NeejaHalycon 0 Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 What are people's general feelings on Trevor Jones? I just got the Thirteen Days score, which I have been meaning to do for a while. So far, it's most excellent. His work on The Last of the Mohicans seems well regarded, and I've seen one amateur review that said his score for Merlin was better than LOTR. (Of course, the reviewer did call it James Newton Howard's LOTR.)Still, anyone hear have any strong opinions of his work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 I can't say I really know his work- but I've probably heard most of his famous themes. I personally think that his themes aren't all that strong, but the actual scores are great, if not too often listenable. From Hell is great, but I can never listen to that for too long. My favorite theme of his is (unsurprisingly) Promentary from Last of The Mohicans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 What famous themes? The only one I know of is "O Fortuna" from Excalibur and he didn't even write that. He just used it. I'm not really impressed by Trevor Jones. Of course, I'm not a big Howard Shore fan, either. Dan--who still can't believe the epic scores for LotR turned out so bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 The Dark Crystal is a very good score.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyecks 33 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 While I'm not that big of a Jones fan, I really really enjoyed his music to "The Mighty". The last few tracks on the album are gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 I've heard Jones' Gulliver's Travels and didn't think it was too great. That's primarily what I based my opinion off of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyecks 33 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Dan--who still can't believe the epic scores for LotR turned out so bland.WHAAAT!??! Those scores, with the exception (IMO), of Two Towers, were awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 All 3 scores are amazing, and anything from bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 I think between them there is one amazing score. Although they are certainly never bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I've heard Jones' Gulliver's Travels and didn't think it was too great. That's primarily what I based my opinion off of.I heard it and thought it was quite good. Although that was seven years ago or so LotM is good anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Trevor Jones, a fine composer with a great talent for writing themes. Merlin, The Mighty, From Hell, Cleopatra, The Dark Crystal, Thirteen Days the list of memorable themes goes on and on. Lord, I find that Gulliver's Travels is one of his most dissonant scores, there are many a fine cue on the album and the theme is find indeed but if you are looking for a good representation of what T. Jones can do, you must get Merlin or Cleopatra. I've heard many good things about his score to LXG, although I don't have it yet. Oh, and how can I forget his GREAT theme for Dinotopia?Justin -Major Jones fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Arachnaphobia is a great score, what a theme! And a lovely romantic score that's really worth checking out is 'For Roseanna' (Roseanna's Grave), performed with brilliance by the LSO. The cd should be still available, on the RCA Victor label.-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Trevor Jones Cleopatra I'm afraid is seriously laughable compared to an older score on that topic....Jones is a decent composer..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,826 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Last night i was in a concert of film music with Trevor Jones himself conducting, here in Greece.First time I've been in a film music concert.It was great!! And Jones seemed a really nice man (he made a kind of speech at the end)They played Cliffhanger, Merlin Suite, Aegis, Notting Hill, Last of Mohicans Suite, Chaos, Arachnophobia, Last place on Earth Suite, Dominic and Eugene, The Mighty, Crisscross, The Dark Crystal Suite.One of the most touching moments was the Mighty with a boy solo and choir, and of course you got goosebumps in Last of Mohicans too.Right now, I'm leaving in a few minutes for a workshop he's holding..i just wish he has transcribed for orchestra a suite from Labyrinth too. I think it is more popular than some other unknown stuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanner251 17 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Trevor Jones? I hold him up on a pedestal similar to John Williams... The reason for this is that he is constantly reinventing himself based on what is asked of him. He has his own voice in film music unlike any other. He has a style that is well-steeped in dramatic instinct, but his spin is entirely fresh and signature. I can say the same for someone like Thomas Newman. People like these push the envelope of what a film score can be. John Williams will always be at the forefront because he is the quintessential musical storyteller, but the sounds that Trevor Jones and Thomas Newman experiment with are really strokes of genius. They push our conceptions of what is possible, and therefore must be commended for their artistry.The Dark Crystal is as good a film score as anything that John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith have ever done, but for different reasons. I don't find it to be as good at musical storytelling by any means. However, in the spirit of musically capturing a world, it is in some ways leaps and bounds beyond what the other two could imagine. Trevor Jones' music is otherworldly, and that makes him necessary I those contexts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Trevor Jones? I hold him up on a pedestal similar to John Williams... The reason for this is that he is constantly reinventing himself based on what is asked of him.He should run for President! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdog1 50 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Holy thread bump, Batman!Well, my two cents, I haven't listened to a lot of Trevor, but I do like Merlin a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 The Dark Crystal is one of the signature fantasy scores of the 80s, and that was a decade steeped in rich fantasy scores. I own many of his other scores, but this is the one I enjoy the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave 8 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I would like to see an expanded release to Dark City. Hlao-roo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Ladies and gentlemen, he's back! After many years of small projects and being preoccupied with his teaching, he is back to what will probably be some big scale scoring.http://filmmusicrepo...th-mini-series/Labyrinth is set against the backdrop of the Crusades and the Cathar massacres and tells two connected stories of a young woman living in Carcassonne in 1209 and a modern-day archaeologist who makes a startling discovery in a cave in the South of France.That sounds like something that needs quite an epic score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Ladies and gentlemen, he's back!He was gone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 He hasn't scored anything big for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maglorfin 196 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Last night i was in a concert of film music with Trevor Jones himself conducting, here in Greece.First time I've been in a film music concert.It was great!! And Jones seemed a really nice man (he made a kind of speech at the end)They played Cliffhanger, Merlin Suite, Aegis, Notting Hill, Last of Mohicans Suite, Chaos, Arachnophobia, Last place on Earth Suite, Dominic and Eugene, The Mighty, Crisscross, The Dark Crystal Suite.Jesus H. Christ, you made me turn green with envy! Cliffhanger is definitely one of my all-time favourite soundtracks, especially after Intrada's awesome 2 CD release, and I've always dreamed of hearing the main theme performed live! Hope somebody's uploading something to YouTube, I'm dying to hear this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I hope this'll see a release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,515 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 The Dark Crystal is one of the signature fantasy scores of the 80s, and that was a decade steeped in rich fantasy scores. I own many of his other scores, but this is the one I enjoy the most.Agreed. I have the 2-disc "TDC", and it's beautiful. I would love to get my little mitts on a complete score for "Excalibur". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8F_5nkAx0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0dSfXKAJfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFlNRzViue0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I like him, especially the 90s stuff.But he's been "off the scene", more or less, for at least 15 years now. Strange. He seemed so good at adapting to various stylings (like the Zimmer-inspired G.I. JANE) that it seems weird that he's now bogged down in less-than-stellar TV etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Jones was a composer I was completely unfamiliar with until a few days ago, when I checked a video recording of his 2006 Soncinemad concert, and I really liked what I heard there (from each and every score featured there). Big fan of his music for Merlin! Dark Crystal also seems to be quite good, and so does Roseanna's Grave.Will definitely have to check many of his scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 You posted all those videos, it was so random that I assumed he died. I really like a select few Trevor Jones scores, but I can't get into all of them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,912 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Weren't they going to make a sequel to dark Crystal a few years ago with Trevor Jones on board as well? Does anyone know whatever happened to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I love his early 80s work like THE DARK CRYSTAL, NATE AND HAYES and EXCALIBUR, and his more synth-based scores like ANGEL HEART, RUNAWAY TRAIN and SEA OF LOVE. On the other hand his more popular 'epic' scores like LAST OF THE MOHICANS and CLIFFHANGER leave me cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Jones was a composer I was completely unfamiliar with until a few days ago, when I checked a video recording of his 2006 Soncinemad concert, and I really liked what I heard there (from each and every score featured there). Big fan of his music for Merlin! Dark Crystal also seems to be quite good, and so does Roseanna's Grave.Will definitely have to check many of his scores.Dark Crystal is fantastic. Check out Dark City and Cleopatra. Those two are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni 306 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 The Dark Crystal is epic, one of the great 80s fantasy scores. And "My Noble Knight" from The Mighty is as moving a piece of music as I've ever heard. I was never much for Cliffhanger, but I think part of that had to do with the fact that the first several notes of the theme come straight from Last of the Mohicans (a score I never cared for as much as everyone else seems to).Jones is a good composer who ventures into the great at times. It would be nice to see him back on the scene again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I'd say he is a great composer, just less prolific in film, because of his work in academia. Thirteen Days is sublime. From Hell is probably one of the best damned gothic horror scores of all time. Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 One of the sexiest scores ever produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Does anyone know if there are any details on who composed what on The Last of the Mohicans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Both the OST release and the Varese re-recording clearly indicate which composer did what. You probably would not be asking this if you had bought the album legally instead of snatching a download somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: Both the OST release and the Varese re-recording clearly indicate which composer did what. You probably would not be asking this if you had bought the album legally instead of snatching a download somewhere. Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Both the OST release and the Varese re-recording clearly indicate which composer did what. You probably would not be asking this if you had bought the album legally instead of snatching a download somewhere. I am talking about the complete version. That was never officially released, was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Legally there is only the OST, and then the Varese Re-Recording. I thought the complete score boot was just a fan made mixture of the two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Don't download bootlegs son, they help fund the drugs trade, and ISIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 1 minute ago, Jay said: I thought the complete score boot was just a fan made mixture of the two? It is? I thought it was a rip from an isolated score-only track on the DVD or something? Anyway, I am not exactly very familiar with this score at all; I'm just trying to clean up the tags on my MP3's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 There's nothing morally wrong with downloading music the licensors don't want to release commercially IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 It's very possible that there are fan made bootlegs out there of this, since the DVD did have an iso score. I never got around to making mine actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,346 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Ah, I didn't realize the DVD had an iso score. If that's the case, for any music that wasn't on the OST or re-recording, I dunno if you'd be able to tell which composer did that cue unless you were very familiar with their different styles within that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Well, if the fan edit I've got is hardly worth it, then perhaps it is time to revert back to just the OST. I'm not particularly fussed about that anyway. Is there anything worthwhile that is unreleased at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 To be honest I prefer the re-recording over the OST, which sounds "off" in some way. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I listened to the European version of "Arachnophobia" this morning. AHHHH!!! That's THE thing. I have been duped when I purchased the American version of the CD, half of the album is made with silly 90's songs! Hollywood Records... pffff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I got no comment, I bought this one without knowing what it is AT ALL. Maybe it's very bad!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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