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Yes, you mean the bit I just wrote this about in the review I'm working on: "...a sequence beginning around 110 seconds into the cue that is just the most wonderful Hollywood action music I’ve heard since Jerry Goldsmith was in his pomp..."

I actually sort of love the post-crawl opening music for Attack of the Clones despite its lack of appearance on album. That haunting little motif perfectly sets the tone for the old-fashioned mystery aura that Lucas was trying to achieve and mostly failed. My opinion of the score has improved over the years despite the film itself being unbelievably bad from most perspectives. I've never had so much fun mocking a film than I did with some friends watching it after we'd all already seen it multiple times and just wanted to have a laugh. Particularly the horribly acted mid-film love scenes. It's a shame because Hayden Christiansen showed in films like Life Is A House that he can be so much better than that. Anyway I'm really not sure what more Williams was supposed to do with that score. A bad film can only be propped up so much. That love theme for that absurd relationship was already a pretty big stretch. And Lucas seemed more and more intent on disrespecting Williams' creative intent by shuttling in temp track music as the trilogy went on. I'm impressed he tried as hard as he did. "Across The Stars" remains possibly the last emotionally flooring Williams theme of his career to this point. No, I'm wrong, I forgot about War Horse.

Hope Abrams and co. have the sense to let Williams do his thing and not be all like, "this scene is our homage to classic Star Wars scene X and you must ape it faithfully or I will just track the old music in!"

Wolf Totem - James Horner

I don't know. I think I'm just burnt out on Horner. After a certain point, everything he writes sounds the same and it's never a sound that I had a special affinity for.

If it is influenced significantly by his scores from the 1980s then it's one to hear.

Some of it is, an added bonus if you will, but most of it is quite different by Horner's standards. (Which is not to denigrate Horner's standards, but there are many sections of this score you might not be able to tell are written by Horner.)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan James Horner

I'm extremely drunk and enjoying one of my favourite scores despite some dark news. I dedicate this listen to one of the best people I've never met.

I'm sorry. I hope things get better for you. I was just there a few weeks ago

NP: The Scorpion King IV: Quest for Power - Geoff Zanelli

Much more entertaining than such a score by such a composer has any right to be. It has an awesome little power anthem that is a bit more creative than the standard RC fare. The theme plays rather a few too many times over the course of the album but there's sufficient variation to prevent it from becoming annoying and I'd rather composers err on the side of too many theme statements than the opposite, honestly.

It'so raining today and my mood is a bit dark anyway so something to match it.
NP: Bram Stoker's Dracula~ Wojciech Kilar

I haven't heard Wolf Totem yet, but it wouldn't be the first time a bit in a Horner score reminded me of "Cameroon Border Post". 6:58-7:30 in "War" from Avatar always does as well. I mean, it doesn't really sound like "Cameroon Border Post" that much other than the string lines in the background, but it's pretty much the most Zimmerish sounding moment in Horner's career - and I love it.

McAwesome choice!

It's great being "drank" -- on a Monday, even. Go Stavi!

I wish I could send you! Perhaps when I come to England in the summer I can bring you some. Great stuff! One problem though... it's soooo nice you don't realize how much you drink and it hits you!

You make eminent sense: you have just described the Screwdriver Effect.

Yep: coffee will increase your blood circulation and make the alcohol take effect that much faster.

A Screwdriver is an orange juice with wodka.
Utterly lethal.
You ingest an amount of alcohol enough to make you blindingly drunk before you start noticing anything. Once you start feeling something, it's way, WAY too late, and you're on a straight road down to puking, lying flat on the floor desperately hokding on to the earth to not fall off, incurably double-visioned inebriation.

Oh, that's just normal earthquakes. Nothing to worry about.