[Closed] Now Playing - Part XXII

I repeat for the third time that Lost is NOT included in my "emotionless" statement.



So I'm just "the poster" now? Haven't I been around long enough to be called by my name?

just SEEING all the sound clips you posted is enough to convince me that I'm wrong. I didn't know Giacchino had so many scores beyond Lost, MoH and Pixar.

NP: A Bug's Life - Randy Newman

Fun way to kill some time

The World Is Not Enough | David Arnold

My least favourite of the Arnold Bond scores, but with my favourite rendition of the James Bond theme ala 'Come In 007, Your Time Is Up'.

Thanks for the recommendation. I have an 18 minute suite from this score on "The British Years" compilation released by Milan. I've just added it to my Now Playing playlist for the day.

NP: Larger Than Life - Various Artists

I'm playing music from a personal compilation of BIG, LOUD and EPIC film music featuring SKY CAPTAIN, KING KONG, MODY DICK and others. Every track except the Stargate Atlantis Main Title and The Lost World have at least one edit. It takes a long time to edit these BEASTS down but it's so well worth it once it's finished.

Here's the art work

http://www.dillusions.net/erik/cdcovers/larger.jpg
http://www.dillusions.net/erik/cdcovers/larger2.jpg

-Erik-

Agree, this is where I discovered Tyler and was highly impressed.

NP Oui, Mais (Philippe Rombi)
Man this composer has an ability for melodies, orchestrations and arrangements that is really strange these days. Not as big and grand as "Angel" or "Joyeux Noël", but this "Oui, Mais" is another brilliant work of a composer that is from now on in my list of favourite composers.

The only thing is, now I'm afraid to listen to these clips because I don't want to be introduced to Giacchino material that I might love and yet am not able to have because I know a lot of these more obscure Giacchino scores are not readily available. Could you tell me which are?

BTW, I have listened to "Hurley's Handouts" three times in the last 24 hours and considering that its one of my favorite pieces of music EVER, I have no right to put Giacchino and "unemotional" in the same sentence regardless of what I think of scores like "The Incredibles" (which score's lack of emotion (to me) was a major source of my original comment).

NP : ATONEMENT - Dario Marianelli




Wonderful scoring and a great film too!

Just watched Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom today. Am I the only one who thinks this has the current best Indiana Jones score (at least until Crystal Skull comes out)? A complete (or a packed single CD release) score release would be heaven sent.

No offense Erik, but Williams' Raiders and Crusade scores just doesn't do it for me. Both of them have their moments, but I just think they're overrated. Temple is just pure Williams magic -- the action scoring and "Nocturnal Activities" are just wonderful.

No, it isn't. The finest score(s) ever composed by Williams is Superman: The Movie and Star Wars. Both are infectious, excellent throughout and deserve the immense praise heaped upon them.

Aside from the March, love theme, the marketplace sequence and the action cues in Raiders, the rest of the score just doesn't click for me (particularly the scene where Indy discovers the location of the Ark and whenever the Nazis arrive). It's all well-composed, but I just can't seem to love it. Maybe I was expecting too much, but I just can't seem to love it like the majority does.

Much like you and *cough*TheGoldenCompass*cough*

Both are brilliant as well.



Good lord! Are you telling me that "The Map Room: Dawn" does absolutely NOTHING for you? That sequence and everything up until the Airplane Fight is musical storytelling at its absolute finest. And the discovery of the Ark itself is breathtaking. The Ark theme interpolated with the Medallion theme is delicious as Sallah and Indy lift the Ark up to give the audience its first glimpse of the it! A brilliantly paced part of the film and score. The whole damn score is perfection.



You CANNOT compare Raiders to The Golden Compass. Raiders reaches heights that only Compass wishes it could achieve. Don't even go there!

-Erik-

I wished The Golden Compass was a good as Raiders... unfortunately it is not. Too bad... such potential there. At least my wish came true with Raiders. Thank you, John Williams... you heard me!

-Erik-

Mate, you can buy them on iTunes, Amazon, EA Trax etc. etc. If you want CDs then eBay is your best bet. They are a bitch to find though, I've only got Underground on CD.

Speaking of which, what scores are on CD? I've seen MOH for sale, I've got Underground and I've seen the covers for Frontline and Rising Sun. I might try and get a copy of Rising Sun off Chris, but I've NO idea where to find Frontline other than eBay. Don't even get me started on European Assault or Airborne.

Heh yeah. I'm not fond of Horner's usual sound. Luckily, it's missing 95% of the time here!