Raiders of the SoundtrArk 289 Posted Tuesday at 01:17 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:17 PM Some nice things but it's mostly an ambience score with no real thematic. I've listen to this because of Beltrami who can do some nice scores once in a while but I'm not fully satisfied with this last one (don't know if it works best in the movie though) Link to post Share on other sites
publicist 3865 Posted Wednesday at 03:24 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:24 PM One of my last secret favs in filmmusicdom turned in a short and pleasant romantic score. Accomplished as always and stylistically a bit like a recent Newman or Desplat that is actually interesting. Thor 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3236 Posted Wednesday at 03:39 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:39 PM Is Gordon secret? Honest question. He made a big impact with Moby Dick (a score I love), then followed it with On the Beach (which got lots of good reviews but never did all that much for me). A few years later came Salem's Lot (which I barely remember) and a few years later still Daybreakers (which has at least some really good moments, though I've rarely listened to the whole thing). But even that was 11 years ago now, and aside from those, I've totally lost sight of him. Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 6543 Posted Wednesday at 03:45 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:45 PM Master and Commander is his best score. Link to post Share on other sites
publicist 3865 Posted Wednesday at 03:46 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:46 PM Which may have something to do with the fact he didn't do film scores, at least not with any regularity. But when he does, it's good to great stuff. A great brass chorale in a third-rate horror movie called Out of the Shadows, the classicist Gift of Light and of course I will always cherish his sports and olympic stuff. Mao's Last Dancer was another great addition in the mid-2000's. Link to post Share on other sites
Thor 4013 Posted Wednesday at 04:10 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:10 PM Always been a fan of Gordon, as I just noted in the other thread, but wasn't aware he had a new score out this year. Thanks for the tip! Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3236 Posted Wednesday at 05:52 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:52 PM 2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Master and Commander is his best score. I love the film, and some of the source music, but the score has never done anything for me. I have it on CD, and yet I keep forgetting it exists. Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 6543 Posted Wednesday at 06:01 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:01 PM 9 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: I love the film, and some of the source music, but the score has never done anything for me. I have it on CD, and yet I keep forgetting it exists. Perhaps you should give it another try now that I reminded you it exists. Link to post Share on other sites
Jay 19027 Posted Wednesday at 06:04 PM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 06:04 PM Revo - Bravely Default II I am somehow less impressed by my second listen than I was my first. The constant re-working of tracks from the first game isn't supported by strong enough new material I think. Or maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it Link to post Share on other sites
Romão 1485 Posted Wednesday at 06:13 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:13 PM 2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Master and Commander is his best score. Many people feel his contributions are overshadowed by all the classical pieces used, but I feel his aproach was highly original and effective. And the album flows beautifully between original and pre existing cues Jurassic Shark 1 Link to post Share on other sites
publicist 3865 Posted Wednesday at 08:31 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:31 PM 2 hours ago, Romão said: his aproach was highly original and effective Weir's approach. It's very unlikely Gordon favoured it. Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 6543 Posted Wednesday at 08:44 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:44 PM 2 hours ago, Romão said: And the album flows beautifully between original and pre existing cues Yes! Link to post Share on other sites
Romão 1485 Posted Wednesday at 08:45 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:45 PM 13 minutes ago, publicist said: Weir's approach. It's very unlikely Gordon favoured it. Be that as it may, the music was wonderfully used in the film Jurassic Shark and mrbellamy 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jurassic Shark 6543 Posted Wednesday at 08:49 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 08:49 PM Huh. Never heard of directors giving the composer constraints before. Link to post Share on other sites
Marian Schedenig 3236 Posted Wednesday at 10:21 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:21 PM 4 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: Perhaps you should give it another try now that I reminded you it exists. I just did. And even now I don't remember much. It's mostly comprised of a) rhythmic drumming, b) some grand orchestral gestures, and c) a couple of jigs. a and b could more or less be out of the LOTR playbook, just without what made Shore's scores characteristic. In the end, the gestures are just empty gestures, and none of it feels like a cohesive score to me. That's not surprising really, given the film's reliance on non-original music and a certain touch of a "documentary" approach with little room for an upfront score - the score mainly gets to support the dramatic tension between the preexisting and diegetic music cues. And it surely does its job well in the film, it just doesn't leave much that I find interesting to listen to on CD. And I can't help but have at least minor misgivings when a film affords itself at least one grand gesture and give it to the Tallis Fantasia, letting the original score have the scraps. Link to post Share on other sites
publicist 3865 Posted Thursday at 05:51 AM Share Posted Thursday at 05:51 AM The best release of Blade Runner ever...though i understand how such album would have seemed out of place at the time of this movie's release. As much as i love Rutger Hauer, i would have preferred Tears in the Rain without his voiceover. Bespin and Romão 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Thor 4013 Posted Thursday at 04:11 PM Share Posted Thursday at 04:11 PM I love EDM more than most people here, but the type of commercial techno on display in "Techno Syndrome 2021" is not really my cuppa tea, especially not when it goes all dubstep (which has been out of fashion for a while now). There are glimpses of fine music in the score otherwise, like the oriental instrumentation and when it's downtempo and textural. The action music feels very generic. Lots of noise, fuss and breaks. All rather uninteresting, and I'm afraid there's too much of the latter (especially over the course of 80 friggin' minutes!) Link to post Share on other sites
Thor 4013 Posted Friday at 09:11 AM Share Posted Friday at 09:11 AM Wheatley and Mansell sounds like a match made in heaven, and I'm guessing it is (although REBECCA didn't that much for me). This is for the most part zithering, dark, ambient textures that are NOT an easy listen (it has more in common with Mica Levi than Mansell's previous work), but I can picture it working beautifully in the film. Link to post Share on other sites
Jules 20 Posted Saturday at 11:46 AM Share Posted Saturday at 11:46 AM I can't place it, but a lot of the melodies and textures of this score remind me a hell of a lot of something else. I listened to this without focusing too much unfortunately, but I don't think it was awful. On 4/16/2021 at 2:11 AM, Thor said: I love EDM more than most people here, but the type of commercial techno on display in "Techno Syndrome 2021" is not really my cuppa tea, especially not when it goes all dubstep (which has been out of fashion for a while now). There are glimpses of fine music in the score otherwise, like the oriental instrumentation and when it's downtempo and textural. The action music feels very generic. Lots of noise, fuss and breaks. All rather uninteresting, and I'm afraid there's too much of the latter (especially over the course of 80 friggin' minutes!) I agree that this score is way overlong and sadly not that interesting at all. Sadly, because I really like Wallfisch when he's at his best. This is a really enjoyable listen, haven't heard the score for the first movie but if it's anything like this I'll give it a spin. Think I'm realising I'm pretty partial to most African influenced film music. Link to post Share on other sites
Thor 4013 Posted Saturday at 04:10 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:10 PM I was very curious about VOYAGERS. Alas, the press screening (and premiere) has been postponed over here, due to the pandemic, so I'll have to wait a bit. But I'm curious about the score; thanks for the reminder, Jules! As for COMING TO AMERICA 2, I thought it was a disastrously poor film (I consider the original one of the best comedies of all time). The score didn't do much for me either, I'm afraid, but I should probably give it another go. Link to post Share on other sites
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