John Crichton 4 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 It gets better. I don't own any of the CDs, but I know in the show it gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Now that my Indy Fever is (sort of) over, I can resume my alphabetical listening ventures.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (OST):A great score. I'd still say it's the weakest of the LotR scores (though I can't truly say that until I listen to the CR). Still quite terrifying, beautiful, exciting, heroic, and charming. 3.75/5 stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Why, it's the best by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Do you have the CR? If so, why would you listen to the OST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Why, it's the best by far.I think I still give Return of the King the edge by a nose, but they're both wonderful. And miles ahead of The Two Towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I got the expanded score to For Your Eyes Only today, and what a thrill it was! The gunbarrel opening is one of the best of the series.Track list:1. Gunbarrel - Teresa's Grave2. Dumping Blofeld3. Dumping Blofeld expanded4. For Your Eyes Only5. Change Of Watch6. The Death Of The Havelocks7. Bond In Madrid8. Bond In Madrid expanded9. Escaping With Melina10. A Drive In The Country11. Unfinished Business12. Cortina13. Bond Meets Kristatos14. Saving Melina15. The Hunt For Bond16. Chase On The Slopes17. Bond And The Countess18. Bond And The Countess expanded19. Goodbye Countess20. Albania21. No Head For Heights22. Underwater Meeting23. Submarine24. Dining Alone25. Recovering the ATAC26. Sub Vs. Sub27. Appetising Bait28. St. Cyril's29. The Climb30. Inside The Monastery31. The PM Gets The Bird/End Titles32. The PM Gets The BIrd/End Titles expanded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I got the expanded score to For Your Eyes Only today, and what a thrill it was! The gunbarrel opening isIt's official: I'm jealous. Easily one of my favorite Bond scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Why, it's the best by far.I think I still give Return of the King the edge by a nose, but they're both wonderful. And miles ahead of The Two Towers.Weird, The Two Towers has the edge in my opinion. A wonderful dark score, with the best central theme of them all (Gollum's Song). FOTR has trouble shaking off its Enya-roots, while ROTK has too much annoying combinations of fanfares & chord progressions (as in 'Lighting of the Beacons' - I don't know the technical term for this). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Good, I already pre-ordered "Milk". Wait, how did you listen to it? I was under the impression that it does not release until the 25th.You can listen to the stream of entire score from the album on this site.La Sconosciuta by Ennio MorriconeOne of the latter entries from the maestro. A nice mix of both his more traditional drama and thriller music. Some of it is really reminiscent to his The Untouchables at times. The album is quite long (over 71 minutes) and it can take time to really get into it. But I really recommend it. Morricone is as good as ever.Karol - now listening to V for Vendetta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 La Sconosciuta by Ennio MorriconeOne of the latter entries from the maestro. A nice mix of both his more traditional drama and thriller music. Some of it is really reminiscent to his The Untouchables at times. The album is quite long (over 71 minutes) and it can take time to really get into it. But I really recommend it. Morricone is as good as ever. Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Do you have the CR? If so, why would you listen to the OST?Because there are some differences, eg: the Prolouges from the OST and the CR. On the TT OST, "Helm's Deep" includes a great choir section. In the CR, that section is replaced by a violion(?) solo (also great). IMO, the order, from worst to best, in in order of the films: FotR, TTT, RotK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 IMO, the order, from worst to best, in in order of the films: FotR, TTT, RotK.The films or the scores? Because if FotR is the worst film... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Probably not "worst", that's just poor phrasing. More like least favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Also, "Concerning Hobbits" is miles better than "Bag End".I don't think I could pick a favourite, all three are such an immense achievement, although I do have a great fondness for TTT, especially the Rohan theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 IMO, the order, from worst to best, in in order of the films: FotR, TTT, RotK.The films or the scores? Because if FotR is the worst film... Or the worst score for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Do you have the CR? If so, why would you listen to the OST?Because there are some differences, eg: the Prolouges from the OST and the CR. On the TT OST, "Helm's Deep" includes a great choir section. In the CR, that section is replaced by a violion(?) solo (also great). IMO, the order, from worst to best, in in order of the films: FotR, TTT, RotK.Don't forget the rarities stuff that's coming out, if memory serves will feature all the alternate material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 The scores are already so long I'm not really interested in any alternate material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 I'd quite like the film version of "For Frodo". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 What film version? It's the same, non? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 'The Shape of Things to come' From Battlestar Galactica- season 1. I think that the music for the first season (only one I've seen so far) was rather dismal, but this one cue from the last episode absolutely knocked my socks off.Absolutely agreed. I actually had Chris do a piano transcription of that (but he didn't get very far).Season 2 has much more serviceable music and another standout cue. Season 3 mostly serviceable music as far as I remember. Haven't seen more than that yet.Weird, The Two Towers has the edge in my opinion. A wonderful dark score, with the best central theme of them all (Gollum's Song). FOTR has trouble shaking off its Enya-roots, while ROTK has too much annoying combinations of fanfares & chord progressions (as in 'Lighting of the Beacons' - I don't know the technical term for this).Gollum's Song is the best song from the scores. But Lighting of the Beacons might just be the best cue from the scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Weird, The Two Towers has the edge in my opinion. A wonderful dark score, with the best central theme of them all (Gollum's Song). FOTR has trouble shaking off its Enya-roots, while ROTK has too much annoying combinations of fanfares & chord progressions (as in 'Lighting of the Beacons' - I don't know the technical term for this).I love the TTT OST, but the complete score is a little hard to get through. I mean, Shore was rushed and didn't have enough time to conceptualize for the score, and it shows in the difference between TTT and RotK. But the best of TTT can stand up to the other two scores. "The Forbidden Pool" ... amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 A bunch of Chris Tilton and M-Squad by Johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Let's say... OKC Thunder. So KOTCS sucks that bad, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Probably not "worst", that's just poor phrasing. More like least favourite.Indeed.And that ranking was for the scores, not the films. As far as films go, RotK is the best, and TTT and FotR are tied IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifex 5 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Horner's subdued Field of Dreams, very nice during night time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Cinderella Liberty and The Rare Breed by John WilliamsTwo very fine scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 As far as films go, RotK is the best, and TTT and FotR are tied IMO.FOTR is the least flawed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Crichton 4 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 'The Shape of Things to come' From Battlestar Galactica- season 1. I think that the music for the first season (only one I've seen so far) was rather dismal, but this one cue from the last episode absolutely knocked my socks off.Absolutely agreed. I actually had Chris do a piano transcription of that (but he didn't get very far).Season 2 has much more serviceable music and another standout cue. Season 3 mostly serviceable music as far as I remember. Haven't seen more than that yet.Whenever you guys get around to seeing the mid-season "finale" episode for Season 4, that is by far the show's best score. It deserves its own complete release on CD.As far as the LotR debate goes, for me TTT is a handful of standout cues surrounded by horribly bland and boring underscore. It can be a chore to sit through. And I agree with Marian, Lighting of the Beacons might be the best cue in the whole series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Monsignor by John WilliamsThis is what The Godfather would sound like if JW scored it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleo 63 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 "Walking with Dinosaurs" by Ben Bartlett (highly recommendable!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 A little of the Blue Box, then I got distracted adding scores to my iTunes and ended up listening to The Hunting Party by Rolfe Kent. Excellent score. I wish I initially got it when the film came out last year.Speaking of the film, has anyone here seen it? I thought it was very good. Sad it made little to no money at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyMcButterpants 1 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Casino RoyaleGreat score, yet a bit disengaging in a few places, most notable in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I listened to The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day this afternoon, and I can't deny it: I hard a hard time getting through them. Both scores have good cues, most near the beginning of their respective CDs, but Arnold's action music is loud, featureless, monotony. So much so that I found myself becoming physically agitated by them at some points. This is definitely not the case with Tomorrow Never Dies, and it's not really the case with either Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace, so I can only conclude that Arnold was not particularly engaged by Brosnan's final two Bond films.They aren't disasters, but they're easily two of my least favorite Bond scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 What film version? It's the same, non?Yes and no. The CR version has the full statement of the Fellowship theme sung by choir, whereas in the film, the choir is dialed out for the first part leaving just the orchestra, with the choir kicking in as soon as the two hobbits and Gandalf run to follow Aragorn. I'd like to have that version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I kept my original LOTR albums. I'm not one to spend time burning CDR's or creating playlists so if I want a shorter version of LOTR to listen to I just pop in the original albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I kept them too, although I have been working on compiling my favourite cues into one-disc editions, which is a nightmare as there's so much greatness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,347 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The Eiger Sanction: Listening to early Williams is always cozy.Alex - who bought the CD from Andreas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I listened to The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day this afternoon, and I can't deny it: I hard a hard time getting through them. Both scores have good cues, most near the beginning of their respective CDs, but Arnold's action music is loud, featureless, monotony. So much so that I found myself becoming physically agitated by them at some points. This is definitely not the case with Tomorrow Never Dies, and it's not really the case with either Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace, so I can only conclude that Arnold was not particularly engaged by Brosnan's final two Bond films.They aren't disasters, but they're easily two of my least favorite Bond scores.Rubbish! TWINE is one one of the best ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I listened to The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day this afternoon, and I can't deny it: I hard a hard time getting through them. Both scores have good cues, most near the beginning of their respective CDs, but Arnold's action music is loud, featureless, monotony. So much so that I found myself becoming physically agitated by them at some points. This is definitely not the case with Tomorrow Never Dies, and it's not really the case with either Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace, so I can only conclude that Arnold was not particularly engaged by Brosnan's final two Bond films.They aren't disasters, but they're easily two of my least favorite Bond scores.Rubbish! TWINE is one one of the best ever!Especially that gorgeous unreleased cue Snow Business, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 How so?FOTR doesn't really have any moments that make me cringe. TTT has one or two at least (Legolas riding that shield comes to mind), and ROTK has several, including two that go totally against everything the books are about."Walking with Dinosaurs" by Ben Bartlett (highly recommendable!)Agreed. Sadly none of the sequels (the two I've heard at least) really measure up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,375 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 ROTK has several, including two that go totally against everything the books are about.Can you elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Gandalf hitting Denethor. Their relationship in the book was all about their intense dislike for each other, but both knew the protocol and acted accordingly. They knew their place, and that was part of their strength of mind. Aragorn beheading the Mouth of Sauron. The Good King killing of a diplomat in anger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I can understand the first, but not the second. A desperate act, to be sure, but I don't think the Mouth of Sauron is really the innocent party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Jane Eyre. Recently, I've been listening to the album tracks, with the Pops Britannia tracks substituting when possible. Those three tracks add so much vibrancy to the proceedings, and the sharper sound quality is quite welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Pops Britannia?I can understand the first, but not the second. A desperate act, to be sure, but I don't think the Mouth of Sauron is really the innocent party.He's an ambassador, having a diplomatic meeting with the pure Good King. You can't just kill an ambassador because he mocks you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Pops Britannia? I had a feeling I misspelled it. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,211 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 What did you mislabel and what did you fix? What's Pops Britannia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Monsignor by John WilliamsThis is what The Godfather would sound like if JW scored it.That's an insult to Nina Rota and Carmine Coppola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Monsignor by John WilliamsThis is what The Godfather would sound like if JW scored it.That's an insult to Nina Rota and Carmine Coppola. How? I'm not saying anything about Nino Rota. I'm saying something about Williams... I'm saying Monsignor sounds like The Godfather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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