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It's thin, tinny, wimpy, no low ends, the trumpets sound like cheap 90's Zimmer synths, most of the percussion sounds fake, the layered synths, etc. It's sounds lifeless and cheap.

-Erik-

Great that you like it. It's indeed a fascinating score, very melodic, moody and indeed mournful. I used to have the bootleg, but this release is vastly superior. I love the booklet as well, so detailed and interesting. What an amazing release.

It's wonderful that FSM finally opened their eyes to Morricone. A few years ago they hadn't released anything by him. Now we have 6 FSM Morricone releases.

Peter

NP: An Unfinished Life - Christopher Young

Deborah Lurie's effort is nice but this rejected score is gorgeous. Subtle, touching and extremely soothing. Brilliant stuff. It may be the complete opposite of what Young's best known for but it certainly shows he can do it. For some reason I've woken up rather early this morning but this music seems perfect for the moment, along with a nice cup of tea.

Good, isn't it?
I really liked it in the film as well!
Davis like no other these days makes silent films shine. I really enjoyed the couple of film-accompanied concerts he gave. Too bad they stopped doing those.

NP : THE MESSAGE - Maurice Jarre



I once had this on LP and all I can say is that I could never have listened to it properly because this is fantastic music, a very arabic feel, as you would expect from a film about the prophet Mohamed, with appropriate ethnic instrumentation and, thankfully, no wailing women. Of particular note are the powerful Building The Mosque and Entry To Mecca, superb and I can't wait to play it again.

Halo 3 - Marty O'Donnell & Mike Salvatori

You're either in the 'love it' or 'hate it' camp. I'm in the former. Why? because this at least has consistency and thematic development. And I absolutely understand the music's function within the game, where it has a more epic feel to it, thanks to its connection with the story and characters.

I have high hopes for Halo Reach, which hopefully will be even more orchestral than this. Because this still has its share of synthesized tracks, not that I mind that. But the orchestral ones rock. IMHO.

NP: Eraser (Expanded) - Alan Silvestri

Epic action scoring at its best! For those that love Silvestri in his The Long Kiss Goodnight, Judge Dredd, The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing mode you are going to enjoy every single moment of this expanded edition of one of Silvestri's finest action scores!

One tiny little note about the sound... you knew it was coming I notice that the mix is not as punchy as the original release. Seems like, at least to me, the producers dialed down the details of the snare and the electric bass. There's still considerable 'umph' but I prefer Dennis Sands original mix on the original release. I actually did a side by side comparision of the original and this expanded release of the last cue in Audition and I found that the low ends of the original were much more pronounced and the highs were a bit more detailed.

Besides that, skip to track 10 "Kruger Escapes," turn up the volume and blow your neighbours away!

-Erik-

The main Eraser Theme is the Judge Dredd Theme's long lost cousin.

-Erik-

to give you a taste of what to expect, check out my suite - Beastmaster 2 (Robert Folk)
the wonderful cue Dar the Hero is prominently featured

John mac Cartney? That's fantastic.

On Youtube no doubt!

-Erik-

where else,my man??????

Now I understand why you don't like my sense of humour

Been on Yared's website for probably half an hour now, just checking out samples of current films, and some older stuff.