The Last Airbender (2010) - James Newton Howard





Tracklist:

01. Airbender Suite (11:16)
02. Earthbenders (05:53)
03. The Avatar Has Returned (04:42)
04. The Four Elements Test (05:30)
05. Journey to the Northern Water Tribe (04:01)
06. Hall of Avatars (03:40)
07. Prologue (02:43)
08. The Blue Spirit (07:17)
09. The Spirit World (05:18)
10. We Could Be Friends (04:08)
11. We Are Now the Gods (05:46)
12. Flow Like Water (06:32)

Total Time: 01:06:46


mp3 VBR V0 ~242 kbps
size: 119 Mb


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Thanks a lot for this, !!!

Thanks man. Looking forward hearing this at home!

ooh, new Howard. Me likey! Thanks!

Heck yes!!!

"We Are Now the Gods " that song title doesn't remind me of the cartoon at all....BUT I LIKE me some epic fantasy music! Hoping it is good...

Heck yes!!!

"We Are Now the Gods " that song title doesn't remind me of the cartoon at all....BUT I LIKE me some epic fantasy music! Hoping it is good...

Me too, big hopes in this score !

Big Thanks !!!!!!!

score is epic

wow... but vbr.

lossless have anyone?

The soundtrack isn't supposed to be out on CD until the end of the month...I'm surprised the ITunes came out this early...


So I'm still on the first track, but I think this soundtrack's well worth the download, if you like epic music. It doesn't sound as run of the line as much of what we've been given this year.

So far, I'm listening to the "Airbender Suite." I like it. Not sure if it's "Space Jam", but I like it.

Wow, you are amazing and totally make my day with this. Thanks a bunch :D

Can't wait for the film. Thanks for the OST.

ooh, new Howard. Me likey! Thanks!

this is what I wanted to say :D so I'll just quote it.


ooh, new Howard. Me likey! Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks a lot! Sounds great! I've never watched the anime (I'm not much into anime...) but I'm looking forward the movie. This is Shyamalan's chance to redeem himself in my eyes, Signs is one my favorite movies, Happening one of the worst movies ever....

Terrific, I am excited to listen to this. Thanks for the vbr v0 rip!!

Thanks!! I hope will be a epic soundtrack!

Execellent Score and very Epic.

Thx a lot man, been waiting for this!

The last track is incredible.

Gorgeous score. Thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot for this :)

Mmmmm JNH...

wow thanks pal!

I'll give it a listen. Thank you.

Thank you very much. James Newton Howard is one my favourite composers... Signs, Blood Diamond, Prince of Persia, Atlantide, Lady in the water (just POWAAAA), the Interpreter, King Kong waaaa.

I'll give it a listen after the release of the movie.

Thanks again Mad! =D

Thank you kind sir!

Thank you so freaking much! Any chance of 320 bit eventually....

EDIT: Here's some higher-rez album art....

Thank you for this...one of my anticipated scores of the year...half way through it and it's subdued but epic at the same time. It gives me hope the movie won't suck.

Brilliant post as always...thanks for the share. :D

thx

I listen it, and I love it !!!!!!!!!!

Magnificient Score !

OMG. Didn't expect much of this. But the last track is sooooo great. Super soundtrack!

edit: oh and thanks a lot for the upload! Forgot to mention that in all my enthousiasm :)

Someone can upload only the last track please ????
Because the downloading has failed and the end ...

Thank you !!!!!!

thank you very much...

How... When... What?!?

Release date is June 29th. How???

I LOVE YOU, MAD!

I think we have a Best Score of the Year contender here, Outstanding Score!!
When I get the money this cd I will buy.

CD release is June 29th. iTunes has it now already.

just listened all tracks. fcuk, it's bullshit. was not expecting such a bad music from him...

I didn't find this to be all that good. None of the tracks gave me the goosebumps of my favorite track on Lady in the Water (The Great Eation). Plus its not as good as Wyatt Earp, Blood Diamond, or Defiance. I was told to expect choir on here but I don't even hear it properly. Huge disappointment.

Great soundtrack.

Funny to see so different feelings about this!

I love it. I'm surprised iTunes had it out so early. Definitely one of my favorites this year. Well done JNH :)

Biggest Surprise Score Of The Year... So Far
The Karate Kid

Biggest Disappointment Score Of The Year... So Far
The Last Airbender

James Newton Howard must overvalue his newfound friendship with Hans Zimmer.

That's all I have to say.

"The Kung-Fu Kid" has got nuthin' on "Airbender Suite."

Two things stick out to me reading the booklet for Airbender, (1) The score uses SIX orchestrators. I was excited when I saw Conrad Pope was doing orchestration for this but to have six different people working on it like that I think is overkill and could explain why it doesn't sound as cohesive as I would have liked (2) The booklet lists all the musicians but no choir so I assume that the choir they used is all samples. This explains why the choir sounds so terrible and they hid it behind everything.

"The Kung-Fu Kid" has got nuthin' on "Airbender Suite."
If you actually did your research, you'd know why the film is called The "Karate" Kid, and before you start your "remake" monologue, no that would be wrong too, it's actually part of the story.

Oh, and From Master to Student to Master takes Airbender Suite and suffocates it to the point of a fatality occurring. Moving on. ;)

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"Perfect score" 10/10

Another (very short) review http://scoremagacine.blogspot.com/2010/06/james-newton-howard-last-airbender.html h�h� :) :) :) :)

hey it seems that the score is incredible. I didn't listen it yet but I will!!!! I love Newton-Howard's scores

He also gave The Dark Knight a 10, which wasn't even worthy of a 2 as far as I am concerned.

That's the funny thing about a review I find, if I don't agree with it? Then it doesn't mean anything of substance to me.

He could scream The Last Airbender was a masterpiece from the highest mountain and I wouldn't hear him, nor care to hear him either.

You see how that works? Opinions, opinions, opinions.

People are well within their right to enjoy it though. Go right ahead and enjoy it I say.

I have The Karate Kid to enjoy right now, and some people think of that as I do The Last Airbender.

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"Perfect score" 10/10

Yeah, I know that guy. He's quite good, and I completely agree with him.

I guess it really depends on what your music tastes are; I don't mind some electronic stuff, like in the Dark Knight, but others object to it.

Biggest Surprise Score Of The Year... So Far
The Karate Kid

Biggest Disappointment Score Of The Year... So Far
The Last Airbender

James Newton Howard must overvalue his newfound friendship with Hans Zimmer.

That's all I have to say.

This.

Don't forget, we're talking about the James Newton Howard who wrote Flatliners, Waterworld, The Sixth Sense, Dinosaur, Lady In The Water, etc, etc, etc. He can do better than this in his sleep. As I find myself saying frequently, it's not as bad as it could've been, but score of the year? Nah. Best thing ever? Nah. Generic, faceless, functional? Sadly, yes.

So far, my (Western) score of the year is Shrek Forever After. What a sad state of affairs. ;)

Thanks for posting though - I've been incredibly curious about this one...

If you actually did your research, you'd know why the film is called The "Karate" Kid, and before you start your "remake" monologue, no that would be wrong too, it's actually part of the story.

I know, I know. I was just making a cheap joke. ;)

(Although Jackie Chan thinks it's "Kung-Fu Kid"…)

Don't forget, we're talking about the James Newton Howard who wrote Flatliners, Waterworld, The Sixth Sense, Dinosaur, Lady In The Water, etc, etc, etc. He can do better than this in his sleep. As I find myself saying frequently, it's not as bad as it could've been, but score of the year? Nah. Best thing ever? Nah. Generic, faceless, functional? Sadly, yes.
That's exactly my problem with this score.

People said Horner didn't even try with Avatar. At least he largely maintained the compositional style he is known for and gave us some really fun action cues in the process.

The Last Airbender is so ridiculously auto-pilot it makes Avatar look like a revelation in comparison. If you had said to me at face value, this score is by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, I would believe you, because it's just like their Batman scores, only for an adventure fantasy film.

A little Howard here and there, a whole lotta Zimmer everywhere else.

Sad is absolutely the word to be using as to how I feel about this score.

No wonder all the said critics overrated Horner's Avatar when it came out.

Me too, every once and a while JNH shines through and I get all excited but then it quickly disappears again.

Oh, and I would like to add,

If I hadn't heard some of Silvestri's energetic, really fun, action music from his likely to be "hugely entertaining" A-Team score recently? I'd be absolutely devastated as to how disappointing this score is.

That, and Predators, which I also thought sounded terrific in the YouTube clip posted on Debney's channel.

Bravo to thouse guys for keeping me smiling! :)

This.

Don't forget, we're talking about the James Newton Howard who wrote Flatliners, Waterworld, The Sixth Sense, Dinosaur, Lady In The Water, etc, etc, etc. He can do better than this in his sleep. As I find myself saying frequently, it's not as bad as it could've been, but score of the year? Nah. Best thing ever? Nah. Generic, faceless, functional? Sadly, yes.

So far, my (Western) score of the year is Shrek Forever After. What a sad state of affairs. ;)

Thanks for posting though - I've been incredibly curious about this one...
Wait now I have to go find this and listen to it. I haven't heard Shrek Forever After.

Wait now I have to go find this and listen to it. I haven't heard Shrek Forever After.

Since it is a Shrek related item, I will have to be taken kicking and screaming before I'll listen.

I have to agree with you there.

It could be great music and we are missing out, but just the fact that it's attached to Shrek really puts me off.

How To Train Your Dragon set a new standard in both Dreamworks animation storytelling and John Powell's marvellous score.

I really cannot see how anything Shrek could ever top it. I mean How To Train Your Dragon topped even the original Shrek on a grand scale. The sequel stood no chance. I haven't seen the sequels that came after the second and likely never will. The same possibly in the case of the scores as I've never been a fan of the original Shrek score to begin with.

This is a great score, just my 2 cents.

I have to agree with you there.

It could be great music and we are missing out, but just the fact that it's attached to Shrek really puts me off.

How To Train Your Dragon set a new standard in both Dreamworks animation storytelling and John Powell's marvellous score.

I really cannot see how anything Shrek could ever top it. I mean How To Train Your Dragon topped even the original Shrek on a grand scale. The sequel stood no chance. I haven't seen the sequels that came after the second and likely never will. The same possibly in the case of the scores as I've never been a fan of the original Shrek score to begin with.

I blame Shrek the Third. God help me, that was such a horrid film. The first two were great, hilarious, pain-in-the-guts inducing films. I have heard great things about The Final Chapter, but I am just way too put off by the previous entry to even consider the possibility that it was good. Am I being over dramatic? Sure. Am I being naive? Probably. Should I go see it anyways and be surprised how wrong I was? Sure, but that doesn't mean I will.

That's exactly my problem with this score.

People said Horner didn't even try with Avatar. At least he largely maintained the compositional style he is known for and gave us some really fun action cues in the process.

The Last Airbender is so ridiculously auto-pilot it makes Avatar look like a revelation in comparison. If you had said to me at face value, this score is by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, I would believe you, because it's just like their Batman scores, only for an adventure fantasy film.

A little Howard here and there, a whole lotta Zimmer everywhere else.

Sad is absolutely the word to be using as to how I feel about this score.

No wonder all the said critics overrated Horner's Avatar when it came out.

I disagree, I remember when the Avatar Original Soundtrack has been released, most of the people here were disappointed but after a new 3CDs release with some additionnal cues (Becoming flute version...) and the reputation of the movie (the movie the most watched to the cinema), it has changed!
For me Avatar was great but the expectations for the movie were so much biggest. And i will add that for me many passages in the Horner"s music for Avatar are really "taken" from Troy (come on it's "palpabe" lol) , or even some passages of Titanic score. I like James Newton Howard because each of his scores are completely different. Take "The Village", "Blood Diamond" and "Lady of the water". It's completely different styles of music. For me it's the strenght of the composer. I've not listened all the soundtrack but I find the Airbender suite quite good even if not epic and Flow like water is great!

After, we don't have to forgot to consider one thing: How it works with the movie. For many people here on this forum, the music for Avatar wasn't incredible but perfectly worked with the movie.

It's just my opinion and I thin that I'm not the only one to think this, but I respect yours :)

ps: I recommed you the score for Robin Hood which went quite unnoticed. Nothing incredible but quite nice, quite surprising!

Please understand something right now,

I am a big fan of many James Newton Howard scores.

What you said about him doing completely different types of scores is absolutely true.

However, stooping to Zimmer's level and worst still "aping" his style, when I know what Howard could of brought to this score? Nope, not good enough.

Now you could say it was the producers etc, that side of things.

The end result still remains. This score failed in my eyes.

I blame Shrek the Third. God help me, that was such a horrid film. The first two were great, hilarious, pain-in-the-guts inducing films. I have heard great things about The Final Chapter, but I am just way too put off by the previous entry to even consider the possibility that it was good. Am I being over dramatic? Sure. Am I being naive? Probably. Should I go see it anyways and be surprised how wrong I was? Sure, but that doesn't mean I will.

Nah, that's not over-dramatic at all; it's a perfectly reasonable response to sequelitis. I actually haven't seen any of the "Shrek" movies aside from the first one, which I remember hating. (Dreamworks movies are kryptonite to me.)

Me too, every once and a while JNH shines through and I get all excited but then it quickly disappears again.

That was basically my impression of the score after one full listen. There are little shining moments, but they are gobbled up by the prevalence of generic blandness.

I apologise for going off topic, but Shrek 3 was a piece of utter crap; and that's coming from somebody who loves Shrek.

Harry Gregson-Williams has done something of a John Powell for Forever After, and written maybe his most mature symphonic score to date.

I'll see the movie - but only because I think Fiona is hot.

After finally listening through the entire thing, I'm somewhere on the fence. It is definitely not the best score of the year. In my opinion, that honour is going to How to Train your Dragon. Why? After my initial listen to the Last Airbender, I listened to the score a few more times and didn't even concentrate on it once. It makes for good background music, only, at least for me. Pleasant sounding, but certainly nothing too memorable. Robin Hood, Henri 4, Percy Jackson, Alice in Wonderland are also better than Airbender's score, in my opinion. Heck, I think Clash of the Titans, Centurion, Black Death, and Season of the Witch are too, if you like action music.

It's rather sad for me, as sometimes the children's movie flourishes in How to Train Your Dragon annoy me...but I'll take those over most of the blah that's been released so far this year. I've got faith in A-Team and anything Desplat has out this year. That's about it for me.

Maybe this score will grow on me, maybe it won't. Either way, thanks again to Mad!!

Robin Hood was quite surprising for me even if i find the total duration of the album a little short, Henri 4 wasn't so great, nothing crazily exciting...
I didn't like Alice in Wonderland,I've never understood the passion for this score. There is one very good main theme and after nothing... Seriously i think that the last airbender has more variety than Alice even if it has not one single so greatest main theme. I even prefered certain Pouledoris' soundtrack such as Free Willy where there is one great theme developped in all possible ways!
Once again it's my opinion, not a truth! ;)

Stooping to Zimmer's style? Zimmer is an action composer, and he has set the curve for how a modern action soundtrack should sound like with movies like Pirates. Howard doesn't really do action, but he's in this score. Flow Like Water proves it, that's the tear jerker that he's known for. But as far as -god forbid- Zimmer's style: he's worked with Hans at least twice now, so when the time comes to do a heavy action score, it's obvious what it's gonna sound like. And that's a good thing to me. Action needs to sound a certain way, Zimmer has perfected it, whether you like his music or not, the fit perfectly with the films, so this is just what this film needs. And lastly, this is better than most of Zimmer anyways.

Probably James Newton Howard's best score yet! (Aside from the dark knight, of coarse)

Stooping to Zimmer's style? Zimmer is an action composer, and he has set the curve for how a modern action soundtrack should sound like with movies like Pirates. Howard doesn't really do action, but he's in this score. Flow Like Water proves it, that's the tear jerker that he's known for. But as far as -god forbid- Zimmer's style: he's worked with Hans at least twice now, so when the time comes to do a heavy action score, it's obvious what it's gonna sound like. And that's a good thing to me. Action needs to sound a certain way, Zimmer has perfected it, whether you like his music or not, the fit perfectly with the films, so this is just what this film needs. And lastly, this is better than most of Zimmer anyways.

You are arguing with a certain presumption: the first there is that there is just a single way to score an action scene.

The second is that you presume Zimmer is "great".

There is no one way for music to support a scene in any one way. You need to take into account the mood that the scene prohibits. It could very well be action scene - as in people fighting each other, or dealing with elements in an offensive manner - but the music could be slow and tragic if the scene calls for two brothers fighting to the death.

Zimmer has, in no shape or form perfected action music, but music is never perfect! There is always something better coming over the rainbow. Even if Zimmer was one of the most respected composers in the field - he's not, that would be Williams - after his time was done, some bright young thing would come along and stun everybody.

If you like Zimmer that is your business. But do not go along saying that he has perfected any sort of musical idea, when such a theory is impossible to support.

Tl;dr: Zimmer can't have perfected action music because music in any form is never perfect.

Amen to that Doublehex. I couldn't have said it better myself.

There's a problem with Doublehex's argument, and it's this:

Music *can* be perfect. Perfection is not an impossible achievement, although it is certainly improbable. I would argue that Zimmer did perfect a certain form of "blockbuster" scoring, and that the music a lot of people here consider "trite" is the result of many filmmakers requesting a musical sound that they find… perfect. That doesn't mean the composition is flawless in every fiber of its being and that it's 100% universal and undetestable; it simply means Zimmer has honed a certain style to its peak.

You'd be hardpressed to find someone who thinks that the music of, say, Mozart doesn't deserve the label of perfection. I've seen critics and film scholars call certain movies or shots perfect. There is such a thing as a "perfect game" in baseball. Perfection is not unobtainable.

That certainly rings true as well spaceworlder.

Heck yes!!!

"We Are Now the Gods " that song title doesn't remind me of the cartoon at all....BUT I LIKE me some epic fantasy music! Hoping it is good...

Really, I'm pretty sure it may be a direct quote of Commander Zhao(sp?),
SPOILER!
when he kills the moon spirit, and there's a picture of him from the movie, holding the fish in a bag.

You are arguing with a certain presumption: the first there is that there is just a single way to score an action scene.

The second is that you presume Zimmer is "great".

There is no one way for music to support a scene in any one way. You need to take into account the mood that the scene prohibits. It could very well be action scene - as in people fighting each other, or dealing with elements in an offensive manner - but the music could be slow and tragic if the scene calls for two brothers fighting to the death.

Zimmer has, in no shape or form perfected action music, but music is never perfect! There is always something better coming over the rainbow. Even if Zimmer was one of the most respected composers in the field - he's not, that would be Williams - after his time was done, some bright young thing would come along and stun everybody.

If you like Zimmer that is your business. But do not go along saying that he has perfected any sort of musical idea, when such a theory is impossible to support.

Tl;dr: Zimmer can't have perfected action music because music in any form is never perfect.

I'm sorry, but where in that post did I ever say that Zimmer was perfect, or that he perfected anything? I simply said he set a curve that recent movies have been following. He has that generic action sound of over-active strings and heavy percussion, and average composers that just need to get the job done have been coping that to supply an adequate, generic action sound. But, I'm trying to make the point that to say that a soundtrack has a lot of similarities to Zimmer, and is therefore bad, just because it follows the action sound that movie watchers today are expecting, is preposterous.
And how can you say that he's not one of the most respected in the field? He's definitely one of the most popular, and successful. You can't say that he isn't one of the most respected and say that John Williams is the only one? One of means that many people can have that title, which means that not just one composer can be considered good.

I think you are confusing respected with popular. Hans Zimmer's scores are certainly popular to the mainstream viewer. I can certainly see why, because they are accessible and easy to get into. But writing scores that the average viewer can enjoy and writing scores that make you respected among film composers are two different things. Zimmer is able to write successful action music but I think the music by John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith is just as effective if not more so at conveying the same frantic feeling action music is meant for.

And how can you say that he's not one of the most respected in the field? He's definitely one of the most popular, and successful. You can't say that he isn't one of the most respected and say that John Williams is the only one? One of means that many people can have that title, which means that not just one composer can be considered good.

Doublehex made a bit of a mistake. He meant "most respected," not "one of the most respected."

There's a problem with Doublehex's argument, and it's this:

Music *can* be perfect. Perfection is not an impossible achievement, although it is certainly improbable. I would argue that Zimmer did perfect a certain form of "blockbuster" scoring, and that the music a lot of people here consider "trite" is the result of many filmmakers requesting a musical sound that they find… perfect. That doesn't mean the composition is flawless in every fiber of its being and that it's 100% universal and undetestable; it simply means Zimmer has honed a certain style to its peak.

You'd be hardpressed to find someone who thinks that the music of, say, Mozart doesn't deserve the label of perfection. I've seen critics and film scholars call certain movies or shots perfect. There is such a thing as a "perfect game" in baseball. Perfection is not unobtainable.

I wouldn't even call Mozart perfect. Do I consider him an unparalleled genius? Oh, of course. But there are flaws in any piece of art, however small, minuscule, and near undetectable they may very well be.

A perfect game of baseball is very different from a "perfect" piece of art. Baseball is not an art; a perfect game of baseball is a technical, not an artistic, achievement.

Returning to Zimmer; did he create a style of blockbuster music that PR men and young audiences absolutley love? Oh yeah, of course. But his music is not perfect.

We human beings are flawed; so whatever we do is also flawed.


I'm sorry, but where in that post did I ever say that Zimmer was perfect, or that he perfected anything? I simply said he set a curve that recent movies have been following. He has that generic action sound of over-active strings and heavy percussion, and average composers that just need to get the job done have been coping that to supply an adequate, generic action sound. But, I'm trying to make the point that to say that a soundtrack has a lot of similarities to Zimmer, and is therefore bad, just because it follows the action sound that movie watchers today are expecting, is preposterous.

I do believe you gave that assumption when you said this: "Action needs to sound a certain way, Zimmer has perfected it, whether you like his music or not, the fit perfectly with the films, so this is just what this film needs. And lastly, this is better than most of Zimmer anyways.".


And how can you say that he's not one of the most respected in the field? He's definitely one of the most popular, and successful. You can't say that he isn't one of the most respected and say that John Williams is the only one? One of means that many people can have that title, which means that not just one composer can be considered good.

Respect is not proportional to popularity. Zimmer and MV are very popular with consumers. I would be very surprised if they are amongst the most respected composers within the industry. John Williams is the most respected composer to orchestras due to his talent and professionalism.

I wouldn't even call Mozart perfect. Do I consider him an unparalleled genius? Oh, of course. But there are flaws in any piece of art, however small, minuscule, and near undetectable they may very well be.

Perfection doesn't quite mean flawless. It's more like a total embodiment of an ideal.


Returning to Zimmer; did he create a style of blockbuster music that PR men and young audiences absolutley love? Oh yeah, of course. But his music is not perfect.

For its intentions and purpose, Zimmer's approach can be described as "perfected." He is the undisputed master of his style, regardless of whether or not one likes it. That is a kind of perfection, although the measure of that perfection's significance is up to the listener.

Perfection doesn't quite mean flawless. It's more like a total embodiment of an ideal.



For its intentions and purpose, Zimmer's approach can be described as "perfected." He is the undisputed master of his style, regardless of whether or not one likes it. That is a kind of perfection, although the measure of that perfection's significance is up to the listener.

Yes, that's all I meant, you're just a bit more eloquent than I...

From James-Newton-Howard.com, regarding The Last Airbender:

Some unfortunate news, everyone:

I had recently heard from an accurate source that the 60 voice Hollywood Film Chorale choir recorded for the score was cut from the album to avoid choir re-use fees, despite the choir being used in the actual movie. This rumor did appear to explain the minimal choir heard in the iTunes release.

So, I immediately contacted a producer of the score and he confirmed that this is true. Unfortunately, it is set in stone, though the decision was neither that of James' studio nor of Lakeshore Records. He agreed that it is a great shame, for the choir plays an enormous role in the music written for the film.

So, if you have listened to the score yourself and noticed the minimal choir usage, or heard about it from another individual, this explains it. The fortunate thing is that this choir work still exists and the only way to experience it is attached to the medium for which it was written: THE LAST AIRBENDER film.

This was posted on FSM msg board.

From James-Newton-Howard.com, regarding The Last Airbender:

Some unfortunate news, everyone:

I had recently heard from an accurate source that the 60 voice Hollywood Film Chorale choir recorded for the score was cut from the album to avoid choir re-use fees, despite the choir being used in the actual movie. This rumor did appear to explain the minimal choir heard in the iTunes release.


FFS, seriously? Throw away an integral par of the score to save the record company a few quid?

Why can't they leave out the synthesisers and constant slamming percussion for financial reasons? ;)

Why can't they leave out the synthesisers and constant slamming percussion for financial reasons? ;)

Touche! tangotreats. ;)

Oh, man, thanks a lot!!!
I love soundtraks and I hadn't not even a little hope of listen too these songs so soon!

Thanks!!!!

Wow, that's a shame about the choir. These fat cats and their cost-cutting measures… :grumble: :grumble:

With or without choir (still it's kinda funny thing, maybe that's why in modern film scores there are no woodwinds? they are to expensive, so they are cutting 'em from everywhere xD), it will be to me soulless, yet technically perfect score. Howard can do better.

With or without choir, I still dig it. I hope the movie doesn't suck, because I'd like a chance to experience the music as he intended it.

It underlines what I said. The Original soundtrack is NOT the complete score from a movie. Wait to watch the movie and to see how the music works with the image before doing a final judgement ;)
We have seen the difference between the relatively "poor" original soundtrack from Avatar if we see the complete score on the other side...

It underlines what I said. The Original soundtrack is NOT the complete score from a movie. Wait to watch the movie and to see how the music works with the image before doing a final judgement ;)
We have seen the difference between the relatively "poor" original soundtrack from Avatar if we see the complete score on the other side...
I don't expect soundtracks to be complete. I do expect them to provide me with the highlights from the film. There are so few scores released lately that are high quality as it is that I doubt many people are going to be clamoring for complete releases of anything that doesn't get a solid release the first time.

This is a case where they give us cues that are used in the film but take out the choir, which means they give us unfinished or partial cues. There is no excuse for cutting off the choir besides saving a little money, something that in the end will end up costing the label more in lost sales.

not the best Howard's work. definetly.
P.S. for those who think Dark Knight score suxx, you're no batman fans! It suites the movie perfectly and IS great! :D sorry for the offtop.

I would be careful if I were you (I'm a Batman Fan)
It is well known that among batman fans Danny Elfman's score for the first "dark" Batman back in 1989 is by far the best Batman score.
With all due respect, Zimmer's Dark Knight sounds to me like sound effects & ambience tracks, not real music that inspires me.

Now this on the other hand is the kind of music that I miss on the big screen nowadays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ydxgekFls

I especially love Mike Verta's version of the Theme in his Batman: The Simulator Ride

I think Danny Elfman's Batman is overrated, while Elliot Goldenthal's is deeply underappreciated. (Can we get a proper score release for "Batman & Robin", plz?)

Zimmer and Howard's Batman is great, and there's certainly more to it than just ambience and effects.

EDIT:

Goldenthal is to Batman what Horner was to Star Trek.

(Can we get a proper score release for "Batman & Robin", plz?)



Its coming. From La La.

Its coming. From La La.

Those are the five (four?) best words I've heard all day.

I would be careful if I were you (I'm a Batman Fan)
It is well known that among Batman Fans Danny Elfman's score for the first "dark" Batman back in 1989 is by far the best Batman score.
With all due respect, Zimmer's Dark Knight sounds to me like sound effects & ambience tracks, not real music that inspires me.

Now this on the other hand is the kind of music that I miss on the big screen nowadays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ydxgekFls

I especially love Mike Verta's version of the Theme in his Batman: The Simulator Ride

We were actually talking about Newton Howard's work ;) but if you wish... you think Dark Knight has music that doesn't suit it? I highly doubt it! It really suits the movie in every aspect.

since batman begins the whole story is retold from a new angle old Danny Elfman's music would never suit Dark Knight. His score for batman movies is as crazy and dark (in a comix way) as the Burton's films themseves (but it doesn't mean I don't like'em! on the contrary I love'em!!). While new movies are "realistic" and "dark" in the modern hollywood style (I hope ya know what I mean) as well as score. We just can't compare them. I hope you get the point.
IMHO first two batmans by Tim Burton and even videogame Batman Arkham Asylum better depict Batman realm from the comix.
P.S. I don't want to make a holy war here. I just showed my opinion.

I agree, I think TDK's score fits it like a glove.

I agree. I just didn't like it. The music wasn't important to me in that film. I would have enjoyed it with no score to be honest.

Batman Begins was the better score (better not meaning I was a fan either), as was the film.

Yes, I happen to think Batman Begins is a considerably better film than The Dark Knight.

I'd give the first a 9/10, and the second a 6/10. I did enjoy them both equally though on entertainment value alone.

Spider-Man 3 is my current favourite modern Superhero score.

Thor is probably the one I'm looking forward to hearing the most next.

I liked Patrick Doyle's work on "Gosford Park." I'm not sure about the Thor character's musical potential, though.

I think Danny Elfman's Batman is overrated, while Elliot Goldenthal's is deeply underappreciated. (Can we get a proper score release for "Batman & Robin", plz?)

agree) so here is the score album for the batman 3 (not that from la la) for those who haven't listened to it:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T4YQBNZR

I liked Patrick Doyle's work on "Gosford Park." I'm not sure about the Thor character's musical potential, though.

Well, from what I've heard, it's going to be more "Superman" and less "The Dark Knight".

That also makes perfect sense, because Thor is the closest you have gotten to a "fantasy" Superhero in a long time.

Trying to do with Thor what was done with Batman wouldn't ever work.

I'm certainly not complaining if that's the style they go with. I happen to be a big fan of the traditional symphonic Superhero score.

agree) so here is the score album for the batman 3 (not that from la la) for those who haven't listened to it:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T4YQBNZR

Thanks. I needed a quality upgrade for my old rip, which was mid-level VBR.


I'm certainly not complaining if that's the style they go with. I happen to be a big fan of the traditional symphonic Superhero score.

So am I. I'd love to see Doyle do something classical for Thor, who is a classic mythological hero. I imagine Marvel Studios will want something that's high-testosterone, though, based on the costume design. I hope Kenneth Branagh can elevate his movie above shameless synergy. (If anyone can make a good movie out this material, it's him.)

Thanks. I needed a quality upgrade for my old rip, which was mid-level VBR.

320kbps is awright?

I would be careful if I were you (I'm a Batman Fan)
It is well known that among batman fans Danny Elfman's score for the first "dark" Batman back in 1989 is by far the best Batman score.
With all due respect, Zimmer's Dark Knight sounds to me like sound effects & ambience tracks, not real music that inspires me.

Now this on the other hand is the kind of music that I miss on the big screen nowadays:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4ydxgekFls

I especially love Mike Verta's version of the Theme in his Batman: The Simulator Ride


Of all the Batman related scores i heard, the one i liked the most was for Batman - Mask of the Phantasm by Shirley Walker.
There are some similarities to Danny Elfman movie score. She was the responsible on conducting the orchestra for the Batman 1989 movie, so it's a style more alike to Elfman than to Zimmer or Goldenthal.


Now related to the topic: I have listened twice the Last Airbender. It didn't grab my attention apart of 3 cues: The suite, the Blue Spirit and Flow Like Water.
The rest seemed to me, the same music going on playing, without enough thematic variation. Maybe the fact that taking out the choir has some influence in this.
I read a review somewhere that there is one instrument or a motif, that represent each element controled by the benders. That's one aspect that i need to pay attention when watching the movie, and so maybe i can take into account the music on another perspective.

Its coming. From La La.

LIKE. ALOT. :D




Spider-Man 3 is my current favourite modern Superhero score.


such a shame we had to resort to bootlegs :(

Of all the Batman related scores i heard, the one i liked the most was for Batman - Mask of the Phantasm by Shirley Walker.
There are some similarities to Danny Elfman movie score. She was the responsible on conducting the orchestra for the Batman 1989 movie, so it's a style more alike to Elfman than to Zimmer or Goldenthal.

Shirley Walker also did some work conducting and orchestrating Elliot Goldenthal's ''Batman Forever.'' That reminds me: Hans Zimmer's first credit on a Batman movie� was "Mask of the Phantasm!" He worked the synthesizer in the music department. (Figures!)

Shirley Walker also did some work conducting and orchestrating Elliot Goldenthal's ''Batman Forever.'' That reminds me: Hans Zimmer's first credit on a Batman movie� was "Mask of the Phantasm!" He worked the synthesizer in the music department. (Figures!)

Figures Indeed lol. He worked on many others projects as synthesist before he started a career on his own, right?

Just a quick detail. According to Batman Forever score album credits, Shirley Walker was not credited as the orchestrator or conductor.

It seems her work was uncredited. According to Film Score Monthly, she did additional orchestrations for the movie.


Figures Indeed lol. He worked on many others projects as synthesist before he started a career on his own, right?

That, plus he worked on arrangements and additional compositions for other composers.

Off-topic much? lol
I just wanted to say that I nerdgasmed when I heard the choir kick in in "Airbender Suite" and I love choral stuff, especially dark, powerful choirs like in Transformers. So, this is sad news for me, because I was already a tad disappointed when I didn't hear barely any choir for the rest of the album, but now to know that I'm missing out on something that could've been? Hopefully someone on hear can make a DVD rip when it hits shelves, or I'll have to contact my friend who did an amazing job on the Star Wars saga, or I'll simply just have to learn how to do it myself...

thank you so much for this cd.

More of off-topic:
TDK is really good score. TDK is also mediocre movie, much worse than Begins. I will never understand why the hell it recieves such a praise. In superhero movie division I enjoyed much more for example Iron Man. Yes, it was dumb popcorn flick, but it wasn't trying to be anything else, while TDK was trying - and failed miserably. It wasn't good as superhero movie, it wasn't good as man drama, it wasn't good as crime movie. It was way too unrealistic to be "realisitc", it was way too pompous to take it serious, and it had way to much holes in a script, to take it with such a respect. Imo only Ledger was really good. Nolan should stick to his original works (Inception looks quite awesome, and sample track on official page is really nice).

And indeed, Goldenthal vision of Batman was quite fantastic.

I agree. I just didn't like it. The music wasn't important to me in that film. I would have enjoyed it with no score to be honest.

Batman Begins was the better score (better not meaning I was a fan either), as was the film.
I agree. I really liked the Batman Begins score a lot more than TDK, but both fit the movies quite nicely.

In superhero movie division I enjoyed much more for example Iron Man. Yes, it was dumb popcorn flick, but it wasn't trying to be anything else,

I enjoyed Iron Man and Iron Man II a lot, but there's really nothing dumb about them. The movies don't aspire toward grandiose statements about the human condition, but they are certainly not dumb. :)

I get what you mean though.

I have heard good things about this in early reviews. Thanks!

More of off-topic:
TDK is really good score. TDK is also mediocre movie, much worse than Begins. I will never understand why the hell it recieves such a praise. In superhero movie division I enjoyed much more for example Iron Man. Yes, it was dumb popcorn flick, but it wasn't trying to be anything else, while TDK was trying - and failed miserably. It wasn't good as superhero movie, it wasn't good as man drama, it wasn't good as crime movie. It was way too unrealistic to be "realisitc", it was way too pompous to take it serious, and it had way to much holes in a script, to take it with such a respect. Imo only Ledger was really good. Nolan should stick to his original works (Inception looks quite awesome, and sample track on official page is really nice).

And indeed, Goldenthal vision of Batman was quite fantastic.

How can you not like TDK? The whole point of the movie was to push batman to his limits. To come up with a villain so diaobolical, that even batman might have to give into his demands, which he almost did, to. The score was awesome and the acting was incredible, someone just doesn't have good taste in movies... next thing you'll say is that movie "Furry Vengeance" was the best thing to come along since sliced bread... such a shame, I'm really disappointed in fraiser... glad I didn't see that movie, though.

You can be entitled to your opinions, sir, I'm just trying to clear some things for you.

I hope this doesn't get ugly. :- |

How can you not like TDK? The whole point of the movie was to push batman to his limits. To come up with a villain so diaobolical, that even batman might have to give into his demands, which he almost did, to. The score was awesome and the acting was incredible, someone just doesn't have good taste in movies... next thing you'll say is that movie "Furry Vengeance" was the best thing to come along since sliced bread... such a shame, I'm really disappointed in fraiser... glad I didn't see that movie, though.

You can be entitled to your opinions, sir, I'm just trying to clear some things for you.
No offense but I don't see much credibility in your blasting someone's tastes in movies when you have a Transformers avatar. I mean we can debate the quality of The Dark Knight all we want but there is less to debate about when it comes to the quality of Transformers, especially the Michael Bay versions. And lets not get started on Jablonsky's scores for Transformers.

Guys, I should stop arguing right about now. Yes Sirusjr you kinda hate Transformers, the other guy hates TDK and we start to debate. Everyone has different tastes and opinions.
How about we stop here?


Now, on topic, I freaking love this score!!! Flow Like Water is one of my fave tracks ever!

after this discussion I don't like music... at all! esp Soundtracks. LOL

super thanks.

How can you not like TDK? The whole point of the movie was to push batman to his limits. To come up with a villain so diaobolical, that even batman might have to give into his demands, which he almost did, to. The score was awesome and the acting was incredible, someone just doesn't have good taste in movies... next thing you'll say is that movie "Furry Vengeance" was the best thing to come along since sliced bread... such a shame, I'm really disappointed in fraiser... glad I didn't see that movie, though.

So I don't like TDK and it makes me someone without taste? I guess I will pass on commenting your post then.

So I don't like TDK and it makes me someone without taste? I guess I will pass on commenting your post then.

Forget this. You hate TDK, fine. The other guy hates transformers, also fine. I'm done, and sorry if my comment seemed to "harsh" and unneeded...

thanks for the soundtrack!
PS: It's a toss-up for me which batman score is more epic.
elfman brought in a really good theme.
zimmer said he didn't want a theme that people can hum easily or associate/identify with so easily.

the dynamic difference works really well for me.
but not a big fan of elliot goldenthal's take.
can't remember shirley walker's score, its been so long.
and what's-his-face from the first movie/tv series has okay music for batman.

Overall though, HZ ftw.

now back to the thread's topic...
Great soundtrack! I wish there more tracks with more percussion elements, like the Suite and Earthbenders. Sounds good on the bass system, but a lossless version would sound much better!

I'm happy to hear the music for this movie is something to look forward to hearing. I don't intend to see the movie in theaters (After reading about Shyamalan's decisions in casting, I can't bring myself to pay money to see it), but I would be even more disappointed if a decent score wasn't made for an otherwise rather good series.

Many thanks for the download~

I loved TDK and it's score. That is all.

I hate that the TLA score isn't the same as what's presented in the film. Cheap ass mofos.

I'm happy to hear the music for this movie is something to look forward to hearing. I don't intend to see the movie in theaters (After reading about Shyamalan's decisions in casting, I can't bring myself to pay money to see it), but I would be even more disappointed if a decent score wasn't made for an otherwise rather good series.

Many thanks for the download~

i understand your concerns about the casting, but seeing the more recent trailers, the casting seems much more appropriate in my opinion.

Oh sweeeeet, I am looking forward to the film so much. I love love love the anime, even though I am a full grown man it has the power to regress me to a childlike state of wonder, joy and discovery every time I watch it.

The soundtrack seems to be getting very good feedback. I look forward to listenin to it.

Well the movie is released in the US today. If any of you have watched it already please gives us an update how the score with the real choir sounds in the movie.

What I like to know is:
Has a lot of choir been cutted on the cd?
And is the choir more on the foreground in the movie than on the cd?

The CD was released yesterday (June 29th), so was wondering if there's going to be a FLAC update of the soundtrack?

the percussion is nice, even in MP3.

The movie SUCKED badly

Well the movie is released in the US today. If any of you have watched it already please gives us an update how the score with the real choir sounds in the movie.

What I like to know is:
Has a lot of choir been cutted on the cd?
And is the choir more on the foreground in the movie than on the cd?

TBH, I barely noticed the 'music' at all at times. It all sounded so generic. There were way too many build up cues that lead to absolutely nothing. I don't remember a choir really.......

The movie SUCKED badly

Agreed. Everything that made the TV series good was surgically removed, and the end result was released in theaters. The score (mostly the first track suite) showed some promise, it seemed, but the movie was so terrible...

^ I can't count how many times everybody said "What a twist!" XD


I can't even believe they peddled this off as a 3D event either :/ It wasn't 3D at all...... and it made my head hurt with all the blurry camera pans.

In my opinion, the studio copycated the special effects from 300 which gave me a huge headache while watching it.

^ I can't count how many times everybody said "What a twist!" XD

ha-haaaaaa! Makes me think of Robot Chicken!! XD

The twist in "Last Airbender" is that Shyamalan's career gets killed off in the end. I was disappointed, because he already used that device in his last two movies. :- /

Greatest movie ever :)

Thanks for that man ! Great shot ^_-

thank you very much

James Newton Howard's "The Last Airbender" in FLAC.
Lakeshore Records.

Last Airbender - James Newton Howard
FLAC, Compression: Store, Recovery Record: 10%
Password: airtank
http://www.multiupload.com/0F4RX5C7FX (missing ZShare/Uploading/2Shared)
http://www.multiupload.com/ENUN417R6V (all mirrors are present)
(hotfile mirrors offline)

Tracklist...
01 - Airbender suite.flac
02 - Earthbenders.flac
03 - The avatar has returned.flac
04 - The four elements test.flac
05 - Journey to the Northern water tribe.flac
06 - Hall of avatars.flac
07 - Prologue.flac
08 - The blue spirit.flac
09 - The spirit world.flac
10 - We could be friends.flac
11 - We are now the gods.flac
12 - Flow like water.flac

I was just wondering if anyone had access to the complete score for this, *especially* since the album release was compromised by a synthesized choir replacing the real one as used in the film (though poorly mixed)...JNH's work really deserves to shine as it did in the complete Lady in the Water and The Village scores previously released on this forum.

Ivanova

My post is a rant about the movie because it sucks.


I didn't know that people from India used names like Zhao or Ozai. And... why Aang was pronounced "aung" and not "aeng"? Even Iroh was pronounced as "e-Roh". It's supposed to be "ay-Roh"! And of course, agni kai was called agni ki. Please... don't bother watching the movie, buy the whole dvd of the tv series instead.

I was just wondering if anyone had access to the complete score for this, *especially* since the album release was compromised by a synthesized choir replacing the real one as used in the film (though poorly mixed)...JNH's work really deserves to shine as it did in the complete Lady in the Water and The Village scores previously released on this forum.

Ivanova

seconded. I didnt watch the movie, but still would like more choir more percussion.

Does nobody have this score complete and with choir? What about other JNH/Shyamalan complete scores (besides Lady in the Water and The Village)?

Ivanova

Shenanigans

I think we all need the OST of the cartoon version. The OST of Book 1, 2 and 3.

Thanks a lot

No but it really deserve a complete score, the music is beatifull

Here is the re-upload:

FLAC: Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites! (http://www.multiupload.com/PMNH1RUI1A)

MP3: Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites! (http://www.multiupload.com/E9DBWX22O7)

I love this score!

IS multupload down? i feel like listening again!

Can someone please re-upload this in flac. Thank you very much.

Here it is in FLAC.


The Last Airbender - James Newton Howard [FLAC]




http://www.mediafire.com/?591cnl2406m1wmd

I'll say here what I said in another Last Airbender thread: Where is the expanded release? Not only have a lot of Howard's work been given the complete treatment the past couple of months, but this one is of particular interest due to the missing choir at key points in the score. AND WHERE'S MY COMPLETE TREASURE PLANET !? :(

Anyway, hope you enjoy.

Here it is in FLAC.


minus.com/mC8gFmpWE/

I'll say here what I said in another Last Airbender thread: Where is the expanded release? Not only have a lot of Howard's work been given the complete treatment the past couple of months, but this one is of particular interest due to the missing choir at key points in the score. AND WHERE'S MY COMPLETE TREASURE PLANET !? :(

Anyway, hope you enjoy.

THANK YOU

Thank you so much man. You are right but as you said a lot o complete Howard works have come out lately. Its the only thing giving me hope that we shall one day get our hands on the last airbender in a more complete form.

So...we can only pray?

reupload in mp3? FLAC link doesn't seem to work...

reupload in mp3? FLAC link doesn't seem to work...

Reuploaded in 320kbps. If anyone wants FLAC, I'll upload that too.

Reuploaded in 320kbps. If anyone wants FLAC, I'll upload that too.
maybe I'm dumb, but where's the reupload link?

THX.

Thanks! :)

could use a Flac link for this :)

MIRROR 320kbps: LAirbender.zip (157,18 MB) - uploaded.net (http://uploaded.net/file/qxzclrac)

It would be nice, if someone would re-upload the FLAC version