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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
    I really need some more opinions about this Billion Dollar Brain movie/soundtrack before I pass final judgment. Some have called this music Holy Grail? I think they have rocks in their head.
    Thomas smile
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008 edited
    sdtom wrote
    I watched Billion Dollar Brain with Caine, Malden, Homolka last night. I'd seen it before but I really wanted to play close attention to the Bennett score in the film.
    Thomas smile


    It's an excellent score! Though I wouldn't call it a "holy grail".

    Shame it's not sold as a separate CD slant
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
    I really haven't figured out the film. Was it just a silly spoof?
    Thomas smile
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
    sdtom wrote
    I really haven't figured out the film. Was it just a silly spoof?
    Thomas smile


    No, but it was a poor follow up of the excellent IPCRESS FILE.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
    No kidding Timmer. I'll give Bennett some good feedback on the score although I would have been a lot more comfortable if he had written a little more traditional Russian scene music. He did mimic a little from the Russian Easter Overture but not enough. The love theme was cool!
    Thomas smile
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
    sdtom wrote
    No kidding Timmer. I'll give Bennett some good feedback on the score although I would have been a lot more comfortable if he had written a little more traditional Russian scene music. He did mimic a little from the Russian Easter Overture but not enough. The love theme was cool!
    Thomas smile


    The score is multiple times better than most of the generic junk masquerading as film scores now.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
    omaha wrote
    BhelPuri wrote
    Nowhere in Africa
    Wow! I'm a sucker for movies with an Africa theme and this one swept me away. Wonderful story (based on a true story) about a Jewish family escaping Hitler's Germany and making a life in Africa. A very nice score too. I should probably use it in a GTS game on Africa wink

    I'm also an african/middle eastern addict. Sounds like this is one I need to see.
    I bought the movie the wind and the lion yesterday. I've loved the score, but never saw the film.

    What are your favorite african scores?
    Mine would have to be The Ghost and the Darkness and Amistad.


    I'll tell you what you need (if you don't already have, that is).

    YVAN CASSAR, anything you can find and most importantly L'odyssee de l'espece and Masai, les guerrieres de la pluie. Absolutely brilliant down to the very last note!
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeSep 24th 2008
    http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/d … lly-manne/

    Daktari is worth checking out.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeSep 25th 2008
    Tropic Thunder

    Eh..

    It's funny in places, but I never need to see it again. Watch it once just to see Tom Cruise as a bald, bearded producer who's constantly using the F word! biggrin
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      CommentAuthorBhelPuri
    • CommentTimeSep 25th 2008
    omaha wrote
    I'm also an african/middle eastern addict. Sounds like this is one I need to see.
    I bought the movie the wind and the lion yesterday. I've loved the score, but never saw the film.

    What are your favorite african scores?
    Mine would have to be The Ghost and the Darkness and Amistad.


    Cool! I am yet to see Wind and the Lion. I don't have the score yet either.
    Ghost and the Darkness is awesome and Amistad is good too. I like the scores with quite a bit of ethnic element. My fave Africa score has to be the little stunner from Yvan Cassar that Demetris has mentioned earlier- Masai: Les Guerrieres de la Pluie (and the Odyssee one is great too). Perhaps Demetris and I might be the only 2 people on this planet to have heard that score. It's an obscure gem.

    I'll agree about Gunning's Wild Africa. Great score. It soars!

    Ok I'm going to go ahead and make clips for a GTS game on Africa when I get the time. You'll know my other favorites then. wink

    I like the middle eastern scores too. Heck, I'm a sucker for anything ethnic.
    Armand Amar has a lot of fine scores set in the middle east/Africa.
    Bab Aziz is my fave middle eastern score.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeSep 25th 2008
    BP, obscure gem is an understatement mate; i am really obsessed with these works and i've been desperately trying to look for more Cassar works since i fell absolutely in love with those two, but nothing is out there besides them! And it's a very odd thing 'cause that music in those albums is absolutely breathtaking! shocked
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeSep 25th 2008
    I got a set of X-File VHS tapes and I'm starting to watch them. Since most of you know I don't watch television this is all new to me. I would say the first episode The Pilot had above average production values.
    Thomas smile
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2008
    I really want to watch a Bond film, but I can't decide which one. I want to watch Casino Royale, but I also want to hold off on seeing it again until the 3 disc edition comes out next moth. I'm thinking it's going to be TWINE or TSWLM....
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2008
    Anthony wrote
    I really want to watch a Bond film, but I can't decide which one. I want to watch Casino Royale, but I also want to hold off on seeing it again until the 3 disc edition comes out next moth. I'm thinking it's going to be TWINE or TSWLM....


    Despite it's goofiness TSWLM is farrrrrrr more fun than TWINE.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2008
    ...what language are you two speaking?
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      CommentAuthorBhelPuri
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2008
    Christodoulides wrote
    BP, obscure gem is an understatement mate; i am really obsessed with these works and i've been desperately trying to look for more Cassar works since i fell absolutely in love with those two, but nothing is out there besides them! And it's a very odd thing 'cause that music in those albums is absolutely breathtaking! shocked


    Agreed! I have been checking to see if there are any other releases of his, but nothing seems to be out so far. Very depressing indeed! All that talent and very little representation on cd (and projects). Perhaps Mikael of MovieScoreMedia should take a look.

    Recent viewing...
    Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
    This completes the vengeance trilogy (other films are Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy) of director Chan-wook Park. Less gory than the previous two films and a different take on revenge. I will rank Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance in that order.
  17. The Hitcher (remake)

    Pleasantly surprised by this intense road movie action thriller. It's no total remake, there is room for improvisation by the makers and some twists. Sean Bean basically imitates Rutger Hauer here, without achieving the same level of creepiness, though this is definitely a bad guy you'll love to hate! Much better than Jake Busey in The Hitcher II. Good leading performances all round.

    The Hitcher = Recommended.
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2008
    Anthony wrote
    Tropic Thunder

    Eh..

    It's funny in places, but I never need to see it again. Watch it once just to see Tom Cruise as a bald, bearded producer who's constantly using the F word! biggrin


    I wanna see it again!

    "I'm lead farmer mother fucker!"

    Funny.
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      CommentAuthorMarselus
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2008
    BhelPuri wrote
    Recent viewing...
    Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
    This completes the vengeance trilogy (other films are Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy) of director Chan-wook Park. Less gory than the previous two films and a different take on revenge. I will rank Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance in that order.


    Agree with your ranking. Check out Park´s "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK". Very good and original love story, and a really good score too (as the scores for the vengeance trilogy are).
    Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
  20. Yeong Wook-Jo again?
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    Still on the X-Files
    Thomas smile
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorkeky
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    REPRISE

    I watched this movie in the weekend but I was less than impressed. A typical film festival movie if you know what I mean. On the other hand it was interesting for me because the director, Joachim Trier was a classmate of mine in Ebeltoft at the European Film College.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    STREET KINGS

    Hollywood at its best; very tight and coherent screenplay, fast pace, captivating performances by Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves, great twist, very good score and brilliant directing. I like how Keanu Reeves is almost always connected with the Hero (everyday, or not) icon, i really love his interpretations in that field. It's been a long since i watched such a well done cop drama, Hollywood at its best.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorMarselus
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    PawelStroinski wrote
    Yeong Wook-Jo again?


    Yes, his usual composer.
    Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    Christodoulides wrote
    STREET KINGS

    Hollywood at its best; very tight and coherent screenplay, fast pace, captivating performances by Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves, great twist, very good score and brilliant directing. I like how Keanu Reeves is almost always connected with the Hero (everyday, or not) icon, i really love his interpretations in that field. It's been a long since i watched such a well done cop drama, Hollywood at its best.


    Keanu Reeves does "interpretations?" shocked biggrin
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    LOL.
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      CommentAuthorMarselus
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    Timmer wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    STREET KINGS

    Hollywood at its best; very tight and coherent screenplay, fast pace, captivating performances by Forest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves, great twist, very good score and brilliant directing. I like how Keanu Reeves is almost always connected with the Hero (everyday, or not) icon, i really love his interpretations in that field. It's been a long since i watched such a well done cop drama, Hollywood at its best.


    Keanu Reeves does "interpretations?" shocked biggrin


    biggrin

    I agree with Demetris though; he is just brilliant in this film. And I also agree with his review. I really liked this film.
    Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    How did you like the Revell score mate?
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorMarselus
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008 edited
    Revell is just the perfect choice for this kind of films: The Negotiator, The Siege, Assault on Precinct 13, Street Kings. He catches the mood of this dark thrillers like nobody IMO.
    Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2008
    Just CNN right now...glued to the screen!

    It's unbelievable how physically non-existent streams of money are influenced by nothing thay can be described differently than mass psychosis, and how elected representatives can be so scared or stupid they are unable to differentiate beween how something looks ("them Wall Street fat cast just wants us to bail 'em out and line their pockets and that ain't the American way, no sirree!") and what something is (a financial crisis about to bypass the creash of 1987)!
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn

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