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NP: Mind Heist - Zack Hemsey

This little EP album featured various versions of the music used in the Inception trailer. It's a great little piece of music with each track offering a variation on a theme.

I may just pop on Inception after these.

I imagine that there are a lot of people trying to listen to this at the moment. Maybe that's having an effect on the streaming quality?

you guys are now complaining that someone was finally kind enough not to double-dip us?

'Double-dip' Argh! I hate this expression! IT MAKES ME ANGRY!

I suppose the situation does present problems for those among us whose religion prevents them from making any changes to the released product. Perhaps the ideal solution would be for them to have released a 50-minutes-ish single disc released and then put the complete score in the "deluxe" edition, rather than having two separate two-disc releases.

NP: Total Recall - HGW

I have to say that I do like this score much more now after watching the movie. There's only a few "themes" that doesn't get used as much as they should have been. The action cues vacillate between meaningless droning/pounding percussion, and actually exciting passages. A shorter running time would have benefited this score immensely.

NP : THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Howard Shore



Excellent score, I just had to listen to this.

NP: JANE EYRE (John Williams)

Always a pleasure.

Yeah, it sounds like someone is drowning.

My all-time favorite Horner. It's what got me into film scores in the first place.

Thanks for posting this link, Alan!

I just finished listening to the whole thing. It's not nearly so memorable to me as any of the LotR scores - not nearly so many instantly recognizable themes, nor as epic in scope. Much of the music was not very noticeable as I worked on my stats homework. Still, the sound of Middle-earth is back, which is like comfort food for my ears.

There were some standout moments. Many of you noticed the Shire music from the first couple of tracks, which was fun to hear again. You hear more of Shore's hobbit music in "The Adventure Begins", this time in a really fun and jaunty arrangement. "Roast Mutton" is an exciting track with some GREAT driving horn statements of that lonely mountain theme we heard in the trailer. There's a grand and noble statement of that theme on horns in "Over Hill." "A Thunder Battle" was the first time I thought the score reached the epic heights of the LotR trilogy. It's big. "Riddles in the Dark" prominently reminds of the one-ring, for obvious reasons. "Out of the Frying Pan" (great track title) was big and epic and had a good new theme in it that I hadn't noticed previously (though I may have missed it). "Song of the Lonely Mountain" is a little too much for me. I like that dwarf song, but better when sung by just one in the preview. This version really took me out of Middle Earth, as it seemed far too contemporary to fit in with the rest of the score. The standout track, for me, was the very last one, "Dreaming of Bag End." It features a LOVELY new melody that fits right in with the previous sound we've come to associate with Hobbits. I thought it was excellent.

There's a good album in here, though it's in need of serious trimming. I'm excited by the lonely mountain theme, the new theme in "Out of the Frying Pan" and the new theme in "Dreaming of Bag End." It's good to be back in Middle Earth, as well.

Still, huge chunks of this were pretty boring on first listen. Perhaps after seeing the film and after hearing the music several more times I'll grow to like it much more, but I can't see myself ever enjoying this as much as any of the LotR scores.

John Barry - 007 - Goldfinger

Haven't listened to it for *ages*. I remember it being amazing, but now getting back to it.

Awesome brass dominated score featuring the king ( or should that be Queen ) of all Bond songs, every Bond song since has been measured against this one.

Skyfall.