Jwfan2234 59 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 You tell me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 It's alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offline 29 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Why is there no middle ground? It doesn't suck, but Hans Zimmer also hasn't done a masterpiece in a long time. It's...fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Just now, zeekypttr5678 said: Hans Zimmer also hasn't done a masterpiece in a long time. Yeah, not since... Interstellar! Cerebral Cortex and Jwfan2234 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwfan2234 59 Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, zeekypttr5678 said: Why is there no middle ground? It doesn't suck, but Hans Zimmer also hasn't done a masterpiece in a long time. It's...fine Added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offline 29 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Oh. Sweet. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It’s completely forgettable. TheUlyssesian and Bilbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephariel 451 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Masterpiece. It is even better with the movie. The music is simplistic but haunting. I remember the notes long after I finished watching the film. It is crazy he didn't get an Oscar for that but is closer to getting one with Dunkirk. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Appreciating BvS provoked me to seek out the 2-CD edition of Interstellar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Could you add something between definitely and just okay? It's his best score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Adequate? TheUlyssesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 386 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Some moments are brilliant ("Cornfield Chase" in particular), while, to me, the rest fluctuates between good and 'meh'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I like it! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It is extremely oppressive both on album and in the film - it is just droning the same phrases over and over again with little variation. Extremely unimaginative. It is the definition of wallpaper music. It's a not a score, its a looped musical background that can be applied like wallpaper to a film. Truly the end is nigh if something like this can be considered a masterpiece of film scoring. John, Bayesian and Pieter Boelen 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I've never heard it outside the movie, which I saw once and never will again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 56 minutes ago, TheUlyssesian said: It is extremely oppressive both on album and in the film - it is just droning the same phrases over and over again with little variation. Extremely unimaginative. It is the definition of wallpaper music. It's a not a score, its a looped musical background that can be applied like wallpaper to a film. Truly the end is nigh if something like this can be considered a masterpiece of film scoring. Ignored. Wait, you already were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Every time I hear it it tricks me into thinking the film is a masterpiece, so go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It's superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Bilbo and TheUlyssesian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p0llux 398 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Just because the film was great doesn't mean the score was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 1 hour ago, p0llux said: Just because the score was great doesn't mean the film was great. Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewya 360 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 None of the options above. It is good, but not a masterpiece. More than just ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I'm not a huge fan of it. The melody and color (pipe organ) are to repetitive, to the point that the score feels like an idea-fixe score rather than a leitmotivic one. And the presentation in the film is way too overwrought. And seeing how it's attached to one of my least favorite Christopher Nolan films, my appreciation of the score cannot go unaffected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It is most definitely a masterpiece. One of the greatest scores of the 2010s. Jwfan2234 and John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Seriously?! I enjoy the score but it's incredibly repetitive. It's just the same small collection of ideas repeated over and over with little variation. Hearing the full score makes me think of how it would sound if a film were scored using library music. Well-chosen, but nothing anywhere to indicate that it was composed for this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,511 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It is OK. I've listened through it about twice and don't feel the urge to listen anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 20 minutes ago, Thor said: It is most definitely a masterpiece. One of the greatest scores of the 2010s. It actually might be. But then, that doesn't say much. In any case, one of the finest Zimmers. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 37 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: Seriously?! I enjoy the score but it's incredibly repetitive. It's just the same small collection of ideas repeated over and over with little variation. Not a fan of minimalism, I take it. Me, I absolutely adore Zimmer's take on the Glass-ian stylings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Which Hans Zimmer score is no minimalism? Considering he's done it it's a decent effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It's quite good. But it's not exactly a masterpiece, nor is it Zimmer's best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 In the movie: very impressive. On album: a bit repetitious and overlong, IMO. Averaged it out to a vote for just OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 52 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: Which Hans Zimmer score is no minimalism? Considering he's done it it's a decent effort. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It's very good, but it's certainly no masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Thor said: What? Call me one Zimmer score that is musically at least as complex as Williams' least complex score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: Call me one Zimmer score that is musically at least as complex as Williams' least complex score. That would depend on what you mean with 'complexity'. A score can be complex in any number of ways, not least of which is in relation to the images. Also, I don't believe 'musical complexity' is any kind of goal for a score like INTERSTELLAR. It's a more of a visceral experience. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Thor unignored! Brundlefly ignored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 All you need is flyspray. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, Thor said: That would depend on what you mean with 'complexity'. A score can be complex in any number of ways, not least of which is in relation to the images. Also, I don't believe 'musical complexity' is any kind of goal for a score like INTERSTELLAR. It's a more of a visceral experience. That's why I like Interstellar and Blade Runner 2049 so much. This way of listening to the music works for me there. But historical films like Gladiator and Last Samurai are just miscast with Zimmer as composer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 The Last Samurai is a gorgeous score. Cerebral Cortex and idril 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,495 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: That's why I like Interstellar and Blade Runner 2049 so much. This way of listening to the music works for me there. But historical films like Gladiator and Last Samurai are just miscast with Zimmer as composer. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Well Gladiator, as a film, certainly disagrees with that last point. That film wouldn't have worked half as well without Zimmer. Last Samurai has a lot of good stuff, but I don't remember it in context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 The music is excellent at the quiet moments! So "miscast" is not really true. But the action scenes are always too epic, not dramatic enough (Goldsmith also did that wrong with 13th Warrior) and Zimmer should have tried to dive into the ancient sound of the films' settings, but it rings just like modern music with a few instruments from that era. The really annoying thing is that Zimmer scored so many arena fights in Gladiator. It spoils (de-intensifies) the scenes, just like the T-Rex attack wold have been de-intensified with music. It's like he tries making the scenes more dramatic with harsh brasses, although all the scenes would have needed, are the sound effects and a straightforward, realistic impression. Maybe only-percussion would have been an option. A simple brutal attack is best not scored at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I voted masterpiece. One of the best modern scores in recent memory. Perhaps even better than the film (which I love also). idril and Dixon Hill 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 I don't understand why many people don't like the film. Such terms as "predictable" or "overly complicated" simply don't apply to this movie. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: I don't understand why many people don't like the film. Such terms as "predictable" or "overly complicated" simply don't apply to this movie. To be blunt, people who don't like Interstellar lack the intellectual ability to understand its dense scientific concepts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 It is you who are dense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Science and philosophy has never been so ingeniously connected with emotion and multilayered characters like in this movie. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 3 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: It is you who are dense! No you are! You're as dense as a black hole! And black holes SUCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Why so mean? Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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