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FERNANDO VELÀZQUEZ

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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    Demetris wrote
    is it perhaps, the Greek oiled muscles?


    Steady now D wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014 edited
    Here's a clip from my favourite Hercules film....

    THE INCREDIBLE HULK vs A BEAR

    He's got big oiled muscles, steady yourself D.

    It has a strong influence of Michael Bay's style in this.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    Just think, if you're ever angry, are you Hulk-throwing-a-grizzly-bear-into-space angry? Really makes you wonder.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    Hmmm? Something to seriously ponder on for sure. I think I was darned close to Hulk-throwing-a-grizzly-bear-into-space-angry listening to Steve Jabberwocky's Robots In Disguise Fire Extinguisher score earlier but was saved by James Horner as Spiderman. Life sure has its ups at times!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    But Jablonsky has never been about great film music. If you judge his scores based on that, you're misunderstanding or at the very least overlooking what they're mostly about. Gawd!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    So, all this time I've been listening the wrong way? Crikey!
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    Yep, t'is you who is wrong, not the music. The lack of artistry is art in itself; begging the listener to imagine something far greater than what she hears. For what better gift of art than that of imagination? Jablonsky is a rare and misunderstood talent. He and Michael Bay truly deserve each other.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    I see what you're trying to do there.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    Oh you do?
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJul 10th 2014
    Tell the truth.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJul 11th 2014 edited
    Jablo and Michael Bay should make a porn flick. With explosions.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  12. Steven wrote
    I suppose that is one good thing about it, but I think it's the result of committee - "What's the next franchise we can sell?" It won't surprise me if they make a film about the shake weight given its familiarity.


    Well, we have the next best thing for Shake Weight:
    http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-ep … me-fraiche
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeJul 11th 2014
    Demetris wrote
    Jablo and Michael Bay should make a porn flick. With explosions.


    They did. It also had robots in it.
  14. An FSM member has seen a screening of "Hercules" and commented on the score:

    maximus_rh:

    I saw a screening of this today, I thought it was very dumb but also a lot of fun. Unpretentious and barely 100 mins long, which is rare for a modern blockbuster!

    I liked the score and certainly wouldn't say it was a case similar to the homogenisation of Javier Navarrette on Wrath of the Titans. Having said that, it's definitely a modern action score (lots of pounding!), but there's also a lot of great stuff, including some surprisingly jazzy Schifrin-esque (well, a little) material towards the beginning, a suitably heroic theme for Hercules and some strong action music. In a way it reminded me of Andrew Lockington's Percy Jackson 2 score, in that it's a solid, often memorable score clearly showing the composer's personality, but one that also often conforms to the modern blockbuster sound.

    I look forward to hearing the album, a fair bit of the action material is obscured in the mix so maybe all that pounding had more nuance than I could make out!


    I already knew the film was going to be junk, but I'm disappointed his descritption is exactly what I was hoping the score would not be.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeJul 18th 2014
    So, quoting the article, you didn't want a memorable score with a heroic theme for Hercules and strong action music?
    I love you all. Never change. Well, unless you want to!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJul 18th 2014
    I liked Navarette's Wrath of Titan. Also loved Kantelinen's Hercules, Shorter's Pompeii, etc. I'd not expect something else for such a movie, realistically speaking, wiht the status of major film scores for epics during the last 5-6 years. Anyway, Eager to hear it.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  17. justin boggan wrote
    An FSM member has seen a screening of "Hercules" and commented on the score:

    maximus_rh:

    I saw a screening of this today, I thought it was very dumb but also a lot of fun. Unpretentious and barely 100 mins long, which is rare for a modern blockbuster!

    I liked the score and certainly wouldn't say it was a case similar to the homogenisation of Javier Navarrette on Wrath of the Titans. Having said that, it's definitely a modern action score (lots of pounding!), but there's also a lot of great stuff, including some surprisingly jazzy Schifrin-esque (well, a little) material towards the beginning, a suitably heroic theme for Hercules and some strong action music. In a way it reminded me of Andrew Lockington's Percy Jackson 2 score, in that it's a solid, often memorable score clearly showing the composer's personality, but one that also often conforms to the modern blockbuster sound.

    I look forward to hearing the album, a fair bit of the action material is obscured in the mix so maybe all that pounding had more nuance than I could make out!


    I already knew the film was going to be junk, but I'm disappointed his descritption is exactly what I was hoping the score would not be.

    Even though his description of both film and score was reasonably positive? dizzy
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2014
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2014
    Apparently I got a different version of the score that everyone else. I am completely clueless as to the location of these poorly integrated electronics everyone is talking about. I just hear a kickass action/adventure score.
    I love you all. Never change. Well, unless you want to!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2014
    Dear Matt, what about:

    Tracks like "Centaurs" or "dungeon and I am Hercules" ? curious as how you would describe them / what do you feel about them.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorlp
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2014
    Demetris wrote
    Dear Matt, what about:

    Tracks like "Centaurs" or "dungeon and I am Hercules" ? curious as how you would describe them / what do you feel about them.


    IMHO, the score is too damn long, orchestrally, to be focusing only on a few electronics-infused oddities.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJul 30th 2014
    Wish they were few. They are bits and pieces everywhere in the album and irritate the hell out of me when they come crushing amateurishly ontop of the orchestra. He should stay away from damn electronics.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorlp
    • CommentTimeJul 30th 2014
    Demetris wrote
    Wish they were few. They are bits and pieces everywhere in the album and irritate the hell out of me when they come crushing amateurishly ontop of the orchestra. He should stay away from damn electronics.


    Sure. It's distracting. A bit distracting. But everything else is enjoyable that the distracting bits kinda make it "a bit" more interesting.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJul 30th 2014
    Yes . I think I expect too much from someone like Velazquez. If it was from another composer I might not be so disappointed.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorlp
    • CommentTimeJul 31st 2014
    Demetris wrote
    Yes . I think I expect too much from someone like Velazquez. If it was from another composer I might not be so disappointed.


    I understand. I was looking forward to another classical-vein score like Gabriel Yared' Troy. Heck, expected the same thing with Wrath of the Titans as well. Disappointed both time, though Hercules got more enjoyable toward the latter half of the album.
  26. My two (and a half) cents on Hercules. Really wanted to like this... but just can't get into it.
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  27. My review of HERCULES, for anyone who's interested:

    http://moviemusicuk.us/2014/08/16/hercu … velazquez/

    Jon
    Movie Music UK http://www.moviemusicuk.us
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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2014
    Thank you Jon...I am relieved to know that someone else had the same experience with the score, and that I'm not just crazy smile I especially liked your praise of the main theme. I think it's glorious and the perfect anti-dote to the formulaic melodies of Tyler et al. It may be based on the 4 chords (right?) but it uses them far more engagingly than most action-adventure scores I've heard recently...perhaps even in the last half-decade or so. I just know it's been a long time since I had so much fun listening to a score for this kind of film.
    I love you all. Never change. Well, unless you want to!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeAug 17th 2014
    When Velazquez writes as such, you know something is wrong there wink
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  30. Review of Hercules
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh

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