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YES! There's some great music in here.

NP: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) - Brian Tyler

This is nice to listen to on Spotify but nothing I would want to buy on CD anymore.

Volker

I did't know that it was within the capacities of a human being to not like the Colonel Bogey March.

Godzilla Alexandre Desplat

The difference between this and Brian Tyler's action scores (as he seems to be the man of the hour at the moment), aside from the quality of the writing, is that the tracks are part of an overall narrative and aren't interchangeable. That's why I can happily listen to something like this all the way through as opposed to Tyler's scores. (Not to disparage Tyler's abilities, he's a sickeningly talented musician and a very competent film composer - but he ain't no Desplat.)

This is still, by far, my favourite score of 2014.

I completely agree that the nuances of narrative development seem to be lost on Tyler. The first and last action cues in his scores are always exactly the same level of exciting-ness. There's never an action climax to his scores, really. What's more, he treats every type of action scene, be it a fight, chase, battle or what have you, exactly the same way. It's wallpaper, albeit of a particularly thrilling and well-composed variety.

However, I feel like it's a problem that Desplat's Godzilla also suffers, albeit to a lesser degree. Lots of very good action cues, but for me they run together a bit. I haven't listened to it too much since it came out, so maybe that's the problem.


Powell's got his nose way ahead in that race for me. Like, Pinocchio ahead.

Speaking of that particular misunderstood genius...


The Rock People

Great fun.

Turtles Tyler

Writing my review. I already know that everyone's going to be all miserable and say I'm overrating it. But this is pretty much as good as a straight-up action score in 2014 could be as far as I'm concerned.

It's really good, but I am convinced there is an even more enjoyable shorter playlist in there.

And a sequel has just been announced.

Or perhaps just to me. Southall II: Even More Idiotic

It´s such a shame, though, that whoever runs his label is so obviously unable or unwilling to do good work. I had a game code for additional music for one of the GW games that didn´t work, and while ArenaNet at least tried to help (to no avail), Soule´s own company, where the problem seemed to come from, never ever responded to any contact attempt I tried.

And my daughter ordered the 4 CD GW 2 score - I don´t know, two years ago - and although they keep promising "soon", they haven´t been able to ship it yet, although they got her money two years ago. Now I´m sure once it´s shipped, it will be "lost on the way".

Most people don't seem to like it. But there's something about it that just clicks with me.

^ One of the best re-recordings ever IMHO.

NP: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Howard Shore
The original singel disc release.

Way up there.

Volker