Ollie 1,064 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 ST:TMP is a brilliant score and probably Goldsmith's greatest or at least in his top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Star Trek: The Motion Picture is absolute, total, and complete perfection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Star Trek: The Motion Picture is absolute, total, and complete perfection. Yep. I'm now official ST: TMP score nerd All I need now is more complete version...Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,239 Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Star Trek: TMP (original album).You may not believe this, but I never heard this score before (outside of the 1 or 2 tracks), because I never was interested in Star Trek really. Sadly, I have only this this shorter version (which is pretty good). I gets a lot of praise everywhere, but God, I didn't expect it to be THAT good! It suddenly reminds me why I hate most of today's scores so much. It's a killer! But you probably already know all of that.Of course it's that good (if not even better ). Many say it's Goldsmith's best... I'm not so sure about that (Final Conflict is a strong contender, among others), but ultimately it was the one I chose to have signed.Mission to Mars.Morricone's take on Close Encounters. It is how Hollywood would sound, if it had guts. I like it.Most hate the organ music. I thought it was brilliant.Basic Instinct.One of my all time favourites.With a nice little quote of Bruckner's 4th. Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I just listened to SCARAMOUCHE (Victor Young).All I can say is... 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O It's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,239 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Aye! Now watch the movie, it's great as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I intend to. Victor Young and Janet Leigh in one film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Rob, where did you get that avatar? Are there Bernard Herrmann stamps?! I'm guessing if that there are, they are old based on the 33 cents.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Rob, where did you get that avatar? Are there Bernard Herrmann stamps?! I'm guessing if that there are, they are old based on the 33 cents.I don't have the stamp - I found the picture online - but it's part of a series of movie-related stamps, I don't know when from - I found it among other Herrmann-related stuff, but I've seen a few others like it (there's one of Peter Ustinov in that style, definitely).Here's the full-size picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I just got through listening to The Phantom Menace complete edit made by Goodmusician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,239 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 There was a series of Golden Age composer stamps a few years ago. I remember FSM did an article about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Hulk,Danny Elfman.Not bad actually.Catchy motif.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.Library finally called me 5 months after I reserved it.Good stuff,one of Elfman's better albumChronicles of Narnia.Quite boring and generic with melodies that go nowhere,like JNH's recent stuff.k.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Chronicles of Narnia.Quite boring and generic with melodies that go nowhere,like JNH's recent stuff.There's actually some thematic goodness in there, it's just that the themes aren't as catchy or instantly recognizable as a Williams-style score. And after getting the recording sessions boot/DVD rip complete score I have to say it's another instance of the OST being poorly representative of the whole score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I recently bought 5 Alex North cds. "The Sound and the Fury" is pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,064 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Inchon and Saturn 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 The MummyDamn good score by Jerry Goldsmith. I like The Mummy Returns by Alan Silvestri as well but for some reason I over all perfer Goldsmiths' score. I like his theme for Imhotep and the theme for Rick and Evelyn more than I ever did Silvestri's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Thunderball expanded.I needed an antidote to Cornell's You Know My Name ... badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthera 0 Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Balto by James Horner. I absolutely love this score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Coscina 4 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I'm listening to Elfman's Serenada Schizophrana which isn't technically a film score but it's about the best damn thing I've heard from a film composer so far this year. By miles in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixers 0 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Right now, I'm listening to Anakin vs. Obi-Wan from ROTS. I think that it's a piece with brilliant emotion, with cameos from Clash of the Lightsabers to go with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I was never a big star wars fan growing up. I had seen the original and thought they were ok. Just recently a borrowed my friends dvds for episdoe 1-3. This was the first time i had ever seen them. I was amazed how much better these movies were than the original. I have rencently rewatched episode 4-6. I dont think they hold up compare to the new films. The new films have a more complex and intersting story compared to the originals. I dont understand how people can think these movies are terrible and the orignal are greatthat is either the funniest thing I've ever read, or the most stupid. Im inclined to think the latter. Folks this is the reason we need legalized post birth abortions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,064 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Lattitude Zero - IfukubeDracula - WilliamsThe Fly - Shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,723 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Black Dahlia - A gorgeous score. Isham has imo captured the film noir sound very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I need to get that some time. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Black Dahlia - A gorgeous score. Isham has imo captured the film noir sound very well.It may work on album, but it's too strong in the film. Give me Goldsmith's L.A. Confidential and Chinatown anyday. This is the work of an amateur.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I'm listening to Elfman's Serenada Schizophrana which isn't technically a film score but it's about the best damn thing I've heard from a film composer so far this year. By miles in fact.Got it yesterday and loved itMax-who also met Neil Gaiman yesterday and was amazed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Is your signature from IMDb, Sixers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixers 0 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 that is either the funniest thing I've ever read, or the most stupid. Im inclined to think the latter. Folks this is the reason we need legalized post birth abortions.yeah, that was something i picked up from the imdb message boards. hopefully you didnt think that i said that...... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,239 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 It may work on album, but it's too strong in the film. Give me Goldsmith's L.A. Confidential and Chinatown anyday. This is the work of an amateur.A too strong score in a De Palma film? I may be wrong about this (haven't heard the score, won't see the movie until next week), but this sounds rather promising to me: De Palma movies need too strong scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 that is either the funniest thing I've ever read, or the most stupid. Im inclined to think the latter. Folks this is the reason we need legalized post birth abortions.yeah, that was something i picked up from the imdb message boards. hopefully you didnt think that i said that...... LOLno I recognized it as a signature, and not you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 John Barry's OUT OF AFRICA. Main theme does it for me everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Lalo Schifrin: Gone With the Wave. I only know the first 15 minutes or so because it fills the cassette side after Diamond Head. It's really fun though, I should play the rest one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,723 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Accidental Tourist, John Williams: I listened this score after a long break and I must admit I had forgotten how beautiful it is. Truly a hidden gem. Intimate and delicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.ZacharySmith 0 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 ST:TMP is a brilliant score and probably Goldsmith's greatest or at least in his top 5.I couldn't agree more...almost religious and so majestic in its scope. Strangely, Goldsmith derided his own ability when talking about this score. He visited Australia in 1983 and I had a chance to go and hear him speak at the State Film Centre in Melbourne. At the time he was really quite chuffed at the score he had written for the Twilight Zone movie and the audience got to hear a lot of the tracks therein. He also spoke about his work in most of his earlier movies.Of ST-TMP he said that he regretted that the music had taken on religious overtones and he recounted the difficulties he experienced with Roddenberry...namely; when Goldsmith said that he had difficulty getting a "handle" on what to score thematically for the Klingons Roddenberry's less-than-helpful response was:"Damn Klingons will get you every time!" Of course Wise was much easier to deal with.I think that Goldsmith was a little embarrassed about the majesty of the music and the rapture it attracted from people.Anyway...he was wonderful to listen to and spent some time interacting with the audience in the obligatory Aussie "wine and cheese" gathering after the lecture. He signed LPs (Including my rare Planet of the Apes recording...) and was generally very genial, despite his minders being a little over-protective. I have a tape of the lecture about the house, somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis 0 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Lady in the Water. A boring score. James Newton Howard can do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Lady in the Water. A boring score. James Newton Howard can do better.Hm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Lost: season 2Better album than the first, but then again it's immidiate energy somehow fizzles towards the end of the disc. But I would recommend it overall, even moreso than the first season's album. More tense music this time around.The Black DahliaVery strong score. I don't know how it compares to L.A Confidential though.SignsEaisly one of the best of the new milennium.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 ST:TMP is a brilliant score and probably Goldsmith's greatest or at least in his top 5.I couldn't agree more...almost religious and so majestic in its scope. Strangely, Goldsmith derided his own ability when talking about this score. He visited Australia in 1983 and I had a chance to go and hear him speak at the State Film Centre in Melbourne. At the time he was really quite chuffed at the score he had written for the Twilight Zone movie and the audience got to hear a lot of the tracks therein. He also spoke about his work in most of his earlier movies.Of ST-TMP he said that he regretted that the music had taken on religious overtones and he recounted the difficulties he experienced with Roddenberry...namely; when Goldsmith said that he had difficulty getting a "handle" on what to score thematically for the Klingons Roddenberry's less-than-helpful response was:"Damn Klingons will get you every time!" Of course Wise was much easier to deal with.I think that Goldsmith was a little embarrassed about the majesty of the music and the rapture it attracted from people.Anyway...he was wonderful to listen to and spent some time interacting with the audience in the obligatory Aussie "wine and cheese" gathering after the lecture. He signed LPs (Including my rare Planet of the Apes recording...) and was generally very genial, despite his minders being a little over-protective. I have a tape of the lecture about the house, somewhere, I'll see if I can find it.Wowza! I never realized he visited our fair land. Too bad it was two years before I was born. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Gladiator - I dont care what people say about this, but it is a fine listen (and the last Zimmer score I enjoyed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 X-Men: The Last StandAwesome score. Most enjoyable of the three in terms of popcorn sugar rush adventure score, but I still think Kamen's X-Men is the best of the trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego 21 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Corpse Bride. After listening to the wonderful Serenada Schizophrana I wanted to listen to more Elfman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Star Trek IIIA decent sequel score, but inconsistent and not great. Stealing the Enterprise is a superb cue, equal to anything in Trek II. The cue for the Enterprise arriving at Spacedock is quite nice too. The Klingon theme is OK, but pales in comparison to Goldsmith's. And most of the Vulcan stuff is rather bland. Nice rendition of the classic series theme at the end, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Obviously you just don't get what the Trek III score is about.It's as good as TWOK IMO, and the Vulcan music hits the right note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 X-Men: The Last StandAwesome score. Most enjoyable of the three in terms of popcorn sugar rush adventure score.Yes, but it is completely silly in the film because of this entertainment value. So it doesn't quite do its job.What's so great about Kamen's X-MEN?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Corpse Bride. After listening to the wonderful Serenada Schizophrana I wanted to listen to more Elfman.That was one of my favorite scores of last year.Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 14 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 "Braveheart". I am still amazed that I hadn't bought this album untill yesterday. I love this music even though I am not a fan of this composer. And it is definitely better than "Titanic" (good, but little overrated score)."Beyond Rangoon" - fantastic thing, one of my favourite Zimmer's scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 What's so great about Kamen's X-MEN?Rather than scoring the heroism like every other superhero movie, Kamen's score focuses much more on the characters and their emotions. For that reason alone, I like it as an X-Men score. It's one of the elements that set the original film apart from other superhero fare for me. It also has a very distinct voice of its own. Much more so than Ottman's X2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Marc is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I cannot listen to this score, because of the Badelt electronics.They're awful! Is there some other untouched version of this score?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I think the complete promo might be free of those. At any rate, I didn't recognize the clip they played on the FSM podcast a few months back at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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