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JOHN WILLIAMS
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- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
Hello Thor. Good afternoon.
Have you heard of the NATO? Well, they plan to build a rocket shield for all the dangerous countries out there. So they need my money to protect me. So I can't buy this cd, nor can other members here.
Have you though about that!? Heh!Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Thor wrote
HELLO, THIS IS THE FILM MUSIC NEWS OF THE YEAR!!!!
Not really.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorfommes
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
Family Plot! Ordered! -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Bregt wrote
Hello Thor. Good afternoon.
Have you heard of the NATO? Well, they plan to build a rocket shield for all the dangerous countries out there. So they need my money to protect me. So I can't buy this cd, nor can other members here.
Have you though about that!? Heh!
Kudos for creative excuses!I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Meh....whatever!I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
fommes wrote
Family Plot! Ordered!
THAT's more like it!I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Thor wrote
Meh....whatever!
I fear with some earnestness that that is exactly the overall response to this release outside of FSM. 
Well, it's a charming score, but there's little earth shattering about it.
I think the main reason it got its nigh-mythical status (pretty much on FSM alone, I should add) is because it's never been available before.
Not because it's so brilliant.
For sure it's no Jaws, Jane Eyre or Dracula.
I'll probably get it at some point, as it is vintage Williams (and it's got a harpsichord!
) , but no hurry whatsoever.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go and buy some more Tadlow Conans.
Just in case my copy gets damaged. Or my reserve copy gets stolen. Or my back-up copy in a fireproof vault on another location gets exposed to radiation.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Thor wrote
HELLO, THIS IS THE FILM MUSIC NEWS OF THE YEAR!!!!
NO IT ISN'T!
But it IS darn good news.
On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
You're both wrong.
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
Hm. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm.
Mmmm....no.
Great release -if only for -FINALLY- the stereo studio album for King Of Kings, but overall it feels like it's mainly for the Rozsa completist. Aside from the very interesting and excellent Quo Vadis archival material it offers no new insight in his landmark works (all of which in this set I already owned in the exact same output, but as separate, earlier releases).
Nope. Conan takes it.
Quite easily.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Erik is WRONG! Martijn is RIGHT!
FACT!
Up amongst best release this year is also Horner's STAR TREK III.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Timmer wrote
Erik is WRONG! Martijn is RIGHT!
FACT!
Up amongst best release this year is also Horner's STAR TREK III.
Ooooooooo, now THERE's a contender I didn't reckon with.
For me it's still gonna be Conan (and I can already tell you that whatever you throw against it will fail. ), but the margin suddenly isn't as wide as I previously considered.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Actually, RAIN MAN would have been my contender this year, if it hadn't been for the sound quality issue. And FAMILY PLOT would have been the greatest, had it not been for the fact that I'm not too hot on the score itself.
So where does that leave us?
I don't know. Maybe THE TEMPEST will take the cake once it gets out.
Meanwhile, my main discovery this year - and the soundtrack I've played the most times - is Mark Isham's brilliant score for 2004's CRASH.I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
You are a true eclectic, aren't you, Thor?
PS, I'm not entirely sure what you're saying here:
Thor wrote
FAMILY PLOT would have been the greatest, had it not been for the fact that I'm not too hot on the score itself.
"I would really have liked this one best, if I'd liked it. But I don't." ?'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
Martijn wrote
You are a true eclectic, aren't you, Thor?
Maybe, but it's more the fact that I'm no longer so hot on rambunctious, swashbuckling, busy orchestral works.
"I would really have liked this one best, if I'd liked it. But I don't." ?
He, he...yeah, curiously enigmatic.
I really meant that it's THE major release this year - unreleased, vintage Williams, long-desired and so on - but beyond the theme, it isn't that exciting to me, personally. Love the release, not so much the score.I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Martijn wrote
Hm. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmm.
Mmmm....no.
Great release -if only for -FINALLY- the stereo studio album for King Of Kings, but overall it feels like it's mainly for the Rozsa completist. Aside from the very interesting and excellent Quo Vadis archival material it offers no new insight in his landmark works (all of which in this set I already owned in the exact same output, but as separate, earlier releases).
Nope. Conan takes it.
Quite easily.
Conan isn't even the best recording done by Tadlow/Prometheus this year... that distinction goes to Lawrence of Arabia.
We are also forgetting Spartacus (Varese) and The Blue Max (Intrada)... two releases I'd put ahead of Conan.
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Whaddevah!On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
...except that....
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
IS the years BEST release!
On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
FACT! 'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
Nope. Far from it.
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Thor wrote
"I would really have liked this one best, if I'd liked it. But I don't." ?
He, he...yeah, curiously enigmatic.
I really meant that it's THE major release this year - unreleased, vintage Williams, long-desired and so on - but beyond the theme, it isn't that exciting to me, personally. Love the release, not so much the score.
Ah, I see.
Fair enough. That's pretty much how I felt about Spartacus.
A magnificent release I couldn't give tuppence about.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Erik Woods wrote
Nope.
-Erik-
No, no!
You meant to say "yep!"
Yeah, that's it.
You're welcome.
I love correcting people's opinions to the correct one.
No need to thank me.
It's what I do.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
I could always help you with your spelling Erik?
We'll start with the word 'Yes' which doesn't begin with an N.On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorDemetris
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
Erik Woods wrote
Nope. Far from it.
-Erik-
Which is it then?Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders. -
- CommentAuthorErik Woods
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Take a look above for my correct choices.
-Erik-host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS! -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorSouthall
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010
Spartacus is the release of the year so far for me, without question. There is one forthcoming release I know about which will run it pretty close though (I think it's also being announced this week some time), and who knows what other surprises are in store.
I've ordered Family Plot - I've had the bootleg for a couple of years but it didn't do a great deal for me - I'm sure a properly-produced album will be much better.
I will order Conan too when money is less of an issue, while I love it, it's never been the favourite for me that it has been for others. -
- CommentAuthorBobdH
- CommentTimeNov 22nd 2010 edited
Ok, so this appears again to be one of those scores where fanboys are creating a hype over, of which it would be FAN-TAS-TIC if it would finally get a release, so when I saw this I thought HITCHCOCK + WILLIAMS = AWESOME, and it turns out to get a reception like 'meh', 'not one of his best', 'lots of underscore', and my conviction that I had to have this, gets underwhelmed quicker than a flame dies in ice water.
So, bottom line, do I need to order this? The clips sound like a lot of fun, but I've yet to see a reaction from a guy/girl who loves the score beginning to end - so are these the only highlights of the disc? Or is it just one of those scores that has generated a buzz simply because it wasn't available all those years and works best in just a prolonged suite?