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Thor's Film Music Musings (att: Scandinavians!)

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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2010
    Timmer wrote
    Erik Woods wrote
    Timmer wrote
    HWINGAASDT


    Harry, Went In Norway Get An Ass Slap Downtown, Too

    -Erik-


    Em? Something like that. wink


    Samn spelling mistakes.

    Harry, WHEN In Norway Get An Ass Slap Downtown, Too.

    biggrin

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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2010 edited
    Timmer wrote
    HWINGAASDT


    And it means...

    He Who Is No Good At Abbreviations Shouldn't Do Them.

    I prefer yours Erik biggrin wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2010 edited
    Christodoulides wrote
    I am interested to find out more on what you wrote here, if possible:

    "* Criticism from conservatives because a) sound is considered wallpaper and b) Zimmer clones"

    In a sum up:)


    OK, briefly:

    Sound is considered wallpaper because it has to compete with an already full soundtrack (loud and numerous sound effects), making it overkill for many. The clones aspect has to do with the fact that the composers at RC compose music more or less in the same idiom as Zimmer himself, and so one wonders about the originality it spawns. Both of these critiques are well-known to most of us. The article is geared towards non-film music fans.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2010
    Mm, not really. Maybe it's because i am sleepy or it's due to the google mamblings, will try and re-read tomorrow wink
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2010
    Christodoulides wrote
    Mm, not really. Maybe it's because i am sleepy or it's due to the google mamblings, will try and re-read tomorrow wink


    I deleted the Google translation and inserted a summation above instead.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2010
    Ah, much better! Your last explanatory sentence (to which the article is addressed) cleared everything! Thanks
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeFeb 3rd 2010
    New article is up:

    "Oscar 2010: Musikk-nominasjonene" / "Oscar 2010: The musical nominations":

    http://montages.no/2010/02/oscar-2010-m … nasjonene/
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2010
    New article is up:

    "Elfman vs. Wolfman - om forkastet musikk" / "Elfman vs. Wolfman - on rejected scores":

    http://montages.no/2010/02/elfman-vs-wo … et-musikk/
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2010
    Thor, just as a matter of interest: how pervasive is your blog? I mean, how well is it visited/received, and are any people 'from the industry' reading it?

    I can see no reaction forms, but from what little I am able to glean, it seems to be quite high quality analysis.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2010
    Martijn wrote
    Thor, just as a matter of interest: how pervasive is your blog? I mean, how well is it visited/received, and are any people 'from the industry' reading it?

    I can see no reaction forms, but from what little I am able to glean, it seems to be quite high quality analysis.


    You can post comments below the article.

    The website has grown to become the largest online film magazine in the Nordic countries, so it obviously has many industry people in addition to casual visitors. However, film music is not something that many have a conscious relationship to, not even within the Norwegian industry, so I don't always get lots of responses. But according to my editors, the articles are well-read, so that apparently means there's an interest there.

    I find it to be a challenge myself - how to communicate something so "niche" in an accesible and entertaining way, yet hopefully also sneak in an opinion or two of my own. But a fun challenge. For hardcore film music enthusiasts like us, though, it may be a bit obvious now and then.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeFeb 9th 2010
    Have enjoyed the articles so far, Thor. Keep 'em coming.

    Peter smile
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2010
    My most ambitious Montages article to date:

    "Elfman in Burton's Wonderland - a retrospective":

    http://montages.no/2010/03/elfman-i-bur … rospektiv/
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeApr 13th 2010
    New article is up:

    "Topp 10 synth soundtracks":

    http://montages.no/2010/04/topp-10-synth-soundtracks/
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  14. Thor wrote
    "Topp 10 synth soundtracks"

    Interesting list. Couldn't read any of the text, but am familiar with most of the titles.

    Is The Rock a completely synth score?
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeApr 13th 2010
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    Thor wrote
    "Topp 10 synth soundtracks"

    Interesting list. Couldn't read any of the text, but am familiar with most of the titles.

    Is The Rock a completely synth score?


    Nope. Neither are some of the other ones (few classic synth scores are FULLY electronic), so I allowed for a 90-10 ratio in favour of the synths, with some acoustic elements here and there.
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  16. Thanks! I was interested to know whether it was entirely synth or not (BTW, I wasn't trying to be picky about your synth list containing live elements.)

    Forbidden Planet is a score that I think really adds a lot to the movie, but I don't think that I could ever listen to a CD all the way through. But reading about the score in this book by James Wierzbicki was interesting.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeApr 13th 2010
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    Forbidden Planet is a score that I think really adds a lot to the movie, but I don't think that I could ever listen to a CD all the way through.


    I tried.
    I do not recommend emulating the experience. slant
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeApr 21st 2010
    New article is up:

    "Ennio Morricone Live i Royal Albert Hall":

    http://montages.no/2010/04/ennio-morric … bert-hall/
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  19. Great YouTube clip, Thor! Thanks for the link.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2010 edited
    I was on national radio yesterday, talking about Streitenfeld's score to ROBIN HOOD. If you have a facebook account, you can go to the program's facebook page and listen to the segment:

    http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kort-og-k … 2960721222

    It's the first link.

    (btw, for Scandinavian listeners who understand what I say....yes, I'm aware that I made an error in the beginning when I say that Zimmer and Scott have collaborated three times, when it should obviously be four....I forgot HANNIBAL!).
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  21. Thor:

    Black Rain
    Thelma and Louise
    Gladiator
    Hannibal
    Black Hawk Down
    Matchstick Men

    You could also count White Squall, where Zimmer has an "additional music" credit. I am not sure if Zimmer also didn't help producing some of the Streitenfeld scores, definitely he produced the promo album to American Gangster.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2010
    Ouch. How the bloody hell could I forget BLACK HAWK DOWN??! And MATCHSTICK MEN too....Christ. Embarassing; I blame it on the heat of the moment.
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    • CommentAuthorRanietz
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2010
    Have you ever thought about writing about Norwegian film music? I'm from Norway and still I hardly know anything about Norwegian film music. I know of Bøhren/Åserud but I don't know what they've done beside "Orions Belte", and there's also "The Kon-Tiki Man" by Ragnar Bjerkreim. But what else is there?
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2010
    Ranietz wrote
    Have you ever thought about writing about Norwegian film music? I'm from Norway and still I hardly know anything about Norwegian film music. I know of Bøhren/Åserud but I don't know what they've done beside "Orions Belte", and there's also "The Kon-Tiki Man" by Ragnar Bjerkreim. But what else is there?


    Yes, I have. In fact, I've done some writing on it already. There's a lot of interesting things to be said about Norwegian film music history - from Leif Halvorsens MARKENS GRØDE to contemporary hot shots like Magnus Beite and Johannes Ringen.

    Incidentally, here's the cover/liner notes of a film music compilation I did a few years ago, strictly devoted to Norwegian film music (with some pan-Scandinavian productions tossed in):

    http://www.celluloidtunes.net/non-websi … n_back.jpg
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    • CommentAuthorRanietz
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2010
    Thanks. I'll see if I can find some of the music in your compilation. Looking forward to read your article.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2010
    Thor wrote
    Ranietz wrote
    Have you ever thought about writing about Norwegian film music? I'm from Norway and still I hardly know anything about Norwegian film music. I know of Bøhren/Åserud but I don't know what they've done beside "Orions Belte", and there's also "The Kon-Tiki Man" by Ragnar Bjerkreim. But what else is there?


    Yes, I have. In fact, I've done some writing on it already. There's a lot of interesting things to be said about Norwegian film music history - from Leif Halvorsens MARKENS GRØDE to contemporary hot shots like Magnus Beite and Johannes Ringen.

    Incidentally, here's the cover/liner notes of a film music compilation I did a few years ago, strictly devoted to Norwegian film music (with some pan-Scandinavian productions tossed in):

    http://www.celluloidtunes.net/non-websi … n_back.jpg


    You did me a copy of this and there's some great music on it.

    I'll have to give it another spin soon.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
    New article is up. This time it's a special feature roughly translated as "Duel of Opinions", wherein two of the staff writers with opposite viewpoints on a given issue says their piece in contrasting articles. The topic in question is "The Legacy of Avatar". I am the positive one, my opponent is more negative:

    http://montages.no/2010/05/meningsduellen-avatars-arv/

    Use Google Translate to get the gist of it.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
    Can't you just write an English version?
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
    Steven wrote
    Can't you just write an English version?


    Just for you? wink
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2010
    No, because I probably won't read it. wink

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