Now Playing L

Played earlier:

Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Maurice Jarre

This classic score is part of my private Christmas soundtrack every year.


NP: The Last Jedi (2017) - John Williams

Whatever you think about the film or how the music was conceived and applied in context, I now think that as an album this is pure fun.

speaking of zimmer, old clemmensenn just trashed DUNKIRK on Filmtracks, and already, there's comments equating Zimmer to Trump.

I think it's fair to say FilmScoreMonthly is the Reddit of the film scoring world, and Filmtracks is the 4chan.

Ah fantastic. Hope you're having a great time.

If you'd have been in that general area just a few months ago, I'd have been more than willing to come join you!

I see there are five cues on Spotify (Germany). Is that a sample? As far as I know the CD will be released in January.

Volker

If there’s really only five cues up then it’s not the full score, as the album comprises of 10 tracks.

The comments sections of the reviews at Filmtracks tend to be a haven for trolls. The actual board is not 4chan-like at all.

There's a lot to be said for the change in cinematic aesthetics, the faster pace of films and editing and so on. It's a very complex issue.

Good Time - Oneohtrix Point Never

Another electronic artist breaking out in film music. Some of the best electronic film music of the year can be found here, but that doesn't say much and I still find it very overrated. I am completely satisfied with keeping just one track from it. There is annoying dialogue from the film on the soundtrack too.

The Post - John Williams

Yet another weak Williams score, it has to be one of his weakest of this century, certainly bottom 5. Of course it is still better than 99% of all other film music, but that doesn't say that much seeing most film music is pretty bad, especially this year. It has its moments though.

It's easily one of the best scores of the year. And I actually prefer it over The Last Jedi!

-Erik-

Me three. I'm even tempted to say it's Williams' second best score (after WAR HORSE) since the golden year of 2005.

Washu, GOOD TIME also features on my Top 10 list of the year, in a year that was rather meager on good electronic scores (I think I have three on my Top 10).

The Post - John Williams

I honestly don't understand what people hear in this.
Dark burblings in the Nixon/JFK form (which were both better, and even then in my book some of the least enjoyable Williams scores) with an artificial sense of urgency that goes nowhere. Wiliams on auto-pilot, unfortunately.
It's rather representative of his slump in enjoyable, melodic works in this century; the Star Wars reboot being a VERY marked departure and exceptional return to form.

Everything sounds like unimaginative retreads of old ideas, which wouldn't be so bad if it also didn't all sound just so painfully laborious, with not an ounce of the energy and creativity that made Last Jedi -this year's tour de force by a wide margin- spark. You know you're in trouble when even the jazz tracks are nothing but tired elevator music clichés.
A tired, throwaway mess. Ugh!

I don't find this boring at all. I'm not as jubilant as Thor but this certainly works for me. But then I always had a taste for subdued Williams scores like this. Actually the before mentioned JFK is one of my favourite scores by the maestro. Spotify plays the complete album btw but for whatever reason only displays the first 5 cues. (On my PC anyway.)

Volker

There's that description as 'whimsical'. I need to check my definition of the word is what the word actually means as I don't hear much whimsy in THE LAST JEDI.

Yeah, the last thing I'd call The Last Jedi is whimsical and I also have to check it in the dictionary.