John Crichton 4 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Yes, a thread dedicated to those scores that make you want to vomit like Mr. Creoste after a wafer-thin mint. For me one pops immediately to mind (and this will come as a shock to no one): Pirates of the Carribean, for reasons extensively discussed elsewhere. But I'm sure that those mentioned by others will shake a few repressed memories loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antineutrino 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Eric Serra - Goldeneye, especially the two car sequence at the beginning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Both of those would be on the top of my list. Crap indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Woods 555 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Pirates of the Carribean-Erik- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Never Say Never Again.Blade RunnerMad Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 PotC, of course. Even if it isn't, perhaps, the worst soundtrack ever, it makes up for that by being so disgustingly popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Yes, a thread dedicated to those scores that make you want to vomit like Mr. Creoste after a wafer-thin mint. He doesn't vomit after eating the mint. However, these scores bugged the hell out of me:Fellowship of the RingThe 6th DayThe Two TowersLadyhawkAlien3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 these scores bugged the hell out of me:Fellowship of the RingThe Two Towers Well, to each his own.- Marc, who thinks FotR is brilliant and TTT is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 The Two Towers annoying and cloying are adjectives that come to mind to describe this score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Of the ones i have, GoldenEye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Escape from LA (a dissapointing impulse buy because of Shirley Walker's name)Mrs. Doubtfire (my first reaction was that it was the worst score ever)Dogma (boo, very clunky and dull)Anything by Harry Gregson Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Ladyhawk Aaaarrccggh!! Yes, Ladyhawke. So much spoilt potential! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG-SI 10 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Horner's Troy; Well it's not the worst but I never play it (TTT) again - only the day(and week) I bought it and got sick of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 186 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 PotCGoldenEyeAlexander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Ladyhawk Aaaarrccggh!! Yes, Ladyhawke. So much spoilt potential!I know what you mean, but at least Ladyhawk got its own flavor and identity, something I value more and more in these days of uniformness.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Sigh...The Two Towers and The Fellowship Of The Ring mentioned in this thread.... I wonder how many times you guys really ever listened to it. It's the same with a movie like Terms Of Endearment. My brother is very fond of that one and always reminding me of how much better it is than some of the crap I'm usually watching. I never really wanted to see it no matter how many times my bro would insist. I was calling it a girlie, dated, sucky film even before I saw it!So one day I made peace with my brother and agreed to watch it with him. I didn't WANT to like the film though; I wasn't open for it. BUT when I DID see it all the way through I found myself crying and smiling at the same time as the end credits rolled. Man that film was good!! I loved it from that moment on.Take that as you will ok?Anyone; a REALLY bad score was Horner's Troy, although you can't really blame him considering the limited time he had to score it. I blame the people who rejected Yared's score. Some weird Morricone stuff comes to mind: The Humanoid.The American version of the original Dawn Of The Dead, which sadly didn't use the Goblin score, but opted for mediocre library stuff. Aweful. I'll post more when I remember some more bad scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I'm not really surprised by the mention of LOTR scores however Alien 3. What the heck? That score is Goldenthal at his finest. Have you heard the final cue?? Justin - Who thinks most people who don't like Alien 3 base their opinion on that filmtracks guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted February 24, 2005 Author Share Posted February 24, 2005 He doesn't vomit after eating the mint. Yes you're right, you got me there. :oops: Meaning of Life is easily my least favorite Python outing and I haven't seen it very much.The Two Towers annoying and cloying are adjectives that come to mind to describe this score.I go with bland, plodding, and uninspiring myself. But Fellowship is a very good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 STAR WARS - What a load of amateur rubbish, that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 King ArthurHorner's TroyTitanic(I don't like Horner very much) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benefactor 3 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 King Arthur (indeed a very dull and uninspiring)Terminator 3: Rotm (missed opportunity to do a great Terminator score)Rosenman's The Lord of the Rings (Orchestral mess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Pirates of the Carrabean it is.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ymenard 54 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Blade Runner Just get the boots, and admire itAnything by Harry Gregson Williams (Chicken Run + Sinbad)Alien3 Nobody can match Goldenthal in terms of modern/contemporary classical music input in movies, except perhaps Philip Glass and John Corigliano...Worst score : Nick Glennie-Smith' "We Were Soldiers". 100% Trite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benefactor 3 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 STAR WARS - What a load of amateur rubbish, that was.How dare you can said it! Star Wars was most influencing score of all time! It resurrected big symphonic scores at movies!Get out of here, you poor Media Ventures fan .Go hear your Pirates of the Caribbian "professional muzak" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrongBad992648 0 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Mystic River. I mean...sure...it's Eastwood composing it...but come on...give me a break. Another that comes to mind is Troy...which actually made me laugh in the theater...especially that hokey cue that's played when we first get to Troy.I actually have to agree with Fellowship of the Rings and The Two Towers. To me, they just weren't very good at all. I guess I can't say they were the worst...but I felt compelled to back the others up. I've listened to them plenty...and I just can't get anything out of them. I guess my main comparison is that I felt that I could have written an equal, or better score than that. That's how I always compare scores I suppose...if I can do better, and I'm only a student, then it must be pretty bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturgisPodmore 0 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The score for The Two Towers makes me want to shoot myself.Pirates - Once again, I think the bashing is silly, as we all know it's just Media Ventures being Media Ventures. If you can get past that, I think it's really enjoyable, and you can find my opinions more extensively elsewhere.King Arthur - Same. "Inspiring." Chords....Two. censored. Hours.~Sturgis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Pirates - Once again, I think the bashing is silly, as we all know it's just Media Ventures being Media Ventures. If you can get past that, I think it's really enjoyable, and you can find my opinions more extensively elsewhere.Not here! When I heard the score to PotC in the film (all right, the second or third time - I admit I didn't notice it in the first viewing), I wasn't thinking about Media Ventures, I was just thinking about how much the score sucked.The score for The Two Towers makes me want to shoot myself.I enjoy this one a lot, though (not that it can stand up to a Williams score). Funny how things work out, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Robocop 2 by Leonard Rosenman - just hearing a female choir sing 'Robocop' is downright frightning! Closely followed by Con-Air, Mark Mancina & Trevor Rabin both destroyed an already flawed film.- Tim, amused at Benefactor not picking up on Melange's sarcasm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I can understand some folks not liking Fellowship of the Ring, since it tends to drag a bit. But The Two Towers? I liked it more than Return of the King. TTT is a spectacular score and film.As for the worst scores I've ever heard, that honour goes to Eric Serra's The Big Blue and Harald Kloser's Alien vs. Predator (I can't image how Alan Silvestri might have improved this flick with a better score). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 To easy to say Pirates of the Caribbean, but it's true. I also hate Logan's Run.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 To easy to say Pirates of the Caribbean, but it's true. I also hate Logan's Run.NeilMmm the only cues I know of are the 2 tracks on Goldsmith's Frontiers CD, I quite enjoy them - is the full score hard to listen to then?- Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I rate those 2 cues on the Frontiers c.d. among Goldsmith's all time great IMO.The love theme is majestic(End of the City).On the OST there is a few other cues (like The Sun)in that vein which represents the outside scenes in the film.But the other half of the score is weird synth atonal stuff.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Sigh...The Two Towers and The Fellowship Of The Ring mentioned in this thread.... I wonder how many times you guys really ever listened to it.Every time I watch those movies, unfortunately.Some people have mentioned King Arthur. Yes! I completely forgot how much I hated the music while watching that film. Bland, intrusive, and completely inappropriate for the scenes it accompanied. It didn't help that there were problems with the surround sound in the theater I saw the film, so the music ended up louder than the dialogue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Ack, mine have already been said: Goldeneye and Pirates.Another on the list is Dr No (just how many times did Monty Norman have to use "The James Bond theme" and "Underneath the Mango Tree"?) Barry was the best thing to happen to the films. That's all I can think of for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 JoeinAr wrote:Blade Runner Just get the boots, and admire it it aint going to happen, its electronic noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Ladyhawk certainly, it's complete idiocy to score a medival fantasy movie with rock and pop. "own flavor and identity" indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Ladyhawk certainly, it's complete idiocy to score a medival fantasy movie with rock and pop. "own flavor and identity" indeed.I know what you mean, but I hope you somehow grasped what I meant. And if you didn't, well, then Lucas accurately predicted the future when he made THX 1138.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Howard Shore's Videodrome is completely unlistenable. Unlike Neil, I rather enjoy Goldsmith's Logan's Run, but I can't stand S*P*Y*S.James Horner's The Forgotten has no redeeming features whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,715 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Copland if absolutelyand totally awful score also there is Terminator 2 soundtrack, Die Hard 3, X-men and Pirates of the Carribean (nauseating). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Gladiator and Goldeneye come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Gladiator and Goldeneye come to mind.Gladiator! I completely forgot about that one. Terrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 I know what you mean, but I hope you somehow grasped what I meant. And if you didn't, well, then Lucas accurately predicted the future when he made THX 1138. I know what you meant, but I think ladyhawk is a terrible example of it.Gladiator! I completely forgot about that one. Terrible!I think that's ZImmer's best, it's rather good, maybe it belongs in the guilty pleasures thread for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesluckard 80 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Aside from everyone else's top picks, GoldenEye and Pirates of the Caribbean, I thought "A Very Long Engagement" last year had an atrocious score. The movie was decent, a bit too cutesy and quirky when a straight romance would have been more powerful, but everything was undercut by the droning, monotonous, synthesizer-sounding score. I was afraid when I saw Badalamenti's name months before the film came out. He does a certain sound well, and it suits certain films, like Mulholland Drive, which need a spooky, odd, lonely atmosphere, but Engagement needed big, sweeping thematic music, orchestral music, a John Barry sound to represent the tremendous passion and longing of the seperated lovers. Instead, it had a tedious main theme that sounded like it was being played on a home synthesizer. I never felt a thing for the characters because of the score. I can't remember the last time a score was so glaringly inappropriate. (No, wait, I can, Alexander a week later) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The worst score I have heard for a long time is for Shore's Se7en. It is meant to be quiet and threatening, and it becomes so instantly forgettable it is depressing. The only moment of note is when they are going to the thin guy; and then the music is a loud, misguided hodge-podge of orchestral rubbish. Oh dear. To make it even worse, there is a commentry by Howard Shore on the DVD in which he tries to say how deep and meaningful it all is. No, it is just crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The worst score I have heard for a long time is for Shore's Se7en. It is meant to be quiet and threatening, and it becomes so instantly forgettable it is depressing. The only moment of note is when they are going to the thin guy; and then the music is a loud, misguided hodge-podge of orchestral rubbish. Oh dear. To make it even worse, there is a commentry by Howard Shore on the DVD in which he tries to say how deep and meaningful it all is. No, it is just crap.I've seen Se7en several times and I don't remember any music. I always see that as a good sign.----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benefactor 3 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 - Tim, amused at Benefactor not picking up on Melange's sarcasm! Oh Men, of course I'm picked up. It was just silly joke for answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Ladyhawk Aaaarrccggh!! Yes, Ladyhawke. So much spoilt potential!I know what you mean, but at least Ladyhawk got its own flavor and identity, something I value more and more in these days of uniformness.----------------Alex Cremers Ladyhawke is the only score I've heard that actively ruined what would have been a terrific movie. The worst score I've ever heard. No matter how crappy, PoTC worked in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Gladiator and Goldeneye come to mind.Gladiator! I completely forgot about that one. Terrible!its a very intrusive score, definitely not subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 3 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 King Arthur = pants..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 Unlike Neil, I rather enjoy Goldsmith's Logan's Run, but I can't stand S*P*Y*S.Oh I like S*P*Y*S.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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