanesque suspense. It is a quite a nicely assembled album as well. For me, this is as good as Howard's music gets and might be my favourite score album of his. A.I. Artificial Intelligence Karol Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,533 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 The Final Conflict. Is it me, or is this one of THE BEST FUCKING SCORES, EVER WRITTEN???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,457 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Jay said: Michael Giacchino - Spider-man: Far From Home (OST) The (current) best score of 2019. Bring on a session leak, please! An excellent score indeed. I loved the new themes for Mysterio, SHIELD and the Peter-MJ love theme (better than the Liz's theme from Homecoming) and it has some excellent action music, my favorite being the gargantuan 7-minute World’s Worst Water Feature. I guess we won't have to wait for a session leak, almost all of Gia's blockbuster scores leaks at some point. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Here's hoping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 9 hours ago, crocodile said: The Happening by James Newton Howard. This score seems to be considered one of the weaker entries in the Shyamalan/Howard run. Having listened to the album very carefully earlier today, I'm not quite sure whether this is true. Yes, it doesn't have as strong of a stylistic hook as, say, Signs or The Village but the also feels like it adds something to the film that wasn't necessarily required - a sense of stark beauty and elegance to pair it with the Herrmanesque suspense. It is a quite a nicely assembled album as well. For me, this is as good as Howard's music gets and might be my favourite score album of his. A.I. Artificial Intelligence Karol I think this might be the most Herrmannesque of JHN/Shyamalan collaborations in its stark and dark style and the building suspense and dread which is released beautifully in the finale of the score. The end credits feel like a mini concert work which is always a plus, not just a rehash of material but new exploration of it in lengthier form. While I find there are many more satisfying JNH albums this is one in the great series of JNH/Collaborations which sadly ended with The Last Airbender (After Earth was just about as generic as they could get). JNH had almost Goldsmithian knack for digging for something conceptually engaging and musically satisfying from the oftentimes silly Shyamalan films as they did get progressively worse. You can say what you will about the director but he was a really good musical collaborator with the composer to inspire and trust JNH to so strongly support his films. While you might not hear it so strongly in the Sixth Sense the scores quickly get better movie after movie. publicist and crocodile 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Score part by Armand Amar. Nice. Gabriel Yared's nicely old-fashioned underscore for Judy Garland revisited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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