Wow. Never thought we would get this so early. SO happy right now.





Cloneboy, you better be up. (That's all I gotta say.)

I wonder how I will react when John Powell makes a new score (that is not Jason Bourne, was not very hyped for that one)

Giacchino on Rogue One
https://youtu.be/198ijL6HnLA?t=2h4m36s

Listening to James Newton Howard's The Lady in the Water for the first time. I'm impressed. I wasn't expecting this orchestrated action score at all. I'm loving it. Then again, I should've expected this from James Newton Howard. When faced with a magical fantasy movie, and inspired, JNH does magical music..

Various music suites from Big Finish Doctor Who audio dramas - Currently: 140 A Death in the Family - Richard Fox and Lauren Yason

Transformers The Movie (1986) Original Soundtrack

What a question! :shock: I, as the biggest Disney fan ever... O_o

Yes, I've had it since the first second, when Bart had posted it. :laugh:
I was waiting like a spider for it. XD

But I appreciate your generous offer, my friend! ^^ Thank you!

In the next few days, the German soundtrack finally arrives! ;) Yay!

can't wait :-)

Good or not? just downloaded...

Seems Okay ATM. Only A Couple of Tracks In.

Oohhh damn.

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Cloneboy, you better be up. (That's all I gotta say.)

You bet I was up. Got to it as soon as I could (which wasn't soon enough)

You bet I was up. Got to it as soon as I could (which wasn't soon enough)

I'm sure you were "up." Music is your viagra.

Must have made using your laptop a bit tricky.

Oohhh damn.

Not as bad looking as I thought. Can we get the iOS view, please?


I'm sure you were "up." Music is your viagra.

Must have made using your laptop a bit tricky.

:laugh:

Let's Give This One A Gander.

:D

Curse You!

:(


Joke. Congrats.

Lucky you are!!!!

Wow. Never thought we would get this so early. SO happy right now.





Cloneboy, you better be up. (That's all I gotta say.)

:o

I also see the deluxe to ST:B!

I hope there'll be a digital to buy.
I bought the standard OST in 24bit for my AAC conversions.

Even this guy could write a more convincing Star Wars score�

(http://imgur.com/9krQUg5)

in such a short time span?

At least we didn't get Elfman'ed.
Or Tyler'ed. :p

in such a short time span?

At least we didn't get Elfman'ed.
Or Tyler'ed. :p

Don't mind gururu. We had guys like him in the military. They had a pathological need for attention. Particularly negative attention. Gururu doesn't believe half the shit he talks.

Don't mind gururu. We had guys like him in the military. They had a pathological need for attention.

Do you mean that military life removes that craving for attention from people, or instills it?

Not as bad looking as I thought. Can we get the iOS view, please?

()

Do you mean that military life removes that craving for attention from people, or instills it?

Depends on the person. You have four kinds in the military.

1: The ones who stay in their lane. Need very little oversight. Tell them what to do and they do it.

2: The ones who need an occasional attitude adjustment.

3: The ones who need constant supervision. Always need mom or dad to tell what to do and how to do it.

4: The no-hopers. They usually don't survive basic training.

Most supervisors hope and pray for types one and two because someone who is a constant fuck-up is a drain on the unit. (I had a Marine who would not listen unless you literally yelled at him. He didn't make it past his first enlistment.)

I'm sure you were "up." Music is your viagra.

Must have made using your laptop a bit tricky.


:laugh:

You guys are killin' me. :laugh:

Haruomi Hosono - Temo Finala - Nokto de la Galaksia Fervojo

Haunting..

Don't mind gururu. We had guys like him in the military. They had a pathological need for attention. Particularly negative attention. Gururu doesn't believe half the shit he talks.

Colonel Klink says what?

To add:

"One of the great commandments of science is, "Mistrust arguments from authority." ... Too many such arguments have proved too painfully wrong. Authorities must prove their contentions like everybody else." — Carl Sagan

Up Top As One Of My Fav Giacchino Scores Now.

At least we didn't get Elfman'ed.
Or Tyler'ed. :p

This is the only rebuttal floating in the Kool-Aid that doesn't stink.

Just got home from my final exam of the term -- gonna listen to Rogue One from start to finish now, then seeing it tomorrow night.

()

Listening to this cue more than one occasion, I realize it consists of one of the best, longest, most complicated themes Giacchino's ever written. Almost sounds like something Williams would write, and I don't mean from a superficially driven point of view. There's substance here. It's brilliant!

From what I've heard, the score has decent, good, and 'eh' material. But much like The Force Awakens, it's beginning to grow on me.

Hey we're listening to the same thing :)

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Pump up the volume, I tell you!

I really love the incorporation of the original themes in AT-ACT Assault.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The ghost of Kilar lingers ever on…

......In other news, this album - indeed one of my favorite albums of all time, was released 56 years ago today.



https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B18GQkZXWsEVYUVtN0F6VzM3N28

The ghost of Kilar lingers ever on…

:shock: Wojciech?

I wanted to watch that series.

Now I want to listen to it. Like actually pay attention.
I only listened to season 1 score but don't remember it.

The cure for cancer has been found…and it turns out it's a timeworn remedy, too.



re: Penny

Yes, Abel leans heavily on Kilar, as well as Morricone.

As for the series, it's mostly a narrative mess (albeit a well spoken one; Logan knows how turn a phrase or two), while boasting impeccable production values and some above average performances.

Just got home from seeing Rogue One. The first 3/4 was kinda boring and took a while to build up, but the climax was intense and awesome.

and that ending scene with Darth Vader!! That was insane!!

Spoiler alert: the droid is still the comic relief, the Storm Troopers still can't aim for shit and the rebels get the plans for the Death Star.

So it's OK then? Right on. As much as I'd be interested to still watch it, I wouldn't want to bother someone to take me to it. I don't get that much movies to do so anyway.

Also, from your lack of comments, I take it Giacchino's music was wallpaper as always?

It wasn't terrible. I go in trying to separate the score from what's happening on screen, but I always get lost in it and end up focusing on the story (or sometimes lack of one) and what's going on.

From what I recall, it wasn't bad. It was warming to hear Williams though, of course.

I feel the same. I never really do notice score in a film unless it's a film from my childhood or is notable in a particular scene. Maybe that's why I never bother with scores.

Maybe that's why I never bother with scores.

Man, I'll show HunterTech some excellent orchestral score and he's like 'eh, it's okay'. I can't get through to this guy. :laugh: But luckily we still like a majority of music we show each other, so it's all fine and dandy.

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Just got home from seeing Rogue One. The first 3/4 was kinda boring and took a while to build up, but the climax was intense and awesome.

and that ending scene with Darth Vader!! That was insane!!

Spoiler alert: the droid is still the comic relief, the Storm Troopers still can't aim for shit and the rebels get the plans for the Death Star.

There's a good possibility I'll see it for Christmas like we did with The Force Awakens last year.

Zimmer is able to do that with me though. And I'm going to use Interstellar as an example for the second time tonight. 2m08 Stay plays at an extremely pivotal moment in the film. Literally. And during its climax is when one of the most gut-wrenching, dramatic moments of the film takes place. And during that moment, it hit me like a brick wall. It was like someone flipped a switch and a huge wave of emotion came over me and I was in tears.

This scene only works because of the score. That is all. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBKS61Qy46c)

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Man, I'll show HunterTech some excellent orchestral score and he's like 'eh, it's okay'. I can't get through to this guy. :laugh:

I was gonna write a post in the Orchestral thread explaining what might be the cause of my thinking, but I couldn't get my words across without sounding too basic or trying really hard to get your attention. Once I finish school tomorrow, I'll put more thought to it.

Sully has tried getting me to listen to M:I-2 but it's just way too cheesy sounding. So much cheese I can't handle it.

I also just got home from seeing Rogue One and I had some of the same problems as DAK did, in my case though, I felt the pacing in the beginning was way too quick. But I agree, the final battle was just amazing. Darth Vader is still the same awesome badass he was in the original trilogy.

but it's just way too cheesy sounding. So much cheese I can't handle it.

See, I can adore cheese when executed well, and oh boy is M:I-2 perfectly handled cheese.

Doesn't help all the Spanish stuff is legitimately great.

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Here's my attempt at a cue for the on hold film mix. (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-2B9zEroJUMTmdhUWRBVUtBaGM/view?usp=sharing)

Zimmer is able to do that with me though. And I'm going to use Interstellar as an example for the second time tonight. 2m08 Stay plays at an extremely pivotal moment in the film. Literally. And during its climax is when one of the most gut-wrenching, dramatic moments of the film takes place. And during that moment, it hit me like a brick wall. It was like someone flipped a switch and a huge wave of emotion came over me and I was in tears.

Various pieces have done and continue to do that for me, even without visual accompaniment or otherwise. But a greater effect can be made easier along with it.

And now... that you mention something such as this, it seems like at some point in time I experienced a similar effect in a movie before, but I guess it was so long ago that I don't remember what it was...

Everybody Want to Rule the World -- Tears For Fears

I was gonna write a post in the Orchestral thread explaining what might be the cause of my thinking, but I couldn't get my words across without sounding too basic or trying really hard to get your attention. Once I finish school tomorrow, I'll put more thought to it.

No need to explain, but do so if you feel you need to. Certain music will or will not make connections with one another, and most of us have reasoning as to why we like or dislike something, etc, so I would be interested to read what you have to say about it.

Remember when I showed you this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-sv7WXQMcg)? If I remember correctly you sure as hell liked it. Why, it's one of the best pieces of film score history! It stands to truly be a masterpiece that I will always cherish. Chill-inducing for certain.

Something else left best to the grownups�



I luv air conducting to this�

No need to explain, but do so if you feel you need to. Certain music will or will not make connections with one another, and most of us have reasoning as to why we like or dislike something, etc, so I would be interested to read what you have to say about it.

Remember when I showed you this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-sv7WXQMcg)? If I remember correctly you sure as hell liked it. Why, it's one of the best pieces of film score history! It stands to truly a masterpiece that I will always cherish. Chill-inducing for certain.

It probably doesn't need explanation, but considering how often tired I am of not being able to properly explain why I like the music I do, I feel it's necessary.

That is a particularly swell piece that I'll appreciate better once I listen to the whole thing.

BTW, this is the only noteworthy thing in Tubular Bells (Part 2) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJ1SzupsMI) [Besides one other section].

Something else left best to the grownups…



I luv air conducting to this…

You went for toothless, huh? And where's the rest of it?

See, I can adore cheese when executed well, and oh boy is M:I-2 perfectly handled cheese.

Doesn't help all the Spanish stuff is legitimately great.

The cheesiest that's the worst is all the Fred Durst incorperations of the main theme.

The only thing I really tolerate from that soundtrack these days is that vocal track.
I love pretending I know what language is being used and the mimicing it.

:laugh: The way I sound, it's literally every Zimmer score with vocals.
And Avatar.

Ya ya ya. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiwcfA4fNx4)

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Listening to "Injection"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3iAzdbg3mo

I played this track to death in high school.

Good ol' Sony CD player. I used Sony's proprietary codec:
Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_Transform_Acoustic_Coding

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o_O i wonder why i get all the dp's around here?

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You went for toothless, huh? And where's the rest of it?

*Sharptooth

Toothless had wings. :smrt:

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re: Penny

Yes, Abel leans heavily on Kilar, as well as Morricone.

As for the series, it's mostly a narrative mess (albeit a well spoken one; Logan knows how turn a phrase or two), while boasting impeccable production values and some above average performances.

I will definitely hunt down the score for 2&3.
Tentatively add the series to the watchlist.
There's a couple other shows on the list. Something with Famke Janssen and wolves?


Just got home from seeing Rogue One. The first 3/4 was kinda boring and took a while to build up, but the climax was intense and awesome.


That's very standard for Gareth Edwards.
Notably, his take on yet another major franchise, Godzilla, was slowly paced to build up to the climax with effect.
Although, that movie has a shaky foundation of fans. Still a lot of complaints about it.
But, even so, the Japanese movies also had very slow paces with action reserved for the end.

His Monsters movie was, by far, the slowest paced movie.
An even smaller fanbase and definitely sets the levels of expectations for his later films.

I was quite pleased to hear Edwards would helm Rogue One and was hoping he would slow the pace down, as the Death Star is the titan of the film.
Edwards pace for such oversized entities is quite effective, even if a slow drip into your veins.

I dare say, his work requires patience.
Which is the complete opposite of the Pacific Rim avenue.

Really sucks no real IMAX theaters here.

The cure for cancer has been found…and it turns out it's a timeworn remedy, too.

gururu, tell me, don't you at least hold the "Rogue One" cue in some decent regard? Or do you think it's the absolute worst score of the year? :p

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It probably doesn't need explanation, but considering how often tired I am of not being able to properly explain why I like the music I do, I feel it's necessary.

That is a particularly swell piece that I'll appreciate better once I listen to the whole thing.

BTW, this is the only noteworthy thing in Tubular Bells (Part 2) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJ1SzupsMI) [Besides one other section].

That one's okay, but doesn't beat the nice Spanish flavor the other one sported.

Was that part 3, by chance?

Speaking of --

Vision of Escaflowne OST3 - Epistle

That one's okay, but doesn't beat the nice Spanish flavor the other one sported.

Was that part 3, by chance?

Just as I'm not feeling your Orchestral offerings, you're not feeling my Oldfield offerings. Great :laugh:

In all seriousness, I hope you do grow to appreciate more of Oldfield's work. I find incredibly impressive in how solid the first album is, being that he was 19 and performed most of the instruments himself. It's the sort of work that I wish I gotten more of a kick out of with film scores that delivers here.

"Serpent Dream" is a track off of the third Tubular Bells album. If you wanted to consider there being a "Part 3," that'll probably be the first half of the second Tubular Bells album (which is my favorite).

Good to know we understand what each other 'feels' :p

But That's it, "Serpent Dream" was what I was thinking of. That track is really good.

gururu, tell me, don't you at least hold the "Rogue One" cue in some decent regard? Or do you think it's the absolute worst score of the year? :p?

beginning 1:10 to 1:25… what is truly some of the most god-awful, cringe-inducing counterpoint (in the horns) I've heard this year. It's as monotonously inept as the trite ostinato that carries the piece.

It's really simple: take out John's parts and what are you left with? Zilch. Nada. Bupkis.

There's a couple other shows on the list. Something with Famke Janssen and wolves?

Hemlock Grove. Avoid it like the plague.

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…where's the rest of it?

Outside the search filter "rex rescue".

Watching the cowboy shooting frontier episode to Bones (season 11).
:laugh: Makes me want to watch the Westworld series.

I still have the season finale to watch.
Season 2 won't start until... 2018? :erm: 2017 quarter 4?

:cryingbatman: I hate this place! (earth)

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Hemlock Grove.

That's it!


Avoid it like the plague.

...and... that's it. :laugh:

Please Like Me 4x04 "Degustation".

Getting Ready For Rogue One.

Hey, here's another guy who gets it�in spades.

Manowar - Gods Made Heavy Metal

And then, of course, there's this guy who can think and write like Williams in his sleep�

I really would've loved to hear Desplat give it a try.. I supose Disney knew Giacchino was a soundtrack selling name...

However, pretty sure the soundtrack would've sold no matter who does it, because it's fucking Star Wars.

So it turns out Giacchino DID have pun based titles in his booklets that Disney probably rejected, but let him put in the booklet anyway as a bonus.



01. A Krennic Condition
02. Jyn and Scare It
03. Jyncarcerated
04. Going to See Saw
05. That New Death Star Smell
06. Jedha Call Saw
07. When Ambush Comes to Shove
08. Erso Facto
09. Go Do, That Eadu, That You Do, So Well
10. Have a Choke and a Smile
11. Erso In Vain
12. Takes One to Rogue One
13. World's Worst Vacation Destination
14. Scarif Tactics
15. Bazed and Confused
16. Switch Hunt
17. Transmission: Impossible
18. Live and Let Jedi

Being that I love absurd things, this I approve,

^ I Am Gonna Add Them To My OST! LOL


Currently:




Film Was Fantastic! Giacchino Did So Well.

^ I Am Gonna Add Them To My OST! LOL


Film Was Fantastic! Giacchino Did So Well.

EDIT: I just saw the FYC on here. lol

Sweet. Has the FYC leaked on here yet?

As of now I'm listening to DAK's film mix of The Dark Knight. For like the 10000000th time.

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/puking_brian.gif

Don't you worry dog. They're not the chosen titles. Even so, there would be no fun if there was no pun.

I am SO glad Disney didn't let those horrifying titles be the official thing.

Good grief... it's not me being a grumpy ass, it's just.. they are seriously not even funny, they're shameless..

Tanks a lot, Ponyo. You've ruined our evening with your discontent for Michael's beloved puns.

My Fav Track. Spectacular Scene And Score. Epic!

Hey, here's another guy who gets it�in spades.



"Imperial City" still stands as my favorite cue of that score. Love that bombastic percussive work too.

Rewatching the Saw Gerrera Clone Wars episodes in preparation for seeing Rogue One tomorrow!

Brutus' Soliloquy, Mikl�s R�zsa

(Julius Caesar, re-recording by Bruce Broughton)

Lol, I actually fully approve of Giacchinio's puns. It's cute that he included them in the liners.

listening to:
"Confrontation on Eadu"

I am loving it so much.

I'm not seeing it as Star Wars, though.
There's no opening titles. I can attribute that to not directly having any of the main story arc characters involved (no casting of Luke, Leia, Han, etc).

For a Giacchino score, it's a lot like his recent works. It has a lot more vigor in it than Jurassic World.

This is definitely going on the mobile.

Just waiting for Penny Dreadful to finish downloading to add it to the playlist.

Got "31" (exciting film) on the playlist. Ass Creed, Jessica Jonsing, Passing'gers, and a lot of Star Trek. :D Going to be a fun night.

Through headphones. I want to hear every little nuance.

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"Krennic's Aspirations" :shock: What was that in the begining???? WHO was that???

:ashine: I want to see the movie.

"Imperial City" still stands as my favorite cue of that score. Love that bombastic percussive work too.

Pedantry Alert: bombastic def. high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. Commonly misused descriptive of loudness or comparative volume level.

Pedantry Alert: bombastic def. high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated. Commonly misused descriptive of loudness or comparative volume level.

I would posit that it can be apt for movies that are strictly no-brain action flicks.
In the case of Brian Tyler's old-school percussive use in Alien VS Predator: Requiem, I would say that the score isn't meant to inspire or illicit emotion.

But, McNeely's work for Shadows of the Empire has great weight to its own pull. Especially, since it was derived from a written medium rather than the video game it was later used.
So in McNeely's case, I wouldn't call it bombastic. He's put effort into the placement of music.

I meant bombastic in a good manner, with meaning; loud, powerful, and effective(ly) used.

Should I have used emphatic? :p

The word itself implies a lack of substance. People just misuse it.

Well, I see that it's meaning isn't as the word sounds, so it's an understandable misuse.

There are many sections of Gia's Rogue one could properly describe as bombastic. ;) How's that quote go: "…full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

I left out the idiot part out of politeness.

:laugh:

There are many sections of Gia's Rogue one could properly describe as bombastic. ;) How's that quote go: "�full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

I left out the idiot part out of politeness.

http://i.imgur.com/8jX7AP5.gif?1

I appreciate that.

There's also this to consider:

Because -astic is a suffix (to form an adjective), we need to examine the base word.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bombast


The original meaning of "bombast" (now obsolete) is "cotton or any soft fibrous material used as padding or stuffing."

It is derived through Middle French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombax, which means "cotton." "Bombax" in turn comes from "bombyx," a Latin and ultimately Greek word that means "silkworm" or "silk."

Etymologists aren't certain why the shift from silk to cotton occurred, though one source attributes it to an error going back to the Roman scholar Pliny, who had reported that cotton was produced by an insect analogous to the silkworm. "Bombast" has been retained in modern English because it took on a figurative sense used in reference to speech or writing. Thus the basic sense of "stuffing or padding" has survived, but now the stuffing consists of words rather than cotton.

~the more you know

I suppose the fact remains that I didn't use it correctly, but I was with the intention of as if the suffix -astic was applied to a base word of 'bomb', but I don't think such a word exists (with the meaning I intended).

Of course, it may sort of seem like common sense to attribute that suffix to that word, but common sense in this case is incorrect.

:sigh: I miss the days of high school where I would read through several dictionaries to find more comprehensive meanings.

I would have loved it a lot more if there were Etymology classes in high school instead of poetry and other subjective matters.
English for senior years of high school were extremely dull.
I could never get into prose and poetry or writing a thesis on allegories.

It's funny, the most basic thing that actually comprises of a successful interpretation of the English language comes from the lesser English classes; a heavier focus on grammar is only available through English Adjusted.
English (grade) 11A was a step lower than regular English (grade) 11.
By the time you get to grade 9, you're absolutely bored of reading a book only to write some nonsense about it.
Way too much emphasis on dissecting themes.

Don't get me wrong, I loved reading.
I just hate being told why I'm reading.
Takes the fun out of it when you're expected to tell what the author was thinking at the time.

Given how must students were, I would say that teaching them a moral of the story isn't the way to get through to them.
They'll just chalk it up to "common sense" and not care.
But if you teach them how to fish, they'll write better and speak better in the days to come.
And, believe me, there was an extreme shortage of well-spoken students by the time graduation came to pass.

I always ended up in the class with the dumbest students and the best teachers and had to listen to others brag how they got the best students with the same teachers.
I feel so ripped off from high school.
If I can sum how I felt about high school in as a whole experience, I'd say "it was the thought that counts". :/

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Actually, i think -ic is the suffix.

I looked up -astic first then "bombastic" and found bombast as a word.
Deprecated and outdated, so I've never really considered it outside of its suffixed form before.

I thought "bomb" first, but figured might as well use the word as a whole.
Which I should have done in the first place. :smrt:

Sigh


You've got some nerve...makin' me speak of a suffix that doesn't even exist? Psh. :p

:rofldata:

-astic is a suffix, alright.

Just the wrong one for this word.

The more I think of it, it would sound weird to say... Bombasticastic. Aztec?

You got it

Is that the game where Sean Bean thought his character *was* going to survive?

I don't know, couldn't tell ya, haven't played it.

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Rogue One: A Horror Story: 0:047 - 0:54. I can only imagine the brass players dying a little inside traversing this gruesome modulation.



I really can't get past ugly, amateurish crap like that.

****

NP (instead): The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Extended Version)

gururu, surely you mean you're listening to 'Going to See Saw' :laugh:

I really can't get past ugly, amateurish crap like that.

Stop Talking Then.....

:p


Currently:

I don't know, couldn't tell ya, haven't played it.

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Ah, Cloneboy, you know what's really sad? This is still, in my opinion, the best score of the year. But, out of all 145 original scores in contention for the Oscar this year, this film didn't even make the cut..

Polynomial-C - Aphex Twin

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this film didn't even make the cut..

It might be due to the fact that if your film is awful, everything about has to be so, no matter what. That's the logic some use.

^^Does anybody have an inkling as to how much of the music Beyond's deluxe edition has? Just a little more? Everything Giacchino recorded for the film?

^^Does anybody have an inkling as to how much of the music Beyond's deluxe edition has? Just a little more? Everything Giacchino recorded for the film?

A full hour of additional material.

OST is 1:01:04, Deluxe clocks in at an even 2:06:00

I don't think it's 100% complete, it's probably missing some inserts and most definitely film versions.

re: Gods of Egypt

I wouldn't refer to it as "best"; perhaps better than most of the high-profile composer competition. That said, I still haven't gotten around to listening to a good deal of said competition.

Off the top of my head, though, the only early standout is Mansell's "High Rise".

It might be due to the fact that if your film is awful, everything about has to be so, no matter what. That's the logic some use.

And apparently if the film itself is good, the score is amazing just because. Academy seem to not believe that good scores sometimes make it into bad movies, and vice-versa.

^^Does anybody have an inkling as to how much of the music Beyond's deluxe edition has? Just a little more? Everything Giacchino recorded for the film?
It's as if they took the sessions files and burned them to discs, but professionally. That's literally what this set is.

A full hour of additional material.

OST is 1:01:04, Deluxe clocks in at an even 2:06:00

I don't think it's 100% complete, it's probably missing some inserts and most definitely film versions.

Thanks, DAK!

It might be due to the fact that if your film is awful, everything about has to be so, no matter what. That's the logic some use.
No, I know why it didn't make the cut. But out of 145 scores, I feel like that's kind of an insult.

What's insulting is the sound design - I mean score for The Social Network beat the score for Inception

It's as if they took the sessions files and burned them to discs, but professionally. That's literally what this set is.

I like the sound of that. If only there was a digital release. Thanks.

re: Gods of Egypt

I wouldn't refer to it as "best"; perhaps better than most of the high-profile composer competition. That said, I still haven't gotten around to listening to a good deal of said competition.

Off the top of my head, though, the only early standout is Mansell's "High Rise".
For me, it's definitely up there among the top of this year. Others would probably be La La Land, Arrival, Doctor Strange, and even The BFG.

"The Orchestral Hergest Ridge (Part 1) [BBC 1974 Version]" - Mike Oldfield

I like the sound of that. If only there was a digital release. Thanks.

What? Do you know how many times I've seen people on here say how much they'd pay for a physical release of a complete score? This is one of those very rare instances. It doesn't happen a whole lot. Plus, physical is better than digital.

I Tried To Buy ST Beyond. They Want Nearly �20 in P&P.



Hopefully I Find It On Some Other Site or 2nd Hand Shop Sometime Next Year.

What? Do you know how many times I've seen people on here say how much they'd pay for a physical release of a complete score? This is one of those very rare instances. It doesn't happen a whole lot. Plus, physical is better than digital.

Hey, you know what? I assumed shipping to my country would be exorbitant (add to that my crappy currency), but I just checked and it's not too bad. Maybe a Christmas present for me...

(Shipping is about half the cost of it.)

Giving Shore's "Denial" a spin for the first time. Let's see how this one ends up ranking.

****

Completely forgot about Young's "Monkey King 2". That tops Beltrami's fantasy effort in my book.

Hey, you know what? I assumed shipping to my country would be exorbitant (add to that my crappy currency), but I just checked and it's not too bad. Maybe a Christmas present for me...

(Shipping is about half the cost of it.)

Still worth it. Physical recording sessions in your hand. You can't put a price on that.

"The Orchestral Hergest Ridge (Part 1) [BBC 1974 Version]" - Mike Oldfield

Not a lot that I remember yet (partially due to not being familiar with the original version first), but there is some absolutely lovely work here. It's a shame that it never did get an official release, considering the effort put here. The Orchestral Tubular Bells still works as the better of the two (though that might be me already being familiar with it).

Ah, Cloneboy, you know what's really sad? This is still, in my opinion, the best score of the year. But, out of all 145 original scores in contention for the Oscar this year, this film didn't even make the cut..

........ You gotta be shitting me.

This was one of the best scores of this 'modern age' I have ever heard, and just how damn thematic it is. (I think) it deserves some recognition for essentially nearing the brim the of the likes of something very Lawrence of Arabia-esque, the one of it's really lovely main themes...for example, beginning at 1:43 in "Straight Out of Egypt", and in that specific statement, you can hear this graceful style and articulation in how the strings are being played, and the way they sound... it's something that I thought was dying out by now. I just wanted to point out how wonderful of a thing it was hear, and that this sort of dick move doesn't really support the notion that potential scores in the future will even be as miraculously allowed to display this kind of excellence in a western film score ever again. The concept known as 'thematic' that was presented and articulated so much more often in the 70s and 80s (and 90s?) by Williams and Goldsmith isn't something that's as focused on anymore in the industry, given as much importance as it truly deserves, or even allowed to be heard in a film again. That's why this score really amazed me in that way. It isn't necessarily the best and most thematic 'Egyptian' score I've ever heard, but it's one of my favorites, and for this score in particular to be somehow given the opportunity to be kicking through the door with the great not-far-from-memorable melodies it sports, right alongside some of the recurrent appearances of big, intimate percussion (pretty much a given for this sort of movie by now), I was honestly pretty surprised.

And definitely not to dis any of the other scores of the 2000s and 2010s, because we have still received a wealth of quite amazing scores, but I mean that this score was something that felt more like classic, along the lines of Lawrence of Arabia thematically, and in a lot of it's own respects. In that way, and as a score in general, it's fantastic, and it did blow me away. But what a way to disrespect a noteworthy score by not even giving it a well-deserved nomination in the fucking Oscars.

But what a way to disrespect a noteworthy score by not even giving it a well-deserved nomination in the fucking Oscars.

Welcome to the Oscars :laugh:.

Sorry about my 'rant' :laugh: But I had to say what was on my mind. :p

So, consulting my still modest list of "Best of 2016", so far I have:

The Monkey King 2 � Young (current list topper)
Spain in a Day � Iglesias
Alice Through the Looking Glass � Elfman
La Corrispondenza � Morricone
Gods of Egypt � Beltrami
High-Rise � Mansell

There are 5 Desplat scores I've yet got to get around to, plus Burwell's well reviewed "Finest Hour", a couple of Vel�zquez's and Ba�os', the Marianelli animated, the Danna animated, the Crouching Tiger sequel by Umebayashi, Portman's "Race".

As for others�

Satisfactory, but don't rise above professional obligation:

Nocturnal Animals � Korzeniowski
BFG � Williams
Denial � Shore
Ben-Hur � Beltrami
X-Men: Apocalypse � Ottman
Miss Sloane � Richter
Florence Foster Jenkins � Desplat
The Founder � Burwell

Interesting on a creative level, but of limited standalone appeal:

Arrival � J�hannsson
The Witch � Korven
The Neon Demon � Martinez

Wastes of time:

Allied � Silvestri
Girl on a Train � Elfman
The Jungle Book � Debney
Fantastic Beasts � Newton Howard
The Huntsman 2 � Newton Howard
*Anything by Gia*
Batman v Superman � Zimmer
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies � Vel�zquez
Risen � Ba�os
1898: Los �ltimos de Filipinas � Ba�os
Warcraft � Djwadi
The Legend of Tarzan � Gregson-Williams

Concerning Gods of Egypt, I can't believe that I forgot to as well mention the very beautiful, stirring "Hathor's Theme". It was another one of my favorite cues that grasped my attention as one of those "sweeping" themes, that which we don't hear much of too often anymore.

And gururu, I'll have to give a listen to some of those more higher-regarded scores on your list.

Simon Viklund - Pimped out Getaway [Payday 2 Original Soundtrack]

Just listened to the entirety of System of a Down's Steal This Album! and a few more Serj Tankian: Empty Walls, Sky Is Over, some of the best ones.

I actually think Serj Tankian has a great voice.

Saturday Creature Feature: Hammer Studios' "Quatermass and the Pit" aka "Five Million Years to Earth" (1967). Rating: 5/5 (Probably my 10th viewing).

Morbidly topical 49 years later�

Quatermass: The will to survive. It's an odd phenomenon� Roney. If we found that our Earth was doomed, say by climatic changes�.what would we do about it?

Roney: Nothing. Just go on squabbling as usual.

Quatermass: Yes�

Roney: Nothing. Just go on squabbling as usual.

Quatermass: Yes…

:changspew: I literally almost spewed out my cereal.

Watching: Disney's Christmas Carol 2009

Plus, physical is better than digital.

The absolute application of subjectivity.

Again, this largely has to associate with tactile contact to the product.
Tactile contact reaffirms our confidence that it's real, that it exists and can conjure up memories.
Memory relies on a lot of variables. "Retracing steps" works best if you re-introduce yourself physically to the environment.
In the case of experiencing music for the first time, you want the phsyical aid of the CD to try and replicate the experience.

It's more of a trophy for sentiment value rather than practical means of accessing the music.

True, CD's can last longer than any hard drive, given how easy it is to destroy a hard drive; even with the technology for HDD's improving every few years.
The risk assessment of maintaining a physical CD that you need only rip a few times as needed (and letting it rest safely in a jewel case in a safe place on the shelf with little to no frequent contact or risk of external influences) versus a hard drive having a random failure and losing your digital purchase, some would say that a physical medium is the best option to have.

However, given that CD's come from studio masters and most digital stores are aiming to deliver digital masters, the product shouldn't have that much descripencies involved.
Plus, besides the obvious savings in shipping and handling (levies, taxes, and customs fees for some), digital stores should allow customers to re-download their purchases as necessary.
In the event that some stores put limits on the downloads, I've found that contacting customer support and presenting my case ends up allowing more privilages to obtaining the digital purchase again.
In two cases, I've had externals crash on me and was fortunate enough that customer support allowed me to obtain new copies again.

For me, I would like to start off with digital if I can.
It certainly saves and still supports the artists and labels.

I'm finding that I'm buying way more digitally these days which would allow me to support up to 6 soundtracks, whereas the physical mediums would only allow me to support up to 1 soundtrack.
The costs for CD are devastating, so anything major from LLL/VS only happen once every few years now.

*comes out of hiding*

Are we done bashing Giacchino ?

Just gonna throw my Hat in with this Cue/Track (Never really got what the Term Cue stands for)

My favourite of his, you can take a listen below, Clonemaster will back me up on this,
all his Medal of Honor Scores are a Treat to listen to, you miss out if you want to remain a Snob about the whole Thing...



https://youtu.be/B7tMFzZvc4I

Just finished editing this set and putting some tracks in chronological order. Now listening to it.

My favourite of his, you can take a listen below, Clonemaster will back me up on this,
all his Medal of Honor Scores are a Treat to listen to, you miss out if you want to remain a Snob about the whole Thing...

Fully agreed! His more recent works don't do anything extraordinary, but his Medal of Honor scores are too melodious and fun to be overlooked.

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Listening to Zelda Minish Cap soundtrack.

It's my first 2D Zelda game. Having a lot of fun with it so far.

I really miss A Link to the Past.

*comes out of hiding*

Are we done bashing Giacchino ?

Just gonna throw my Hat in with this Cue/Track (Never really got what the Term Cue stands for)

My favourite of his, you can take a listen below, Clonemaster will back me up on this,
all his Medal of Honor Scores are a Treat to listen to, you miss out if you want to remain a Snob about the whole Thing...

That cue has never really been a favorite of mine, but it's a quite a decent piece of work. The way the melody is worked with and expanded upon little by little may be the best thing about it, the intrigue gains foot and it ends up being a very decent track, *once again*, while not being my absolute favorite.

You know damn well that I'll always back up and give support to these scores. They're complete masterpieces. One of the things that always amazed me was some of their uncanny similarities to the scores of Raiders of the Lost Ark (take "Schmerzen", for example) and The Last Crusade (take "The Radar Train" as another example). By appearance in the games alone, I've known a majority of this music since I was 9 and it was what eventually got me to start listening to it... it was probably my entry point to Michael Giacchino's music and stands to be how I ever so became aware of him as a composer. If I'm correct, I think the first piece of music of the series I ever heard was Allied Assault's main theme. It's really such an endearing tune, it always gives me a warm feeling inside, just as any of the masterful pieces of music that John Williams has meticulously crafted and given us over the decades, continuously does.

That's an example, but these game's scores are full to the brim with thematic and memorable material, and works in the mode of classic orchestral scoring that was much more actively employed years ago. Hearing these characteristics in a video game score, in 1999 (around the time orchestral VGM was beginning and started to catch on), making way up to even as late as 2007, well... it's really a marvelous thing. Although... hearing this sort of music being featured in a video game series created by Steven Spielberg, well, I guess it should come as no surprise. :p



Now, why don't we give a listen to two downright excellent action cues from the series? One from the very first game, another from the last.
Attack on Fort Schmerzen (Medal of Honor, 1999) (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B18GQkZXWsEVaGh0Q3ZxYWxtelk)
Taking Out the Sighting Tower (Medal of Honor: Airborne, 2007) (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B18GQkZXWsEVREdZdVZEd2YzUkU)

Saturday Night Live 42x10, "Casey Affleck / Chance The Rapper"

The insides of my eyelids.

Galaxy Quest (Limited Edition) - David Newman (1999/2012) :)

(http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Site/GQ.html)

The insides of my eyelids.

My father's favorite thing to watch during a hockey game

My father's favorite thing to watch during a hockey game

My favorite thing to watch during any sports, ever.

watching Elf.

thinking..the InifiFilm edition was a wasted effort.

Listening to Giacchino's Rogue One for the first time (before the movie) giving it a try..

Not liking it so far.

Listening to Star Trek Beyond (The Deluxe Edition) - Michael Giacchino

Listening to Star Trek Beyond (The Deluxe Edition) - Michael Giacchino

DAMN YOU!!!!!


:p

I am going to hold til I see the movie in theatres to give my opinion about the Rogue One score.. let's see, maybe an Atmos full-on surround listen of the score with the movie gives it a different vibe

:D

The best score ever..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VveTsyjFlNA

The best score ever..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VveTsyjFlNA

Nope. You Forget Giacchino Is Crap At Making Scores.... It Is "FACT" As Said By Many Here Recently....

Oh shit, maybe John Williams ghost wrote it then. That's the only solution.

I wouldn't be surprised, he being immortal and all... he probably has more than enough time on his hands to do so.

Oh shit, maybe John Williams ghost wrote it then. That's the only solution.

For Sure... Giacchino Can Score As Good As Disney or DC Can Make Films/TV Shows.... Apparently Not At All..... :erm:

Fuck this database!

I still haven't listened to that yet, outside of a couple samples.
DoFP was an interesting experiment... a lot of musical styles crammed into one score. I would say that Ottman is versatile, but that's likely a result of having additional composers from RCP or wherever.

Ottman held such promise for me with this score back in the day. Regrettably, he never did live up to that promise.



That said, he's still unquestionably more competent than Gia.

Giacchino 4EVER!

I have that cover! :D

I hope Giacchino brings his Barry style back for the sequel.
No wishy-washy stuff! :D

Yeah, honestly I miss that old Giacchino-Pixar style of his. Ratatouille, The Incredibles.. those are very impressive scores of his. Up too, specially Married Life.

I have that cover! :D

I hope Giacchino brings his Barry style back for the sequel.
No wishy-washy stuff! :D

Nope. I Remade The Cover With A Sharper Image and Better Text Layout.

Y'all realize Barry turned down the assignment.

Yes, and? Barry's influence and style was still very much in the film via Giacchino.

Via Gia. HA!

If you're persuaded by hand-me-down Barry or second or third-rate Williams and Goldsmith, by all means just go on listening to Mr. Monkey See, Monkey Do.

I'll stick to (and champion) the real thing.

I sometimes wonder if people can just simply ignore what one has to say on a certain subject. It's not necessary to always respond, especially if the opinion will forever stay different from one another.

Not making a thing about divergence of opinion is also an option to consider.

"My What A Guy. Gaston!"

If you're persuaded by hand-me-down Barry or second or third-rate Williams and Goldsmith, by all means just go on listening to Mr. Monkey See, Monkey Do.

I'll stick to (and champion) the real thing.

You're spouting complete nonsense. Whether Williams or Goldsmith or Barry wrote better material in the style (I don't doubt that) is irrelevant - none of them composed The Incredibles.
All I'm saying is that Giacchino brought it to the table and did at least a serviceable job. I hope he does so again in a few years.

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Not making a thing about divergence of opinion is also an option to consider.

:this:

People here think that disagreement is a vicious personal attack to their values. Why? :itsamystery:

Meh.

Considering how often you guys have the "why do you have that opinion" attitude sometimes, I felt like bringing up.

I don't like feeling pointless.

Also, the way you express your opinions count too.

I don't like feeling pointless.

Then articulate the conviction you have in your thoughts. I don't understand why this concept flies over so many people's heads.

People here think that disagreement is a vicious personal attack to their values. Why? :itsamystery:

Low self-image + over-reliance/dependance upon peer approval.

****

I haven't listened to The Incredibles since the movie came out.

I always have a hard time understanding that not everyone is gonna respond to the things you say. I always want to be part of a discussion, since real life doesn't have much in it's favor for conversational matter. However, it's often either through poor timing (like writing a thing when the conversation ends) or poor choice of words that I don't get anywhere (or I feel like I don't). Doesn't help that because of particular methods used in school, I never feel like I'm improving my skills, just taking advantage of them.

Thus, whenever I just write anything, it's just out of desperation. Never minding what I actaully feel about things, it's just me saying what might make the talk keep rolling. Having an autistic teenager try really hard at this is not really the best way to go.

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Low self-image + over-reliance/dependance upon peer approval.

That's probably the best way to put it.

*insert duplication joke here*

My 2�: stop second guessing oneself and don't be afraid of making mistakes.

****

And, fuck me, if the download section gets nuked over some shitty Giacchoni Trek score.

I stopped caring about other's opinions and what they enjoy/don't. I just don't agree with disrespecting someone else's opinions to try and rile them up and get a reaction from them. I try to avoid doing that to others, and also try to prevent me from disrespecting someone else's opinions, I just treat it as a joke anymore. Because, it's kind of funny, in a sense. But, anyways, I will continue to listen to what I like, and you can continue to listen to what you enjoy, and let's not let our opinions get the best of us, especially ruining any friendships.

I think I'm just not feeling the best at moment. Things are honestly pretty bad with the family. Kind of has impacted my thinking.

I should just focus on the positive at this point. Like how I've just had one of many listens to JMJ's Equinoxe right now. Pretty brilliant album.

I should watch Spider-Man 2 later.

I think I'm just not feeling the best at moment. Things are honestly pretty bad with the family.

:sad: Would it help to talk about it? Or is it something you want to work out on your own?

I don't know. I think it's not the best idea to have random people from the internet help you on your problems, but who knows.

What I do know is that I should be moving this topic to another thread.

I don't know. I think it's not the best idea to have random people from the internet help you on your problems, but who knows.

:laugh: That's probably true in most cases.

...

I stopped caring about other's opinions and what they enjoy/don't. I just don't agree with disrespecting someone else's opinions to try and rile them up and get a reaction from them. I try to avoid doing that to others, and also try to prevent me from disrespecting someone else's opinions, I just treat it as a joke anymore. Because, it's kind of funny, in a sense. But, anyways, I will continue to listen to what I like, and you can continue to listen to what you enjoy, and let's not let our opinions get the best of us, especially ruining any friendships.

I Love You! :D
Good Thing We Have Simular Interests Ah Man!?

Makes Life a lot easier.

I don't know. I think it's not the best idea to have random people from the internet help you on your problems, but who knows.

What I do know is that I should be moving this topic to another thread.

PM Me or Message Me On Soulseek any Time. :)

PM Me or Message Me On Soulseek any Time. :)

I barely use Soulseek anymore. Rarely.. only if I need something hard, and it's there.

To chat people I'd rather use Discord.

HunterTech and I Soulseek all the time... but I have a bad habit of not paying attention to when he messages me! ;-)

I loved SoulSeek-ing with Mr Gold once in a while but I hate to open the program to just chat. Again, I use Discord

Instead of something inconsequential like Spider-Man 2, watch a movie that has something to say about the human condition, like Love and Death (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073312/) for instance. Arguably Woody Allen's funniest, most insightful film.

Nor Do I. I Chat To Some People There. Better Discussions Than Here Most of the Time..

Instead of something inconsequential like Spider-Man 2, watch a movie that has something to say about the human condition, like Love and Death (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073312/) for instance. Arguably Woody Allen's funniest, most insightful film.

I'd rather watch something that I know I can relate to in some way, as opposed to a film that I'm not familiar with, nor will I get til a few years later. Thanks for the recommendation though.

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I also can't SoulSeek at the moment, since I'm out of the house. BUT, I can Discord, since I have my dying phone on me.

Fuck you, 3G/LTE

I Love You! :D
Good Thing We Have Simular Interests Ah Man!?
http://orig11.deviantart.net/d1a8/f/2015/130/0/8/monstercat_phones_by_gamebuster911-d8sxy7m.gif

I'd rather watch something that I know I can relate to in some way, as opposed to a film that I'm not familiar with…

If you don't relate to being a human being conflicted by the world and people around you, well… �\_(ツ)_/�

If you don't relate to being a human being conflicted by the world and people around you, well… �\_(ツ)_/�

It's definitely a big influential factor to how Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm came to be :laugh:

If you don't relate to being a human being conflicted by the world and people around you, well… �\_(ツ)_/�

Autism, how the fuck does that work?

I admit I can get a bit arrogant over things I'm not familiar with. Considering my lack of enthusiasm for new films, I'll consider it.

http://orig11.deviantart.net/d1a8/f/2015/130/0/8/monstercat_phones_by_gamebuster911-d8sxy7m.gif

:laugh:

Then articulate the conviction you have in your thoughts. I don't understand why this concept flies over so many people's heads.

That's the thing...it's almost a consistent struggle for me to say something adequately descriptive or convincing. It's as if I want to say something, I know that I have something to say, but nothing comes to mind as it should. Or it's just an embarrassing mess of a post.

I barely use Soulseek anymore. Rarely.. only if I need something hard, and it's there.

To chat people I'd rather use Discord.

If I need something hard, I doubt I'll find it on soulseek...unless Denis Reed is there. :) :)

If I need something hard, I doubt I'll find it on soulseek...unless Denis Reed is there. :) :)

https://38.media.tumblr.com/ae62e1d77cdd55d97ab5b4b8e81ae49e/tumblr_inline_o01mmcYJaW1tnuzcc_500.gif

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Listening to One of My Holy Grails...

Jupiter Ascending? ;)

Jupiter Ascending? ;)

Nope. Although When I Update My Sig, I Must Add That One, I have Got Rather Addicted To It..

Then my guess is The Rocketeer, you recently posted that you were listening to it, and I remember you saying it's one of your grails.

Good Guess, Not Quite As I Finished That Earlier.

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Star Trek Beyond?

I Wish. Nah The Pic Above.

Wataru Hokoyama - AFRIKA Original Soundtrack

Thanks Clonemaster for making me discover this gem of a soundtrack this year. I only wish it wasn't out of stock and expensive now, to get it physically like most scores I love enough to get in my collection.

Watched "Swiss Army Man" and…

"Hated it!" (90's reference)

Apart from being utterly dumb to the core, perhaps what I hated most was being clubbed over the head for 90 minutes by one treacly song after another.

Aw man, that's too bad. The trailer for it looked interesting enough (puerile humor aside) and I was thinking of checking it out one day. I still might but my expectations are lower now.

Aw man, that's too bad. The trailer for it looked interesting enough (puerile humor aside) and I was thinking of checking it out one day. I still might but my expectations are lower now.

It honestly looked like a modern reboot of Weekend At Burnies', where he's actually dead.
It's a staggering concept to begin with.

It doesn't look like it included a lot of pyschology in it. Showing how he breaks down and believes his friend is still alive.
I haven't watched it, but it would have had more interest in it if it started off with him in a clinic getting treated for his trauma.
Bring classic pyschosis of abandonment issues, etc. All divulging deeper into his mental breakdown of using his dead friend as a utility.
I mean, that wouldn't serve a point.
Unless you throw in a cliche plot twist where the roles were reversed and the living character was just projecting delusions where he's the one that "should have died" and the whole movie is really about the dead one being alive in the memory of the survivor because the survivor can't cope and utilized his memories as a coping mechanism.
Survivor's Guilt 101, Shylamandingdong 101, Cannes Film Festival 101, and all that.

It looks more like it should have been a video short on youtube.

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Listening to The Evil Dead end credits.

The Ash VS Evil Dead season 2 finale used the same music in their end credits (and earlier in the episode).

Now to wait for season 3 premiere.

Wataru Hokoyama - AFRIKA Original Soundtrack

Thanks Clonemaster for making me discover this gem of a soundtrack this year. I only wish it wasn't out of stock and expensive now, to get it physically like most scores I love enough to get in my collection.

You're quite welcome, Ponyo! Some of my absolute favorite attributes of the score is the abundance of serene moments. One of my favorite examples is "Sunset", it's so calming and beautiful of a piece of music. And in fact, the entire reason how I came about to discover the score myself was seeing how it was performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony, and *of course* I know them from their work on the scores of Call of Duty, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, & Medal of Honor: Airborne. Not to mention how there's a lot of the same musicians and performers working across a spectrum of scores and connections that you wouldn't believe.

Exemplary; Medal of Honor: Rising Sun - Ice Age

Kind of seems like I even spotted one of the same performers who worked on Evangelion 1.0, but that may be going a little far. Still, it surprised me a little at first.

Listening to The Evil Dead end credits.

The Ash VS Evil Dead season 2 finale used the same music in their end credits (and earlier in the episode).

Now to wait for season 3 premiere.

Have you read about the behind-the-scenes creative differences resulting in the head producer leaving the production? Dropped it all out in the open in an interview.

Frankly, I didn't find the finale very entertaining. Slipshod storytelling. Blunted humour. Humdrum direction.

Have you read about the behind-the-scenes creative differences resulting in the head producer leaving the production? Dropped it all out in the open in an interview.

Frankly, I didn't find the finale very entertaining. Slipshod storytelling. Blunted humour. Humdrum direction.

I haven't heard about the producer.

Looking back on the finale, it felt like it was all set up just to create the set up for season 3.
It wasn't nearly as big as the rest of the season leading up to that point.

On one hand, I'm glad they didn't do anything like have old Ash try to avoid young Ash.
That would be a horrible mess. Even if they used CG to "youngify" him on a stand-in actor.

Solid opening credits with a few more stand-out tracks cropping up between the filler.

Watching Joseph Gordon-Levitt play Edward Snowden.
I have to remember it's an Oliver Stone film.

So far it's just okay. Maybe even less than okay.
Shailene Woodley did not waste time putting a reservation sign on her legs.

Nicolas Cage is already enjoyable the minute you hear his voice.

It's uncanney valley at first because it sounds like Gordon-Levitt strains his voice just going deep rather than using his naturally boyish voice.
At first, you think they digitally enhanced his voice to sound that deep.
Nothing on IMDb in the trivia section if it was voice over.
But watch his neck when he talks. It's like he's doing his best Keanu Reeves impersenation. :laugh:

JG-L should not do movies that require accents or voice work.
His Pepe Le Pew accent in The Walk was too unbearable to get to the key scene that I wanted to see in 3D.

14 Glacial Skies

Queued up all HOTD Overkill Boss Themes in a Row, currently :

Falling asleep watching Inception.

:laugh: The Kick music keeps waking me up.
I keep thinking it's my ringtone (https://soundcloud.com/sparktank/edith-piaf-non-je-ne-regrette-rien-short-kick-edit) and someone's calling me.

Watching the teaser trailer to Blade Runner 2049.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/19/blade-runner-2049-first-footage-ryan-gosling-harrison-ford

First thoughts:

Director Denis Villeneuve seems to have captured the look and tone of the first film.

Gosling's detective is named "K." An allusion to Kafka's character "K" who tries to find out who are the authorities working inside the novel's eponymous The Castle?

The decapitated head of a statue. A Tyrell Corp relic? Perhaps another literary allusion, this time to Shelly's Ozymandias?

Seeing Deckard's apartment reminded me of the hotel room from 2001.

DAMN YOU!!!!!


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Currently checking out the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack on youtube. Never heard of Yoko Shimomura, but it's very interesting.

Jimmy Webb (with the London Symphony Orchestra) - Red Bull Attacks (from The Last Unicorn)

Listening to Banjo-Kazooie.

I never owned a N64 and never played the game, but you can't turn down a Grant Kirkhope score.
I have high hopes for Yooka-Laylee next year. Both the game and score.

Oh ManRay, I've some new John Wick for you.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/full-trailer-poster-john-wick-chapter-2/