Thank you very very much for the rare Masamicho Amano release.

Amen! :)

Let's all celebrate with...


HIROSHI TAKAKI
Sinfonia Tytania

The Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Takemoto Taizo

**NOT MY RIP -- LAME 192kbps**

http://www.mediafire.com/?limht5jzlzo



1. Tytania (2:37)
2. TV Size (I) (1:35)
3. Andante Grandioso (2:22)
4. Andante Grandioso(2:43)
5. Andante Grandioso (2:03)
6. Adagio (I) (2:26)
7. Adagio (3:12)
8. Moderato (3:15)
9. Moderato (2:10)
10. Moderato (1:35)
11. Moderato (1:57)
12. Lento (5:09)
13. Lento (4:22)
14. Lost in Space - TV Size (1:34)
15. Original Karaoke without Chorus (3:39)
16. Lost in Space - Original Karaoke without Chorus (4:29)
17. Lost in Space - TV size Karaoke (1:31)

More comments and a review later on, but for now: This is a fully symphonic masterpiece - grand and stately, superb composition and an excellent orchestral performance.

This is excellent share. Many thanks!

any more action orchestred themes

Garcia, thanks for the Tiomkin and for the info about Young. I know the Hellraisers are two of his most accomplished scores - perhaps I need to see the movies to get the full effect? Also would you recommend his Spiderman 3 music? Gave this a miss in the cinema being rather sick of super hero flicks.. How closely does he follow Elfman's lead?


Hi!

I've really enjoyed reading the discussions for the last few pages. Amazing that a discussion of film music is more civil here than on the FSM board.

Welcome aboard dooj17, and thanks for putting up Logan's Run! This was the next Goldsmith I was going to rip. It's definitely one of his best. Only a few of the synth tracks are duds, and I love the alternation between synth and orchestra - used very effectively to add the dystopian theme of the film. Early-on the orchestral palette is limited to the bright sounds of strings in various acerbic combinations (pizzicato, quartet, solo) and piano. 'A Little Muscle' and 'The Key' are incredible action tracks like no others. And though we're teased with more varied colour in 'The Box' and 'Ice Sculpture', the feeling of liberation on finally escaping the repressive city in 'The Sun' is beautiful - you can practically feel the warmth of its rays! This track and 'The Monument' also have some quite florid decorations and an undulating quality that you don't often hear from Goldsmith. Very impressionistic stuff. 'The Truth' has one of those unbearable dissonant build-ups, as mentioned in my Final Conflict post, here erupting into stunningly primitivistic action - those biting trombones! Stravinsky would be proud!!

It's also one of Jerry's most sophisticated in terms of thematic/motivic development. The initial, seemingly unmusical synth figure in 'The Dome' sets off the motif of rising semitones followed by a whole tone in the trumpets that represents the mechanised inhumanity of the city; listen to the ingenious variation on this in 'The Nursery'.

The emergence and maturation of the love theme throughout the score is another of its charms. 'End of the City' is rapturously beautiful, along similar lines to the finale of Total Recall. Just ignore its sickly arrangement (not by Goldsmith) in track 23 :)

Thanks for your analysis of Logan's Run, Lens of Truth. To be honest I bought the "short" release years ago and for some reason filed it away after only 1 listen. Maybe I was vacuuming or something :). Then I came across the FSM release and didn't even listen to it until recently - it was mentioned as being one of Jerry's most fascinating scores so of course I had to dig it out. It is a fine score, and it's laudable that Jerry would use so much electronics. It's just unfortunate that electronic music tends to date more than some other musical choices. Hmmm - actually the Klingon "blaster beam" doesn't sound dated..I could totally see that in Dark Knight or Terminator-whatever.

Thanks again for the Final Conflict, I was inspired to dig up Omen I & II. My wife thought I was ruining a nice romantic evening :)

OK here's my personal rip of the isolated score to
Thief of Bagdad by Miklos Rozsa.
I highly recommend buying/renting this dvd and watching the movie with the iso-score. It's almost continuous! I just upped this to FranklyYes/Not as well. All of a sudden I'm in a sharing mood..?


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JMTEHKK7

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PSFPSX24

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CUX8D6A7

Do you have the Deluxe Editions of the first two Omens? They are significant improvements on the originals, as with Logan's Run (though I often listen to the track sequence from the first Omen cd for its sense of flow).

I'm assuming your rip is from the sumptuous Criterion dvd:


One of my most watched discs! It's the kind of magically naive film that never gets made any more. The wonder of it is that so many directors didn't spoil the broth - the most notable being the great Michael Powell (Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes). Thanks for the upload. I'd love to get my hands on that Bernstein set from FSM one day, with his recording of Thief. Otherwise it's ripe for the Stromberg/McNeely treatment.

Do you have the Deluxe Editions of the first two Omens? They are significant improvements on the originals, as with Logan's Run (though I often listen to the track sequence from the first Omen cd for its sense of flow).

I'm assuming your rip is from the sumptuous Criterion dvd:
I'd love to get my hands on that Bernstein set from FSM one day, with his recording of Thief. Otherwise it's ripe for the Stromberg/McNeely treatment.

I was only able to locate a low-bitrate version of Omen 1 Deluxe, I haven't seen a deluxe version of Omen II...FYI - there is a bluray iso score of Omen 1 and that has been upped elsewhere, but the sound quality is inferior IMHO to the Deluxe CD (even at 160k).

Criterion -yep. Straight from Netflix :)

Bernstein set - I have the Herrmann discs/LPs and I think..yep the Bagdad one, too. So I guess I will up that shortly...so much for my plan to only up 1 score a day....
However I would LOVE the full Bernstein set as well as a full scan of the book. Heck if the Blue Box can surface with book intact, why not?

Thanks a lot for the latest posts, guys!

dooj17: Welcome to the thread :) I greatly appreciate when newcomers actually post some music here. Contributions are an excellent way to quickly gain popularity and appreciation (in any place). May I suggest you to give a more visible treatment to your Thief of Bagdad post (visible title, cover...)? Because imagine you're a visitor browsing a thread with more than 2500 posts: your great contribution could be easily missed, if not noticeable enough.


Garcia: fantastic post! Tiomkin is a composer I didn't have the opportunity to listen much from, even though he's one of those notable golden age composers. Your post is a great chance to get into his music more. Thx a lot. :)


Billie: of course your compilations are great! (How can you even ask if they're bad???) In fact I often use them to relax after a long day, or I listen to them in the background when I need some calm, harmonious music. Don't hesitate to post more if you have some. :)


And now, an announcement: Another Amano score coming shortly...

As per arthierr's suggestion I stole your image for my post Lens :)

OK as per request
Miklos Rozsa - The Thief of Bagdad
Re-Recorded by Elmer Bernstein for Volume 7 of his famous Film Music Collection (which this board needs a full rip of).




Elmer7.rar (http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=c89vwxtnoj)

(credit to the original uploader)
More info about this disc and the series here
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=5785
I actually have yet another recording of Thief (the one w Jungle Book included) but I think I'll save that for next year...

Now about that Omen II Deluxe Edition....can't seem to find that anywhere...

Here's the reupload and repost of streichorchester's HARDCORE BALLET, as requested.



HARDCORE BALLET

Thanks to streichorchester

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=ztzqihfjbu




Thanks for the re-upload, mate! :)

Now about that Omen II Deluxe Edition....can't seem to find that anywhere...

I have the original for the three deluxe editions. If you want them I can rip them?

Is someone interested in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Complete score) edition by Bernard Herrmann? I have recently purchased it
Best!!!

Wow, thanks dooj! I try to support the efforts of FSM as much as I can (I say this as if it's a trouble - they produce amazing releases of exactly the type of film music I love!), so eventually when I've saved up enough I will buy the Bernstein set - if it's still available!! But this is much appreciated in the meantime :)

The first two Omen scores have been posted in the lossless thread btw:
THE OMEN (Deluxe Edition)
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1226762&postcount=647
OMEN II - DAMIEN (Deluxe Edition)
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1228735&postcount=696

Garcia, I'd love to hear the mono 7th Voyage. I have the John Debney rerecording on disc and listen to it often.

Wow, thanks dooj! I try to support the efforts of FSM as much as I can (I say this as if it's a trouble - they produce amazing releases of exactly the type of film music I love!)

I totally agree. I do feel guilty sometimes downloading FSM's efforts since they are true labors of love and I'm sure they sell less than half a percent of what Jablonsky's Transformers will sell. I've been grabbing some Barry Gray scores off LucyS and JonC and when I read the liner notes about how Titterton spent literally years transferring moldy tapes onto DAT...meanwhile HGW's Wolverine is probably the result of about 20 hours of actual labor :(.

This is also why I'll most likely never share scores in flac, it's my half-assed way of supporting the film score industry. Not sure how well that will hold up in court tho....(I have no problem with other people doing it tho hehe)

Thanks for the alert about Omen I/II. No need to rip them Garcia27, thanks anyways.

The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (Complete Score) by Bernard Herrmann (Prometheus XPCD 166, 2009)

(http://www.postimage.org/)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cer4xf


Track listing


Disc/Cassette 1

1. Overture / The Fog (03:58)
2. The Princess / The Stone Gate / The Cyclops (06:13)
3. The Trumpets / Bagdad (02:59)
4. Sultan's Feast / The Vase / Cobra Dance (03:34)
5. The Prophecy (01:11)
6. The Pool / Night Magic (02:10)
7. Tiny Princess (02:04)
8. Street Music (01:14)
9. Sinbad and Princess (01:42)
10. The Ship / The Fight (03:00)
11. The Return (01:10)
12. The Skull (01:29)
13. The Club (01:05)
14. The Cave (00:50)
15. The Capture (00:45)
16. Captured - part II (00:48)
17. In Cage (00:59)
18. The Latch (02:01)
19. Fight with the Cyclops / Cyclops' Death (03:04)
20. The Cliffs (01:02)
21. The Egg (01:18)
22. The Request / The Genie's Home / The Fight with the Roc / The Nest / The Dragon (11:38)
23. Door Slam (01:12)
24. Transformation (02:52)
25. The Skeleton / The Duel with the Skeleton / The Sword (02:53)
26. Dragon and Cyclops / The Crossbow / The Death of the Dragon / Finale (08:44)
DISC ONE: the complete score (total time 69'55)

Disc/Cassette 2

1. Overture / Bagdad (03:50)
2. Sultan's Feast / The Vase / Cobra Dance (02:33)
3. The Cyclops (03:36)
4. Night Magic / Tiny Princess / Street Music (03:34)
5. The Flight / The Battle with the Cyclops (03:16)
6. The Roc / The Nest (04:09)
7. The Dragon (02:13)
8. Transformation (02:02)
9. The Skeleton / The Duel with the Skeleton / The Sword (02:54)
10. The Death of the Cyclops / The Crossbow / The Death of the Dragon (03:20)
11. Finale (02:19)
12. Overture (long version) (01:54)
DISC TWO: the 1958 soundtrack album (total time 35'40)

Total Duration: 01:45:35

Here's the reupload and repost of streichorchester's HARDCORE BALLET, as requested.

Ah, for some reason the excerpt from Vaughan Williams's "Job" won't extract from the archive. Would you mind uploading just this track for me again? Thanks!

The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (Complete Score) by Bernard Herrmann (Prometheus XPCD 166, 2009)

(http://www.postimage.org/)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/cer4xf

garcia27, thank you for The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. Yummy. :)

wow big thread!! i love the kind of music that will make your heart sink and i feel like alot of the tracks here do just that!! anyway, i'm not sure if this counts, but have you guys heard genji? its a game soundtrack and has alot of beautiful tracks! i can post a few if anyone wants!!

Ladies and gentleman, I am faced with a dilemma.

I need some good chase music.

Yes this is absolutley related to my RPG Group.

I only have TWO chase songs ATM - Berlin Foot Chase from The Bourne Supremacy, and African Rundown from Casino Royale.

I can't do that! I need more music than that for my chase scenes. So, I would like to request the aid of my fellow music lovers in this endeavor.

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra - Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou (orchestral album)
(http://img154.imageshack.us/i/coverslc.jpg/)

http://rapidshare.com/files/248150478/TPH-HaruhiGensou.rar
PSW: smile
This is a recording of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra playing music from the anime series Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensou. It also includes live performances with the orchestra from Aya Hirano and Minori Chihara. The music is heavy on the strings and is mostly romantic in style. It is a good orchestral album but nothing outstanding because the music isn't as complex as some other offerings. (upload taken from LonE torrent)

Ladies and gentleman, I am faced with a dilemma.

I need some good chase music.

Yes this is absolutley related to my RPG Group.

I only have TWO chase songs ATM - Berlin Foot Chase from The Bourne Supremacy, and African Rundown from Casino Royale.

I can't do that! I need more music than that for my chase scenes. So, I would like to request the aid of my fellow music lovers in this endeavor.

me 2

Ladies and gentleman, I am faced with a dilemma.

I need some good chase music.



"The Mine Car Chase" from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The Indy stuff has at least 1 or 2 good chase tracks on every soundtrack but that's a fav.

If you like John Powell then Mr & Mrs Smith "Minivan Chase" has Chase in the title...yep I'm lazy

Ah, for some reason the excerpt from Vaughan Williams's "Job" won't extract from the archive. Would you mind uploading just this track for me again? Thanks!

Yep, you're right. The zip got corrupted during uploading. I'll repost a clean version ASAP.


wow big thread!! i love the kind of music that will make your heart sink and i feel like alot of the tracks here do just that!! anyway, i'm not sure if this counts, but have you guys heard genji? its a game soundtrack and has alot of beautiful tracks! i can post a few if anyone wants!!

I don't know genji but if it's orchestral then it's very welcome here indeed.


And of course, thanks a lot to all recent contributors! :)

Another Amano score for your enjoyment.



BATTLE ROYALE OST

Music composed by Masamichi Amano

MP3 320 kbps

Thanks to the original uploader

megaupload.com/?d=COYV7KW3





01 - Requiem (Verdi) prologue
02 - Millenium education reform act
03 - Teacher
04 - The game begins
05 - Memory
06 - Slaughter house
07 - Radetsky march (Strauss)
08 - Student battles
09 - Blue danube waltz (Strauss)
10 - Escape
11 - Nanahara and Noriko friendship
12 - Auf dem Wasser zu singen (Schubert)
13 - Kawada's theme
14 - Kiriyama attacks
15 - Mimuras determination
16 - Utsumi and Nanahara poison medecine
17 - The war of girls without faith nor law
18 - Reunion
19 - Air from orchestral suite n�3 in d major (Bach)
20 - The third man
21 - Teacher and student final battle
22 - Bitter victory
23 - A new journey


Brilliant review from Cinezik (translated from french by Google):

Performed by National Philharmonic Orchestra of Warsaw (and since 1992) without forgetting the imposing choral music Amano transcribes the theatrical brutality of the work and the few intimate moments with a power rarely matched in orchestral the music of contemporary Japanese film. The opening prologue opens with the superb Requiem of Giuseppe Verdi, which plunges us immediately into the dark and chaotic context of the film. Then follows the introduction Amano composed orchestral style with a very imposing on the introduction of film that reminds us briefly state that this is the future Japanese society (note the brief allusion to the theme of Kitano , oboe melody that we find in 'Professor and Students / Final Battle' and 'Bitter Victory', the composer taking a very moderate use of some themes at the beginning of the film). At the same time dark and at times agitated orchestral introduction that allows us to hear some martial body rhythms evoking the ominous presence of the military leaving bode well (early scene in the bus carrying the students), Amano us then hear a theme for piano and strings rather romantic and nostalgic for this brief quiet moment before the students do on this island nightmare (the theme returns in the few moments' intimacy 'of the film, between students).

'Act to reform the education of the new century' plunges us into a more sombre start with a very martial evoking the arrival of the teacher on the island with the military will take control of operations. But we enter the heart of the matter with the superb 'Professor of thrill', Amano actually showing the violence of the movie with this passage that allows us to hear the first major reference to a U.S. film music. Prof. stabs one of his students, causing recalcitrant terror when it threatens to blow up the collar of one of his students - then note the start with a very hectic pace of cash and a brutal rhythm orchestra and very exciting ( beautiful use of strings and brass here, still sounding fairly warrior), the second part of the piece showing the stage of the necklace is actually a clever variation reprise of the famous' Hot Water 'score' Outland 'by Jerry Goldsmith . The composer does not really track the piece of Goldsmith (it does not form melodic) but merely to take the exact structure of the piece and its orchestrations before preparing a tremendous rise of brutal power up the inevitable outcome of scene - the bloody death of student - one of his friends crying with a brief reminder of the theme heard here nostalgic for flute and harp. Kitano then understand his students that he is the master of operations and they must obey blindly to the discipline (fascist!) For fear of terrifying and deadly retaliation. The use of this piece in the scene I was quite surprised. 'Professor of thrill' seems exaggerated in this scene that did not want to without too theatrical music Amano, but the bias of the composer is to reinforce the idea of staging big in Hollywood remembering once again that none of this is to take seriously, despite a deeper social message (a sort of way of saying that we can get this kind of message without really playing it as is unfortunately the Most of the directors). If the piece can seem a little overdone or exaggerated in the scene, it is not in reality as it is part of a clever strategy to ironic 'criticism' of the spectacular staging violent as can see frequently in American cinema, hence the choice of this style of action music - influenced by Goldsmith.

'Start Game' imposes a severe climate with piano and cello using dark here very clearly the style of the introduction of the famous score from 'Dracula' by Wojciech Kilar, Amano then installing an ostinato strings emphasizing (a bit like in 'March 'by Gustav Holst) to discuss the beginning of the game and the preparation of various equipment, each student must take a bag containing various items and weapons. The ostinato reminds us very clearly by the excellent 'Vampire Hunters' from' Dracula 'by Kilar while imposing the choir made its appearance on another major theme of the score, a theme that vaguely recalls the theme of the power of' Star Wars' by John Williams but also many think the theme 'Cutthroat Island' by John Debney which the composer will make some references throughout the score. This theme evokes the confrontation with one side at once heroic and solemn, something quite ironic since the killing is not heroic and even less solemn (the composer joined the black humor of the film by referring to Through this side very 'American' mindset). The killing began at the end of the first piece with a student who blows a lead and pulled on the first people they see. To this end, Amano here borrows the song 'The Jail Cell (Part I)' score 'Hard Rain Christopher Young. (we are still surprised to read in the CD booklet the following sentence: 'the original melodies have taken advantage of all resources of a large orchestra, far from Hollywood consonances which are the lot of the majority of films 'then the contrary, on Battle Royale, it is precisely just the opposite).

The key emotion comes with 'memories of the orphanage from where a student remembers a tender moment with one of her friends in an orphanage, Amano reusing theme piano / strings (one thinks of the poetic style of writing topics by Joe Hisaishi for the films of Kitano) Prologue of superbly developed here first piano, then the strings followed by a flute, in a certain nostalgia full of tenderness. But the sweetness quickly gives way to the darkness and violence in the dark 'killers' that allows us to hear the theme Kiriyama, cracked the killer of the film, one that draws the entire world with his automatic (which seems to have ammunition to infinity saw the package of prunes that balance), a highly rhythmic marked by a strange 'oh' emphasis choirs of men and a small string ostinato. (the beginning of the song makes me think vaguely seconds of the beginning of 'Empty Rooms' score' Air Force One 'by Jerry Goldsmith) Note the intrusion of choirs mysterious woman in the rest of the song and use a rate of purchase and terrifying rise of tension (with chorus and orchestra) related harm killer and is clearly borrowed from the end of the introduction to the score of 'Dracula' by Kilar.

The album has the good sense to us to hear some classic plays ironically running at scenes of day-end report counting the exact number of deaths and the names of victims. Thus, the famous and very playful 'Radetzky March' by Johann Strauss brings a touch of black humor in a serious time (students learning the death of their friends) just once again reinforce the very irony of the history. (it's the same thing for 'The Beautiful Blue Danube', the song of Schubert and Bach Aria) Amano develops action in the very exciting 'Those who took a fancy to the game and those who dropped out', where the composer uses orchestrations of quality, while referring to the killings of those who are deeply involved in the game and those who prefer suicide rather than continue this game of crazy (the couple who runs a cliff). Note the resumption of the Kiriyama rhythmic theme that continues to take its toll. The composer emphasizes a few moments of sweetness such as moving to the top of the beautiful Friendship / Listening 'which the composer uses a beautiful cello soloist supported by a harp before being joined by the strings and winds, the song referring to the 'friendship between here and Noriko Nanahara despite the fighting and killing. Note also the very elegiac 'The winner of sadness', which has one side at once noble and solemn (eg you think the theme of' Band of Brothers' by Michael Kamen in a style more or less similar) and illustrating the sequence Flash-back of Kawada, probably one of the most beautiful songs of the CD, even with the most moving music for the final film. 'The attack Kiriyama' continues to evoke the evils of Kiriyama with a wild martial rhythm and style of Hollywood action still very addictive. (theme reappears once again, always in a form quite threatening) The second part of the song becomes even more intense, especially with the exciting rhythm developed in the song, Amano doing here clearly refers to 'Cutthroat Island' to Debney with a recovery of the heroic theme from 'Start Game' with grandiose choruses backed by percussion warrior in the same style as did John Debney for his famous score, the theme here evoking the struggle against Kiriyama epic with a surprising side to the scene. It should be noted in passing 'and Yukie Nanahara / The Poison', which starts very soft with a harp to the scene of the awakening of Nanahara (sequence in the beacon) served by touching some strings, while the last part of the song made a clever allusion to the Main Title from 'Basic Instinct' by Jerry Goldsmith, composer �vitant once more to resume any form melodic but simply imitating the structure of the song and orchestrations here are very similar in detail. It can also congratulated the composer who knows whereof he speaks and his' borrowing 'of carefully (there is no question of plagiarism here, even if the similarities volunteers are sometimes disturbing).

'The war lawless girls' increased tension as one of the daughters of the lighthouse eating food poisoned (note 1 at 18 minutes the piece is strangely think of' Swing Across' score of 'The 13th Warrior 'by Jerry Goldsmith, Amano here that imitates the structure and orchestration of the piece of Goldsmith, even if on the melody is quite different). Include a new touch of emotion in the beautiful 'Homecoming' where dramatic chorus when the scene of reunion between Nanahara and Noriko. You enter the last part on 'third man' and when the pirate Mimura computers military (brief stint epic) before Kiriyama not duplicate its appearance for a decisive battle against the killer crazy (always note the style of rhythms martial percussion). Thus the theme of Kiriyama returns one last time in a more pressing at the scene of the confrontation between him and the surviving heroes. This is the superb 'Teacher and pupil / Final Battle', which illustrates the end of the film, when the survivors find Kitano and face in person. Based on a haunting melody for a cappella choir that begin as an old traditional melody accents popular vote given to women (supported by a pedal / drone to choirs of men) and gives a very surprising in this scene (that the song is also used in the trailer of the film), the central part of the song is really moving this off with the choir. You should know that this theme as a melody and nostalgic planing is a curious fact in the film associated with the character of Kitano. The association is even more strange when we know how the teacher Kitano is a violent and impulsive individual who kills two of his students at the beginning of the film, and made it the subject associate spiritual and almost religious-minded (a cappella choruses typical of religious music with a drone that gives one side air traditional ') said of course a lag.

The idea of the composer actually joined the composer who refuses to show the teacher as a big heart and without bourrin evokes a few moments in the film over the side of human character that also has its own problems like any other. Thus we see call his daughter who hates and feels that somewhere on his sentence, buried behind the shell of individual dry and brutal. Better yet, Fukazaku reveals a time film the bond of friendship which unites with a student group that has always been true to its course, a friendship so strong that the teacher will spend his last days with him in the end of the film, where he committed suicide after having unveiled the three survivors a picture he painted in representing the student that has transformed into an angel of heaven (hence the religious side of the piece, which is a trick composer). The religious side could also refer ironically to the side of this powerful character who seems to be a sort of God on this island, an individual who controls all the operations, who announced the list of deaths every hour, a man feared and respected, and this side falsely 'divine' is even more accentuated in the final surprising that Kitano is recovering after being shot to meet one last time on the phone and settle accounts with his daughter - a touch of black humor, but very surprising to say volumes about the character and her double face - 'Bitter Victory' is the theme developed at this time the orchestra, the oboe melody before introducing the rest of the orchestra does the magnificent central part of the song. Amano uses this song when the survivors leave the island after having enjoyed a 'bitter victory' as the title of the piece states (after all, they will live their whole lives with the dead they left behind on the conscience, where the side rather melancholy song, while one would have expected something more heroic and conventional). This violent history is his conclusion on the beautiful 'New trip' which incorporates the theme for orchestra and chorus of 'The winner of sadness', the theme that we feel a deep nostalgia and the idea of a new start in lives of its young people who will never forget this terrible and cruel experience, the final film bringing a message of hope expressed that, despite all that we can live, we must always continue to look ahead.

What more facing a BO as grasping and moving at the same time? The score is the perfect illustration for the film, very intense in the film, revealing both the personalities and humanity of some students in parallel to the stupidity and cruelty of other students. Action, emotion and sometimes terror, 'Battle Royale' is a fitting tribute that the Japanese composer makes music by the Hollywood film through his skillful borrowing will not escape the ears of b�ophiles familiar with Goldsmith , Young, Debney or Kilar. If 'Battle Royale' is a hard film dotted with calmer moments, the score of Masamichi Amano is the equal of the film, a beautiful orchestral score with some good themes and moments of action in the U.S. and passages of 'emotion, the score is ultimately not nearly as bourrin we might expect before listening. Like the film, the score of 'Battle Royale' is a completely unexpected surprise from a composer who is also little known in Europe but, thanks to his superb work done on 'Battle Royale' should receive public support to the European future, hoping that the composer will continue to post scores also inspired. Remarkable!

Quentin Billard

Thanks Arthierr! So many refernces to other composers' work! Going by what I've heard so far Amano is very technically proficient, and stylistically bold - why then all these 'nods' to Goldsmith, Debney, Kamen etc?? Look forward to hearing it nontheless :)

Two great Herrmann rerecordings posted in lossless by restlessgypsy:






Thread 62633

I've cherished these recordings for years. Thoroughly recommended! Especially Gulliver if you want to hear Herrmann go Haydn.. a match made in heaven! :D

Doublehex - if you search back in the thread you'll find lots of suitable stuff. For chase music have you tried arthierr's BEAT+ORCHESTRA pack?
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1136456&postcount=166

On the horror and horror-action front I posted Goldsmith's Final Conflict recently too:
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1266738&postcount=2445

Thanks Arthierr! So many refernces to other composers' work! Going by what I've heard so far Amano is very technically proficient, and stylistically bold - why then all these 'nods' to Goldsmith, Debney, Kamen etc?? Look forward to hearing it nontheless :)

Thanks for linking to these great scores, Lens. :)

About Amano, it's well-known that he's uses and abuses of "references" in his various scores. Being a huge listener of orchestral music from animes and dramas, I can tell you that he's not an exception: japanese composers tend to often imitate their western counterparts.

As an excuse in the case of BATTLE ROYALE, it must be said that Amano had very little time to make the score: only one week to write the actual on-screen music and record it with the Warsaw! It was so tense that Amano had to write some of the music during the pauses between the recordings! Given these limitations, maybe it was easier for him to "borrow" from others, in order to gain some time.



Thanks for reposting the ballet music, artheirr. I won't have access to my collection for a week or so, so let me know if there's a way I can repay you at that time. :D

Well, take that as a due for posting such an awesome compilation in the 1st place. ;) Buuuuuut, as you propose it so kindly, I'll see if there's some good classical I'm tempted to try.

JOHN WILLIAMS - THE REIVERS
FLAC
http://scoredaddys.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-williams-reivers.html
MP3-V0
http://rapidshare.com/files/248943683/Reivers.rar

This is one of my absolute favourite Williams scores - and on the rare-ish side - so I had to draw it to your attention. Beautiful lush americana and some of JW's most heartfelt themes. The music seems rather in excess of the visual component of the film, but this is entirely right, as it conveys the joyful expansiveness of a child’s imagination.

Credit to Scoredaddy for the upload!

Also here's a suite arrangement with Williams conducting the Boston Pops. Slight word of warning - it features a narration by the great character actor Burgess Meredith (none other than the Penguin in the 60s Batman and Rocky's trainer in the first movie!). The orchestral performance is a lot smoother and looses a little of the flavour of the original, but is still an interesting take. Enjoy! :)


THE REIVERS SUITE
MP3-V0
http://rapidshare.com/files/248608775/The_Reivers_Suite.mp3

WOW LENS!! You posted a williams score I did not have!! (considering I had a nearly complete discography through a torrent) I will certainly check it out!

Yep, you're right. The zip got corrupted during uploading. I'll repost a clean version ASAP.



I don't know genji but if it's orchestral then it's very welcome here indeed.


And of course, thanks a lot to all recent contributors! :)

well its more japanese instruments orchestral, so idk if anyone is interested?

well its more japanese instruments orchestral, so idk if anyone is interested?
There is much interest in that type of thing here :3

Final Fantasy XII Limited Edition OST - Hitoshi Sakimoto
4CD|FLAC|CUE|LOG


CD1: http://tinyurl.com/nv4pd6
CD2: http://tinyurl.com/lw3bzh
CD3: http://tinyurl.com/kk7zdo
CD4: http://tinyurl.com/nr79kg
PSW: smile

Thanks, Sirusjr! Fast dl at 950+ KB/s.

A request from the lossless thread. One of Alan Menken's finest, and among the most impressive choral-orchestral films scores of the last 20 years. Don't worry about it being too kiddy - it isn't - brooding and gothic for the most part, but with admittedly the usual Menken broadwayish overtones. The songs are mostly fine (as usual, ignore the two pop arrangements at the end); many of them meld between score and vocals in a very satisfying way. It's interesting too to see the almost operatic ambition on display in this film. Some of its flaws and concessions to Disney formula do get the better of it, but if Disney had carried on in this vein (which was the intention at one point, with planned adaptations of Aida and King David, before the corporate greed of head execs called for a dumb-down and ultimately a total clamp-down) they may have achieved something really great. I should mention that most of the exceptional darker material in this was the result of two French animators, Paul and Gaetan Brizzi, who now no longer work for the studio (their last contribution was the stunning 'Firebird' sequence in Fantasia 2000).



ALAN MENKEN - THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
FLAC / 312MB / 16 tracks / 57:23
http://rapidshare.com/files/248687346/HBCK1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/248695447/HBCK2.rar
MP3-V0
http://rapidshare.com/files/248938306/Hunchback.rar



PS - sorry about the blatent Disney fanaticism and for OD-ing on pics as usual!! :)

Damn Dx
Lens... you upload some true masterpieces, It just sucks that FLAC is my enemy xD as i've said, if i didn't have a stupid limit, i'd HAPPILY DL, and convert, or not...

But... mm -_-
And i'd hate to request EACH BLOODY TIME for an MP3 version xD that's gonna get annoying.

God, I hate AOL ��''

I know, I'd rather not upload Flac if I can help it, as it takes so bloody long! But this was answering a specific request. I'll do a V-0 version for you know while I have time. Do you want The Reivers as well?

Indeed i would ;D
Thankssssss *-*

Two great Herrmann rerecordings posted in lossless

Erm, if ever u have free time? ^^'''''' ... 320? Pweeze? ^^;

Ughh... Why are all the best ones in lossless D;
I'm really NOT lazy, just... I have to use my stupid DL limit wisely.

Don't spose there's any change (which there's not) that someone would take it upon themselves to DL everything as it comes from "Lossless Movie Soundtracks/Scores" thread, and upload in 320k or lower... now i SAY everything, but, well perhaps there could be a thread ;D

Just that there are some truly GREAT uploads in lossless, and i can't get my hands on 'em coz of this stupid DL limit T_T

If only everyone would upload lossless AND MP3, but that'd be a bit odd in a "lossless" thread, and some people see no point, and... ughh,

�� wish there was some way around this, besides constantly bothering people for 320 D;

(SORRY FOR DOUBLE POST)

Bernard Herman - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (MP3 VBR)
Link Deleted as it is a Varese Sarabande release. Do not ask to re-upload.
Bernard Herman - The Three Worlds of Gulliver (MP3 VBR)
Link Deleted as it is a Varese Sarabande release. Do not ask to re-upload.

I'll upload those 2 in HQ mp3 for ya mate.

That would be awesome, thanks. :)

Now, is that score completely orchestral, or is it one that has some of the 'sing along' songs in it?

Damn
MP3 upped for The Reivers and The Hunchback of Notre Dame ^^

Sirus thatnks for doing the Herrmanns.


Now, is that score completely orchestral, or is it one that has some of the 'sing along' songs in it?

If you mean Hunchback, yes there are songs but they're very well integrated with the score. I suggest you give it a try :)

THANKS Sirus =D
and THANKS Lens =D

Such a friendly understanding community we have here ^^

I understand that many do not yet appreciate the quality increase that comes with the size increase that comes with FLAC files. Thus, I have no problem converting and uploading for you guys assuming I downloaded the FLAC myself.

On the contrary - I think that most people just make a sensible judgement based on balance: For starters, 90% of people cannot tell the difference between a CD and a 128kbps MP3.

Of the remaining 10%, probably 9% can't tell the difference between a CD and a LAME -V0 or 320kbps (it's called INSANE for a reason) MP3.

You have 1% left who CAN tell the difference, or think they can tell the difference.

Of that remaining 1%, most will say "Yeah, the FLAC sounds nanoscopically better - but it's also DOUBLE the size to download, so why the hell bother? If I'm that fussed about it, I'll go and buy the CD."

So what do you have left? About six people out of the entire population of the planet who absolutely cannot live without the FLAC, have the disk space and the time and the download allowance, and have no plan to purchase the music.

FLAC is and always will be (at least until they're giving away 10TB hard disks in cornflakes packets, and internet connections are unmetered, uncontended, unthrottled, and all running at 500mb/s) a minority interest format.

It also depends on the sort of system you are using and the complexity of the music. I can tell the difference between FLAC/CD and most high quality MP3s to some extent although the differences are usually pretty minimal. It also depends heavily on the quality of source used to create the high bitrate mp3s which may or may not be encoded properly. I have had numerous mp3s from various sources that sounded great and then when I got the album and ripped my own versions I noticed the background singers who I didn't hear on the original mp3s at all. I also think your numbers are highly skewed. I would argue that probably 20% of the population can't tell the difference and the rest would if they were given the comparison samples on the proper equipment. Anyone would be happy with 128kbps mp3s if they don't have any cds or higher bitrate versions to compare to.

On the contrary - I think that most people just make a sensible judgement based on balance: For starters, 90% of people cannot tell the difference between a CD and a 128kbps MP3.

Of the remaining 10%, probably 9% can't tell the difference between a CD and a LAME -V0 or 320kbps (it's called INSANE for a reason) MP3.

You have 1% left who CAN tell the difference, or think they can tell the difference.

Of that remaining 1%, most will say "Yeah, the FLAC sounds nanoscopically better - but it's also DOUBLE the size to download, so why the hell bother? If I'm that fussed about it, I'll go and buy the CD."

So what do you have left? About six people out of the entire population of the planet who absolutely cannot live without the FLAC, have the disk space and the time and the download allowance, and have no plan to purchase the music.

FLAC is and always will be (at least until they're giving away 10TB hard disks in cornflakes packets, and internet connections are unmetered, uncontended, unthrottled, and all running at 500mb/s) a minority interest format.

I like this man. He speaks the truth.

Lens: Wonderful posts, as usual. :)

A Williams score I didn't know??? How is it possible? Williams is one of my very favorite composers (obvious choice, eh?), so a rare score by him is extremely welcome.

PS - sorry about the blatent Disney fanaticism and for OD-ing on pics as usual!! :)
Actuallly your great sense of visual presentation is one of the aspects which makes your posts so enjoyable, so please keep putting some images!


Sirusjr: awesome contributions! You make a lot of people happy with your hq rips. One question: does Final Fantasy XII Limited Edition has something special comparatively to the regular version?


I also think your numbers are highly skewed. I would argue that probably 20% of the population can't tell the difference and the rest would if they were given the comparison samples on the proper equipment.
I believe Danny's numbers were intentionally exagerated for the sake of his demonstration, but the basis of what he says is IMO quite true. I personally consider that the gain in quality between flac and V-0 is moreless 10-15%, but the gain in size, if I remember correctly, is 250-350%! So people have to make a choice: will they accept to have a huge increase in size in exchange for a slight gain in quality? That's why I generally prefer HQ mp3.

But what is the better mp3 bitrate and encoder in terms of sound quality, if disc space is not an issue?

I convert all my flac downloads to 320k mp3 for space considerations. Unless it's something VERY special and OOP. I think that's happened 3 times in the last 5 years. Still, I can't tell the difference and yet I can detect distortion on many commercially available CDs...uhh that's just me bragging and has nothing to do with the issue at hand I know :)

Arthierr - I think that the biggest difference is that the LE version comes in a DVD sized case and has an art-filled booklet along with it. I believe the 4cds of music are the same as the otherwise identical soundtrack.

Also, I generally prefer the HQmp3 as well which is why I am very selective in what I download in lossless and what I actually listen to in lossless. Usually if i can get my hands on good quality mp3s and like the music a lot I will buy the CD and rip my own lossless version.

But what is the better mp3 bitrate and encoder in terms of sound quality, if disc space is not an issue?
In general I think the consensus is that you should encode them in VBR -0 or for simplicity's sake, VBR that ranges from 192-256kbps. That way most music will sound as good as 320 or close enough and not be too large. VBR is great because depending on the loudness and complexity of the music, the bitrate varies.

But what is the better mp3 bitrate and encoder in terms of sound quality, if disc space is not an issue?

I spent a lot of time browsing the web with that same question. After some research, I found out that the best quality / size ratio is widely attributed to Lame V-0 (or extreme).

Here's a quick guide I posted here some months ago:


I'll explain with Cdex because it's easy and convenient, some people prefer EAC but it's for more advanced users.

- install Cdex http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cdexos/cdex_170b2_enu.exe?download

- get the latest lame encoder http://www.free-codecs.com/Lame_Encoder_download.htm

- replace lame_enc.dll in the Cdex folder by the one in the latest lame pack

- open cdex and go to options > settings, in the encoder tab select lame as encoder and preset extreme or insane in quality.

- drag n drop your wav files in the main window of cdex and choose encode.

That's it!

Or if you already have FLAC downloads, just open up foobar2000 and load up the FLAC files and it will give you the option to convert your files to whatever format you want. Just choose LAME, find your lame.exe, select your bitrate, and voila.

The only issue with VBR mp3 is that some older DVD players cannot handle VBR. Especially movie encodes.

Slightly off-topic, but I wonder, will all these codecs still work 20 years from now? I have so many "irreplaceable" divx/mp4/mp3/ogg/ogm...etc. There seems to be a new codec every 2 months. The good thing about LPs and CDs is that I'm pretty confident they will still work 20 years from now, whereas will OSXXX (ie-Chipmunk) still play wmv files?

Just to give one more thought about this topic, I believe the reason SOME people are so much obsessed with lossless is because it's the REAL deal, it's a 1:1 perfect copy of the CD, without any alteration. Mp3 tries to SOUND LIKE the original music, Lossless IS the original music.

Another important point is that lossless isn't equally interesting for any kind of music. Orchestral music benefits a lot from it, because it's the most complex sound you can get among any form of music (even more if you add a choir), and only lossless can perfectly render its incredible richness. Conversely, pop or electronic music for instance frankly doesn't require lossless because of the simplicity of their sound, Mp3 can easily and effectively take care of them.

I disagree with you Arthierr to some extent. Aside from this orchestral stuff I post here, I am heavily into Heavy/Power/Prog/Symphonic Metal and buy the albums of the groups I really like because I can tell the difference and want to have a backup for years down the line when my audio system is even more advanced than the one I have now. Also certain pop and metal singers have such rich voices that you really need to have them on CD to get the full effect. There is music in every genre that is simplistic and at the same time music that is complex. Finding the complex music in any given genre is the exciting and sometimes difficult part.

Also, I have another new album to share with you all :3

Nobuo Uematsu - Guin Saga Original Soundtrack (2009)

http://sonixgvn.blogspot.com/2009/06/guin-saga-original-soundtrack.html
This is the latest Uematsu soundtrack and i believe the first one he composed entirely for an Anime. I have yet to listen to it but I have high hopes for it.

I agree totally with Danny's post regarding FLAC/Lossless...
And i also agree with Arthierr here ^

How about this...
Arthierr, why don't u upload a song.

One in lossless
One in... whatever else u recommend, lossy of course.

Maybe a SEGMENT of a track... I just don't like using my tiny download limit on things ^^' really fussy with what I DL.

Obviously a track that YOU feel is really complex/rich etcc, and one that you feel has a large benefit of listening to in lossless, or perhaps Sirus with his seemingly good knowledge of lossless could pick a track, or segment of a track...

I just haven't heard any difference yet... I mean, i have a pair of cheap CHEAP stol-... *coughs* Borrowed headphones, from school, and onboard soundcard, and perhaps i dont hear the difference because my hardware's not good enough, many factors to take into consideration.

However the ONLY track i actually tested it on, considering 0.05% of my music is lossless or so, is a metal track, and i heard a difference when i converted the 1000k lossless into a 96k MP3, and the only difference was that the symbols, hi-hat? the thing that's all brassy xD eh, and is all treble-sounding (god i sound stupid -_-). well, THAT sounds different, that's all xD

Just a suggestion ^^;
Of if this's already been done, direct me to the test ;D

Thanks for the link, big fan of heroic-fantasy scores. :)


The only issue with VBR mp3 is that some older DVD players cannot handle VBR. Especially movie encodes.

Slightly off-topic, but I wonder, will all these codecs still work 20 years from now? I have so many "irreplaceable" divx/mp4/mp3/ogg/ogm...etc. There seems to be a new codec every 2 months. The good thing about LPs and CDs is that I'm pretty confident they will still work 20 years from now, whereas will OSXXX (ie-Chipmunk) still play wmv files?

Excellent point.

One of the big advantage of lossless is transmissibility. Once you have the lossless you can do whatever with it, and convert it in any kind of format. If you go from flac to ape, then from ape to [future format], it doesn't change anything - it's the same, unaltered music.

But if you only have mp3 (or any lossy format), you'd better be lucky that it'll be playable in 20 years, otherwise you're screwed, as lossy is irreversible.

Of if this's already been done, direct me to the test ;D
Here you go:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=fr&client=opera&rls=en&hs=o8J&q=mp3+quality+tests&btnG=Rechercher&lr=

I love how you linked us to the French Google arthierr. Trying to convert us, eh? :P

It's not french for ME ._.

This is the latest Uematsu soundtrack and i believe the first one he composed entirely for an Anime. I have yet to listen to it but I have high hopes for it.[/center]

Thanks for this !!!!

I like all the things by Uematsu.

Best!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAvLYgq5m0

this is pretty amazing, it's orchestrated thouhou music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BAvLYgq5m0

this is pretty amazing, it's orchestrated thouhou music

It's not 100% orchestral but a good listen anyway. I generally enjoy good RPG music, and this one has quite some good parts. Thx!



One more little treat for you all this evening - another in my "I bet you haven't heard this before!" series.

Mike Dixon is a fairly well known English composer / orchestrator - probably best known for his arrangements for popular music and the stage.

In 2007, he was asked to composed original music for the opening of the newly refurbished St Pancras Station in London. (It is from here that Europe-bound trains leave for the Channel Tunnel, running a direct service to Paris and Brussels.)

He responded with the "St Pancras Suite" - performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (basically the standard Royal Philharmonic under an assumed name) and conducted by the composer.

There are three movements but they are all grouped together in this recording:

1st Movement (00:00 to 1:27) - "The Barlow Shed Lighting" - an overture of sorts, it begins with shimmering strings and fluttering woodwinds, and breaks out into a nostalgic, pastoral theme. It concludes with a brass flourish

2nd Movement (1:28 to 4:43) - "The New Age Of Travel" is the score to a short film about the romance and majesty of modern train travel. It's a montage-like story about different kinds of people who travel by train.

3rd Movement (4:44 to end) - "Cavalcade Of Trains" accompanies the live unveiling of the new rolling stock. A live announcer welcomes Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the station and speaks a little about the line - then the new trains are driven into the station accompanied by a light show.

All in all, it's a very powerful piece. WARNING - the third movement contains rock-ish percussion and electric guitars in accompaniment with the full symphony orchestra. It sounds magnificent, however!

http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=s6dwt7vzjv

Excellent! A great piece indeed, Dixon created a very solid theme, and he uses it a lot here, in a very effective and talented fashion. I especially like the fairy-like orchestrations in Mov. 1, also the adventurous music in Mov. 2 is superb and could be used in a Indiana Jones-like movie. And I DO like the beat in Mov. 3 :p), reminds me a bit of the A-Team theme.

Thx for this rare dig. :)




Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend Complete Collection II

(http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uro2001rrqm7.jpg)


Disc 2 - The Wanderer (The Urotsuki)
megaupload.com/?d=EM4NXT0L

Wow, just tried this one. Excellent recommendation. It's indeed magnificient, sumptuosly orchestrated and featuring some gorgeous themes. Among these, the main theme (heard notably in track 4) is absolutely grandiose, frightening and fascinating at the same time, and the sad theme (in track 28, notably) is very inspired and moving (and sounds like a piano concerto in this particular track). Overall it's another Amano masterpiece we have here.


Announcement: another Amano score coming shortly... :)

I love Jerry's Medleys for his live concerts. Today I upload a recording of his concert in Barcelona that includes a majestic medley of 24 minutes. Besides rares tracks never released. I hope you like.

Jerry Goldsmith - Live In Barcelona 1999 (plus unreleased demos)

(http://www.postimage.org/)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RI737O60

Track List:

1 - Star Trek: First Contact (07:32)
2 - Medley: The Sandpebbles, Chinatown, A Patch Of Blue, Air Force One, Poltergeist, Papillon, Basic Instinct, The Wind And The Lion (24:04)
3 - The Mummy (04:55)
4 - L.A. Confidential (05:51)
5 - Sleeping With The Enemy (04:57)
6 - The Boys From Brazil (10:12)
7 - Suite From Twilight Zone: The Movie (08:41)
8 - Forever Young (06:17)
9 - Tiny Creatures: Small Soldiers & Gremlins (06:17)
10 - The Generals Suite: McArthur & Patton (07:23)
11 - Fanfare For Oscar (01:15)
12 - Star Trek V (07:09)
13 - Universal & Carolco Logo (00:18)
14 - Fanfare Oscar (00:54)
15 - Judge Dreed - Trailer (01:07)
16 - Deep Rising (unreleased material) (09:22)
17 - U.S. Marshals (unreleased material) (08:45)
18 - Brotherhood of the Gun (01:48)
19 - Brotherhood of the Gun (01:51)
20 - Brotherhood of the Gun (01:49)
21 - Brotherhood of the Gun (02:32)
22 - Brotherhood of the Gun (02:45)
23 - Players (Main Title) (03:45)
24 - Basic Instinct (alternative demo) (02:50)
25 - Mulan (live suite) (09:56)
26 - Room 222 (01:49)
27 - Jerry’s Fireworks Celebration (live) (11:51)

Thank you Garcia. I never heard a live recording of Goldsmith before.
Do you now if there are more live concerts from other composers?

Thanks for this Garcia :):)

Thank you Garcia. I never heard a live recording of Goldsmith before.
Do you now if there are more live concerts from other composers?

Well, I have 4 more from Goldsmith (including one in Japan but conducted by Arthur Morton due to Goldsmith illness). I have other from Bernstein at Barcelona and I have another more from Howard Shore in Seville although I don't know its quality.

Besides I have two recordings by John Williams, one in the Lincoln Center (one mp3 file) and the other in Tanglewood.

Curiously I have several .mov videos of a concert by The Boston Pop conducted by John Williams that I recorded last year at BSH in Boston. It was my third concert by John Williams in the last three years, je, je. The advantage to live close to Boston. The sound is not bad, however there are a lot of heads between my camera and JW.

If you are interested in something I can upload it.

Best!

Also there was an awesome live trevor jones concert posted earlier. I edited my version to get rid of the annoying applause.

Also there was an awesome live trevor jones concert posted earlier. I edited my version to get rid of the annoying applause.

This is the one in Madrid:


Here a cd recorded live at Teatro Monumental (Madrid) on July 1st, 2006 at the 1st Soncinemad Film Music Festival. Trevor Jones conducting the RTVE Symphony Orchestra and Choir.

(http://www.subirimagenes.com/otros-la-1998921.html)

Son_Conc_ Madrid (_official_).rar (http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=irgkr6nsgj)

Track listing


Disc/Cassette 1

1. Cliffhanger End Credits (02:48)
From "Cliffhanger"
2. Merlin Opening Titles (01:10)
From "Merlin"
3. Ambrosia Dies (01:17)
From "Merlin"
4. Re-United (02:29)
From "Merlin"
5. Merlin End Credits (02:10)
From "Merlin"
6. Roseanna's Theme (01:57)
From "Roseanna's Grave"
7. Antonio Looks For Cecilia (01:03)
From "Roseanna's Grave"
8. Marcello On Vespa (01:12)
From "Roseanna's Grave"
9. Roseanna's Grave End Credits (05:50)
From "Roseanna's Grave"
10. Ko Is Shot / End Credits (07:10)
From "Aegis"
11. Last Place On Earth Main Theme (02:42)
From "Last Place On Earth"
12. Snow Mistress (01:19)
From "Last Place On Earth"
13. Norwegian Theme (00:53)
From "Last Place On Earth"
14. Chamber Ensemble At Mabel Beardsley's Soiree (03:09)
From "Last Place On Earth"
15. Message To The Public (02:54)
From "Last Place On Earth"
16. Last Place On Earth Closing Title (03:28)
From "Last Place On Earth"

Disc/Cassette 2

1. The Last of The Mohicans Main Title (02:42)
From "The Last of The Mohicans"
2. The Kiss (03:08)
From "The Last of The Mohicans"
3. Fort Battle (03:40)
From "The Last of The Mohicans"
4. Top of The World (04:12)
From "The Last of The Mohicans"
5. Chapter Six - The Empty Book / Death of A Knight (07:05)
From "The Mighty"
6. Confederates & Unionists Regroup / Destiny of A Nation (04:55)
From "Fields of Freedom"
7. Dark Crystal Overture (03:20)
From "The Dark Crystal"
8. The Skeksis Duel (02:08)
From "The Dark Crystal"
9. Love Theme (03:01)
From "The Dark Crystal"
10. The Gelfling Ruins (02:20)
From "The Dark Crystal"
11. The Landstrider Journey (01:06)
From "The Dark Crystal"
12. Dark Crystal Finale (06:22)
From "The Dark Crystal"
13. Departure (04:24)
From "Dominic & Eugene"
14. Axel Heiberg (03:49)
From "Last Place On Earth"

Total Duration: 01:33:43

Enjoy !

Now with Sirusj's post I remember that I have some recordings from Soncinemad, Silvestri and HGW concerts and some others from Ubeda Festival.

Best!

Garcia: If you dont mind, i'm interested in Bernstein at Barcelona and the two John Williams concerts, please.


This is the one in Madrid:

Now with Sirusj's post I remember that I have some recordings from Soncinemad, Silvestri and HGW concerts and some others from Ubeda Festival.

Best!

And with those others on Ubeda, does one of them is the Poledouris concert?
:shock: Please say yes!!

Lair Demonstration CD - John Debney and Kevin Kasaka
VBR MP3 256| 77mb| 22tracks


http://rapidshare.com/files/249342063/JD_KK-L.rar
PSW: smile
Thanks to heffalump for posting lossless version to encode from HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1272261&postcount=100)

And with those others on Ubeda, does one of them is the Poledouris concert?
:shock: Please say yes!!

I am sorry, mine is the third Edition.

Here is the one by Silvestri in 2007 as part of Soncinemad

Musica De Cine 2 (Alan Silvestri)





Tracklist:
1. Forrest Gump (09:52)
2. The Polar Express (07:34)
3. Back To The Future (Regreso Al Futuro) (07:35)
4. Judge Dredd (Juez Dredd) (11:15)
5. Father of The Bride (El Padre de la Novia) (06:26)
6. The Mummy Returns (El Regreso de la Momia) (08:10)
7. Night At the Museum (Noche en el Museo) (06:42)
8. Cast Away (N�ufrago) (05:00)
9. Mouse Hunt (Un Ratoncito Duro de Roer) (05:55)
Duraci�n: 00:68:34

http://rapidshare.com/files/72148431/Musica_de_cine_2__Soncinemad_-ALAN_SILVESTRI.rar.html

It is not my upload, credit to juanginger.

Garcia: If you dont mind, i'm interested in Bernstein at Barcelona and the two John Williams concerts, please

Next these well be my uploads.

Best!!!

Here I uploaded the concert of the III Congreso Internacional de Musica de Cine Ciudad de Ubeda.

Of course it is a live recording, I extracted the audio. The sound is good however since is live you can hear in some moments the people sounds:

(http://www.postimage.org/)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GITNSR73

Track list

01 - John Debney - Lair (Suite).mp3
02 - John Debney - La Isla De Las Cabezas Cortadas (Suite).mp3
03 - Javier Navarrete - El Laberinto del Fauno (Suite).mp3
04 - Roque Banos - Alatriste (Suite).mp3
05 - Roque Ba�os - Segunda Piel.mp3
06 - David Arnold - Casino Royale (Parte1).mp3
07 - David Arnold - Casino Royale (Parte2).mp3
08 - David Arnold - Stargate (Suite).mp3
09 - John Powell - P.S., I Love You.mp3
10 - John Powell X-Men 3 (suite).mp3
11 - John Powell - Chicken Run.mp3
12 - Bruce Broughton - Young Sherlock Holmes.mp3
13 - Bruce Broughton - Silverado.mp3

Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
Conducted by John Williams

Film Night At Tanglewood

(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aV1DPyFr)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HDQR0BTY

Cd1: A Tribute to David Lean

01 - Introduction.mp3
02 - Prelude from Blithe Spirit.mp3
03 - Commentary.mp3
04 - Excerpts from The Bridge on the River Kwai.mp3
05 - Commentary.mp3
06 - Excerpts from the Passage to India.mp3
07 - Commentary.mp3
08 - Three Pieces from Oliver Twist.mp3
09 - Commentary.mp3
10 - Excerpts from Doctor Zhivago.mp3
11 - Commentary.mp3
12 - Excerpts from Lawrence of Arabia.mp3
13 - Intermission.mp3

Cd2: The Magic Of Harry Potter

01 - Introduction.mp3
02 - Hedwig's Theme.mp3
03 - Commentary.mp3
04 - Aunt Marge's Waltz.mp3
05 - Commentary.mp3
06 - Diagon Alley.mp3
07 - Commentary.mp3
08 - The Knight Bus.mp3
09 - Commentary.mp3
10 - Fawkes the Phoenix.mp3
11 - Commentary.mp3
12 - Nimbus 2000.mp3
13 - Commentary.mp3
14 - Quidditch.mp3
15 - Commentary.mp3
16 - The Chamber of Secrets.mp3
17 - Commentary.mp3
18 - A Bridge to the Past.mp3
19 - Commentary.mp3
20 - Harry's Wondrous World.mp3
21 - Applause.mp3
22 - ENCORE Flying Theme from E.T..mp3
23 - Closing.mp3

Garcia, thanks for these concert recordings, especially the Jones and Silvestri. I *think* I already have the Goldsmith one, albeit in a different form, and have a boot cd with the demos etc (how much do I love the Judge Dread trailer music and 'Fanfare for Oscar'!!), but I'm downloading anyway just to be sure :)

[Forgive this digression as it will sound like a figment of my imagination.. but I met Trevor Jones daughter at a party in York back in about 2003. She was lovely and very understated but had little interest in film music. She was studying Bio-chemistry I think, but for the life of me I can't remember her name!! :sad: ]

Sirusjr, thanks for the new Uematsu. Very intriguing :)

John Williams conducts the New York Philharmonica at Lincoln Center (NYC).

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0ZTRHSJH

Sorry not track list, and again it is a live recording so the sound of course is not the best.

Here same information but in spanish:

http://www.bsospirit.com/reflexiones/williamsny.php

Best!!!

Elmer Bernstein - Live In Barcelona (2001)

(http://www.postimage.org/)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=379L8HPM

Track List:

01 - The Sons Of Katie Elder.Mp3
02 - Hawaii.Mp3
03 - The Great Escape.Mp3
04 - To Kill A Mockingbird.Mp3
05 - The Ten Commandments.Mp3
06 - Hollywood And The Stars.Mp3
07 - The Age Of Innocence.Mp3
08 - Heavy Metal (Tarna's Theme).Mp3
09 - The View From Pompey's Head.Mp3
10 - The Man With The Golden Arm.Mp3
11 - A Walk On The Wild Side.Mp3
12 - The Magnificent Seven.Mp3

Atelier Rorona OST - Ken Nakagawa (ps3)(2009)
320kbps|MP3|2cd|relaxing/joyous/warm/magical
(http://img291.imageshack.us/i/covermrh.jpg/)

http://rapidshare.com/files/249374935/KN-AR.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/249381896/KN-AR.part2.rar
PSW: smile
This is a relaxing soundtrack to the PS3 game Atelier Rorona. Major instruments used include piano, recorder, ocarina, violyre, acoustic guitar, and other relaxing synthesizers.
Thanks to sonixvgm (http://sonixgvn.blogspot.com/2009/06/atelier-rorona-original-sound-track.html) for the original ripping and uploading.

Thank you Garcia for posting all these concerts. I hope you are taking a justified break now.
I will download Bernstein concert first. The tracklist looks very promising with some of his most memorable works.

And with those others on Ubeda, does one of them is the Poledouris concert?:shock: Please say yes!!

I looked for between my Poledouris files and surprise!!! I have the concert.

I ordered the files and I included a modest cover. Good sound.

Basil Poledouris: Concert in Ubeda (2006)
(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gxQXEiJ)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WBJT5MEY

Track list:

01 - Anvil of Crom.mp3
02 - Riddle of steel / Riders of doom.mp3
03 - Atlantean Sword.mp3
04 - Love theme.mp3
05 - Funeral pyre.mp3
06 - Batlle of the mounds.mp3
07 - Orphans of doom / The awakening.mp3
08 - Anvil of Crom Bis.mp3

Enjoy!!!

Garcia27 - thanks for the Poledouris concert. I never even knew this existed!

The Basil Poledouris in Ubeda was the last concert he conducted before he passed away. Must have been a really special moment for him and the audience present in the concert.
Thank you again Garcia.

Here his a interview with Poledouris before he attended the concert in Ubeda.
http://www.bsospirit.com/entrevistas/basilpoledouris_e.php

That Poledouris concert... Boy, the recording is dreadful. And orchestra isn't the best either. But it's still one of the most amazing things you'll ever hear as long as you live; Poledouris rose from his deathbed against all the odds, flew to Ubeda, and whipped up the most incredibly powerful performance. He used the very last burst of life he had remaining him - to connect with his audience for the last time. A great composer, and a truly great man.

The Razor's Edge - Soundtrack (Limited Edition) (By Alfred Newman) (1946)



Tracklist:
01. Main Title (1:35)
02. "April Showers" (2:51)
03. "I'll See You In My Dreams" 1 (2:02)
04. "A Chicago Country Club Dance" (2:02)
05. "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (1:45)
06. "The Missouri Waltz" (1:48)
07. "I'll See You In My Dreams" 2 (1:47)
08. Larry's Journey Overseas (1:20)
09. Isabel And Larry In Paris (1:46)
10. Returned Engagement Ring (0:40)
11. Last Night Together (1:38)
12. Night Clubbing (6:28)
13. The Wedding Cake (0:50)
14. After The Wedding (0:45)
15. Miner's Cafe (2:00)
16. Larry Travels To The East (5:15)
17. The Mountain Retreat (6:44)
18. Larry And Maugham Reunited (0:11)
19. Somerset Maugham And The Princess (0:41)
20. The Rue De Lappe (2:47)
21. Cocktails At The Ritz (1:52)
22. Sophie's Torment (3:09)
23. Oboesque (1:43)
24. Sophie's Room (2:13)
25. After Elliott's Death (1:43)
26. Finale (0:54)
27. Exit Music (4:13)
28. "J'aime Ta Pomme" (demo) (2:38)

Playtime: 00:63:21
Format: Mp3 320 kbps
Size: 146 MB


http://rapidshare.com/files/249618406/REdgeLE46.rar
Credit to jura007

The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1936)

posted by restlessgypsey - http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1273073&postcount=13458
Great sound quality for a fantastic military soundtrack!!

Let's start this week-end in a classy, sumptuous way!

Here's a score I already posted some time ago. But it largely deserves to be reposted again. This is my favorite score. The one I'd bring with me on a deserted island if I had to choose only one.

I don't know how he did it, but James Horner composed an out-of-this-world score for Peter Yates' 1983 movie. For those of you who still don't know it, it's a huge symphonic score, incredibly stylish and elegant, breathtakingly epic and inspired, and... words cannot describe this, you have to listen it to believe it.

This rip is made in the highest mp3 quality possible (lame 3.98 preset insane). All covers are included.

http://sary.net/diary/files/CIMG7733.JPG

KRULL (James Horner) 2cds Complete Score
http://rapidshare.com/files/134423484/Krull__complete_score_disc_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/134427546/Krull__complete_score_disc_2.zip

Music composed and conducted by James Horner. Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra with The Ambrosian Singers. Orchestrations by James Horner and Grieg McRitchie. Recorded and mixed by John Richards. Edited by Bob Badami. Score produced by James Horner. Album re-issue produced by John J. Alcantar III, Thomas C. Stewart and Ford A. Thaxton.

Disc 1:
1. Krull Main Title and Colwyn's Arrival 7:35
2. The Slayers Attack 9:20
3. Quest for the Glaive 7:24
4. Ride to the Waterfall 0:54
5. Lyssa In the Fortress 1:29
6. The Walk to the Seer's Cave 4:11
7. The Seer's Vision 2:19
8. Battle In the Swamp 2:41
9. Quicksand 3:39
10. The Changeling 4:05
11. Colwyn and Lyssa Love Theme 2:35

Disc 2:
1. Leaving The Swamp 2:01
2. The Widow's Web 6:20
3. The Widow's Lullabye 5:03
4. Vella 3:27
5. Ynyr's Death 1:42
6. Ride of the Firemares 5:23
7. Battle of the Parapets 2:53
8. Inside the Black Fortress 6:16
9. The Death of the Black Beast and the
10. Destruction of the Black Fortress 8:32
11. Epilogue and End Title 4:50


Review from scorereviews.com (http://www.scorereviews.com/reviews/review.aspx?id=66)

Krull has previously been one of the most hard-to-get and sought after scores by Horner, and people have paid a lot of money for the two prior releases, released in 1987 and 1992. The problem with those releases were that a lot of music was left out, but now, thanks to Super Tracks, we are given the chance to hear the complete score for the first time, and we owe them a great deal, because Krull is one of those scores no Horner fan or filmmusic fan in general should miss. Trust me.

The music was composed in 1983, when Horner was about to turn 30. The story goes that James was ill, and didn't have much time when he composed the score, forcing him to hire a gang of orchestrators helping him out, and apparently they, and Horner of course, who orchestrated as much as the time allowed him to, did a fantastic job, because Krull is truly a feast for the ears, with its many different harmonies and sounds. There is always something happening in different parts of the orchestra. Krull is a milestone in Horner's career and I think that Horner experimented a lot, and tried new ideas, when composing this score. For example, some of the tracks has this strange swishing synth sound in the background and you can discern ideas and phrases that later would be fully developed in scores such as Willow and Aliens.

The music is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers, the same orchestra and choir Horner used for Brainstorm the same year. The choir is used mainly to create an eerie, mystical, sound, like for example in the first track, "Krull Main Title and Colvyn's Arrival", where the choir, mostly haunting female voices singing in "odd" intervals, is used in the beginning, along with a superb, heroic fanfare, that's building larger and larger until the wonderful main theme (a very melodic, captivating and long theme) is presented for the first time. What follows is 90 minutes of great, mainly brassy action music, with triumphant trumpet phrases and heroic horn fanfares, like for example "Ride of the Firemares" (which I think is the best track, along with the main title and "Epilogue and End Title"), filled with different motifs and fantastic orchestrations, sometimes interrupted, or varied, with more lyrical and tender moments (like for instance in the beginning of "The Slayer's Attack" or in the concert version of the love theme), although it is the action and adventurous music that plays the more prominent part of the score.

I missed this upload, unfortunately. I'm glad to have finally found it. This soundtrack is truly amazing. The movie itself is okay (watchable), but the soundtrack really makes up for it. Thank you, again, for uploading it, arthierr. :)

RHYS CHATHAM - A CRIMSON GRAIL FOR 400 ELECTRIC GUITARS


In short, Chatham was commissioned by the city of Paris to orchestrate a live concert in 2005 and, having already done work with large instrument counts, created a 12 hour-ish concert with, well, 400 electric guitars. The cd is composed of 3 20-ish minute excerpts from his concert.

- This one caught me off guard, as I enjoy both classical and also Drone and Doom styles in the metal scene, so I was suggested a listen to this by a friend who is a metalhead since he knew what styles I liked through discussion. The first track chatham coordinates the guitars into a semi-ambient wall of sound where soft waves of guitars come and go in a pleasant, very relaxing...err..manner (sorry, don't describe albums very often) the guitars take prominence as the track goes as the orchestra is in the middle as sound goes with additional guitars playing 'behind' that.

Track 2 and 3 do share some commonalities with walls of sound and ambience, but each is unique and gives a different 'mood'. I would recommend a listen! =)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1PZF95Z8

you should deffinatly put shadow of the colosis on here! that video games has deffinate orchestral action music. its like amazing...

Atelier Rorona OST - Ken Nakagawa (ps3)(2009)
320kbps|MP3|2cd|relaxing/joyous/warm/magical

This is a relaxing soundtrack to the PS3 game Atelier Rorona. Major instruments used include piano, recorder, ocarina, violyre, acoustic guitar, and other relaxing synthesizers.
Thanks to sonixvgm (http://sonixgvn.blogspot.com/2009/06/atelier-rorona-original-sound-track.html) for the original ripping and uploading.

Hey this is really great! Just finished downloading it and am listening now. So far reminds me a lot of the soundtrack to Ar Tonelico!

Hey this is really great! Just finished downloading it and am listening now. So far reminds me a lot of the soundtrack to Ar Tonelico!
Strangely enough I can't stand Ar Tonelico but I love this one :P

http://folk.uib.no/smkgg/midi/soundtrackweb/herrmann/pic/bh_ah55.gifhttp://blog.cleveland.com/ent_impact_arts/2008/03/medium_red0306.jpg

Today would have been Bernard Herrmann's 98th B-day. To celebrate this, I present

"Bernard Herrmann - Celebration of Life and Music"
a 2.5 hr radio documentary on the man.

info about this can be found here:
http://www.bernardherrmann.org/articles/present/celebration/


BennyCelebration.rar (http://www.rapidspread.com/file.jsp?id=jhajzjd418)

Enjoy!

Herrmann looks bored, and i wonder what Hitch was thinking.

Lair Demonstration CD - John Debney and Kevin Kasaka
VBR MP3 256| 77mb| 22tracks

http://rapidshare.com/files/249342063/JD_KK-L.rar
PSW: smile
Thanks to heffalump for posting lossless version to encode from HERE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1272261&postcount=100)
First of let me say, I'm happy you are at the forums dude. I hope you don't take offense, but as I said months ago, the Lame binary 3.89 alpha you use is outdated since 2001. We are at Lame 3.98.2 now.

Peace ;)

Wish I had internet at home still.. :|

Keep up the awesome though guys !! ^_^

First of let me say, I'm happy you are at the forums dude. I hope you don't take offense, but as I said months ago, the Lame binary 3.89 alpha you use is outdated since 2001. We are at Lame 3.98.2 now.

Peace ;)
Haha I guess I should double check my versions of LAME. I probably didn't delete my old one when I downloaded the new one. I appreciate the heads up :3

Awesome posts recently! Thanks to all recent posters for their great contributions. :)


Garcia: incredible series of posts. You, Sir, deserve a special round of applause.

http://www.kardas.net/applause.gif
Some of these concerts are new to me, I especially look forwrd to listening to the one with LAIR. Thank you very much!



Haha I guess I should double check my versions of LAME. I probably didn't delete my old one when I downloaded the new one. I appreciate the heads up :3

Oh no! You mean all your rips since now have been made with that 2001 version?!? :puppydog: What a pity!! Not that it's catastrophic (in fact your Lair rip sounds quite good), but indeed Lame has done MUCH progress since then... Well, thx anyway for having taken the time to make this rips for us :). Edit: I just noticed your Giant Robo II OST rip is made with Lame 3.97 (Insane). Funny, do you have several ripping programs?

I'm not sure what happened. Anyway I just downloaded the new version. I can re-encode Lair if you guys want although most of the stuff I post I don't actually rip myself so it shouldn't mess with too many things.

well here it is guys the genji soundtrack, took awhile cuz i had some other stuff to do. cant really put a list and dont know how to put pics either. hope u guys like!!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8N0PJJ12

Guys, I am going to post some recommendations. Both are by Kenji Kawai. I think you will enjoy both of them.

Avalon

http://rapidshare.com/files/139521684/Avalon_-2001.01.19-__Original_Soundtrack_.rar.html


Seven Swords

http://rapidshare.com/files/150900203/Seven_Swords_-2005-__Original_Soundtrack_.rar.html


Both were originally posted by morrigan666 in his Kenji Kawai ~Soundtrack Collection~ Discography thread, so all credits go out to him!

Great thread.

Hitoshi Sakimoto - The Tower of Druaga ~the Sword of URUK~


http://www.sendspace.com/file/pse4e6
PSW: smile
This is the soundtrack for the Anime that has been airing this year. It is another fantastic orchestral album by Hitoshi Sakimoto. I will update with a mirror later.

Here is the track "Freight Train" for the recent Intrada release of James Horner, The Journey Of Natty Gann.

Freight Train (http://rapidshare.com/files/250534895/03_-_Freight_Train.mp3)

Here is the track "Freight Train" for the recent Intrada release of James Horner, The Journey Of Natty Gann.

Freight Train (http://rapidshare.com/files/250534895/03_-_Freight_Train.mp3)

Very good choice. Here's a comment about this track from FSM:


Other highlights of the score include "Freight Train," when Natty, Harry and the wolf hop a train. Horner starts slowly, musically building their approach to the train, but as the wolf is late, he must run fast and jump far to reach the train, making it just in time as Horner's score unleashes an exhilarating orchestral climax.

If you have time, I'd really appreciate the posting of this album, Sanico. :)

Me too!

The Journey Of Natty Gann - James Horner
16 Tracks VBR -V0

Link (http://rapidshare.com/files/250710617/The_Journey_Of_Natty_Gann.zip)

I was hesitant to post the entire album, because it was released just last week hence i posted only one track.
But since there are only 200 copies left at Intrada and quite possible it will be sold out soon, i post the entire album, as Arthierr and Scorelover requests.

Many, many thanks for Natty Gann.

Thanks Sanico :3

The Journey Of Natty Gann - James Horner
16 Tracks VBR -V0

Link (http://rapidshare.com/files/250710617/The_Journey_Of_Natty_Gann.zip)

I was hesitant to post the entire album, because it was released just last week hence i posted only one track.
But since there are only 200 copies left at Intrada and quite possible it will be sold out soon, i post the entire album, as Arthierr and Scorelover requests.

Excellent! Thx a lot.

By the way, here's something interesting: there has been a little debate recently here about mp3 quality, Flac, etc. Sanico encoded his score with Lame 3.97 V-0 (or -extreme), and other posters have encoded THE SAME score in 320 kbps, so you can download both versions and test for yourself if there are some notable differences in quality between V-0 and 320k.

Here's the 320k version:

The Journey of Natty Gann (1985, Intrada 2009) - James Horner
Thread 67228

AND, even better, you can compare these 2 versions with the LOSSLESS version posted here, to see if you can spot some quality changes:

The Journey Of Natty Gann (1985) (by James Horner) (flac)
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1275597

Have fun comparing! :)

I usually prefer mp3 and I don't mind the quality. Of course if the files are to 320 is better but I can listen to 192 or 128.

If I want the perfect sound then I buy the original CD. Anyway flac or other lossless files aren't the original so for me it doesn't matter.

Best

JERRY GOLDSMITH - MULAN
MP3-V0 / 78MB / 11 tracks / 44 mins
http://rapidshare.com/files/251219231/JG-Mulan.rar

1. Attack at the Wall - Preparations
2. Mulan's Decison
3. Blossoms - Shan-Yu
4. Homecoming - The Huns Ride - The Delivery
5. Shoulders Back - Avalanche
6. Burned-Out Village - A Life for a Life
7. The Imperial City - Saving the Emperor
8. Battle on the Rooftops
9. Honoring Mulan
10. Suite from 'Mulan'
11. Bonus Track: Transformation




Mulan is a special score for me. I was only subliminally aware of Goldsmith until this point (apart from perhaps his score to Star Trek:TMP, which haunted and fascinated me from a very young age). It began a total addiction which persists to this day :D

The best part is that Jerry scores it as if it’s the most amazing EPIC ever! He really believes in the scope that the animators etc only intermittently achieve. Such a come-down actually after this to have the blandness of Mancina and Newton Howard (decent though they are). Just imagine a Goldsmith score for Tarzan, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, with the fact in mind that Jerry seemed to have a praeternatural ability to ‘see through’ into what the film should have been..

The main theme, first heard in 'Mulan’s Decision', is incredible - one of the greatest of the 90s for sure. A pentatonically inflected minor key piece that conveys nobility, grace and strength. Presented initially by a sorrowful oboe, almost in an improvisatory manner, it grows and grows, modulating abruptly into a powerful heroic fanfare. Listen also to the gorgeously-spaced soft string harmonies that bookend the piece – Jerry’s fondness for Vaughan Williams showing through again.

An obsessive attachment on the part of the directors to the temp track (in this case Zimmer’s Beyond Rangoon) meant that Jerry was forced to go through several re-writes of this particular cue until it ended up as the 80s disco variation you hear in the film. I’ve included this as a bonus track at the end as it’s still fun and works well accompanying the scene. BUT as a result the sublime main theme doesn’t receive its full exposition in the film and, listening through, the new alternate sticks out like a sore thumb.



The main reason I was desperate for the academy promo disc (this lost to bloody Shakespeare in Love!! Ughhh) was to have that brilliant music for the charge of the Huns – ferocious and catchy at the same time! Also action-wise, I love the way during the ‘Avalanche’ sequence Mulan’s theme keeps trying to emerge, only to be knocked back (or rushed onward?) by a jabbing, syncopated rhythm. Some stunning percussion in this track too.

This selection of tracks is my own little arrangement, or ‘best of’ if you like. The original commercial release misses some great action music, but works pretty well as a listening experience. Jerry put tracks together into short suites to give a better flow, only loosely following the narrative structure. With this in mind I’ve added a few extra edited tracks to flesh it out, ignoring some of the bittier incidental material that is on the bootlegs, though if you want the full score (and you will :)) there’s a link to the lossless version below too.

I’m quietly hoping that Intrada releases an official, properly mastered complete edition (all the various cds have slightly off sound quality – the European and American soundtrack versions are significantly different in their mastering). It would sell like hotcakes!


MULAN LOSSLESS COMPLETE
Thread 65281
Thanks yogiii

Great music, great animated film, great post and what a great thread this is.
I'm gonna say a blasphemy to most of you but I adore the music heard in the movie in the haircut scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apH6BPV92H4

I'm gonna say a blasphemy to most of you but I adore the music heard in the movie in the haircut scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apH6BPV92H4

How could it be blasphemous to worship anything from the pen of Goldsmith? He's a GOD! :angel:

Here's the evidence for my supposition of a Zimmer temp track. It's an early trailer put together before the film was finished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71aTqU52xq8

Btw the music you mention is the last track on my compilation :)

How could it be blasphemous to worship anything from the pen of Goldsmith? He's a GOD! :)

Here's the evidence for my supposition of a Zimmer temp track. It's an early trailer put together before the film was finished.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71aTqU52xq8

Btw the music you mention is the last track on my compilation.

Even Goldsmith had some clunks in his career.
I've recently uploaded 'Extreme Prejudices' and that's one of them. :erm:

I only recognized at first the 'Dragonheart' in the Mulan trailer, but the music heard in the first minute, which i never heard it before, is slightly similar to 'Transformation' on the movie. Still that music is effective for the scene, although the original composition that Jerry wrote was better as just music on itself.
For the good or bad reasons the musicians cant avoid the temp track.

Lens of Truth, you never cease to amaze. Between you, Dannyfrench, and Sirusjr, who needs The Pirate Bay?

Wonderful lens! I appreciate you taking the time to make a best of :3 I especially like the removal of the non-goldsmith tracks. Thanks much!

Lens: awesome post. Mulan is also a great score to me, I listened to it a lot since years. GOLDSMITH wrote some exceptional themes for it, and some cues are truly amazing, like the exhilarating "The Hun's Attack". This is a perfect score to be posted here. Bravo!


Such a come-down actually after this to have the blandness of Mancina and Newton Howard (decent though they are). Just imagine a Goldsmith score for Tarzan, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, with the fact in mind that Jerry seemed to have a praeternatural ability to ‘see through’ into what the film should have been..
Oh! Newton Howard's Atlantis is one of the most amazing animation scores I've heard, epic and grandiose beyond measures. There's a reason why for my very 1st compilation in this thread I chose one of my favorite action tracks ever: "Just Do It". Atlantis is everything BUT bland to me! But his Treasure Planet was indeed quite disappointing, much more generic and forgettable, IMO.


Sirusjr: Thanks a lot for this new Sakimoto score (big fan)! And your new avatar is very classy, who's this serious hunk?

Another Amano score for your enjoyment.


Battle Royale II -Requiem- OST

Music composed by Masamichi Amano

MP3 320 kbps

Thanks to the original uploader

megaupload.com/?d=3TFR908Q





01.The Fight for Tomorrow
02.The Fight for Tomorrow Part 2
03.Requiem
04.Wild Seven Declaring War
05.The Time to Attack
06.Shikanotoride 3B
07.The Countdown to Terror
08.Injured Teammates
09.Getting Weapons and the Death of Shugo
10.Nanahara Shuya's Fight
11.Message
12.Mines
13.The Justice of a Ruler
14.Encountering Tragedies
15.Friends Forever
16.Landing Plan
17.The Song of the Warriors
18.Teacher and Student Part 2
19.The Glory of the Resistance
20.Farewell to the Piano
21.Epilogue
22.Mayonaka Shounen Totsugeki Dan


Review from Cinezik (translated from french by Google):

His new score for "Battle Royale II" not surprised at first listen but s "turns out to be yet more epic and grandiose. The composer wished to pull out all the stops: even more action, more orchestral Cup, even more memorable themes, even more grandiose choruses, etc.. For a movie as excessive, we could not imagine better music (even if the score n "obviously has nothing unhealthy side of the film). At first, the score includes the same songs heard at the beginning of" Battle Royale " first name. Thus, the "introductory" Requiem "allows us to find the theme of beautiful a cappella choir which concluded the first film and is linked to the mysterious painting in the film by the character of Takeshi Kitano. The choir gives way to the famous "Dies Irae" from "Requiem" by Verdi, also already present in the opening of the first episode and always interpreted here with a power almost apocalyptic, all for the "image of the film. There are also borrowed from the song "Hot Water" score "Outland" by Jerry Goldsmith already used in the first score and who reappears here in the death of "a student film at the beginning of the sequence for the briefing of prof. Ditto for the song based on "ostinato of" Dracula "by Wojciech Kilar when students take their equipment and go to war, a piece also included the first episode. But if the score sounds almost identical to the beginning of the first score, it is better to lose ourselves in the future.

C "is finally" The Time to Attack "that attracts our attention, the song is this time very clearly modeled on the" Klendathu Drop "from" Starship Troopers "by Basil Poledouris. Rythm� his warriors and his brass ostinato Martial snare drum, the piece evokes the terrible scene of landing which "performs in a real chaos of gunfire and death. As in the first score, Masamichi Amano s "entertains by imitating the song retail loan, reusing some of the instrumentals in the" order in which they appear in the song "original. The concept may seem a bit limited, but it "turns out to be perfectly consistent with the work performed by the composer on his first score, but also in the scene itself, which required a Hollywood musical reference given the fact that the sequence s" already heavily inspired " Saving Private Ryan "Spielberg. Martial," The Time to Attack "therefore refers to the start of the" attack against the "Wild Seven" and the prologue of "a long series of coins martial / warlike particularly epic." Wild Seven Declaring War "shows the scene where Nanahara declared war on all adults worldwide. Amano makes us feel in the song some gravity almost tragic, personified by a beautiful string writing - the brassy conclusion of the song being repiqu�e the end the opening of "Battle Royale".

Fortunately, a song like "Shikanotoride 3B" allows us to find the simple melodies, intimate and moving that "there were already in the first BO and resonate here in more elegiac, showing the" friendship among students through a new theme of "great beauty, of" first described here by an oboe and then taken up by the strings (with a typical Japanese melodic side, which is not unlike some of the themes of Joe Hisaishi). The theme of "Shikanotoride 3B becomes the theme associated with the young fighters, bringing a bit of "humanity and poetry in a massive score and without restraint dominated by orchestral Cup. Therefore, the score and will range from large chunks of action and thunderous passages more lyrical and moving, as the beautiful "Injured Teanmates" which recounts the tragedy of war and the loss of "dear friends of his in" a new more elegiac melancholy theme which curiously recalls many a theme written by David Arnold's score for "Godzilla." But "is the action which takes up very quickly over here. Parts frenetic as" The Fight for Tomorrow " or "Getting Weapons & The Death of Shugo" are orchestral Cup which escalate the tension and intensifies the scenes of war and "action to" display. The martial side of the partition to "Battle Royale II" is d " perfectly represented in "The Fight for Tomorrow", with its brass warriors, his frenetic strings and martial percussion (including anvils) mention the battle of Shuya Nanahara for "peace" - the song was inspired by some partitions d " Action James Horner. The least that "one can say, it is that Amano is not in the reservoir, while in the" image of the film Kenta and Kinji Fukasaku. Note a "Mines" particularly bleak for the scene of the minefield, the tension here is conveyed by a pattern of 2 notes threatening dark brass which is not unlike the theme of Russian "Air Force One" by Jerry Goldsmith.

There was a resumption of great fighters in theme "Getting Weapons & The Death of Shugo", here darkened by brass and dark harmonies, the song is still dominated by these implacable martial percussion unleashed. The score takes an elegiac when choirs will join the "orchestra in" Encountering Tragedies "which, as its name indicates, evokes the tragedy of war in" one of the most powerful pieces of the score of "Battle Royale II" . C "is in this context epic / elegiac that" we discover the poignant "Friends Forever", a wonderful hymn to the "eternal friendship in time of war, expressed here through a particularly poignant reprise of the theme of" friendship, brought by a female choir and taken up by the "orchestra. Amano intensified fighting in the d "a" Landing Plan "particularly frenzied warrior and while" The Song of the Warriors "is a kind of" Elegy with choir and orchestra to combatants killed during the war, an idea long in the dramatic "Teacher and Student (part 2) "d marked" a certain sadness. Playing out the game director, Amano solemnly evokes the glorious battles and desperate resistance in "The Glory of the Resistance", a song which, although particularly grand and solemn, tends to turn the terrorists into heroes. "Farewell To The Piano" differs slightly from the score with his little piano melody soloist with orchestra, appearing in the film for scenes with flashbacks Shiori Kitano (Ai Maeda), the daughter of Professor interpreted in the first opus by Takeshi Kitano. The melody of "Farewell To The Piano" is specific to a piece of classical Beethoven (arranged by Amano for the purposes of the film), the piece is supposed to represent a sonata that "interprets the girl in the scenes of flashbacks, an unexpected piece provides some emotional relief to the score of" Battle Royale II ".

The film concludes with the magnificent "Epilogue" which brings a breath of serenity at the conclusion of the film using the theme of "friendship here exposed by an oboe and strings, which seems to mean that the fighting is finished for good ( even if the final n of the film is not very clear about this). Choirs and the "s band" unite together for a magnificent coda and vibrant before the end credits, accompanied by an annoying song half shouted by a Japanese pop singer who should take some singing lessons. Difficult not to be taken Thursday to "listen to this new big partition Symphony Masamichi Amano, a score and epic warrior who, although clearly a notch below the first" Battle Royale ", n" is not in least one new major success by the Japanese composer, even if "we regret a certain lack of diversity in this huge orchestral score to Hollywood accents. If Film Kenta and Kinji Fukasaku, it should remember that" one element, this would certainly be the great sign of BO "a talent but whose" unique default is to "be associated with a film that also unhealthy disappointing. For some, it is almost tempted to say that 'Battle Royale II' does unworthy music of such quality!

Quentin Billard

Sirusjr: Thanks a lot for this new Sakimoto score (big fan)! And your new avatar is very classy, who's this serious hunk?
He is from an anime called Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. Initially he is called Zwei. Hopefully I will be able to post the soundtrack to the anime soon because it is wonderful (notwithstanding the terrible hip-hop song that starts playing after episode 11).

@all
Thank you very much for these very yammy soundtracks XD

@sirus
wow, your ava is very sweet *______* (the girl in me speaks XDD)

i have two tracks for you guys, enjoy

The Gargoyle and Other Stories - the Orchestral Music of Sean Timms


The Book Keeper Suite (http://www.sendspace.com/file/et81ja) >> composed by Sean Timms; arcane, little bit dark, varying

Galapagos


Galapagos (Reprise) (http://www.sendspace.com/file/zvr34z) >> composed by Mark Isham; warm, carrying, wanderlust (flute and guitar)

Nicholas Hooper - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
MP3|Transcode from m4a (itunes)|vbr256|107mb


http://rapidshare.com/files/251890199/NH-HPHBP.rar
PSW: smile
Thanks to russ for posting the original thread with m4a (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?p=1277027&posted=1#post1277027)

Billie - Thanks a lot for the great samples ;3 I really like the Sean Timms song! Please post the full album when you get a chance *waits patiently*
UWAAAA Galapagos song is even better!! Please post the full album when you get a chance *waits patiently*

Just wanted to say thanks for upping my Amano collection you guys! Fell in love with him after watching Giant Robo of course.

Cheers!

Billie - Thanks a lot for the great samples ;3 I really like the Sean Timms song! Please post the full album when you get a chance *waits patiently*
UWAAAA Galapagos song is even better!! Please post the full album when you get a chance *waits patiently*

Hehehe, i'm very glad, that you like this two ost, i have the whole albums and upload the osts, but it takes a little bit time ^^

Flesh+Blood by Basil Poledouris

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CGVM0UST

Expanded release with 9 bonus tracks. Numbered edition limited to 3,000 copies.

Track listing

1. Main Title (02:33)
2. Siege of the City (03:25)
3. Courtship and Mandrake (04:08)
4. Wagon Attack (02:37)
5. Martin and Agnes Love Theme (01:25)
6. Castle Invasion (02:03)
7. Night Fires (02:22)
8. The Box (05:49)
9. Water (The Undoing) (01:41)
10. Arnolfini Assault (05:49)
11. Denouement / End Titles (07:43)
12. The Box (edited version) (04:34)
13. St. Martin Leads the Way (02:01)
14. Driven From the City (01:14)
15. Cask and St. Martin (02:36)
16. Agnes's Wagon (01:14)
17. Assault on Agnes (03:46)
18. The Feast (01:49)
19. The Locket (00:48)
20. Out of the Well (02:39)
21. Denouement / End Title (alternate version) (07:20)

Total Duration: 01:07:36

In 1985, audience fascination with the raw brutality of the Middle Ages continued to feed Hollywood's production of topics involving swords and sorcery. The popular acceptance of these violent depictions of barbarians and magic had begun to taper off by the time Paul Verhoeven's Flesh + Blood blindsided audiences with what some have said is perhaps the most bloody and gruesome vision of the era to come from Hollywood to date. The story of Flesh + Blood wasn't spectacularly new, though unlike many of the other films to come from that genre, there wasn't one clear-cut hero in the plot to follow. Each of the film's primary characters is flawed, leaving the audience to exist as a sort of outside observer while witnessing massive sieges, bloody battles, and conflicting courtship splash across the screen, usually in shades of red. Perhaps due to the lack of a single superstar in the cast (Rutger Hauer was the most recognizable name), Flesh + Blood was soon forgotten by audiences, and many critics blamed Verhoeven's blood-splattering realism in the violence for turning audiences away. After successfully elevating the character of Conan to greatness with his tonal, yet brutal scores for that franchise of films, Basil Poledouris was an immediate and logical choice for the project of Flesh + Blood. Poledouris had not worked the Middle Ages out of his system quite yet, and was very eager to compose for another barbarian-related film. Through his meetings with Verhoeven, Poledouris discovered that the director's desired score was essentially an extension of the tonal and rhythmic Conan the Barbarian sound. The thematic development in those earlier scores, especially in regards to Poledouris' ability to form harmonic battles between two themes simultaneously in counterpoint, is what the director was seeking. An additional dose of adventurous, sword-fighting spirit would also be requested of Poledouris.

Using folk music from the time was a consideration, but that sound simply didn't offer the modern standards of thematic power needed for a film of this magnitude. Thus, the only music rooted in the period for this project is similar to that in Conan the Barbarian, with simple, rhythmic themes performed by woodwinds and percussion. Don't be fooled into believing that there's any attempt at authenticity in Flesh + Blood. There are even slight synthetic effects employed to compensate for the ensemble's smaller size, such as those heard the crescendo at 1:30 into the opening cue. The tone of this score consists of accessible Poledouris action and carnage at its most savage. He establishes themes and motifs for every character, as well as one pounding identity for the element of war itself, and through these constantly mingling themes, Poledouris has created a very satisfying and rich orchestral powerhouse. With the help of tambourines, triangles, and drums, Poledouris's music dances with light rhythms throughout its scenes of contemplation, courtship, and rest, often relying on low woodwinds (as usual) to add a simplistic, staggered rhythm to that canvas. What will interest film score enthusiasts, however, is the considerable attention to monumental action sequences featuring muscular French horn performances. The opening and end titles are extensions of this battle music, flowing with the same slightly folksy rhythms, but backed up by the intensity of the London Symphony Orchestra and featuring more of a swashbuckling style than heard in previous Poledouris entries. For the slower cues, only 25 musicians were necessary, but that number was beefed up to 75 players for the numerous cues of wartime conflict. These elevated, brass and timpani dominated action cues are lengthy and repetitious in their presentations, and rarely do they fade without a fight. One standout abnormality is the trumpet solo at 2:15 into "Siege of the City," which awkwardly reminds of Poledouris' title theme for 2000's Kimberly.

The sheer quantity and forcefulness of action material similar to Conan the Barbarian is overwhelming, but when comparing the two scores, Flesh + Blood's plethora of themes causes it to have a different effect on the listener. Whereas Conan the Barbarian stated its themes in distinctive, unyielding fashion, Flesh + Blood mixes and mingles its ideas with better clarity, sometimes even with elegance. The score's two love themes, led obviously by the one represented in "Martin and Agnes," are significant in their romantic appeal. Thus, you get a more rounded score that may, for some listeners, play better on album, but you also get a score that is less memorable in terms of individual highlights. Flesh + Blood is a slightly less brutal, less magical score, but if you were disappointed by Conan the Destroyer in 1984, rest assured that Flesh + Blood is your true sequel score for Conan the Barbarian in terms of quality. Despite Poledouris' mentioning of chants in this work, it should be noted that there is no choral accompaniment, which has always been something of a surprise. On album, this score has only existed on a pair of rare, collectible releases. It was a member of the original Var�se Sarabande series of Club albums in the early 1990's and remained a prized collectible until 2002, when Prometheus released another limited edition of the score as one of the last in their own club series. The additional material supplied on the expanded 2002 album is interesting, but not as necessary as the music presented on the Var�se CD. The sound quality of the appended material is acceptable, though slightly poorer than the original album's selections (partly due to the fact that these selections are among those that employed fewer players). A handful of alternate versions of cues round out the additional material on the Prometheus product, though, making it a solid purchase. Both albums present this excellent Poledouris score in its best, bombastic and relentless glory.


This is an excellent upload!

Oh! Newton Howard's Atlantis is one of the most amazing animation scores I've heard, epic and grandiose beyond measures. There's a reason why for my very 1st compilation in this thread I chose one of my favorite action tracks ever: "Just Do It". Atlantis is everything BUT bland to me! But his Treasure Planet was indeed quite disappointing, much more generic and forgettable, IMO.

I'm also a fan of Atlantis Arthierr! :) I should stop comparing composers in this crude way... but.. it's hard with JNH because his style is so often modeled on Goldsmith's. What I enjoy about this score is how surprising and inventive he can be with the music's phrasing and the attention to detail in his orchestrations - 'The Journey', for instance, with its angular, strutting theme.

Billie - Thanks for these two. It's a shame 'The Book Keeper Suite' is played with sampled orchestral sounds rather than the real deal, but it's still very good!

How could it be blasphemous to worship anything from the pen of Goldsmith? He's a GOD! :angel:

There is certainly a great fan base for Goldsmith on this thread, and I just don't see it myself. Not that he didn't do some awesome work over his career. Who can forget the unforgettable seafaring score of Star Trek the Motion Picture, the 13th Warrior, First Knight, The Mummy, The Secret of NIMH just to name a few.

He also had, what I considered a lot of duds too. Especially later in his career. Most of his later Star Trek movie scores were mediocre at best.

Mulan, however, is one of my all time favorites, and to make up for my blasphemous attitude, here is a quite rare Complete Mulan score, no sfx, 1:18:59, quality in the 250 kbps range.

<a href="http://s629.photobucket.com/albums/uu16/10Arrows/?action=view¤t=Mulancompletescore.jpg" target="_blank">

http://rapidshare.com/files/251944163/JG-MCS.rar

Mulan Complete Score Track Listing.

01 Overture.mp3
02 Main Title.mp3
03 Attack At The Wall _ The Emperor.mp3
04 Prayers _ Grandma's Cricket.mp3
05 The Matchmaker.mp3
06 Homecoming.mp3
07 Proclamation From The Emperor.mp3
08 The Transformation _ Mulan Leaves (Short Hair).mp3
09 Awakening The Great Stone Dragon.mp3
10 Master Plan.mp3
11 Shan-Yu.mp3
12 A Man's World.mp3
13 Ping Introduces.mp3
14 A New Day.mp3
15 The Arrow.mp3
16 The Doll.mp3
17 Bogus Letter.mp3
18 The Delivery.mp3
19 Burnt Village _ The General Is Dead.mp3
20 Arrow Attack.mp3
21 The Huns Ride.mp3
22 Avalanche.mp3
23 The Masquerade Is Over.mp3
24 Confessions _ Surviving Huns.mp3
25 Victory Celebration, The Imperial Palace (Alternate).mp3
26 Fireworks.mp3
27 The Huns Intrude.mp3
28 Concubines _ Saving The Emperor.mp3
29 Mushu To The Rescue.mp3
30 Honoring Mulan.mp3
31 The Sword, Reunion.mp3
32 End Credits.mp3
33 Reprise.mp3
34 The Emperor _ Prayers (Alternate).mp3
35 Mulan's Transformation (Alternate).mp3
36 Confessions _ To The Imperial City (Alternate).mp3

He also had, what I considered a lot of duds too. Especially later in his career. Most of his later Star Trek movie scores were mediocre at best.

For me Star Trek: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: First Contact or Star Trek: Insurrection still are superior per example to Giacchino's work for the last movie. Of course these three aren't comparable to Star Trek: The Motion Picture but still are superior to the most of sci-fi works that you can find today. Per example in my opinion these two themes from The Final Frontier are real master pieces:

http://www.4shared.com/file/115990140/12bd07e0/02_-_The_Barrier.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/115989970/77eb63a1/04_-_A_Busy_Man.html

I didn't listen to much Star Trek: Nemesis, however this theme is majestic though it is strongly influenced by his work to Total Recall. It is really an impressive action theme. A few actual composers could do something similar:

http://www.4shared.com/file/115988968/d897bdb7/09_-_The_Scorpion.html


Best!!

One of may favorites composers is Elliot Goldenthal. I really recommend you the listening of his themes for Mann's last film movie Public Enemies. Only 16 minutes but in my opinion all great themes.

Today i would like introduce you this great work. Maybe you know it for one the greatest polemic in the score world in the last years. Goldenthal theme for Titus was included by Tyler Bates in his most famous score, 300. The problem is that Bates didn't give credit to Goldenthal so most of the people believed that this theme was original:

http://www.4shared.com/file/115993704/6784d5a1/04_-_Returns_A_King.html

However it was composed in part by Goldenthal for the "rare" film Titus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvXtT97RVEs

Here it is the complete Titus by Goldenthal:

(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVbqaDA)

http://rapidshare.com/files/140896326/tts_EG1.zip
Credit to the original uploader
Tracks

1. Victorius Titus (2:58)
2. Procession and Obsequis (3:01)
3. Revenge Wheel (:52)
4. Tribute and Suffrage (4:17)
5. Arrows of the Gods (1:32)
6. An Offering (2:04)
7. Crossroads (3:24)
8. Vortex (1:33)
9. Swing Rave (1:53)
10. Ill-Fated Plot (2:20)
11. Pickled Heads (5:05)
12. Tamora's Pastorale (1:13)
13. Titus's Vow (3:43)
14. Mad Ole Titus (2:28)
15. Philimelagram (1:46)
16. Pressing Judgement (3:32)
17. Aaron's Plea (2:02)
18. Coronation (1:53)
19. Apian Stomp (1:32)
20. Adagio (2:25)
21. Finale (8:33)
22. Vivere (3:33)

TITUS

Breathtaking work is a modern classic
A review by JAMES SOUTHALL

Few films have made such a profoundly personal impression on me as Julie Taymor's Titus. I walked away from the cinema in a state of shock and confusion, unable to speak to my two friends, stunned by what I had witnessed. It was hardly a surprise, given her reputation and past work, that Titus would be such a visceral, visual extravaganza, but some of Taymor's imagery went beyond anything one might have expected. Her adaptation of Shakespeare's text was brilliant in itself, and her staging of the film in a sort of timeless version of Rome with gladiators intermingling with motorbikes, togas with leathers, beyond brilliant.

The play - if you don't know - is frequently (somewhat snobbishly) regarded as being one of Shakespeare's minor works, but to me it speaks volumes about mankind's pursuit of revenge and is as relevant today as it was when it was written over 400 years ago, perhaps even moreso. Titus Andronicus is a Roman warrior who has captured the goth Tamora and her two sons. When a new emperor is needed, he lends his support to Saturninus, but the latter's gratitude turns to hatred when Titus's daughter Lavinia rejects his amorous advances. Saturninus then sets off on a violent quest for revenge, aided by Tamora, her loyal servant Aaron and her sons. The revenge is so bloody and violent that Lavinia ends up with her tongue cut out; Titus with one of his hands chopped off; and Tamora's sons are baked in a pie by Titus at the conclusion and fed to their unknowing mother, in a scene whose dark humour is as beautiful as it is shocking (and, with Anthony Hopkins as Titus, the obvious Hannibal Lecter allegory is a joy). Throughout, Titus becomes increasingly mad, unable to cope with everything that is happening, but at the same time hatching a diabolical plot for revenge of his own. One piece of truly unforgettable imagery is when Lavinia's tongue is cut out and her hands chopped off, replaced by sticks. Titus's assistant Marcus Andronicus sees her in the distance but it is only when he gets close that he realises what has happened to her hands; and only when she opens her mouth and blood pours out that he realises the full extent of what has happened.

Titus received, astonishingly, a lukewarm critical reception, with Anthony Hopkins's performance in particular attracting criticism. I thought he in particular was brilliant, but so was the rest of the excellent cast, including Alan Cumming, Jessica Lange, Harry Lennix, Colm Feore and Laura Fraser. As mentioned earlier, the film's visual style mixes images from the time of Christ with modern (and even futuristic) ones. This blend of the ancient and the modern was what composer Elliot Goldenthal took as the basis for his music. He says he drove around Rome (even modern-day Rome, let alone the version in the movie) and was struck by hip-hop music blaring from a car mixing with an Andean pan flute group performing on the street, mixing with an Elvis impersonator and decided that "in Rome - as in this film - it is possible in an instant to embrace eons."

This is exactly what his score does. It opens with a choral processional - precisely, brilliantly choreographed to match marching gladiators on screen during the opening titles - "Victorius Titus" - one of the most memorable pieces of film music in years. From then it goes from one style to another quite frequently, with Goldenthal's trademark action music appearing in "Revenge Wheel" and "Arrows of the Gods"; modern hip-hop stylings defining Tamora's sons in "Swing Rave" and more chilled-out beats scoring one of the most shocking moments of the film, "Pickled Heads" (with the heads in question being of Titus's sons). A wonderful march accompanies a gathering of forces for Titus in "Ill-Fated Plot"; and perhaps the score's true highlight is the eight-minute "Finale", as moving and beautiful a piece of music as Goldenthal has ever written.

Is the score flawless? In the film, certainly it is; the combination of music and image is as potent and brilliant as any I have ever seen in even the most classic movie/composer combinations. On album, there are just one or two nagging feelings that would leave me unable to quite elevate it to that level - for one thing, the conflicting styles, while incorporated brilliantly by Goldenthal (he tends to blend the modern elements in gradually rather than just overlaying percussion or flitting about schizophrenically like most film composers would), do mean that I can see why some listeners would find the experience a little uneven when divorced from the movie, especially if they hadn't seen it - and for another, there are various pieces that Goldenthal has taken from previous music he's written. One piece, "Pressing Judgement", was actually licensed from his score for A Time to Kill and used in the movie and on the album; "Adagio" is simply his song "O Foolish Heart" from the play The Green Bird without a vocalist; and the "Finale", stunning though it is, is very much along the same lines as a similar piece in Michael Collins.

Those two criticisms aside, however, this is one of the finest scores composed in many years, truly a masterpiece. Opinion is somewhat polarised over it - some film music fans love it, some hate it. But nobody who has seen the film could deny its brilliance in that context, and no fan of Goldenthal could possibly be disappointed with the album.

Speaking of the film, I do urge you to pick up the DVD, whose presentation is an example to which all other DVD releases should aspire. There are commentaries by Taymor, Hopkins, Lennix and (yes) Goldenthal and one of the most illuminating "making of" pieces I've ever seen. As it follows the making of the movie from the earliest days of pre-production right through to the editing and scoring, you can see the whole process of making the film. Goldenthal not only went on set, he sat in on the earliest rehearsals and spent a lot of time at filming, surely one contributory factor to the score's effectiveness. It's fascinating to see Hopkins apparently falling to pieces over the course of filming, with the role clearly consuming him, but he still found time to give a wonderful comment about the business of acting. While considering actors' technique he says "all we do is learn our lives and turn up - no more - it's the easiest job in the world." But you can tell that he put so much into the role that he isn't really being serious.

Titus is an essential film - I have seen it countless times now, and it still gives me goosebumps and affects me in a way that is difficult to describe - and an essential score.

Garcia - I've never liked Goldenthall and especially not Titus. It is far too jazzy and new-age for me to get into it very well. I also found that his music for Public Enemies was not that special in the film. Still its nice to see this score here.

Previously Arthierr uploaded a great complete score from my Goldenthal favorite Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. Incredible work.


I'd like to point out that one of the most impressive orchestral movie scores I've heard: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within by Elliot Goldenthal, has been posted in a Complete version (Bootleg). The quality is pretty correct, as it's 256k. Highly recommended!



Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - Complete Score

Music by Elliot Goldenthal

Thanks to Donnor

http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1225241&postcount=9034


http://www.khimaira-magazine.com/image.a4d?file=khimaira_web%2Fbibliotheque%2Fmusiq ue%2FfinalfantasyKH.jpg


From Tracksounds - read the full review (http://www.tracksounds.com/reviews/finalfantasy.htm)

Blending his dissonant style performed by a massive orchestra and choir, with an equally powerful but contrasting love theme, Goldenthal churns out an absolutely golden score. From the first mystical moments of Goldenthal's music, the listener is taken on a vigorous and breath-taking ride. Despite the clear differences in musical style, perhaps not since John Williams' score for the original Star Wars film has a sci/fi-fantasy-score come forth with such fortitude and character. Unfortunately, within the film, Goldenthal's score plays second fiddle to all the visual delights on screen. Compared with the effectiveness and force of the music on the soundtrack, it is downplayed within the film itself. While it is unlikely this score will leave a similar, indelible mark on film music or on audiences as Star Wars did, Goldenthal's score is still worthy of the highest accolades.

Final Fantasy contains an all-too-rare-amount of ominous and wondrous music such as the opening track, The Spirit Within (1), Toccata and Dreamscapes (7) or Winged Serpent (13). The feel is expansive and majestic as Goldenthal infuses cavernous brass with haunting choruses and strings that range from alluring to terrifying. Also incorporated into some of the more intense sequences are strong percussions- sometimes in a very militaristic manner and at other times making a slight nod to Jerry Goldsmith. For Final Fantasy, Elliot Goldenthal's action music is never stale, seldom becomes forgettable, background music, and is a potent force in and of itself.

Garcia - I've never liked Goldenthall and especially not Titus. It is far too jazzy and new-age for me to get into it very well. I also found that his music for Public Enemies was not that special in the film. Still its nice to see this score here.

This theme is all less jazzy and new age, je, je. More, this is one of the best themes compose in this decade, only for this the score deserves a listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvXtT97RVEs

I only want to give credit to Goldenthal for one theme that is famous for other score. A lot of people like that 300 theme however they don't know that the real autor is not Bates.

Link Deleted as it is a Varese Sarabande release. Do not ask to re-upload.

This theme is all less jazzy and new age, je, je. More, this is one of the best themes compose in this decade, only for this the score deserves a listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvXtT97RVEs

I only want to give credit to Goldenthal for one theme that is famous for other score. A lot of people like that 300 theme however they don't know that the real autor is not Bates.
I agree but I think bates version is still superior in listenability personally.

I agree but I think bates version is still superior in listenability personally.

But is that a version, the orginal always deserves more merit. I don't find too much personality in Bates's version and still is that, a version of Goldenthal's theme that include a typical easy rhythms at the end to do it in someway more modern as 300 film.

I don't understand how Goldenthal name couldn't be included in the credits of the CD book. Incredible!!!

From scoremagacine:

Bates� "300" is a truly shocking case, something that becomes quickly apparent from the very first moments with pieces like "Come And Get Them"; bearing the same rhythm, sound design and metal clanging from the opening of "Titus" as the soldiers march into Rome or most evidently in “Returns a King” where the whole track that is "Victorious Titus" from "Titus" is bit-to-bit resembled. Bates doesn�t leave anything out: from the whole theme�s form, i.e. the exact beginning, repetitions, and climax, to the identical rhythms and tempo and all the way up to the arrangements and the exact orchestration with the deep-sounding male choir and the same heavy, marching metal clanging sounds that Goldenthal used in "Titus". Every single element from the afore-mentioned performances of the "Titus main theme" is all here and like this wasn�t enough, the final "300" cue, “Remember us”, is nothing more than an exact re-recording of the “Finale” from – surprise – "Titus".

(http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVbqaDA)



Garcia27, I just want to say thanks for posting Titus up here.

Now, I have been a fan of Goldenthal's work on Titus since I first heard of it. I casually downloaded it after watching 300. I was very much a naive music listener back then. I thought all that electronic and vocal music was the best thing since sliced bread. So, when I heard that Bates had pretty much taken "Arrives As a King" from Goldenthal's Titus, I gave it a listen, just waning to see the source material.

This was the beginning of something great. I listened to that first track, "Victorious Titus", and to say I was mesmerized would not be nearly enough to describe it. Perhaps enchanted would be a better selection of terms. "Victorious Titus" is an amazingly well composed work, and it just grabs you. It stirs your heart in ways so few vocal works can't even begin to. You listen to it again and again, and it is never quite the same.

Needless to say, when I became a huge fan of Goldenthal's "Titus", I began to hate 300, for so many obvious reasons. Bates' "version" of "Victorious Titus" is so wrong I can hardly understand why Bates would use it at all. Bates seems to love the idea that loud is good for vocal works. Bates' stuff is all testosterone, and not much flavor and not at all professional. Goldenthal's on the other hand shows a delicate hand, rising at the very best moment, creating a piece that is more than epic. It is awe dropping, and it grabs your heart in the process.

So, yeah, thanks for posting Titus Garcia, and showing some other people the greatness of that score. :)

You're welcome Doublehex. I have the same opinion.

Best!!!

You're welcome Doublehex. I have the same opinion.

Best!!!

Now all we need is Sirusjr to come by and call us a bunch of crazy loons, and then we can have a FLAME WAR!



To all manatees reading this, yes this is all a joke. Carry on, and avoid those boats.

"The predominant qualities of my music are passionate expression, inner fire, rhythmic drive - and the unexpected."
Hector Berlioz



BERLIOZ - SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Mark Minkowski
320kbps / 5 tracks / 57:37
http://rapidshare.com/files/251997401/Berlioz_-_Symphonie_fantastique.rar

1. R�veries, passions (Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai)
2. Un bal (Valse: Allegro non troppo)
3. Sc�ne aux champs (Adagio)
4. Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo)
5. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat (Larghetto - Allegro)




OK, I've been meaning to post this for a while - a breathtakingly powerful live performance of Berlioz’s masterpiece – a symphony unlike any other. The following, in the words of the composer, is the imaginary scenario that brings the sequence of movements into being:

‘A young musician of morbid sensitivity and ardent imagination poisons himself with opium in a moment of despair caused by frustrated love. The dose of narcotic, while too weak to cause his death, plunges him into a heavy sleep accompanied by the strangest of visions, in which his experiences, feelings and memories are translated in his feverish brain into musical thoughts and images. His beloved becomes for him a melody… an id�e fixe…’

Here’s some very briefly typed notes:

‘Reveries and Passions’- theme of the beloved is alluded to in the slow introduction and stated fully at the beginning of the allegro (5:58) with an excitable, thrusting accompaniment. Contrasts of ecstatic emotion and melancholy - enthralled love, obsessive devotion. Gorgeous, peaceful coda after all that tumult (14:56).

‘A Ball’ – two harps and shivering strings introduce an elegant waltzified version of the id�e fixe. Almost out of control by the end of the movement, whiling around in delirium – god Herrmann must have loved this!

‘A Scene in the Country’ – two shepherd call to each other with their pipes. Reminiscent of Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ of course (even in the same key, F major) but much more of a feeling of distance and isolation. Very beautiful, slowly unfolding movement, very understated compared to the rest of the symphony, transparent orchestrations. Timpani rolls toward the end suggest the impending nightmare world of the last two movements.

‘March to the Scaffold’ – sinister and fatalistically triumphant at the same time. The composer is witnessing his own execution. Brass dominate. Almost comic grotesquery begins with scampering bassoons and flatulent tubas. Guillotine falls on the composer (and his beloved?) at around 6:00 – plucked strings like the sound of the head plopping into the basket!

‘Dream of a Night of the Sabbath’ – final grotesque deformation of the beloved’s theme, as though she has destroyed him and now mocks in a frenzied satanic gathering. Almost mocking the idea of love itself (!). Amazing that the music is both very descriptive (suggestive of vermin, insects, witches etc) yet compellingly abstract, with its own sense of motion and purpose. The Dies Irae and a fugal theme are stated and then combined. More crazy syncopations (7:18 and 7:57), finally rushes to an awesome crescendo. Total orchestral tour de force!

Enjoy! :)

Now all we need is Sirusjr to come by and call us a bunch of crazy loons, and then we can have a FLAME WAR!



To all manatees reading this, yes this is all a joke. Carry on, and avoid those boats.
Sorry to dissapoint but I don't do flame wars. You are entitled to your opinion all you want. I actuall rented Titus after having everyone in this thread tell me how much better the soundtrack was than the stuff in 300 only to find out i couldn't stand the movie and couldn't really stand the soundtrack either. I'm sure the main theme is good but i have to enjoy the score in its entirety not just one or two cueues.

Not much talk about John Williams lately, so i post here what is possible an hidden gem for a couple of you.






This is from the album Amazing Stories: Anthology 3.
It's the track 'The Parachute / The Control Tower', and it's for me the best track in this compilation.
It's a long cue (10:39 min), and in some moments it reminds me parts of 'Belly of the Steel Beast' from Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, in the drums and timpani.
The ending is very emotional, like the music in the departure scenes of E.T. or Close Encounters.



http://rapidshare.com/files/252033756/Jonathan_Begins_To_Draw_-_The_Landing.mp3

I actuall rented Titus after having everyone in this thread tell me how much better the soundtrack was than the stuff in 300 only to find out i couldn't stand the movie and couldn't really stand the soundtrack either. I'm sure the main theme is good but i have to enjoy the score in its entirety not just one or two cueues.

And of course I respect your opinion but the fact that you don't like Goldenthal work doesn't mean that it is not good, only that you don't like. I can tell you that this score, as the most by Goldenthal, is extremely complex so it needs more than one listening to be appreciated and that it is not mostly jazzy and new age.

The other fact is that the best track in 300 is the same that the one composed by Goldenthal for Titus. If you have listened the video that I linked you cannot negate that both themes are the same, so I cannot understand how one can enjoy more the version than the original in this case, and again this is only my personal opinion, if you like more the version by Bates it is perfect for me although you cannot forget that this theme was composed by Elliot Goldenthal with minor changes by Bates.

Best!!!

Ps. Thanks for the last uploads. I already had that Amazing Stories CD. A lot of good composers gave music to this series.

Sorry to dissapoint but I don't do flame wars. You are entitled to your opinion all you want. I actuall rented Titus after having everyone in this thread tell me how much better the soundtrack was than the stuff in 300 only to find out i couldn't stand the movie and couldn't really stand the soundtrack either. I'm sure the main theme is good but i have to enjoy the score in its entirety not just one or two cueues.

Well, now I need to go into a great deal of depth regarding why Titus is a significantly better score than 300.

Cure you Sirusjr. Curse you!

(And just so we are clear, my last post was, indeed, meant to be humorous in nature.)

I was going to upload the consider best score by Elliot Goldenthal however in this forum I found a better version. So, of course thanks to Nachash


;1246753']Interview With The Vampire (Complete Motion Picture Score)




TRACKLIST1-01 Libera Me (2:47)
1-02 Born To Darkness (3:04)
1-03 My Invitation Tom Death (0:18)
1-04 Louis Last Sunrise / Goodbye To The Light (5:41)
1-05 The First Victim (2:05)
1-06 High Society (3:03)
1-07 Take Her, Louis (2:00)
1-08 A Cursed Place Burns (3:20)
1-09 Plantation Pyre (1:59)
1-10 Marche Funebre (1:50)
1-11 The Young Girl (0:49)
1-12 Lestat's Tarantella (0:47)
1-13 Claudia's Allegro Agitato (4:45)
1-14 Child's Play (4:55)
1-15 Goodnight Sweet Prince (10:26)
1-16 Lestat's Recitative (3:37)
2-01 Escape To Paris (3:10)
2-02 Alive Again In Paris (1:23)
2-03 Santiago's Waltz (0:37)
2-04 Theatre Des Vampires (1:18)
2-05 Armand's Seduction (1:39)
2-06 Madeleine's Lament (3:04)
2-07 Abduction & Absolution (4:42)
2-08 Armand Rescues Louis (2:07)
2-09 Louis' Revenge (2:36)
2-10 Born To Darkness II (1:11)
2-11 Forgotten Lore (0:30)
2-12 Scent Of Death (1:39)
2-13 Fear Of The Light (1:38)
2-14 Do You Like Dying? / A Passenger / Sympathy For The Devil (Instrumental Version) (8:11)
2-15 Sympathy For The Devil (7:39)
2-16 Do You Like Dying? / A Passenger (Alternate) (2:33)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A50F03J4

Here a sample with one of the most known theme composed by Goldenthal:

http://www.4shared.com/file/116032422/5a7c98de/01_-_Libera_Me.html

[I]Three weeks. Elliot Goldenthal wrote this in three weeks!!!

Director Neil Jordan had originally enlisted his steady composer George Fenton to write the score to the adaptation of Ann Rice's popular genre-changing vampire epic. When Jordan was unhappy with Fenton's work, he brought in Goldenthal to take over and write an entirely new score, as you may have heard, in three weeks!!!

Due to the time constraints, Goldenthal had to rely on gut instinct and a desire to prove himself. Goldenthal sits on razor's edge, mixing classical styles ("Lestat's Recitative", "Santiago's Waltz") with atonal dissonance ("Plantation Pyre").
A track like "Claudia's Allegro Agitato" may started with an aggravated violin/ piano with contrasting percussive taps and plucks that move into a simpler, delicate piano piece to devolve into an unnerving mixture of a bassoon, French horn wails, high strings heartbeats and pained breathing.

Goldenthal's previous score to Alien3 was relentlessly bleak and only let up in moments of anguish, melancholy or violence. Here he tones down the desolation, bringing together with a variety of musical colors, older musical styles and an emphasis on doomed romanticism. The album starts with albums two main themes. "Libera Me" is the overture, a haunted boys chorus expressed against strained, high-pitched strings. The second track ("Born To Darkness Part I") is Louis' theme is a lush melancholy romantic theme, with warmer, fuller strings.

These two tracks are his tent posts, which the rest of the varied score moves around. And for this type of score, there's a lot of variety. Goldenthal perfectly pulls off strong action cues ("Escape To Paris", "Louis's Revenge"), haunted, moody tracks ("Armand's Seduction"), slow build suspense cues ("Scent Of Death") and large operatic outbursts ("Madelene's Lament", "Marche Funebre"). He then brings it all together in climatic tracks like "Abduction and Absolution" where blasts of demonic brass and whirlwind string arpeggios segue into a haunting version of "Libera Me". Looking at Goldenthal's career over ten years later, this score is a sampler's plate of everything that would follow and one of his fan's favorites.

To credit Fenton, you can still hear his arrangements of period music through out the movie (particularly Claudia's piano piece, Chopin's "Nocturne #20 in C# Minor" and Lestat's piano piece, Hayden's"A flat Adagio e Contabilc"). Goldenthal and Jordon's collaboration was so successful, that the two of them would continue to collaborate on Michael Collins, In Dreams, Butcher Boy and The Good Thief. Interview with a Vampire was not Goldenthal's first mainstream work; he had been working steadily for the last five years, but Interview opened the doors. It gained him his first Oscar Nomination and led to much more visible work (Heat, Final Fantasy, Batman movies).

What is most surprising about it is that it's very listenable. That may sound odd, but horror scores tend to be hard to endure all the way through as there's no break in the tension. Here, the music is perfectly modulated (with the exception of the much-derided cover of "Sympathy for the Devil") as a self-contained listen. This is the perfect album for those dark nights of the soul.

I'm also a fan of Atlantis Arthierr! :) I should stop comparing composers in this crude way... but.. it's hard with JNH because his style is so often modeled on Goldsmith's. What I enjoy about this score is how surprising and inventive he can be with the music's phrasing and the attention to detail in his orchestrations - 'The Journey', for instance, with its angular, strutting theme.


Atlantis has a great soundtrack! I have not been able to listen to it in years. Really fun music. Though the movie it's self irks me so much since it is a shameless copy of the earlier and better Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water >_<

The Gargoyle and Other Stories - the Orchestral Music of Sean Timms



Composer: Sean Timms
Release Date: 03-07-2008
Kbps: 320

01. Gargoyle [09:07] >> arcane, magical, sombre, dark, tense, dangerous
02. The Book Keeper [07:04] >> arcane, dark, varying, dangerous, tense, hectic
03. Planet Earth Suite [06:16] >> vivid, buoyant, deep, mystic, slow, adventurous
04. Excerpts from Tempe Tip [13:00] >> slow, calm, hovering, mystic, melancholic
05. Excerpts from Bodyjackers [11:22] >> dangerous, rising, sombre, destructive, tense

The Gargoyle and Other Stories (http://www.sendspace.com/file/1vdyht)

Sean Timms is one of the most exciting and talented composers to come out of Australia. His work for feature films, short films, TV series, documentaries, DVD games and TV commercials is highly respected internationally.

This CD is a compilation of some of his orchestral music for feature and short films. It includes “The Gargoyle” soundtrack, an AFI award winning short film written and directed by Michael Cusack and produced by Anifex as well as another of their highly regarded short films “The Book Keeper.”

It also has music from two feature films Sean has composed music for, “Body Jackers” a zombie horror flick and “Tempe Tip,” a romantic comedy starring Jason Donovan. To round out the production, musical excerpts from the DVD board game “Planet Earth” based on the BBC television series of the same name

Thanks a lot for the recent contributions, mates!


Garcia: great posts, as usual :). I'd like to mention that a very good quality of the OST of Interview With The Vampire has been posted here:


Interview With The Vampire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)

Lame -V0

Thanks to jalvarez82

Thread 66546




Sirusjr: Cocoon is one of my favorite scores. It's one of those scores Horner composed in the eighties which, IMO, are close to genius. Rarely have I heard something so musically impressive, and this score is one of the scores explaining why I'm so much into orchestral music and movie music. I'll repost a bit later an "extended" post of Cocoon to give it the importance it deserves. Thank you very much for reposting these exceptional scores in HQ (and this time you got the right codec ;))


10Arrows: Excellent! This MULAN COMPLETE is very welcome here.


Billie: Wonderful post! Sean Timms is a new composer to me, I believe I haven't heard his music before, so it'll be a nice discovery, thanks to you. :) I'll give some impressions after listening.


Sanico: "Jonathan Begins To Draw/The Landing" is a great track I listen for the 1st time. It's indeed close to "Belly of the steel beast" and ET, you spotted it right. And your Exodus track is magnificient, at 1st I was disappointed by the sound quality, but the more I listen to this theme, the more it becomes memorable, almost obsessional! It's really a very noble, majestic and epic theme.

Thanks for the full version billie :3 You rock!


ko-ko-ya - Ristorante Paradiso Original Soundtrack - Musica Paradiso
MP3|192kbps|scans|120mb|28tracks
(http://img32.imageshack.us/i/covermuq.jpg/)

http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?p=1277828#post1277828
Originally uploaded by Nipponsei
romantic/relaxing/smooth/vibrant/orchestral/european/peaceful
Main instruments: guitar/violin/harpsichord

John Debney - The Stoning of Soraya M.
MP3|VBR256|78MB


http://rapidshare.com/files/252439450/JD-SSM.rar
PSW: smile
Middle eastern/orchestral
Thanks to heffalump for posting lossless version in the lossless movie soundtrack thread (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1277712&postcount=3647)

@sirus
you are always welcome and you rock, too...awesome upload, thank you very much

Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage



Composer: Mark Isham
Release Date: June 20, 2000
Label: Milan Records
Kbps: 320

Tracklist

01. Galapagos (02:07)
02. The Expedition of a Lifetime (03:34)
03. Underground Cathedral (02:15)
04. The Giant Tortoise (03:24)
05. Sea Lions & the Imps of Darkness (03:40)
06. The Wonders that Lie Below (08:31)
07. Voyage Into the Unknown (08:40)
08. Galapagos (reprise) (05:09)
09. A Little World Within Themselves (02:36)

Total Duration: 00:39:56

Galapagos (Thread 67362)

One more track

The Blue Planet- Music from the BBC TV Series, composed by George Fenton



The Blue Planet (http://www.sendspace.com/file/6flybm) >> calm, heroic, vivid, narrative

Good choice Billie! I love this score. The bouncy dotted rhythms in 'Spinning Dolphins' always cheer me up no matter what. 'Blue Whale' and 'Coral Wonder' are also favourites :)

Do you have the symphonic version Fenton did with the Berlin Phil for the feature Deep Blue? I have the film on dvd and the score is a wonderful fleshing out of the music for the tv series.

@Lens
yes, i love it, too and these are my favourites, too XD
Deep Blue? Yes, i have the soundtrack, i would upload it for you, no prob ^^

OOoooo I love Fenton's music for Planet Earth. I have not had the chance to hear the stuff he wrote for The Blue Planet. But WOW! the piece you uploaded Billie, is AMAZING! please tell me you have the rest? *dies*

Sebastian - Jerry Goldsmith

(http://www.postimage.org/)

http://rapidshare.com/files/252281336/Sbstn_JG-TCy25.zip

Thanks to the original uploader.

Billie that would be amazing - thanks in advance!!

And thanks garcia for Sebastian! Hope the sound is slightly improved from previous incarnations.

Thanks for the last uploads. Waiting for Deep Blue.

Best!!!

Thanks garcia for Sebastian. :)

I agree but I think bates version is still superior in listenability personally.

Ouch. As a composer myself, it hurts to know people find Tyler Bates enjoyable, much less superior to an excellent composer. Bates is horrible and a plagiarist, not just in 300 but in nearly everything he has scored.

As far as Goldenthal goes, he's great. One of the few composers left in movies today that can write a mature score that isn't just drones and whole notes.

Ouch. As a composer myself, it hurts to know people find Tyler Bates enjoyable, much less superior to an excellent composer. Bates is horrible and a plagiarist, not just in 300 but in nearly everything he has scored.

As far as Goldenthal goes, he's great. One of the few composers left in movies today that can write a mature score that isn't just drones and whole notes.
I simply mean the one song stolen although some of the 300 score is enjoyable as well. I don't consider bates to be all that talented but he knew how to make the Titus theme sound a lot more epic in his 300 theme.

I have to give sebastian a big phail as far as goldsmith scores go. I think there are maybe four or five actual score tracks besides the vocal tracks (which are ok just not my style) and even the few score tracks are not my favorite style of goldsmith. Oh well, they can't all be good. Thanks for posting it either way Garcia :3

Ouch. As a composer myself, it hurts to know people find Tyler Bates enjoyable, much less superior to an excellent composer. Bates is horrible and a plagiarist, not just in 300 but in nearly everything he has scored.

As far as Goldenthal goes, he's great. One of the few composers left in movies today that can write a mature score that isn't just drones and whole notes.

I love this man. He speaks the truth. Listen to him! He'll do great here. :D

Welcome Dharma. Good to have a man who can speak the truth rational things here.

OOoooo I love Fenton's music for Planet Earth. I have not had the chance to hear the stuff he wrote for The Blue Planet. But WOW! the piece you uploaded Billie, is AMAZING! please tell me you have the rest? *dies*

Yes, i have the whole soundtrack, i would upload this, but it takes a while ^^

@Lens
You are very welcome ^^

Removed For Legal Reasons

Cover and tracklist to

The Blue Planet

1. The Blue Planet (02:49)
2. Sardine Run (03:29)
3. Spinning Dolphins (02:38)
4. Blue Whale (04:45)
5. Thimble Jelly Fish (02:09)
6. Surfing Snails (01:49)
7. Emperors (04:19)
8. Turtles (02:15)
9. Sharks (03:43)
10. Stingray (02:02)
11. Baitball (04:26)
12. The Deep Ocean (06:27)
13. Elephant Seal March (02:36)
14. Frozen Oceans (01:23)
15. Coral Wonder (02:25)
16. Killer Whales (07:49)

Total Duration: 00:55:04


Deep Blue

1. Bounty Hunters (03:35)
2. Airwaves (02:20)
3. The Beach In Patagonia (05:07)
4. Metamorphosis (01:52)
5. Surf and Sand (02:02)
6. Coral Riches (04:13)
7. Free To Roam (01:16)
8. The Kelp Forest (03:12)
9. Kaleidoscope (03:57)
10. Polar Landscape (03:14)
11. Flying Emperors (03:29)
12. Wolf Pack (05:01)
13. The Wanderers (03:36)
14. Showtime (02:15)
15. Mounting Pressure (06:36)
16. The Spinning Baitball (03:36)
17. Deep Blue (05:45)

Total Duration: 01:01:06

btw, ShadowOnTheSun, thank you very much for the two soundtracks

Here's a new isolated score rip I recently did.

Bernard Herrmann: Jane Eyre 320k


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RGI8WSVE

No track titles, sorry. I believe the recording has been released in some form before, as well as a rerecording by Adriano. This is an interesting version in that it includes some between-take studio noise, even one instance where Benny thanks the orchestra and promises to come by individually. The dvd has a pretty cool commentary track with Steven Smith, Herrmann's biographer as well.

@dooj17
Thank you very much for Jane Eyre, composed by Bernard Herrmann, i like the music by him ^^

@all
i found a review to The Blue Planet - Soundtrack


Here are 55 minutes culled from George Fenton's six-hour score for the eight-part, five- years-in-the-making, BBC natural history epic. Rather than simply fill the disc to bursting, Fenton has chosen the tracks to make an enjoyable album which represents all the different facets of the score, but which will give pleasure to anyone regardless of whether they have seen the series. This has proved a sensible path to take, as the disc makes for a simply glorious listening experience.

Given the scale of the series it was decided to score it like a feature film, rather than a television documentary. Hence Fenton, who had previously scored previous BBC natural history series The Trials of Life and Life in the Freezer, was given the budget for full orchestra and choir, as well as some electronics.

The disc opens with the anthemic title theme, which with wordless choir, soaring over a surging orchestra, sets the oceanic scene with tremendous aplomb. "Sardine Run" is just the first of several exhilarating set-pieces in the grand traditions of English film music and English sea music. Forget the off-putting title; this is simply a pulsating, sun-glittering delight which could as easily grace the biggest of Hollywood productions, and with its engagingly idiosyncratic scoring is far superior to the majority of routine music currently found emanating from LA.

Fenton's "Spinning Dolphins" have clearly taken a holiday in the Andes, and the result is a joyfully melodic folk dance. Slow-building majesty best describes "Blue Whale", music which combined with the television images really did inspire awe, and on disc is a magnificent orchestral showcase.

With "Jelly Fish" and "Surfing Snails" the album changes direction, offering two electronic cues performed by Fenton and David Lawson, both pieces being infused with a gentle descriptive wit. The former sounds like serene cocktail lounge music, the latter a rather funky '70's cop movie theme pastiche. Fun as these are it is a pleasure to return to the orchestral score for a dramatic yet lyrical portrait of "Emperors". So it goes, from lugubrious turtles to the haunting alien world of "The Deep Oceans" to almost imperial menace of the "Elephant Seal March". "Coral Wonder" has string writing evocative of Herrmann's Vertigo, while the final epic portrayal of "Killer Whales" moves from gentle grace to cascading torrents of orchestral power.

If you were not already convinced, with The Blue Planet following the brilliant Anna and the King (1999) it is clear George Fenton is one of our premiere composers, who when given the opportunity can work successfully on the grandest of scales. This music is constantly inventive, wonderfully orchestrated and filled with melody. The performances and recording are first-rate. If there were any justice and indeed, if there were sufficient films worthy of quality scores still being made, Fenton would be - alongside Adrian Johnston, Christopher Gordon, Charlie Mole, Edward Shearmur, Mark Thomas and Debbie Wiseman - one of the biggest names in Hollywood.

and a review to Deep Blue


Deep Blue is a feature film documentary exploring the wonders of the world's oceans, edited from the 8 part BBC TV series The Blue Planet: A Natural History of The Oceans (2001). The original TV series was scored by George Fenton, and performed by the BBC Philharmonic and Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, with additional electronic score performed by the composer and David Lawson. Deep Blue cuts around 400 minutes of screen time down to around 90, concentrating on set-piece drama and spectacle – though a 35mm multiplex movie can never hope to compete with the visual magnificence of IMAX natural history documentaries – and replaces David Attenborough's original narration with one by Michael Gambon. George Fenton is back through, reworking his original score and recording it with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, with electronics performed by David Lawson. Orchestrations originally were by Geoffrey Alexander, while now there are additional orchestrations by Julian Kershaw and Simon Chamberlain.

Direct comparison between the original and revised scores proves difficult because although the original album ran 55.14 minutes with 16 tracks and the new disc plays exactly six minutes longer with 17 tracks, all the titles are different – even when the music is the same, or virtually the same. That said, where The Blue Planet was a grand, romantic score filled with typical Fenton trademarks, Deep Blue, as befits its cinematic status, is grander still. The lightweight electronic cues which, while attractive enough in their own very different way, detracted from the epic grandeur of The Blue Planet, are less intrusive here ('Surf and Sand' excepted). This time electronics are generally limited to mysterious atmospheres and textures, the whole – from the stirring main theme onwards – playing as symphonic accompaniment to the majesty, beauty, terror and inhuman scale of the world's oceans in a way which may be compared with Vaughan Williams' glorious score for Scott of The Antarctic (1948).

If you already have the original The Blue Planet album it may be hard to justify adding this new version of virtually the same music to your collection, but here the sound is decidedly clearer than on the original and the performances have an extra depth and focus. There is six minutes more music too, which for some may just give this new set the further edge. Highly recommended for fans of George Fenton's richly romantic and descriptive music.

i have deep blue and the blue planet already uploaded...

And it was quite good of you to share these, too. They're enjoyable listening, indeed.

Yuki Kajiura - Pandora Hearts OST1
MP3|320kbps|160mb


http://rapidshare.com/files/253243822/YK-PH1.rar
PSW: smile
Main instruments flute/violin/cello/synthesizer/female vocals
Originally downloaded from LosslessOne Bittorrent

Thanx for all your hard work

Ok, so I took from all of U a lot of things, so now I wanna share something in exchange. This thing is album by Japanese post rock band called Mono (and I'm not sure if I can post it on this forum, but I give it a try...).

Hymn To The Immortal Wind is theirs newest album and it is just stunning IMO. Very emotional, sad, minimalistic, even simple, yet very powerfull, almost epic. Main instruments here are of course guitars (it's after all rock), but we've got here also string orchestra in background (about 30 players) and piano.

There are "only" 7 tracks on this album, but most of them lasts for something like 10 minutes:). I found this album very symphonic, even if it not uses orchestral instruments (besides strings and piano). If U are intrested in it than give it a try. I think that U won't be dissapointed.


link deleted

Password is haslo...;)

If you are not convinced here's a link to album page, in background U can hear first track.

http://www.mono-jpn.com/hymn_flash/index.html

I will for sure check that out Herbaciak. I have been tempted on many occasions to post some other symphonic metal/rock that I listen to but ultimately decided against it. Depending on the reception by the regulars, I may post some of my own, including the great work by Versailles Philharmonic Quintet, the Japanese symphonic metal group.

Hello my friends, i have a new upload in my WMT-Thread, i hope you listen and enjoy this really beautiful music

The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love (愛少女ポリアンナ物語, Ai Shōjo Porianna Monogatari) RARE

Ai Shoujo Pollyanna Monogatari - Music Collection (2 CD)



World Masterpiece Theater - Collection (Thread 63760)

Wow, many great posts lately! I'll have a lot to download from this thread this weekend (good thing I just bought a new 1 TB external hard drive...). Many thanks guys. :)


herbaciak: Cool, a contribution! Thank you, sir, I'll check this one ASAP. But I have to say, based on your description, that it's not exactly the kind of music which should be posted here, but no biggie, as a lot of non-orchestral or semi-orchestral stuff has already been posted here before.


ShadowOnTheSun: thanks for your links, and a big thanks to Billie too for the nice presentation!


dooj17: your rips are truly impressive, and they're very welcome here. :)


I've planned some nice posts this weekend, so be prepared for great things to come! ;)

I'm still here, thanks everybody for all the wonderful posts!

Posts from me coming up in a few days:

* Brand new Amano score
* a crosspost with the classical section - Dave Roylance's Tall Ships Suite (thanks for the recommendation, hater)
* something else I forget

Byeeee

Collection in a better quality, enjoy ^^

Daisougen no Chiisana Tenshi Bush Baby

Music Collection (Limited Release, 5000 Copies) NEW: BETTER QUALITY (256 kbps)



World Masterpiece Theater - Collection (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showthread.php?p=1208457#post1208457)

Thanks Billie for your uploads! And thanks to ShadowOnTheSun for Deep Blue. I personally find this a greater work than the somewhat overwrought (though still enjoyable) Planet Earth. Also more memorable themes here for my money :) I wonder if Fenton did a 'symphony' version of Earth?

dooj17 - much appreciated. I've not heard Jane Eyre yet, but have wanted to pick up the Naxos recording for a long time. Would you recommend the film too?

I just found these, and as I'm a big fan of Kaoru Wada and of his wonderful OSTs for Inuyasha, I'd like to share them with you. This is quite a lucky find, because everything (except Wind) is encoded in glorious 320 kbps! Enjoy. :)



Inuyasha OST / Movies / Wind

Composed by KAORU WADA

Mp3 320 kbps

Credits to the original uploader and smafra for reposting





Inuyasha OST Vol. 1
http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=Y1P0G9DK

Inuyasha OST Vol. 2
http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=UM205UOI

Inuyasha OST Vol. 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A5GNRGO3

Inuyasha OST Movie 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZENLLBS9

Inuyasha OST Movie 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IYVOELXC

Inuyasha OST Movie 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L82GO5JX

Inuyasha OST Movie 4
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HA8Q8592

Inuyasha Wind - Symphonic Theme Collection
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UM4R858T

The Best Of Inuyasha
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8XD21EZ1

The Best Of Inuyasha II
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=61T4W81J

Wow, Arthierr, what a found, thank you very much for this, i love Kaoru Wada, too and the quality are really awesome

Thanks for Inyuasha :):)

what kind of music is this
thnkas in advence

what kind of music is this
thnkas in advence

It's orchestral / fantasy / Japanese.

And now could you PLEASE remove the quoted part of your post. I used the feature to prevent direct links access, but by quoting it you make the links directly clickable again. It's well known that megaupload isn't very fond of this board, so to keep this links alive longer it's better not to give direct access.

Moreover don't quote with images.

dooj17 - much appreciated. I've not heard Jane Eyre yet, but have wanted to pick up the Naxos recording for a long time. Would you recommend the film too?

Yeah, the film is very cool. Surprisingly dark for it's time. Also Elizabeth Taylor at age 9 is in it, she already looks like a star.

It's orchestral / fantasy / Japanese.

And now could you PLEASE remove the quoted part of your post. I used the feature to prevent direct links access, but by quoting it you make the links directly clickable again. It's well known that megaupload isn't very fond of this board, so to keep this links alive longer it's better not to give direct access.

Moreover don't quote with images.
Just thought you might be interested to know that a lot of people use firefox and have an ad-on that makes all links directly clickable so to me it appears the same either way. If you really don't want them directly clickable you could put them in [code] tags but then it is visible to non-members.

Bernard Herman - Mysterious Island
(2007 re-rec., The Moscow Symphony Orchestra cond. by William Stromberg)
MP3|320kbps|71minutes|130mb|scans


http://rapidshare.com/files/254383194/BH-MI.rar
PSW: smile
Thanks a lot to restlessgypsey for posting the lossless version (http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1281161&postcount=4044)

Mysterious Island (1961), based on the book by Jules Verne, was produced by Charles Schneer and visual effects genius Ray Harryhausen. Set during the American Civil War, the film centers around escaping soldiers in a hot air balloon who end up crashing in the ocean, only to find themselves washed up on an unknown island where gigantic animals abound (courtesy of Harryhausen's magic). Famed Captain Nemo, evil pirates, and a volcanic eruption add to the exotic adventure.

Hermann's wildly diverse and wonderfully descriptive score runs the gamut from the grandly epic to the exhilaratingly quirky to the ethereally beautiful as he captures the essence of majesty, monsters, and mystery. "Few people can capture so well that rather elusive individuality," Harryhausen himself said of the new rerecording. "But this inaugural recording... of Herrmann's complete Mysterious Island score has achieved this."

Included in the CD's 32-page, full-color booklet are observations from Harryhausen, composer Christopher Young, film historian Bruce Crawford, The Bernard Herrmann Society's Gunther Kogebehn, and artist Craig Reardon. The comprehensive liner notes are by composer/conductor Kevin Scott.

Sirusjr: Thx a lot for your numerous hq rips.

Some people are too limited in time or disk space to download flac, only to have a barely noticeable quality increase compared to Lame -V0, so your contributions are highly appreciated! :)

This should have been posted way before in this thread, but here it is at last. The Saint Seiya OSTs have a special importance to me, because I loved the anime years before, when it was aired in this country, and one thing which was astonishing about it was the incredible beauty of the music. Seiji Yokoyama composed a HUGE score for this anime, with many, many themes, masterfully performed by the Andromeda Symphony Orchestra. The composer very accurately managed to musically illustrate the epic, almost mystical story of this anime, and did it by writing a music very melodic, emotional and expressive, with some grandiose accents in the last OSTs which leaves you breathless. I precise that this is partly orchestral and often includes a beat, an electric guitar or a jazz piano, but the greatness and power of Yokoyama's compositions make these OSTs a must-listen.



Saint Seiya OSTs

Music by Seiji Yokoyama



Performed by the Andromeda Symphony Orchestra

Thanks to Maras for posting



Saint Seiya OST 1


Saint Seiya OST 2


Saint Seiya OST 3


Saint Seiya OST 4


Saint Seiya OST 5


Saint Seiya OST 6


Saint Seiya OST 7


Saint Seiya OST 8


Saint Seiya - King of the Underworld



http://rapidshare.com/files/18224926/Original_Soundtrack_1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/18231260/Original_Soundtrack_2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/18307122/Original_Soundtrack_3.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/57182712/Original_Soundtrack_4.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/18451440/Original_Soundtrack_5.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/18723227/Original_Soundtrack_6.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/18729419/Original_Soundtrack_7.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/18772243/Original_Soundtrack_8.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/18782300/hades_ost.rar.html

Sirusjr: Thx a lot for your numerous hq rips.

Some people are too limited in time or disk space to download flac, only to have a barely noticeable quality increase compared to Lame -V0, so your contributions are highly appreciated! :)
You are welcome :3 Sometimes I delete the FLAC after encoding HQ mp3 if I don't like the OST that much or think it needs flac.

Also WOW 8 soundtracks for Saint Seiya, very exciting! I'll have to grab one and check it out.
EDIT: Found a torrent with the Saint Seiya Eternal Edition 13cd Box-set (last 3 cds are Intro/Ending songs). It looks like the soundtracks are longer on there so I will upload sometime soon.

hello. :D i'm just new here and can't help but notice this thread... this is awesome, it's great that more people are taking notice of orchestral music. (i'm a music student, you see) haha, this is great! anyway, i'd recommend Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite if you haven't heard that yet... and Spirited Away OST, too. :D <3

ill try this one ill download the first ost and ill let u kw what i think

Stop quoting entire posts Thomasdaily, it clutters up the forum. You can just say "Thanks for Saint Seiya" and he will know what you mean.

ill try this one ill download the first ost and ill let u kw what i think

I don't believe it.

Not only haven't you done the very simple thing I asked precedently, but you even commit the same mistake a 2nd time. So, as you seem to have deliberately ignored what I said before, here it is again, more visible just for you.

And now could you PLEASE remove the quoted part of your post. I used the feature to prevent direct links access, but by quoting it you make the links directly clickable again. It's well known that megaupload isn't very fond of this board, so to keep this links alive longer it's better not to give direct access.

Moreover don't quote with images.

If the Inuyasha links disappear, YOU take responsability for this, and for the fact people won't be able to download them anymore.

And no need to tell us what you "think", nobody cares about your opinion. I already told you not to come back here, after your outrageous and disrespectful behavior in the past.

You are welcome :3 Sometimes I delete the FLAC after encoding HQ mp3 if I don't like the OST that much or think it needs flac.

Also WOW 8 soundtracks for Saint Seiya, very exciting! I'll have to grab one and check it out.
EDIT: Found a torrent with the Saint Seiya Eternal Edition 13cd Box-set (last 3 cds are Intro/Ending songs). It looks like the soundtracks are longer on there so I will upload sometime soon.

Thanks for your generosity, Sir. Also, I just noticed that this particular edition has just started to be posted here (Thread 67446), in 320 kbps. Thanks to the uploader.



hello. :D i'm just new here and can't help but notice this thread... this is awesome, it's great that more people are taking notice of orchestral music. (i'm a music student, you see) haha, this is great! anyway, i'd recommend Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite if you haven't heard that yet... and Spirited Away OST, too. :D <3

Thanks for your appreciation and recommendations. And welcome to the board and in this thread :)

Although I have to say that this thread isn't really for recommendations only, but more for actually posting music. So, you could post these for us, or, if you don't have time, or a fast connection, (or if you're just too lazy :p), you can link to a place here where these OSTs are already posted - and in fact they ARE.

Thanks for your generosity, Sir. Also, I just noticed that this particular edition has just started to be posted here (Thread 67446), in 320 kbps. Thanks to the uploader.
Actually the version I am going to post soon is
http://akatsuki-organizacion.blogspot.com/2008/09/saint-seiya-eternal-cd-box-ostdd.html Looks like different number of tracks.

Wow Arthierr, i love you for bringing Saint Seiya, one of my absolutely favourite series, but i see this only in france, so i understand nothing XDD
But anyway, thank you very much for these great soundtracks

Actually the version I am going to post soon is
http://akatsuki-organizacion.blogspot.com/2008/09/saint-seiya-eternal-cd-box-ostdd.html Looks like different number of tracks.

Mmh, maybe I'll spare your precious time, my friend:



13 CD BOX


megaupload.com/?d=C8PGGF9I

megaupload.com/?d=MXEA3RIQ


Enjoy everybody :), and credits to the uploader, of course.

I love Saint Seiya. Thank you to everyone for sharing this soundtracks.

Thanks arthierr, I think im going to wait for my torrent to finish anyways. But i'm glad others will have access to those.

This is an awsome soundtrack, but I don't have a copy to share with you :(

Anyway here is the URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150332476820&ih=005&category=307&ssPageName=mem_guide:5&rd=1

I own it on tape, but not on CD :(

wow sorry i didnt realise i made a mistake i never say what my aplogies

wow sorry i didnt realise i made a mistake i never say what my aplogies

and why you don't edit your posts ????

BTW guys if you want higher resolution versions of Saint Seiya covers, check out these two places
http://www.taringa.net/posts/musica/1133986/Saint-Seiya---Eternal-Edition-Soundtrack.html
http://alichoratedrko.blogspot.com/2008/05/original-soundtrack-saint-seiya.html

ok i will do it now

and done sorry

both post edited

THANK YOU.

(not a moment too soon)

Beware: The two Soundtracks have the same name, so watch out by unpacking


Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century - Orchestral Music

Kbps: 320
Performed by: China Central Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
Year: 2002
Tracks: 6


Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century - Orchestral Music (http://www.sendspace.com/file/2qv7kj)

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Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century - Orchestral Music


Kbps: 320
Performed by: China Central Orchestra
Year: 2002
Tracks: 7


Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century - Orchestral Music (http://www.sendspace.com/file/8mmfdb)


Can anyone re-up please? ^^'
I can't miss out on this D;

Can anyone re-up please? ^^'
I can't miss out on this D;
I should be able to help you with that. I may take a while though, currently uploading something huge.

I should be able to help you with that. I may take a while though, currently uploading something huge.

Thankssss ^^
Can't believe i missed one of Billie's posts T_T

I have been trolling around in these forums for a long time, but only just now took the time to start going through this thread. (Page 3 of 1XX... yikes >.>)

I wanted to pause for a moment and say THANK YOU to everyone that's contributed since this thread was created. I imagine I'm not the only one that's gone through here anonymously, discovering all kinds of new music. And I don't think it's fair that you help people out with this veritable gold mine of orchestral music and never even know it. So yeah... thanks again. =]

I might have some stuff to contribute too, if it's not already posted elsewhere in this thread.

You might not want to use the word trolling considering it carries a negative meaning on internet forums. Still welcome to the forum :3

Ah, whoops. ^^; Thanks for letting me know!

Requested by Lucidolph, thanks to Billie for original upload

Chinese Music Classics of the 20th Century - Orchestral Music CD1
|MP3|320kbps|136mb|


http://rapidshare.com/files/255153270/Chinese_Music_Classics_of_the_20th_Century_-_Orchestral_Music_Disc_1.rar
PSW: smile

Chinese Classical Music of the 20th Century - Orchestral Music CD2
|MP3|320kbps|118mb|


http://rapidshare.com/files/255157674/Chinese_Music_Classics_of_the_20th_Century_-_Orchestral_Music_Disc_2.rar
PSW: smile

Requested by Lucidolph, thanks to Billie for original upload

THANKS =DD

Hehehe, Lucidolph you are always welcome
and thank you very much Sirus for your kind help m(_ _)m

Thanks arthierr for Saint Seiya. I'm going to start working my way through asap :)

Just one track from me tonight - an incidental piece by Elgar that I return to again and again. It has one of the most brilliant brooding themes. The secondary ideas too are equally memorable; rich yearning Romantic strings, contrasted with lighter 'brass band' style passages.. In other words, classic Elgar! The weightiness of the dark main theme could almost be signaling some great apocalyptic event.. never mind a royal coronation!


EDWARD ELGAR - CORONATION MARCH
320kbps / 10:37

http://rapidshare.com/files/255492517/Elgar_-_Coronation_March_Op65.mp3

thank god these clips show that alan silvestri and stephen sommers are still a dream team:
http://www.colosseum.de/product_info.php/info/p2246_G-I--Joe---Geheimauftrag-Cobra.html
bring it on! 70min cd, with 5 more than 6min action-cues.

Can anyone get me the music of heavy metal that is titled Elmer Bernstein - The Sword (Taarna Prepares)? I will be grateful if someone were able to get it for me.

and one more, Ernest Gold's soundtrack to It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World



Requesting re-upload of this

Sirusjr: Thanks for the reups. These wonderful albums really deserve this. It seems Sendspace delete files way too fast...


Lens: Thanks for Elgar :) Big fan of his elegant marches, and of marches in general.



Can anyone get me the music of heavy metal that is titled Elmer Bernstein - The Sword (Taarna Prepares)? I will be grateful if someone were able to get it for me.

Garcia uploaded the full score here some months ago, but the link isn't active anymore. But I found these:


Elmer Bernstein - Heavy Metal: The Score (FSM)


320 kbps version (thanks to the uploader)
megaupload.com/?d=BV7JJ84R

Lossless version (thanks to Ricardo RASS)
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1255419&postcount=2088

Style: Soundtrack

Year: 1981

Quality: MP3, CBR 320 kb/s

Tracklist:

01. Beginning (01:16)

02. Intro To Green Ball (01:18)

03. Discovery / Transformation (Den And The Green Ball) (03:15)

04. Den Makes Out (Den Makes It) (02:42)

05. Castrate Him / Searching For Loc Nar (02:04)

06. Queen For A Day (Den And The Queen) (02:54)

07. Pursuit (Den's Heroics) (02:51)

08. Fiste (01:27)

09. Getting Bombed (03:06)

10. Green Ball (02:15)

11. Dem Bones (02:44)

12. No Alarm (00:58)

13. Robot Love (Space Love) (01:32)

14. Harry (01:35)

15. The Next Morning (01:56)

16. End of Baby (02:43)

17. Council (Taarna Summoned) (02:49)

18. The Flight To Temple (Flight) (02:16)

19. The Sword (Taarna Prepares) (03:32)

20. Flight To Holiday Town (02:20)

21. Fighting (02:43)

22. My Whips! / Taarna Escapes Pit (04:57)

23. Finish (Taarna Forever) (03:34)

24. Den Makes Out (film version) (02:49)

25. Bomber And The Green Ball (album edit) (04:35)

26. Harry And The Girl (album edit) (03:41)

27. Barbarians (album edit) (03:34)

=================

Total Play Time: 00:72:25




Requesting re-upload of this

Generally when you add "please" to your requests, you can get better results. Anyway look there:



It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Score - Ernest Gold
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1280967&postcount=293

Although I have to say that this thread isn't really for recommendations only, but more for actually posting music. So, you could post these for us, or, if you don't have time, or a fast connection, (or if you're just too lazy :p), you can link to a place here where these OSTs are already posted - and in fact they ARE.

haha. ok. tnx. i'll try my best. :D

i'm not one to usually upload (shame on me) but can u recommend me good sites for me to post music? :D

Thanks arthierr for Saint Seiya. I'm going to start working my way through asap :)

For people still not knowing the music of Saint Seiya, I'd like to present one of my favorite themes from this anime: Abel's Theme. It can be only heard in OST 5 (1st movie), and it's one of the most beautiful, graceful theme I've heard, anywhere.

It describes a sort of God-like character, almost invincible, cold, detached, and tempting to destroy the world. The music avoids the traditional clich� of bad guy music, and focus more on the godly, noble, majestic aspects of the character.






I included 2 tracks using this theme. The 1st is the theme itself, magnificiently orchestrated and performed, and the 2nd starts with harp solo, then strings are added, and then stops abruptly and becomes more dramatic.


Abel's Theme
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?m22jmowvddz

Saori's Decision
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eyz0zznmtnn

http://www.saintseiya-world.com/images/film3/abel.gif

Arthierr, I think the Saint Seiya stuff is great but listening to it can be hard because it is so slow and many tracks are repeated over the soundtracks. I have a hard time getting in the mood for the composer's work.

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Arthierr, I think the Saint Seiya stuff is great but listening to it can be hard because it is so slow and many tracks are repeated over the soundtracks. I have a hard time getting in the mood for the composer's work.

:confused: ??? I really don't see what you're talking about. There are some (beautiful) slow tracks indeed, but also many incredibly blood-pumping action cues, like in any OST. Saint Seiya is rather famous for the great action cues Yokoyama composed. Moreover I really don't see THAT many repetitions (It's even regretful that some superb cues only appears ONCE), and even if there are some occasionally, there will never be as much as in a "Transformers Mega-Ultimate Edition 650 Tracks" :p.

Maybe it's hard for you because it's a very LARGE score, and because you haven't seen the anime, so the music hasn't the same emotional resonance for you.


rick_says: Excellent post! For a 1st time poster here (I believe), you really made a great post, even including some infos about this masterpiece!

I haven't heard JW's version, but if it's conducted with the same perfectionism than his own scores, then it must be quite someting. Thanks a lot. :)

...

rick_says: Thanks for posting! I've been curious about this one for quite a long time, but sadly it's reinforced my belief that, for the most part, musicians who are primarily composers should stick to conducting their own music... And the Boston Pops Orchestra should stay away from the classical repertoire. (Or at the very least, get some decent rehearsal before going into the recording studio to commit a masterpiece to tape...)

And, did anybody spot the notice in the sleeve notes that the organ is synthesised, and the inadequate chorus has also been "augmented" by a votox choir? Absolutely an unforgivable compromise to be undertaken on a classical recording. Lesson One: If you're recording a piece of music which has an organ part... record it in a studio that actually has an organ! Lesson Two: If you're recording a piece of music which has a choral part - spend the extra �500 and get together a damn choir. They only sing for about six minutes of The Planets. It's not a massive hardship...

Granted, this isn't as bad as Bernard Herrmann's condescending, lumbering, unbelievable forced reading or Stokowski's despicable ego-trip (why does everybody feel like they have to re-write The Planets?) but overall, I really can't find much to like here.

As far as the performance goes - oof... The trouble with composers is that they always think they know better than what's written on the score. When a conductor conducts, he uses his skill to bring out the best of the score. When a composer conducts, he tries to remake the score in his image - little changes here and there, tweaks in the orchestration, and endless tempo changes. "Mars" should be imposing, frightening, and relentless - but here it's a bourgeois showpiece. The middle section of "Jupiter" should ache with stiff-upper-lip patriotism - but it. "Saturn" should be cold and stately - but here, it's not the bringer of old age; it's the bringer of death.

Overall, it's very workmanline, not at all distinguished, and in parts it's a musical train wreck. Don't think I've ever been as disappointed in something to do with Williams before...

Many thanks anyway though! :)

...

Again me. With gift;). I posted this score on main board long time ago, but noone seemed to care, and I kinda forgot 'bout it;). So now I wanna repost it in this thread. And because I'm lazy I just copy the old post here;).

With this post I wanna introduce to you one of the best polish film music composer Michał Lorenc. Maybe he's not as skilled (nor as popular) as Kilar or Kaczmarek (Lorenc never attended to any music school), but his music has something what I would call soul. He often uses saxophone and lot of his scores has very jazzy feeling. But not the one I wanna share with you;). And since I'm not good when it comes to talk 'bout music, so let the music talk by itself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izVy5a_iSOs

... and here's the link to this score. It's from the movie Bandyta (aka Brute).


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LXTB6LHP
password: haslo

Music is performed by Sinfonia Varsovia. Very touching, full of Eastern Europe colour (inspired by folk etc.) although maybe a bit monothematic, but after all beautiful thing. Definitely different than standard Hollywood score, so if U wanna listen to something a bit unordinary, than check this out.



Track listing (with lousy translation:))

1. Mro iło (suposedly it means My Heart in Yugoslavian)
2. Taniec Eleny / Elenas Dance
3. Bruce i Elena / Bruce and Elena
4. Pogoń / Chase
5. Temat Eleny / Elena's Theme
6. G�ry / Mountains
7. Kradzież Pistoletu / Stealing the Gun
8. Prezent Brute'a / Brute's Gift
9. Sen Eleny / Elenas Dream
10. Porwanie Iorgu / Kidnapping of Iorgu
11. Moscu i Tatuaż / Moscu and Tatoo
12. G�ry w Słońcu / Mountains in the Sun
13. Pogoń, lekarstwa, karabiny / Chase, drugs, machineguns
14. Requiem Bałkańskie / Balkan Requiem
15. Deszcz / Rain
16. Temat Eleny na skrzypce / Elena's Theme Violin
17. Ulice Londynu / Streets of London
18. Targ / Marketplace
19. Elegia na śmierć szpitala / Elegy to death of the Hospital
20. Oczekiwanie / Expectation
21. W tunelu Eleny / In Elenas Tunnel
22. Powr�t / Return
23. Taniec Eleny. Wariant II / Elenas Dance. Version II
24. Mro iło. Wariant II (3:12) / Mro iło. Version II

Whole album is in mp3, 320 kbps.

Everybody's got a different ear.
I thought Saturn was good. It is more filmic.
The tracks do not conform to the composer's intention, true.
I am a Williams fan, but not all his film scores are my taste.
I grew up listening to him and his style has changed over the years.
Crystal Skull for instance is not something I find myself listening to over and over like say for instance Jurassic Park or the Lost World.
I am a Goldsmith fan too by the way.
~Rick

Indeed - although I don't believe it should be filmic - because it's not a film score; it's a piece of classical music. I can see what Williams was trying to do, but I have to question the wisdom of anybody who approaches a well loved, widely acknowledged masterpiece from that perspective. The composer's intention is never really known because a manuscript isn't a performance. It's about coming up with an interpretation that's compatible and appropriate. To me, this isn't. It's a dodgy attempt by a film composer to turn a piece of classical music into film music - and if that weren't enough, the orchestra is bad and the synthesiser fakery is the just the icing on the cake. Williams - one of the finest composers of all time - is just not a good conductor. He approaches everything as if he wrote it. That's not the way a good conductor works.

As far as his style goes - it has changed a great deal, some say for the better, but more people say for the worst. I think it was inevitable and it had to happen for Williams to stay in the game. By the late eighties, film scoring was on the move again and Williams' glorious 70s style probably would've dated him in the short term. Goldsmith thinned out a lot in the eighties too - 1979 Goldsmith is a world apart from 1989 Goldsmith. I still enjoy Williams' more recent works - they're SO intelligent, and SO vital; they're still impeccable, but the shift - from old-fashioned full on emotional gestures to sleek, direct, restrained has left me behind just slightly. At the same time, I still recognise that he's head and shoulders above absolutely everybody else in the business.

Ultimately, people will remember Close Encounters, Star Wars, Superman, Hook. They probably won't remember Crystal Skull or War of the Worlds. Not that they're inferior compositions - but as I say, they've moved away from the crowd-pleaser style to something leaner, smarter... but somehow less appealing.

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Herbaciak - Thanks for the soundtrack! I will check it out.

Generally when you add "please" to your requests, you can get better results. Anyway look there:



It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Score - Ernest Gold
http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?p=1280967&postcount=293

There's no need to take it personally if someone forgets to type please in their post, especially when they do do it with other requests (this is directed at everybody reading this, not just you). Anyway thanks for the heads-up on the active link.

There's no need to take it personally if someone forgets to type please in their post, especially when they do do it with other requests (this is directed at everybody reading this, not just you). Anyway thanks for the heads-up on the active link.

I don't buy that. You don't "forget" to type please - isn't it just a simple case of common courtesy that if you want somebody to do something for you, you say please - you don't state your request in the form of a demand and then say "Don't take it personally!" when the rudeness is highlighted.

If whomever cannot be bothered, or forgets, or doesn't have the courtesy to say please... Then I can't be bothered, remember, or have the courtesy to fulfill their request - and I'm sure I speak for every other poster when I say that.

Apologies for going off topic - I promise I will make up for it later with some actual music. ;)

Was looking up some old Herrmann files on an old backup disc and came across this gem. I have no recollection where this came from (not my rip) so sorry in advance it's only 128k...and thanks to the original ripper!

John Barry - Goldfinger 128k
(isolated score & fx tracks from laserdisc edition)


http://sharebee.com/633010f4

I can't seem to get it for some sutpid reason my computer is a piece of junk. If maybe you could send it directly to my email address somehow that would be nice. Please send me the music of the sword taarna prepares PLEASE.

I don't buy that. You don't "forget" to type please - isn't it just a simple case of common courtesy that if you want somebody to do something for you, you say please - you don't state your request in the form of a demand and then say "Don't take it personally!" when the rudeness is highlighted.

If whomever cannot be bothered, or forgets, or doesn't have the courtesy to say please... Then I can't be bothered, remember, or have the courtesy to fulfill their request - and I'm sure I speak for every other poster when I say that.

Apologies for going off topic - I promise I will make up for it later with some actual music. ;)

To be fair I'd be more sensitive towards people not giving thanks rather than forgetting to say please. Also the tonality of a person's request can't be construed as rude if it misses the "please" text unless it were typed as "reupload, can someone reupload this" or something else. But then again, analyzing a person's attitude in a post is hard without proper punctuation or other things.......


......umm......I have no idea where I'm going with this. Case in point, you're sensitive to "please." Understood.

Hey guys, I just made the last compilation.
Hope you dig this one. Enjoy :D


Epic Music Collection V ~ The End of the World



01. Xenosaga III ~ A Prelude to the Tragedy
02. Final Fantasy VIII ~ Liberi Fatali
03. Shadow of the Colossus ~ A Despair-Filled Farewell
04. Shadow of the Colossus ~ Gate Watcher of the Castle Ruins
05. Shadow of the Colossus ~ Demise of the Ritual
06. Resident Evil 3 ~ Nemesis Final Metamorphosis
07. Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops ~ Gene
08. The Protomen ~ The Sons of Fate (Mega Man Rock Opera)
09. K-19 ~ Suite for Orchestra and Chorus (Largo)
10. K-19 ~ Suite for Orchestra and Chorus (Adagio)
11. Romeo and Juliet ~ O Verona (Reprise)
12. Medal of Honor Underground ~ Labyrinth of the Minotaur
13. Final Fantasy VII ~ One-Winged Angel
14. R-Type Final ~ Final Boss
15. Terminator 2 ~ Main Theme
16. Tekken 5 ~ Hall of Fate (Resurrection)
17. Resident Evil 3 ~ Unfortunate Event
18. Akira ~ Requiem
19. BioShock ~ The Ocean on His Shoulders

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?txmirlwcdoi

Jerry Goldsmith - Timeline Rejected Complete
|MP3|VBR256|127mb|39tracks|Length 1:13:56
CREDIT TO The1ONE for uploading LOSSLESS
Link Deleted as it is a Varese Sarabande release. Do not ask to re-upload.

The trouble with composers is that they always think they know better than what's written on the score. When a conductor conducts, he uses his skill to bring out the best of the score. When a composer conducts, he tries to remake the score in his image

Interesting thought. Can't really agree though. Many conductors are just as willing to put their creative stamp on the music they conduct. Indeed, one of the most famous conductors of the past generation, Leopold Stokowski, was famous (some would say infamous!) for tampering with the classics. Yet it was this very boldness that has given many of his works an enduring popularity today, even if they were considered so unorthodox at the time.

Conductors, like composers, and musicians, are in the end, all artists. The urge to create something uniquely their own within the framework of the classical works is what many of them live for.

[color="Lime"][B][Size="4"]Bill Conti - Rookie Of The Year (1993)
A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
Bushwhacked (1995)
|MP3|VBR256|140MB|31Tracks|
Link Deleted as it is a Varese Sarabande release. Do not ask to re-upload.

I don't buy that.

Forgive me for being overly formal, but I'm a great believer in good old-fasioned manners, and totally agree with danny on this point. I'd hate to feel I'd been abrupt on anything in a thread such as this (that rare phenomenon, where people of genuine passion offer something of themselves, of personal opinion, emotion etc, with, dare one say it, a true sense of communtiy). I think anyone who has read this tread attentively will realise the posters here are about more than grab, grab, grab, AND something esssential that goes along with that in terms of respect and gratitude..

dooj17 - very interesting! I wonder what else we have here beyond the special edition soundtrack?? Never seen that poster art before either :) Why does it remind me of the awkard collection of shiny heads on recent Star Wars and Indiana Jones?

Sirusjr - thank you for these. Conti is always worth hearing, and shockingly I've not yet experienced the full Goldsmith Timeline (not a day goes by that I don't mourn the loss of this GREAT man).

[Apologies for drunken frankness]

Wow a lot of great music, thank you very much Ladies and Gentlemen and thank you very very much Arthierr for beginning this really awesome thread ^^

So, a little bit info:
I have from tomorrow up my holiday until 27th July and visit my best of all friend X33 (HOOORRRAYYYY Tora tora XDD) and I'm NOT online, sorry my lovely friends. I hope you have a good time without me and be careful *GroupHUUUUUUUG* I like/love you all *kiss*

Drunken frankness

Okay, here's my take on the whole "let's say please" business.

Please is just a word. Are we to say that just ONE word, alone, has the power to make someone rude/polite?

Personally, I find that idea just a tad bit foolish. It is rather the tone of the sentence that will make the difference, and not the existence of just a single word.

Consider this thread de-railed.

Consider this thread de-railed.

Why? The words 'thank you' or 'thanks' is/are a sign to appreciate the hard work from others and i think that's among to besides to good manners.

You so silly guys, one noob misunderstands Arthierr's suggestion to use please in the future (while still filling his request) for some requirement that everyone use please and thankyou and somehow you find a way to argue for the side of not using please in some circumstances. Of course it is better to be polite when requesting things because some uploaders want that extra politeness but it is so easy to do and overall makes the atmosphere much nicer that you should do it anyway. -group hug-

You so silly guys, one noob misunderstands Arthierr's suggestion to use please in the future (while still filling his request) for some requirement that everyone use please and thankyou and somehow you find a way to argue for the side of not using please in some circumstances. Of course it is better to be polite when requesting things because some uploaders want that extra politeness but it is so easy to do and overall makes the atmosphere much nicer that you should do it anyway. -group hug-

I agreed 100 percent with you Sirus -group hug back- XDD

Why? The words 'thank you' or 'thanks' is/are a sign to appreciate the hard work from others and i think that's among to besides to good manners.

Hey, I don't have a problem with thank you or please. I'm just saying one world alone is not going to make a phrase polite or not.

-group hug-

thanks!

Interesting thought. Can't really agree though. Many conductors are just as willing to put their creative stamp on the music they conduct. Indeed, one of the most famous conductors of the past generation, Leopold Stokowski, was famous (some would say infamous!) for tampering with the classics. Yet it was this very boldness that has given many of his works an enduring popularity today, even if they were considered so unorthodox at the time.

Conductors, like composers, and musicians, are in the end, all artists. The urge to create something uniquely their own within the framework of the classical works is what many of them live for.

I entirely agree. However, there's a very subtle difference between "putting on your creative stamp" and "trying to recreate in your own image" -- a good conductor brings his own sense of musicianship (and musicianship by its very nature incorporates the idea of respect for your material) to producing an interpretation of something. But the focus is still on the piece - a conductor will use his own experience and sensibilities to fill in the gaps that a written music score can't convey. He (usually) doesn't start meddling randomly in a misguided, clumsy attempt to turn a piece of music into something it's not.

Stokowski made a lot of mistakes - right now the best one I can think of would be his sickening mutilation of The Planets. He made a lot of excellent recordings too - but occasionally his prima-donna arrogance led him to commit the ultimate artist's sin - he considered himself to be more important and more worthy than the music. He forgot that without music, he is nothing.

As far as Williams goes (particularly in his interpretation of The Planets) I think this is what you get when a man who is primarily a composer, and who usually conducts only his own music - gets his hands on somebody else's score. A composer finds it hard to turn off the composition side of his personality, and finds it nearly impossible to traverse the narrow line between composition and interpretation. At what stage does "interpretation" end and "meddling" begin? How can you possibly define that? You have to use your ears to decide on a case by case basis.

A conductor exists to bring out the very best he can from a score. To achieve that is the pinnacle of his artistic desires. If what he wants to do is create new art then he's chosen the wrong career! A good conductor is always mindful of the fact that the music is king - and he is just a messenger; a translator, if you will. His job is to deliver the message clearly and accurately - and communicate its exact meaning as best he can.

On the please/thankyou situation...


Please is just a word. Are we to say that just ONE word, alone, has the power to make someone rude/polite?

Yes, please is just a word - but since politeness / exact tone / precise meaning doesn't often translate very well into writing, it's a nice simple shortcut you can take that doesn't leave anybody wondering what you mean. Often, people writing in forums type like they speak. Written English (or written any-other-language for that matter) in the traditional sense is losing influence and in its place we have shorthand, text-speak, emoticons, taking the place of well-considered, constructed sentences.

I could ask you to reupload something and not go anywhere near the word please, and you'd know that the "please" was implied because I'd write in such a way that you'd know how I meant it. However, some folk don't have the time or the linguistic skill to do this - and so the shortcut "Link is dead, please reupload!" will help a great deal.

All that said - I AM SO SORRY for my part in this big diversion from topic. Let's all have a hug and some cake and listen to some good music. (Orchestral music, not any of that synthy crap or Zimmer trash!) ;)

Let's all have a hug and some cake and listen to some good music. (Orchestral music, not any of that synthy crap or Zimmer trash!) ;)

HEy, ZIMMEAR IZ GAWD!

Dude sorry but I ain't saying it in a bad way even though I don't even
think there is a bad way to say it rudely but, I just want to get the
song I'm not trying to get people upset or anything.Well if you could
reupload it for me I would appreciate it if not then that's fine too.
But sorry for any problems.