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  1. Nautilus wrote
    Thomas Glorieux wrote

    NP: Alien 2 CD Deluxe Edition


    Do you mean AlienS ? biggrin biggrin tongue


    Cut it out Sunil. angry
    "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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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2010
    franz_conrad wrote
    Steven wrote
    Martijn wrote
    Define "fluffy".


    You know, soft. The good kind of 'hairy.' That sort of thing.


    I think what he means is: IT EXUDES A CONTINENTAL ELEGANCE THAT OUR BEST COMPOSERS CAN'T SEEM THE PULL OFF.
    cool

    And D, if you think BALLON has mickey-mousing, then you don't really know the meaning of the word. Mickey-mousing is when musical form is abandoned to follow onscreen action, and it doesn't happen in BALLON. wink

    The only thing that bothers me about Promenides score is that I didn't actually hear a score made by a composer last year that was actually as good as it in its genre. Or for some years running.


    Thank you.
    THANK YOU!
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2010
    DreamTheater wrote
    Nautilus wrote
    Thomas Glorieux wrote

    NP: Alien 2 CD Deluxe Edition


    Do you mean AlienS ? biggrin biggrin tongue


    Cut it out Sunil. angry


    biggrin
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2010
    Thomas Glorieux wrote
    Southall wrote
    Players - Jerry Goldsmith

    An absolute treat! Such warm, rich music and a genuine classic Goldsmith main theme. Brilliant sound, too, especially compared with the old bootleg.


    exellent, looking forward to it

    NP: Alien 2 CD Deluxe Edition

    I was hoping it would interest me more, compared to the old score release. But alas, it's effective but hardly a score I will listen to


    I understand completely. I love the score to ALIEN but I don't play it often, as Steven said, it's one you need to be in the right mood for but I'm still glad I bought this deluxe edition.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  5. The Bernstein Box Set of rejected scores.

    Straight through, starting with "Gangs of New York".
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorStavroula
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2010
    NP: Love in the Time of Cholera ~ Antinio Pinto

    Nice, warm, lyrical, passionate! I really love Shakira's voice in the songs and the lyrics are absolutely wonderful!
    Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better...
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2010 edited
    NP: Machinarium (game score) - Tomas Dvorak

    Catchy, loungey and ever so slightly melancholic soundtrack to the puzzle/adventure game, starring a dapper little extendable robot.
    Haven't played the game, but I did check out the demo, and it actually looks quite interesting!

    The soundtrack fits the visuals to a T, and is a little like a low-impact version of Powell's Robots.
    Not 100% sure if I can stand to listen to the whole score all at once, but at least for now it's pleasant and soothing enough, with enough variation throughout its "background lounginess" to sustain a good and enjoyable vibe.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2010
    NP: Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith

    Simply brilliant! Epic, romantic, exciting, dramatic. There are not enough words to compliment this superb score... electronic swooshes and all!

    -Erik-
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  9. justin boggan wrote
    The Bernstein Box Set of rejected scores.

    Straight through, starting with "Gangs of New York".


    I would think that Box for you would have been a discovery of the magnitude of the rosetta stone or the dead sea scrolls! wink
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
  10. It was certainly news for me. ;-)


    Anyway, parts of GoNY have grown on me since the first two listens. I had to stop, so I didn't make it to CD2, which is Natty Gann.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    NP : THE INFORMANT - Marvin Hamlisch



    Excellent! love
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  12. Erik Woods wrote
    NP: Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith

    Simply brilliant! Epic, romantic, exciting, dramatic. There are not enough words to compliment this superb score... electronic swooshes and all!

    -Erik-


    Though I'm not called Erik (or Eric) I have to agree with that spot-on remark! Supergirl is big fun and features arguably Goldsmith's most heroic and memorable theme! Whenever I put it on I'm entertained for the full 70+ minutes.
    "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.
  13. Bioshock 2 (Garry Schyman)

    Second listen and this is about all I can take. While I'm sure this score creates a unique atmosphere in the game, I will never ever listen to it outside of it again. Calling it a bunch of ambient textures makes more sense to me than calling it actual music. Even Goldenthal sounds mainstream compared to this.

    I'm hoping Dante's Inferno will be more to my liking.
    "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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      CommentAuthorDemonStar
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    lp wrote
    Available through iTunes. Only two tracks. But the other tracks works pretty well.


    It seems it's available as a CD through here. Import version, though.
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      CommentAuthorkeky
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    Martijn wrote
    Le Voyage En Ballon - Jean Prodromidès

    Powerful scoring, charming as all git-out, and just a joy to listen to.
    What a fine score this is. Great theme, and a lyricism that drives home how much this is missing in modern-day film scoring.

    I honestly can't understand some people referring to this score as "fluffy". confused
    There's absolutely nothing "fluffy" about it. Due to the nature of the film there is a certain playfulness, assuredly, but for the rest this is as robust a score as anything ever done by Tiomkin, Korngold or any other Golden Ager (and it certainly in style and tone harkens back to those days).
    Lovely! love


    I completely agree. It was one of my best (and blind) buys last year. A wonderful album!
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      CommentAuthorlp
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010 edited
    DemonStar wrote
    lp wrote
    Available through iTunes. Only two tracks. But the other tracks works pretty well.


    It seems it's available as a CD through here. Import version, though.


    It's also available through amazon.com as well.
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      CommentAuthorlp
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    NP: Cop Out - Harold Faltermeyer

    It's the late 80s/early 90s again!!! Very catchy tunes. It's shorter than I had expected. I hope the movie have more music than this cause I want MORE!!!!

    BTW, I downloaded this from the official website. It's 128kbps only but still sound very good. This will hold me over until the CD arrives in the mail.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010 edited
    Martijn wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    Martijn wrote
    Define "fluffy".


    Extremely saccharine and mickey mousey, uplifting and happy to the point it's actually cheesy. That's fluffy for you smile


    Mickey mousing?
    You SERIOUSLY think Voyage En Ballon has extreme Mickey Mousing???
    Are we listening to the same soundtrack here?
    The theme is playful, absolutely, but these qualifications are a huge disservice, and simply not correct. There s not one single bit of mickey mousing in this score whatsoever. In fact it's one of the most thematic (almost to the point off monothematic) things I have heard in a LONG time.

    Alsace is brooding and moody, the second half of Paris is huge and majestic; the impressive Chenonceaux is quiet and reserved and Les Grand Voliers move into an extremely stirring apotheosis with it's thunderous, powerful Conan-like choir. ET CETERA!

    I simply cannot believe you said that.
    Aside from its "happy" main theme, it's the absolute opposite of what you describe.
    I strongly suggest giving it another whirl. The only explanation I have right now is that you're talking about another score altogether!


    Michael and Martijn, i know what mickey mousing "strictly" is. It was a poor choice of phrase on my behalf.

    Well, i don't mean it with its hollywood, americanized meaning. But more like the classical type of happily messing around in-between saccharine themes, with more saccharine passages and bridges smile The kind of music that reminds me of happy little kids messing around in green valleys in the spring or so..not my kind of music heh.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    DreamTheater wrote
    Bioshock 2 (Garry Schyman)

    Second listen and this is about all I can take. While I'm sure this score creates a unique atmosphere in the game, I will never ever listen to it outside of it again. Calling it a bunch of ambient textures makes more sense to me than calling it actual music. Even Goldenthal sounds mainstream compared to this.

    I'm hoping Dante's Inferno will be more to my liking.


    Seriously? It baffles me...'cause it's a very intelligent and modern composition all and all for me. It's way more modern than Goldenthal, in the vein of being not based on thematic development, but more on the soundscapes and this is what many contemporary concert composers are doing too, but it's done in clever, complex and musical ways. It's not for the traditional film score lover of course, i can see that, but calling it "ambient textures" is nowhere what this music is, imo.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    Stavroula wrote
    NP: Love in the Time of Cholera ~ Antinio Pinto

    Nice, warm, lyrical, passionate! I really love Shakira's voice in the songs and the lyrics are absolutely wonderful!


    Ah, you watched it on the tv last night too? wink Wonderful textures and atmosphere.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    Marselus wrote
    NP From Paris with Love (David Buckley)

    Expected more of this one after hearing a clip at hans-zimmer.com. But it is very similar to Harry Gregson-Williams "Pelham 123", that is, boring and uninspired. Too bad, I like Buckley´s "The Forbidden Kingdom" and "Town Creek" (in the movie) and was hoping for an orchestral action score. As has been said in Buckley´s thread, probably they wanted a HGW type of score. Well, they got it.


    To be honest nothing i've heard from him made me turn my head to the player and find out what was playing. Even his much celebrated Forbidden Kingdom sounds much overrated and standardized rc to me, i don't see anything so far that would differentiate him from the bunch.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  22. Christodoulides wrote
    DreamTheater wrote
    Bioshock 2 (Garry Schyman)

    Second listen and this is about all I can take. While I'm sure this score creates a unique atmosphere in the game, I will never ever listen to it outside of it again. Calling it a bunch of ambient textures makes more sense to me than calling it actual music. Even Goldenthal sounds mainstream compared to this.

    I'm hoping Dante's Inferno will be more to my liking.


    Seriously? It baffles me...'cause it's a very intelligent and modern composition all and all for me. It's way more modern than Goldenthal, in the vein of being not based on thematic development, but more on the soundscapes and this is what many contemporary concert composers are doing too, but it's done in clever, complex and musical ways. It's not for the traditional film score lover of course, i can see that, but calling it "ambient textures" is nowhere what this music is, imo.


    I need melodies! Otherwise I don't call it music. But I can understand that some people like this stuff. After all I have a father that's into the most unlistenable classical music. He should listen to this.
    "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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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    lp wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    Christodoulides wrote
    lp wrote
    NP: Sounds of Vancouver 2010 Olympics Opening Ceremony | "Peaks of Endeavours" - GAVIN GREENAWAY

    I want MORE!!!! 10min of music from Gavin it's just really excellent stuff. A bit Disney, a bit MV/RC, mostly orchestral, all good stuff.


    Gavin wrote all the music for the ceremony? There's an album circulating around in the well known places btw...


    Never mind, i just saw your post over at the composer's topic. So who wrote the rest of the pieces?


    From the FSM forum. Courtesy of "Hermit"


    Here are the credited composers:

    Fire on the Mountain by Dave Pierce
    Canadian Athletes by Bryan Adams, Dave Pierce & Jim Vallance
    Bang the Drum by Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance
    O Canada by Calixa Lavallee
    Aboriginal Welcome by Sandy Scofield & Bob Buckley
    Hymn to the North by Dave Pierce
    Sacred Grove by Dave Pierce
    Ordinary Miracle & Fantasy Ballet by Glen Ballard & David A. Stewart; Samuel Barber
    Rhythms of the Fall by Dave Pierce, Ward Allen, Calvin Vollrath & Miles Foxx Hill
    Who Has Seen the Wind by Joni Mitchell
    Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell
    Storm by Donovan Seidle
    Peaks of Endeavour by Gavin Greenaway
    Raising of the Olympic Flag by Donovan Seidle
    We Are More by Dave Pierce
    Olympic Anthem by Spyridon Samaris
    Parade of Athletes by Dave Pierce
    The Olympic Flame by Gavin Greenaway


    So, the rc had a lot to do with this eh? smile
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010 edited
    DreamTheater wrote
    I need melodies! Otherwise I don't call it music. But I can understand that some people like this stuff. After all I have a father that's into the most unlistenable classical music. He should listen to this.


    I know, i understand this, that's why i said it's not for the traditional film score lover. But, although not a fan of serialism, 12-note and atonal writing, still there are contemporary composers (concert and film) who push the harmonic envelop to the max, and the results can be very outstanding. For instance, the most dissonant Goldenthal, David Shire, John Corigliano and of course the outstanding musicianship that the works of Krzysztof Penderecki showcase.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010 edited
    Christodoulides wrote
    DreamTheater wrote
    I need melodies! Otherwise I don't call it music. But I can understand that some people like this stuff. After all I have a father that's into the most unlistenable classical music. He should listen to this.


    I know, i understand this, that's why i said it's not for the traditional film score lover. But, although not a fan of serialism, 12-note and atonal writing, still there are contemporary composers (concert and film) who push the harmonic envelop to the max, and the results can be very outstanding. For instance, the most dissonant Goldenthal, David Shire, John Corigliano and of course the outstanding musicianship that the works of Krzysztof Penderecki showcase.


    You seriously need to listen to some of Jerry Fielding's more daring scores, I think you might love them.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    I will if they're orchestral. With very few exceptions, i very strongly dislike synth scores of this kind.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    He can't listen to the lovely, stylish and beautiful Voyage En Ballon, but he loves Bioshock 2, which was an almost immediate *delete* from my mp3 player (for the same reasons as DT)... I just don't understand some people... dizzy
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    wink
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010 edited
    Christodoulides wrote
    DreamTheater wrote
    Bioshock 2 (Garry Schyman)
    It's not for the traditional film score lover of course, i can see that, but calling it "ambient textures" is nowhere what this music is, imo.

    Well, i don't mean it with its hollywood, americanized meaning. But more like the classical type of noisy dak droning around in-between themelessness, with more droning passages and bridges smile The kind of music that reminds me of dark endless hallways stretching out into an industrial infinity in space or so..not my kind of music heh.


    (wink)
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2010
    Christodoulides wrote
    I will if they're orchestral. With very few exceptions, i very strongly dislike synth scores of this kind.


    Jerry Fielding is definitely orchestral ( and at times very jazzy in some scores ), an exceptionally talented film composer but not often my cup of tea as a stand alone listen.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt

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