| Author |
Topic:
What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
Jedi_padawan_leigh
Registered:
Feb '03
|
Date Posted:
11/13/07 9:48am
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
Not exactly a movie score, but I'm currently listening to the soundtrack of the BBC's new version of Robin Hood, which is quite good 
-----signature-----
FF-UK: NORTH!
"Good morning everyone! Sorry I'm late! I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life!"
My locker is like a TARDIS. Unfortunately my biology textbook got lost in time and space
Favourite soundtrack right now: Naruto
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin
Registered:
Jul '02
|
Date Posted:
11/13/07 12:30pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
Beowulf - Alan Silvestri.
Color me disappointed. By no means is it horrible, but considering this is a Silvestri/Zemeckis film, I was expecting a lot more. It's fairly basic Silvestri with a few highlights. It's comparable to Williams' score to The Patriot -- pretty much auto pilot all the way through.
-----signature-----
"My station in life is to capture the action of life- the life of the world, its humor, its tragedies, in other words, life as it is. A true picture, unposed and real."--W. Eugene Smith
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
SithMaster_69
Registered:
May '07
|
Date Posted:
11/20/07 5:56pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
Been bouncing between 300, RotS,and BSG.
does anyone take tracks from different soundtracks & place them on a CD or playlist to make their own story?
-----signature-----
Two there should be.No more,no less. One to embody the power, the other to crave it.
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Well_Of_Souls
Registered:
Aug '01
|
Date Posted:
11/20/07 6:08pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
- Date Edited:
11/20/07 6:08pm (1 edits total)
Edited By:
Well_Of_Souls
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin posted:
Beowulf - Alan Silvestri.
Color me disappointed. By no means is it horrible, but considering this is a Silvestri/Zemeckis film, I was expecting a lot more. It's fairly basic Silvestri with a few highlights. It's comparable to Williams' score to The Patriot -- pretty much auto pilot all the way through.
That sucks, I was really looking forward to this one. I'll still give it a listen, though.
-----signature-----
"Okey dokey, Doctor Jones, hold on to your potatoes!"
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Trentman359
Registered:
Oct '02
|
Date Posted:
11/28/07 5:45pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
|
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Promo) by James Horner and Home Alone 2 (Complete) by John Williams, to get me into the Christmas spirit.
-----signature-----
"The Magical Mystery Tour is waiting to take you away"
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin
Registered:
Jul '02
|
Date Posted:
12/2/07 12:17pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
- Date Edited:
12/2/07 12:18pm (1 edits total)
Edited By:
Darth_Vader-Anakin
|
Yeah, I was listening to [i]Miracle on 34th Street[/b] by Broughton yesterday when it was snowing outside.
Now Listening to: Dark City - Trevor Jones
A great score to an even better movie. The relentless pounding and brass in "You Have the Power" is absolutely amazing.
-----signature-----
"My station in life is to capture the action of life- the life of the world, its humor, its tragedies, in other words, life as it is. A true picture, unposed and real."--W. Eugene Smith
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
General Kenobi
Title: Comms Admin
SW & Film Music
Classic Trilogy
Registered:
Dec '98
|
Date Posted:
12/4/07 8:33pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
|
I've got the ROTK CR ripped into iTunes now, so that will get some play over the holidays.
-----signature-----
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Strilo
Title: PT Manager
aka Dr. John Dorian
Registered:
Aug '01
|
Date Posted:
12/4/07 8:45pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
|
For sure. That's the ONLY score I am listening to right now. It's also the first new score I've bought in a while.
-----signature-----
#1 on iTunes Most Played: R.E.M. "Imitation of Life"
#1 on iTunes Film Scores: Harry Potter "A Window to the Past"
* * * * * *
"You wonder if your chance will ever come
Or if you're stuck in square one."
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin
Registered:
Jul '02
|
Date Posted:
12/6/07 12:42pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
My CD for the Water Horse arrived yesterday, and I've given it quite a few listens and... 
After scores like Freedomland, The Lookout, Michael Clayton, and to a certain extent Blood Diamond, James Newton Howard is back with a lovely thematic score brimming with emotion. There's a great mix of quiet emotion, thumping action, and Celtic influences throughout the entire score. One of the tracks, "Swimming", literally gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it, and that rarely happens. There are two moments of moaning/wailing woman that are unfortunate, but they are short lived.
Overall, it doesn't set any new ground, but it's a shining light in a fairly dismal year. I put it behind Atonement and Ratatouille as one of my favorites of the year.
-----signature-----
"My station in life is to capture the action of life- the life of the world, its humor, its tragedies, in other words, life as it is. A true picture, unposed and real."--W. Eugene Smith
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Mastadge
Title:
Manager Emeritus
Registered:
Jun '99
|
Date Posted:
12/6/07 2:34pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
|
I'm listening to the Tribute Film Classics recording of Herrmann's Mysterious Island. Also to Robert Kral's Superman: Doomsday. And to ROTK.
-----signature-----
"This will be our reply to violence:
To make music more intensely,
More beautifully,
More devotedly than ever before."
- Leonard Bernstein
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin
Registered:
Jul '02
|
Date Posted:
12/6/07 3:02pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
I would think you would have quite a headache trying to listen to all three at once! 
How is Superman: Doomsday? I was going to order it, but haven't heard much talk about it.
-----signature-----
"My station in life is to capture the action of life- the life of the world, its humor, its tragedies, in other words, life as it is. A true picture, unposed and real."--W. Eugene Smith
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Well_Of_Souls
Registered:
Aug '01
|
Date Posted:
12/6/07 3:15pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin posted:
My CD for the Water Horse arrived yesterday, and I've given it quite a few listens and...
After scores like Freedomland, The Lookout, Michael Clayton, and to a certain extent Blood Diamond, James Newton Howard is back with a lovely thematic score brimming with emotion. There's a great mix of quiet emotion, thumping action, and Celtic influences throughout the entire score. One of the tracks, "Swimming", literally gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it, and that rarely happens. There are two moments of moaning/wailing woman that are unfortunate, but they are short lived.
Overall, it doesn't set any new ground, but it's a shining light in a fairly dismal year. I put it behind Atonement and Ratatouille as one of my favorites of the year.
I've heard clips and I definitely plan to get it at some point. It sounded like a mix of a more light-hearted Lady in the Water and the Celtic parts of Treasure Planet. Also looking forward to Howard's score for I Am Legend.
For my part, I've been listening almost exclusively to ROTK, but Lair is still getting playtime as well as the recent Alien complete release.
-----signature-----
"Okey dokey, Doctor Jones, hold on to your potatoes!"
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Mastadge
Title:
Manager Emeritus
Registered:
Jun '99
|
Date Posted:
12/12/07 9:53am
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
- Date Edited:
12/12/07 10:11am (1 edits total)
Edited By:
Mastadge
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin posted:
Beowulf - Alan Silvestri.
Color me disappointed. By no means is it horrible, but considering this is a Silvestri/Zemeckis film, I was expecting a lot more. It's fairly basic Silvestri with a few highlights.
I think Silvestri is one of the most vastly overrated people in the business. He hasn't written anything interesting in years. When I think of what I like by him, Judge Dredd comes to mind. I enjoy the Predator theme, but get bored if I try to listen to the whole score, and while Back to the Future has a brilliant theme as well, most of the score is not worth listening to. He's fared a little better with comedy and drama -- Forrest Gump was quite good, Practical Magic okay -- but action adventure scores are more up my alley. Over and over again I try his stuff out -- I found almost nothing worth my time in The Mummy Returns, and even less in The Cradle of Life and Van Helsing. I will say that I find Beowulf slightly more engaging than those last few, but it's still not going to be near the top of my playlist for long. And the songs are risible.
Other reviews:
movie-wave
Movie Music UK
Filmtracks
Tracksounds
Film Score Center
-----signature-----
"This will be our reply to violence:
To make music more intensely,
More beautifully,
More devotedly than ever before."
- Leonard Bernstein
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Mastadge
Title:
Manager Emeritus
Registered:
Jun '99
|
Date Posted:
12/15/07 11:42am
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
Darth_Vader-Anakin posted:
How is Superman: Doomsday? I was going to order it, but haven't heard much talk about it.
It's good. Nothing like the Williams or Ottman efforts, but not in a bad way. It's mostly above-average action scoring which, at its best, reminds me of David Arnold's energetic old adventure stuff like Independence Day. The main theme doesn't do a whole lot for me, but there are a couple reasons that may be, but the action is great, especially in the latter half. The score's biggest drawback is that they couldn't afford an orchestra, so it's entirely synthesized, and while mostly it sounds okay (and forgive me if I don't know what I'm talking about, because my knowledge of synths and sample libraries leaves a lot to be desired), Kral doesn't seem to be quite as good at putting together synthetic sounds as, say, Jeremy Soule, or Scott Glasgow in his recent Battletech score. Sounds a little too sterile -- like if you've ever heard synth chuchbells, which sound wrong because every gong is perfect but exactly the same, and especially in the brass, of which there's a lot in this score, can be pretty offputting. That said, I definitely recommend it. Once you get into it and overlook its synth nature, the music itself is, as I said, a bit above average, with an amazing one-two punch near the end of "Superman vs. Superclone" and "Superman's Victory". Maybe Stromberg or McNeely or someone who reconstructs/rerecords old movie music could fit in some side projects where they give a few good synth scores the orchestral treatment they deserve. . .
Other reviews:
Movie-wave
Soundtrack.net
-----signature-----
"This will be our reply to violence:
To make music more intensely,
More beautifully,
More devotedly than ever before."
- Leonard Bernstein
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
Jedi_Hunter_505
Registered:
Sep '04
|
Date Posted:
1/9 10:05pm
Subject:
RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
|
I'm listening to Batman Mask of the Phantasm!
I love that movie and score! They work so well for the dark tone of the film. Its just an amazing movie!
-----signature-----
Church: Then Tex beat Jimmy to death with his own skull.
Tucker: Wait, that doesn't seem physically possible!
Church: That's exactly what Jimmy kept screaming.
Pvt. Jimmy: *Getting beaten to death with his own skull* THIS DOESN'T SEEM PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE!
|
|
|
Quote Reply |
Active Topic Notification |
Private Message |
Post History
|
