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To me, it all depends on how well the sound effects fit with the music...for example, I usually can't stand dialogue on film albums....but I love Morricone's "Sinfonia per Baaria" because it all fits together so beautifully, as if the pitches and rhythms of the various words and sounds were specifically chosen to harmonize with the music itself. Its a whole level of artistry above your typical "lol lets overlay spoken words from the movie from the same scene as this music".

NP: A Beautiful Mind - James Horner

The second listen reveals the beauty of this score.

Next up:
Driving Miss Daisy - Hans Zimmer

Volker

I don't think you should be sorry for listening to something you like.

Anyway, I'm tired of reading about anything concerning Zimmer's score

NP : BODY HEAT - John Barry


Bliss! Thank you FSM.

NP: The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug - Howard Shore

I think it has too much brass and not enough choir. It should be the other way around. Also, the new Laketown theme sounds way too much like the Rohan theme. Shore has obviously run out of creativity on this one. And too much ostinato in the action tracks. Almost sounds like a Zimmer score sometimes!

Still better than his Twilight score though.

Odd. I've heard something else then. Perhaps you were listening to the rejected score.

I agree that the themes are as weak as they are in other major blockbusters this year.

Is it december already?! I had a long sleep, but this is a record!




You think it should have too much choir and not enough brass?

Peter

Nothing mind-blowing but it is very enjoyable, I like it.

I see his score for WILD CHINA is also on spotify so I'll give that a go too.

Yes, he was still young when he died ( 57 or 58 ), I remember being quite shocked when reading it in some film music magazine ( the ONLY way for most of us, back in the day, to get any information ). I agree that he was a very talented and very skilled composer but I find so little of his stuff connects with me away from the film, as a film composer he was special, no doubt. He's one of those composers I wish I could enjoy more.

As for Williams score, I don't think it's that people dislike it, more that beyond the superb theme that there isn't really much to latch on to.

Here's The Theme

And still no official score release! A shame, even if the promo is obtainable for those of us who want it.

I'm going to disagree with you on the sound issues. I've had the album for a while now (not the transcoded Spotify files) and it still sounds thin and grating... at least to my ears.

-Erik-

This CD really ought to come with a parental guidance label actually. The percussion is wantonly having sex with my ears

IMO, I've heard better sounding rock albums. The high and mid range take over the entire listening experience.

Another thought... there's supposed to be 12-15 drummers playing at the same time, right? It doesn't sound like it. I was actually expecting Zimmer to play with the sound fields a bit with that many players especially after seeing the picture of them performing. They are set up in a circle in the studio. It would have been cool for Zimmer to work with the left, centre, right channels (and if you have 5.1 the rear channels) to create something truly interesting and creative. Call and answers <-- Or is that too symphonic of an idiom?

-Erik-

Erik, I'm not sure what equipment you're using to listen to the score, but what I'm hearing is some of the most massive, thunderous and powerful drum work I've ever heard on a recording. And its actually the first time I've ever felt truly satisfied with the depth of the low range on a Zimmer score. I usually feel like his percussion and bassy synths need more oomph to them....not here, at last.

Paradigm Speakers on a Samsung set up with a very nice subwoofer! Remember Me blew my socks off sonically. Man of Steel not so much!

-Erik-