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- CommentAuthorAnthony
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2010 edited
NP: How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell
It's good...very good in places. But long. I've cut it down to a nice 40 minute playlist which flows much smoother. Haven't done a list of Powell favourites in ages, so I guess it looks something like this now:
Agent Cody Banks
Paycheck
The Bourne Supremacy
The Italian Job
Evolution
Bolt
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Chicken Run
The Adventures Of Pluto Nash
Drumline
Hancock
Kung Fu Panda
Robots
Horton Hears A Who!
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
How To Train Your Dragon
Happy Feet
X-Men: The Last Stand
P.S. I Love You
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Identity
Jumper
Shrek
Antz
Green Zone
Two Weeks Notice
Rat Race
Gigli
I Am Sam
Endurance
United 93
Stop Loss
Just Visiting
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- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeMar 25th 2010 edited
Martijn wrote
Bregje wrote
Today I listened to the Merchant of Venice. I think it's music to listen to with the door open.
I'm glad it's spring.
I love that one! Been too long since I listened to that!
Who composed that again?
You can say it.
What three C&C releases would you take to the little Island of Misfit Noise? -
- CommentAuthorPawelStroinski
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Jocelyn Pookhttp://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
PS I Love You John Powell
His most pleasant and charming score in my opinion."Message board incredulity is the least satisfied emotion in human history." - Franz -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
lp wrote
NP: Sabrina - John Williams
The theme is absolutely gorgeous. I do enjoy this rather low-key breezy jazzy romantic style from John. Any other scores of his that I should consider? Keyword: romantic.
Jane Eyre is pure gorgeousness.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
plindboe wrote
lp wrote
NP: Sabrina - John Williams
The theme is absolutely gorgeous. I do enjoy this rather low-key breezy jazzy romantic style from John. Any other scores of his that I should consider? Keyword: romantic.
Jane Eyre is pure gorgeousness.
Peter
I can't agree strongly enough, Jane Eyre is a fantastic score and, IMO, one of Williams very best scores, it's considered a classic by many Williams fans and they aren't wrong. -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Timmer wrote
I can't agree strongly enough, Jane Eyre is a fantastic score and, IMO, one of Williams very best scores, it's considered a classic by many Williams fans and they aren't wrong.
Indeed, Timmer. I suggest lp to give the main theme a listen. He's bound to fall in love with it after a few listens. Of course the score has much more to offer than just the main theme. "Restoration" for instance is another personal fave track of mine.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010 edited
Restoration is one of the deepest, most poignant tracks Williams has composed, with this he evokes the spirit of Ralph Vaughan Williams and yet it is in no way a pastiche.
Truly inspired writing. -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
I've never heard any Ralph Vaughan Williams, but
for agreeing that the track is brilliant.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Steven wrote
PS I Love You John Powell
His most pleasant and charming score in my opinion.
Completely agree. It never looses its charm. -
- CommentAuthorMiya
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
NP: Twister - Mark Mancina
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- CommentAuthorkeky
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Steven wrote
PS I Love You John Powell
His most pleasant and charming score in my opinion.
You're right. A truly enjoyable album. I even loved the movie, I admit.
NP: Preisner's Music - Zbigniew Preisner
A wonderful album of his 1995 concert at a Polish salt mine. His most famous themes are on the CD from different movies up until 1995. -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
keky wrote
You're right. A truly enjoyable album. I even loved the movie, I admit.
NP: Preisner's Music - Zbigniew Preisner
A wonderful album of his 1995 concert at a Polish salt mine. His most famous themes are on the CD from different movies up until 1995.
This CD turned me into a Preisner fan.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Timmer wrote
plindboe wrote
Jane Eyre is pure gorgeousness.
Peter
I can't agree strongly enough, Jane Eyre is a fantastic score and, IMO, one of Williams very best scores, it's considered a classic by many Williams fans and they aren't wrong.
True, but it's Romantic with a capital R, not romantic like lp seems to mean.
Sabrina is very different and WAY more subdued than Jane Eyre (whihc I too couldn't recommend highly enough. It's a gorgeous score, and one of Williams' very best).“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.” ~ Lynn Lavner -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Beautician And The Beast - Cliff Eidelman
Very lightweight score for a very lightweight film (basically it's a remake of the delightful classic The Prince And The Showgirl, starring Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe; this time around starring Timothy Dalton and Fran Drescher). The sad thing is that the score literally shines with excellent ideas and themes (oh, and it's chocfull of waltzes. Take note franz/Michael!), but due to the film's waferthin nature, it all remains rather fluffy and forgettable.
What a shame!
A little more drama and gravitas in the score, and this would have been a major work.
As it is now, it's 'merely' a pleasant little thing.
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Los Borgia - Angel Irrallamendi
Chased this one down due to one really gorgeous track appearing in Thor's "Religious Sound" playlist, and I'm glad I did: powerful, dramatic (but not dark per se) score with strong Rota-esque overtones. Melodic as hell, with very strong choral and strings work. Absolutely lovely and spellbinding.
If material like Rota's The Taming Of The Shrew or Delerue's A Walk With Love And Death are your cup of tea, I pretty much assure you you will like this one.“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.” ~ Lynn Lavner -
- CommentAuthorFalkirkBairn
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Martijn wrote
Los Borgia - Angel Irrallamendi
Chased this one down due to one really gorgeous track appearing in Thor's "Religious Sound" playlist, and I'm glad I did: powerful, dramatic (but not dark per se) score with strong Rota-esque overtones. Melodic as hell, with very strong choral and strings work. Absolutely lovely and spellbinding.
This is a gorgeous score, Martijn. One of Illarramendi's finest.
(Note spelling.) The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Oops.
“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision.” ~ Lynn Lavner -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010 edited
NP: Dragonslayer - Alex North
This avant-garde score is definitely not everyone's cup of tea. I can clearly remember earlier on in my discovery of film music dismissing this score as a random mess; a score without structure and lazily put together. Well, I think I've matured a bit and can clearly hear that this isn't any of those things, however, I did see the film a few years ago and recall that the score, at least for me, didn't fit the film. It was quite distracting, didn't compliment the film or deliver any sort of emotional punch. As the liner notes stated (SCSE release) North tackled this as more of a concert work and that's where I think it fails; not as music (which is quite good) but as a score that works within the film. The notes also stated that besides the relationship between Galan and Valerian everything else was impersonal to North and it shows in the music. I don't think North had any emotional connection with the film itself and that's why it suffers in the picture.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to hearing the remastered edition for La La Land Records but I'm actually far more interested to read the liner notes and get a better understanding of how this kind of modern, experimental score came together.
-Erik-host and producer of CINEMATIC SOUND | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I like to suck John Williams' dick! -
- CommentAuthorlp
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010 edited
plindboe wrote
Timmer wrote
I can't agree strongly enough, Jane Eyre is a fantastic score and, IMO, one of Williams very best scores, it's considered a classic by many Williams fans and they aren't wrong.
Indeed, Timmer. I suggest lp to give the main theme a listen. He's bound to fall in love with it after a few listens. Of course the score has much more to offer than just the main theme. "Restoration" for instance is another personal fave track of mine.
Peter
Martijn wrote
Timmer wrote
plindboe wrote
Jane Eyre is pure gorgeousness.
Peter
I can't agree strongly enough, Jane Eyre is a fantastic score and, IMO, one of Williams very best scores, it's considered a classic by many Williams fans and they aren't wrong.
True, but it's Romantic with a capital R, not romantic like lp seems to mean.
Sabrina is very different and WAY more subdued than Jane Eyre (whihc I too couldn't recommend highly enough. It's a gorgeous score, and one of Williams' very best).
DONE! Thanks guys. I'm a gonna go find me a copy of this now.
But let me understand this, is Sabrina a rarity in Williams' discography? Surely, he's done more than just one score in this vein.
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- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Good luck with that lp, it seems to go for an inflated price? I hope you find it cheaper.
I can't think of many full on romantic scores by Williams, more that many of his great scores have romantic elements in them, Star Wars, Superman, Indy etc. Always is a romantic score but I wouldn't recommend it and I don't know many who would. -
- CommentAuthorlp
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Timmer wrote
Good luck with that lp, it seems to go for an inflated price? I hope you find it cheaper.
I can't think of many full on romantic scores by Williams, more that many of his great scores have romantic elements in them, Star Wars, Superman, Indy etc. Always is a romantic score but I wouldn't recommend it and I don't know many who would.
Yeah, that's what i thought. -
- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
plindboe wrote
I've never heard any Ralph Vaughan Williams, but for agreeing that the track is brilliant.
Peter
I believe you but it is a bit hard to believe. Check out his 7th Symphony (Score to Scott of the Antarctic).
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- CommentAuthorsdtom
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Interesting that what I'm listening to right now has a tie in with Sabrina.
Paris When It Sizzles Nelson Riddle.
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- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
NP: Reign of Fire - Edward Shearmur
Now this is the way I like my dragon music to sound!
-Erik-host and producer of CINEMATIC SOUND | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I like to suck John Williams' dick! -
- CommentAuthorlp
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Erik Woods wrote
NP: Reign of Fire - Edward Shearmur
Now this is the way I like my dragon music to sound!
-Erik-
For any movie?
As far as I know, HTTYD is a quite a different movie. -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Well, I haven't seen How To Train Your Dragon yet but out of all the film scores that I have where dragons play a key part in the storyline Shearmur's is at the top of the list.
-Erik-host and producer of CINEMATIC SOUND | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I like to suck John Williams' dick! -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010 edited
It's a toss up between Trevor Jones' Merlin and Shearmur's Reign of Fire for me.
...wait, Merlin had a dragon in it, right?"Message board incredulity is the least satisfied emotion in human history." - Franz -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Another fine choice.
Yes, Merlin had a dragon in it!
-Erik-host and producer of CINEMATIC SOUND | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I like to suck John Williams' dick! -
- CommentAuthorDreamTheater
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
What about Eragon?
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- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 26th 2010
Erik Woods wrote
NP: Reign of Fire - Edward Shearmur
Now this is the way I like my dragon music to sound!
-Erik-
Can't disagree there.
Does Herrmann's 7th Voyage of Sinbad count? I've never heard better Cyclops music.