Richard Penna 3,694 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Far from hiding it, I had an acquaintance ask me about the LotR soundtrack a few years ago. Their other half had mentioned wanting the soundtrack for Christmas, and I responded by telling them about the two editions - essentially whether they wanted to hear all three hours of music, or just the 'highlights'. And several people in my walking group have a 'casual' soundtrack 'collection' or at least know the names of some reasonably prominent composers, such as Gia. I've never, ever found it an interest to hide or be embarassed about. Nope, if you want to see the real problems with discussing film music, look right here. GerateWohl and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,370 Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 There was this thread some time ago: At least, I think, we can state apartfrom taste, that Williams took more care of his OST presentations than Goldsmith. And that Goldsmith wasn't best, when he was asked by director's "to do the Williams" with brassy heroic fanfares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gitz 85 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 Whoa. Reading all these replies really made me feel not so alone. JTN and Gabriel Bezerra 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 907 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I remember around 1990 - I was 18 or 19 - spotting for the first time Williams Salute to Hollywood CD. I noticed that it had music from The Witches of Eastwick. I had only been really into Williams music for about a year and it was the first time I'd seen any of that music on CD. So I bought it immediately and I was with a friend who was like "Salute to Hollywood"? WTF? JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Once 605 Posted January 4 Popular Post Share Posted January 4 I was 7 when I got my first soundtrack album. My aunt had noticed I kept humming the music from Harry Potter and she bought the OST for me for Christmas 2001. I was too young to be embarrassed by my taste in music, I played the soundtrack for all of my friends, haha. Me and a good mate even rehearsed a dance routine for the entire album that we made our parents watch! I still remember our choreograpy to Visit to the Zoo and Letters from Hogwarts! Kids are weird yo JTN, Canyoubay Liever and Bespin 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTN 2,030 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 8 hours ago, Mr. Gitz said: Whoa. Reading all these replies really made me feel not so alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Music is music! Why should listening to Horner or Williams be considered less "cultured" an exercise than listening to Humperdinck or Faure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,079 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 But do you admit to your friends that you listen to Humperdinck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,466 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 37 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Music is music! Why should listening to Horner or Williams be considered less "cultured" an exercise than listening to Humperdinck or Faure? Because the cool kids don't listen to Horner, Williams, Humperdinck or Faure, they listen to Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Post Maloene and The Weeknd. Anyway, on one of my first conversations with my most recent crush, I told her I like film music. To explain better the concept, I mentioned John Williams (of course), singing to her the themes for Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Then, I mentioned the Titanic score and sang a bit of the love theme, at first she thought Williams did it but then I told her it was by another great composer who unfortunately died too early in a plane crash. If that conversation happened, like, 5 or 10 years ago, I wouldn't even mention Williams and Horner, and instead would do my best to talk about Beyonce and Taylor Swift with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 43 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Anyway, on one of my first conversations with my most recent crush, I told her I like film music. To explain better the concept, I mentioned John Williams (of course), singing to her the themes Pffft! For those kinds of conversations, you open with "Das ist Karfreitagszauber, herr" or "Wintersturme wichen den wonnemond" (depending on your voice type) and then you get to Williams. Edmilson and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Answer to the thread question: No. Did they wish I did? Maybe. Gabriel Bezerra and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edmilson 7,466 Posted January 4 Popular Post Share Posted January 4 28 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Pffft! For those kinds of conversations, you open with "Das ist Karfreitagszauber, herr" or "Wintersturme wichen den wonnemond" (depending on your voice type) and then you get to Williams. Perhaps, but if I tried to say those expressions with my Brazilian Portuguese accent she'd think I was choking with the food! JTN, Chen G. and Gabriel Bezerra 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 744 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 15 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said: But do you admit to your friends that you listen to Humperdinck? JTN and Brando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,864 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 31 minutes ago, ThePenitentMan1 said: Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that ThePenitentMan1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 744 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, Brando said: Glad I'm not the only one who thought of that To be fair, his rejected score for The Princess Bride had "bias" written all over it. Constant heroic brass fanfares for when he shows up, and a few cues of dinky solo piccolo noodling for Westley and the other main characters. It's like he had no idea (or didn't care) what kind of story this was! They were wise to reject him for Knopfler. Tallguy and Brando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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