Jay 37,355 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 I'm hearing good things about this one. One track is up on youtube so far Not sure if it's getting a physical CD in the US or not Bayesian and fommes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 453 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Reminds me of Julie & Julia in terms of approach. Lots of string pizzicato and playful piano lines. Will and crocodile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 This has received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, Desplat's 11th nomination https://oscar.go.com/nominees I haven't listened to this yet, anybody on JWFan checked it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Sure, and several people commented on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 If you like Desplat you’ll like it, if you don’t care for him then this probably won’t do anything for you either. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 This is probably more my kind of Desplat than Black Widow will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,439 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Cool interview with Alex about his scoring process on this movie https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/little-women-alexandre-desplat-1202204019/ I haven't liked much the OST when I listened to it, but maybe it works great on the movie. Bayesian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Don't bother, Edmilson, everyone lives in the Desplat's Black Widow thread. They say they aren't Marvelites, but action speaks louder than words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 @Alexcremers go for 'Adults in the Room' and 'J'Accuse' before LW, both are better. I deleted most of the gooey stuff from my playlist, because it's just AD i have heard a thousand times before, but the animated scherzo-like stuff is pretty good: The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 The score is sweet and occasionally Newman-esque, but very much in Desplat's comfort zone. "Dance on the Porch" was my main takeaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 It's nice but way way behind Newman's. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I would recommend it but then again I'd recommend any Desplat score It's one of his better ones in this genre though, seems like he did find inspiration in this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I listened to a few tracks from this and was pretty bored. I love Newman's score - I think it's simply because I'm not into Desplat's style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustavo Joseph 29 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/18/2020 at 3:09 PM, KK said: The score is sweet and occasionally Newman-esque, but very much in Desplat's comfort zone. "Dance on the Porch" was my main takeaway. I like that track a lot too, but it didn't made it to the movie, the director used Dvorak String Quartet 12 instead. The scene in question didn't worked very well, so they probably tried to change the only thing they could - the music. I'm actually pretty found of this score, after a few listens, it's too long but it has a good 30/40 minutes of pretty good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Having just seen this rather amazing film, I must admit I did not think Desplat’s score was particularly effective. If every other aspect of the film wasn’t so spectacular Desplat might have actually detracted from it. As it is, it was merely a minor annoyance at times. Almost every choice he made struck me as wrong for both the characters and especially the setting. I’ve really enjoyed Desplat in the past, but this sort of borderless, dishwater gray, non-specific Euro-pap was so wrong for this special movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I saw the film last night, I thought the score was mixed fairly loudly in the film, almost too loud. It’s nice enough, very fluffy, and I can appreciated the classical orchestrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeltington 1,440 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 The score worked fine in the film, but didn't give me much desire to listen to it on its own. It didn't really try to do anything unexpected or establish its own personality. It mostly stayed out of the way. This seems to be a mode of Desplat's that he uses for a lot of his Oscar bait scores in particular. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Yes. He gets nominated by association. There are about 8 best picture nominees and about 4 or them make it to Best Score. So basically if you score a best picture nominee, you roughly have a 50% chance of getting a best score nominations. So Desplat just picks these films and lands an easy nomination regardless of the actual quality of his music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,503 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I saw the film this morning. Fairly middle-of-the-road. Has some good things, some bad things. Alas, Desplat's music is among the bad things. Why must he ALWAYS score movies with those whimsical ostinati that go nowhere fast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I didn't care for the Winona Ryder one so I hope this new edition (being made by Noah Baumbach's partner and all) will change all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,687 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 29 minutes ago, Thor said: I saw the film this morning. Fairly middle-of-the-road. Has some good things, some bad things. Alas, Desplat's music is among the bad things. Why must he ALWAYS score movies with those whimsical ostinati that go nowhere fast? Likely because the director asked him to. I agree though - what little I heard of the score went nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I'd have scored it with nothing but Charles Ives needle drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,439 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I have no interest on the movie, but I'm not a fan of the score, and I like Desplat. But his whimsical, happy, light and breezy European scores have become tiresome about 15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Try these two for less expected (and, frankly, more entertaining) Desplat entries 2019: Edmilson and The Illustrious Jerry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 It makes me happy that this wonderful movie will cross $100 million at the domestic box office over the next couple of weeks. It’s the rare literary adaptation that accomplishes that feat, and this one completely deserves it. This was Gerwig’s big shot after Lady Bird (moving from indie A24 to big boy Sony) and she knocked it out of the park. https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Little-Women-(2019)#tab=box-office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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