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He's certainly not hitting those heights now though I have enjoyed "moments" of the like of Snow white and Hunger Games.

NP : STAR TREK V: HOMAGE TO CAPTAIN KIRK - Jerry Goldsmith



Darn fine score!

Ah, that wasn't directed at you actually.

For Greater Glory James Horner

Weak themes and even too derivative and unoriginal for me (and I usually don't mind Horner doing that). Perhaps I'm not in the mood for it, maybe the recording's a bit naff... but I'd much rather listen to its superior older sister score The Mask Of Zorro. That's a bazillion times better than this!

Finally someone writing what I felt. When I wrote a review basically basing it on how damn derivative this score is EVEN for Horner's standards, I was lambasted for being unobjective and writing a parody of a review rather than being objective...

In fact, having seen the film (only for the purpose for the review, though it's not bad), when Horner reused his Braveheart speech music in a very similar scene in the new movie, it took me out of the experience and made me laugh and facepalm through the scene.

NP: For Greater Glory - James Horner
I don't freaking care how derivative it is. It's pure ear sex!

*it must be a really boring year in film music for this to excite me so much compared to 90% of the rest of the year's scores.

NP : JOHN CARTER - Michael Giacchino



Am I the only one who enjoyed the film? A good score but it gets a bit much after a while, too much 'in your face' music.

I enjoyed it. A good old fashioned romp that's a fun ride from beginning to end.
I like the music but I'm not won over by it ....not yet anyway.

NP: The Sweeney - Lorne Balfe

Sure, the Inception influence is there, though not as prominent as I expected. Lorne continues to impress with his latest solo effort. He still need that breakout score to really make a name for himself.

It's brilliant from the first to the last note!

-Erik-

Absolutely agree. Just stay as far as possible for the laughable movie!

One of two scores I got this year, though one was review copy. This is the only 2012 score I actually bought.

But not the only one you have heard?

That's all well and good for people with an understanding of music. But as a purely enjoyable listening experience? Maybe - if the mood is right, as you say.

I think that, people who do not have a grasp of the finer details of how music is put together (the underlying mechanics), sometimes an appreciation of the breadth of writing can be lost. However, I also think that for people who do have an understanding and an appreciation of the musical 'theory' (for want of a better word) it is difficult to detach that part of their understanding and just enjoy the music on a purely emotional level.

(I am not saying that people with a knowledge of music don't have an emotional connection - that's plain daft. They do, it's just that the emotional connection is different and partly based upon the appreciation of the technical side.)

I'll respond to both of you at once, so I chose this post.

First, I apologize for that remark, my disappointment with Horner's score (because of how derivative it is) combined with the very bitter reaction to my review on my own website (as I wrote above, it was called a parody, just because it wasn't too positive due to the originality issue) resulted in this rather uncalled remark, so I do apologize for letting the steam out in such an uncalled for fashion.

Second, and this one is to Demetris, trust me, I've seen worse thing thrown about Zimmer and if it was actually related to a score, that wouldn't be as bad...