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- Comment Having been on both sides of that particular debate, I can't exactly get animated at your opinion on the scores. But I've certainly come around on them. Christ, I can even listen to the complete versions and be entertained. That's the 180 I've done on them.
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- Comment [b]The Rise of Skywalker[/b] John Williams I can categorically say I love this score. I'm frankly embarrassed by my earlier statements, but this actually became something I often returned to through trying times (even before covid19). It's brilliant. A miracle given the film.
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- Comment Still very much, despite the confusing [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_vI6Mtwj5Q]rules[/url]. [b]The Force Awakens[/b] John Williams Recently, I was rallying against these Disney era scores, complaining about the lack of heart. Although I think that's still true, as purely action scores, ...
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- Comment [b]Call of the Wild[/b] John Powell Another career highlight with 'Buck Takes the Lead'. Powell just keeps knocking them out of the park.
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- Added May 11th 2020
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- Comment Exercise and math! That's how I'm coping. :dizzy: Determined to come out of this a buff dude. :punk: The cabin fever is real though, especially when you're on your own. People complaining about living with their significant others can shove their complaints up their ass. :rolleyes: How's the ...
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- Comment :wave: Very occasionally, my old friends. Perhaps we can start a renaissance. NP: [b]Summon the Heroes[/b] John Williams After seeing the virtual performance of it, with Williams himself introducing it, I had to give it a play. Never gets old.
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- Added May 8th 2020
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- Comment It's a surprisingly warm track, I have to admit. Perfectly pleasant. But it doesn't really [i]move [/i]me. I suppose I do understand how the energy of these scores are appealing, and I was once won over by it. But after the initial excitement of it all has severely died, these aren't scores I ...
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- Comment [quote][b]LSH wrote[/b] NP: [b]A HIDDEN LIFE[/b] - JAMES NEWTON HOWARD This is really quite good. Loving the Village/Defiance vibes. Some critics are calling the film a masterpiece, others are less complimentary. Clips I’ve seen look like B-roll from some existential perfume commercial. Malick ...
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- Comment [quote][b]christopher wrote[/b] If it ends up in my top spot for this year (which it may), I think it will be mainly because of nostalgia. Those Star Wars themes always bring me back to my childhood. And hearing Williams in Star Wars mode always feels a little bit like coming home. I'm biased ...
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- Added Dec 21st 2019
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- Comment My vote goes to How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. That's how you finish a trilogy.
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- Written by Steven
- Added Dec 20th 2019
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- Comment Like the films, I will be surprised if anyone remembers these scores in the coming years. The new themes have hardly affected pop culture. Apart from us film score nerds, who can recognise Rey's theme, the primary new theme from this new trilogy? This is the problem with trying to catch the same ...
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- Added Dec 19th 2019
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- discussion topic JOHN WILLIAMS
- Comment John Williams [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZpVBknX3HI]interview[/url] about The Rise of Skywalker. A gentleman as ever, very kind words for the trash that is these new Star Was films. What he sees in Daisy Ridley I will never understand.
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- Added Dec 17th 2019
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- Comment I did the same when The Force Awakens came out. I was excited because it was a new John Williams score to a new Star Wars film. I think it could have been anything and I would have liked it. Now that the novelty has worn off, especially after the shitshow that was The Last Jedi, I can't get excited ...
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- Added Dec 14th 2019
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- Comment [b]The Rise of Skywalker[/b] John Williams It took three torturous shifts, but I finished this 50 minute academy promo album. It’s dull, empty, hollow and soulless. Thanks Disney.
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- Added Dec 12th 2019
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- Comment I believe it's also in chronological order.
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- Added Dec 10th 2019
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- Comment [quote][b]LSH wrote[/b] NP: [b]THE PERFECT STORM[/b] - JAMES HORNER Why hasn't this been expanded yet? Seriously.[/quote] Like I said above, another one of those scores where the description is in its title. This really is the perfect Horner "phase 2" score. (His 80s sound being phase ...
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- Added Dec 4th 2019
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- Comment [b]Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them[/b] - James Newton Howard One of those scores where the description is very much in the title. Great Christmassy music too, reminiscent of 90s scores. (The second score is perhaps less magical, but equally impressive. ‘Leta’s Flashback’ is classic ...
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- Comment [b]Rambo III[/b] Jerry Goldsmith My favourite Rambo score is whichever Rambo score I happen to be listening to. (Well, minus the Tyler rubbish.) Also, I love how what is essentially the Taliban are the good guys in this film. It's aged extremely well.
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- Comment He conducts like I pretend to conduct music when I'm drunk.
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- Comment [b]Formula 1 Theme[/b] Brian Tyler This is the most Brian Tyler sounding piece of Brian Tyler Brian Tyler has ever Brian Tyler'd.
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- Added Nov 8th 2019
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- Comment [quote][b]Ralph Kruhm wrote[/b] That said, "Great Scores for Lousy Movies" should be its own topic. ^^[/quote] We already [url=http://www.maintitles.net/forum/discussion/42/1/jerry-goldsmith/]have it[/url].
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- Comment [b]The Rocketeer[/b] James Horner For those who have seen the film, a piece of chewing gum is used to allow the jetpack to work, holding it together. The score is essentially that for the film. If ever there was an example of a score that glued the film together, it's this.
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- Added Oct 2nd 2019
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- Comment [b]The Omen: The Essential Jerry Goldsmith Film Music Collection[/b] Prague City Philharmonic Orchestra This was my first foray into non-90s, non-Star Trek Goldsmith way-back-when, and has a huge amount of nostalgic value. It introduced me to many of my favourite Goldsmith scores. Some of the ...
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- Comment [b]Conan The Barbarian[/b] Basil Poledouris When it comes to great themes, this is an embarrassment of riches. A nice way to start a Monday morning.
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- Written by Steven
- Added Sep 23rd 2019
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- discussion topic JERRY GOLDSMITH
- Comment [quote]like all the great film composers of his time he had the knack of capturing a whole movie in a two or three minute theme, and this is one of the best examples.[/quote] Oui.
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- Added Sep 23rd 2019
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- Comment Fair enough! It doesn't do anything for me, but clearly some people like it. [i]*shrug*[/i] Balfe is worse, yes. Like Jackman, he's capable of decent stuff but cowers to mediocrity far too often.
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- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] Surely, the fact that the score is so divisive, and that there are passionate views on both sides, suggests that there is SOMETHING here; not just your run-of-the-mill generic wallpaper. Whether one likes that 'something' or not.[/quote] The 'something' is a small minority ...
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- Added Sep 19th 2019
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- Comment Exactly. Those are two surface level similarities. Lots of things are non-melodic and dissonant. A fart is dissonant. A typical modern action score tends to be limited in its effectiveness: It relies more on rhythm and generic tones without relating it to the wider narrative of the film. It ...
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- Added Sep 19th 2019
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- Comment People sure do love that Winter Soldier score. :dizzy: Anyone would think I insulted their child.
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- Added Sep 18th 2019
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- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] Yes, it absolutely is. But I also appreciate a score like WINTER SOLDIER, especially in context. Not sure why one needs to put down one score to say how great another is, when they have nothing to do with each other. "I love pizza, but I hate sardines. I don't ...
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- Written by Steven
- Added Sep 14th 2019