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I rarely hear this "clipped sound" anyway. Sounds fine to me.

never noticed the Powell influence. My first listen was okay but nothing memorable. Saw the film then this weekend and it sounded much better. Again nothing amazing, but it was far more moving than I remembered it to be

great film by the way, a (small) return to form for Pixar

How have I not heard about this album, sounds right up my alley! Unfortunately I can't find a copy anywhere online!

Of course it's boring because everyone else likes it.

-Erik-

Actually, I was all set to like it, since Göransson is an interesting newcomer, and it's in the ROCKY universe and all, but alas....

I didn't think it was boring at all during my first listen. In fact I liked it because the composer paid homage to the Rocky universe wonderfully well, whilst delivering his own take and sound of what Rocky should sound like to him. Hated the dialogue though.

I'm gonna listen to it again soon

NP: Ender's Game (2013) - Steve Jablonsky

This was greeted lukewarm or dismissively. My boat it floats. It really moves me.

Volker

Actually I discovered this web page which contains more details about the film. It did not escape my attention that it was nominated for an Academy Award, but this was ten years ago when perhaps the award did not carry the stature it does today. I apologise to all the foreigners here - the web page appears to be available only in English. However, I am willing to offer my translation services. I am reasonably fluent in conversational French and German. Should somebody require information in neither French nor German, perhaps he or she should consider using a paid translation service.

After finishing the score, I concede all your points. You are completely right. Yet it was never a style of music that I enjoyed listening to away from the films. While I was impressed with the composer's skill, I was unmoved.

That is some high praise. I'll have to keep an eye out for this score.

NP - BROOKLYN - Michael Brook.

This is lovely. It's very soft, melodic, and calming, for the most part. The highlight of the score for me is the elegaic "Goodbye Ellis." It's a slow build, but by the end it's just heartbreaking.

Da wollen wir doch einmal herausfinden, ob dieser aufgeblasene Dummschwätzer tatsächlich Deutsch versteht. Sein sarkastischer Unterton deutet hoffentlich nicht darauf hin, dass James den Spaß an der ganzen Sache hier verloren hat.

The score is OK (without some standout pieces), but the film was pants.

I just started listening to Steven Price's "The Hunt" and was shocked to hear how good it was (at least in the first half hour?). I can find almost no mention of it online anywhere, in fact the most verbose description I saw was in this very thread (so hi!) but even that was tiny, nowhere near review length. To me this score sounds right up there with the best of Fenton so it's surprising that it's gotten so little visibility. I guess there are just too many new scores these days and things like this get drowned in the deluge. That, and Price is so far known for atmospheric, unlistenableish scores. But this is assuredly proper nature documentary score. To me it sounds halfway between Fenton, and the Gold/Foster sound as most similarly heard in "Hidden Kingdoms" last year. Definitely recommended

I too love the theme. I don't think you overlooked anything. It's just that the very aspect of repetitiveness that bores you has a deeply relaxing effect on me. You know I also love to listen to ambient electronica, like Klaus Schulze or Brian Eno. I believe it is just a matter of taste.
I liked the film well enough. Nothing special though. The novel is way better.