Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 Yes yes. No need for the flag. Your surrender was accepted immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lewya 360 Posted August 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2015 Conductor John Mauceri shared the music and people that inspire him in a recent article in The Guardian -What is the best new piece written in last half-century?Hamilton. It’s brand new and a game changer. It stands equal to what Gershwin did with ragtime and jazz, making it viable for long-form orchestral works and opera, and what Bernstein later did with pop music in the 1940s and especially in 1957 with West Side Story. Now the music of today’s streets, AKA hip-hop, has been transformed by Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell a great and moving story, and it is simply thrilling.But the work from the past 50 years that I return to with ever increasing admiration and affection is John Williams’s score to AI from 2001. If the soundtrack album could be reconstructed into a single orchestral work and called something like “A Symphony of Stored Memories”, it would be programmed by orchestras throughout the world and be a standard addition to the repertory.http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/24/facing-the-music-conductor-john-mauceriEven a link to Incanus A.I. article on JWfan is included! crumbs, crocodile, Incanus and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 I like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Conductor John Mauceri shared the music and people that inspire him in a recent article in The Guardian -What is the best new piece written in last half-century?Hamilton. It’s brand new and a game changer. It stands equal to what Gershwin did with ragtime and jazz, making it viable for long-form orchestral works and opera, and what Bernstein later did with pop music in the 1940s and especially in 1957 with West Side Story. Now the music of today’s streets, AKA hip-hop, has been transformed by Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell a great and moving story, and it is simply thrilling.But the work from the past 50 years that I return to with ever increasing admiration and affection is John Williams’s score to AI from 2001. If the soundtrack album could be reconstructed into a single orchestral work and called something like “A Symphony of Stored Memories”, it would be programmed by orchestras throughout the world and be a standard addition to the repertory.http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/24/facing-the-music-conductor-john-mauceriEven a link to Incanus A.I. article on JWfan is included!I like him.Mauceri is a cool cat and has always been a vocal supporter of film music. That he admires A.I. makes him even cooler. Nice of them to have included a link to my little analysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,973 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Which reminds me. My mum told me something the other day about some film critics on the Polish radio saying something about A.I. being among the best film scores in (relatively) recent memory and one of John Williams' most haunting works. I don't think they were fans of his as such but this one score was an exception. They were of a more "uptight" circles so these comments were surprising.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 A.I. has the benefit of not being overexposed in film music concerts or "pops" concerts, but it's unlikely to penetrate the concert hall. I do like the idea of turning it into a symphonic tone poem. I mentioned this in the 3CD thread, but "Stored Memores", "What Is Your Wish?", "The Specialist Visits", and "The Reunion" would make a fantastic 20 minute work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 "Stored Memores", "What Is Your Wish?", "The Specialist Visits", and "The Reunion" would make a fantastic 20 minute work.The general concert going audience would never be able to sit through that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nightscape94 965 Posted August 25, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2015 I'm referring to the "Classical" concert hall. It would make a nice concert piece:Korngold - Violin Concerto in D majorWilliams - "Stored Memories", tone poem for Orchestra (based on A.I. Artificial Intelligence, motion picture)IntermissionRautavaara - Symphony No. 7, 'Angel of Light' Naïve Old Fart, crumbs and crocodile 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Gotcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Didn't Mauceri arrange some Goldsmith ST:TMP cues into a concert suite? Time to do it for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 E.T. first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Didn't JW in addition to Adventures on Earth adapt from the score the Three Million Light Years Away from Home and Star Gazers (aka E.T. and Me) that are further elaborated versions of their OST counterparts? What more do you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I want the score for the Universal Studios E.T. Adventure ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Oh great another A.I. thread turned into E.T. one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 That'll make up for all the threads turned into A.I. ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 And just like that we're back on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Track... Track... Soundtrack... The E.T. soundtrack is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 No, AI is awesome!And loving the nod to Inky's analysis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 No. They're both awesome. Sharkissimo and Incanus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,509 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Bit of a shameless plug but I recently composed a short sketch based on my first viewing of A.I. on Wednesday. You can listen to it here:https://soundcloud.com/thomas-kobialka/minimalist-sketchHope you enjoy it!Honestly, I'm so happy to have discovered this soundtrack. The final so-called "piano concerto" is just heart-wrenching. Hypothetically you can say Williams pulled up every single sappy idea he could think of and therefore it's not a great piece of music, but Williams always manages to weave his musical ideas in such a way that they're never in your face (well, apart from "suite" section of his Star Wars theme pehaps...) He will linger on an idea for some time but will always add enough variety to make it a pleasurable experience, and just when it's reached its emotional peak, he will move on to another, equally as delightful idea. Particularly in this track, the way he weaves all the different motifs from previously in the film, is genius.Another track that stood out to me was the music which plays during the arrival of the SuperMecha at the Blue Fairy ("Journey through the Ice"). Both versions on the album are incredibly haunting, and go really well with the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,249 Posted October 1, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2015 Conductor John Mauceri shared the music and people that inspire him in a recent article in The Guardian -What is the best new piece written in last half-century?Hamilton. It’s brand new and a game changer. It stands equal to what Gershwin did with ragtime and jazz, making it viable for long-form orchestral works and opera, and what Bernstein later did with pop music in the 1940s and especially in 1957 with West Side Story. Now the music of today’s streets, AKA hip-hop, has been transformed by Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell a great and moving story, and it is simply thrilling.But the work from the past 50 years that I return to with ever increasing admiration and affection is John Williams’s score to AI from 2001. If the soundtrack album could be reconstructed into a single orchestral work and called something like “A Symphony of Stored Memories”, it would be programmed by orchestras throughout the world and be a standard addition to the repertory.http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/24/facing-the-music-conductor-john-mauceriEven a link to Incanus A.I. article on JWfan is included!Followup on this from Mike Matessino:As soon as I read the interview, I contacted John M. We were long overdue for a catch-up chat (he's conducting - in costume - in my avatar image!). He hadn't heard about the La-La Land release so I sent him a copy. I also conveyed this to JW's assistants and urged JM to contact them about it, so hopefully an A.I. concert suite will be forthcoming! Mike M.http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?forumID=1&threadID=110035 TownerFan, crumbs, Incanus and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Great to know Since the thread has been bumped, here's my own review of LLL A.I. set (written in Italian, sorry )http://www.colonnesonore.net/recensioni/cinema/3950-ai-artificial-intelligence.html Incanus and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,973 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Go, John Mauceri, go!Your Italian is wonderful, Maurizio!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,792 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I just came with this old promotional webpage of the film which is funny.I had read back in 2001, that my city was home to the AIT (aragon institute of technology), the institute that had something to do with the AI research among other things. In that time i think it was just a joke about the coindicende of the acronym to one of our universities research centers.And today I have found the original promotional site. In which amazingly its true, my city "will" host since 2021 the most advanced technology universtiy...spanning campus in several parts of the world, including the moon. I can't believe it. How can my citie's name end up in a promotional thing like this is very funny.Dr. Hobby is mentioned there.Here it is: https://web.archive.org/web/20010516011145/http://www.ita-es.ro/Do you know if something about this institute can be seen in the film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 I love this score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I love this score.You do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 No it's boring. There's no theme song. LAME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 No it's boring. There's no theme song. LAME.But there are TWO theme songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 We've circled the moon and we've found the sun so here we'll stay for always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Not a lot of trumpets in this movie's songs. BORING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Trumpet 2016! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Make America Loud Again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Unmuted Trumpet 2016! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Just not Donald Trumpet. Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Rosie O'Donnell for the tuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Those "swaying" chords are just gorgeous. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Haven't listened to it in a while. I basically disagree with myself on page 1, although the songs are terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Just read the thread for the first time. So did anyone ever put together Mauceri's idea for a “A Symphony of Stored Memories” then? I only ever had the OST for this soundtrack. I'm assuming AI eventually did get a more satisfying chronological release (that Thor can't abide for... reasons)? Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 A.I. got an exhaustive 3 disc release with the entire score. The first act loses steam and meanders for me. Needs some trimming to tighten the listening experience. I liked the Academy bootleg. You could slap together a solid listen with the extra tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thor 7,451 Posted November 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2019 14 hours ago, Quintus said: Just read the thread for the first time. So did anyone ever put together Mauceri's idea for a “A Symphony of Stored Memories” then? I only ever had the OST for this soundtrack. I'm assuming AI eventually did get a more satisfying chronological release (that Thor can't abide for... reasons)? Yes, I tried a digital version of the expanded release. Absolutely dreadful; as Gruesome says -- it meanders terribly, and there's nothing new and interesting that isn't already well represented on the brilliant OST. For me, it was actually an offense to what I consider the best score of this millennium (and one of the very best films as well). I deleted it quickly and swiftly from my hard drive, and have no intention of ever getting near it again. Gruesome Son of a Bitch, Quintus and Holko 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Wow didn't see that coming at all. bruce marshall and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 12 hours ago, Thor said: there's nothing new and interesting that isn't already well represented on the brilliant OST You're forgetting JWs refreshing take on Richard Strauss, which was greatly missed on the OST. 12 hours ago, Thor said: I deleted it quickly and swiftly from my hard drive, and have no intention of ever getting near it again. To be on the safe side, better burn the hard drive and get a new, uninfected one. Smaug The Iron and bruce marshall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 758 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 Here's how The Reunion sounds with solo horn and trumpet Falstaft and Taikomochi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,314 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 On 11/23/2019 at 11:48 PM, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: A.I. got an exhaustive 3 disc release with the entire score. The first act loses steam and meanders for me. Needs some trimming to tighten the listening experience. I liked the Academy bootleg. You could slap together a solid listen with the extra tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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