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I, on the other hand, consider the first a thematically-rich modern film music masterpiece whereas the 2nd is yawn-inducing, uninspired repetitions of the first but without its wit and vibrant twist. Imo.

I love the second one, it's a great score IMO. I just prefer the first one, it feels more dramatic, more emotional. Legend is Mask's fun, sexy sister.

Er, I say it's the best piece of music, of any genre, style or media, written it all of the 90s.

That's it! Yesterday I commented that the Ant Bully main theme reminded me of another score. It's JNH's Postman.

All things said, Ant Bully really does have an incredible theme, couple with some very JHN-like arrangements (no wonder it reminded me of him). Truly, the score has exactly six worthy tracks:

Parade of the Ants
Wasp Attack
Hang Gliding
Frog Attack
Launching the Attack
Bullies and Sweet Rock

With the occasional exception, the rest of the score is essentially crap. Truly an uneven score if ever there was one. But really, if anyone can check out just that final track, so do! It's wonderful!

Well it's temp-tracked mostly on Atlantis.

Yes, it is.

It's the fleshing out of everything written for Mask Of Zorro, and then some: it's the wildest, most powerful spanish-flavoured score since El Cid, and I bloody love it!
Legend Of Zorro for the win every time!

You're right. The first one is terrific - and the sequel actually builds on it rather than just limply restating it (as some sequel scores can sometimes do) to become even better. Your statement about El Cid is a bold one - but one I would agree with.

RAMBO III (JERRY GOLDSMITH)

An action score that works on a emotional level, only Goldsmith could do that! I love the themes and the whole score is one of his most satisfying to listen to, with not one dull moment during its 76 minute running time. I've always preferred this over the other Rambo's, with enough pounding kickass action, yet with an equal amount of beautiful thematic development that pulls at the heartstrings. Where is such a score these days??? Rambo III is one that's never too far away from my CD player.

4.5 STARS

I love AGAIG and like The Terminal.

Me too. Both are good but AGAIG is more charming (for me).

Gears of War (Kevin Riepl) Vs Gears of War 2 (Steve Jablonsky)


Awesome material by Riepl extended by Jablonsky. I have to admit I´ve made a Jordi here after listening the original cd of GoW2 (without the annoying fade outs / filler stuff of the game rip). Anyway, Riepl set the mood with a nice main theme and exciting action music and Jablonsky has extended it with his own Transformerish themes and incorporating Riepl´s GoW Main Theme and Locust´s Theme. Impressive.

Out of curiosity: why does some of the action writing of Riepl´s GoW remind me of Michael Giacchino´s Medal of Honor Saga?

1- The music itself is similar in style.
2- The orchestra (Northwest Sinfonia) is the same that Giacchino used for MoH, MoH: Underground and MoH: Frontline.
3- Same conductor (Tim Simonec).
4- None of the previous, it´s just me.

What's AGAIG?

Oh, that.

I despise acronyms. It's laziness.

We once had an office party at my previous job where the game was "no acronyms". When you caught someone using an acronym, you'd get some of their chips from them (score chips that is, not food). An office party!!! Do you know how many acronyms typically fly around in daily office life! That was a fun game.

And I so completely played unfair: I was manipulating people into saying my own name. "J-F" is an acronym. Ka-ching!

Computer programmer. That previous company, before I wound up on a government project, was a DSL-providing company. See, we couldn't even say the name of our product, let alone the name of the company!