Jurassic Shark 10,604 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Discuss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thor 6,320 Posted September 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2020 Great score, although only enjoyed in its original promo presentation of 49 minutes. The film is massively underrated, IMO. I prefer it over any and all of the preceding films, even the original Japanese ones (well, the ones I've seen, anyway, I've never been a big Godzilla fan, really). Loads of great little "mini movies", i.e. setpieces in the style of JURASSIC PARK at times. Fantastic build, like Emmerich always does well. But obviously also moments of 'hokeyness'. scallenger, Kasey Kockroach, Fabulin and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,274 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 That's what I ' love' about SHARK; Always on top of the latest releases!😉😅 Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,774 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 It's a fun creature feature with memorable one-liners and a cool, gloomy but colourful look. But the monster behaves nothing like Godzilla. Hollyweird didn't get that bit right until 2014, and refined it even further in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,274 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Surprised you liked it. You and Thor😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,644 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Great score. Pathetic Godzilla score. And movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 5,649 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 The movie is terrible, but I like the score. One of my favorites from Arnold. There's some amazing action cues in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,463 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 The movie is exactly what it wanted to be at the time....the American rip-off of Godzilla. It's your standard Roland Emmerich nonsense. Not really a Godzilla movie, but it's a movie. It's bad. But it's fun to watch because it's bad. The score is by far the best thing to come out of the film. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,274 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 The , humor' particularly the Siskel and Ebert digs, dragged it down....down....down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,774 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 How dare they ridicule film critics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMefford 1,463 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Yeah honestly the Siskel and Ebert jokes are not the worst pieces of humor in that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,274 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, TSMefford said: Yeah honestly the Siskel and Ebert jokes are not the worst pieces of humor in that film. I know but I've put it out of mind😒 28 minutes ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: How dare they ridicule film critics? If they used "KAEL" and " CANBY" I would have given it Two thumbs UP!😁 I thought the ' eggs in the Garden' was a.nice touch and there was real pathos in her attempts to protect them. A different director might have made something good. But Emmerich, can only do campy versions of genres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,530 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 The score is fun. Never seen the movie. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 8,643 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 hours ago, crocodile said: Never seen the movie. Don't. Enough of this thread. I'm going deeper underground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,774 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 3 hours ago, crocodile said: The score is fun. Never seen the movie. Karol 20 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Don't. Croc, don't listen to him! It's a fun flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 6,320 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Indeed. Never understood what people's issues were with this. I guess I can understand it if you're a hardcore Godzilla fan, and the film was too radical a departure from the design or tradition of the old movies, but personally I never gave a toss about that. As a monster flick, it's very good! scallenger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,774 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Thor said: Indeed. Never understood what people's issues were with this. I guess I can understand it if you're a hardcore Godzilla fan, and the film was too radical a departure from the design or tradition of the old movies, but personally I never gave a toss about that. As a monster flick, it's very good! I'm as hardcore a traditional Godzilla fan as it gets and I still enjoy the '98 movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 6,320 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 That's good to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 5,649 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 I just re-listened to the score yesterday. It's great, and it has some amazing action cues. I'd say it's one of Arnold's best from the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbeck 108 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Ok movie (3 stars) more fun and less pretentious than ID4. Fantastic score (Arnold’s best IMO) - 5 stars! The promo album was great but missed one of my favorite tracks: the submarine pursuit. Such an exciting track. It is great to have it in the complete score release. If I want a great sampler of the score I listen to the album, if I have the time (long car trip) I go with the complete score and on occasion I put only the submarine track and listen to it at a high volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,274 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 14 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: I'm as hardcore a traditional Godzilla fan as it gets and I still enjoy the '98 movie. He shouldn't have shot in Super 35 for one thing. G is a vertical character and he uses a.process only suitable to photo a snake!😵 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,774 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 6 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: He shouldn't have shot in Super 35 for one thing. G is a vertical character and he uses a.process only suitable to photo a snake!😵 The 2014 and 2019 ones were in anamorphic and looked alright. A widescreen format worked for the 1998 one because he's longer than he is tall. Not to mention all the 60s and 70s films in Tohoscope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,274 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 15 minutes ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: The 2014 and 2019 ones were in anamorphic and looked alright. A widescreen format worked for the 1998 one because he's longer than he is tall. Not to mention all the 60s and 70s films in Tohoscope. Super 35 is not anamorphic. It's two perf spherical . Like TECHNISCOPE it has a very narrow field of vision( think the Leone westerns). The other films you mention are anamorphic which gives you a WIDE image , not narrow; BIG difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,774 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Super 35 is not anamorphic. It's two perf spherical . Like TECHNISCOPE it has a very narrow field of vision( think the Leone westerns). The other films you mention are anamorphic which gives you a WIDE image , not narrow; BIG difference. Yes, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 10,604 Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 7:32 PM, Thor said: Great score Really? Could you give us some highlights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 6,320 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Really? Could you give us some highlights? I'm terrible at remembering track titles, as usual. But "Leaving Manhattan" and "Finale" are probably the best tracks. Classic 90s Arnold. I wanted to give a Youtube link to "Leaving Manhattan", but can't find it, and I don't know what it corresponds to on the 2CD set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 33,657 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,758 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 https://youtu.be/qzErut3CVZY Cannot make the miniature show for some reason, but Arnold discusses Godzilla at lenght crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scallenger 452 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Honestly, this will forever be my favorite David Arnold score. Is Independence Day a better score? Yes. It has better dramatic music and more memorable themes in comparison. But I don't know, this score is just such a rush. It's relentless, especially in its second hour... I mean, holy crap. And I have honestly always loved the film. I'm with Thor on this one. Was never big on Godzilla's original films or anything else, so having him reimagined to look like a dinosaur iguana wasn't a big deal to me. Of course, as you can see, I am really into Jurassic Park; and I remember seeing this as a kid when it came out and was absolutely thrilled with all the references and etc. And the music made the film so exciting, again especially in its final hour, that I really was carried away with this film at the time. I remember the audience really enjoying it, actually! Maybe I just saw it with a good group, because I definitely see its faults now and also understand why people don't like it, especially if they were original Godzilla fans (I have since only seen the original film, and it is quite good!)... but I can't ever NOT like this film. It's goofy as hell and dumb, but never not fun (well... okay maybe the mid-section kind of drags). I am actually REALLY curious to check out its animated series it had... which continues right where the film ends. I'm told it's actually quite good and improves on a lot of the film's issues, even with the characters, including Godzilla himself. From clips it looks like a lot of fun. Don't think it uses Arnold's score though, haha. I remember finding the promo bootleg during the Napster days... and man... was so happy when I did. I have fond memories of that presentation of the score, and it just didn't make sense to me why it was never officially released, and instead a album of unrelated rap songs? I never understood that trend, and never will. I remember I was coming home from work one day and saw the e-mail newsletter about Godzilla being released by LLL. I cannot tell you... other than LLL's release of Jurassic Park/Lost World... I don't think I had ever been THAT excited for a release before. At that time, such a thing felt impossible... I thought for sure Independence Day would have happened before it ever had a chance to, for example. But no... Godzilla came first. And I knew from watching the film what amazing music had been left unreleased all these years, buried in a lot of SFX to be extracted properly, and I remember at the time always saying "if it ever got a complete release, it would be one of the greatest action scores of all time." I wasn't as well-rounded with scores back then as I would like to think I am now, but I still think I was actually pretty accurate still in saying that. Shockingly, I actually did sell off my set... but that was only because there was that 3-disc reissue that came out from BuySoundtrax. It included a couple more alternates which was cool, but I really got it for the first legit release of that promo album (which I am PRETTY sure has an alternate or two of its own in there). Having that back for nostalgic purposes was a huge treat, honestly, even though I prefer the whole score. I really recommend getting it if anyone here somehow still doesn't have this release. It's actually still in print. https://buysoundtrax.myshopify.com/products/godzilla-the-ultimate-edition-original-soundtrack-by-david-arnold-3-cd-set crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,395 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Saw it once when it came out and haven't seen it or heard its music since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderdrag64 472 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I recently picked up the 2007 La-La-Land release of this at a yard sale for $1. I know it's not quite as complete as the BSX release but I think that was a pretty good deal. I'm excited to give it a listen from all the great things I've heard about it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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