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- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeFeb 29th 2012
The moons and the planets have aligned. It's that time of the year. It's time for...
Independence Day David Arnold
In my top ten. For me, it just doesn't get better. -
- CommentAuthorfranz_conrad
- CommentTimeFeb 29th 2012
Bregt wrote
Erik Woods wrote
It just rubs me the wrong way... but maybe that was the intention.
I think it was the intention. I felt very uncomfortable watching that scene for the first time.
As did I. It's an odd way to do such a scene, goading you to view it as triumphant warfare. What would be interesting is finding out if any audiences have really cheered it on because of the music -- taking the bait, so to speak. (Although I'm not sure the rest of the film would persuade them to dispense with their views.)A butterfly thinks therefore I am -
- CommentAuthorfranz_conrad
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
NP: Game of thrones (ramin ramin ramin)
Ok, so 'North of the Wall' was temped with the least impressive music from James Newton Howard's VILLAGE score, the music representing the mysterious creatures that live in the forest that surrounds the village. What an imaginative bit of temp scoring there.A butterfly thinks therefore I am -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
NP: How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell
No words are needed... just watch and listen... That scene right there is one of my most cherished cinema moments of all time!
:goosebumps&tears:
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012 edited
Well, it's nice, with some great wrtiting by Powell.
But I never really got into the hype. No goosebumps at all.
...although I have to say that that live performance by several pipes 'n' drum bands at the Edinburgh (?) Tattoo that Bregje posted some time back (or was that on Facebook?) that really took my breath away!'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012 edited
For me, the Test Drive scene is perfect blend of music and visuals. The animation is marvelous and Powell OWNS that scene especially from the free fall to the point when Toothless' wings open up to catch the air as he and Hiccup skim the evergreens with Powell's heroic theme guiding them along on a breakneck speed flight through the cliffs of Berk.
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
NP: THE FINAL CONFLICT (Jerry Goldsmith)
Because it was....there.I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
Erik Woods wrote
For me, the Test Drive scene is perfect blend of music and visuals. The animation is marvelous and Powell OWNS that scene especially from the free fall to the point when Toothless' wings open up to catch the air as he and Hiccup skim the evergreens with Powell's heroic theme guiding them along on a breakneck speed flight through the cliffs of Berk.
-Erik-
I cannot agree for these are facts. Facts simply are, whether we agree with them or not.
By the way, I agree. -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
It's a fantastic scene. What a great score!
Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
Inception - Hans and co
It's been a while since I listened to this, so it's great to revisit it. One of his best. -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
Erik Woods wrote
NP: How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell
No words are needed... just watch and listen... That scene right there is one of my most cherished cinema moments of all time!
:goosebumps&tears:
-Erik-
Extraordinary scene and music! This is why Powell's How to train your dragon is in my top5 of favourite scores evah.
Another scene that always gets to me is the romantic flight scene, starting at 2:52 in this vid-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWsNWCq0JRI
Peter
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- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeMar 1st 2012
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- CommentAuthorBregje
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
plindboe wrote
Erik Woods wrote
NP: How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell
No words are needed... just watch and listen... That scene right there is one of my most cherished cinema moments of all time!
:goosebumps&tears:
-Erik-
Extraordinary scene and music! This is why Powell's How to train your dragon is in my top5 of favourite scores evah.
Another scene that always gets to me is the romantic flight scene, starting at 2:52 in this vid-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWsNWCq0JRI
Peter
After I saw the movie with the kids, Quinn and I watched the HD clips on YouTube again and again. Especially Test Drive and Forbidden Friendship. It's goosebump & tear - stuff indeed.
If Quinn will ever seriously get into film music then How To Train Your Dragon was her first! After seeing the movie she was humming the themes for days! -
- CommentAuthorCristian
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
Atlantis - The Lost Empire - James Newton Howard
Great action/adventure/fantasy score!! This is not my favorite film music genre but this score is amazing. The way JNH use the choir is powerful and majestic. I listen The Crystal Chamber or Just Do It and I have goosebumps. And I love when a score end with a big statement of the theme like in Atlantis. (JNH also did that in Vertical Limit).
* * * * * 5 stars. -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
Hoosiers - Jerry Goldsmith
You can't beat a bit of cheese on a Friday night. -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
Southall wrote
You can't beat a bit of cheese on a Friday night.
I can't stop reading this line literally, as if you're telling us not to punch dairy products.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
Well, not on a Friday at least. Have SOME decency, man.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
Lorax (Powell)
This is out on itunes. Won't be out on CD before the 6th, I believe.
I've been looking forward to this one, as I love Powell's animation scores, but am a bit disappointed. The tracks Valley exodus and Funeral for a tree are both fantastic. The rest of the score doesn't really do anything for me yet.
Anyway, a guy on Filmtracks thought it was fantastic and compared it to How to train your dragon, so don't be too alarmed by my disappointment.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
NP: I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life And Legacy Of Simon Wiesenthal - Lee Holdridge
My word. This is quite a beautiful score.
Obviously strongly drenched in melancholy and Jewish strains, this is quite the gorgeous score: stirring, melodic and very emotional. No, it's not Schindler's List (but then that's pretty much the atom bomb of emotional pressure in the genre), but it's certainly heartfelt.
In fact, it's so stirring and dramatic in places, it's hard to keep in mind this is music for a documentary!
Sadly the CD is out of print now, but if you can find it, it's well worth picking up!'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorjustin boggan
- CommentTimeMar 2nd 2012
Southall wrote
Hoosiers - Jerry Goldsmith
You can't beat a bit of cheese on a Friday night.
Are you saying your cheese is too small to beat?The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else. -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2012
NP : YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - John Barry
Excellence!On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2012
NP : THE WIND AND THE LION - Jerry Goldsmith
Excellence!On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2012
NP : GHOST STORY - Philippe Sarde
Excellence!On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2012
Martijn wrote
Well, not on a Friday at least. Have SOME decency, man.
Of course you're right, my brother. For doth it not say in the Book of Dairy: "Thou shalt not smite a milk-based product at the end of thy working week".
Peter
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- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2012
Fair game (John Powell)
Yep, not liking it. This guy does way too few animation scores.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorStavroula
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2012
Timmer wrote
KRULL
Ohhhhh yesssssss!!!!!!!Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better... -
- CommentAuthoryonythemoony
- CommentTimeMar 3rd 2012 edited
NP: The Lorax - John Powell
I'm surprised on how different this sounds from Horton Hears A Who. Sure, it has some bits representing the wackiness of Dr. Seuss's characters, and Powell uses again the harpischord and saxophone represent The Lorax (previously he used it to represent the Whos). But it's very charming and energetic.
The choral bits (Especially the quirky ones in Truffula Valley Fantasy) are wonderful. The action cues sounds very strong and with typical Powell style (Especially with the Mr. And Mrs. Smith-esque Thneedville Chase - again Powell uses the electric guitar to enhance the brass section). And the emotional side of Powell's music (which is becoming much more predominant in his scores) is showed again in the beautiful theme played in Valley Exodus and Funeral For A Tree.
Though the tracklist is very short (46 minutes), I'm glad that it doesn't have 50 cues with several of them, being a single track divided in two. -
- CommentAuthorjustin boggan
- CommentTimeMar 4th 2012
Stavroula wrote
Timmer wrote
KRULL
Ohhhhh yesssssss!!!!!!!
It's a typo, he meant KULL.
It was a mixturee day of listening, with my sutie from "Innerspace", score from "Stargate: The Ark of Truth" (one of Joel M.I.A. Goldsmith's best), and "Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend" (such a combination I doubt we'll hear again).
Next up on the plate is the first real complete run through of "Mulan". I was underwelmed by it the first time, though the "Overture" is a Goldsmith masterpiece.
I remember thinking one day, after hearing the "Overture" that I own very few pieces like this that are such orchestral grandure that tells a story all by itself, is a stand-alone listen, and is so satisfying and wonderful that you don't want to listen to anything else afterward, because it detracts from what you heard and pales when in comparrison.The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else. -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeMar 4th 2012 edited
Stavroula wrote
Timmer wrote
KRULL
Ohhhhh yesssssss!!!!!!!
Yes indeedy! ( typo your sorry arse Justin )
KRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorjustin boggan
- CommentTimeMar 4th 2012
Timmer wrote
Stavroula wrote
Timmer wrote
KRULL
Ohhhhh yesssssss!!!!!!!
Yes indeedy! ( typo your sorry arse Justin )
KRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGLWDEnGK0#t=6m44sThe views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.