Rate Ludovic Bource's score to The Artist

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

I'd say it's a solid four.

[Richard Penna 3,683]

I saw the film yeas ago and remember the music being entirely appropriate and functional... but memorable? Not really.

 

It was elevated at the oscars because attaching it to a silent film makes it fashionable to say it's amazing.

[TheUlyssesian 2,477]

It is good. Though they use Vertigo for the climax.

 

i remember one cue very well. When the actor is dancing with the actress and repeatedly bungles his take. That was a very memorable piece of music.

[Smeltington 1,438]

I liked the film and score a lot, enough to buy the album, but then I never listened to it. Make of that what you will.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

29 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

I liked the film and score a lot, enough to buy the album, but then I never listened to it. Make of that what you will.

 

Hm... is your CD-player broken?

[Smeltington 1,438]

Nope, it's in perfect working order, so it's not that. It must be something else...

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Ah, you bought the LP.

[gkgyver 1,645]

Bought the Special Edition. Haven't listened to it since. 

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

The one with added dialogue?

[Smeltington 1,438]

55 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Ah, you bought the LP.

 

I do listen to a lot of LPs, but no, in this case I bought the CD.

 

It's not that I can't listen to The Artist. It's that I don't listen to The Artist. Sometimes it's hard to put your finger on why you don't feel like listening to something, even though you like it.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Perhaps it would be more fun to listen to on LP.

[Smeltington 1,438]

Perhaps we'll never know...

[bruce marshall 1,315]

3 hours ago, Smeltington said:

I liked the film and score a lot, enough to buy the album, but then I never listened to it. Make of that what you will.

Poseur!😝

It's a good score to a.very entertaining remake.of A STAR IS BORN.

Using VERTIGO was a copout.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

19 minutes ago, bruce marshall said:

Using VERTIGO was a copout.

 

And they hail Tarantino for the same thing.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

1 minute ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

And they hail Tarantino for the same thing.

You diseased maniac!

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

I haven't caught COVID-19 yet! I want to have the COVIDs C and C.

[Smeltington 1,438]

Don't feel bad, most of us here have the C&C disease.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Anybody familiar with the FYC of The Artist? I know it's longer than the official album.

[Smeltington 1,438]

Yes, I added the FYC tracks in with the OST tracks, so now I have more tracks I don't listen to.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Life finds a way.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Sounds like Herrmann.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

That's a good thing.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

So nobody's got the FYI for The Artist?

[bruce marshall 1,315]

FWIW

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

You mean you have it?

[bruce marshall 1,315]

2 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

You mean you have it?

Yes.

I have the FWIW.

But. Does anyone have the ' FYI'?

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Don't use initialisms you don't know the meaning of.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Just now, Jurassic Shark said:

Don't use initialisms you don't know the meaning of.

Look who's talking#!

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

You really need to go to bed now.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

G'nite!

[Smeltington 1,438]

I have the FYC bro. I was being sincere. It's mp3 though. I can share the track listing I figured out too, if you want it.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

3 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

I have the FYC bro. I was being sincere. It's mp3 though. I can share the track listing I figured out too, if you want it.

 

Here's the track listing of the FYC.

 

https://www.discogs.com/Ludovic-Bource-The-Artist-Original-Score/release/13435347

[Smeltington 1,438]

Yeah I meant I can share the track listing of my combined chronological OST/FYC playlist. Back in the day I actually checked the film to figure it out.

 

Also just checked and the mp3s I have are 320 kbps, which is also the best available online that I can find right now.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

5 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

Yeah I meant I can share the track listing of my combined chronological OST/FYC playlist.

 

Great! Does the OST have tracks not on the FYC?

 

6 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

Back in the day I actually checked the film to figure it out.

 

All that work and you still don't listen to it.

[Smeltington 1,438]

The FYC is missing the tracks from the OST that were not composed for the film, and I believe it's missing "My Suicide", which if I remember right is the original composition that goes where "Scene D'amour" was in the theatrical film. It makes sense if the Academy was supposed to be considering the theatrical version of the film ("Scene D'amour" was replaced with the original composition for the Blu-ray).

 

Lol yeah sometimes collecting music ends up being about the thrill of the chase. Although I did listen yesterday, after all this talk about it. It holds up, it's a really good score. Favorite tracks:

George Valentin

Pretty Peppy

Comme une Rosee de Larmes

1931

Auction Rooms

Peppy and George

 

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

4 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

My Suicide

 

My Suicide is basically an arrangement of Herrmann's Scene D'Amour.

 

4 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

"Scene D'amour" was replaced with the original composition for the Blu-ray

 

Was that the case also for the DVD?

 

5 minutes ago, Smeltington said:

Lol yeah sometimes collecting music ends up being about the thrill of the chase. Although I did listen yesterday, after all this talk about it. It holds up, it's a really good score. Favorite tracks:

George Valentin

Pretty Peppy

Comme une Rosee de Larmes

1931

Auction Rooms

Peppy and George

 

I find the first ten (ca.) tracks of the OST to be really entertaining, then my attention starts to drift a bit for the remainder of the OST. I'm not saying it's bad, some of the tracks just require more attentive listening. I like how varied the score is!

[Smeltington 1,438]

Is that true? It's not credited in the booklet, along with all the other non-Bource compositions. I'm not familiar with Scene D'Amour though.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Just compare the tracks.

 

As Stravinsky said, lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.

 

 

 

[Smeltington 1,438]

Ah, so it's meant to be an original composition, but keeps very close to the temp? I do feel like My Suicide contains a theme that runs through a lot of the score.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

 

1 minute ago, Smeltington said:

Ah, so it's meant to be an original composition, but keeps very close to the temp?

 

It seems so.

[Thor 7,492]

Always found this to be an overrated film and score. The film, in particular. The score is OK in its pastiche stylings, but nothing remarkable, IMO. So it got an even 2.5 from me.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Buh!

 

I used to have similar thoughts about the score after watching the film and hearing the album a few times, but then I sat down and listened to it. It's quite good!

[Thor 7,492]

I own the soundtrack, but haven't played it in a long time. When it didn't grab after a few listens back in the day, I just let it sit there (I was also irritated by how popular it was; it was even a favourite on Norwegian radio). I'll no doubt play it again at some point.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

Several times since the film came out, I've listened to the album on Spotify and considered whether to purchase it. At first, I think I was turned off by too much variation in its expression, and the fact that the second half of the OST is more subdued. Then I listened more closely and found almost all tracks to be interesting in some way. And I don't mind Herrmann imitations as long as they're done as well as here!

 

Btw, what do people think of Alfonso De Vilallonga's score to Blancanieves, the "sequel" to The Artist?

[TheUlyssesian 2,477]

On 8/5/2020 at 9:05 AM, Jurassic Shark said:

Just compare the tracks.

 

As Stravinsky said, lesser artists borrow; great artists steal.

 

 

 

 

My suicide is not used in the movie. It is replaced with Vertigo.

 

That's why I said above that it used Vertigo for finale and many academy members felt is should have been disqualified.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

17 minutes ago, TheUlyssesian said:

 

My suicide is not used in the movie. It is replaced with Vertigo.

 

That's why I said above that it used Vertigo for finale and many academy members felt is should have been disqualified.

 

I know, but My Suicide it used on the BR version, according to @Smeltington.

[Smeltington 1,438]

Yeah, I didn't see the Blu but I remember reading that.

[Thor 7,492]

6 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

Btw, what do people think of Alfonso De Vilallonga's score to Blancanieves, the "sequel" to The Artist?

 

Now THAT score, I really, really like. I have my own 49-minute curated playlist of the overlong soundtrack.

[Jurassic Shark 12,054]

9 minutes ago, Thor said:

 

Now THAT score, I really, really like. I have my own 49-minute curated playlist of the overlong soundtrack.

 

I never particularly liked it.

[artguy360 1,843]

Reading thru this thread had me questioning reality. For a second I thought the Vertigo cue was NOT used in the film even though I distinctly remember it being there. But now i understand it was replaced on the Bluray release.