PrayodiBA 517 Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Another clip! With full tune fully heard. I love that the tune sounds like Powell's old style tunes, like Drumline, or any of his pre 2010 score. This really puts a big smile on my face right now. Really cant wait. Update: Powell called the tune "Working Riff" and "Dog Team Tune" Muad'Dib and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,436 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 It reminded me a little of some older Powell stuff like Bolt and the Ice Age sequels, but with Americana. He clearly had fun with this score, without the pressure of Solo and the epic heights of HTTD 3. Can't wait to hear another fun, wholesome Powell score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayodiBA 517 Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 21 minutes ago, Edmilson said: It reminded me a little of some older Powell stuff like Bolt and the Ice Age sequels, but with Americana. He clearly had fun with this score, without the pressure of Solo and the epic heights of HTTD 3. Can't wait to hear another fun, wholesome Powell score! Yes! Thats exactly the term. He clearly has no pressure in this. (While i also think he has no pressure working on Ferdinand too, but i think the result is too somber/soft, not too playful/loud; and his music was still limited to Spanish flavour) Anyway, The tunes above does remind me, in a way, of Drumline's theme: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Ferdinand is one of his best scores. Full stop. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Not as good as Chicken Run, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Chicken Run is incredibly overrated. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Richard Penna 3,686 Posted February 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2020 Chicken Run is awesome and has a few of my favourite HGW/Powell tracks, particularly the entire final act. Jurassic Shark, Fargo and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo 297 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: Chicken Run is incredibly overrated. dude wtf 18 hours ago, PrayodiBA said: Another clip! With full tune fully heard. I love that the tune sounds like Powell's old style tunes, like Drumline, or any of his pre 2010 score. This really puts a big smile on my face right now. Really cant wait. Reminds me a bit of his Evolution score. That's a score I need to revisit, I remember being very lukewarm on it. Didn't help that I thought the movie a bit obnoxious. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,436 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Powell's Evolution is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,525 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Chicken Run's mixed horridly in he film and I couldn't get through it on its own. Feels like Powell not really being his own self and doing his own thing but trying to do something else instead of soaring free with flowing themes or I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Perhaps you feel that because it's a collaborative score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 But it has kazoos! Jurassic Shark and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,525 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Perhaps you feel that because it's a collaborative score. His voice came through much clearer in Shrek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PrayodiBA 517 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 John Powell form the movie premiere: Picture courtesy of https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/composer-john-powell-arrives-at-the-world-premiere-of-20th-news-photo/1206137291 I love that he's embracing it Anyway, some of the reviews are up, and if i take a consensus, they all seem surprised of how entertaining and beautiful the movie turns out to be, despite the CGI. crumbs, Evanus and Muad'Dib 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Someone needs to tell Powel he should put on a proper shirt. 4 hours ago, Holko said: His voice came through much clearer in Shrek. I think both of them have the ability to excel in animated movies. But of course, not everything they do in this genre is gold. PrayodiBA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Shrek is love, Powell is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PrayodiBA 517 Posted February 18, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2020 1 minute sneak peek of the score! https://web.facebook.com/johnpowellmusic/videos/537025947163086/ That 0:37 onwards moments!! woww, Really reminiscent of Evolution score! what a really wide smile i have right now!! The Illustrious Jerry, Evanus, Will and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,310 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Expected something a little more soaring but I guess it's only a fragment of the score. I'm sure it'll be good. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Sounds great to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 12 hours ago, PrayodiBA said: woww, Really reminiscent of Evolution score! what a really wide smile i have right now!! Like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayodiBA 517 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 And its available in Aussie and NZ already! First, sample!: https://music.apple.com/nz/album/the-call-of-the-wild-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1498520127 Well its on youtube already: and many others.. Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSH 968 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Samples sound great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,436 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Burligame's report about the score: Quote ‘Call of the Wild’ Composer on How Music Became Protagonist Dog’s Voice Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” ranks as one of the most famous books about a canine ever written. So director Chris Sanders knew that the composer of his film adaptation simply had to be a dog lover. Luckily, Sanders’ “How to Train Your Dragon” composer, John Powell, has two standard poodles. And when Powell watched a full-length animatic version of the film, long before there was even a rough cut, he wasn’t the only one who appreciated the work. “My older dog Chase sat and watched the whole thing with me on the couch,” the composer reports. Powell (who earned an Oscar nomination for his 2010 “Dragon” score) was also the right choice, Sanders says, for “his ability to transport us so fully to a time and place” — in this case the Yukon Territory during the Gold Rush days of the 1890s. The music needed to be “something a little bit folksy,” the director explains. Powell calls it “immigrant music, a kind of music that seemed to be part of that world.” Thus, banjos, accordions, mandolins, guitars, fiddles and harmonium become the heart of the score, although they’re augmented by a 90-piece orchestra and 60-voice choir to deliver, as Sanders says, “moments when you need scale and majesty.” To hear Powell explain it, “People didn’t take grand pianos up to those kinds of places; they would take accordions and banjos, maybe because they were from France or Ireland, but also because they were mobile.” Irish flutes, Native American flutes and penny whistles round out the many ethnic sounds that color the score. The “immigrant” sound also hints at Irish, English and Scottish flavors and rhythmic, dance-like movement throughout. “I do write in dance form,” Powell concedes. “[The music] can be very slow because people are just talking, or very fast because people are in peril, but dance is, to me, very much the sound of music.” He cites a sequence from another outdoors movie as an inspirational model: the barn dance from the 1954 classic “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.” “They take a little phrase from [the song] ‘Bless Your Beautiful Hide’ and whip it into this amazing construct that keeps heading in different directions. So this idea that all sorts of life are a dance is always there.” Although in “Call of the Wild,” Harrison Ford is top-billed as Thornton, the film’s central character is the dog Buck, kidnapped from his comfortable California home and transported to an uncertain future north of the Canadian border. As Sanders notes, the film is filled with scenes where no one speaks. “Music is the voice for these critical moments where we’re alone with Buck,” he explains. “In a very real sense, music is the voice of Buck.” As usual in Powell scores, multiple themes serve various aspects of the story. But Buck’s “work tune” is the most fun, involving an ensemble of 12 banjos. “It’s about the toughness of work and the nobility of running,” Powell says. He used the same dozen players — session guitarists who have played on everything from Steely Dan to Britney Spears, he says — to perform passages on acoustic guitar and mandolin, depending on the scene. While the score follows Buck’s adventures, there’s also music of “regret and loss” for Thornton, Powell says. “He’s the facilitator of Buck’s launch into a world that he can be authentic in. It’s way more than a coming-of-age story; it’s a transition story. It’s finding your way in the world.” There is also, Sanders notes, an initially disquieting sound for the mysterious giant black wolf that only Buck can see. And the choir, Powell reports, sings phrases in the Inuit language of the indigenous peoples of northern Alaska and the northern Canadian provinces. As for the dogs, Sanders introduced Powell’s pups Chase and Moose to Buckley, the Kansas rescue dog that Sanders and his wife adopted and became the digitally scanned model for Buck in the movie. Buckley came to the recording sessions, and, reports Powell, “he was wonderfully calm and encouraging to the orchestra.” Says Sanders: “Music is the closest you can get to real magic. When we work on these films, I always feel that we get about 50% there and the score takes you the other 50% of the way. John brought Buck’s voice to the story. He did the heavy lifting, story-wise. He speaks for the wilderness — he brought the environment to life — and he speaks for Buck.” https://variety.com/2020/music/production/call-of-the-wild-music-1203506883/ Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 That Burlingame guy does nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,436 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Just listened to the album. Pretty good! Imagine a mix between HTTYD and Bolt with Marco Beltrami's The Homesman and Thomas Newman's The Horse Whisperer. On this first introduction, I didn't loved as much as I did when I listened to The Hidden World for the first time, but still, it'll be great to study this score over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,352 Posted February 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2020 I just got done listening too. I liked it a lot! The first great score of 2020! The first great score of the 2020s! The best score of the year! The best score of the decade! Fargo, The Illustrious Jerry, A. A. Ron and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 WHOA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 When is this out on CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 In 15 years, when CDs are retro and Mike decides to do an expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Was it even announced that this would get a physical CD? Like I said, On 1/16/2020 at 4:41 PM, Jay said: There are not going to be many film scores written in the 2020s that get released on physical CD. Just the way it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrayodiBA 517 Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 Well, to be honest, on first listen, is a tad underwhelming. What i hope to be a "wholesome" playful score, this score turns to be a whole lot more serious, softer, and sadder. Add to that, what i assume to the main theme ( first heard in the opening track) is not that strong IMO,and in fact, this is the might be rare time where i dont really like Powell's theme ( that somehow mainstream sounding scottish-like tune in the b section of the theme, ugh) Overall a bit disappointing ON THE FIRST LISTEN. Considering the wait and expectation, and being so called "Powell fan" myself But i hope this can grow on me on repeat listen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony 572 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 21 minutes ago, PrayodiBA said: Well, to be honest, on first listen, is a tad underwhelming. What i hope to be a "wholesome" playful score, this score turns to be a whole lot more serious, softer, and sadder. May I suggest giving this playlist a try. Equal parts fun whilst introducing some of the more dramatic and moving material in the second half. 01. Wake The Girls (2:37) 02. Skagway, Alaska (2:31) 03. Snowy Climb (1:25) 04. Joining The Team (2:59) 05. Buck Takes the Lead (4:55) 06. We Carry Love (3:02) 07. The Ghost Wolf Of Dreams (1:06) 08. Couldn’t Find The Words (2:22) 09. Buck And Thornton’s Big Adventure (4:36) 10. Finding Bears And Love In The Woods (2:57) 11. Rewilding (3:48) 12. Come Say Goodbye (2:09) 13. Ice Rescue (2:26) 14. What An Adventure (3:02) 15. The Call Of The Wild (2:51) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,686 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Finally on Spotify. The first track is gorgeous - I'm liking this style! Track 2 even better. That string turning to choral writing is just... wow Although I keep expecting to hear one of the HTTYD themes start during the quieter bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Jay said: Was it even announced that this would get a physical CD? Like I said, Ferdinand, Solo and HTTYD3 all got CD releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 What does that have to do with Disney Records in the 2020s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 What indication do we have that Disney won't release more physical releases, when they've consistently released major film scores on the format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 No idea, but there's usually an announcement before the digital release date when there's gonna be one. Maybe Intrada will do it! Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I wonder if Powell's 5 Cat Studios will release it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,525 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 So, first listen. It's... good. But like HTTYD3, or rather probably even more so, I felt like most of it just went by without me really latching onto anything, and especially with nothing really explicitly reaching out for me to grab and follow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Arpy said: What indication do we have that Disney won't release more physical releases, when they've consistently released major film scores on the format? Only some of them. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Really enjoying the John Williams album! OP needs to correct the thread title though, he accidentally wrote "Powell" instead of "Williams." Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,067 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 That CGI dog looks very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I'm enjoying the OST, but it really is just a *wee* bit too close to Evolution for comfort on first listen. I might not mind as much if Evolution wasn't already one of my all-time favorite Powell scores. But the instrumentation and orchestration for COTW are really enjoyable to listen to. I often enjoy Powell more in his small-to-mid-scale mode than his grand epic mode. Compare 0:56 -1:06 here To 0:29 - 0:39 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,436 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Probably just a coincidence. I don't think the scene in question from Call of the Wild was temped with this piece from Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 No it's just Powell repeating himself, which to be fair he does a lot. You kinda have to just get used to it if you wanna be a Powell fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo 297 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I don't think those two themes sound alike at all. Maybe I'm just too focused on the vast difference in instruments being used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 No, it's not a temp thing. Powell just doesn't really tread new harmonic or melodic territory, so a lot of his stuff naturally bleeds into each other. But because its done so damn well, and he's one of the few composers still actively exercising the full colours and range of the orchestral ensemble, you could forgive him. I'm looking forward to checking this out. You can always count on Powell for a good ride! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, KK said: No, it's not a temp thing. Powell just doesn't really tread new harmonic or melodic territory, so a lot of his stuff naturally bleeds into each other. But because its done so damn well, and he's one of the few composers still actively exercising the full colours and range of the orchestral ensemble, you could forgive him. Hey, that's just a longer, more intelligent version of what I said. How dare you! KK and The Illustrious Jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Hey, that's just a longer, more intelligent version of what I said. How dare you! Nothing like waxing some pointless poetic to drive a point home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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