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Maybe it sucked because of the 4dx crap? hehe eager to watch it on regular good ol fashioned 2d.

NP: Die Nibelungen (1924/2015) - Gottfried Huppertz

The magnificent recording of a magnificent score.

Volker

I was supposed to have seen this documentary at the TIFF festival this year (or was it last year?), but I missed it. Cool to hear that the music is good. I love Russian elements in film scores. I'll be sure to check it out.

Hey Thor, yeah it's a 2015 release, probably 2016 in a lot of places. I'm a fan of Russian elements too. It's a stunner; so inventive and brilliantly orchestrated. This has instantly become one of my favourite scores of recent years - even though I'm now only on a second listen! I love every cue but 'The Russian Playing Style ' is pure gold. Listen to it on iTunes /apple music or however you can - it's a keeper! ☺

https://youtu.be/Zb3u7PaXwhs

'The Russian Playing Style'

Christophe Beck and Leo Birenberg - Red Army


Will I ever play another piece of music again?

Well, I took a listen to the soundtrack, and I'm afraid it didn't do much for me, David (although there are a few decent tracks in it). The track you mention kinda comes off as someone doing Zimmer Lite with cheaper equipment. I had expected something a la Poledouris' RED OCTOBER, so maybe that accounts for some of the disappointment. Sorry. But don't let my reservations dampen your enthusiasm!

Yeah, we... we Goldsmith fans don't talk about that score. Best kept under the rug. We divert attention to Star Trek The Motion Picture immediately.

Leviathan Jerry G

This is so entertaining. End title is a blast.

Between this and Mr. Baseball I think it's safe to say that Goldsmith guy was a hack.

On a serious note: no lie, I know someone who has IQ in their top 5 Goldsmith scores.

The hardest time I've ever had getting through a Goldsmith score and having to resist the urge to turn it off was Alien Nation. Don't know how that one compares to I.Q. or Mr. Baseball, but it was very off-putting. Almost laughably bad and full of super-cheesy synths. Like something that he composed in his teens. And then decided to record as is when he was much older.

The Tone Poems of Kevin Kaska

I didn't know whether to put this here or in the other topic, since it's not film score related, but the name Kevin Kaska definitely is film related. This is a collection of concert pieces performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Allan Wilson. I bought this on the recommendation of one Mr. Woods, but I have to say I have a hard time finding much to like here. It's exquisitely performed and orchestrated, however its the compositions themselves that are more like classical works and so they're either very complex, or very restrained. And I just prefer a bit more oomph and a bit more melody and memorable in my music. There are two long pieces however that are worth it. The first track is 'Battle for Atlantis' and is an all-out battle cue in the grandest traditions for full orchestra and choir, and very Williams sounding too. It's awesome. Later on there's 'Mount Vesuvius' which isn't as awesome but has a big sound nonetheless and some amazing choral work. Apart from these 2 cues (which amount to nearly half of the album) the other ones leave me rather cold.

It always confundles me that people expect film music composers to compose film music like music when composing outside film music. Contemporary orchestral music exists in a completely different frame of reference than music for (Hollywood) films. There are very few composers who did not make that distinction.

Volker

ANGELS IN AMERICA - Thomas Newman

Always imitated, never beaten. I only say that because, although I enjoy a handful of his other scores slightly more as a whole, this particular work stands out as it really does encompass everything that Newman is excellent at. All of his well-established sub-styles are present here; the slow pensive piano solos, the gorgeous soaring melodic passages, the quirky rhythms, the dark terrifying horror textures... and everything else in between. All in all, gorgeous stuff.

Love it.

1st Soncinemad Film Music Festival of Madrid Symphonic Concert (2006) - Trevor Jones

So many good pieces from a variety of films, and lovingly performed as well. Great concert !

Cliffhanger, Merlin, Roseanna's Grave, Aegis, Last Place on Earth, The Last of the Mohicans, The Mighty, Fields of Freedom, Dark Crystal, Dominic & Eugene, Last Place on Earth

Jones understood the power of a great theme. Where is this man now?

Edit: The Mighty has one of the most emotional cues ever written by any composer (My Noble Knight on the score album, Chapter Six - The Empty Book / Death of a Knight on this one). Gorgeous doesn't even describe it.