Howard Shore's King Kong

[crocodile 8,006]

23 minutes ago, DangerMotif said:

Which tracks are from King Kong?

Movement III and V of Six Pieces.

 

Karol

[DangerMotif 1,037]

3 hours ago, crocodile said:

Movement III and V of Six Pieces.

 

Karol

Thanks, is there any confirmation on that?

[Stark 312]

There’s King Kong music released in some form?!

[Jurassic Shark 12,066]

On 06/04/2021 at 5:10 PM, Edmilson said:

So, apparently, some cues from Shore leaked on certain websites. 

 

And it's not great.

 

There's a lot of electronics mixed with some highly dissonant and harsh action music for orchestra. It sounds like a blockbuster score from the 2010s, not 2005. The leak didn't include the music for the softer, more romantic scenes, so I don't know if Shore recorded them. 

 

He was ahead of his time.

[Drew 590]

From what I know, the leaks were not from Shore’s score.

[Taikomochi 1,136]

The “leaked” score is actually cues from John Frizzell’s score for the film Primeval if I recall correctly

[thestat 348]

Man, these Shore leak rumours are never-ending. I have no idea how his very avant-garde Palace Upon the Ruins plays into King Kong but apparently so:

 

Okay, this makes more sense, transported into a large scale Jackson idiom:

 

[Richard Penna 3,686]

19 minutes ago, Taikomochi said:

The “leaked” score is actually cues from John Frizzell’s score for the film Primeval if I recall correctly

 

Yes, it's a 'rumour' that's been around seemingly forever. Might've helped if the leaker had chosen cues from a score that actually sounded vaguely like Shore, or if I recall correctly, properly orchestral.

[thestat 348]

This is the latest rumour, famously debunked by Doug Adams here at JWFAN against my suggestion (but still much more plausible than the comparative ones):

 

But can even Adams confirm that this theme will not play a role in the eventual King Kong rejected score (it is exactly the kind of melody Shore would compose for that type of love story):

 

[crocodile 8,006]

19 minutes ago, thestat said:

Man, these Shore leak rumours are never-ending. I have no idea how his very avant-garde Palace Upon the Ruins plays into King Kong but apparently so:

 

Okay, this makes more sense, transported into a large scale Jackson idiom:

 

Wrong pieces. It's those two:

 

 

 

 

Karol

 

[thestat 348]

Wow, III is very LOTR, but with reduced string power. What's the point of this ambigious complex reworking of that score? It uses the same harmonics as Shore's LOTR and other film work - what is different here? And why is it an orchestral 'fill-your-title concerto/symphony/ode/sonata' using the same stuff in slightly different versions?

 

 

[karelm 2,913]

I like it.  Why was it rejected?  It would be interesting to see it restored in the film.  JNH's score is good but this sounds very beautiful too.  

[mstrox 6,651]

I’ve always considered JNH’s King score very uninteresting.  I do like the two Shore pieces.