Datameister 2,034 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 I only know the theme to The Last Starfighter, but it's a great one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert 473 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Is the old Intrada release the best choice regarding "The Last Starfighter", or is there a newer, better release in the cards anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 That was an absolute ball. I was fairly impressed with myself at 46, though (like so many others here) I missed one I was whistling along with. I just couldn't put it together as the seconds ticked down. 2 seconds after time ran out--literally--it finally hit me: Rain Man. You can pause the stream. It's just one giant music suite. If I found a score on the tip of my tongue, I'd pause it so the other music wouldn't distract. Also, you could enter any title despite what music was playing and it'd still enter it in the list. If Star Wars started off and you typed American Beauty it'd fill in the appropriate space.Also I just KNEW that the one after "Lemony Snicket" was another David Newman score, but "Finding Nemo" wasn't correct (although "American Beauty" sounds very similar).That would be Thomas Newman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laserschwert 473 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 That would be Thomas Newman.That's what I meant, of course... damn those many composer-Newmans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 That was an absolute ball. I was fairly impressed with myself at 46, though (like so many others here) I missed one I was whistling along with. I just couldn't put it together as the seconds ticked down. 2 seconds after time ran out--literally--it finally hit me: Rain Man. You can pause the stream. It's just one giant music suite. If I found a score on the tip of my tongue, I'd pause it so the other music wouldn't distract. Also, you could enter any title despite what music was playing and it'd still enter it in the list. If Star Wars started off and you typed American Beauty it'd fill in the appropriate space.Oh, I got all that. I paused through the whole thing (it's timed for two full run-throughs, but I only got one full one and about 2 minutes for some attempted review, because I was pausing through the whole thing). I listened to the Rain Man excerpt over and over at the end, just knowing I knew it. The best part of that whole setup was the way you could enter any movie any time and it would show up. A couple of them came to me down the road a bit, and all I had to do was type them in. Nice.- Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,034 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yeah, I couldn't remember the title of Starship Troopers until near the end of the whole thing, and suddenly I remembered, and I typed it in, and it was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 ah , that might explain why I got lower than I shouldI didn't pause it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 I don't think the creator knew them all too well."The Truman Show" cues is stock music used from Glass' score to another film, "Powaqqatsi". Nothing was suggested guesses had to be "popular" ones.The Austin Powers one is a non score piece by Quincy Jones, not originally composed for the film -- not even from a score, or film soundtrack originally, though used on some.And, somebody correct me if wrong, isn't that cue from "Starship Troopers" not even used in the film? How can that be fair but to fans who have a copy of the bootleg?There was another one with a similar complaint, but I can't recall it.I also thought it was a little strange to include West Side Story since the music wasn't written for film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,458 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Only got 50/80.There were a couple of the ones I missed that I really knew - BILL & TED, BLUE VELVET, ARACHNOPHOBIA, CHINATOWN. But I got brain freeze. The other missed ones were things I wasn't really that familiar with in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 didn't you write a thesis on film music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,458 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 didn't you write a thesis on film music?I did. Gotta blame it on the lack of soundtrack purchases over the last 6-7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,271 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 And, somebody correct me if wrong, isn't that cue from "Starship Troopers" not even used in the film? How can that be fair but to fans who have a copy of the bootleg?There was another one with a similar complaint, but I can't recall it.Hook - he used "prologue", which is music from the teaser trailer that wasn't in the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I did really poor on this one. Regarding the Starship Troopers piece that was the opening for "Klendathu Drop" which is used in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKenLittle 6 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 45/80.Not bad, considering I really stopped buying score CDs from about the late nineties on. I missed all the Zimmer cues (of course). However, I am really mad for not being able to connect with Big Trouble in Little China, one of my favourite John Carpenter scores. I played it several times, but just got brain lock. I would have had Doctor Zhivago by Maurice Jarre, but my brain just seized up after the next theme played. Got all of the Goldsmith and Williams (of course).BKL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharpdevenport 4 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Okay, anobody who isn't a knowledgable dufus, with more classic scores to choose from, that wants to give a new Guessing Game a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHouseholdCat 4 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 15/80. I guessed Jurassic Park, as I still haven't seen any of the films. And I "cheated" on "Licence to Kill". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,458 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Better late than never, HouseholdCat.I did the quiz again and managed 60/80 this time. Interestingly, I missed most of the ones I missed the first time around. I guess I should have done better since I already did it once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wycket 36 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I just did it for the first time and got 38/80.Really miffed I missed Vertigo, Predator, Basic Instinct, National Treasure, and Poltergeist. I've seen those enough that I should have gotten those easily.Went ahead and did the second quiz and got 40/80 though I went through twice to get this one.Notable blunders include Galaxy Quest, Independence Day, Con-Air, and Scream. Have seen these so many times there's really no excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Just tried this for the first time as well...didn't go too well. 40/80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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