nightscape94 965 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 48 minutes ago, Jay said: and Star Wars of course have no choir. Though I'd be curious to see how they will handle RotJ when they finally get to it. They certainly won't bring out a male chorus just for one cue, but the effect would be diminished if they didn't at least track it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 ROTJ has male choir in several cues, iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 3 minutes ago, Stefancos said: ROTJ has male choir in several cues, iirc Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Almost all the choir in that score is very subdued though. They can easily get away using synth. And for the Ewok Cebration they can use the soundtrack vocals, if they are isolated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 They should ask the audience to sing Yub Nub! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 With swinging lightsabers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,286 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 It'll probably be Victory Celebration, though, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I'm speaking more about the one very important cue that we all know and love. While I'm aware that there's some choir in other spots because of the Emperor's material, "The Dark Side Beckons" almost can't go without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: ROTJ has male choir in several cues, iirc If memory serves me well, though, its a very small male choir which, unfortunately, lends itself to a synth substitution. for someone to actually bother to assemble a live choir for such an event, it requires a certain volume of choral work and a certain size of choral forces to be present in the score for the effort to be worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,235 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 3 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I'm pretty sure the orchestra used a synthesized celeste. And they did use the pre-recorded choir. Actually, do any of these Harry Potter concerts use live choir? There was a live choir for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone at the Royal Albert Hall in London earlier this year. There was also a live choir for the one-off Independence Day live performance at the same venue last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 The actual film recording uses a synth celeste, so i guess its fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Yeah, wasn't a complaint. Just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 But did they use the original sessions synth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 No it was a live player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 The conductor in Dublin encouraged the crowd to cheer at their favourite parts. Thankfuky we're not a crowd that does that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 6 minutes ago, Bilbo Skywalker said: The conductor in Dublin encouraged the crowd to cheer at their favourite parts. Chav! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 They had a live choir for HP1 in Belgium as well and a live celesta player (don't know whether it was synths or real). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 They obviously offer the LTP program with several options so orchestra's can chose the set-up which suits them best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 963 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 We had a live choir in Paris and a live player for the celesta (synth) if I remember correctly. They announced HP2 for next December. But I don't know if I'll attend given my experience with HP1 This time the place has changed though but I must figure out what orchestra will be playing before purchasing tickets But there are also both Danny Elfman and Howard Shore concert so I don't know. I won't be able to attend all, that's for sure… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Well I just got an e-mail informing me that the HP CoS concert in Espoo, Finland which was to take place next month has been moved to February 2018. Oh well something to look forward next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Wow. Did they say why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 No. The announcement just mentions "production technical reasons" (suomeksi tuotantotekniset syyt) as the cause for the delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 The blu-ray player keeps freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 They don't understand why there is so much tracked music and are wondering if they have a workprint version of the film. "We already played all that music during the Philosopher's Stone concert! Are you sure you have the correct version of the film? Where's the new music?" Bilbo and bollemanneke 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Thats the reason why I didn't go and see it in Rotterdam last month. Well that and because I was in LA to see John Williams conduct COS music... bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I'll attend the three Williams scored films and then pass any subsequent ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I’d definitely see Doyle’s very good score performed. But none of the others. Still perplexed by the love that Desplat’s got. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I'd do that, too, Inky. Although I like the five remaining scores, the films got a little "teen angst" for me, just two rungs above Twilight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Don't you remember what it was like, Richard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 19 hours ago, Incanus said: I'll attend the three Williams scored films and then pass any subsequent ones. 19 hours ago, Richard said: Although I like the five remaining scores, the films got a little "teen angst" for me, just two rungs above Twilight. Interesting. To me, its the Chris Columbus films that are WAY too juvenile. I like the music, but not nearly as much as I need in order to sit through those films, especially Chamber of Secrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 19 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I’d definitely see Doyle’s very good score performed. But none of the others. Still perplexed by the love that Desplat’s got. Who loves those Desplat scores here? I like them, but nothing more. Would DEFINITELY go to GOF, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 27 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Interesting. To me, its the Chris Columbus films that are WAY too juvenile. I like the music, but not nearly as much as I need in order to sit through those films, especially Chamber of Secrets. Don't get me wrong, Chen; I like the scores, but I just don't want to see Potter being asked to "zip me up, will you?" Yikes! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I get it. Its certainly not my favorite element of Harry Potter films, although since it comes hand-in-hand with the narrative growing progressively darker (in that the characters and the narrative "grow up") I'll take it over a stakeless two hour and forty minutes of retreaded exposition any day. Its not like any of the Harry Potter films are these cinematic masterpieces or critical darlings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I just take Williams' music over any of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Me too, but its not that great that It would lead me into sitting through upward of two and a half hours of british actors chewing the scenery to no end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Me too, but its not that great that It would lead me into sitting through upward of two and a half hours of british actors chewing the scenery to no end. If that is the price you have to pay to hear this music live then I'll glady do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: The price you have to pay is more like $200! Scenery chewing British thespians and 200 € then (for all three JW scored films)! My final offer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 3 hours ago, bollemanneke said: Who loves those Desplat scores here? I like them, but nothing more. Would DEFINITELY go to GOF, though. I don't know so much about this board, but in other places (like film score review sites/other messageboards) the Desplat scores get a lot of love. 5 star scores in many places. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I'm a fan of the Desplat scores, especially for Part 1. They're kind of subdued, which doesn't necessarily help the languid pace and the feeling of dead air that pervades the last two films, but they're still a good listen on their own, and do support many of the scenes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Yes, and Part 1 has lots of thematic development which I only noticed after my third listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 7 hours ago, Chen G. said: I get it. Its certainly not my favorite element of Harry Potter films, although since it comes hand-in-hand with the narrative growing progressively darker (in that the characters and the narrative "grow up") I'll take it over a stakeless two hour and forty minutes of retreaded exposition any day. Its not like any of the Harry Potter films are these cinematic masterpieces or critical darlings. Also, and as much as I like the other scores, I'm not prepared to pay £35-plus to hear them live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 35 minutes ago, Smeltington said: I'm a fan of the Desplat scores, especially for Part 1. They're kind of subdued, which doesn't necessarily help the languid pace and the feeling of dead air that pervades the last two films, but they're still a good listen on their own, and do support many of the scenes well. I especially don't get the love for "Lily's Theme" which I find so boring and unmemorable as a melody and as a theme. I really like many Desplat scores, but for me melody is not his strongest suit. Holko and Not Mr. Big 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Yeah, it's kind of thin and wispy. It's a nice emotional and thematic anchor for the score, but the melody could be stronger. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quppa 117 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will be performing the Prisoner of Azkaban in November next year - tickets are now on sale. There are still tickets available for the Philosopher's Stone and the Chamber of Secrets next month. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 On 9/27/2017 at 10:54 AM, Disco Stu said: I especially don't get the love for "Lily's Theme" which I find so boring and unmemorable as a melody and as a theme. I really like many Desplat scores, but for me melody is not his strongest suit. I haven't listened to much Desplat, but I know this melody is absolutely gorgeous (probably one of the best of the 2010s): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Oh sure, I'm not saying he can't write a good melody, just that often it's not his strongest suit. But also, unlike Patrick Doyle for whom I made the opposite point recently, he's not necessarily a composer who sounds like he needs great melodies all the time. He's incredibly adept with the orchestra (and more offbeat orchestrations) and controls tone/mood very well. Godzilla for instance is a fantastic score, even if I'm not necessarily humming tunes from it. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I'm going to Chamber of Secrets this Sunday I'll examine the Programme to see if there's any mention of William Ross contribution to this score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 A track by track breakdown indicating who did what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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