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NP: The Mad Monkey - Antoine Duhamel

Quite a creepy orchestral score this one. For a 1989 Jeff Goldblum film I've never heard of.

Assuming you're referring to "Tsunami" - well, I got a huge kick out of that cue. Yes, it's very similar to Narnia and Prince of Persia and Kingdom of Heaven, but we haven't really heard HGW write in that mode in quite a few years, and for me it was great to hear again.

Well, if you heard Cowboys and Aliens which was not so long ago, there is a cue like that there as well.

Yeah. The problem is not that the music is not enjoyable for those who have tastes in that direction...the problem is when Kingdom of Heaven came out, it was new and different and innovative, but since the mid 2000s he seems to have reduced the size of his creative pallet massively, not only failing to come up with any new tricks but seemingly altogether stopping the use of some of his best tricks. I don't know if he's bored, or tired, or typecast into the wrong sort of films to inspire him, or what...but I hope he finds his mojo again soon. Perhaps different sorts of projects would help. No more action thrillers.

That would be sad to hear about a composer who had such incredible promise a decade ago...

Now on arte French/German TV:

Daniel Hope (Violin)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto (1945)
Miklos Rozsa: Spellbound Prelude and Love Theme
Kurt Weill: Suite for Violine and Orchestra compiled from some of his songs: "Mack the Knife", "Speak Low", "September Song" among others.

Volker

Intriguing. The few Hirschfelder scores I've heard have included some very beautiful music. Most of all his Australia work, which while very temp-track based has some incredible themes rich in sonically pleasing harmony.

BROADCHURCH | olafur arnalds

Saw some of this live at Gent Jazz last year. I remember liking the mood and after hearing sonically some positive comments about the cd release, I had a listen to this on Spotify. Olafur doesn't sound like his brother Dovid at all. It's all rather complexless music, very moody and slow, but lets say half of it is really interesting and beautiful music. The main theme gets slowly into shape and gets backed with electronic beats. I like the songs too. It's a odd mix, a bit distancing too. I can't imagine what this series is about or how the music fits.

NP: Penny Dreadful - Abel Korzeniowski
Love it. I do skip the creepy tense stuff. The final three cues are lovely, plus the main title of course.

And today I listened to The Fountain, Interstellar and Tron
And a bit to Jupiter Ascending because my piano teacher made a piano arrangement for me. Yay.

And to make some feel better perhaps: I don't think Brian Tyler is handsome at all.

NP: Maleficent - JNH
Watched the movie yesterday... fell asleep... this is really a hollow movie. The music is the best part. Will watch the end this evening.

But an unfinished film is very unsatisfying.

No need to be shocked. I know women who don't fancy the likes of Christiano Ronaldo or David Beckham.

I could see many women seeing Tyler as too smooth, too slick looking.

To me he looks like he's made of plastic.

There's a difference between not fancying someone and saying they're not attractive though.

I would rather say a difference between attractive and handsome/pretty. But that's because attractive means you're attracted (= you fancy someone) while the other thing is just the looks?

It is fascinating what makes someone attractive to some people. And fun to talk about with people with different taste.


(and sorry Brian Tyler... )

In that case I would never use the phrase 'attractive', which for me would by definition mean I would fancy them!

When I'm not attracted, I'd be far more analytical and tend to think in terms of "symmetry", "ratio nose-lips", "eye slant", and all these other things that make for a more "objective" standard of beauty.

Splendid metaphor!