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- CommentAuthorKevinSmith
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010 edited
Southall wrote
Erik Woods wrote
Steven wrote
Erik Woods wrote
DreamTheater wrote
I miss it, that doesn't mean I'm not glad.
Exactly! Nothing wrong with a little reminiscing of the good ole days!
-Erik-
True. I guess I'm just a little more optimistic about the present and the future because I'm a better person. That's really my point here.
You might be a better person but I really can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I usually a VERY optimistic person but when it comes to the future of film music I have an open mind but I'm extremely pessimistic!
-Erik-
That's because film music today IS pretty crap, barring a handful of superb composers. Hard to be anything but pessimistic. (IMHO, of course.)
I fail to see anything wrong with reminiscing about happier times. The grass is always greener and so on, I know that, but there's nothing anyone can tell me that would convince me that (new) film music is as enjoyable to James E Southall in 2010 as it was 10-15 years earlier. In 1998 (chosen at random) I got five new scores from Jerry Goldsmith, three from James Horner, two from John Williams, two from Elmer Bernstein, two from Thomas Newman, six from Ennio Morricone, two from Danny Elfman - so that's a new score I would really, really, really look forward to every two weeks! Fuck me, those were the days. For me. I know it varies for others.
I'm crying for you sister, so hard on your luck...Revenge is sweet... Revenge is best served cold... Revenge is ice cream. -
- CommentAuthorHeeroJF
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Now Playing: Married to it.
A pleasant surprise that stands out from Mancini's other comedy scores. I'll also be watching the film soon, which will probably enhance the experience further.''The mandate, as well as the benefit, of responsibility is the ability to tell when one can afford to be irresponsible.'' - Me -
- CommentAuthorHeeroJF
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Actually I'm rather disappointed to find out now that "The Circle Game" is not a Mancini composition. Still, his arrangement of it throughout the score are very good, as is the rest of the score, but it's still a bit of a sad shocker.
Now put in Straw Dogs by Fielding.''The mandate, as well as the benefit, of responsibility is the ability to tell when one can afford to be irresponsible.'' - Me -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
That is amazing! And which's one the Jacob's theme everyone wanted from season 5? Link please? I know all the themes by heart, but didn't have the time to sit down and learn which one corresponds to which name.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorAnthony
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
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- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Thanks!
n.p. THOMAS NEWMAN - the good German
I didn't get it at all when it came out but after years and also watching the film twice, this score really is one of the last properly symphonic "old-fashioned" and thematic scores we got from any composer. It echoes the old cinema and all its graces, in every note, even the sound recording and engineering itself. Stunning, really.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorHeeroJF
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
I've said it before: I really hate Thomas Newman.
But The Good German is something I can really, really get into. Great score.''The mandate, as well as the benefit, of responsibility is the ability to tell when one can afford to be irresponsible.'' - Me -
- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
HeeroJF wrote
I've said it before: I really hate Thomas Newman.
But The Good German is something I can really, really get into. Great score.
thomas newman. -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
HeeroJF wrote
I've said it before: I really hate Thomas Newman.
That deserves to be on someone's forum signature; it's such a bad, biased and illogical statement.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
So that's Jacob's theme eh? Pretty similar to the light theme. But why do i remember it in the season 5 cd , towards the end? Weren't people complaining that it was left out from the release?Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
HeeroJF wrote
I've said it before: I really hate Thomas Newman.
As I said quite recently, Newman is one the greatest composers to have worked in Hollywood. His albums may not always make for the most easy of listens, nor do they always retain interest in the listener... but his ability to score any scene effectively is nigh on unmatched. And then there's his themes. Not to wax too lyrical here, but he's created some of the most beautiful themes in cinema history!
Shame you "hate" him. Seems a mighty strong negative reaction to a fine composer. -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
THOMAS NEWMAN is an integral part of modern film music, everyway you look at it. It's one of those names that partly defined film music as we know it today. The statement is pretty illogical, at least to me.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
You didn't know Jacob's theme?? Blimey, it was played enough during season 6!
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- CommentAuthorHeeroJF
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Let me rephrase my statement:
Thomas Newman is FANTASTIC.
I just really don't enjoy his music.''The mandate, as well as the benefit, of responsibility is the ability to tell when one can afford to be irresponsible.'' - Me -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Steven wrote
You didn't know Jacob's theme?? Blimey, it was played enough during season 6!
I know all Lost melodies in my ears, most of them i sing along as they play. But i don't recall which one's used where, at least not for everyone and particularly in the last 2-3 seasons where things weren't completely....normal
I am the opposite to Anthony you can say But anyway, my question is why are people barking about the lack of the theme from cd season 5? Isn't that on that cd, during the final tracks? At least this is what i remember but i might be mistaken.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
HeeroJF wrote
Let me rephrase my statement:
Thomas Newman is FANTASTIC.
I just really don't enjoy his music.
Phew. I can call off the angry mob carrying pitch forks and fire sticks.
Good save.
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- CommentAuthorHeeroJF
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Let me take this one step further:
I think Randy Edelman is a TERRIBLE composer.
But I shamefully find myself enjoying some of his music immensely.''The mandate, as well as the benefit, of responsibility is the ability to tell when one can afford to be irresponsible.'' - Me -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010 edited
You're looking to get mocked and / or attacked? Good, Gilles won't be alone now
Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... Too many tracks. too few themes. -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Obviously you haven't heard the GOOD GERMAN.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010 edited
Christodoulides wrote
Obviously you haven't heard the GOOD GERMAN.
Nope. But I like to say Newman is Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
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- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
JAMES HORNER - braveheart
Gorgeous.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Christodoulides wrote
JAMES HORNER - braveheart
Gorgeous.Christodoulides wrote
JAMES HORNER - braveheart
Gorgeous.
One of the first scores I bought. The love theme is a perfect track to make love with a girl. . But the theme really has growed on me is the "patriotic" one. -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Yeap. That score is filled with gorgeous themes, whatever you choose is wonderful really.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
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- CommentAuthorHeeroJF
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Christodoulides wrote
You're looking to get mocked and / or attacked? Good, Gilles won't be alone now
Heh, well I never mind a good bit of criticism. I wouldn't be a Horner fan otherwise. But I'm just stating that being a highly intellectual and profound composer doesn't necessarily mean you'll be producing listenable stuff (like T.Newman and Shore's non-LotR stuff), and yet sometimes a very light and uncomplex composer like Edelman can be endlessly fun (like Dragonheart, Anaconda, Daylight...)
NP: Ice Age 3
Buck's Theme is, I believe, Powell's most complex and longest-lined theme to date. After listening to this, CANNOT get it out of my head for days. That and also the criminally-underused "Buck's Return" theme heard in the track of the same name and the end credits.''The mandate, as well as the benefit, of responsibility is the ability to tell when one can afford to be irresponsible.'' - Me -
- CommentAuthorNautilus
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010 edited
NP: A Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer)
Oh God, it's one of my most played tracks ever. and my favourite Zimmer adagio.
What this track offers:
Batman's "adaggio"
Batman's new theme
Batman's Adaggio reprise
Batman's new theme reprise.
joker's theme dramatic rendition
Batman Begins heroic theme statement
Batman 2 notes motif with heavy electronics, percusion and brass ( it makes me hot)
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- CommentAuthorHeeroJF
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
Would it be much trouble to provide track times when all these themes and motives appear? As effortlessly as the Ice Age 3 themes have slipped into my mind, the new Batman themes have somehow blind-sided me, both in Batman Begins and Dark Knight. I find myself struggling to pick out any thematic material at all. And yet I'm genuinely interested in picking these scores apart and appreciating them more.''The mandate, as well as the benefit, of responsibility is the ability to tell when one can afford to be irresponsible.'' - Me -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeJun 25th 2010
HeeroJF wrote
Heh, well I never mind a good bit of criticism. I wouldn't be a Horner fan otherwise. But I'm just stating that being a highly intellectual and profound composer doesn't necessarily mean you'll be producing listenable stuff (like T.Newman and Shore's non-LotR stuff), and yet sometimes a very light and uncomplex composer like Edelman can be endlessly fun (like Dragonheart, Anaconda, Daylight...)
Oh, i so agree, i always approach a new score as unbiased as possibly, at least i try; no matter who wrote it. But while i do agree about most of Shore's post-lotr stuff (although before LOTR he made some very good scores, in recent years he seems a bit dry), still T.Newman's output is almost 99% of the times full of personality.Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
