Naïve Old Fart 9,515 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 1 hour ago, king mark said: Fuck now you guys are worried other people will think you a pedophile if you go see this in the theater? King, have a read of my most recent post on this thread. Have absolutely NO qualms about seeing BFG, on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Incanus said: Any luck finding a brick and mortar store at Tampere that would carry the BFG soundtrack Pasi? I don't think so. It is almost impossible to find soundtracks here, I quit trying many years ago. It is ok for me since I'm going to buy it digitally(like I did with TFA) and wait for the expanded edition for the physical recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, hornist said: I don't think so. It is almost impossible to find soundtracks here, I quit trying many years ago. It is ok for me since I'm going to buy it digitally(like I did with TFA) and wait for the expanded edition for the physical recording. Unfortunately it is the same sorry situation here in Helsinki as well. I can't think of a single store that would carry the latest scores or actually other current CDs for that matter. No major store chain has a proper CD section anymore. And smaller stores specialize in something more lucrative than soundtracks, like the latest croonings of the current pop stars. How silly is that?!! I opt for the short wait for the CD ordered from abroad to get my physical copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Are people in the UK expecting this soundtrack tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdown 238 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/bfg-original-motion-picture/id1125162972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Are people in the UK expecting this soundtrack tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdown 238 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I'm sure it will be available on iTunes for the UK around 11pm their time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Just wondered, because Desplat's Secret Life of Pets becomes available tomorrow and it's on there, but no sign of The BFG Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdown 238 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Did you see the iTunes link I posted earlier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 It just took me the NZ version, which I couldn't get open on my itunes, but thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Lockdown said: Did you see the iTunes link I posted earlier? I click on it but when it says, view in iTunes there is nothing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockdown 238 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Switch to New Zealand's store in your iTunes program first then click on the link and open it..or just search BFG and you should be able to find it that way. You can't buy it, but you can preview every track of the score, like I am doing currently! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,278 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Ah yeah, cool, the samples are different! 90 second samples on the 2:30 minute+ tracks too! "Dream Jars" and "Blowing Dreams" might be the closest he's gotten to Soundings in one of his scores. Also it does sound like "Sophie and the BFG" is what was playing in that extended Cannes clip. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 28 minutes ago, alextrombone94 said: Are people in the UK expecting this soundtrack tomorrow? No. The release date in the UK is July 8th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Ah okay, that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 The OST is now up for sale in many country's iTunes stores United Arab Emirates: https://itunes.apple.com/AE/album/id1125162972 Armenia: https://itunes.apple.com/AM/album/id1125162972 Azerbaijan: https://itunes.apple.com/AZ/album/id1125162972 Australia: https://itunes.apple.com/AU/album/id1125162972 Bahrain: https://itunes.apple.com/BH/album/id1125162972 Brunei: https://itunes.apple.com/BN/album/id1125162972 Belarus: https://itunes.apple.com/BY/album/id1125162972 China: https://itunes.apple.com/CN/album/id1125162972 Egypt: https://itunes.apple.com/EG/album/id1125162972 Federated States Of Micronesia: https://itunes.apple.com/FM/album/id1125162972 Hong Kong: https://itunes.apple.com/HK/album/id1125162972 Indonesia: https://itunes.apple.com/ID/album/id1125162972 India: https://itunes.apple.com/IN/album/id1125162972 Jordan: https://itunes.apple.com/JO/album/id1125162972 Kenya: https://itunes.apple.com/KE/album/id1125162972 Kyrgyzstan: https://itunes.apple.com/KG/album/id1125162972 Cambodia: https://itunes.apple.com/KH/album/id1125162972 Kazakstan: https://itunes.apple.com/KZ/album/id1125162972 Lao People’s Democratic Republic: https://itunes.apple.com/LA/album/id1125162972 Lebanon: https://itunes.apple.com/LB/album/id1125162972 Sri Lanka: https://itunes.apple.com/LK/album/id1125162972 Mongolia: https://itunes.apple.com/MN/album/id1125162972 Macau: https://itunes.apple.com/MO/album/id1125162972 Mauritius: https://itunes.apple.com/MU/album/id1125162972 Malaysia: https://itunes.apple.com/MY/album/id1125162972 Nepal: https://itunes.apple.com/NP/album/id1125162972 New Zealand: https://itunes.apple.com/NZ/album/id1125162972 Oman: https://itunes.apple.com/OM/album/id1125162972 Papua New Guinea: https://itunes.apple.com/PG/album/id1125162972 Philippines: https://itunes.apple.com/PH/album/id1125162972 Qatar: https://itunes.apple.com/QA/album/id1125162972 Saudi Arabia: https://itunes.apple.com/SA/album/id1125162972 Singapore: https://itunes.apple.com/SG/album/id1125162972 Thailand: https://itunes.apple.com/TH/album/id1125162972 Tajikistan: https://itunes.apple.com/TJ/album/id1125162972 Turkmenistan: https://itunes.apple.com/TM/album/id1125162972 Taiwan: https://itunes.apple.com/TW/album/id1125162972 Uganda: https://itunes.apple.com/UG/album/id1125162972 Uzbekistan: https://itunes.apple.com/UZ/album/id1125162972 Vietnam: https://itunes.apple.com/VN/album/id1125162972 Anybody buy it yet? publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacksonElmore 69 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 how do they expect to sell any copies on itunes with a price like 17 bucks?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 It's a different price in every country @Drax, buy it in Australia's iTunes store! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 2 hours ago, mrbellamy said: Ah yeah, cool, the samples are different! 90 second samples on the 2:30 minute+ tracks too! "Dream Jars" and "Blowing Dreams" might be the closest he's gotten to Soundings in one of his scores. Also it does sound like "Sophie and the BFG" is what was playing in that extended Cannes clip. Sounds cool. But I'm not gonna listen to these. I couldn't help listening to the first batch of samples, but now it's so close to release I'm going to force myself to wait. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 gggrrrr, I want to hear the 60 sec clips! lol I have no patience!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Soundtrack has just come out on Spotify (at least in France). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Just ordered from Amazon for delivery tomorrow. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Why didn't you preorder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I'm about halfway through the OST programme. This score has some very lovely, oft jolly writing to offer, and of course, the orchestration is very colorful throughout. I can't help yearning for a bit more diversity in style and texture, however (which I hope is about to come). At the moment, the score comes across as being a tad too whimsical for my taste. Also, the thematic material feels less warm than I expected, and certainly isn't as charming as that of HPSS, in my opinion. As mentioned before, I'm only halfway through, so my opinion is bound to change. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Another antiwhimsical! Jilal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 It's just too much for me. The creativity of his writing might make up for that in future listening sessions, however. JacksonElmore and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy 2,388 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 From what I've been able to listen to, the score is so magical and lovely. There are similarities with HP first scores, this is exciting! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Listening to the Finale now. I'm surprised by the apparent lack of thematic development in this score as presented here, and the lack of tracks with a unique, individual nature, apart from Frolic and the lovely cues involving the queen. I'm afraid the album drops some interesting non-thematic material. Overall this has been a very enjoyable album presentation, though. Easily 4/5. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 20 minutes ago, Jay said: Why didn't you preorder? I had this weird idea in my head that I had, until I just at this moment realized I had not. It's all very confusing. Next day shipping was still available (made it by 16 minutes!) but it was just an extra 3 bucks. Not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacksonElmore 69 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, Jilal said: Listening to the Finale now. I'm surprised by the apparent lack of thematic development in this score as presented here, and the lack of tracks with a unique, individual nature, apart from Frolic and the lovely cues involving the queen. I'm afraid the album drops some interesting non-thematic material. Overall this has been a very enjoyable album presentation, though. Easily 4/5. what were your favorite tracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 The Witching Hour, To Giant Country, Dream Country, Dream Jars, Meeting the Queen and Giants Netted. In no particular order. All wonderful! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlytoot 97 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Is it Mastered for iTunes or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 I preordered the OST last week, but Amazon.com says mine hasn't even shipped yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Psycho Pianist 216 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 The realisation dawned upon me as I heard the first few bars of "Overture" of how lucky we are to hear a new Williams/Spielberg collaboration, one that will probably never again be bettered in terms of the popularity and skill of both director and composer. Now, to critique! Will and JacksonElmore 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Apparently Amazon delivered my CD early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ins 42 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Snorting and Sniffing, 0:35; the cello line! Classic Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Just finished my first listen. Overall, I wasn't terribly impressed - but then again, I wasn't by my first listen to the TFA OST either, and I grew to love that score. It's all very light and breezy, no deep emotional tugging cues like on a War Horse or even TFA Some thoughts on specific tracks Overture - How awesome is it to get this? It seems rare lately to get JW logo/title music The Witching Hour - Very early into the track I thought "I betcha this will be a favorite track of mine when all is said and done", and I was right! I loved this. BTW, the way the track ends so suddenly, I have to assume its meant to segue directly into the next cue - whether or not that's the next music on the OST or not, I don't know Dream Country - I think we were a bit misguided to get so excited about a 10 minute JW track. Its not really an epic track that builds on one idea for a long time, more like a bunch of smaller ideas one after another Fleshlumpeater - A lowpoint of the OST, just kinda too silly Frolic - Super fun! Meeting The Queen - Wow, wasn't expecting militaristic music! Giants Netted - Like a weird mashup of No Ticket, GIlderoy Lockheart, and Tintin's main theme. Actually really fun though. I could see him turning this into a fun concert piece! Finale - Actually really nice. But, it never felt like I was at the end of things before I got here; Giants Netted hardly sounds like the climax of a 2 hour fantasy movie. So this track while nice doesn't have anything grandiose about it. It's clearly the final music in the film though Sophie and the BFG - Wow, it opens exactly like Overture, then continues to be VERY reminiscent of earlier cues. I wonder if this is all a pure new recording or partially of fully a cut and paste job? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I let myself listen to "Overture," which was terrific, but that's it. Must not listen to any more...Must not listen... ----- Early reviews say this score is nothing special. But after TFA, I'm not too worried about that fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 39 minutes ago, Jay said: Finale - Actually really nice. But, it never felt like I was at the end of things before I got here; Giants Netted hardly sounds like the climax of a 2 hour fantasy movie. So this track while nice doesn't have anything grandiose about it. It's clearly the final music in the film though yes, it's likely the final cue but I bet there's about of 10 minutes of swelling emotional stuff between Giants Netted and Finale. So in other words it's not the full finale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 I highly doubt that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Well Hook had about a 10 minute Finale cue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 What? Hook's finale is over 20 minutes! And Spielberg won't be doing that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 the War Horse Finale is pretty long.it has 2 long tracks on the album (Reunion and Remembering Emily and Finale) also I can't believe Giants Netted (2 minutes) scores the entire finale action set piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 You're hopeless. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Quote What? Hook's finale is over 20 minutes! And Spielberg won't be doing that again. @Jay Well, Jay, in any case you don't have to speculate too much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artguy360 1,843 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Overall the thematic material is very simple and undeveloped. What you see is what you get and there don't seem to be many extended thematic music, more like a phrase or two and that's it. Not sure how I feel about this score, but the whimsy is definitely there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 15 minutes ago, king mark said: the War Horse Finale is pretty long.it has 2 long tracks on the album (Reunion and Remembering Emily and Finale) also I can't believe Giants Netted (2 minutes) scores the entire finale action set piece I just read the book this week. There isn't really a drawn-out "finale action set piece" in the book. Book spoilers: Spoiler After the meal at the queen's palace, military helicopters are sent to catch the giants. This happens pretty quickly without much of a fight. The giants are taken to London where they are dumped in a giant pit and fed only snozzcumbers. Sophie and the BFG get nice houses built for them, and everyone lives happily ever after. The end. That's it. I could definitely see how that giant-catching moment could fit only into "Giants Netted." Obviously they could have changed it for the movie, though. I guess we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Tintin had a pretty bizarre and short "climax" too. The real final setpiece was probably the Pursuit of the Falcon, because the Crane Fight was weak (and a pretty haphazard, disjointed cue to boot). Pieter Boelen and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacksonElmore 69 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Just saw the movie. The first two acts were actually very decent in my opinion, but the entire ending was awful. Musically, i thought it was great. I went in with low expectations, expecting a few themes but nothing huge. Sophie's theme (the one heard in overture) was played the most, and although it wasn't given the big soaring climax i was expecting, it was always nice to hear. The giants have a theme that is pretty funny imo, in the same way that haddocks theme from tintin was. The giant country cues were awesome, and it was nice to hear them repeated in the end credits. Overall I was pleasantly surprised, and i would say that to appreciate score you should definitely see it in the film first. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,346 Posted July 1, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2016 I just got done seeing the film and @king mark Is completely wrong. There's barely any unreleased music, maybe some short cues in between the longer pieces on the OST and that's it. There's lots of scenes with no score and a very lengthly scene "scored" with existing classical music and bagpipe music. Giants Netted and Finale are absolutely the final two pieces of music in the film before the end credits with nothing missing in between them. Giants Netted is NOT the climax of the film; both cues are denouement tracks wrapping things up after the climax. The "action climax" (if you can call it that, it's like 30 seconds long), I'm not sure if it's on the OST or not but if it is, it's combined with another cue under a different name. The OST is not in chronological order but I think easy to figure out. Overture is a total misnomer; it's nothing more than the first chunk of the end credits, repeated as it's own track, like what he did on the JP and Minority Report OSTs. I think he does this because Spielberg never starts his movies with proper main title sequences. So like for Hook, he used the trailer music to open the album. For Minority Report and BFG, an End Credits edit. For AI, he picked a cue from the third act of the film to open the album. For KOCS, three concert arrangments. Etc. Anyway it's definitely a repeat of the End Credits track and not like an unused main title cue or anything. The film opens with the Disney logo, with its own music, then the Ambling logo with its own music, then another logo with music. Then no music at all for a few quick titles and the title card for the film, then after a little bit The Witching Hour begins (and that leads directly into To Giant Country just as I suspected). No chance Overture was meant to cover the short opening, its just an end credits edit to make the start of the album interesting. As for the end credits, I think it was the same as CD version, and I'm pretty sure it's all new recording and not cut and paste job but I dunno. It's a nice suite regardless. The main theme I thought was a Sophie/BFG friendship theme at first, but mostly its just used as a personal theme for Sophie. Then there's a theme for Giant Country (almost always played when characters are going there), a theme for the bad giants, a noble theme for the queen of England, and maybe one other theme. The dancing flute parts are for dreams flying around the screen. It was a boring and silly film but the score fits it like a glove - I don't mean the score is boring and silly at all, I mean it enhances the film and perfectly conveys the emotions Spielberg wants at all times (which is never anything serious, it's a super light film). Its a very Spielbergy score, it's really exactly how you'd expect it to be scored at all times, with no surprises. I'll try to post chronological order when I get home. Chewy, JacksonElmore, Will and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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