AC1 3,565 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 I almost bought it because I heard many good thing about it...and it was cheap. Is it worth buying?----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 3 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Yes, it's a very good score. Parts of it remind me of Goldenthal's GOLDEN GATE but otherwise it's a wonderful Howard score. How much is "cheap" incidently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted December 30, 2003 Author Share Posted December 30, 2003 I don't remember but it was secondhand so...the equivalent of a few beers.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nja 0 Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Of course after a few beers, you wouldn't mind paying a little more for it . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Yes, it's quite a good listen. Certainly the tone is very uniform, but that has it's advantages at times - it can be a thoroughly relaxing and atmospheric experience. There are some standout tracks and themes but the entire score stands up well as a cohesive whole. For best results I recommend listening to it on a cold, cloudy afternoon or early evening, with the occasional drops of rain water (or ideally, clumps of snow) spilling from nearby trees. That said, I certainly won't be listening to my copy anytime soon this summer . Enjoy!CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidOC 0 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I actually think it's a little on the dull side, especially the choral stuff. But then again, I haven't listened to it in ages and didn't like the movie at all - incredibly slow and boring, though beautiful to look at thanks to DP Robert Richardson.Devil's Advocate is a Howard score that is growing on me a bit, DESPITE it's cliched used of the unholy, demonic voices. It gets better the more I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Longbottom 0 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Listen to what CYPHER said. Plus, I suggest seeing the movie first. It should help considerably. Myself I consider this score to be his best, preferring it over anything I've heard the composer do. If you're enjoying the more gothic side of Howard, you could be disappointed, but if The Sixth Sense or Williams' Angela's Ashes are your cup of tea, you might like it.Yes, I agree, it's a perfect score to listen to on a foggy or any rainy day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Well we've been having some miserably rainy days here recently, so my thoughts have turned to this score. I always recognised the major influence of Henryk Gorecki's "Symphony No. 3" on tracks like "Seven Acres" and "Susan Marie Remembers," but I missed the Vaughan Williams connection. There are some direct references in "The Evacuation" to Williams' brilliant "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" (as heard most recently to great effect in Master and Commander).CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 428 Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 There are also some similarities to Philip Glass' choral piece Itaipu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Awesome. I'm a Glass fan, but I've never heard of that piece. Is it available on CD?CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 428 Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Yup. It was re-released on CD last year by Sony Classical (catalogue number SMK87978).More information about the recording can be found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted April 7, 2004 Author Share Posted April 7, 2004 The music for Snow Falling on Cedars has nothing in common with the music of Phillip Glass, none what so ever. Just a few meditative cues don't make it automatically Glass-like.Alex-who in the meanwhile purchased this album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 428 Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 Snow Falling on Cedars shares some similarities with Glass' Itaipu (the cue Snow Drive for instance). I never said that the entire album sounded like Philip Glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Thanks for the link Jim. I find that I'm not so keen on Glass' choral stuff though...So Alex, what do you make of the Snow Falling on Cedars score after all this?CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Longbottom 0 Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Well we've been having some miserably rainy days here recently, so my thoughts have turned to this score.I don't have that many off-beat scores in possession, but speaking of rainy days, what do you like to listen to when rain sets in and all is grey? You look to be tuned on similar notes as me. If you wouldn't mind giving some recommendation....Anna and the King works fine for me and I'm always in good tune for it.Roman.-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Share Posted April 8, 2004 I don't regret having bought this score. I like its atmosphere very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 It was used in the Matrix Revoulutions trailers. It is a good score. Acctually I think the choral cues on it are some of the best in film music. The Theme is also marvelous great score.Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 I don't have that many off-beat scores in possession, but speaking of rainy days, what do you like to listen to when rain sets in and all is grey? You look to be tuned on similar notes as me. If you wouldn't mind giving some recommendation.... Well Roman, I certainly like to think of myself as weather and environment sensitive when it comes to listening to classical music. If it's too rainy and miserable I may refrain from listening to anything, simply because I don't like the distraction of so much background noise. Bearing in mind that my CD collection is not very extensive, Snow Falling on Cedars would have to be my number one choice for rainy day music - I certainly could not countenance listening to it in the middle of a sunny day that's for sure! It'd just feel plain wrong. If it's overcast, cold and darkening (but otherwise relatively silent), I might like to put on A.I. Artificial Intelligence or Saving Private Ryan or The Thin Red Line or some of Edelman's tracks from The Last of the Mohicans. Some Michael Nyman cues also go down well too, like certain tracks from The End of the Affair for instance. And of course the aforementioned "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" has a very wet and depressingly atmospheric sound to it (Master and Commander connotations methinks ). I guess most of the scores I own are more appropriate for other types of weather like a quietly sunny afternoon with a soft warm breeze and light filtering through the leaves outside...Anna and the King works fine for me and I'm always in good tune for it. That's George Fenton, right? Coincidentally enough the most memorable musical moment of that film for me was that beautifully choreographed transition scene featuring close-ups of a soggy rice paddy with the music serenely matching the film's editting. It only lasts for about 20 seconds but I still remember it after all these years. It was very Terrence Malick, that's for sure. CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 7 Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Ohh really? Doesn't bother me much, the weather is always the same inside a building. 8O Except that it obscures view of the busy airspace over Sydney, I'm interested in aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 But what about aircraft noise, Morn? Surely that'd interrupt your listening to some extent if you were living under the flight path? Besides, there is always some level of noise outside and with the windows open, the sounds of the weather and the street inevitably trickle in... CYPHERPS - speaking of aircraft, my best friend said she saw a plane with the NASA logo on its tail land at Sydney airport last week. Wonder what that was all about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 7 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Aircraft noise, I am under a flight path, but they fly rather high up and on their landing run, so throttle is often not so high. If cars and rain bothers you, close the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYPHER 1 Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 In summer, closing the window isn't really an option. I bit of cross-ventillation is always nice too, y'know. But with winter approaching, I anticipate things being a bit quieter inside... Now if only my CD player wasn't being a total temperamental arse! I think I might need to get a replacement. CYPHER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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