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JAVIER NAVARRETE

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      CommentAuthorScribe
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2007 edited
    Known to everyone only as the composer of the marvelous Pan's Labyrinth.
    But I'm creating a thread for him because I just finished my first listen of his score to a foreign film I know nothing about (though it appears to be some sort of strange fantasy) called His Majesty Minor, and its stunningly, strangely pleasant. The whole score is carried by an upbeat, almost jig-like theme that's taken through many variations, mostly on woodwinds. I'm rarely as surprised and impressed by a first listen as I was with this one?

    So...anyone else heard it?
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeDec 27th 2007 edited
    Yep, I heard Sa Majesté Minor a while ago. It's a French fantasyfilm from the director of Seven Years in Tibet and Enemy at the Gates. At first I was stunned and pleasantly surprised... then indifferent... then annoyed. To me, it's a marvelous and fun score, but I don't really listen to it as a whole that often. The final panflute track, Satyre, is incredible, though! You can even hear the performer trip over the notes biggrin

    El Laberinto del Fauno is brilliant though; easily among the best scores of last year punk Hopefully we'll hear a lot more from him in the future!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2008
    MIRRORS (2008)

    A man is head of security at a department store plagued by unexplained deaths The store is also the target of demonstrators wanting compensation for an earlier staff fire tragedy. The man becomes intrigued by a disturbed woman. She claims her sister, who died in the fire, is exacting revenge, using mirrors as a gateway back into the living world.


    1. Asturias/Main Titles
    2. Subway
    3. Ben Carson
    4. First Night
    5. Handprints
    6. Fire
    7. Esseker
    8. The Dressing Room
    9. The Mayflower
    10. Angela’s Death
    11. What Do You Want From Me?
    12. Asturias/Investigation
    13. The Mirrors Room
    14. Little Anna
    15. Asturias/The House Is Safe
    16. The Quest
    17. Farmhouse Basement
    18. Extending Mirrors
    19. Michael’s Reflection
    20. Keep Your Eyes Closed
    21. Open Your Eyes
    22. Possession
    23. Escape
    24. Srorrim
    25. Asturias/In The Mirror

    CD COVER:
    http://www.screenarchives.com/gifs/large/10348.gif

    SAMPLES
    http://www.screenarchives.com/title_det … ?ID=10348#
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2008
    Not impressed with Mirrors
    Thomas smile
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2008
    how is it like?
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      CommentAuthorMarselus
    • CommentTimeAug 12th 2008
    The Film looks good, at least the original korean version was. And Alexandre Aja never disappoints! Oh, and Kiefer Sutherland starring punk Surprised to see Navarrete in this project though.
    Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeAug 13th 2008
    I haven't nor likely will see the film but the score might be just what the film needs.
    Thomas smile
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorzirael
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2009
    I haven't heard much talk about Fireflies in the Garden, but it sounds like it's short and sweet.

    Samples: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Firefli … 611/?itm=1

    I'm interested in seeing the Inkheart film (opens Jan. 23rd in the U.S.) since I read the series. I saw the TV ads the other day and was reminded to search for the score.

    Samples: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inkheart-Origin … B001NRTZEG
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2009 edited
    zirael wrote
    I haven't heard much talk about Fireflies in the Garden, but it sounds like it's short and sweet.

    Samples: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Firefli … 611/?itm=1


    I recently heard Fireflies in the Garden, and I can tell you it's really, very good! It's soft and quiet, yet also thoughtful and dreamlike in its intimacy, and if you're into that, it's a definite recommendation!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 7th 2009
    Really? WANT!
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    • CommentAuthorMatt C
    • CommentTimeJan 16th 2009
    Preview sound clips of Inkheart on Amazon.
    http://unsungfilmscores.blogspot.com/ -- My film/TV/game score review blog
  12. Matt C wrote
    Preview sound clips of Inkheart on Amazon.


    good luck with it shame
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeFeb 1st 2009 edited
    Since I'm really impressed with what I'm hearing of Javier Navarrete recently, I ordered his earlier work Naufragos online, since it's easily available here and I know it's out of print and rare in the rest of the world, so I knew I had to act quick. However, I haven't heard a thing of it! (except that I read somewhere it's "somber and quiet but rich with texture" and "imploring the use of several less-popular instruments to great effect", which sounds good).

    So, does anyone know anything about it? :P
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeOct 23rd 2009
    Varese have once again outdone themselves on album descriptions.

    The innocent and erotic piano-based score is from Pan’s Labyrinth composer Javier Navarrete.


    This for a score called "Cracks". biggrin
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeOct 23rd 2009 edited
    :D

    Very much looking forward to this score! I LOVE Javier!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2009
    Anthony wrote
    Varese have once again outdone themselves on album descriptions.

    The innocent and erotic piano-based score is from Pan’s Labyrinth composer Javier Navarrete.


    This for a score called "Cracks". biggrin


    cool

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    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2009
    Honestly, I've only heard Mirrors and that didn't really do anything for me. I need to check out Pan's Labyrinth.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeOct 24th 2009
    Pan's Labyrinth is nothing like Mirrors. It's lyrical, wholly melodic and very sentimental. The lullaby especially is one of the most heartfelt compositions in the genre during the last 10 years or so.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeOct 31st 2009
    CRACKS

    CRACKS is the dazzling debut film from director Jordan Scott (daughter of legendary director Ridley Scott), starring Eva Green as the mesmerizing Miss G, a liberating force in a staid but idyllic British boarding school. The story follows a clique of six girls whose dynamic is thrown off kilter by the arrival of Fiamma, a beautiful new Spanish student. The hazy summer days by the lake provide the perfect setting for Fiamma’s wild and intriguing tales of her travels in India with her father. Miss G is captivated but it's not long before ripples appear on the surface and the cracks beneath emerge in the relationship between teacher and pupil.

    The innocent and erotic piano-based score for CRACKS is from Pan’s Labyrinth composer Javier Navarrete. It makes for a truly beautiful album.

    SOUND CLIPS AND INFO / CD COVER
    http://www.colosseum.de/product_info.ph … racks.html
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeOct 31st 2009
    Interesting. I didn't even know Scott's daughter was a budding filmmaker. It should be interesting to see if her style is inspired by her father in some way.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2010
    CRACKS is beautiful. It lags a bit in the first half as presented on CD, but after that it unleashes its beauty with sentimental piano-led pieces and orchestral graces that have nothing to envy from PAN'S LABYRINTH.

    Any views?
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorMatt C
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2010
    According to the IMDB, Navarrete's next film is The Warrior's Way, an action-fantasy film written and directed by Sngmoo Lee. Rogue Pictures will release it Stateside on December 3rd.

    The film looks pretty, but that's about it. But a nice change of pace from Navarrete's previous drama and fantasy films.
    http://unsungfilmscores.blogspot.com/ -- My film/TV/game score review blog
  23. Matt C wrote
    According to the IMDB, Navarrete's next film is The Warrior's Way, an action-fantasy film written and directed by Sngmoo Lee. Rogue Pictures will release it Stateside on December 3rd.

    The film looks pretty, but that's about it. But a nice change of pace from Navarrete's previous drama and fantasy films.


    it looks overblown allright, I think it will be right up my alley smile
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2010 edited
    THE WARRIOR'S WAY

    Trailer for his new big project
    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-war … s/11123151
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeOct 25th 2010
    Pretty cinematography. Don't care about the film, though. But I can't wait for the score!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeMar 22nd 2011
    Javier Navarrete to Score ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn’

    New hbo drama project for Javier Navarette according to scoremagacine.com

    More info
    http://www.scoremagacine.com/Noticias_d … Codigo=505
    and
    http://filmmusicreporter.wordpress.com/ … -gellhorn/
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorBobdH
    • CommentTimeSep 28th 2011 edited
    WAIT A MINUTE.

    Just saw the trailer on Apple for FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN, a film that mainly interests me because of the haunting and quite brilliant score by Spanish composer Javier Navarrete. And although the DVD has been in the sales bin of stores for over a few year now here in the Netherlands, it's finally being released in the states.

    HOWEVER, after a horrendous sappy trailer with sappy music which sells the film in a way I thought doesn't depict the mood of the film itself AT ALL, based upon what I know of the music, the trailer ends with credits to a certain Jane Cornish as the "composer". Also, IMDb now lists him as being the composer of the 'international version'.

    Now, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? Did Navarrete just got one of his most brilliant scores replaced for a States release, to make it less 'arty' and more 'corny'? It all feels like a completely different film than the intimate, non-sappy one I had in my head when listening to the score. Anyone with more information on this?

    Trailer can be found over here: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/inde … thegarden/
  28. It's just one of those cases of re-scoring of a foreign film in the U.S.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2011
    It only worked when they replaced Bruno Coulai's score for Harisson's Flowers with a much better one from Cliff Eidelman.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeSep 29th 2011
    That was a really good score indeed Bob. Had a very good atmosphere.
    Kazoo

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