The Official DANIEL PEMBERTON Thread

[Thor 7,472]

Just now, Koray Savas said:

The Man From UNCLE is as cohesive as it gets. 

 

OCEAN'S 8 too.

[Smeltington 1,436]

Here we go!

 

 

[Jay 37,298]

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1. The Dark Crystal: The Age Of Resistance (3:40)
2. Another World, Another Time (3:24)
3. Story Of The Dark Crystal (3:11)
4. Rian + Mira Dreamfast (4:12)
5. Aughra Awakes (2:01)
6. The Crystal Chamber (3:13)
7. Essence Draining (2:44)
8. Into The Catacombs (2:09)
9. Deet Enters Thra (2:05)
10. Dzenpo! (2:53)
11. Her Light Faded (2:34)
12. What Lies At The Dream’s End (3:16)
13. Together We Fight (4:46)
14. The Blue Flames Part I (3:49)
15. Thra Is Calling (1:39)
16. Outcast (1:46)
17. The Journey (2:02)
18. The Hunter + The Storm (2:32)
19. Dreamspace (2:36)
20. Speak For The Dead (2:42)
21. Aughra Returns / Peeper Beetle Ceremony (2:45)
22. The Dark Crystal: The Age Of Hope (5:35)

 

1. An Old Story – Daniel Pemberton (2:44)
2. Brea And The Library – Samuel Sim (1:31)
3. Remember Your Oath – Samuel Sim (1:21)
4. The Darkening –- Daniel Pemberton (2:13)
5. Puppet Show – Daniel Pemberton, Samuel Sim (5:52)
6. Deet In The Woods – Samuel Sim (2:08)
7. The Three Brothers Rise – Daniel Pemberton (1:02)
8. Sisters – Samuel Sim (2:09)
9. Outside Podling Wayhouse – Daniel Pemberton (1:44)
10. The Mystics – Samuel Sim (4:56)
11. Tales From The Sanctuary Tree – Daniel Pemberton (2:14)
12. The Blue Flames Part II – Daniel Pemberton (2:48)
13. Song Of Thra – Daniel Pemberton (4:15)
14. All-Maudra – Samuel Sim (3:07)
15. Our Sister Is Gone – Samuel Sim (2:25)
16. A Few Traitors – Samuel Sim (3:53)
17. The Aureyal + The Throne Room – Daniel Pemberton (2:49)
18. Preparation For Battle – Daniel Pemberton (3:02)
19. Attack Of The Arathim – Daniel Pemberton, Samuel Sim (5:27)
20. The Seven Clans – Daniel Pemberton (2:48)
21. A New Crown – Samuel Sim (4:52)
22. Tricky Chamberlain – Daniel Pemberton (2:18)
23. The Skeksis Arrive – Samuel Sim (3:18)
24. Battle For Thra – Samuel Sim (2:35)
25. The Scientist Engineers – Daniel Pemberton (2:09)
26. The Dark Crystal: End Credits – Daniel Pemberton (2:23)

[Thor 7,472]

Same content as the digital release, then. Still need to whittle this stuff down!

[Jay 37,298]

He's confirmed he's scoring SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE 2 (2022) on Twitter

 

 

[Smeltington 1,436]

Awesome, he turned out to be the perfect choice the first time around.

[TSMefford 1,509]

7 hours ago, Smeltington said:

Awesome, he turned out to be the perfect choice the first time around.

 

Yep! Loved his score for the first film and glad he's back for more!

[Will 2,215]

In general I'm not a huge fan of Pemberton (based on the scores I've heard, it seems like he rarely writes in the classic orchestral style of Desplat, Giacchino, Silvestri, etc.). That said, I do really adore this cue: 

 

 

Beautiful chord progressions. Simple but very effective. 

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

He's a very versatile composers. And he has a very distinct sound. He doesn't do 'classic orchestral' scores a lot. 

But parts of The Trial Of Chicago 7, The Awakening, Steve Jobs, All The Money In The World + full scores like Enola Holmes & Being The Ricardos are his most orchestral. And all are terrific I think

[Jay 37,298]

Daniel Pemberton Scoring Tom George’s ‘See How They Run’

Daniel Pemberton (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Birds of Prey, Being the Ricardos) has composed the original music for the upcoming murder mystery See How They Run. The film is directed by Tom George (Defending the Guilty) and stars Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody, Harris Dickinson, Ruth Wilson, Sian Clifford, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Reece Shearsmith, Shirley Henderson, Paul Chahidi, Pearl Chanda, Charlie Cooper and Pippa Bennett-Warner. The movie is set in the West End of 1950s London and follows a world-weary Inspector and an eager rookie as they investigate the murder of a crew member during the production of a movie version of a smash-hit play. Mark Chapell wrote the screenplay. Damian Jones (The Iron Lady, Belle) and Gina Carter (Snow Cake, Bright Young Things) are producing the project. See How They Run will be released in select theaters on September 30, 2022 by Searchlight Pictures.

 

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/06/14/daniel-pemberton-scoring-tom-georges-see-how-they-run/

[Jay 37,298]

We watched See How The Run on Friday night (it's on HBO Max now) and the score was really good in it!

 

The movie isn't great by any means, unfortunately (and I was really looking forward to it based on the trailer), but it isn't bad either.  Saoirse Ronan was really very good, but Sam Rockwell wasn't allowed to let loose at all, which was very strange.  I guess I'd say he was miscast.

 

Anyway, I had already enjoyed the score a bit from my one listen to the OST album, but now having seen the film I'm sure I'll appreciate it more on second listen. It makes itself known in the film, it really drove the story along.  Fun stuff!

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

I'm very excited for this. It might seems like a lot is happening at the same time. But Pemberton is a very strong composer so I think this will be great!

 

 

[Brónach 1,301]

On 01/10/2019 at 7:13 PM, Thor said:

Same content as the digital release, then. Still need to whittle this stuff down!

 

i like this concept album

[Thor 7,472]

1 hour ago, Brónach said:

 

i like this concept album

 

Alas, there isn't much 'concept' left when it's presented like that. THE DARK CRYSTAL still remains on my "to whittle" list.

[Edmilson 7,393]

First track released from Pemberton's second Spider-Verse score:

 

 

[TSMefford 1,509]

Sounds fun. I loved the score for the first film so I'm sure I will enjoy this one. 

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

Also a wonderful interview with some cool insights on the score.

 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-soundtrack-exclusive-composer-daniel-pemberton-goose-score-1234742686/

 

[Romão 2,274]

I'm really looking forward to the movie, but that track had far too many "BAAAAAM"'s for my taste

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

Out tomorrow!!!

 

Samples below.

 

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-original-score/1690389672

[Stark 310]

Didn’t quite enjoy this as much as the first score but it’s still good, and it might grow on me.

[SyncMan 313]

Anyone checked out the LTP concerts for 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?"  It premiered in New York City (Brooklyn's Kings Theatre) this past March.

 

Here's the generic description.

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Featuring a soundtrack that blends symphonic orchestral music with hip-hop, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert" pairs a screening of the Academy Award®-winning animated film with live musicians and turntables featuring a DJ scratcher live on stage. Emmy®-winner Daniel Pemberton composed a sprawling score of boundary-pushing original music that is complimented with song contributions by Post Malone, Lil Wayne, Jaden Smith and Nicki Minaj. The hip-hop based score results in a sonic universe that is woven throughout the fabric of the film, supporting its themes of resilience and universal heroism.

 

Here's a few videos from that event.

 

And here are future scheduled dates (courtesy of 'Movies In Concert' website)--both in the USA and the UK.

Spoiler

Date	Country	State (USA only)	City	Title
29 Aug 2023	USA	Florida	Clearwater	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
30 Aug 2023	USA	Florida	Orlando	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
02 Sep 2023	USA	Tennessee	Nashville	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
12 Sep 2023	USA	Texas	San Antonio	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
13 Sep 2023	USA	Texas	Dallas	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
15 Sep 2023	USA	Texas	Sugar Land	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
16 Sep 2023	USA	Louisiana	New Orleans	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
22 Sep 2023	USA	Kansas	Overland Park	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
03 Oct 2023	USA	Indiana	Indianapolis	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in Concert
04 Oct 2023	USA	Wisconsin	Madison	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
06 Oct 2023	USA	New Jersey	Newark	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
07 Oct 2023	USA	Massachusetts	Boston	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
08 Oct 2023	USA	Pennsylvania	Hershey	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
13 Oct 2023	USA	Florida	Clearwater	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
22 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Edinburgh	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
23 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		York	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
24 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Manchester	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
25 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Glasgow	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
26 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		London	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
27 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Sheffield	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
28 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Birmingham	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
29 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Liverpool	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
29 Oct 2023	USA	Nebraska	Lincoln	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
30 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Nottingham	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
31 Oct 2023	United Kingdom		Cardiff	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
01 Nov 2023	United Kingdom		Bath	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
05 Nov 2023	USA	Arizona	Tucson	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Live in Concert

 

[Benhip 21]

Definitely preferred this score to the first one : whereas Into the Spider-Verse was basically hip-hop with a few symphonic passages, this one adds more diversity : we still have this hip-hop inspiration, but also a lot of rock (for Spider-Gwen and Spider-Punk), a bit of Indian music (for Spider-Man India) and futuristic sound design for Spider-Man 2099. Moreover, I love the theme for Gwen, which I think is new (though I can be mistaken). The action music is very fun, and extremely well mixed in the movie. If I have one big thing I disliked, it may be the lack of interest of the calm moments, almost all scored with the same motif, if not only with anonymous Inception-like chords. Loved it in the film anyway, and I can’t wait to listen to the soundtrack !

[Knight of Ren 787]

Yeah, Gwen's theme, and she actually has another idea which seems to be an emotional theme for her relationship with her father, and which plays in many of her calm moments. In this track at 0:24 you can hear that emotional variation a couple of times, which also plays in Right to Remain Silent and some other cues, before going into her main theme at 1:33, which is one of my favorite parts of the whole score.

 

Actually, from the first movie the only character themes that return are the Spider-People theme and Miles' theme, but I really liked that Pemberton brought back two different ideas that in the first score felt like a one-off, but transformed them into motifs in this movie.

 

One of them is the whistling melody from Visions Brooklyn, which in this movie is used as a sort of "Anomaly motif", playing in Miles Sketchbook as well as all through The Anomaly.

 

The other idea is for The Collider, used a couple of times in the first movie, but here becoming an important idea for The Spot, playing alongside his new theme, showcasing the important connection between the device and the villain.

 

Great little details I found, which I think make the score quite intelligent and rewarding! Also, one of my favorite bits in the new score is the idea that pops up at 5:25 of Falling Apart until the end of the cue, mixed with other themes, which appears in other tracks apparently representing the portals and the travels between universes. A really cool motif, and I really like how Pemberton mixes it with Miles' theme or the Spider-People theme!

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

I was listening to a podcast where Pemberton was a guest.

 

He talked about an upcoming project, where he did the score in 1 week. He said it's for a very iconic director who has only made about 10 films.

 

And he also says "it's a director who has a, let's say, very colourful reputation for how he treats composers. He likes to have a lot of control over the music".

 

Anyone got any idea who that might be?

[HunterTech 987]

Terrence Malick seems to fit the bill, but his next film already has a composer attached (Eleni Karaindrou). That is unless they've been replaced and it hasn't been properly announced yet.

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

2 minutes ago, HunterTech said:

Terrence Malick seems to fit the bill, but his next film already has a composer attached (Eleni Karaindrou). That is unless they've been replaced and it hasn't been properly announced yet.

He did mention that he first came it to score some scenes that they weren't happy with and ended uo scoring the whole film. So it could be

[Stark 310]

11 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

I was listening to a podcast where Pemberton was a guest.

 

He talked about an upcoming project, where he did the score in 1 week. He said it's for a very iconic director who has only made about 10 films.

 

And he also says "it's a director who has a, let's say, very colourful reputation for how he treats composers. He likes to have a lot of control over the music".

 

Anyone got any idea who that might be?

Could it be Michael Mann? he’s directed 11 films and definitely fits the bill for colorful reputation, and he has a new Ferrari movie coming up.

[Jay 37,298]

Terrence Malick / The Way of the Wind and Michael Mann / Ferrari are both great guesses for the clue

 

But the bit about "a director who has a, let's say, very colourful reputation for how he treats composers" fits Malick more

[filmmusic 1,823]

(never mind)

[Jay 37,298]

Well now I'm curious what you said

[Stark 310]

39 minutes ago, Jay said:

Terrence Malick / The Way of the Wind and Michael Mann / Ferrari are both great guesses for the clue

 

But the bit about "a director who has a, let's say, very colourful reputation for how he treats composers" fits Malick more

Ehhh, Mann has had so many replacement composers (Edelman on Mohicans, Badelt on Miami Vice, Atticus Ross and others on blackhat, etc) that I think he’s at the same level. He’s worked with more composers than he’s directed films!

 

edit: compiling a list for fun:

- Tangerine Dream on Thief and The Keep

- Craig Safan on Thief (apparently)

- Michel Rubini, the Reds on Manhunter

- Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman on Last of the Mohicans

- Elliot Goldenthal on Heat (and he had the write the whole score twice!) and Public Enemies

- Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke on The Insider and Ali

- James Newton Howard, Antonio Pinto, and at least one other guy on Collateral

- John Murphy, Klaus Badelt and Miami Vice

- Harry Gregson-Williams, Atticus Ross’s team, and Ryan Amon on blackhat

 

[filmmusic 1,823]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

Well now I'm curious what you said

Ah, I said the same thing about Karaindrou being the composer of The Way of the wind (which I'm dying to see and listen to the soundtrack) according to imdb,  but I saw it was mentioned some posts above.

 

By the way, I haven't heard anything from this composer.

I saw everyone raving about the soundtrack to the new Spiderman movie.

I "tried" to listen to it at spotify, but unfortunately couldn't finish it. Not for me..

[Jay 37,298]

My favorite Pemberton score is EASILY Ocean's 8 AINEC

[Mr. Who 919]

The subway chase cue sounds a lot like Dark Phoenix. I wonder if it was used as temp.

[Thor 7,472]

On 07/06/2023 at 9:21 AM, HunterTech said:

Terrence Malick seems to fit the bill, but his next film already has a composer attached (Eleni Karaindrou). That is unless they've been replaced and it hasn't been properly announced yet.

 

Whoa, great news! Malick-Karaindrou sounds like a match made in heaven. She already has plenty of experience providing beautiful scores for another 'slow cinema' master, Theo Angeloupolous, so this could work out well, whatever existing pieces Malick puts in.

[Edmilson 7,393]

Now that JNH already worked with Malick, I'd love a collaboration between him (Malick) and Thomas Newman. Malick would be the ideal director to provide Newman with a chance to write his signature atmospheric piano music.

[Knight of Ren 787]

https://www.filmtracks.com/titles/across_spider-verse.html

 

Clemmensen's review of the score highlights some of the thematic connections which sometimes are a bit hard to find, and his review is much better than the one he did for the previous movie, saying it was just unlistenable noise. I agree that this score is a much better listening experience on its own, but both are an essential part of the movie, at least in my opinion.

 

Also, a bit of a shameless self-promotion, but here's a suite I've done for Gwen Stacy's new theme, which was my favorite new idea in the score. Perhaps these days I will do another one for The Spot and Miguel O'Hara's themes. Hope you enjoy!

 

[Faleel 5,340]

On 08/06/2023 at 5:20 AM, Thor said:

 

Whoa, great news! Malick-Karaindrou sounds like a match made in heaven. She already has plenty of experience providing beautiful scores for another 'slow cinema' master, Theo Angeloupolous, so this could work out well, whatever existing pieces Malick puts in.

*post made about how composer could have been replaced*

 

No one:

 

Thor: That's great news, she's great!

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

It is Michael Mann

 

https://twitter.com/filmmusicrep/status/1668684755918000128?t=N2kgiSdbDFsMK7bNxRRbYA&s=19

 

[Stark 310]

Called it!

Apparently Pemberton’s is the replacement score, I don’t know who he replaced though. 

[Thor 7,472]

I had a tiny, tiny, vague hope that perhaps Goldenthal was doing it, simply because he (or rather his PR people) posted social media pictures of him being in the studio recording something right around the time someone else posted something about the music recording of FERRARI, but of course it was always a faint hope.

 

Pemberton can do anything, I'm sure he delivers on this as well.

[DangerMotif 1,037]

3 minutes ago, Thor said:

I had a tiny, tiny, vague hope that perhaps Goldenthal was doing it, simply because he (or rather his PR people) posted social media pictures of him being in the studio recording something right around the time someone else posted something about the music recording of FERRARI, but of course it was always a faint hope.

 

Pemberton can do anything, I'm sure he delivers on this as well.

He may have been the rejected composer

[timelord327 4]

On 07/06/2023 at 11:21 PM, Mr. Who said:

The subway chase cue sounds a lot like Dark Phoenix. I wonder if it was used as temp.

The track list on Wikipedia claims that a portion of Dark Phoenix was used, can't find any credit or reference for it anywhere else mind:

[MedigoScan 324]

Sounds even more random than Sunshine music appearing in ww84

[Mr. Who 919]

5 hours ago, timelord327 said:

The track list on Wikipedia claims that a portion of Dark Phoenix was used, can't find any credit or reference for it anywhere else mind:

That’s interesting. I wonder if it’s credited in the end credits. Seems like someone wrote it because it sounded similar.

1 hour ago, MedigoScan said:

Sounds even more random than Sunshine music appearing in ww84

Yeah the Sunshine cue was just terrible in WW84, very distracting. All you needed was a heroic variation of the WW theme or the hero theme (fireworks).

[Stark 310]

I agree, although as a longtime fan of Sunshine it always tickles me to hear its music reaching broader ears.

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

3 extra tracks. Release tomorrow

 

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-original-score/1700549348

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

Great! I wish they would print some CD like they did with the first one, espacially since that one is far superior

[Gabriel Bezerra 300]

I bought on iTunes the original album TODAY... Oh the misery... WHY!?! 

[TSMefford 1,509]

14 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

3 extra tracks. Release tomorrow

 

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-original-score/1700549348

 

Oh son of a- Guess I'm double dipping