Popular Post GerateWohl 4,446 Posted March 14, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2023 I recognized this com composer from a recommendation of @publicist once and after @JNHFan2000 shared the newest score of Philippe Rombi in the other thread I looked closer and found that Rombi wrote a lot of scores for internationally popular french films and has a great body of work. He is one of those composers, who write film music in the way they used to earlier. Here some examples. This one has some Studio Ghibli vibes. Spoiler Good old fashioned Comedy adventure score with some Rózsa vibes. Spoiler This score has some Kitano thriller vibes. Very beautiful. Spoiler And the newest one with 50s musical sound including a small Basic Instinct reference. Spoiler Still music far from that contemporary sound design fashion for Fans of good old film music. Any other fans around here? Other opinions? Further recommendations from his work? Jurassic Shark, Chewy, Bayesian and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,977 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Angel, Nouvelle Guerre des Boutons & Un Homme Et Son Chien are all wonderful GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 3 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said: Angel, Nouvelle Guerre des Boutons & Un Homme Et Son Chien are all wonderful I will check them out. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,977 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 GerateWohl and Tydirium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,587 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 Rombi is a fan favourite in film music circles, because he - like Yared - refuses to adher to contemporary tropes, and mostly does scores in a traditional, romantic, symphonic idiom. There's much to applaud in that, especially because he does it so well, but it also says something about his limitations. LE TEMPS DE SECRET was a highlight in that regard last year. Other favs of mine include DANS LA MAISON and LA NOUVELLE GUERRE DES BOUTONS. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 I think, He also does this semi-electronic stuff quite well. But yeah, that's not necessarily music that I am much interested in. 22 hours ago, Thor said: There's much to applaud in that, especially because he does it so well, but it also says something about his limitations. I always prefer composers with limitations in sound design over composers with limitations in musical composition and arrangement. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,305 Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Gave Angel a spin today and bloody hell, what a marvellous score. Also gave his latest score for Francois Ozon a listen, Mon Crime, which is like if Chinatown had been fun... Clearly need to explore more of his stuff, especially for Ozon, who seems to be a regular collaborator. Tydirium and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 Unfortunately I couldn't find Angel CD anywhere at a reasonable price. The one I found got lost at shipment. I also would like to get hold of his Asterix scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,657 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 "A Phillips Rombi Thread"? How many more, are there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted May 18, 2023 Author Share Posted May 18, 2023 Not enough. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,977 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Unfortunately. It's not a very interesting score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 I am not decided yet. But I would take it anytime over something like Dead Reckoning. The synth tracks are rather boring. But I like the orchestral parts. Same what I thought about Ricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levraibond 14 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Hi guys, I've been listening to Rombi since "Love me if you Dare" which is a beautiful romantic classic score : https://youtu.be/nRoYCdu1zwk?si=8OCr9g2UQ6YhYgdH I love the way he arranges the orchestra. Another beautiful score of his : "Joyeux Noel". The first track is obviously temp tracked with Zimmer's "Thin Red Line" but once you get to the rest of the score it's pure Rombi : https://youtu.be/VSdkhnKELOA?si=a1-1UEgh0YnFHEW- GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,587 Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Rombi is great (last year's LES TEMPS DES SECRETS was great, so a fairly recent 'success' too), but VISIONS didn't do much for me, I'm afraid. Thriller is an unforgiving genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Thor said: Thriller is an unforgiving genre. I don't know exactly what you mean by that. But truly there are rarely outstanding thriller scores. Often it seems they copy eachother. When I think of great thriller scores then Basic Instinct comes to mind, Young's Copycat, Shore's Crash and Silence of the Lambs. Dudley's score for Elle was great, too. My favourite recent thriller score. But that's offtopic. At least we can agree, Rombi is not really re-inventing the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 My recent two discoveries. A beautiful romantic score: And a rich effervescent comedy score: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/news/film-fest-gent-welcomes-philippe-rombi-as-guest-of-honour-at-the-24th-world-soundtrack-awards Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,177 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I'm not very familiar with this composer. Which scores should I check out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,446 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 I recommend all mentioned in my post at the top of this thread. And like @JNHFan2000 mentioned, Angel, Nouvelle Guerre des Boutons & Un Homme Et Son Chien are beautiful, too. Jurassic Shark and JNHFan2000 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,177 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Oh, I didn't bother scrolling to the top. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,977 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 My favourite of his I think still is 2022's Le Temps des Secret. The themes in that are absolutely gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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