AC1 3,565 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Well, be positive. All the dust in your room will now have a new spot to gather around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie 45 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Ugh. I equate having a preconceived disinterest in certain scores (ie listened to it once or twice only), as having preconceived disinterest in John Williams or film music in general. You can't blame those who don't enjoy film music or know what it's about or whether it exists, if you yourself don't even try to get into a more specific score.You will discover much joy if you actually put it on your CD player and hear what's going on. Listen to it. It's JOHN WILLIAMS for crying out loud... written just months after his Oscar-nominated "Angela's Ashes" and misunderstood masterwork "The Phantom Menace."Bowie - who loved the main theme from "The Patriot" immediately, but took a few listens and a general analysis to fully appreciate the entire score. (Actually, I went through the score track by track once, determined to outline the problems with it in comparison to another score, but I turned out to fully enjoy it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Lewis 6 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 By "Dust Gatherer", I mean a score that might be a pretty decent listening, works wonderfully in the movie, but doesn't hold up to repeated listenings.There are good things in The Patriot, of course. But that doesn't mean that they are intersting enough to ensure repeated listenings. Hence, I don't play this CD too often. Hence, it gathers dust (not literally). Hence, it can be called a dust gatherer without that term being too negative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,765 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I still don't understand the negativity directed at The Patriot. It's an amazing score. It was the first non-SW John Williams score I ever bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Did you write "Return to Sender" on the package?Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 126 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Have you recently had any strange phone calls? Threatening letters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshopk 8 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Patriot has great music on it! Its special. A few minutes are nothing special, but lots of it is really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,286 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Its not as bad as many put out here, i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro 57 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I listen to the Patriot all of the time. The love theme is gorgeous. The main Patriot theme(s) are rousing and stirring. The instrumentation is impeccable and well-researched. It has enough highlights along the way to listen to the entire CD all the way through.Opinions are just that: opinions. And everyone's entitled to their own. But it's fun to state them as undisputed facts, like we all do here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 But it is a fact there is a layer of dust on my Patriot CD.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,286 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Not in maestro's, not in mine...Everyone here have our little reality in what believe about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 Not in maestro's, not in mine...Everyone here have our little reality in what believe about When I say blue is blue you all say it's orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,286 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 The daltonic is you not us then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam 1 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 The parts of the score that wore on me are the parts of the movie that seemed overdone. The main theme had to be bold, macho, American sounding with that yearning for freedom feel and it had to communicate all of that in a few seconds. So its very effective for the movie but its just not my cup of tea musically.And there is still a lot of very good underscore. The action music for the second half of track 10 (or is it 11) is one of my favorites. Love theme is great. Elegaic music is very nice. Lots of good stuff not on the soundtrack as usual. I listen to it a fair amount. - Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 480 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 But it is a fact there is a layer of dust on my Patriot CD.NeilYeah, but don't you have all your CDs encoded on your iPod anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I still play my CDs when I'm at home.And my Patriot AACs have dust on them, too. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I still enjoy The Patriot. It has it's flaws, but overall it's a decent score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 480 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I like it, but I hardly ever listen to it. There's so much music better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 243 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I have dust on "The Patriot," but I dig it out every once in a while. I love the action cues and "Susan Speaks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG-SI 10 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Oh, and I have dust on SW, ESB and ROTJ, E.T., LOTR, but I dig them out every once a year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicRat75 0 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I don't have dust on any of my cd's. I keep them safe inside their cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Fantastic concert piece. I actually don't ever listen to much else besides this, except for maybe a few of the earlier tracks.Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 2,924 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Well if you like Anakin's Betrayal,then you must like The Parish Church aflame.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 I've only heard it once and if I had to classify it, I would put it in the 'Far And Away' section. ----------------Alex Cremers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Barnsbury 8 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 That's very generous of you, but it really doesn't deserve that distinction. Ray Barnsbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturgisPodmore 0 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 LOL, Not it's not that good.~Sturgis, who listens to the concert track sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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