Bear McCreary's Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

7 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

Is the ost " complete"?

 

It has all the essentials. There's probably some incidental underscore here or there that's missing.

 

And since you've ordered it from Amazon, you might get a CD-R.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

On 6/3/2019 at 2:54 AM, crocodile said:

There is probably a nice 50-minute album somewhere in there. 

 

Karol

I'm working on it.

After the obvious tracks for Mothra and Atlantis, it will take some doing.

Like DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, a similar score....

 

Fyi I got a pressed cd

On 5/24/2019 at 5:45 PM, Nick Parker said:

Seeing such love for the Godzilla theme brings warm feelings to my heart. Man I want some of those older scores re-recorded.

No one makes orchestra tutti unisons and doublings sound as goddamn thick  and punchy as Ifukube. 

I was OVERJOYED when GOJIRA was redone.

I created a special CD-r  program that slightly re-orders the sequence. Also, new track titles for some.cues.

Then I added the three " Farewell to the Dinosaurs" cues from GODZILLA V. GHIDORA as a bonus suite:

[Giftheck 916]

The only instance of music being in a track where it's not originally supposed to be is the opening of 'Fog Over Fenway' - that piece is from the post-credits scene. Other than that, the score tracks themselves are in order as far as I can tell, so it's just a matter of selecting which ones to include. Here's what I did for my own 'short version' of KOTM

 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Here is my program for Disc Two:

9. GODZILLA Main Title

7. MOTHRA Song

8. GHIDORAH Theme

1. Rebirth

4. Redemption

5. King of the Monsters"

6* Godzilla Song

 

*I can't believe how much I like this!

[MedigoScan 324]

18 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said:

 

It has all the essentials. There's probably some incidental underscore here or there that's missing.

 

And since you've ordered it from Amazon, you might get a CD-R.

 

The biggest stretch of missing music was between Rodan and Mass Awakening. And it didnt sound that necessary to me anyway.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

On 8/1/2020 at 11:38 AM, bruce marshall said:

Here is my program for Disc one

Disc one

 

16. Key to Coexistence

3. Welcome to Monarch

6. Rise of GHIDORA

9. RODAN

13.. For Andrew

12. Queen of the Monsters

15.The Hollow Earth

17.Goodbye Old  Friend

 

Phew# took alot of work to whip this into shape. Very satisfying listen!

On 8/1/2020 at 11:38 AM, bruce marshall said:

Here is my program for Disc Two:

9. GODZILLA Main Title

7. MOTHRA Song

8. GHIDORAH Theme

1. Rebirth

4. Redemption

5. King of the Monsters"

6* Godzilla Song

 

*I can't believe how much I like this!

 

 

[gkgyver 1,645]

It took a lot of work to arrange album tracks? 

[Giftheck 916]

So... there's a new leak out there of this score... and it's got everything I could think to have hoped in there.

 

But... now I feel like we were ripped off... because the leak contains versions of Mothra's Song with the lyrics from the original theme!

[Jay 37,364]

Ripped off?

[Giftheck 916]

Just now, Jay said:

Ripped off?

 

I'm being deliberately hyberbolic there, but the version of Mothra's Song in both the film and the OST lacks the lyrics. I always assumed they just didn't have them in there at all. Turns out that Bear McCreary did versions with the lyrics. That version should have been on the OST.

[Jay 37,364]

Gotcha

[MedigoScan 324]

That leak also shows that the OST release was already pretty comprehensive, barring one minor action setpiece and those Mothra's Song choir versions.

[Giftheck 916]

4 hours ago, MedigoScan said:

That leak also shows that the OST release was already pretty comprehensive, barring one minor action setpiece and those Mothra's Song choir versions.

 

You're not wrong. As a selection of music, the OST is pretty solid, hitting all the major thematic points.

[Giftheck 916]

Now that we have that leak, I've gone ahead and broken down the album according to what cue is what. Some people were confused as to whether the OST contained anything the leak didn't, so this should clarify things.

 

"Godzilla (feat. Serj Tankian)" 3:10

• 7m7s Godzilla, though the album does omit the female backing singer.

"Godzilla Main Theme" 2:34

• 7m8Dv1 End Credits Pt 4

"Memories of San Francisco" 2:11

• 1m01v10 Memories of San Francisco

"The Larva" 4:23

• 1m03v5 The Egg - omits the final 40 seconds, fades into Larval Chaos.
• 1m04v4 Larval Chaos - Opening ten seconds are removed, rest is faded in from The Egg.
• 1m05v5 Reaching For Mothra - Only the part containing Mothra's Song, which is about 40 seconds, is used.

"Welcome to Monarch" 2:54

• 1m07v2 Scattering The Wolves
• 1m09v5 Welcome To Monarch - omits the opening 40 seconds, mixes the rest onto the end of Scattering The Wolves, and omits the final minute.

"Outpost 32" 7:03

• 2m01v3 Antarctic Arrival
• 2m03v4 Monster Zero - introducing note is microedited, ending section is cut in earlier.
• 2m04v4 Antarctica Outpost 32 - approx. 20 seconds cut out at the 3:00 mark of the OST piece.
• 2m05v4 Detonator - intro is mixed in to the end of Antarctice Outpost 32. Edited down to remove excessive silence.

"Ice Breaker" 2:33

• 2m06v2 Ice Breaker
• 3m01v5 The Base Collapses

"Rise of Ghidorah" 2:59

• 3m02v7 The Rise of Ghidorah
• 3m03av7 Ghidorah Blast
• 3m03bv7 Ghidorah Attack

"Old Rivals" 3:49

• 3m04av3 Something Draws Near
• 3m04b-dv4 Godzilla Emerges
• 3m05v6 First Confrontation with microedits and removal of silences.

"The First Gods" 5:18

• 3m07v10 The First Gods
• 3m08v4 One At A Time edited into the ending of The First Gods

"Rodan" 5:23

• 4m01v4 Rodan Emerges
• 7m8Cv1 End Credits Pt 3 - with the ending 18 seconds removed in order to segue directly into Rodan Chase.
• 4m02v5 Rodan Chase with the ending 30 seconds edited out.

"A Mass Awakening" 5:32

• 4m04v6 Oxygen Destroyer
• 4m05v6 A Mass Awakening with the last 30 seconds edited out
• 4m06v4 Mothra At The Waterfall

"The One Who is Many" 5:37

• 4m07v2 For Andrew
• 4m08v2 The One Who Is Many
• 4m09v3 A New Alpha

"Queen of the Monsters" 3:35

• 5m02v7 Queen of the Monsters (Alt Choir)
• 5m03v5 Our Only Shot

"For Andrew" 1:18

• 5m04v3 A Really Long Fortune Cookie. Odd that they'd title this "For Andrew" when that cue already exists.

"Stealing the Orca" 3:04

• 5m05v3 Stealing the Orca edited down to omit lengthy silence in the middle.
• 5m07v3 Plugging In

"The Hollow Earth" 5:26

• 5m06v9 Hollow Earth - 25 seconds edited out at the 35 second mark on the OST track.
• 5m08v10 His Home - 15 seconds edited out towards the end at approx. the 3:32 mark.
• 5m09v3 Titans Cease

"The Key to Coexistence" 2:18

• 5m11v7 Goodbye Old Friend - the first part of this cue, with the choir removed in order to provide a clean ending.

"Goodbye Old Friend" 2:54

• 5m11v7 Goodbye Old Friend - the second part of this cue, with the choir isolated in order to provide a clean opening.

"Rebirth" 2:03

• 6m01v7 Godzilla Revived

"Fog Over Fenway" 2:53

• 7m09v2 The Head - First thirty seconds of this cue have been edited out.
• 6m04v3 Fog Over Fenway - First three seconds are edited out. The cue is edited to remove extended silences.

"Battle in Boston" 7:51

• 6m05v5 Godzilla To The Rescue
• 6m06v2 Mothra and Rodan Join The Fight - the end of this is mixed into the start of the next cue to give a continuous piece
• 7m01v3 Ghidorah Supercharged - end 45 seconds of this cue is edited out, with the next cue being mixed in to cover this.
• 7m02v4 Godzilla Drop
• 7m03v3 Mothra To The Rescue

"Redemption" 4:11

• 7m04v5 Emma's Redemption

"King of the Monsters" 3:34

• 7m05v5 Red Godzilla and 7m06v5 King Of The Monsters edited together

"Ghidorah Theme" 2:41

• 7m8Av1 End Credits Pt 1

"Mothra's Song" 2:10

• 7m8Bv1 End Credits Pt 2

[Ollie 1,059]

On 12/27/2020 at 4:23 PM, Giftheck said:

 

I'm being deliberately hyberbolic there, but the version of Mothra's Song in both the film and the OST lacks the lyrics. I always assumed they just didn't have them in there at all. Turns out that Bear McCreary did versions with the lyrics. That version should have been on the OST.

 

 

I can picture Zhang Ziyi and her “twin” singing. 😄

[bruce marshall 1,315]

On 12/28/2020 at 9:32 AM, Giftheck said:

 

You're not wrong. As a selection of music, the OST is pretty solid, hitting all the major thematic points.

"Pretty soild?"

 

"It's TWO discs frevinnsakes!

 

😍

[mstrox 6,651]

Just listened to this for the first time.  Haven't seen the movie yet, but I'll typically blind buy McCreary's stuff because usually he does something interesting that makes a score worth digging into.  A bit taken aback with this one in how conventional the whole thing sounds.  Coulda been written by anybody with relatively decent writing skills who wanted to sound like RCP in 2019.

 

It wasn't bad - it was definitely a listenable enough monster movie score.  But it's the kind of thing that in the past has turned me off from a composer-based blind buy, going more into a "I'll buy it if I hear it and love it" deal.  I plan on listening a few more times before I file it away for later, so maybe I'll change my tune...

[Jay 37,364]

Lately I've been trying something new where any new score or album I'm hearing for the first time, I listen to it twice (not necessarily back to back, but close to each other) before casting any judgement on it.  Unless the first listen completely turns me off or something.  But if its an album I've bought (rather than a new score I'm trying on Spotify), I'll give it two listens for sure now and then figure out how I feel about it

[mstrox 6,651]

I always give at least two listens before I file it away for a time - but I usually give a score MORE listens if I’m disappointed in it. I anticipate this one will get a few listens more.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

If you don't See the film the full  power of " Goodbye Old Friend" and the great choral cue " The Hollow Earth" preceding it, is lost.

41 minutes ago, mstrox said:

Just listened to this for the first time.  Haven't seen the movie yet, but I'll typically blind buy McCreary's stuff because usually he does something interesting that makes a score worth digging into.  A bit taken aback with this one in how conventional the whole thing sounds.  Coulda been written by anybody with relatively decent writing skills who wanted to sound like RCP in 2019.

 

It wasn't bad - it was definitely a listenable enough monster movie score.  But it's the kind of thing that in the past has turned me off from a composer-based blind buy, going more into a "I'll buy it if I hear it and love it" deal.  I plan on listening a few more times before I file it away for later, so maybe I'll change my tune...

Try my playlist. It makes it better!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

It should have had a shorter album. So much on Disc 1 is filler. But everything on Disc 2 is essential.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Seems that " shorter" is a dirty word to score fans 😒

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

They think it means their dicks!

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Just now, The Big Man said:

They think it means their dicks!

You ' beat' me to it!😝

[bruce marshall 1,315]

I hope MM gets to produce the " definitive" c and c version someday .

 

 

😜

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Oh god no

 

As much as I love this movie, no, it has enough.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

But it doesn't have the " Mattesino treatment"!