filmmusic 1,839 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 4 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Does anyone know if Williams also arranged this? Yes, he did. 100% certain. JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,967 Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I just finished a terrifying final stage interview for a job I'm pursuing but I got the impression that it went really well, so I needed to listen to something cathartic and... well, redemptive. This more than fits the bill. Crikey, I'm glad that's over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JNHFan2000 2,967 Posted April 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2023 This cue never fails to break my heart Smaug The Iron, LSH and Holko 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 All I see is "Video unavailable" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,359 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Jay said: All I see is "Video unavailable" That's why it breaks his heart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,967 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Oh. It's Stoick's Ship from HTTYD 2 by Powell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 744 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 5m9 - Promoting Jar Jar (With LEGO GBA Insert).mp3 Just trying out a silly little thing, replacing a portion of Promoting Jar Jar with the equivalent excerpt from LEGO Star Wars GBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,967 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 After almost 40 years, Beetlejuice's opening is still one of my Top 5 Main Title cues from Elfman Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 It's great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaPupJux 47 Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 The Miracle of the Ark Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Reunion and the Dig Begins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Parts of HP1 again. In glorious FLAC. Life is beautiful. I don't need antyhing else for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I was going to pick a cue, but i don't want to (and it rules) Knight of Ren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ren 789 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Brónach said: I was going to pick a cue, but i don't want to (and it rules) Fantastic movie, and the score works quite well in it. Also great is the score Arson did for one of the director, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, previous movies, El Reino, I think internationally known as The Realm. It's an electronic score that works surprisingly well within the movie, which is also fantastic, a masterclass in script-writing, tension building and acting! From Spain, I also recommend two of my favorite scores from last year: Las Niñas de Cristal by Iván Palomares, and Irati by Aranzazu Calleja & Maite Arroitajauregui. There are some other great spanish scores, like Fernando Velazquez's God's Crooked Lines, but those I mentioned are a perfect showcase of strong, melodic writing with excellent orchestrations and an intelligent narrative that perfectly fits the respective movies. Palomares' score is soft, lyrical and romantic, with a gorgeous main theme showcased in the first part of the following cue: As for Irati, is heavily influenced by folk-music from the north of Spain, with some unusual and exotic instruments and with the ethereal and mystical presence of the choir, but with a strong main theme for the protagonist that is developed through the whole score, with a great variation in the following cue: Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Irati holds a lot of significance for me as a movie. Knight of Ren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,470 Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 One of Thomas Newman's most wonderful compositions: Trope and LSH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,470 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Over the last few days I've been listening obssessively to Alan Silvestri's great score for Contact, specifically this amazing cue. Reminds me a bit of his Avengers scores, and I can see this cue being used as temp track everywhere in Infinity War and Endgame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 14/04/2023 at 12:03 AM, Edmilson said: One of Thomas Newman's most wonderful compositions: I've always loved this cue. Such delicacy. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Trope 527 Posted April 15, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2023 On 14/4/2023 at 9:03 AM, Edmilson said: One of Thomas Newman's most wonderful compositions: Absolutely beautiful. Many try to imitate this style, but NO-ONE does it like Newman himself. He has arguably THE most unique and distinct compositional styles of anybody writing for films today. Incredible instrumental combinations and harmonic progressions which cut right to the heart, and all made to sound so natural and effortless. It takes a great composer to write an apparently simple piece - Anybody can spin out a whole bunch of notes, but knowing exactly where to leave them out and create space is another level of skill entirely. Edmilson, LSH, Brónach and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,371 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 On 14/04/2023 at 9:45 PM, Edmilson said: Over the last few days I've been listening obssessively to Alan Silvestri's great score for Contact, specifically this amazing cue. Reminds me a bit of his Avengers scores, and I can see this cue being used as temp track everywhere in Infinity War and Endgame. thank you for the hint. I listened to Contact now as well a few times the past week and it somehow seems to be his "Spacecamp", even though it cannot keep up with Williams' effort. But it is really nice and atmospheric. And... almost no woodwinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I wasn't aware of this composer. Quite good music! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LSH 969 Posted April 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2023 Been addicted to this cue for the past hour. I could have easily posted this in the "favourite moments" thread, simply for the passage from 2:20... when that repeating boys choir phrase ("ha ha ha, oh ah - oh ah, ha ha ha...") begins and those rich emotive string chords develop underneath. A quintessential JNH goosebump moment. Edmilson, Jay and JNHFan2000 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Still very effective, and one of my favourite atonal film music cues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,470 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Such a gorgeous cue. It's so peaceful and touching, with some echoes of Meet Joe Black. LSH and Trope 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 969 Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 6 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Such a gorgeous cue. It's so peaceful and touching, with some echoes of Meet Joe Black. No other composer orchestrates strings to sound so velvety soft. Gorgeous. Trope and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,470 Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Had James Horner scored a Batman movie in the 90s or even the 2000s, this would've been his Batman theme: Trope and Brónach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 NWH, exit through the lobby. Beautiful cue, but there's a time and place for puns, Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 744 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Opening Cutscene, Pt.1 - Sonic Unleashed This cue all by itself got me hooked on this game. It's got clear, strong themes and dynamic, engaging action that fits the onscreen feats like a glove. I've definitely got the full soundtrack in my sights on Amazon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 One year without Vangelis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,470 Posted June 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2023 Return of the King has the best action music in all of the Howard Shore Middle Earth scores. GerateWohl, Trope and Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,359 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 I love that choral bit when Faramir ducks behind the pillar and let's the archers take down the Orcs behind him, and then decides to fall back to Minas Tirith. Trope and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestat 348 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Shore rocks when he gets creative - this one is a total beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,470 Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 I love this unreleased cue from JNH's masterful King Kong, and I wish it was expanded so that more people who don't care for bootlegs could listen too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Masterful dramatic cue by a composer I didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,371 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I mentioned this score for David Copperfield recently in the scores almost written by John Williams thread. Gorgeous main theme by Malcolm Arnold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I now feel obliged to mention this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 This is some cue. Do you like setpieces? Do you like scores that somehow sound specifically like themselves and not like other scores? well! Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 That's a terrific cue Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,371 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Did I already mention, that I love this piece? Especially this pure piano version is great. Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,967 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 11 hours ago, Brónach said: This is some cue. Do you like setpieces? Do you like scores that somehow sound specifically like themselves and not like other scores? well! This cue is incredible!! I listened to the full score again yesterday. It's my no. 1 score of the year at this moment. Great stuff!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestat 348 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 On 06/05/2023 at 4:21 PM, Edmilson said: Had James Horner scored a Batman movie in the 90s or even the 2000s, this would've been his Batman theme: There should be a thread about would-be Batman themes from the 1990s by talent that would have been able to get those commissions - like Silvestri and this end credits to Judge Dredd. If Goldenthal had not been hired on the basis of Interview with the Vampire and Demolition Man, Silvestri would have been a candidate. JNH would probably been Schumacher's pick but he blew that bridge by blowing out of The Client. Williams and Goldsmith would have been considered but would have been too established in their sound. Probably the same for Horner (even if 2012 Spiderman refutes that). Warner Bris were looking for a fresh sound so Goldenthal was the guy On 27/06/2023 at 8:40 PM, JNHFan2000 said: This cue is incredible!! I listened to the full score again yesterday. It's my no. 1 score of the year at this moment. Great stuff!! Not feeling it for any of DP's stuff, despite the 'live djs'!) Sounds like a Balfe with a bit more time on his hands and a jazzy touch. I know PB is capable of actually interesting compositions so am surprised why his Spiderman stuff is getting so much attention. He reworked a motif from the first score into what is still his only great piece of work: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 John Williams is truly the greatest film composer ever lived! I cannot understand how he can come up with such timeless themes... JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,084 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On thing that impresses me about JW is that although his film music is written under time pressure, it's so well thought through that he doesn't have to change much when turning a piece into a concert arrangement. JTN and filmmusic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,040 Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Another thing I love about him is that often he writes entire pieces of themes for certain characters that aren’t even part of the score, are not heard in the film in their entirety, yet he takes the time and effort to compose them for the film, uses segments of them as leitmotifs in the score and later puts them on the soundtrack album as individual “character pieces” or themes. Like Princess Leia’s Theme in Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 744 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 So for each one of my Indy score fanedits, I always have the playlists start with a piece of music that serves as a sort of "prelude" to the score. Raiders gets the DCC version of the short Raiders March with the coda, Last Crusade gets a concert arrangement of the Scherzo. And Temple of Doom gets this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Seriously, it's irritating to me how perfect is Williams's music! There isn't ANY OTHER COMPOSER who writes like this, intricate counterpoint and harmonies, which sound however inevitable. JNHFan2000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 744 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Awhile back, I replaced Spock Walk in my driving playlist with Stealing The Enterprise (I find Spock Walk too intense for driving, you see). I tried out Stealing The Enterprise just this morning on my way back home from my volunteering gig... I have no regrets putting this in my driving rotation. 6:12-6:50 played just as I cleared the last traffic light and was driving down the last road leading up to my house. When I arrived I sat in the car and let the cue finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,372 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Relatable! ThePenitentMan1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,515 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Whenever I listen to this I feel like I've just entered into a dungeon in an Elder Scrolls game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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