leeallen01 2,136 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 So... thoughts on who should score this? I doubt Howard Shore is interested, and wouldn't fit this film any way, from the sounds of the plot. I fear it will be a generic composer, but I hope for someone who can build a new tapestry of a musical world. My pick would be Bear McCreary. It looks like an overly CGI version of Mad Max Fury Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTRHobbitFan 20 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 If only the PJ and Shore relationship hadn't turned sour since King Kong... Give me JNH for this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 I would choose JNH first for most things, so I agree, but I really do want McCreary to finally get a big budget film to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 17 minutes ago, leeallen01 said: MAD MAX: MILDLY ANNOYED ROAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hans Zimmer is always a solid choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Don't you EVER say his name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hams Sizzler. Naïve Old Fart and mstrox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Tom Holkenborg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I think it is rude to Christian Rivers to call this "Peter Jackson's" Mortal Engines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Christian Rivers? Isn't that the young chap with the sketch pad and pencil? How time flies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Will said: John Williams. Why not? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dtw42 61 Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 Somebody throw David Arnold a bone... John, Unlucky Bastard and leeallen01 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: Christian Rivers? Isn't that the young chap with the sketch pad and pencil? How time flies! His days of clean living and storyboarding are over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 On 3/7/2018 at 10:28 PM, Jay said: I think it is rude to Christian Rivers to call this "Peter Jackson's" Mortal Engines That's what the marketing is calling it, for name recognition And technically he is producing it and he wrote it with Boyens and Walsh. And I'm sure he guided Christian while filming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Incanus 5,715 Posted March 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2018 38 minutes ago, leeallen01 said: And technically he is producing it and he wrote it with Boyens and Walsh. And I'm sure he guided Christian while filming. I can imagine how the shoot went with PJ "assisting": Christian Rivers takes the director chair and says "Action!" PJ: Ummm... Christian:What? PJ: I was just thinking, are you sure you want to say "Action!" like that? Christian: Do you have any suggestions how I should do it? PJ: I am so glad you asked. Scoot over! I need to be in the director's chair to be able to show you properly. Christian: OK...? PJ: Right, now this is how you do it. Action! Christian: Alright. I think I got it now. Can I get back into the chair now? PJ: Ummm... about that. I kind of like it in here actually. Would you mind if I directed this scene and perhaps a couple of the following ones? Christian: Sure Pete. Whatever. PJ: Great! And action! This is going to be such a cool movie by Christian Rivers. I just know it! Smaug The Iron, Brónach, Holko and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Second day of shooting. CR is fed up with PJ's "help" PJ: Let me on the set. Security guard: YOU. SHALL NOT. PASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 6 hours ago, leeallen01 said: And I'm sure he guided Christian while filming. That's quite an assumption to latch on to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Yeah, in the same way that Spielberg "guided" Hooper, on POLTERGEIST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Jay said: That's quite an assumption to latch on to! Really? I think it's pretty obvious. Jackson is the one really making the film. Rivers is great with what he did on LOTR and the Hobbit, but this is clearly a PJ production that he just chose not to direct. PJ has been developing this film for 9 years. And all of his production companies are making it. Christian Rivers literally works for PJ and has done for decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Peter was also the producer on District 9, and you can’t really call that a Peter Jackson film. He gives the directors more than enough freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,013 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Looks like a job for Ramin Djawadi! Karol Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,013 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 "I always wanted to work with Ramin. It is a dream come true. His talent and artistry when creating rich musical accompaniment to diverse fantasy worlds of Westeros are unparalleled in this medium. We started out with this approach with Howard on Middle-earth films but now we're really taking it to the next level" - Peter Jackson Karol John and Arpy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 919 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Howard Shore should score this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Ed Sheeran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 No orchestral music. The score should be a tapestry of samples of different types of engine, arranged by the top experts at Volkswagen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 6 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: No orchestral music. The score should be a tapestry of samples of different types of engine, arranged by the top experts at Volkswagen. We're all living in 2018 while Gloin is living in 3255. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Nah. He's just describing the Best Original Score winner of 2019. Glóin the Dark and dtw42 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 John Powell, to make up for the tragedy that he was replaced by fucking Junkie XL on Mad Max Fury Road. Otherwise, I don't care. Movie looks dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 We should all score it together!...and then maybe see if we can persuade Peter Jackson to make his movies watchable again someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 What's Conrad Pope up to these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOTRHobbitFan 20 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 My guess is Junkie XL after Conrad Pope wrote he has just finished conducting the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for the composer's upcoming knockout score. There is only one director who would use NZSO for his movies. The relationship with Howard Shore is clearly over. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10214992927929607&id=1621614403 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,013 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Funny, he never said that about his collaboration with Howard Shore. Karol Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Philip Glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Minas Tirith on tank treads. Lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Nice avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 So it's definitely Junkie then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,714 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Tracked music from departed composers Horner and Rosenmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Herrmann's score to Psycho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Well, I think Junkie's work on Fury Road was decent, it fit the tone well, if Jackson wants big drums and noise then he's found the right guy. It's a shame the relationship between PJ and Shore broke down, but we shouldn't expect every big PJ film to automatically return to Shore's masterful hands. I think James Newton Howard would be a good fit for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I thought they made up for the Hobbit trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 They did. Its not a Peter Jackson movie: he’s producing it. Does every film that Spielberg produce merit a Williams score. I’ll answer that for you with an example: Spielberg produced Transformers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Well they still maintain a professional relationship, but all the indicators point to the Kong affair really got between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Shore should be glad he was relieved of that flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Why? It’s a beautiful tragedy. It worked like gangbusters for James Newton Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Some of the sequences, especially the dinosaur stampede, is absolutely cringe-worthy. And some of the special effects are just too overloaded. Peter Jackson has still not learned when less is more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Absolutely. But as Chris Hartwell says one must not lose the forest for the trees. If you are sad when Kong dies - than the movie worked, at its core. Everything else is besides the point. And Newton Howard’s score works very well, and I’m sure Shore’s would have, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 I was mostly happy that the film was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Arpy 4,145 Posted June 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2018 Kong was undoubtedly a bit long, but I think it has some excellent set-pieces and JNH's score is great for the absolutely mental scoring process they went through. Chen G., Evanus and leeallen01 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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