leeallen01 2,136 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Just thought I'd start a topic where people share their favourite pieces that really boosted the wonderment on-screen. Like the reveal of something for example. A moment where you just thought "wow!" When hearing the music to the images. I'll kick things off with a favourite of mine. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,716 Posted September 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2016 This came immediately to mind and the piece really lifts the whole scene to a higher level. Also the concert arrangement found of this piece on the Spielberg/Williams Collaboration album is a superb elaboration on the theme. Naïve Old Fart, Cerebral Cortex, KK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Thor 7,529 Posted September 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2016 It's a bit of a general term, so it can mean all sorts of different things -- but Spielberg and Williams movies are full of 'awe and wonder' moments. A personal favourite is the first view of the dinos in JP. Cerebral Cortex, Will, Loert and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 28 minutes ago, Thor said: It's a bit of a general term, so it can mean all sorts of different things -- but Spielberg and Williams movies are full of 'awe and wonder' moments. A personal favourite is the first view of the dinos in JP. Yes that's another favourite of mine too. The whole sequence is beautifully choreographed musically . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,722 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 46 minutes ago, Thor said: It's a bit of a general term, so it can mean all sorts of different things -- but Spielberg and Williams movies are full of 'awe and wonder' moments. A personal favourite is the first view of the dinos in JP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,515 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 This is "awe and wonder" but done in a terrifying way... Unlucky Bastard and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Think the cue is Ballin'S Tomb but the music that plays in Dwarrowdelf. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelly 261 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 This is a less pronounced form of wonder, I feel... maybe more like awe-inspired bliss. Regardless I'm always struck by the subtle power of the peace. Of course, being a rejected score, it wasn't used in the film! But imagine if it was... it would have lent the scene a lot of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,915 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Incanus and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2016 Duh. Cerebral Cortex, Brónach and #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Discovery of the Great Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 By? From? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnald 365 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Bilbo Skywalker said: Think the cue is Ballin'S Tomb but the music that plays in Dwarrowdelf. You beat me to it. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Richard said: By? From? James Horner, The Land Before Time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Large parts of Return of the Jedi ewokes wonder. leeallen01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 23 minutes ago, Brónach said: James Horner, The Land Before Time. Thank you. 19 minutes ago, Bilbo Skywalker said: Large parts of Return of the Jedi ewokes wonder. Any particular large part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 13 minutes ago, Richard said: Thank you. Any particular large part? Pretty much everything on the Forrest moon. Yub Nub especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelly 261 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 For me, the big music moment for RotJ in my mind has always been the choir underscoring the final few moments of the Luke vs. Vader duel (from when Vader mentions harming Leia to when Luke chops off Vader's arm). Less wonder and more awe, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The Map Room: Dawn from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Now that is some awe of biblical proportions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I've shared this one before in the Favorite Non-Williams Musical Moments thread, but I think this is a good example of music more subtly evoking a feeling of wonderment. 0:26 - approx. 0:45 in the clip, 0:59 - 1:34 of Flies and Spiders from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug OST. And then all of this. Perfect simultaneous pairing of wondrous visuals with wondrous music. And, lastly, as a slightly unorthodox and potentially controversial selection, I'll throw in the bit where all of the Autobots transform for the first time in the first Transformers film in one continuous shot: leeallen01 and Taikomochi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The Return of the Jedi thing seems to just have gone over people's heads. ? leeallen01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 No, it's absolutely brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Cerebral Cortex and Brónach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 16 hours ago, Incanus said: This came immediately to mind and the piece really lifts the whole scene to a higher level. Also the concert arrangement found of this piece on the Spielberg/Williams Collaboration album is a superb elaboration on the theme. Oh yes. The concert arrangement is even better than, say, "The Plane" or that above cue. Absolute gold. 15 hours ago, Thor said: It's a bit of a general term, so it can mean all sorts of different things -- but Spielberg and Williams movies are full of 'awe and wonder' moments. A personal favourite is the first view of the dinos in JP. Speaking of that cue, this is perhaps a weird place to mention it, but I've always been absolutely in love with the synth bells and (presumably non-synth) winds thing (I think) starting here and lasting until 6:39... Such a subtle touch but so great! Whenever I hear this playing in my head those bells are always brought to the forefront of the mix, so to speak, that's how much I like them. And yes, the awe and wonder in that scene and score is truly epic. Hammond limping along on his cane, chuckling at Grant and Sattler's amazement ("We have a T-rex") as this cue plays, especially the part with those bells... Absolute perfection. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Always really liked this one shot of a train from Casino Royale (0:00 - 0:12 in the clip below). It's very brief, and a shot that might not have seemed all that noteworthy or memorable, especially if scored by a lesser composer. Because, really, why should it be? It's just a train driving along a simple countryside. That said, Arnold is able to pair the scene with music that really makes the event of a train passing through simple countryside feel like a really big deal. To me, it really does drip of wonder and escapism, even though it is, at it's core, just a shot of train... driving alongside the countryside. It shouldn't be as cool as it is. But I guess that's the mark of a great composer: being able to take the ordinary and make it extraordinary. Music only: leeallen01 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 23, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2016 The true master of musical wonderment. Brónach, Taikomochi, leeallen01 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 On 22/09/2016 at 4:07 PM, Disco Stu said: On 22/09/2016 at 4:07 PM, Disco Stu said: I'll see your THE ENTERPRISE, and I'll raise you THE CLOUD, V'GER FLYOVER, and THE MELD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2016 Obvious. Will, publicist and Cerebral Cortex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 16 hours ago, TheWhiteRider said: Obvious. Woah I'd never heard that one before. It has an expansion of the bit I love in "Detach," near the end (although I think I like the orchestration in "Detach" better). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck 155 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Incanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 One track that came to mind seeing the thread, curiously, is "Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway" from On Her Majesty's Secret Service -specifically when Bond begins his journey up over the Alps. There's a sense of wonder in the beauty of the Alps in that first half of the track, especially when listed in isolation. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 On 22/09/2016 at 11:42 AM, Thor said: It's a bit of a general term, so it can mean all sorts of different things -- but Spielberg and Williams movies are full of 'awe and wonder' moments. A personal favourite is the first view of the dinos in JP. For me JP is unparalleled as far as this topic goes. It utterly rocked my senses to their core when I heard it (alongside the images), it was an epiphany in my young life. Mind-blowing. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 A rare example of Hollywood movie magic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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