1977 1,743 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I've occasionally bought something (usually due to other people's enthusiastic comments or out of fear of a sell out) and on listening wondered what I had been smoking. For example, Henry Mancini's Condorman. Am I the only one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Richard Penna 3,679 Posted May 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2020 Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Eraser I didn't dismiss either immediately, but I realised after a short time that neither was for me. bollemanneke, JoeinAR, Not Mr. Big and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,359 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Air Force One (expanded). I don’t get why everyone was so eager to have this one expanded and I’d happily return it for a refund if I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,630 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Ghostbusters .The hype was so high 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, King Mark said: Ghostbusters .The hype was so high Yeah, I get it. It's a score that I love but the presentation on either score album does it no favours. I think a 30 minute whittle with some micro editing would work wonders. I feel the same about Elmer's The Black Cauldron. The Varese 30 minute re-recording is sublime, the complete score I find a chore to listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 8 hours ago, JTWfan77 said: Yeah, I get it. It's a score that I love but the presentation on either score album does it no favours. I think a 30 minute whittle with some micro editing would work wonders. I feel the same about Elmer's The Black Cauldron. The Varese 30 minute re-recording is sublime, the complete score I find a chore to listen to. You're gonna be Holko's best friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 John Goldfarb Not With My Wife You Don't...both volumes I mean, holy shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Runaway and Not Without My Daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 The Terminator 2 special edition album. I actually threw it away when I moved house. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,342 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Saving private Ryan expanded. WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Daredevil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,998 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Looking through my collection here are some of the titles that I didn't like one bit or completely forgot about: The Abyss The Black Cauldron Dark Shadows Darkest Hour Deep Impact eXistenZ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Fantastic 4 (2015) Frozen Planet Gremlins 2: The New Batch Hoosiers Iron Man 2 Iron Will Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Kung Fu Panda 2 The Last Boy Scout The Magnificent Seven (Horner) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Midway Powder The River Wild (both really) Scrooged Searching for Bobby Fischer Shaft Small Soldiers Southpaw SpaceCamp The Vanishing X-Men: Days of Future Past And pretty much anything by Trevor Jones. There are some expanded album that didn't work for me at all and scores I only like some bits of...but that's another story. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,679 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Rosewood. I've never seen the film, and only ever listened to the latter part of the end credits from the original album. I'm not sure why I felt I needed more music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 41 minutes ago, crocodile said: Looking through my collection here are some of the titles that I didn't like one bit or completely forgot about: Gremlins 2: The New Batch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 It's pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I bought The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire only because I loved its fantastically colorful artwork, and forgot it was in my cart when I made my next LLL purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The Pink Panther by Christoph Beck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Man of Steel. No idea why I spent money on this when it came out. I think I purchased it before the film? 1977 and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Honestly, I feel this way about all 3 Back to the Futures. None of them have ever interested me much, even in the films which I love. 6 hours ago, crocodile said: Looking through my collection here are some of the titles that I didn't like one bit or completely forgot about: The Abyss The Black Cauldron Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Small Soldiers SpaceCamp X-Men: Days of Future Past I'm right there with you on all of these. That said, this score: 6 hours ago, crocodile said: Kung Fu Panda 2 is an RCP masterpiece! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,998 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: Been meaning to give it another listen for the past 5 years! And I know you and me talked about this several times. 😆 48 minutes ago, A. A. Ron said: Honestly, I feel this way about all 3 Back to the Futures. None of them have ever interested me much, even in the films which I love. Yes, quite a few Alan Silvestri scores can go on my list actually. His OST album tend to be too short and unsatisfactory but the expanded albums tend to drag and be too repetitive. Volcano is a perfect example. I like his music a lot of the time, especially in the film context, but there seems to be little variation to his material. There are exceptions. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 11 hours ago, crocodile said: Looking through my collection here are some of the titles that I didn't like one bit or completely forgot about: The Abyss The Black Cauldron Gremlins 2: The New Batch Hoosiers Iron Will Midway Powder SpaceCamp These are all titles I'm glad I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,051 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Just now, JTWfan77 said: These are all titles I'm glad I have. But have you listened to them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 4 hours ago, A. A. Ron said: Honestly, I feel this way about all 3 Back to the Futures. None of them have ever interested me much, even in the films which I love. Well if I had to pick only 3 Silvestri's to own, these would be them. Different strokes. Smaug The Iron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,051 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The third score is great! Smaug The Iron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Just now, Jurassic Shark said: But have you listened to them? At least once each (except for Midway, but I know it well from the film, having taped it off TV in the '80s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 5/16/2020 at 9:31 PM, Bayesian said: Air Force One (expanded). I don’t get why everyone was so eager to have this one expanded and I’d happily return it for a refund if I could. I was one of them, but meanwhile I'm also wondering about that. On 5/17/2020 at 8:24 AM, publicist said: Runaway and Not Without My Daughter. Is that the only Goldsmith scores of that kind you have? I mean, there's a lot more, especially from 1986-1995! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: Is that the only Goldsmith scores of that kind you have? I mean, there's a lot more, especially from 1986-1995! All the others have at least one track I enjoy (except for Angie but I never had it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Concerning Black Cauldron, I much prefer the program of Varese's re-recording than Intrada's complete score release. If you've only heard the Intrada edition and it didn't click, the other album might be worth a listen 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,998 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, Romão said: Concerning Black Cauldron, I much prefer the program of Varese's re-recording than Intrada's complete score release. If you've only heard the Intrada edition and it didn't click, the other album might be worth a listen The short album is better indeed. Karol 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 The Varese re-recording of The Black Cauldron wipes the floor with the film tracks. It's such a fantastic album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Apart from a few tracks (Escape from the Castle), i never found it a particularly strong Bernstein entry (given the possibilities). Jurassic Shark and A. A. Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 16 hours ago, TSMefford said: Man of Steel. No idea why I spent money on this when it came out. I think I purchased it before the film? I got a fair bit of mileage out of it at the time. I enjoyed Zimmer's effort and rate the movie more highly than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 His Superman theme was hardly the most offensive thing I've heard in recent decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,051 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 There was a theme? TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 It's not bad, probably the best superhero theme Zimmer has written Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,426 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Yeah, I like "Flight" and "What Are You Going to Do When You're Not Saving The World?" (the End Credits cue). The heroic material of MoS is fine, my problem lies with the drum-infused action music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterTech 989 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 "Zimmer on autopilot" is probably a good way of describing the score overall. I like the ideas, but the actual package doesn't really captivate me much until we get to the climax. TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,051 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 It was probably written mostly by other people. TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,426 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The action music was probably by JXL, given that he again brought back the constant drumming for Divergent on the following year and Fury Road two years later. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 It's the musical equivalent of being beaten into submission. TSMefford and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I honestly think Zimmer's planet Krypton theme can stand proud next to Williams' own mighty effort. The melody is quite exquisite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I'm thinking of the piano melody that was also in Batman v Superman. Nothing particularly impressive, but nice enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The only thing I remotely like out of it is his theme for Clark. The little Piano melody, but while it's nice it's hardly anything special. I listened to it a few times when it came out and recall being...disappointed. Don't get me wrong. Zimmer does some cool stuff on this score from an experimental / sound design standpoint, but it's nothing distinctly Superman. This score could've come from any old Zimmer scored Blockbuster. And while the idea of getting a bunch of Drummer's together in a room is cool...why this movie? And why does it also not even sound like 9 drummers? I should stop. I could go on and on. Point is...these days... I just don't listen to it at all. It bores me, yet there it sits in my library. Hence my choice for headscratcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 This thread inferring we all have dandruff? TSMefford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,998 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 14 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: There was a theme? There was...barely used. But yeah, there's about half an hour of really pleasant material on this album. And I enjoy his slightly different take on Americana. It works. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,051 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, crocodile said: But yeah, there's about half an hour of really pleasant material on this album. That's just the silence when the album has ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 15 hours ago, TSMefford said: ...it's nothing distinctly Superman. This score could've come from any old Zimmer scored Blockbuster. This is exactly the problem Hans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Just now, JTWfan77 said: This is exactly the problem Hans. It really is. The more recent Hans score I can really think of that had any sort of distinctive element was Interstellar and even that was a bit of a let down. He has cool ideas, but they don't seem to fully mesh with the films he's working on in my opinion. Like the drums thing from Man of Steel. That idea would've been far cooler and more story relevant in a film like Whiplash or something. I just don't see why you would gather a bunch of drummers...for Man of Steel specifically. I believe the thought process was that drumming sounds...American? Idk, I just don't fully buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,051 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, TSMefford said: I just don't see why you would gather a bunch of drummers...for Man of Steel specifically. Steel drums? 13 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said: This is exactly the problem Hans. It's a butscratcher score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,509 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Just now, Jurassic Shark said: Steel drums? There you go. Perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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