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Well....You can question about the "Bolerish" if you want...But Not about this.

Alien 3 can be a good score, but it doesn't have the "alien" sound stablished by Goldsmith. Not this Hypersleep woodwinds, not the little chimes, not this percusion with echo (or whatever it is) that you can hear in Aliens, Alien Resurrection, Or the two AVP.

NP:Predator

Definetly cool to listen, and one of the best Silvestri's more balanced and interesting efforts.

But No Erik, I will not change my mind about Overrated and I will not put in my tp 20.

And now I just heard "Release The Hounds" from The Simpsons in the same score...

Oh? I liked Water Horse!

I was finishing my listen of the first CD. Now onto second. And I still love the score. I wonder, this amazement that seems to go on the Tyler score. How does it compare to the Goldsmith original? I just think that praising this guy (Tyler) is somehow unfair in that manner.

Jerry Goldsmith - Alien (CD 2)

Good back to the top of these page and read Michael's comments about Alien3. Alien3 is a superb score by Goldenthal and one of his all time best.

-Erik-

NP: P.S. I LOVE YOU (promo) - John Powell

It's a nice wallpaper score that serves it's cute function in the film, but nothing more, really. It isn't moving me in unexpected ways, nor does it have any unique touch or color. Just nice and charming.

NP Secret Weapons Over Normandy (Michael Giachino)

I HAVE to play this after watching all the videos that Demetris has posted in Giacchino´s thread. This score is so fuckin amazing, one of my favs from him and one of his best to date.
Playing it really loud, let´s introduce Mr. Giacchino to my neighbours

But the opening track is a concert suite. it's the main theme for the game and was composed in a concert style because it just plays over top of the main menu screen.

Giacchino has written MANY concert versions of his themes that start off a lot of his albums especially the video game albums.

-Erik-

NP: The Boy Who Could Fly - Bruce Borughton

Not sure what made me whistle this films theme on the way in from dropping off my son this morning but I knew I had to get to the basement as fast as I could and put this one one. An absolutely stunning, mono-thematic score from Broughton who composed a pile of gems in the middle 80's. This score contains one of my all time favorite Broughton themes. My absolute favorite rendition of the theme comes half way through "Milly and Eric Flee/Into the Air" Broughton gives the theme a broad, sweeping, heroic workout for about 3 - 4 minutes which is just heavenly!

-Erik-

NP:Birth (Desplat)

How I said....When I listen it I feel Likeif I was doing my last and my first journey.If you understand me..

NP: The Bourne Identity - Laurence Rosenthal

Was reading my Moviehound's Soundtrack guide while taking a break this morning and came upon a review of this title. I thought, I've heard the three Powell scores let's see how Rosenthal tackles the same subject matter. Well, this is far more of a traditional approach to scoring and it's the polar opposite of what Powell came up with. No drum kit, no electronics, no MV/RC sound... just pure orchestral gold! This is an excellent and at times exotic work... and the love theme tops any of the romantic music Powell composed in his scores. Rosenthal's work is also far more psychological than Powell's efforts. Powell's score are geared towards a more rythmic, propulsive, over the top style where as Rosenthal goes deeper into the characters and situations. The string work in the "Red Door" is a fine example of this and the piano writing in the action material should also be noted. Overall, I still prefer Powell's efforts for it's pure entertainment value but Rosenthal's is far more mature and it's nice to hear an older 70's styled thriller score (even though the film was released in 88) for the same subject matter.

I highly recommend this score... especially for those that have only heard the Powell efforts!

-Erik-

PS - I lied about the electronics... there are some... but used as a suspense devise. A bit cheesy.

YOU'RE OVERRATED!



-Erik-

Gonna give this one a shot right now... annnnnnnnd skip track one.

-Erik-

Actually, I'm having a lot of fun with this one. I'm a sucker for Celtic music. Just finished "The Fishermen" Just makes me wanna get up and dance a jig. I also love the fantasy element of the score and the big action cue (Saving Crusoe/The Net) is splendid! And Geoff Foster's recording bloody brilliant!

-Erik-

Totally agree, Erik. I've always loved Celtic music. As far as I'm concerned, of the 20 or so albums I've heard from 2007, this easily way up there. It's not achingly original, but it's great listen.