Toillion 215 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Who is going to go see Scorsese's new three and a half hour movie this weekend?! I finished reading the book today and am going to the theater to see it on Friday. I have a little extra excitement for this one because we have family farmland in northern Oklahoma have at least driven through some of the towns in the area. I haven't really heard much about the score but I'm sure it'll fit the film nicely. The videos are up on YouTube if you're in the right timezone or have a vpn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,508 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 YouTube overload! (and none of the videos work for me). That being said, I saw the film earlier this week (in IMAX, which wasn't necessary, strictly speaking), and we talked a bit about it in the "General movie chat" thread already. I was not super impressed, but as I said there - I was never that big a Scorsese fan to begin with, largely due to the carpeting of dialogue. The three and a half hours really like FEEL like three and a half hours. But here and there are glimpses of a visually playful Scorsese -- like the opening montage, of sorts, that kicks off with a great slo mo image of Native Americans dancing in oil rain, complete with a great cue by the late, great Robbie Robertson (was this his last work, I wonder?). Robertson's music has a definite presence throughout, in all its dusty, twangy blues Americana, and is one of the film's strengths. De Niro delivers in an understated, but powerful performance. Di Caprio chews a lot of scenery as the "village idiot", but is entertaining nonetheless. Lily Gladstone is great, and oozes silent authority -- she'll take home the supporting actress Oscar for this, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toillion 215 Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 20 minutes ago, Thor said: YouTube overload! (and none of the videos work for me). Yeah, the videos should be available at midnight local time. I just used a VPN to connect to New Zealand to listen to a couple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 You really don't need to embed a ton of tracks for the same new score, especially where you're not commenting specifically about each one. How about just a link to a playlist of them all, or a link to the itunes NZ entry where anyone in any region can hear samples of every track? https://music.apple.com/nz/album/killers-of-the-flower-moon-soundtrack-from/1708206914 Toillion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 LSH and Mr. Hooper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hooper 1,792 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 The lyrics in 'Still Standing' are pretty haunting in light of Robertson's recent death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Maybe it's the frame of mind i was in - but the score was completely invisible to me. or inaudible. i mean of course i heard it. but it just faded entirely into the background and made zero impact on me. so from my point of view, the score isn't even worth commenting upon. I don't recollect a single note - and i usually have a good ear for these things. the film is good but i'm a bit baffled by the overwrought praise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I think that's a problem Scorsese has with a lot of his films. The only score of one of his films I can remember is The Age Of Innocence. The Aviator and Hugo are good, but not as memorable. Irishman, Silence, The Departed, Gangs Of New York. Don't rememember a not from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Hugo is fairly memorable - if only because of the elaborate opening which is wordless and synced to shore's great cue. Stark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Wow, guys, Taxi Driver is an amazing theme. And who doesn't remember Cape Fear?! Mr. Hooper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 15 hours ago, TheUlyssesian said: Maybe it's the frame of mind i was in - but the score was completely invisible to me. or inaudible. i mean of course i heard it. but it just faded entirely into the background and made zero impact on me. so from my point of view, the score isn't even worth commenting upon. I don't recollect a single note - and i usually have a good ear for these things. It felt like an extension of The Irishman's non-score sound. Music that doesn't add anything emotionally but keeps things moving along. Both are great movies but not really musical showcases 12 minutes ago, A24 said: And who doesn't remember Cape Fear?! Oh come one that one doesn't count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Not Mr. Big said: Oh come one that one doesn't count Sure it does. Scorsese might have opted the exchange Herrmann's original score for a collection of radio songs. You can thank your lucky stars that he didn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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