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- CommentAuthorDavid OC
- CommentTimeNov 9th 2015
Luv - Nuno Malo
Saw the film this was written for last week, featuring a quite decent performance by former rapper Common. Malo seems an odd choice and although his music doesn't make much of an impression until the finale, it makes more sense on CD where the shape of it is easier to decipher. Plenty of electronics mixed into what is essentially a smaller scale score but they aren't inappropriate at all. It's really growing on me this score. -
- CommentAuthorEdmund Meinerts
- CommentTimeNov 9th 2015 edited
Steven wrote
His last truly great score was Avatar.
I really like his Spider-Man score and For Greater Glory and Wolf Totem, but "truly great"...yeah, I'm inclined to agree with that. Avatar was also the first Horner score I ever actively anticipated (i.e. the first Horner score that came out after I became a film score fan). That bums me out all over again, that I only ever once got to hear a new GREAT score by him. -
- CommentAuthorchristopher
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
THE 33 - Horner.
"Celebrations" may contain the biggest case of self-plagiarism in this score, but that doesn't stop it from being my favorite track on the album.
As for Horner's "last truly great score," that's pretty hard for me to categorize. What's the difference between a great score and a really good one? I don't love AVATAR as much as everyone else around here. It's pretty good, but I prefer BLACK GOLD and WOLF TOTEM to it. But are those "truly great" scores? I like them quite a bit, but I probably wouldn't go that far. I guess I'd have to go back to LEGEND OF ZORRO for a Horner score that fits that description for me.
Thank you for reading my rambling train of thought there. -
- CommentAuthorchristopher
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
David OC wrote
Luv - Nuno Malo
Saw the film this was written for last week, featuring a quite decent performance by former rapper Common. Malo seems an odd choice and although his music doesn't make much of an impression until the finale, it makes more sense on CD where the shape of it is easier to decipher. Plenty of electronics mixed into what is essentially a smaller scale score but they aren't inappropriate at all. It's really growing on me this score.
That is pretty different for Malo. I'm not as much a fan of this as most of what I've heard from him. I do enjoy the "Visions of a Better Life" track toward the end, though. -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
NP: TWIN PEAKS (Angelo Badalamenti)
Probably the score and album that made me interested in soundtracks in the first place.I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorRalph Kruhm
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
Since I find its title not very appealing, I just call it Episode VII.
Because for the first time since Lucas added the episode count, it's actually true from every perspective.
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- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
Ralph Kruhm wrote
Since I find its title not very appealing, I just call it Episode VII.
Because for the first time since Lucas added the episode count, it's actually true from every perspective.
TWIN PEAKS: EPISODE VII?I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorDavid OC
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
christopher wrote
David OC wrote
Luv - Nuno Malo
Saw the film this was written for last week, featuring a quite decent performance by former rapper Common. Malo seems an odd choice and although his music doesn't make much of an impression until the finale, it makes more sense on CD where the shape of it is easier to decipher. Plenty of electronics mixed into what is essentially a smaller scale score but they aren't inappropriate at all. It's really growing on me this score.
That is pretty different for Malo. I'm not as much a fan of this as most of what I've heard from him. I do enjoy the "Visions of a Better Life" track toward the end, though.
It is a very different score from his fully orchestral stuff. Not as good but not unlikable by any means. Have Backlight to listen to for the first time soon.
The Mechanic - Mark Isham
Great that Isham was able to get the entire score out there. Halfway through and there are some undeniably robust highlights but a little of this goes a long way. -
- CommentAuthorRalph Kruhm
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015 edited
Thor wrote
Ralph Kruhm wrote
Since I find its title not very appealing, I just call it Episode VII.
Because for the first time since Lucas added the episode count, it's actually true from every perspective.
TWIN PEAKS: EPISODE VII?
I just got thored, didn't I?
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- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
Don't be a Thor loser now!'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorEdmund Meinerts
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
Thor blimey! -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2015
Pun-tastic! I thoroughly approve.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Star Wars: Battlefront Gordy Haab
Wow...
I could have been told this was from the new Force Awakens score and I wouldn't have had any suspicions. -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Steven wrote
Star Wars: Battlefront Gordy Haab
Wow...
I could have been told this was from the new Force Awakens score and I wouldn't have had any suspicions.
My goodness but you're not wrong.
I can hear all the "tricks" he's nicked from Williams but then I wouldn't even suggest that if it was actually Williams.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorDavid OC
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Marley and Me - Theodore Shapiro
First rate scores can sometimes arrive from the most unlikely sources. With three excellent themes - a couple used movingly and without any real saccharine - and plenty of breezy one-off pieces, this might just be Shapiro's finest all round score to date. -
- CommentAuthorDavid OC
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
She Devil - Howard Shore
The pastiche bits are grating whilst the rollicking main idea is brilliant but overused. It all begins to wear out soon enough however. Can't say I really enjoy it too much. A bit of a poor relative to The Witches of Eastwick perhaps. -
- CommentAuthorAtham
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Steven wrote
Star Wars: Battlefront Gordy Haab
Wow...
I could have been told this was from the new Force Awakens score and I wouldn't have had any suspicions.
Gordy Haab nails it perfectly.
I bet if Williams eventually hands the baton over the producers will turn a blind eye to Haab and give the task to an established name (even possibly from Zimmer's team). A bit sad to think. -
- CommentAuthorRalph Kruhm
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Steven wrote
Star Wars: Battlefront Gordy Haab
Wow...
I could have been told this was from the new Force Awakens score and I wouldn't have had any suspicions.
Wow indeed. I mean, I played a couple of games during the Beta and didn't realise all of this. I just thought it was Williams. From somewhere. I should have noticed that I didn't really know the tracks, but they sounded so familiar in style, and the game itself kep my attention elsewhere (DAMN those snipers!!!). Wow, really. -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Yeah, very good pastiche. Although other composers have been nailing the Williams sound for years -- like Joel McNeely or Mike Verta. I have a feeling that Williams' own score for TFA won't sound quite like that, though. He's developped quite a bit in the last 10 years, in particular.I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorDavid OC
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Howl - Carter Burwell
Such a great score. Has his distinctive voice in every note but there are a few richly unique embellishments to savour here. One of his finest works. Can't wait to hear Carol. -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Star Wars: Kinect Gordy Haab & Kyle Newmaster
Why didn't I know about this!? Apparently this was released about three years ago. This is excellent, it's non-stop Williamsesque action scoring. People with tinnitus need not apply (except Erik). -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Non-stop action scoring? Sounds exhausting.
I dearly love the action sequence tracks in any of the three Star Wars movies, but they wouldn't work half as well had they not been properly alternated with romantic, lyrical or epic tracks.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015 edited
I can empathise, but I'm an action music junkie, and this is heaven for me. It's gym music!
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- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Martijn wrote
Non-stop action scoring? Sounds exhausting.
I dearly love the action sequence tracks in any of the three Star Wars movies, but they wouldn't work half as well had they not been properly alternated with romantic, lyrical or epic tracks.
Exactly. Although I wouldn't mind if it was just the romantic, lyrical and -- if you must -- epic.
I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Thor wrote
Exactly. Although I wouldn't mind if it was just the romantic, lyrical and -- if you must -- epic.
Oh yes.
I must.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorEdmund Meinerts
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Thor wrote
Martijn wrote
Non-stop action scoring? Sounds exhausting.
I dearly love the action sequence tracks in any of the three Star Wars movies, but they wouldn't work half as well had they not been properly alternated with romantic, lyrical or epic tracks.
Exactly. Although I wouldn't mind if it was just the romantic, lyrical and -- if you must -- epic.
Really? You'd take all the action cues out of Star Wars?
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- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Edmund Meinerts wrote
Thor wrote
Martijn wrote
Non-stop action scoring? Sounds exhausting.
I dearly love the action sequence tracks in any of the three Star Wars movies, but they wouldn't work half as well had they not been properly alternated with romantic, lyrical or epic tracks.
Exactly. Although I wouldn't mind if it was just the romantic, lyrical and -- if you must -- epic.
Really? You'd take all the action cues out of Star Wars?
No, I was talking more in general.I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorEdmund Meinerts
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Ah, I see - in that case I'm rather less taken aback. -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
Martijn wrote
Non-stop action scoring? Sounds exhausting.
I dearly love the action sequence tracks in any of the three Star Wars movies, but they wouldn't work half as well had they not been properly alternated with romantic, lyrical or epic tracks.
In fact "action music" is pretty low on my list of film music loves.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeNov 11th 2015
It's highest on mine, but as I said I can understand how non-stop, frenetic action music would be too much. If I was making an album for others to listen to, I would prefer some breaks in between.