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HATS!? I'm in. Shall I bring my Indy fedora?

Agree, both are in my favorites!



Has anyone else here tried Nomi's scores yet? (Whispers of the Heart, The Cat Returns)

Sunshine - Maurice Jarre: Short but very good. Based on the title and the cover, I was expecting something different - a more romantic, lyrical score and I was surprised by the more martial themes. Reading the movie plot, I can see how the score fits, but it was just different from what I expected.

NP: The White Masai - Niki Reiser

An emotional African-flavoured score with some particularly vibrant and colourful moments. Lovely stuff.

You'll love it! (I think).

I like Hancock, but it still falls below Horton, Panda and Stop Loss for his 2008 works on my list. The two cues you mentioned are two of the best Powell has ever written, but a large part of the score is quite standard and uninteresting.

NP: Kung Fu Panda - John Powell and hans zimmer

Saw this movie last week and it absolutely blew me away. While Wall-E had the better story Kung Fu Panda's jaw-dropping animation was on showcase in this film. Where do I begin to praise this wonderfully entertaining work... from the more classically drawn Prelude to the mindblowing and imaginative Tai Lung's Escape, to the best scene with a dumpling I've ever seen to the action set piece, the Bridge Fight. There was stuff in this movie I had never seen before in a 3D animated film. Everything from the lighting to the textures to the movements of the characters... it all looked fresh. And I want to give a special award to the programmer who came with Oogway's "Parkinson's shake." Its the best way I can describe the little shake Oogway had. He was one of the best concived characters in the entire film. The amount of detal that went into his animation was nothing but short of stunning. As for the rest of the characters it was, like one of the producers put it, watching stuffed animals fighting each other... but, IMHO, that was just another stroke of genius. Make the characters look too real and your easily taken out of the movie.

And what can I say about the humor. The filmmakers had me hooked with the line "I see you like to chew. Then perhaps you should chew, ON MY FIST." It's so stupid that it's absolutely hilarious! And then there's the slow-mo. Slowing down the footage right after a solid punch is about as big of a cliche as you can get and in this movie it's done dozens of times and each time I was busting a gut! Slow mo "Aaaaaaaaargh's!" are golden in my book especially in this context.

As for the score, delightful. It's what I expected but it really shines at the end of the picture. The only issue I had with the score was "Tai Lung Escapes." Should have been much more darker, with more use of the lower brass. Growling trombones and tuba instead of the electric guitars, dance beats and out of place heroic trumpets. While the scene was outstanding to look at I think Powell and Zimmer missed the boat on the tone of the scene and who was actually making the escape. This is the bad guy folks. Make it more menacing. Besides that, fans of asian styled film scores will get a "kick" out of this one!

-Erik-

Right after the climactic fight between Po and Lung.

Po: Master! Shifu! Shifu, are you okay?
Shifu: Po, you're alive. Or we're both dead.

ROTFLOL!

-Erik-

I'm buying on blu-ray tonight then!

Oh shit ya! If there is one film I want to see on Blu-Ray it's Kung Fu Panda!

-Erik-

It is awesome in Blu-Ray. Like The Dark Knight with the IMAX shots! I mean, just... fuck.

Your lack of faith is disturbing.

HA! I said it for once! ME! Yeah, I'm awesome.

NP: The Spitfire Grill - James Horner

One of the first scores I bought when I began to discover Horner's music. It's just a lovely lovely score - so gentle and relaxing.