I'll re-up for you of course Tango. I wasn't sure how this host would work for people.

Ah, thank you very much! :D

New link added to original post. I also have a treat for everyone that will be posted soon. Hopefully the entire score is as amazing as the first few tracks because if it is this is Oshima quality romanticism!

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Shifuku no Campanella - 2010 - LACA-15059
|Romantic|European|Jazz|Synth|Rock|
Music by Elements Garden (Noriyasu Agematsu, Junpei Fujita and Hitoshi Fujima)
[Nipponsei Tagged it as Itou Yoshiyuki but VGMDB lists Element Garden]
Thanks to Nipponsei for original upload

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/425500376/ShfkuCamp-ST.rar)
PSW: smile

This score isn't as fantastic as I thought from some early tracks that were absolutely ravishing but it has still kept my interest so far and there are a few great orchestral tracks here and there. The styles vary between tracks but the change is nice.

Thanks, Sirusjr! Both for the reupload of Gothic 4 and for Shifuku no Campanella.

Gothic 4: Not my favourite Dynamedion score (that would be Anno 1707) but a pretty solid effort so far (I'm listening to random tracks at the moment.) Xardas Tower is glorious, even if the first minute does plagiarise Giacchino's Star Trek theme quite shamelessly... The final two minutes is magnificent, though - love the use of the cimbalon.

Shifuku: Agreed - promising at the outset, but didn't quite deliver. Shame about the synth brass, and the EWQL Gold strings library in track 13!!! But I just cannot bring myself to hate such a relentlessly cheerful, flamboyant score as this. I've been in a spectaculatly bad mood today, and this really REALLY hit the spot and put a smile back on my face. Thank you. :)

I'd have to disagree about Oshima though... I think she does romantic better than any other Japanese composer. And, I think she might be melodically better than any other too. She can spin out a theme like no other. This is terrific fun, but it's not Oshima. (Yes, I'm a fanboy. Get me Oshima, Kanno, Kuroishi and Ohashi; and leave us alone for a week. I'll be a happy chappy.) ;)

Good points Tango. I agree its no Oshima but it did remind me most of Oshima's European flavored scores. This is the best example of why I randomly download nipponsei posts. I had no idea what this was when I downloaded it but was pleasantly surprised. I also suggest everyone check out High School of the Dead soundtrack posted on this forum in the anime section. It is NOT an orchestral soundtrack generally but it has a few nice relaxing pieces and is overall the best synth driven score I have heard. I didn't instantly say to myself "oh synth meh" or start to fall asleep while listening but instead got through a first listen without getting bored. HotD is a good example of proper use of synth and guitar to make an interesting score while also mixing in other elements.

Also, I know how many in this thread love slow emotional scores. Kritzerland is doing a re-issue double feature of Equus (Richard Rodney Bennett) and The Whisperers (John Barry) without dialog that existed on the original out of print Ryoko cds. This will be announced on Monday so if you like such music or even know the scores, you should keep an eye out and support Kritzerland's efforts! I will not be posting them here unless they sell out from Kritzerland. My friend has the Ryoko releases though and these scores are wonderful.

Since the CD version of Video Games Live: Level 2 does not contain all of the music from the concert I uploaded the missing tracks in MP3. Think of them as samples for the concert and decide if it's worth a purchase or not:




Classic Arcade Medley (http://www.mediafire.com/?0dv5oaae4k8weqe)

Chrono Cross (DVD version) (http://www.mediafire.com/?6t5w3e762x84jhw)

Mass Effect (http://www.mediafire.com/?gb31z351z3jd4ff)

Megaman (DVD version) "AWESOME" (http://www.mediafire.com/file/dz0u5hhz0vawbkx/06.%20Megaman.mp3)

klnerfan: Can I please request the whole album? I will eventually buy it, but meanwhile I am just damn impatient :)

And the samples are just great!

@ Lhurgoyf: I haven't bought the album yet, this is ripped from the DVD

I've also made a custom recording of the concert in MP3, not everything is included but it should be enough to keep you all satisfied until your copies arrive.

Video Games Live: Level 2 Concert (Custom Recording)

56570107130

Modern Classic / Rock Orchestra

Conducted by Jack Wall

Performed by The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra & Tommy Tallarico

Download Link (http://www.mediafire.com/file/2z0kpd4752ykieh/VGL-Custom%20Recording.7z)




BUY THE DVD Here (US) (http://www.amazon.com/Video-Games-Live-Level-2/dp/B003ZIQ5TE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1287431553&sr=8-1-spell) or Here (Europe) (http://www.maz-sound.com/)



Edit: Regarding Gothic 4, you can buy the score and other releases from Dynamedion at their new shop — Sonic Senses Shop (http://sonicsenses.com/).
It would be great if you could support them and buy their stuff. Chances are high that they will also release cds of their finest jewels Anno 1701 and Anno 1404 if they make enough money.

Thanks as always kinerfan :)

Thanks so much for the wonderful information you provided us

Sweet kinerfan! I simply love it! Moreover, I would be surely attending the performance of VGL next year (hope they'll have concert somewhere in Europe)... It seems that the atmosphere there was absolutely exhilarating. Earlier this year I have attended the live performance of Star Wars in Concert with Anthony Daniels in Italy, and the atmosphere was somewhat mediocre. Or maybe the audience was simply blown away with maestro's Williams breathtaking work and they forgot to cheer loudly :)

@Lhurgoyf: VGL is a combination of symphony and rock concert so it would be weird without cheers and freak outs.
But sometimes silence can be an even greater experience than cheering nonstop (Studio Ghibli Concert).

Speaking of concerts, James Hannigan is holding one in Nottingham, October 28th
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=437599591&blogId=539948287
I don't know if it will be broadcasted but all who live in the UK and are a fan of Hannigan should be interessted.

hey has anyone got Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave
this version
YouTube - Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poSw7tFLB4&feature=related)
or
YouTube - Slavonic March (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxlytWahi7M)

in high quality? i actually have a version from the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit, but i dont like it, i prefer the two versions i posted from youtube, and i don't know who conducted either of them

Anyway, enough of this Mickey Mouse bullshit, it's time for some REAL orchestral action music: Free large file hosting. Send big files the easy way! (http://www.sendspace.com/file/rp7mtq)

If anyone likes these selections I have lots more.

Can anyone reseed this? I remember it being some great picks but I had to reformat my computer.

Jesus Aitch Christ... if I could find someone to go with me, I'd go to that Hannigan concert in a heartbeat. Looks absolutely splendid. I'll even give a lift to anybody who lives between London and Nottingham.

To bad i live in Gemany. I would go with you tango ;)

I may go. Please see my PM.

here's something very good
YouTube - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPYRGW7PrE4&feature=related)

don't know what it is or who made it

Yosemite - It is “Prayer to the Gods” by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan). Be nice to have the whole piece.

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Yosemite - It is �Prayer to the Gods� by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan). Be nice to have the whole piece.

I'm willing to go, but you'll have to drive across the ocean. If you want, I'll swim half of the way there and cut down on your driving.

I highly, highly recommend this work found in another thread:

JOHN DEBNEY - THE HALLOWEEN TREE
40 Tracks | 61:17| MP3 192kbps



Somewhat reminiscent of '80s dark fantasy scores, perfectly matches the animation (which is also very highly recommended).

Download from the Hotfile link found here (Thread 81915).

Love James Hannigans music on Order of the Phoenix video game. So much better than Hooper's snoozefest music for the movie.
I wish i could go to the concert and meet you guys in England, but that's not possible. Hopefully it will be broadcasted somehow :)

Yosemite - It is “Prayer to the Gods” by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan). Be nice to have the whole piece.

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Yosemite - It is “Prayer to the Gods” by the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan). Be nice to have the whole piece.

dont know where to find the whole piece

but this one is nice too

YouTube - (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o6CTU7V0cA&feature=related)

Well, this thread appears to have been killed stone dead; will it rise from the ashes as it has done time and time again, or is this really the end of our two year odyssey? :(

Goodness me i hope not Tango,i have only been following it for a few months but its seen some very interesting things.I do have just one query,quite a while back you posted Robot Jox,Frederic Talgorn but i could not find the link for lossless.Do you still have it? Many thanks if you can help.

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Whoops,just found it.

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Whoops,just found it.

klnerfan: Can I please request the whole album? I will eventually buy it, but meanwhile I am just damn impatient :)

And the samples are just great!

Hi,
Whole of album in this link (without track 5):

4shared - Video Games Live CD - shared folder - free file sharing and storage (http://www.4shared.com/dir/53t1Ah61/Video_Games_Live_CD.html)

I shall be going to this concert (with real live owls!) as I shall be nearby touring the Peak District. I couldn�t find any way of booking, so I will just turn up at the church and hope for the best. Look forward to seeing other forum members there.
GameCity: James Hannigan In Concert & Conversation (http://my.gamecity.org/events/event/50)
st marys 01 (http://www.stmarysnottingham.org/visiting.html)

Speaking of concerts, James Hannigan is holding one in Nottingham, October 28th
GameCity Concert: Music from HP & The Deathly Hallows, Red Ale... - James Hannigan's MySpace Blog | (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=437599591&blogId=539948287)
I don't know if it will be broadcasted but all who live in the UK and are a fan of Hannigan should be interessted.[/QUOTE]

Well, this thread appears to have been killed stone dead; will it rise from the ashes as it has done time and time again, or is this really the end of our two year odyssey? :(

Goonies never say die! :P

As I mentioned several weeks ago, I'd ordered something I was really looking forward to that was taking a frustratingly long time to arrive... It finally got here last week, but I've held back in posting it thanks to the recent brouhaha. However, I've decided that a) I've already uploaded so if anything were to happen I'd be screwed anyway, and b) we've got a great thing going here in this thread and fuck all if a bunch of bitter hypocrites are going to tear it down. So, without further preamble:


MICHAEL KAMEN
GUITAR CONCERTO
for electric guitar, rock band, and orchestra
Tomoyasu Hotei, guitar
The National Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Kamen

MP3 -v0 | 5 Tracks | 81 MB



No, it's not your imagination; it really does look like Michael Kamen is about to do something unspeakable to Tomoyasu Hotei in the album art.

More seriously, the genesis of this work goes back to Kamen's collaboration with Eric Clapton on the '80s British TV miniseries Edge of Darkness, during which Clapton commissioned this concerto. It performed by Clapton in a concert at Royal Albert Hall in the early '90s, but for whatever reason he didn't end up doing this recording. Kamen chose Hotei to fill in, but (at least prior to Kill Bill, and let's be real, still to this day) Hotei's obscurity in the West doomed this album's availability to remain exclusive to Japan, and I believe it is also out-of-print.

This is a shame, because this is really an exciting piece. It's neither an orchestral powerhouse or rock that will blow you out of the amphitheater into the parking lot, but neither was Kamen's intent -- it is a synthesis of the orchestral and rock sounds, and IMHO it is quite beautiful. I would say that it's probably a little too rock 'n roll to become standard concert hall repertoire, but it doesn't take itself too seriously and is simply enjoyable to listen to.

The first movement is by far the longest and with the broadest musical range, encompassing something of a spectral overview of what can be expected, a bit of a musical journey through the soundscape with a nice resolution.

The second movement is slower and more introspective. This movement is perhaps the most "classical" in tone (I think I even hear some lifts/allusions to baroque works, but can't place them).

The third movement is where Kamen really breaks loose. This is probably the most "rock"-like section of the piece, but Kamen's melody and harmonies are infused with such a tremendous sense of joy and warmth... the word that springs to mind is reunion, as far removed from the Final Fantasy VII sense of the word as possible. I've listened to this track on repeat over-and-over-again just to maintain that emotion.

Also featured is "Nuclear Train," a track from Edge of Darkness that Kamen wrote with Eric Clapton, although still played by Hotei (this time backed by the Seattle Symphony). Honestly, it doesn't live up to the heights of the concerto, but it is still worth listening to and is actually somewhat similar to something Uematsu might have written for FFVII with it's driving pulse.

The final track is a solo-less version of the concerto's third movement, included on the album, I think, to allow interested parties to play along at home, but included here for completeness and also because it might be interesting to more plainly hear the accompaniment and get a feel for how it interacts with the solo.

Like I said, this album was a Japan-only release and I'm pretty sure it's OOP, so purchasing a copy likely wouldn't be cheap, but it is possible (http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Concerto-1-Bonus-Track/dp/B0000088US/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288049666&sr=8-1).


Download from Multiupload (http://www.multiupload.com/46S6AM8AHL)
Pass: tazed

Enjoy :)

There just doesn't seem to be any more BIG ORCHESTRAL ACTION MUSIC everyone hasn't already heard. Maybe people should start posting requests, because I'm plum out of ideas...

I've been trying to find Michael Kamen's 'The Iron Giant' score. :/ Has it been posted? I can't find it. :(

Thankfully this thread evolved away from just "Big" and "Action" music, to encompass all good music of an orchestral nature. I have plenty of ideas... but with recent events I'm terrified to post anything; the thought of a shower of arrogant hypocrites comparing me to Hitler (and to other, indisrciminate military sharers - "All piracy should be punishable by death!") because I shared an album nobody had ever heard of with a dozen people, doesn't fill me with joy - however silly it is. Notice: In this world, there are shades of grey; sometimes law permits the immoral and denies the moral. I do not pretend that I follow the letter of the law at all times, but I do try conduct myself according to what is right and what is wrong. A scenario which features illegal activities but causes no injury and gives pleasure is not, in my view, a wrong thing and is not something to be ashamed of. By contrast, an overbearing pedant who tediously and stringently applies the law without any regard for its intent... has much to be ashamed of.

Somehow it feels as though the fellowship has been broken - or at least significantly weakened. I hope it can recover somehow.

We haven't seen Arthierr for many months; does anybody know if he's OK?

Really like Kamen's Guitar Concerto. Very nice listen, but it has one problem - orchestra for most of the time is burried under guitar (although I guess it's standard thing for guitar vs orchestra scores... unfortunately). Still cool piece of music. Thanks for share.

Yeah, absence of Arthierr is a bit odd. After all it's his thread. Hope he will be back soon. With new awesome music;).

Ok mates, I should give you some explanations about my significant absence since some months (I was hoping it would go rather un-noticed, but apparently not).

Over the last year or so, my life has changed a lot, new responsablities came (family and job related), new problems also appeared (health related), so managing this thread, and more globally having online activities, got harder and harder, so I had to be less and less present here, obviously. But since about september, every aspects I previously mentionned became more important, more demanding, so I simply had to "cut-off" some of my activities in order to save time and energy for the essential, the most urgent, in other words: priorities. And I'm quite sorry to admit that this thread was among these activities. It was a lot of fun, but I barely have time for fun nowadays...

Of course, I could come occasionally to say thanks and make some comments about what's posted, but does that really make sense, when I don't have the possibility to download and listen to the stuff anymore? It would just be meaningless bumping. So, given these elements, it seemed to me that the most logical and natural solution was to discreetly "fade away" from this thread. After all, you don't need me, I can see you had a lot of fun when I wasn't here, and this thread has been intensely active during the last months, hasn't it? By the way, thanks a lot for the great shares!


Somehow it feels as though the fellowship has been broken - or at least significantly weakened. I hope it can recover somehow.


Yeah, absence of Arthierr is a bit odd. After all it's his thread.

I hope not! I'm only the original poster, the thread's starter, but this thread, over time, has become a group venture, a club gathering a lot of orchestral music enthusiasts, and it has substantially popularized this kind of music in this forum (and certainly beyond...). The Orchestral thread is not meant to be abandonned so easily. As long there will be 1) some good orchestral music to be posted (old or new), and 2) orchestral music enthusiasts willing to discover new albums and to share/recommend their favorites, this thread shall live long and prosper.


Hope he will be back soon. With new awesome music;).

Mmmh... Maybe we could have a compromise here.

I said I don't really have the possibility to download and upload stuff anymore, but I *DID* have the possibility to do that in the past, this is precisely how I discovered so many orchestral albums, some being really obscure, and in some cases, quite good. I do have in fact many more of them I'd like to post in this thread.

So, here's the deal: if you guys have no problem with the fact that I won't actually upload the albums I'll post, but instead will give you a link I'll find over the web (I'll protect the link and credit the uploader, of course), along with some comments about why I recommend it, I'll gladly manage to find some time to contribute again to this thread, as much as I can. Ok?

Also, I have one request: if some of you (regular contributors or occasional visitors) discover somewhere a really good orchestral album that deserves to be known, please talk about it in this thread, this is how me and many other people here had the chance to be introduced to albums they would probably never have heard of otherwise. TazerMonkey's recommendation of JOHN DEBNEY'S THE HALLOWEEN TREE (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/261.html#post1564569) is a fine example of what I mean. Pointing out this one was a great idea.

Tango - I don't think they are going to do much if nobody is posting stuff from small labels, unless it is also sold out. Sure they think every upload is wrong but they also think every download of limited edition score is lost sale. Please keep sharing some unknown things.

Future of the Big Orchestral Action Music Thread:

I don't know if it's possible but I think this thread should be saved or moved to another forum/blog/site etc if it comes down to the worst.
It has evolved into one of my favorite places to go when I want to talk about music and find some new and exciting stuff I wouldn't have found otherwise.
It's also a giant library of excellent orchestral music with indepth analysis of scores and many other topics.
Composers, Musicians and Non-Musicians have found a great platform to communicate with each other and share their passion about music.
It would be a shame if this thread would simply stop to exist.
I have not posted my opinion of the whole incident a few days ago but since this topic is so complex to have a simple answer and too difficult to address it objectivly, I believe the pros and cons of this thread for small labels and big companies should be considered first before condemming it.
In my opinion this thread is helping the companies more than it's harming them but it's really difficult to prove my point without economical evidence.
Nonetheless, this thread should stay, survive and prosper either on this forum or elsewhere.
That is my humble opinion.

@arthierr
Thank you very much for everything you've done for this thread

Well I’ve certainly got a few more things up my sleeve! Just thought I’d wait until the dust settles from the grotesquery of recent events.

ARTHIERR, it’s great to hear from you! I think what was being expressed was more of a “wish we could touch base with our friend Arthierr, see how he’s doing”, rather than “why hasn’t he posted anything, it’s disgraceful”. Please don’t feel under any obligation to increase your activity here if it’s a difficult time.

Our sprawling confabulation on all things orchestral is not over yet!!! ;)

I was thinking the same as Lens. Indeed the fellowship has not broken, its just taking a rest.
I have a some scores to bring to your attention soon, plus I'm restoring a bunch of classical vinyls.
But since I am not bringing up those scores yet, here is something I just arranged/recorded.

Star Trek First Contact Piano Solo (http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/6/24/2487612//First Contact.mp3)

I guess no one is posting because of the recent events on the forum or maybe because nobody knows what music to post next. There's so much great music on this thread, that is difficult to find one that wasn't posted before. But i'm an optimist :) and believe that this little place can be as it was (and still is), or when there's something new or old that can be worth to mention in the orchestral thread.

@Arthierr
It's great to see you around! Your absence is understandable, because family and job is very consuming in all aspects. And here's hoping you can overcome the health problems. Take care yourself and your relatives :)

We have a great interview posted here about Alexandre Desplat's work on Harry Potter :)
‘Harry Potter’ countdown: Exclusive video on the making of ‘Hallows’ music | Hero Complex – Los Angeles Times (http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/27/harry-potter-countdown-exclusive-video-on-the-making-of-hallows-music/)

Also two new intradas released this week and one of them is a fantastic Bruce Broughton score! Glory & Honor from a made for TV movie from the late 90s!

I won't be posting any intrada releases on here because lately they have not been selling out so unless we get another 24 hour sell out I happen to grab, I will just try to bring your attention to the ones I think are worthy.

The other Intrada release this week is a double header from Laurence Rosenthal featuring Requiem for a Heavyweight and Raisin in the Sun. The two scores are nice romantic 60s scoring with a jazz twist.

And here are samples from new Potter.

Harry Potter - The Deathly Hallows [+digital booklet]: Various: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00494M52O/)

Didn't like 'em, like most of Desplat works. And most of Potter scores;).

Dear God ... I was blown away by the samples of Hannigan's score and this samples of Desplat just fail in comparison. Damn, I even had hopes for it.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Your comments show that friendship is as important as music in this place, if not more.

Now, I'm proud to announce you that I'll prepare for the thread a list of recommendations: many orchestral albums I enjoyed a lot in the past, some quite rare and obscure, deserving to appear here. I'll post them progressively. Coming soon in your favorite thread :)

Meanwhile, to cheer things up, let's enjoy a bit of orchestral-related humour:

Here's orchestra conducting, Kanno-style:

http://www.paddockorchestra.org/uploads/images/1997-03-28.gif


This one is specially dedicated to ShadowOnTheSun :p

http://www.paddockorchestra.org/uploads/images/1993-08-24.gif

This one is specially dedicated to ShadowOnTheSun :p


I don't know whether to be offended or saddened by the fact some people essentially write that way. :(

I don't know whether to be offended or saddened by the fact some people essentially write that way. :(

Nowadays, we're even lucky if timps are used at all, in Hollywood scores at least. It seems recent composers feel a kind of strange love for tom-tom drums, bass drums, or whatever drums they use. There's one big advantage though: they're generally achromatic, so no need to tune them, and the writing is easier! Of course they sound 100 times less good than actual timps, but hey, who cares (except us)?


I also wanted to ask you guys: there's a lot of buzz going about the shut down of this board, I've received various PMs about that. I didn't followed this affair closely, but I frankly believe this is not very serious, and some "threats" I've seen, coming allegedly from lawyers or executives, just seem to be plain BS. However, just as a precaution, I wonder if some of you know an easy way to back up this thread, some kind of program which can do that quickly, because manually saving 262+ pages seems... Hem, quite a task. It would be a great pity if 2 years of awesomeness just went up in smoke, wouldn't it?

Hi,
Can everybody help me to find this:

Unknown soundtrack.mp3 - 4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download (http://www.4shared.com/audio/lDpBcgUA/Unknown_soundtrack.html)

I also wanted to ask you guys: there's a lot of buzz going about the shut down of this board, I've received various PMs about that. I didn't followed this affair closely, but I frankly believe this is not very serious, and some "threats" I've seen, coming allegedly from lawyers or executives, just seem to be plain BS. However, just as a precaution, I wonder if some of you know an easy way to back up this thread, some kind of program which can do that quickly, because manually saving 262+ pages seems... Hem, quite a task. It would be a great pity if 2 years of awesomeness just went up in smoke, wouldn't it?

Arthierr, I should have mentioned this; it's already done! I've archived the whole thing - all posts, links, pics - everything in the format we see it now. It's about 300MB on disc and if the downloads section disappears or the Shrine gets raised to the ground, I'll upload it in rar form to rapidshare and others. :)

On that point, it'd be handy to have another contact for anyone who wants to stay in the loop if/when the Shrine goes down.

Fantastic news Lens !

It's been over a year since I joined this thread and I'm releaved to find out that a backup exists.

But to return this thread to it's old self, here is a little collection of mine:


The Greatest Orchestral Anime Masterpieces




Download Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/file/17rbg1f5sw1mb9x/I.7z)

Download Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/file/4awt8i47ywv1dov/II.7z)

Download Part III (http://www.mediafire.com/?489f22d85p792m8)

Download Missing Track (http://www.mediafire.com/?9bhbvubk9qfb36v)


Here is a collection of my favorite anime orchestral tracks. I've chosen 80 tracks from 80 shows & movies which I constantly have in my playlist, I listen to them almost on a daily basis and consider them to be the finest achievments in anime music history.

EDIT: If Star Driver would be available now I would have put the Main Theme in there

Fantastic news Lens !

It's been over a year since I joined this thread and I'm releaved to find out that a backup exists.

But to return this thread to it's old self, here is a little collection of mine:


The Greatest Orchestral Anime Masterpieces




Download Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/file/17rbg1f5sw1mb9x/I.7z)

Download Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/file/4awt8i47ywv1dov/II.7z)

Download Part III (http://www.mediafire.com/?489f22d85p792m8)

Download Missing Track (http://www.mediafire.com/?9bhbvubk9qfb36v)


Here is a collection of my favorite anime orchestral tracks. I've chosen 80 tracks from 80 shows & movies which I constantly have in my playlist, I listen to them almost on a daily basis and consider them to be the finest achievments in anime music history.

EDIT: If Star Driver would be available now I would have put the Main Theme in there

Absolutely epic collection sir, and on mediafire!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Fantastic news Lens !

It's been over a year since I joined this thread and I'm releaved to find out that a backup exists.

But to return this thread to it's old self, here is a little collection of mine:


The Greatest Orchestral Anime Masterpieces




Download Part I (http://www.mediafire.com/file/17rbg1f5sw1mb9x/I.7z)

Download Part II (http://www.mediafire.com/file/4awt8i47ywv1dov/II.7z)

Download Part III (http://www.mediafire.com/?489f22d85p792m8)

Download Missing Track (http://www.mediafire.com/?9bhbvubk9qfb36v)


Here is a collection of my favorite anime orchestral tracks. I've chosen 80 tracks from 80 shows & movies which I constantly have in my playlist, I listen to them almost on a daily basis and consider them to be the finest achievments in anime music history.

EDIT: If Star Driver would be available now I would have put the Main Theme in there

Absolutely epic collection sir, and on mediafire!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arthierr, I should have mentioned this; it's already done! I've archived the whole thing - all posts, links, pics - everything in the format we see it now. It's about 300MB on disc and if the downloads section disappears or the Shrine gets raised to the ground, I'll upload it in rar form to rapidshare and others. :)

On that point, it'd be handy to have another contact for anyone who wants to stay in the loop if/when the Shrine goes down.

HOLY...! You're really a miraculous man, Lens. Thank you very much for your efforts. Please check my PM for my addy.




Fantastic news Lens !

It's been over a year since I joined this thread and I'm releaved to find out that a backup exists.

But to return this thread to it's old self, here is a little collection of mine:


The Greatest Orchestral Anime Masterpieces

This is typically in the original spirit of the thread. It's good to see that 2 years later, after numerous evolutions, there are people who understand one of my initial intentions. Thank you, Sir.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Alexandre Desplat.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?x1531q5udl4vooh) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Alexandre Desplat soundtrack

I have something most of you should find quite interesting coming up. I started putting together a little compilation of pieces I have played or know very well that have, what I would consider, fantastic examples of orchestral percussion writing. Also I will be explaining exactly why they are such fine examples for basic knowledge and because some of them are subtle (what subtle and effective perc writing?! thats not possible).

I have tried to put together a list with many different styles of writing. I am in no way am I trying to say "all writing should sound like this!", but instead saying "here is some examples of excellent composition". So yeah, that should be coming soon.


Also if any of you thread regulars have pieces you are just dieing to hear included, pm me and let me know. I will take a look at it and do a writeup for it.

Here's my first recommendation, as I promised.


Michiru Oshima
Legend Of Casshan: Robot hunter
OST 1 and 2
MP3 320 | 1993 | COCC-10941
Credits to einachi



DOWNLOAD (http://forums.ffshrine.org/f94/looking-casshan-robot-hunter-ova-musical-score-81524/#post1556887)

When you see the name of Michiru Oshima, you generally can except something really good, but there you probably have one of her best scores! This is superb stuff, a larger-than-life epic score, beautifully melodic and reminiscent of eighties scores - you often can hear Horner here, notably in the track "The Savior".

This one is a must for fans of big orchestral epic music, and it's been composed for an obscure OVA in 1993! Happily, your favorite thread is there to bring it to your attention.

Enjoy!

And here it is, as I explained before these are some very interesting examples of good and sometimes very unique(stravinsky) orchestral percussion writing. As requested, I will explain why I picked the pieces, and hopefully everyone will find it an interesting listening experience. Again these are not the only styles of good composition, but just some of my favorites that I have had experience with.



Orchestral Percussion Compilation



1. Peterloo Overture - Malcolm Arnold
2. Symphony for Brass & Percussion Mvt. III - Alfred Reed
3. Jupiter - Gustav Holst
4. Safari (Afrika) - Wataru Hokoyama
5. Summon The Heroes - John Williams
6. Daokas (Outcast) - Lennie Moore
7. Flying Bed (Dragon Quest) - Koichi Sugiyama
8. The Rite of Spring (Excerpt) - Igor Stravinsky
9. The Legend of Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke) - Joe Hisaishi
10. Symphony No. 7 Mvt. V - Gustav Mahler

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Peterloo Overture - Malcolm Arnold
This piece has everything and Arnold is often overlooked in my opinion. The intro is very subtle with just some soft timp/suspended cymbal rolls. The first part you will really notice is at 1:40 with the snares sneaking in behind the orchestra and starting the battle section of the piece. At 3:17 timpani and tenor drum take the intensity up a notch switching into 6/8 patterns. At 4:22 all hell breaks loose with very intense, sporadic patterns that eventually transform into a driving relentless pulse. When the battle segment ends, it again becomes more subtle. There is quiet mournful snare and tenor patterns overtop of the low end of the timpani range and tam-tam for color. The glorious end section is strengthened by excellent use of metallics in the chimes and bells, along with a rich bottom end produced by the low brass and timpani.

Symphony For Brass & Percussion Mvt. III - Alfred Reed
This is a great example of effective ostinati writing that doesn't loose interest. It variates and there are color, dynamic, and intrument changes throughout that keep it compelling to the very end.

Jupiter - Gustav Holst
This is here for the timpani part. Among other things, it is an example of how much the timpani can effect the fullness of sound the orchestra puts out. First thing to notice, the timpani has the melody at 0:15. The whole piece is great but the real reason I put this on here is the hymn section which starts at 3:07. Notice how most of the hymn is missing the timpani part in the beginning and how much the richness of the sound changes when the timpani enters at 4:10 quietly and then the big difference when the timp plays that full bassline at 4:30 to the end of the hymn. Great stuff

Safari (Afrika) - Wataru Hokoyama
This is an example of keeping the writing light yet still having forward momentum. The snare part never becomes opressive. Also good accessory writing (triangle, tambourine, etc).

Summon the Heroes - John Williams
All around great. I love the oddly timed powerful unison patterns in the beginning. Other key points are the chaotic middle section and the driving percussion at 4:34.

Doakas (Outcast) - Lennie Moore
Listen for the xylo throughout the piece. Great action cue, with tam-tam, xylo, and suspended cymbal bringing intensity without being terribly loud and hyperactive.

Flying Bed (Dragon Quest) - Koichi Sugiyama
Again on the lighter side. Fun little muted triangle and tambourine under a great xylo solo.

The Rite of Spring (Excerpt) - Igor Stravinsky
The section I used was Games of the Rival Tribes/Procession of the Wise Elder. The whole piece is obviously worth listening to, but the reason I chose that section is its one of the most obvious polyrhythms used toward the end with the 4:3's contrasting with the rest of the orchestra's 6/4 pattern.

Legend of Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke) - Joe Hisaishi
Sometimes its not about whats written, but what isn't written. Take careful observation of when percussion parts are written and when they aren't. At the first big build at 1:06 why is it just one quiet timpani roll when the rest of the orchestra is building up? Couldn't that build be more powerful with bass drum or suspended cymbal added? Well its a great choice not to add them there, because we have almost the same build at 2:16 but this time cymbal, bass, and timpani with a big crescendo is added. This second appearance seems much more powerful now, because of the difference. This type of great selective writing is evident throughout and 4:24 is just wonderful.

Symphony No. 7 Mvt. V - Gustav Mahler
Pretty self explanatory, uses a nice mix of alot that has been mentioned previously.

The Greatest Orchestral Anime Masterpieces


I�m listening right now to this outstanding compilation, thanks Klnerfan!!

Thanks for this Compilation Shadow :)

As usual, I have no time... but HELLO everybody, especially Arthierr (welcome back, my friend!) and thanks for recent contributions getting this thread back on track again. :)

I have a little goody for you all... A sneaky peek, if you will.

I did indeed end up going to the Hannigan concert in Nottingham. I made it with about 30 seconds to spare thanks to a spectacular crash on the motorway (not involving me, I hasten to add) and a lovely 90 minute tailback... but I did in fact arrive.

Anyway - at the concert, was the world premiere of the title music from James Hannigan's latest Harry Potter score - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows!

Here is a recording of that very piece - provided by a very kind fellow attendee who wishes to remain anonymous; it's an audience recording made from the third row from the front, but it is sounding EXCELLENT - very listenable indeed and gives you a nice impression of the piece. I was given the original master (a Minidisc, if anybody is interested) and I have transferred it and properly mastered it.

The rest of the concert will be coming up in due course, but will take a bit of time due to various work that needs to be undertaken on the recording. There is a fascinating discussion between conductor Allan Wilson, James Hannigan, and the concert compere which you will all find very interesting; that's coming up soon as well.

For the time being, enjoy! :)

http://uploadmirrors.com/download/T2F4ESWS/Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 _Main Theme - Video Game_.mp3

Orchestral Percussion Compilation

It's great to have the opinion of a specialist, or an actual percussionist, about the good use of these instruments. Fascinating choices, very eclectic (classical/scores, western/eastern, etc.), and IMO quite sound. I'll comfortably enjoy this compilation this weekend.

I also would suggest this piece, posted by Tango, which I find quite impressive:


THE CHARIOT RACE (Ben Hur 1925 - 1988 Rescore)
Carl Davishttp://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/big-orchestral-action-music-thread-57893/26.html#post1171588


The rest of the concert will be coming up in due course, but will take a bit of time due to various work that needs to be undertaken on the recording. There is a fascinating discussion between conductor Allan Wilson, James Hannigan, and the concert compere which you will all find very interesting; that's coming up soon as well.

For the time being, enjoy! :)

http://uploadmirrors.com/download/T2F4ESWS/Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 _Main Theme - Video Game_.mp3

Hey, the sound is pretty good for a live recording. I look forward for the whole thing, then. Thanks for your efforts.

Wow, the things you miss when you're leaving the nest. With luck, this will all be just empty bluster and posturing, and it's not like most of us won't migrate to somewhere else if worse comes to worst(you just can't keep ignorant, thieving filth like us down for long) but I suppose it is best to play it safe, for now. Much appreciation to everyone going to all the trouble to back up all the great music that's been shared over the years.

A pity, cause I had a trove of awesome new albums to share with everyone once I settle in and don't have to squat in the local library. A little Oshima, some Iwasaki and Kanno(Yoko and Yuugo), even some Senju. Maybe I'll throw it all up anyway, just to shove it in the Man's craw.

The Greatest Orchestral Anime Masterpieces

Thank you so much for this incredible compilation. I've heard one or two of those albums already so I am sure I will love the rest!

I can also upload the rest of Reed's Symphony for Brass and Percussion and the Malcolm Arnold Overtures if you are interested.

Thanks for the Ben Hur Chariot Race by Carl Davis. Are there any more uploads of his music (I used to have an old LP of his soundtrack to the TV series 'Hollywood' that was quite wonderful)? I've heard his more recent ballets like Aladdin are also very good.

Oh yeah I forgot to say this earlier. I am incredibly jealous that you got to go to the Hannigan concert Tango. If only there weren't an ocean between me and that concert...

It was fun. It was a highly low budget affair, though. I have to say, I was not impressed when I arrived to find, in place of an orchestra, a CD player with a pile of Hannigan discs sitting next to it. The actual musicians present on the night consisted of a very small choir (20 or so), one violin, one electric guitar, and one soprano soloist. They all sang along with the CD to a click track and Allan Wilson conducted. In short, a bit of a con - although it has to be said it was a free concert, and here in the UK we don't have any kind of pedigree when it comes to orchestral game concerts... so if this was a case of "testing the water" then I'm all for it. However it was performed, the music was brilliant and the atmosphere was dead on. It's a bit of a shame that the (breathtakingly beautiful) church was more than half empty; the event seems to be have been somewhat underpromoted so I'm not all that surprised. It did have a lot going for it, though.

Hannigan is a very meek chap - he seemed absolutely humiliated (and frightened half to death) to be up there in front of all those people. Very softly spoken, very nervous. Allan Wilson is an absolute gentleman - articulate, friendly, funny, enthusiastic, ridiculously clever, and skilled at condensing musical vocabulary down into layman's terms without sacrificing accuracy.

All in all, it was worth going to. Not perfect, but not bad for �0. (Well, it cost me �20 in fuel, �40 for a hotel room, �8 for parking, and seven hours driving - but the concert was free!)

Sneaky preview: Here's some of the introductory speech with the compere (didn't get his name), Allan Wilson, and a member of the choir.

http://uploadmirrors.com/download/14WWLZ6D/speech.mp3 [DISCLAIMER: NO MUSIC HERE. For interest's sake only.]

Klnerfan I love The Greatest Orchestral Anime Masterpieces

Thank you so much :-)

This piece has everything and Arnold is often overlooked in my opinion.

He is overlooked, but he wrote 11 symphonies, 9 of them numbered, and his best was Symphony No. 1. At least, I find that one the most interesting from a motivic standpoint.

Guys, maybe you'd like to check this one, score from the game Quantum Theory by Shigekiyo Okuda (have no idea who the guy is;)). The game is very bad if U believe reviews (well, I believe 'em in this case) but the score is... odd. There is a chance that some of you will like it, but it's far from being obvious. It's orchestral, at times choral, massive with lots of banging, simplicity and small amount of melodic or motivic development. But somehow it worked for me (not a big fan of mindless perc banging though). Part of me knows that it's not good, but it has interesting, dark mood and some tracks are really awesome (beginning of the album, Diablossis Soma with crazy organ and cymbals work, Resonance - I like it even if it's a Matrix rip-off). So try it if U are bored. Here's youtube sample - YouTube - Prologue (Music from Quantum Theory) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_XZh2-tC4)

Thanks to TheSkullMan for sharing it.


Quantum Theory
by Shigekiyo Okuda
mp3 192

Download QUANTUM THEORY.zip from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pcwyv0)

P.S.
Warning, score - presumably - recorded in toilet!;)

I wonder if anyone has or knows where to find a piece of revolutionary Chinese music, in orchestral form, called Battling the Typhoon, also known as Fighting the Typhoon, or The Fight with the Typhoon [战台风,or Zhan tai feng in Chinese], composed by Ms WANG Changyuan.

One version says this work was composed in 1965 shortly after a typhoon struck the Hainan Island south of China. The composer went there to participate in the work of reconstruction and composed the piece of music to describe the fighting spirit of the inhabitants. The beginning describes daily life. Then the typhoon hits the island. The storm calms down and the heavens open up with torrid rain. At last the sun breaks through the clouds and reconstruction starts.

Another version states this is a dramatic depiction of fight of the Shanghai harbour proletariat against the forces of nature, while protecting the property of the people and the Chinese communist government. Wang composed the work in 1965 while living for three months in the dormitories of the Shanghai harbour and sharing her quarters with the workers there.

I do not know which version is true, since Hainan and Shanghai are over 1,000 miles apart.

The music has the wonderful sub-title �An Exaltation of the Socialist Initiative and the Heroism of the Dockers�!

I used to have it on cassette tape, which I recorded over quarter of a century ago from British radio BBC Radio 3, in turn broadcast live from a classical concert in China. My tape has now expired before I could convert it to disc. I have found Chinese zither and piano versions, but are not quite as spine-tingling and nuanced as for full orchestra.

Any help with finding a CD or MP3-320 version would be much appreciated.

Hello Mr Yen, sir!

I don't know... but this piece sounds fascinating. Aside from the obvious workhorses (Yellow River Cantata & Concerto, Butterfly Lovers, etc) I'm not very familiar with Chinese repertoire. I'll run it past my friend at work; his mother collects Chinese classical music, I believe... It cannot hurt to ask. The guy's on holiday now but I'll ask as soon as he comes back.

As far as your cassette tape goes... are you sure it's dead? I've had some success in the past dealing with cassettes in various states of disrepair - even ones that have needed unravelling from the inside of a cassette deck and splicing back together. As long as the oxide hasn't flaked off there's usually some hope. I started making my own recordings from Radio 3 in 1995; I ended up with a few fairly unique recordings but, as you will completely understand, time (even a decade) has not been particularly kind to a few of them.

In case you haven't heard:

CONAN! COMPLETE! RE-RECORDING! - More info (http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/14468/CONAN-THE-BARBARIAN-2CD/)

Holy flurking schnit! (Pardon my Rigellian :) )

Wow that is some of the best news in the orchestral music world! Finally the music will be done justice... and there is much rejoicing lol!

Thanks TT, I look forward to your reply. The cassette tape was too damaged and have thrown it now. I managed to salvage the 7-minute finale onto MiniDisc though. The piano playing is exquisite and the orchestra superb and dramatic - amazing considering this was from when China had only recently come out of the Cultural Revolution where Western-style classical music and orchestras were banned.

Chinese Orchestral Works played by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra under CAO Peng, April 1993, Shanghai, China.

Copied from my CD, MP3-320. Track 10 is my favourite - a charming bolero.

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01. HE Luting �Evening Party� 1:54
Originally a piano piece composed in 1934 under the title of New Year Celebration. In 1940, He Luting arranged it into an orchestral piece, which was broadcast to the Soviet Union and was much appreciated. Then in 1943, the composer revised it. In 1949, he arranged six of his compositions into an orchestral suite, with Evening Party as one of its six movements. Just as the title implies, the piece describes people celebrating victory jubilantly at the evening party. The whole piece can be divided into six parts, with the later three parts repeating the former three. In the third part, the composer ingeniously introduces the rhythm of Chinese folk percussion.

02. HE Luting �Senjidma� 2:46
Composed in 1945 with a Mongolian folk song of the same theme as the material. Senjidma is the name of a legendary Mongolian girl. In 1949 the composer arranged it and five other pieces, including Evening Party, into an orchestral suite. In this piece, the composer developed the original folk-tune by means of polyphony and colourful orchestration. The whole piece can be divided into two parts. The first part is slow and tranquil just like the boundless grassland. The second part is a repetition of the same folk-tune. However, by accelerating the tempo and changing the orchestration, the piece creates a joyous festive atmosphere.

03. HE Luting �Rebirth in the Mountains� 5:10
Was originally a section of the score the composer wrote for the drama, The Siege of Qinyuan, during the War of Resistance against Japan. The drama describes the people in the country town of Qinyuan, who, with the help of the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party of China, concealed everything the enemy could eat or use and retreated into the remote mountains when faced with the invasion of the invading Japanese. The enemy entered the town, but could find nothing to live on and therefore had to withdraw from the town. Finally, the people triumphantly returned to their homeland. The piece is made up of five parts which are linked into a continuous whole: 1. Mountain Scene; 2. Rebirth in the Mountains; 3. Calm Forest; 4. Guerrillas and Civilians; 5. Epilogue.

04. HE Luting �Flute at Night in a Desolate Village� 3:59
Was originally a section of the composer's film score Spring has Arrived written in 1937. The passage was composed in the form of a duet for the flute and the English horn. Later, the composer arranged it into an independent orchestral piece.

05. HE Luting �Great World� 3:01
In 1937, at the invitation of the Star Film Company, the composer wrote scores for a number of films such as Spring has Arrived, Crisscross Streets and Street Angels. Later, he extracted a number of splendid sections from the scores and arranged them into independent orchestral pieces. Great World was one of them. It was originally an instrumental episode in the film Street Angels.

06. HE Luting �Overture� 3:28
Composed in 1935, Overture was originally a prelude to the drama Wu Zetian. The overture took the form of a quintet for piano and strings, and was entitled Buddhist Music. The composer drew material from Buddhist music, Mu Lian Rescuing Mother, for the overture. This is based on the fact that Wu Zetian, the famous empress of the Tang Dynasty, had been a Buddhist nun before she mounted the throne. Later, the quintet was arranged into an orchestral piece with the title of Overture.

07. DING Shande �Variations on a Chinese Folk Theme� 6:33
Was originally a piano piece of the same title composed in the spring of 1948, when Ding Shande was studying at the Paris Conservatoire. The theme came from the music score of a Tibetan folk-song his friend had given him as a present before the composer went abroad. The whole composition is made up of the Tibetan theme and its five variations. It is China's first set of piano variations on a folk theme. Sometimes the music sounds as graceful as a poem, and sometimes as colourful as a picture It conveys the composer's nostalgia for his motherland during his stay in France. Later, the composer orchestrated it.

08. DING Shande �Variations on a Xinjiang Folk Tune" 12:24
Variations on a lively folk-song widely popular in Xinjiang as its theme. In the form of free variation, the piece is made up of a theme and its five variations.

09. DING Shande �First Xinjiang Dance� 5:10
Was originally a piano solo composed in 1950. The musical material was taken from the music of a Xinjiang dance performed by Dai Ailian, a renowned dancer. The composition consists of three parts. The first part is a cheerful and lively dance, the middle part sounds a deeper note, while the closing part is a recapitulation of the first part with some modifications. This piece is an excellent example of the combination of the Chinese folk-tune with occidental harmony. It was later orchestrated by the composer.

10. DING Shande �Second Xinjiang Dance� 5:52
Originally a piano piece, composed in 1955. Ding Shande has great interest in Xinjiang folk-songs and has repeatedly drawn materials from them for his various forms of compositions. The music is exquisitely lyrical and unrestrainedly ardent. By combining a variety of chords, modality and tonality, it expresses the Xinjiang people's happy life, full of song and dance. The Soviet conductor, Zhilichyev, who was giving lectures in China from 1957 to 1958, showed such interest in the piece that he orchestrated it.

11. HUANG Zi �In Memoriam� 13:08
The single-movement overture In Memoriam, in sonata form, was Huang Zi's graduation piece when he finished his studies at the Music School of Yale University. It is also China's very first grand symphonic orchestral work, winning international acclaim in the history of Chinese music. The piece was finished on 13th March, 1929, and was successfully premiered at the graduation concert of Yale University on 31st May of the same year. Huang Zi composed In Memoriam in commemoration of Hu Yongfu, his friend. The music is imbued with a strong romantic flavour and a touching tragic colour.

12. HUANG Zi �Metropolitan Scene Fantasia� 2:13
Originally composed by Huang Zi as the title score of a progressive film, Metropolitan Scene, which was co-scored by Huang Zi, Zhao Yuanren and He Luting in 1935. This fantasia reflected the composer's democratic spirit and his sense of national justice. In addition, the composer made some exploration of orchestral technique.

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WOW thanks for this great Music Yen :)

He is overlooked, but he wrote 11 symphonies, 9 of them numbered, and his best was Symphony No. 1. At least, I find that one the most interesting from a motivic standpoint.

I sad to say, I am not terribly familiar with Symphony No. 1. I'll have to listen in greater detail soon.

In case you haven't heard:

CONAN! COMPLETE! RE-RECORDING! - More info (http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/14468/CONAN-THE-BARBARIAN-2CD/)

Holy flurking schnit! (Pardon my Rigellian :) )

:colbert:

This score really deserves such a nice treatment. I was cautious at first, because I've heard in the past some pieces by Raine and the PPO more than disappointing: listen to Titanic: The Essential James Horner Film Music Collection for instance: Glory was massacred! However, after having listened to the Youtube sample of Conan, it's pretty promising, quite respectful of the original work (3:35 could have been more energetic, though), if you forget the fact that the choir is absent, but maybe it'll be added later.

If the re-recording is successful, this could litterally be the greatest album published this year for orchestral film music fans!



Chinese Orchestral Works played by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra under CAO Peng, April 1993, Shanghai, China.

Stunning post!

Not familiar at all with chinese orchestral music, I'm very eager to correct my shameful lack of culture in this domain, because, when you start a thread about orchestral music, it's a bit embarrassing to not being able to quote, say five orchestral composers from China, isn't it?

Your contribution is the occasion to do that. Thanks a lot, and bravo for the detailed notes about each track. I don't know where you got all these informations from, but they sure help to better understand each piece.



I can also upload the rest of Reed's Symphony for Brass and Percussion and the Malcolm Arnold Overtures if you are interested.

Please do! These 2 pieces, along with the Mahler one, were the ones I didn't know in your compilation (which by the way totally rocks), so I particularly focused on them. "Peterloo Overture" shows some astounding similarities with John Williams (one more proof that Williams isn't so original, after all). "Symphony For Brass & Percussion Mvt. III" is rythmically fascinating, I love the way it develops its motifs. "Symphony No. 7 Mvt. V" would be too long to comment accurately, but you can't go wrong with Mahler! The style is very Beethovenian to me in this piece - BTW, Beethoven also has some great percussion writing, like the more than famous Symphony No. 5 Mvt. 1 for instance.

I'd be quite interested in hearing more Reed and Arnold, so I'd really appreciate if you could post some.



Thanks for the Ben Hur Chariot Race by Carl Davis. Are there any more uploads of his music (I used to have an old LP of his soundtrack to the TV series 'Hollywood' that was quite wonderful)? I've heard his more recent ballets like Aladdin are also very good.

I'm pretty certain that more Davis has been posted in this thread. I suggest you make some researchs, you could get lucky (don't know if links are alive, though).

For anyone on the fence about the new Conan recording, I've posted a file containing the last 45 seconds of "Anvil of Crom," both the original and the Tadlow recordings, back-to-back, in that order:

Anvil of Crom comparison - Multiupload (http://www.multiupload.com/B1ILVROYTC)

You can hear in the original how the orchestra seems to be struggling and the decent, but nothing spectacular soundstage, while the Tadlow sounds crisp and highly detailed; a lot more of the complexity of Poledouris's music is audible here. Also noticeable is a difference in orchestration: the brass run toward the end is transposed mostly to the strings for the Tadlow recording. As the Tadlow is supposed to represent the composer's original intentions and the apparent burying of the strings in the original track's mix, it seems likely that this change was one necessitated by Poledouris being unhappy with the original string section and their performance. I personally find it to be an improvement, bringing a greater sense of variation in the development of the piece, but I could also understand why someone could be partial to the original brass treatment.

I feel this small, direct comparison provides a good sense of what you're in for: better sonics, stronger performance, and slight differences. These differences may keep it from reaching definitive status for those less open to interpretation, but I couldn't be happier that I made this purchase.

Part six won't download. Every time you click the download link, the page merely refreshes.

Here is a great video from a new Brian Tyler score that sounds way better than most of his recent scores. I wouldn't know it is Tyler!
YouTube - The Music from Lego Universe - Brian Tyler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz9XDynOdgM)

After waiting several hours, part six finally downloaded.

Part six won't download. Every time you click the download link, the page merely refreshes.

It appears your problem resolved, which is good. However, next time you might want to quote or be more specific as to what you are referring, because I have no idea what you were asking about and thusly had no idea how to help you.

Please do! "Symphony For Brass & Percussion Mvt. III" is rythmically fascinating, I love the way it develops its motifs.
Alright I should at least have the Alfred Reed up later tonight. :)

Isn't this awesome, or what!

Warner Brothers Records is working on a releasing a special compilation with Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, celebrating the success of their 25 year collaboration efforts. To honor their achievements, we will be releasing the Danny Elfman & Tim Burton Music Box containing: 16 CD Music Library of Burton/Elfman film collaborations, each with Burton artwork; unreleased music and expanded soundtracks, a hard cover book with photos, stories and interviews including a forward by Johnny Depp, an exclusive Bonus DVD of Burton and Elfman reflecting on their quarter-century partnership; a skeleton key USB flash drive which unlocks exclusive “music box suites” by Elfman; and a collectable Zoetrope Box complete with a working Zoetrope, featuring artwork by Burton and Elfman and an exclusive music box chip playing a newly created recording by Elfman.

The Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box (http://www.burtonelfman.com/)

Hope someone rips it...

Thank you for the link, I just pre-ordered it. I don't usually buy this kind of limited special editions, but the Zoetrope Box with music-box tracks by Danny Elfman, the CDs with unreleased tracks and all the additional content created by two of my favorite film-makers/composers make this limited edition something really special.

While it's awesomely incredible release (Elfman&Burton) and would love to have one, the price killed me. 500$? It's my monthly salary! xD

I just want the flash drive.

@Sirusjr: HOLY CRAP !!! ... this can't be Tyler ... what happened, did he discover his inner genius or something ?

@Sirusjr: HOLY CRAP !!! ... this can't be Tyler ... what happened, did he discover his inner genius or something ?

Maybe he just had freedom to be creative without the constraints of producers :)

I agree to the holy crap statement. I'm not sure I believe that is Tyler's writing yet :P

Yea, this sounds amazing. Need to rip the music ASAP.

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Thank you for the link, I just pre-ordered it. I don't usually buy this kind of limited special editions, but the Zoetrope Box with music-box tracks by Danny Elfman, the CDs with unreleased tracks and all the additional content created by two of my favorite film-makers/composers make this limited edition something really special.

Amazing collectors item there. I envy you, it's just too expensive for me. For that kind of money, I'd want it signed to me by them both. Maybe then I could justify it. Probably not. Sigh... :)

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Thank you for the link, I just pre-ordered it. I don't usually buy this kind of limited special editions, but the Zoetrope Box with music-box tracks by Danny Elfman, the CDs with unreleased tracks and all the additional content created by two of my favorite film-makers/composers make this limited edition something really special.

Amazing collectors item there. I envy you, it's just too expensive for me. For that kind of money, I'd want it signed to me by them both. Maybe then I could justify it. Probably not. Sigh... :)

Something important: Tango and a few others are desperatly trying to stop the stupidity that will shut down this board if no one stops it. Recently many score from small labels are being posted in the filmscore section and I don't understand why common sense does not apply to some people.
I believe this is a problem greater than the shrine. It's the general believe of many people here that you can get ANYTHING for free on the internet without consequences and that you OWN the music you share on this board.
I hope this turn of events will eventually stop, otherwise I am really concerned about the future of this thread and the shrine in general.

Say what you will but I liked the old shrine system better. Splitting up the music boards was a bad idea in retrospect.
Now the attention (and conflict) is concentrated in the filmscore board and many people from other sharing sites have "spammed" the board beyond believe and since the shrine is famous (known by musicians, composers and producers), these "violations" of the FFS rules have turned the filmscore board into a powder keg.

I agree with that 100%, and not just because it contained praise for my activities.

Though I supported the new structure of the download section when it came in, I have to concede that, although it was a good idea in theory, it is not working out. It is stealthily turning the Shrine into a simple piracy repository. Albums that could once be shared quietly and in relative privacy, are now fully indexed and loudly trumpeted on the front page. It's not about discovery or comrarderie any more; it's about getting as much free stuff as humanly possible in as little time as possible.

Posting these small label releases - in addition to being morally indefensible - is a sign of a complete lack of common sense on the part of the posters. It isn't enough to rob these people; the thefts have to happen under their very noses. The failure to understand that a release such as Conan did not just miraculously manifest itself into reality - humans spent vast sums of their own money on the project and for them, every sale has a tangible and very direct impact on their lives. Though piracy of foreign albums, out of print music, releases from large labels, etc, is still wrong from a legal perspective, it is at least not screwing individuals out of their own money.

I have tried to buy CDs from Japan in the past and been told by the distributors, in no uncertain terms, to sod off because they are unable (unwilling?) to sell outside of Japan. I offered them money and they turned me down. Why? They don't care. You can bet that Giant Robo sold fifty trillion copies in Japan and by and large they are only concerned with their domestic markets. There is a reason why fansubs exist and anime music sharing communities continue to run in relative peace; the companies concerned are not financially threatened by their activities. If I phoned up Masamichi Amano and told him a few hundred Westerners got a copy of an album he released twenty years ago that's now out of print and has been unavailable outside of Japan since 1998, without paying for it... do you think he would give a flying toss? He might be amused - perhaps even pleased that his work had travelled so far, but what else? Do you think his record company would care either? Of course not.

Contrast that with the two recent contentious uploads here - the Ron Jones box and Conan. The RJ box was a labour of love. It wasn't a sure seller, it wasn't a money spinner, and it wasn't a holy grail. Lukas knew full well he was taking a risk. He invested his own money and time to make it happen. By downloading it you are literally taking money straight out of his pocket and food out of the mouths of his family. Is it any wonder he was angry? And Conan - well, it's a foul-up of a release, but somebody went to all that effort to track down the scores (with the help of Poledouris' family) and produce new parts, hire 200 musicians and record two hours of music. That sort of thing costs a lot of money and is not something you can rustle up one evening while you're idly watching the box. It is another labour of love. It is easy to obtain, and it's cheap as bloody hell for what it is - �15 to hear �100,000 worth of recording?

You can just tell that people were sitting around here with their fingers hovering over the "Buy Now" button on Tadlow's website, thinking "If somebody uploads this thing, I can save a few quid." Sure, maybe a few people would have downloaded it and thought "Wow, this is great - I'll buy it now" but let's not beat about the bush; for every one individual doing that, there are ten more who think "HAHAHA I got it free!" and pat themselves on the back for their own ingenuity.

Why can people not see the distinction here? Well, I know the good people in this thread (which is feeling more and more like a fish out of water virtually by the hour) understand, but it is a frightening concept that most people on the forum - and indeed on the Internet at large, don't... either because they're outright dumb, or they just don't care. They want what they want, they want it now and to hell with the consequences - what matters is that they get what they want right now at this very second.

Sorry folks - rant over. Peace and goodnight. :)

Well to some extent I agree but then where do you draw the line? If we say "yes now don't post Tadlow" and even "don't post Tribute" then are we also going to complain when a new Intrada or La La Land is posted? What about the smaller labels that have come out recently and are releasing new scores from recent films? I believe there should still be a level of promotion even if we aren't posting them because many who don't refresh SAE daily or lurk at FSM may not have known Conan was even released. Surely those people can't be a lost sale.

In any event, I give you a taste of something I purchased recently. I would post the full album but I think this youtube video gives enough of a taste to decide if this marvelous album is for you.
YouTube - The Film & TV Music of Christopher Gunning (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQavWuRRmsM&feature=share)
This is from The Film and Television Music of Christopher Gunning, recently released by Chandos in their Film Music series. The music is performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Rumon Gamba. In classic Chandos manner, you can either buy this on a CD or through theclassicshop in digital download lossless format.

I also agree that things have gotten out of hand of late with this forum. Reading some of the postings in either Conan thread begging for it to be posted have, frankly, appalled me. We've all "pirated" here; I have no illusions about that. But I thought this place, particularly this thread, wasn't merely about posting the latest and greatest and hoarding it.

I found the Shrine years ago looking for a particular game album; I'm not sure which, but I was a sophomore in college and had little money to import $60 albums from Japan. So I downloaded it. I'd check back in every few months but paid little attention to it and very rarely downloaded anything. Last fall, after I had graduated and was looking in vain for work, I found the Orchestral thread. At first I was interested in sampling music, but quickly I became more interested in the discussion around the music, primarily from Tango, arthierr, Lens, the usual suspects. Truth be told, film -- and even concert orchestral -- music is not a popular subject amongst many of my personal friends, so it was something of a shock to read the posts that were written here; these were the types of discussions I had always wanted to engage in! So I decided to engage, overcome my proclivity towards shyness and share something. It was quite intimidating but also exciting. I posted that Takemitsu album and have mostly greatly enjoyed my time as a participant on the forum over the past year.

When I've chosen to post something, I've tried to pick albums that were fairly niche; I don't think that Takemitsu or Turangalila put together were downloaded a hundred times, maybe not even fifty. Same with the Bach/Brubeck album. Or something that I thought was relevant, such as the Romeo & Juliet, and my amateur butchery of Aquarion into a "symphony." Or something that was out-of-print and too beautiful to not be shared, like Kamen's New Moon symphony. Excepting possibly the Aquarion (because of Kanno's own popularity here), I would be shocked if any of these were tremendously popular. They weren't uploaded to be hoarded; they were to be shared among friends separated by continents and oceans. None of these were new. And when I found something that I liked, I made an effort to seek it out and acquire a physical copy of it. Part of that drive is because I personally like having the case on my shelf and browsing through the booklet, and part of it is because I believe that it is right and proper to reward good product.

I had absolutely no interest and did not touch the Ron Jones set when it was posted here. However, I will admit that I downloaded the Tadlow Lawrence. While I love the film, I'm not particularly fond of Maurice Jarre's music; I enjoy his theme for Lawrence, but the prospect of listening to the whole score of that film is not particularly appealing to me. I guess maybe I thought a new, sparkling digital recording would reveal something I had previously overlooked, and figured that since the entire album is available, why not download that instead of listen to a handful of samples? So I downloaded it, listened to a couple tracks, and deleted it. I'm still not fond of the score as a whole, and I didn't care for the album. I figured that Tadlow didn't lose a sale because I wouldn't have purchased the album on impulse; it was curiosity. At the same time, I suppose one could call me a hypocrite for now opposing the posting of items from Intrada, FSM, Tadlow, or any of the other small specialty labels. I can't necessarily disagree, although I would say that the incident involving the Ron Jones set served as a wake-up call and I've simply become more aware of what is going on. I was reminded of the pathetic behavior surrounding the 5-cd Avatar thread, and how people were practically rioting (as far as one can riot on an internet message board) because it wasn't posted fast enough -- over Avatar, of all things!

The trouble with my assumption about Lawrence was that I had only accounted for myself in my justification for downloading it; while I could perhaps justify my own actions as "borrowing" the album, what about the people who kept it? And not only kept it, but refused to purchase it? Tadlow isn't Sony Music, after all; they can't really "eat" any losses and continue to survive. The same with FSM and their box set. These companies are really the lifelines for this kind of music being released and if people keep sharing them recklessly, soundtrack albums WILL CEASE TO EXIST. Just this past weekend, I saw that my local record store stopped carrying ALL film soundtracks, not just scores. The local Best Buy satisfies itself with Twilight and Glee albums, and that's it. With this kind of behavior, we are a self-cannibalizing fanbase -- we are bringing about the death of our beloved albums.

I have no problems if something is posted that is extraordinarily rare (Tango's euphonium concerto share), out-of-print, or has been released for years and years. But Conan wasn't even ANNOUNCED until a week ago today. My copy, ordered that same day, arrived on Friday evening. The album, the likes of which has been anticipated for decades, isn't even a week old and people are already sniping about how it's their right to own it for absolutely nothing. This was a tribute to a fallen great composer released almost exactly four years after his death, the realization of a wish Poledouris was never able to fulfill himself, and (for myself minor) audio quality issues aside, it is tremendous. Exactly the sort of thing we, as lovers of this music, should be encouraging more of. Instead, a bunch of us are acting like total bastards and insisting that this music be transported, instantly and forever, to rot on their hard drives as the standard in some kind of music geek c*ck-size contest. It is utterly disgusting.

I'm grateful that the links to download the album were removed. I also believe that all the specialty labels should be off limits, period. We can discuss them, we can even post samples (gods help Naota if someone post an edited suite for discussion, j/k), but the albums proper should not be shared. It is wrong and destructive.

There's a morally responsible way to share, not hoard, this music we love. And then there's the cesspool of entitlement into which this forum (not our thread, as far as I can tell) has devolved.

That's pretty much where I stand on all of this. I'm not sure if I'm a hypocrite or not, but I do think I can distinguish right from wrong and there's been an awful lot of wrong here lately. And Tango is right; the Ron Jones spectacle has brought the eyes of all the specialty labels down upon this forum. If this kind of crap keeps up, it's only a matter of time.

Gods, I feel like I ripped this speech out of a Roland Emmerich movie.


...are we also going to complain when a new Intrada or La La Land is posted?

Frankly, yes, at least until it goes out-of-print or has long been in release. We can talk about it, even post snippets, but it shouldn't be shared as a whole while the label can still recover as much of their costs as possible.

I don't believe that the doomsday predictions you present here are accurate Tazer. These labels have been releasing music far before the posters here even knew this existed. At a minimum we are growing the market by exposing these people to music they might not have known of. Sure some people may be soundtrack fans and come here to download Conan but if it isn't posted here, it will be posted at some other web site. Works of many composers including Poledouris and Goldsmith are acquired tastes and may not be immediately interesting to people. I think including information in any thread about the small nature of the labels who released music would be all we can do to suggest people support the labels. There may also be a number of users who are on here because they don't have money for releases right now but then could go back and buy the ones they loved once they have the cash. I've seen Jakob here post about how he bought a number of scores he was introduced to here. We can't control the actions of others but considering the recent glut of the film music market, it is just as likely poor sales are due to too many releases more than anything.

There may also be a number of users who are on here because they don't have money for releases right now but then could go back and buy the ones they loved once they have the cash. I've seen Jakob here post about how he bought a number of scores he was introduced to here. We can't control the actions of others but considering the recent glut of the film music market, it is just as likely poor sales are due to too many releases more than anything.

I agree that the recent explosion in releases isn't helping matters, and I've certainly bought albums I've been introduced to here. I was going to make that post in the Conan thread but it was already closed; the behavior I'm decrying really hasn't yet infiltrated this thread, as far as I can see. But we don't have to post an entire album to generate interest, and while a few of us may be motivated to make a purchase after an upload, what about the dozens or even hundreds (likely with a release as popular as Conan) who just want to add the next hot release to their collection? It may be likely that such people wouldn't make a purchase anyway, but let's not be delusional; there will be some lost sales.

The change in the forum's format is also to blame; specialty shares that would have been confined to a particular thread are now easily visible for all to see. Perhaps to offset this, we could PM full albums for those we trust to behave responsibly? (Of course, then the question becomes how to determine such a thing?)

And while releases will likely be shared elsewhere, we can still at least attempt to maintain our own responsibility. It's like recycling; sure, if you view it as saving the world all by yourself, it seems pointless, but we can at least do our part to stem the tide.


I don't believe that the doomsday predictions you present here are accurate Tazer.

I am a bit of a pessimist. ;) But make no mistake -- these are fragile times and at least some of these labels are fighting for their lives.

I believe this thread has shown that the majority of the people here actually helped the music labels instead of harming them.
The problem I have before I can buy a score CD is that I don't know what to expect from every track and if it's worth my money. Samples are sometimes not a good indication to judge a score so I appreciate it if people on this board provide an excellent "sample" of such a score.
But MP3 should be good enough for that. Loseless is unnecessary for me when I simply want to decide to buy a score or not. The exception are of course sold out or hard to get CDs, gamerips or concert-recordings.
My problem is that on this board certain (also some important) people have already explained in detail why some scores should NOT be posted since this actually harms people more than it is helping them.
Everything else on this board should be fine, especially the posting of full scores since I don't want to buy a CD just for a few tracks.

Anyway, back to normal activity: I have some surprises in my pocket to help us all "relax" and to lighten up the mood a bit. It will take awhile to upload though.

SONIC COLOURS
Orchestral Sampler



MP3-320 / 19MB
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites! (http://www.multiupload.com/FVIT3PN71Z)

For those who want a bite-size chunk of the orchestral material for Sonic's latest outing. I believe these were recorded once again in Amsterdam and a full 82 track OST is due in December. Perhaps that will feature a more fleshed-out presentation? Composers are listed as follows, but god knows who handled the orchestral tracks: Jun Senoue, Tomoya Ohtani, Mariko Nanba, Kenichi Tokoi, Fumie Kumatani, Takahito Eguchi, Hideki Kobayashi. The other short jingles are mostly fragments of the main theme so I left them out. There's a nice surprise for retro Sonic fans too ;)

Thanks go to !!!!! for the rip :)

This is unnecessarily good music... Thank you so much!

Takahito Eguchi I think is the most likely candidate.

When you say recorded "once again" in Amsterdam, what other games are you referring to? I know Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics was recorded in Amsterdam (with a frighteningly small orchestra) but the only other Sonic game I know of with orchestral music (Sonic World Adventures in 2008) was recorded in Tokyo. This doesn't sound like any Japanese recording studio, and it sounds too big to be the old 30 piece 'Dam band.

[Edit: But there are little things in there that suggest it may be the same people... Surely Larry Hochman didn't orchestrate this as well?]

I was thinking of the Winter Olympics. It has has a very similar sound (a good thing in my book). I don't know the Sonic World Adventures music, or the game for that matter.. is it the DS one?

Ed - ah, aka Sonic Unleashed.

Ah, great! I was thinking of just posting the whole gamerip of Sonic Colors, but that pack serves the thread much better. Thanks, Lens! I've been enjoying this soundtrack for a couple days, and it is quite fun. I'm looking forward to the game itself as well!

Ah, great! I was thinking of just posting the whole gamerip of Sonic Colors, but that pack serves the thread much better. Thanks, Lens! I've been enjoying this soundtrack for a couple days, and it is quite fun. I'm looking forward to the game itself as well!

Yes, the whole soundtrack is a real return to form for Sonic! And the game is getting pretty good reviews :)

Arghhh I'm trying to save money and keep off the games at the mo, but it's not working! I even bought Goldeneye, and now this looks like a must, aaand of course EPIC MICKEY and Donkey Kong :S

Wow! Count me as impressed with the sonic colors. I wasn't expecting that, quite charming.
I too suspect Eguchi as being the guy behind the orchestral pieces.



Alfred Reed
Symphony for Brass & Percussion


Sample (http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/6/24/2487612//03 Symphony for Brass and Percussion - Mvt. III.mp3)

Multiupload Link (http://www.multiupload.com/LPS44N1GBY)

The third movement was part of my good percussion writing compilation. Here is the full work.
(for some reason there is a gain attached to the files which can cause some distortion on big chords.
If you hear it, just drag the gain slider down in whatever you are using to listen to no gain and it dissappears
I can always upload a fixed version if you can't figure out how to do that)

Sonic Colours is indeed pure joy. I'm interested how much of orchestral music is on the OST? Cause I really like what I hear here. Nice little (even if big in sound) score:).

And guys, you may want to try new Richard Jacques score James Bond 007: Blood Stone. It is pretty solid orchestral action score with bondish feel (surprise!;)) and lots of electronica (another surprise?;)). I'm not a big action music fan, but this is something I really like. I know that some of you don't like Jacques very much, but I guess it's worth a try.

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Guys, I was just watching the Great Train Robbery on youtube (thanks to rotten tomatoes) and one thing struck me - the score. I know it's not score for this particular movie, it doesn't even fit there for most the time imo but... what is this piece of music? Someone can help? Cause I found it really beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7wWOmEGGY&feature=player_embedded#!

A bit of new info on Sonic Colours...

The orchestra is FORTY PLAYERS, and the music was indeed orchestrated and conducted by Larry Hochman. If anybody was ever in any doubt as to the importance of orchestration, a good quality recording, and an appropriate sized studio, this should dispel those doubts. Compare the sound of this orchestra to the Super Mario Galaxy 2 orchestra - bearing in mind that SMG2 has a 60 piece orchestra!

herbaciak: I suspect that's about it give or take a handful of shorter variations on the main theme. The tradition is only about ten minutes of orchestral recording (which fits nicely into the minimum session length of three hours). Shame. But great stuff nevertheless.

Sonic is indeed great stuff. Maybe a full gamescore next time, who knows.

My uploads will take (far) longer than expected so here is something else instead:

A music collection from an Anime series. Some beautiful melodies, mainly piano and strings with synth.
A certain videogame inspired me to do this

Zero's Epic Familiar



Piano / Strings / Synth / Guitar / Relaxing

Download Link (http://www.mediafire.com/file/5vthqr595hyq1t0/Zero%20no%20Tsukaima.7z)
MP3 / 320kbps/ 32 Tracks

Guess what I took for inspiration ;)

By a request placed on another thread, i shared the soundtrack of Iceman by Bruce Smeaton.
It's a rather unknow score i guess, so i thought that it should be mentioned in the orchestral thread. Note the presence of the shakuhachi in almost every track, and how it carries the beautiful main theme along the score.
Enjoy.





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Guys you need to see this ! Majin And The Forsaken Kingdom Video Game, Behind The Game Part IV: The Music Of Majin | Video Clip | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/behind-the-majin-and/707346)

It's motherfucking SAHASHI back in London scoring an action-adventure game with hours of music

EDIT: So it's not a JRPG, thanks Siriusjr for pointing that out, now I'm slightly interessted in the game itself.

Hmm... it's on the cheap, somewhat, and at the same time this makes no sense whatsoever... No LSO this time around.

Sahashi recorded the brass (and woodwinds) in London and then went back to Tokyo for the strings. What in the hell is that about? Not that I disagree with his comments about British brass (the brass band is, after all, an inseperable part of our cultural identity - or at least what cultural identify we have left) but I cannot begin to understand what logic dictates travelling 7000 miles to record some brass, and then going back home again for the rest. Absolute unmitigated insanity. Not that I'm complaining at the thought of Sahashi back in London for a FORTH time, you understand. I'm just having a lot of trouble picking apart the logic here. As far as I know, it's absolutely unprececented to record an orchestra in two halves in two different countries and glue it together later. Damn you for making me think that he was recording with the London Symphony again! ;)

That, and I have to say I'm not really feeling this music; dodgy electronic ethnic percussion does not do it for me... Here's hoping there's a nice chunk of pure symphonic material in there as well. :)

Thanks for the info, fascinating stuff. :)

Could this be the first

Well I take anything from Sahashi I can get, he "never" dissapointed me before so I hope this one will be great as well.
At first I also thought he would be with the LSO again but his way of scoring the damn thing doesn't make sense to me.
Is a recording with the LSO more expensive than traveling around the world recording at two different studios ?

If you've gone ALL THAT WAY anyway, I can't see the price difference being all that much. The LSO is expensive, but I would guess that once you've factored in the travel expense (they're all travelling first class, no doubt - so that'll be a few thousand PER PERSON just to get there. Then they need accomodation, translators, tour guide, etc, etc, etc...) and the rest of it... it surely can't be *THAT* much cheaper to be worth going back to Tokyo with some shitty freelance string ensemble in that God awful Sound Inn studio...

They could've just contracted an average London orchestra and recorded them in Air... it's not like the LSO and Abbey Road are the only choices in London - there are literally dozens of choices... they could have even had one of the BBC orchestras. Hell, they could've done it in Cardiff with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales! They could've recorded it in my bedroom and it would've sounded better than Sound Inn...

Unless they got the Tokyo string section for a song... this is just madness. Wonderful madness... but madness.

If I were in charge of the budget, I certainly wouldn't authorise this! I'd say "Do the whole lot in Tokyo or do the whole lot in London. If the LSO costs too much see how much the BBC Philharmonic want. If THEY cost too much do it in Warsaw."

Methinks Sahashi and his mates just wanted another holiday in England and managed to trick Bandai into it... ;)

Sahashi must be one hell of a twisted genius :D

I have to share with you a wonderful clip from the upcoming Tribute re-recording of Don Juan!
YouTube - The Adventures of Don Juan - Procession into London (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh815rjqScE&feature=player_embedded#)!
I'm really looking forward to another fantastic recording by Tribute!

EDIT: I also have to disagree with Tango on Majin although I should note Klnerfan, it is NOT a JRPG but an action/adventure. Either way, I am very much looking forward to this score :D

I'm looking forward to it too... all I said was that I didn't like the track that dominated the trailer and that I was disappointed that this wasn't another LSO recording... ;)

Hi everyone!

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings upon our return, but having listened to samples of Goldenthal’s The Tempest via his facebook page, I’d have to say it’s a whopping disappointment... possibly bigger than Avatar!

Generic rock guitar droning, ambience and overwrought vocals are the order of the day.

Now it should be emphasised that this is an extremely musical play – not least because of all little songs and the masque conjured in Act IV, but also the elemental mise en scene, the sorcery, the mythology, the intimate character relationships. Prospero is, after all, an artist, a composer, a manipulator. What better way to suggest all these themes, with both power and understatement, than with music!

And what does Goldenthal give us? Nondescript electric guitar twangs and pulses :(

Yeah the forum is back

Now for something more positive :)

After the recent episode of Star Driver I can definetly say the music is amazing, the best anime score of 2010 for me.

I'm rather enjoying Star Driver too, and I don't disagree that it's one of the best anime scores of the year... though this year has been utterly dreadful so that's not much of a yardstick.

It's nice to see a relatively untested, younger composer turning out a traditional orchestral score, though... Can't wait for the soundtrack release.

Ah sweet, place is back online :)

I really need to check out this Star Driver series you guys keep mentioning....

The series is certainly not for everyone, if you know Utena then you might know what to expect but at least it has very high production values and the music is definetly the highlight of the show YouTube - Haruka Tomatsu - Monochrome (SFX!) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk33yMqnYZQ)

Jesus Aitch Christ... if I could find someone to go with me, I'd go to that Hannigan concert in a heartbeat. Looks absolutely splendid. I'll even give a lift to anybody who lives between London and Nottingham.

Hi TT,
A week ago I emailed you photos of the concert inside the church but didn�t get a reply. Just wondered if you got them. The photos of the score will help you identify the tracks.
Regards,
Yen
201011162028

So I have a general orchestral question that may show my ignorance. I have been listening to a few large scores that I know have big orchestras because I am told they do but I notice that most of the time each instrument is playing the same part so all the violins are playing the same thing at one time or all the clarinets etc. So I wonder, why do people even bother recording with more than one instrument per section if they are all playing the same thing? Does it really make a big difference in the loudness of a section?

It's not so much the loudness (you can fix that in the mix) as it is the texture. Particularly in the strings - there's a massive difference in the way one violin sounds and fifty violins sound - even if they're playing the same note. If you have a tiny string section, you'll notice it. Lushness falls away quite quickly and you end up with a more chamber-music sound... which is lovely sometimes, but if you want to do a big soaring melody you're going to need a decent number of players. Usually if they have to cut numbers, it'll be in the lower instruments - so you might have 10 first violins, 8 seconds, 6 violas, 3 celli, and one bass. Theory says that the ear listens from the top down.

Also, don't forget that whilst there are indeed times when a whole section is playing the same note, that's not always the case. It's not uncommon for the sections to get divided up twice, thrice, four times or even more. Listen to some of those sweet saccharine string arrangements in some golden age scores. If you've got 6 violins, and you run into a divisi section, you're screwed - your string section disappears and you're left with a violin duo! ;)

(Even in some of my own rubbish music, I've ended up with multilple subdivisions with eight different notes for the violins simultaneously- so four subsections within each section, two for the violas, etc. That is a pain in the arse when you're printing out parts... and it makes the conductors score look a bit crowded too...) [Let's not talk about the fact that any bowed string instrument can play more than one note at the same time with one player... but obviously not so with woodwinds and brass instruments....]

Less so with other instruments - if you've got four clarinets, you'll usually find that each one has something different to do; at least that's my experience. Sometimes you'll want to go for a particular effect and you'll have everybody playing the same note, but the normal order of business is to have everybody playing something different - to create chords and/or counterpoint. Building up woodwind parts is spectacularly difficult - working out which notes should go to which instruments, who should be doubling, who should be soloing, who should be taking the dominant key... it's why so many woodwind parts sound like shit nowadays... ;)

And brass, well, Zimmer Co will usually have a bunch of horns playing the same thing... But most real composers won't do that! (Jerry liked his horn and trumpet unisons - and he liked his string unisons... There's always an exception to the rule...!)

It's often pretty difficult to "hear through" the sound of everybody playing together and just filter out the instrument you want to analyse. I'm often surprised when I find out how much more complicated something actually is than how it sounds.

Sorry if that all sounds like shit. I'm tired and drugged up to my eyes on flu medicine... :)

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hI Yen :)

Sorry, I've been a bit sick this last week or so and haven't been properly keeping up with my email. Sincerest apologies. :)

Pictures & other details received & recording nearly finished. I'll drop you an email tomorrow with a bit more. I'm pooped now....

Thanks for the reply. I also wanted to draw attention here to a sale going on with FSM lately. Three of the titles stuck out at me as orchestral and up my alley so I'm ordering them right away!
THE PRODIGAL
Bronislau Kaper
$9.95
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SCARAMOUCHE
Victor Young
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Arthur B. Rubinstein
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Sirus, it is balance a bit and it is texture a bit, like tangotreats said. Lets not forget though, that one or two french horns can overpower an entire orchestra (and probably a couple of trombones as well) , so balance is definitely a factor unless you're recording everyone in separate rooms. You can only fix balance so much. However, I will say that a large string section makes a very pretty sound. Mercury from The Planets is a great example, which is just beautiful when the violins have that unison melody in the climax of the piece, then the horns come in over the top... :) YouTube - Gustav Holst - The Planets Op.32 Mercury, the Winged Messeng (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yIKu3LSwcE) Listen from 1:00-2:00 and you will definitely notice the difference from the melody represented by solo violin then played by more and more then finally ALL OF THEM. I will say that sections of a single woodwind instrument playing in unison is more common in wind band writing, as there tend to be much larger woodwind sections that basically perform the function of the string section in a traditional orchestra.

This is also somewhat relevant. Unisons between instruments can also be a very very nice tool to create different sounds. A great blend between two or more instruments can almost seems to make a new instrument. Trumpet and horn unisons are probably the best example of this as you will find in Goldsmith and definitely in Copland among others. Even things like bassoon-cello-trombone can sound very nice in unison. Also, divisi within a section is terrific as tango noted. I love the divided bassoon line (then handed to other woodwinds ) in the beginning of the second movement of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra for this: YouTube - B�la Bart�k - (2/5) Concerto for Orchestra Sz. 116 - II. Presentando le coppie (Mehta) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDqWnTLQiIc&feature=related)

Hopefully that was helpful ;)

Thanks for the reply. I also wanted to draw attention here to a sale going on with FSM lately. Three of the titles stuck out at me as orchestral and up my alley so I'm ordering them right away!
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I'm nabbing The Prodigal

I agree with you kinerfan about Star Driver.
I like both music and the story ;) And the Monochrome Song is the best of all!

Ah and the Forum is finally back :)

Hi everyone!

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings upon our return, but having listened to samples of Goldenthal’s The Tempest via his facebook page, I’d have to say it’s a whopping disappointment... possibly bigger than Avatar!

Generic rock guitar droning, ambience and overwrought vocals are the order of the day.

Now it should be emphasised that this is an extremely musical play – not least because of all little songs and the masque conjured in Act IV, but also the elemental mise en scene, the sorcery, the mythology, the intimate character relationships. Prospero is, after all, an artist, a composer, a manipulator. What better way to suggest all these themes, with both power and understatement, than with music!

And what does Goldenthal give us? Nondescript electric guitar twangs and pulses :(

I completely forgot about this. Is there a score release?

Goldenthal has given us many duds: sometimes as single tracks in a score, sometimes as overall scores. It's a shame if something with such epic possibilities as "The Tempest" has to be a dud. Hopefully he hasn't succumbed to the "can do no wrong" mentality composers in the movie business tend to develop.

James Hannigan - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Custom sampler from game rip)
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There were a ton of files in the rip and a lot of them sounded really strange for an orchestra. I tried to pick out the ones that sounded the most natural and that were the most melodic. There were quite a few typical atmospheric horror pieces and some really strange ones that sounded like they took some of the orchestra here and slowed it down while adding synth. I don't suggest you bother with the full game rip.

The score for part 1 is not as good as I expected.
I guess the producers are to blame for changing the game to a linear shooter with no exploration and very little exposition. It certainly diminishes Hannigan's vision of the music.
Most of the gamerip stuff are tension and action tracks and almost nothing inbetween.
I also believe someone fucked up with the music. It sounds as if the orchestra was recored with a mobile phone.
There is also nothing "magical" about this score. Maybe part 2 has all the good stuff but I'm dissapointed.
Splitting the movie and the game in two parts made no sense at all since they are still cutting out major plot points from the book (just for the sake of it) and there is no tension, drama or climax. It just ends. The same with the music.

Where is the Main Theme from the concert ?

Splitting the movie and the game in two parts made no sense at all since they are still cutting out major plot points from the book (just for the sake of it) and there is no tension, drama or climax. It just ends.

A Hollywood axiom: Why charge once when you can charge twice and double your profits? :naughty:

I was really impressed with Hannigan's OTTP so I'll at least give this a listen later.

The score for part 1 is not as good as I expected.
I guess the producers are to blame for changing the game to a linear shooter with no exploration and very little exposition. It certainly diminishes Hannigan's vision of the music.
Most of the gamerip stuff are tension and action tracks and almost nothing inbetween.
I also believe someone fucked up with the music. It sounds as if the orchestra was recored with a mobile phone.
There is also nothing "magical" about this score. Maybe part 2 has all the good stuff but I'm dissapointed.
Splitting the movie and the game in two parts made no sense at all since they are still cutting out major plot points from the book (just for the sake of it) and there is no tension, drama or climax. It just ends. The same with the music.

Where is the Main Theme from the concert ?

There is something that need to be considered: This is a small portion of the gamerip. I don't know how Sirusjr decided to upload which files, but I am sure there were plenty of files he had omitted. I suggest we avoid judgement until EA releases a soundtrack.

But, I am *loving* what I am hearing. I am very easily pleased: lots of chorus, and lots of action music. So, I am quite content with the music so far. :D

Trust me doublehex, the files I omitted sounded even more un-natural than this.

I have something big coming up this week from a composer I really love. Here is a little teaser. What could it be ?

Preview.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/4mvik2loa96hcau/Preview.mp3)

It sounds promising klnerfan ;)
But I have no idea, who the composer is;)

LOL! Take out the tags mate, if you want to build anticipation... ;)

Really looking forward to this anyhow. Cheers!

:D It was intended ;)
My upload speed is on steroids right now and it might be up in the next hours.
Not enough time for anticipation :)
I would have done it otherwise.

Here is another sample (no, this is not Heroic Age ;)): The tower of despair.mp3 (http://www.mediafire.com/file/165apqzuejw5vrq/The%20tower%20of%20despair.mp3)

Well just for all of you here you should know that we got a release of
John Williams - Family Plot (Varese Club) - 5000 copies
Jerry Goldsmith - First Blood (Remastered 2CD - Intrada) - Unlimited
Terry Plumeri - Black Sea Raid (Intrada) - 1000 copies
I know this is blasphemy but Black Sea Raid sounds like what First Blood should sound like to me from the samples. I won't be posting Black Sea Raid until it sells out though.

Finally it is done. Here is perhaps the most marvelous work of Naoki Sato. The scores for the japanese "fight/magical girl" anime Pretty Cure.
The music is charming, catchy, thrilling, exciting, even epic at times and you wouldn't believe this is "apparently" for a show for little girls.
When I posted the Allstars OST some time ago it contained just a small compilation of Naoki Sato's other scores and only two tracks were original.
So here is the real deal, every piece of music Naoki Sato has ever composed for the franchise including some tracks which are not on the OSTs.
Everything is taged in english and proberly structured for a better listening experience.
If anyone doesn't know what to expect here is the "essence" (http://www.mediafire.com/file/1f6s3fb811g37xr/Shining%20Dream.mp3) of Sato's work.


Pretty Cure : Orchestral Anime Scores (Thread 82854)

[Highlights coming soon]

Naoki Sato is certainly on of my favorite composers and he has created a unique style for Pretty Cure.
Yasuharu Takanashi tried to implement this style into his own when he took over as the lead composer for the franchise and he even returned to a more "Toward the Terra" approach with Pretty Cure but the music certainly doesn't reach the same heights as Sato's approach.
But he impressed me with Heartcatch and it conveyed similar feelings of joy so it seems he is improving.
I've also heared rumors that the next Heartcatch show will have a musical motif so I hope Sato returns (even as a co-composer) because this would be a perfect opportunity to puch the music of Takanashi to the next level.

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That is wayyy too much music from Pretty Cure. the first part does nothing for me. I appreciate your attempt to share it but certainly out of all that you could get a single disc of highlights ?

Well we finally have another Kotaro Nakagawa soundtrack to look forward too. An anime starting next year called Gosick will have his music. Because it is a detective show, hopefully we get some good music.

METROPOLIS
GOTTFRIED HUPPERTZ
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Conducted by Frank Strobel



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Time for the return of the “Silent Scores” series :) This is perhaps the crown jewel of them all! Gottfried Huppertz’s lush music for Metropolis received its first significant revival for the 2001 restoration previously issued on dvd. Film and film music fans at the time agreed that this was something of a revelation, both in terms of its revivifying effect on Fritz Lang’s striking imagery and its place film scoring history. It spearheaded a new awareness of just how lavish many of these productions we misnomically deem ‘silents’ were, and has led to other classics being reunited with their rightful symphonic accompaniments.

With the help of a newly discovered Argentine print and the detailed timing instructions in Huppertz’s own score, Metropolis has been reconstructed to very nearly the form in which it was conceived; sub-plots clarified, original editing structure intact and the music presented it in all its glory. This new studio recording features several previously unheard cues and a wonderfully detailed picture of the Rundfunks orchestra.

I make no apology for enjoying the unmistakable German stimmung of this music. Sure enough, we have echoes of Wagner and Strauss, but it also looks forward in film scoring terms to Herrmann, Waxman and even Williams. This is no mere aural background; there are at least a dozen major themes, by turns grandiose, swooning, suggestive, menacing, bracing and forthright, and the full resources of the orchestra are employed. Huppertz keeps a fine balance between the descriptive and the psychological (has a machine taking on female form ever sounded so sexy?). Freder and Maria have two themes each by my count; themes that implore and hope and desire, ensuring that the characters ‘speak’ as passionately as any in cinema. Modern ears are likely to be surprised by the dominance of conspicuously full tutti passages, but there are still plenty piquant orchestrations for smaller groups of instruments at the right moments.

However you slice it, this is a big score. There are inevitably a few longeurs involving repetition in the space of 2 � hours of continuous music. I did consider arranging a highlights suite, but in the final analysis it wouldn't do justice to the scope of what I feel is one of the medium’s first masterpieces. Instead, I’ve presented the complete unexpurgated score, ripped from the ‘lossless’ blu-ray audio files and appropriately segmented and tagged.

I almost included a 'bonus track' of me crying and applauding at the end, but I decided that would be overkill ;)



Enjoy! :)

Lens of Truth, amazing work. Love this score and I have this DVD release of 2001. The narrated track by film academic was very interesting too. Thanks for the musique.

You're most welcome :) I'd highly recommend the new disc of course. The performance here has more shading and rubato than the 2001 version (does anyone know who the orchestra were on that one?). I find the sound of the Rundfunks Berlin a lot more satisfying and less homogenous as well - it makes a big difference when you can enjoy the grind of the basses and and the individual brass lines and twinkle of the glockenspiel so distinctly!

Right, will bare that in mind. You've done a tremendous job here buddy. Jeez, its so far removed from what is written today.

What a wonderful surprise there Lens. Quite fascinating

@Lens of Truth: I would love to hear your "bonus track" :D
That aside it is an astonishing share. Thank you.

Hope you enjoy it guys!

Cristobalito - I'm in two minds over the resto of the film itself. It *is* more or less how it *was* but.. maybe there was more campy punch and sense of free-wheeling abandon in 2001 edit. It hardly harms this film to have it a little incoherent in places. Lang and Von Harbou went mad cramming everything in: utopian/dystopian themes, weird science, marxism-lite, biblical stuff, occultism, doubling, oedipal trauma, the lot! The new cut tends to linger over some of the lesser motions of the plot and the whole 'Thin Man' sideshow which never really goes anywhere. The ‘Yoshiwara' scene is probably the biggest gain, with some great montage.

I lent the dvd to my dad the other day and he complained he couldn't get through it because "the score was awful, so heavy". So yes, it is very different to what we're used to now :/


I completely forgot about this. Is there a score release?
Yes, it's being released through the label 'Orchard'. As I've mentioned, go to Goldenthal's fb page. You can sample the score there on the condition you 'like' him. I've committed the cardinal sin of judging the whole venture (harshly) on some short samples, but there we go. Alternately, watch the trailer - that's also EG, apart from the final song.


So I wonder, why do people even bother recording with more than one instrument per section if they are all playing the same thing? Does it really make a big difference in the loudness of a section?

(Jerry liked his horn and trumpet unisons - and he liked his string unisons... There's always an exception to the rule...!)

This is interesting to me. I can't remember if I've encountered the argument anywhere other than in my own head, and it's a slightly different thing, but there's a case to say that film music in particular lends itself to homophony. I could swear some music snob or other has tried to tell me this is why film music is an inferior form. But what's wrong with it? Complexity and depth are always important, but there are others kinds... Goldsmith is a great example because he's all about clarity. He reserves obvious counterpoint for scenes of tension (eg the fugato in Bad Girls) and textural divisi effects for moments of heightened emotion and transfiguration (Star Trek TMP, Basic Instinct, Mulan and of course Agony and the Ecstasy).


@Lens of Truth: I would love to hear your "bonus track" :D
At the cinema screening I went to a couple of months ago, the audience, comprised of mostly students and the odd crusty cinephile, spontaneously erupted into applause at the end - certainly the first time I've ever experienced this! I suppose the sheer bravura and wide-eyed innocence of the film are just uplfting. And where would we be without Metropolis? I'm used to leaving the theatre ready to kill, so this gave me hope ;) I wasn't crying tho because the recording of the score used was rather limp and unpolished. Thank god they sorted it for the blu!

I know this is off subject, but it seems the new David Arnold score "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" will be released December 7th. I think this will be interesting to hear since this is his first fantasy epic score. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I'll post it here :).

I know this is off subject, but it seems the new David Arnold score "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" will be released December 7th. I think this will be interesting to hear since this is his first fantasy epic score. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I'll post it here :).

We have a rule in this thread against posting recent releases of hollywood scores but i'm sure it will be posted elsewhere on the boards and discussed here.

@Lens of Truth: Wow man...just WOW! This is one of the all time great scores. I really want to see the recently fully restored version of Metropolis. I have the earlier Kino release that was the previous best release and, I think, the first with the original score put back into the film. But to see the whole thing, as it was originally intended will be grand :D

There are sound samples of Dawn Treader floating around. I am tentatively optimistic; there is a little bit of the pointless slamming percussion, but quite a significant proportion of it (from the samples, at least) is pure Stargate. It's bizzare hearing Harry Gregson-Williams' anemic "theme" as filtered through David Arnold's melodic sensibilities... it almost convinces you it's a decent theme. Very much looking forward to it.

METROPOLIS

Simply glorious! �Muchas gracias, se�or!

There are sound samples of Dawn Treader floating around. I am tentatively optimistic; there is a little bit of the pointless slamming percussion, but quite a significant proportion of it (from the samples, at least) is pure Stargate. It's bizzare hearing Harry Gregson-Williams' anemic "theme" as filtered through David Arnold's melodic sensibilities... it almost convinces you it's a decent theme. Very much looking forward to it.
i laughed hard when i heard the theme from godzilla for the mousketteer reepicheep. but still, could be very very good.
what about arnold and kiners goldeneye gamescore? does anyone know something about it?

what about arnold and kiners goldeneye gamescore? does anyone know something about it?
From what I've played of the game so far it's decent, but very by the Arnold-Bond-numbers (which may or may not be your thing). I believe OrangeC is working on a rip as speak :)

Regarding Dawn Treader; I wish Arnold had jettisoned Gregson-Williams' cringeworthy theme! He may not have had a say in the matter of course. It's just so shallow and soulless I die a bit every time I hear it.

This is Arnold The Diplomat; and also a nice bit of opportunity for showing off.

"Look at what I can do with your crap theme!"

Still, I wouldn't half have loved an Arnold theme... it would've been a theme too - not Gregson-Williams' "series of notes that become memorable only by constant, unvarying repetition".

This is a bit unusual from my side but could you guys recommend me some scores or concerts with amazing, powerful and majestic trumpet and horn solos similar to John Williams Hymn of the Fallen or Sahashi's London Symphonies. I'm recently in the mood for brass again and would like to know if there is more stuff I haven't heared yet.

This is a bit unusual from my side but could you guys recommend me some scores or concerts with amazing, powerful and majestic trumpet and horn solos similar to John Williams Hymn of the Fallen or Sahashi's London Symphonies. I'm recently in the mood for brass again and would like to know if there is more stuff I haven't heared yet.

Bear McCreary's Human Target. Not solos, but trumpets are an integral part of nearly the entire score.

This is Arnold The Diplomat; and also a nice bit of opportunity for showing off.

"Look at what I can do with your crap theme!"

Still, I wouldn't half have loved an Arnold theme... it would've been a theme too - not Gregson-Williams' "series of notes that become memorable only by constant, unvarying repetition".

I'd rather be thankful that 1) the first two movies actually had a theme in this day and age, 2) David Arnold is using that theme in his soundtrack for the third movie.

Princess Arete
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It's no secret I was less than impressed with Senju's banal Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood; the uninspired, paint-by-numbers bombast and choral work, the laughably bad string noodling, repetitive percussion and filler material, the arrangement after boring arrangement of the same five or six leitmotifs, none of which anything special in the first place, over and over and over and over. Feeling dismayed, dissapointed, a tad irritated and desperately wishing Senju would take some lessons in effective varaition on a theme from his contemporary masters in the tradition(Kanno, Hamauzu, Iwasaki, etc), I searched high and low for something new to rekindle my faith in his considerable skill and unmistakably classical, dramatic style. Ironic that one must look to the past to find new hope for the future.

Princess Arete's somewhat of an oldie(relatively; about 2004), but I don't believe it's ever been posted. A pity, because it's lovely stuff. Less sweeping and tragic than, say, Red Garden, Arete may be Senju at his most introspective; the music not so much "restrained" as plaintive, sometimes playful, and occasionally even grand, with a slight regal air floating over the wistful, youthful melodies, fitting for a heartfelt fairytale about a young, resourceful princess. It's an interesting approach from Senju while still carrying his trademark flair for emotive writing and thematic development, and his tracks with Kanno-collaborator Origa are particularly gorgeous.

Enjoy, more to come soon.

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Kuroshitsuji 2 - Black Sound Selection
By Taku Iwasaki



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Kuroshitsuji was a favorite recent effort of mine from genius Taku Iwasaki. "Dark" barely does the Faustian atmosphere of his orchetralelcetro soundscapes justice, while shifting with chameleon's ease into flowing, pastoral melodies of natural beauty and Victorian pomp. Worry struck at the announcement of a sequel series, as studios are just as quick to cop out and reuse previous material as they are to lavish it with budget. Thankfully, Iwasaki chose the latter. I have yet to listen to Vol. 2 yet, actually, but I have no reason to doubt. "Crack in the Full Moon"(personal interretation, mind you. "The Slightly Chipped Full Moon?" L. O. L.) is nothing less than haunting, operatic, if a tad lilting, vocals drifting in dignified grief over pure melancholia incarnated in string form.

The albums are disapointingly short, only about eight tracks each, and could have easily formed a single normal release if melded together, but it only stings because the material on display is so strong. The middle section of the first disc is a bit typical, consisting of Iwasaki's typical suspects; waltzes, discordant clashes of sound, string quartet crisis themes. I'm sligthly reminded yet again of Iwasaki's dangerous recent turn towards self-emulation and may be in dire need of a break. But then I reach the gorgeous, two-part piano-led "Little Lady" suite at the tail end and all fears evaporate all over again.

Enjoy, more to come soon.

I love Kuroshitsuji. There is something about the music that feels so hopeless and melancholic yet beautiful, escpecially "Nigram Clavem", it really sounds like the end of the world.
I will eagerly listen to the second part, thanks.
Isn't there also a second OST for Katanagatari, any news about that one ?

I love Kuroshitsuji. There is something about the music that feels so hopeless and melancholic yet beautiful, escpecially "Nigram Clavem", it really sounds like the end of the world.
I will eagerly listen to the second part, thanks.
Isn't there also a second OST for Katanagatari, any news about that one ?

Katanagatari is due in December. I can only hope my new place will have wifi by then. Currently visiting my folks back home for holiday, so I have to share what I can while I can in between good family times. Expect a musical deluge in the next couple days.

As for mutual Kuro love, "Si Deus Me Relinquit", "Kami no Tsukeashi Mono", and "Ich Bind Der Welt Abhanden" are personal faves. :)

Ooh, NaotaM's back! Countdown to the repetitive, baseless FMA Brotherhood bashing begins... oh, wait, he already did it. ;)

Well, I'll ignore that and say THANKS for Arete, because I've never heard it before. I find it sparse, aimless, and incredibly incoherent; possibly Senju's weakest score. But I still appreciate your effort and am glad to have added another Senju score to my brain. :)

& Thanks for the Iwasaki too... never did get into the first soundtrack (once again, I considered it one of Iwasaki's weakest scores to date) but will happily give it another chance in combination with the second album. :)

Ooh, NaotaM's back! Countdown to the repetitive, baseless FMA Brotherhood bashing begins... oh, wait, he already did it. ;)

Well, someone had to get you back for all the years of repetitive, baseless Zimmer bashing, and while I'm sorry you dislike Arete, just think of it as karma for stabbing me in the ears with that other Senju score. :p

Hopefully you'll find this more worth your time.


Toshokan Sensou
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Enjoy, more to come.

Thanks for Kuroshitsuji 2 :)
I love the music and the series :)

So, La La Land has announced a 2cd special edition release of Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek V score coming out next month. Limited Edition 2-CD Star Trek V Soundtrack Coming Out Next Week | TrekMovie.com (http://trekmovie.com/2010/11/26/limited-edition-star-trek-v-soundtrack-coming-out-next-week/)

I'm pretty excited about this. Despite the movie being rubbish, the music was fantastic :)

So, La La Land has announced a 2cd special edition release of Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek V score coming out next month. Limited Edition 2-CD Star Trek V Soundtrack Coming Out Next Week | TrekMovie.com (http://trekmovie.com/2010/11/26/limited-edition-star-trek-v-soundtrack-coming-out-next-week/)

I'm pretty excited about this. Despite the movie being rubbish, the music was fantastic :)

Aye I think that is the biggest part of the announcement although others may like batman returns or home alone more. Personally I don't see why I would want a soundtrack that is 90% christmas music (home alone) but to each his own.

"Star Trek V" is meh, but I'm looking forward to "Batman Returns" and "Home Alone." Any tracklistings?

EDIT:
n/m found the tracklistings in their forum.

Kuroshitsuji II is getting a full soundtrack release on December 22nd. Thanks for these promo albums. I love the music in Black Butler

Angelic Layer
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And even more angels!


Angel Sanctuary
By Hikaru Nanase

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Wow I can not get into angel sanctuary at all. Most of the pure orchestral pieces are extremely slow and the action pieces aren't very exciting either. The 128kbps also makes the sound a bit bad.

Thanks for Angelic Layer, love Kohei Tanaka :)

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There are sound samples of Dawn Treader floating around. I am tentatively optimistic; there is a little bit of the pointless slamming percussion, but quite a significant proportion of it (from the samples, at least) is pure Stargate. It's bizzare hearing Harry Gregson-Williams' anemic "theme" as filtered through David Arnold's melodic sensibilities... it almost convinces you it's a decent theme. Very much looking forward to it.

It would be nice if David Arnold (I should really say Nichols Dodd) had any melodic sensibilities. Or any flair or orchestration or harmony. I'd say, expect lifeless John Barry pastiches, generic string ostinati, masses of unlistenable underscore, and a few ethnic instruments thrown in. Perhaps he might even have the good grace to overly some obnoxious electronics as a bonus.

I agree that Stargate was a good score, but the man hasn't produced an entire score than stand on its own outside of the film in the last 16 years. What on earth happened?

What has happened (on Earth) is that David Arnold has written a lot of wonderful scores in the 16 year interim. ;-)

What has happened (on Earth) is that David Arnold has written a lot of wonderful scores in the 16 year interim. ;-)

Amen to that. I have found his scores to Bond absolutely awesome. Tomorrow Never Dies and Casino Royale are among his best contributions to the franchise, imo. They are very emotive and evocative. Independence Day and Stargate are two great scores as well. In regards to Narnia, he took Harry's music which wasn't anything fascinating and turned it into something magical and inspiring. In my opinion, what he writes is better than half the music that enters Hollywood these days.

"The World is Not Enough" also deserves special mention, because it's one of the Bond scores where they actually implement the title song into the rest of the music.

Am I the only one who considers ID4 and Godzilla to be massively fun, rip-roaring, and entertaining scores? So many people talk about Stargate only and seem to forget these, and yet, they were in the exact same league, or so it seems to me.

I agree whole heartedly. In fact, I prefer any of those over Stargate as good as it is.

I love Godzilla. The score, I mean, not the movie. ;-)

I loved Independence Day and Godzilla too. I like how he writes brass parts (trumpets especially). The End Credits track is proof of that with its opening trumpet fanfare motif. Good trumpet writing is fading away from film music and orchestra writing in general so it is good to see Arnold still utilize them right. Anyone ever hear the orchestra version of Play Dead featuring Bjork? Simply chilling!

Good trumpet writing is fading away from film music and orchestra writing in general

Plain and sad truth.

Regarding the use of trumpets, Williams is unbeatable, and probably won't be for quite a moment, as film music tends to evolve... But agreed, Arnold is handsomely skilled to the task.

Casino Royale really? Containing some of the most monotonous filler in his entire output, and that's saying something. Cues such as the aural vomit of 'Miami International', 'Stairwell Fight', 'End of an Aston Marin' along with the the countless small filler tracks released later on i-tunes to complete the score. The romantic cues try to ape John Barry circa-1979, but suck all of the life and harmonic subtleties out of it. Vesper's theme is idiotic and far too simplistic for such a complex character - sounds like a 9 year old kid's first composition at the piano. He's just as bad as the Hollywood composers you compared him to.

If I hadn't known before listening to any of his scores, I'd have guessed he was an American, and from the Remote Control/Media Ventures gang.


"The World is Not Enough" also deserves special mention, because it's one of the Bond scores where they actually implement the title song into the rest of the music.

That always happened with Barry, Martin, Conti and Hamlisch - and they implemented their titles themes into the score with far more imagination, subtlety, and flair than David Arnold on all counts.


I loved Independence Day and Godzilla too. I like how he writes brass parts (trumpets especially). The End Credits track is proof of that with its opening trumpet fanfare motif. Good trumpet writing is fading away from film music and orchestra writing in general so it is good to see Arnold still utilize them right.

I'd agree there, but I don't like how he write for horns and trombones. Basil Poledouris was much closer to Barry than Arnold, in that respect, and with trumpets too. Particularly in Robocop.

Michael Kamen was a great Bond composer too.

For some great trumpet writing, listen to Ballet for Brawlers on Red Canvas by James Peterson. That is some great complex music :)

If I hadn't known before listening to any of his scores, I'd have guessed he was an American, and from the Remote Control/Media Ventures gang.

Hehe, a bit of a rough comparison, isn't it? Can you cite one guy in the Zimmer team who can (or at least did) compose like Arnold did for his best scores? I can't. (It's true though that the last Bonds have somewhat lost some complexity, dunno why.)

As a matter of fact, I sometimes wonder what sort of greatness would have been Clash of the Titans or Pirates of the Carribean (for instance) scored by the Arnold/Dodd team, certainly some pure orgasmic orchestral frenzy, instead of the amateurish shite RC dwarves committed. Well, in fact ANY decent orchestrally trained composer can do way better, I humbly believe.

I bet you guys are counting down the days until the release of Hans Zimmer's "Superman." ;-)

Not exactly. In better News-The Live Action Yamato Score from Noaki Sato is fun fun fun. The FIlm might look like the new Battlestar Galactica, but certainly doesn�t sound like that.
And stop with the David Arnold bashing.

I bet you guys are counting down the days until the release of Hans Zimmer's "Superman." ;-)

I'll do you one better: Tyler Bate's "Superman".

I have a perfect pillow for you to scream into.

Hans Zimmer is confirmed...
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/47625
Soundclips from Space Battleship Yamato Soundtrack:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%8CSPACE-BATTLESHIP-%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%88%E3%80%8DORIGINAL-SOUNDTRACK-%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9/dp/B0047Y1WAW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1291236074&sr=8-1-spell

Hans Zimmer is confirmed...
Confirmed: Hans Zimmer Is Scoring Zack Snyder's SUPERMAN! Promises A "Reinvention"! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/47625)

Color me surprised. Bates and Snyder were up to this point inseparable. Bates (I hate to use the term "composed") did music for all of Snyder's films, as far as I can recall. I assumed that he would do the same for this one.

Still, not at all an improvement by any measure!

Color me surprised. Bates and Snyder were up to this point inseparable. Bates (I hate to use the term "composed") did music for all of Snyder's films, as far as I can recall. I assumed that he would do the same for this one.

Still, not at all an improvement by any measure!

David Hirschfelder scored Guardians, not Snyder. Also, i guess this new assignment is the work of Nolan.

The last thing I would've expected would be Zack Snyder using Tyler Bates. An edgy horror composer working on Superman? That'd be like having Rob Zombie write the songs for next year's "Winnie the Pooh."

Wow, they really picked a great composer to destroy something that was previously scored by John Williams :P. If it weren't for composers like John Powell, I might well say that I have lost faith in having good film music for the future. Zimmer might surprise me, but I highly doubt it.

David Hirschfelder scored Guardians, not Snyder.

I didn't even knew Snyder directed Guardians.


Also, i guess this new assignment is the work of Nolan.

I'd say so as well. Nolan seems to have a thing for Zimmer lately.

Cool discussions going here, I wish I had more time to participate, but most people here already know my views on the subject... ;)

Anyway, I just tried these Yamato samples: great, great stuff. It's Naoki Sato back in full fledged orchestral mode (he sometimes gets "zimmerized" in some of his scores, which is happily not the case here).

That reminds me of the superb score of Space Battleship Yamato - Fukkatsu Hen, I intended to post it here, but forgot. It includes cues by several great composers, including Kousuke Yamashita (reason why I wanted to post it here). However, here it is. Gorgeous stuff, enjoy!



Uchuu Senkan Yamato
(Space Battleship Yamato)
Fukkatsu Hen OST

Hiroshi Miyagawa, Gustav Mahler, The Alfee, Kousuke Yamashita, Kentaro Haneda, Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Edvard Hagerup Grieg

Credits to the original ripper/uploader

d01.megashares.com/?d01=578fbea

Thanks for this arthierr. It�s awesome :)

Hans Zimmer is confirmed...

Color me skeptical about this entire project. I don't think Nolan's sensibilities are a good fit for the character. Batman's got a grounding in psychological trauma, so going gritty and dark and realistic can work, but Superman? He's a myth, by default larger-than-life, out-of-this-world, born of hopes and dreams and soaring emotion. Snyder certainly showed he's capable of going over-the-top with "300," but the more that is known about this project, the more clear it is that Nolan is the guiding hand.

I'm sure Zimmer will give a rock-orchestra-flavored bit of heroism; the "Backdraft" in the AICN article is probably a good indicator. It's not a sound for Superman, and I can't think of a sound Zimmer has produced that would be outside of perhaps "The Lion King," the emotion of which appears entirely antithetical to Nolan's approach.

However, I would love to be pleasantly surprised. :)

What do I expect for this score? Not much in fact. Same old Remote Control garbage.

To precise my point (and to avoid spending one hour explaining why), here's a little something posted by Tango long ago in this very board, which brilliantly sums up what one can generally expect from a Media Ventures / Remote Control score, this one or any of them. This description is so accurate and clever that I'll put it in big characters, if you allow me to, so it won't be missed:


I see this "type" of score as broadly similar. They have several characteristics in common:

a) Massive orchestra and choir.
b) Compositionally and orchestrationally uncomplicated.
c) Stylistically predictable, and almost identical to the last.
d) Banging percussion in action cues.
e) Hundreds of people playing the same note.
f) Simple, cliched chord progressions instead of counterpoint.
g) Simple, cliched closely related to the chord progressions.
h) No melodies, or no memorable melody.
i) Drumloops, and/or inappropriate synthesisers.
j) At every "epic" moment, a highly cliched combination of a), b), c), d), e), and f) all culminating in a cheesy power-anthem style "epic" theme; and it must be epic because it is very loud, has a chanting choir, lots of electronics, a distorted grating drum kit, and all levels on the mixing desk turned up to MAX.

All characteristics will surely apply once again, except maybe h) because a huge, memorable theme is compulsory in this kind of movie, but even then it's unlikely that the theme(s) will be inspired, complex, and comparable, even by far, to the exceptional compositions of John Williams.

Just conjectures, of course. ;)

Good flute themes and superb movie in many ways-

Tangotreats hit it dead on. I don't want to get into any RC/Zimmer debates (Lord knows there has been enough of that) but I will say that I swore off the MV/RC stuff years ago for the very reasons pointed out by tangotreats. With their MASSIVE influence on today's film music, most of the dreck being produced fits the same vein and has no redeeming factors. Someone mentioned JW's Superman and this score, despite being written well over thirty years ago is still above all things - memorable. I defy anyone to instantly produce a note of today's output and tell me that it will be held in the same regard thirty years from now. I think not... :(

Zimmer on Superman? A complete reboot...again?? More origin story?? **weeps*8

Nolan actually isn't going to be guiding this project at all beyond the inception stage. It's going to be Snyder's baby all the way.


Zimmer on Superman? A complete reboot...again?? More origin story?? **weeps*8

If by origin story you mean seeing young Superman leaving Krpyton on a rocket, then no it's not one.

Soundclips from Space Battleship Yamato Soundtrack:
Amazon.co.jp： 「SPACE BATTLESHIP ヤマト」ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: サントラ: 音楽 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%80%8CSPACE-BATTLESHIP-%E3%83%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%88%E3%80%8DORIGINAL-SOUNDTRACK-%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9/dp/B0047Y1WAW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1291236074&sr=8-1-spell)

ooo Im digging the sample of the opening theme.... :D

Last Message was great but this is a level above. You can "almost" never go wrong with Sato.

I noticed that all of the japanese movies and japanese series I'm interessted in at the moment are scored by my favorite composers while in Hollywood it's quite the opposite (Superman) ;)
When will the (western) world finally grow tired of this "epic synth trend". Will I even be alive when that happens ?

When will the (western) world finally grow tired of this "epic synth trend". Will I even be alive when that happens ?

Or to look at it another way.. at least we won't be around when things become UNSPEAKABLY BAD! ;)

There may come a time when a few old crusties (or young, as here) pine for the halcyon days of Zimmer and Jablonsky and Mansell, when the orchestra still had a modest role to play and film scores didn't consist solely of smashing bin lids and electronically generated white noise.

Or to look at it another way.. at least we won't be around when things become UNSPEAKABLY BAD! ;)

There may come a time when a few old crusties (or young, as here) pine for the halcyon days of Zimmer and Jablonsky and Mansell, when the orchestra still had a modest role to play and film scores didn't consist solely of smashing bin lids and electronically generated white noise.

"Back in my day these epic scores used real orchestras. Sure those hacks wrote music so the entire orchestra played the same note but at least there were actual musicians."

You know who should have scored this upcoming movie? Who would have certainly done a fantastic job at it?

Let's see, we're looking for a young promising composer, very talented, with some genuine orchestral skills and a good classical culture, whose style is close to John Williams'... Reminds you of anyone? Come on, more clues: he sometimes posted in this very thread, and he looks a bit like Kevin Spacey (:p).

Good guess! Mike Verta, of course. (Google alert - Hi, Mike!) Seriously, I don't say that because he happened to post here, but because this man has the perfect profile to take on such a project. Imagine what sort of beautiful, rich, complex, thematic, pure neo-classical score he would have given us. (Too late to start a petition, maybe for the sequel? ;))

You know who should have scored this upcoming movie? Who would have certainly done a fantastic job at it?

Let's see, we're looking for a young promising composer, very talented, with some genuine orchestral skills and a good classical culture, whose style is close to John Williams'... Reminds you of anyone? Come on, more clues: he sometimes posted in this very thread, and he looks a bit like Kevin Spacey (:p).

Good guess! Mike Verta, of course. (Google alert - Hi, Mike!) Seriously, I don't say that because he happened to post here, but because this man has the perfect profile to take on such a project. Imagine what sort of beautiful, rich, complex, thematic, pure neo-classical score he would have given us. (Too late to start a petition, maybe for the sequel? ;))

And with full orchestra? I would love that!!!

bi0h4zard's recent post reminded me how much I enjoy Randy Newman's score for A Bug's Life. Here's some links to the rare academy promo of the full score:




320kbps
http://rapidshare.com/files/30175921/Bugslife.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/30169862/Bugslife.part2.rar

FLAC
http://rapidshare.com/files/184098359/rndynmn-bugs.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/184110509/rndynmn-bugs.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/183982720/rndynmn-bugs.part3.rar

Track Listing
1. Main Title (01:46)
2. Flik's Machine (01:19)
3. Seed To Tree (01:01)
4. Red Alert (01:48)
5. Hopper And His Gang (01:08)
6. Flik Leaves (02:37)
7. Circus Bugs (00:56)
8. Clown Waltz (01:20)
9. Manto The Magnificent (01:08)
10. The City (01:18)
11. Robin Hood (01:01)
12. Flying Home (01:28)
13. Flik's Return (01:24)
14. Loser (02:43)
15. Dot's Rescue (02:14)
16. Atta Apologizes (01:08)
17. Building The Bird (03:44)
18. Don't Come Back (01:07)
19. The Last Grain (00:37)
20. Grasshoppers' Return (03:01)
21. Convincing Fick (01:33)
22. The Bird Flies (02:40)
23. Rainstorm - The Last Hop (02:32)
24. All Is Well (04:11)
25. The Time Of Your Life (06:23)

Hi! I was looking for "A bug's life" promo score and only link that i could find was this one by Lens of Truth. Both FLAC or mp3 links are dead. Could I kindly ask to Lens of Truth or anybody for a re-up?
Thanks in advance!

That's good news. A Superman reboot is indeed appropriate, but I still jealously defend Bryan Singer's homage to Richard Donner's films. Brandon Routh was much better than most gave him credit for, as was Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey. John Ottman's Score interpretation is subtle and moving.

Yeah, I think John Ottman deserves more props for his score. I liked his Lex Luthor theme, as well as the bitter-sweet "love" theme that briefly transitions into the original one. He reused a lot of the John Williams material, but he did it while still making the score his own. (Unlike, say, Ken Thorne's "Superman II.")

Hi! I was looking for "A bug's life" promo score and only link that i could find was this one by Lens of Truth. Both FLAC or mp3 links are dead. Could I kindly ask to Lens of Truth or anybody for a re-up?
Thanks in advance!

That was from the now-defunct blog of Scoredaddy. I'm surprised I didn't link to it in the post (bad Lens!!). Anyway, I can make amends now by re-upping. Should be done this evening :)

Man that would be great! I didn't espected to have a reply so fast! I'll be waiting, meanwhile: THANKS!

Space Battleship Yamato (Live Action 2010 Soundtrack) - Naoki Sato and Yasushi Miyagawa
Orchestral/Grand/Choral - Originally Posted by macdawson
MP3 192kbps - English Tags

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/434692362/BtlshYmt10.rar)
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Luis Bacalov - The Love Letter (1999)
MP3 VBR V-0 - 69MB
European/Romantic/Solo instruments

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/434741913/The_Love_Letter.rar)
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Luis Bacalov - The Polish Wedding (1998)
MP3 VBR v-0 - 62MB
Romantic/Melodic

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/434739685/Polish_Wedding.rar)
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These are two beautiful scores that I suggest everyone give a listen. They are romantic and beautiful. If you like this composer's work you can also pick up a recent soundtrack released by Quartet records, Coup de Foude (http://www.quartetrecords.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=37&flypage=flypage.tpl&pop=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=11&lang=en&vmcchk=1&Itemid=11) This one is limited to 500 copies so may sell quickly.

Space Battleship Yamato (Live Action 2010 Soundtrack) - Naoki Sato and Yasushi Miyagawa
Orchestral/Grand/Choral - Originally Posted by macdawson
MP3 192kbps - English Tags

Oh, this Yamato score is a real treat for my orchestral-loving ears.

Of course, one can argue that the action cues (what I care most about) are mainly a series of powerful ostinati (but some very good ones), that the Horner influences are frequent (mostly going from Aliens to Titanic), that the themes are a little repetitive (but not excessively though), BUT, man oh man, what a superb slap of awesomeness right in your face! It makes a long time I haven't heard so much unbridled energy, such a massive, colossal, sweeping sense of musical power in a movie score.

Bravo, Mr Sato and Japan to give us some REAL epic orchestral action to enjoy nowadays, and thanks Sirusjr for re-posting!

Well I am not a big listener of horner and don't really like Aliens or Titanic so any quoting of those scores goes un-noticed to me.

Space Battleship Yamato (Live Action 2010 Soundtrack) - Naoki Sato and Yasushi Miyagawa
Orchestral/Grand/Choral - Originally Posted by macdawson
MP3 192kbps - English Tags

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/434692362/BtlshYmt10.rar)
PSW: smile



Sweet! :)

I'm pretty such Dawn Treader was ghost-written by John Powell.

reference: Cinema Musica - Das Magazin f�r Filmmusik: Wieder unterwegs in Narnia - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" von David Arnold (http://www.cinemamusica.de/1562/wieder-unterwegs-in-narnia-the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-von-david-arnold)

Is it really just me then? Massively disappointed by Yamato? After his impeccable, thematic, melodic, thrilling score for 2008's K-20, this Yamato score is tedious and boring. Where are the themes? Apart from the original 1970's Yamato theme, there's pretty much nothing in this score that is memorable in the slightest bit. It's 70 minutes of ostinati and chord progressions glued together with a dozen statements of a pre-existing melody.

It's funny that some people have observed that Sato is sometimes "Zimmerised" but that this phenomenom is absent in Yamato... because in many ways I find this to be his most Zimmerish score to date. Even Ryomaden, which was bursting at the seams with drum loops, synthesised percussion, and even the vocal performances of Lisa Gerrard, had exhuberance, romance, and a real melodic centre. It took a while to grow on me, but it did. In comparison, Yamato is a nicely orchestrated piece of nothing.

If it were from any country other than Japan, and any composer other than Sato, I'd probably be jumping for joy at this score. But I'm just not feeling it. Don't get me wrong, it could've been worse... unimagineably worse... horrific. But this is no great work... it's Japan upstaging Hollywood at its own game, but ultimately it's a Hollywood score; nice production values, frightened of themes, developmentally baren, relies on volume for "epicness" and cliched chord progressions for romance and mystery... Nope, nice try Sato, but this one is a big fat fail for me.

Well Tango I listened to it twice through yesterday and enjoyed it. It didn't blow me away but I liked the feel of everything. How about some comments on the Bacalov scores? You know I posted some wonderful material there.

I just noticed that Sagisu Shirou - EVANGELION 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE - Showdown.mp3 is corrupted in my last pack. Sorry, here's a clean version:

Sagisu Shirou - EVANGELION 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE - Showdown.mp3
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I know it's back from page 25, but it's dead. Mind reuploading it? :P

Maybe to something a bit more reliable, such as MediaFire. I've had mixed experiences with SendSpace, myself.

Quite right, quite right... I'm in a bad mood because I'm sick. Stuck on a laptop at the moment because I haven't been able to get out of bed since Monday, so a bit limited in downloading ability... but will try your others later on this morning. I'm just going to try to have a nap now. :)

Cheers,
TT

I know it's back from page 25, but it's dead. Mind reuploading it? :P

Maybe to something a bit more reliable, such as MediaFire. I've had mixed experiences with SendSpace, myself.

I can help you with this. Do you want 2.0 as well?

Shiro Sagisu - Evangelion 1.0 You are Not Alone - Orchestral/Jazz

Download (http://rapidshare.com/files/434960053/EVA1.0-ShrSgs.rar)
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"Some people" (or "other commentators") could have different threads of satisfaction than others. Personally, Yamato's herculean power, its gigantic orchestral sound, its genuine sense of "epicness" (not simply based on volume or massive unison), tend to give me a "musical boner", or should I say, a "musical bonheur". (aha, nice one, isn't it?)

This reminds me of what "some people" (or "other commentators") said on a similar subject: "What a bunch of miserable assholes we've become... Complaining about Cutthroat Island of all things. Of course, it's justified, which is sad in itself... For what it's worth, it's rip-roaring good fun if nothing else." ...This quite sensible remark also perfectly applies to Yamato, IMHO.

Oh, and I'd also like to say to "some people" (or "other commentators"): good recovery, my friend. ;)



I'm pretty such Dawn Treader was ghost-written by John Powell.

reference: Cinema Musica - Das Magazin f�r Filmmusik: Wieder unterwegs in Narnia - "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" von David Arnold (http://www.cinemamusica.de/1562/wieder-unterwegs-in-narnia-the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-von-david-arnold)

Man, I haven't spoken german since high school, but it's not uncommon nowadays that composers "participate", without taking credits, to some movie scores. I haven't listened to Dawn Treader, so I can't tell, but when I'll do, I'll see if Powell's quite recognizable style can be spotted.



Sirusjr: thank you for kindly reuploading the entire album. :)

Good point, well made, my friend. :)

Although, as far as the Cutthroat Island comparison goes... that score had themes, counterpoint, and a real thematic core. It was big, stupifying fun. Just like a Yoko Kanno score; it's all stolen, every single note - it's completely unoriginal, predictable, and never ever tries anything even remotely new - but you don't care because it's done with such a joyous panache. I just don't get that sensation from Yamato; it leaves me feeling empty. I hate to mention K-20 again, but it's everything that's great about Sato - traditional themes, development, joyous orchestrations, etc. Yamato - no themes, no development, decent orchestration but very black and white in comparison. It feels like Japan trying to do a contemporary Hollywood score but not quite being able to f**k it up sufficiently to be convincing. To me, it sounds like Sato with his hand forced. Naoki Sato is Heroic Age, K-20, Eureka Seven, and even Ryomaden. (If you look past Gerrard and the electronics and the banging percussion, Ryomaden is one CRACKING theme, a tour-de-force adhering to the traditional Heroic Theme - Bridge - Romantic Theme - Bridge - Heroic Theme and Coda structure.)

Oh well... you win some, you lose some. It's telling that I can be this disappointed about Yamato and still be hopeful for the future. :)

Sirus: Comments on your uploads to follow. :)

I enjoy Yamato as much as I enjoy Powell's HTTYD and Chicken Run. All of them give me this "musical boner" ;)

That aside I have a more "traditional" orchstral score coming up soon.

Mistake.

Christobalito I respect that you want to share this wonderful score in this thread but we have a rule against sharing recent releases in this thread. Until Star Trek V is sold out, you can post it elsewhere on the forums if you wish but please remove the links from this thread.

Christobalito I respect that you want to share this wonderful score in this thread but we have a rule against sharing recent releases in this thread. Until Star Trek V is sold out, you can post it elsewhere on the forums if you wish but please remove the links from this thread.

Ah, sure, no probs

Hi guys, I have a problem and looking for a solution. Here's a piece from recently released score from a polish TV series called "Time of Honor". While I don't care for show, I really care for the music. It's fantastic orchestral score and I really love it:

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One thing though, in posted track, at 55 second for like 50 seconds U can hear cracking noises. They are annoying, so I asked a person who took part in creating this album wtf? He told me that it's normal, and those cracking noises are made by oboe's flaps (or something like that)... But I don't remember that oboe can do such things. So, I'm asking - is this possible that it's actually an oboe or it's just dirty digital glitch?

For all who are interested in this score after this little piece (here are more samples Czas honoru (OST) - - Amazonka.pl (http://www.amazonka.pl/czas-honoru-ost,99901635906.bhtml)) - I'm planning to post it, but not sure when. It's very fresh thing, so I guess I'll wait a bit. Anyway please, tell me what U thing about those noises.

It sounds like a closely miked wind instrument to me. Could be any instrument with a key mechanism.

And I'm very very interested in hearing more of thos score... I'm tempted to say that the "nothing newly released" rule applies less to things which aren't easily available, limited editions, etc... And I'm not just saying that so you'll post it quicker... ;)

Indeed those are key clicks. Most woodwind instruments have them (although I find oboes most noticeable). You may be confused because in a large orchestra setting woodwinds are usually miked from farther away and key clicks are barely even heard. Overall for a solo or chamber setting it is appropriate and natural for these to be heard, although it does seem to be miked a little closer than usual in this setting.

JOE HISAISHI (AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA) - Melodyphony - Best Of Joe Hisaishi (Apparently 2010)



Sharing this gorgeous album. Joe Hisaishi has orchestrated beautifully a selection of his works, anime and not anime. I wish western composers could write music like this more often. The LSO, as usual, provide a sharp reading.

1. Water Traveller
2. Oriental Wind
3. Kiki's Delivery Service
4. A Cloud On The Slope
5. Departures
6. Summer
7. Orbis
8. One Summer's Day
9. My Neighbor Totoro

MP3 VBR
Joe Hisaishi - Melodyphony ~Best of Joe Hisaishi~ [2010.10.27] [VBR0].rar (http://www.mediafire.com/?1s3b35vdc5r8vdh)
FLAC IMAGE
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Melodyphony -Best of Joe Hisaishi- Joe Hisaishi [CD] (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UMCK-1369)
Melodyphony -Best of Joe Hisaishi- Joe Hisaishi [CD] (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UMCK-9387)

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Thanks a lot for posting this. I inferred from the mp3 link that this is a 2010 release but I hadn't heard of it so perhaps you should include in your description or heading that this is a very recent recording.

Yes, Melodyphony is a recent recording. It was posted a while back in the Hisaishi thread and passed rather unnoticed. But thanks to Cristobalito for posting here. It deserves to be placed and heard by anyone who pass in the orchestral thread.

Joe Hisashi is always incredible, what a coinsidence, I'm currently rewatching my favorite Ghibli Movies.
So let's see what the LSO can do with his music, however, I think it's impossible to top the performance of Budokan 2008.

Ok, now I'm no more worried. Although I never heard such agressive woodwind;). Also, everyone who is interested in this score - PM me. I don't wanna put it on public, it would be probably first rip in internet and I don't wanna do this.

Changing subject. I'm really impressed by Yamato, it's great score. Maybe there are no themes except for original one, but I hella love this theme.

Joe Hisashi is always incredible, what a coinsidence, I'm currently rewatching my favorite Ghibli Movies.
So let's see what the LSO can do with his music, however, I think it's impossible to top the performance of Budokan 2008.

The 25th anniversary concert? I agree with you. That's impossible to top that one.
Still Kiki's and Totoro version of Melodyphony are very close, even when Totoro is performed without the (huge) chorus present in the Ghibli concert.

I'm a huge fan of the Total War games. Up until Empire the music was always full of energy, hard rythms, catchy tunes and periodic influences.
With Empire the music became more "traditional" in style. But unlike many others I though the new orchestral score fitted the game like a glove and I enjoyed the music.
So here is the "sequel" to Empire wich has no offical OST (yet).




Grand / Choral / Action / Strings

Composed by Richard Beddow, Richard Birdsall, Walter Nair and Simon Ravn

Conducted by Nic Raine

Performed by the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra

Download Link (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9YBIN2UA)
MP3 / 320kbps / 54 Tracks

I've included every piece of the score I could find and combined the smaller cues.
Some of the best cues however, do contain voices and SFX.
It's still one of the best scores about Napoleon I've heared and I thank CA for recording the music with an Orchestra instead of using samples.

Edit: Here is the next Music Project for Total War: Taiko Drums (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM5v4tKgnes)

i think you are right about Budokan 2008, klnerfan ;)
But i�m glad i can compare it now ;)
And thanks for the total war music ;)

God Bless the Japanese for giving the London Symphony Orchestra something worthwhile to do in the arena of film and television music.

The Budokan performance was amazing its own way, but this is undoubtedly the more accomplished performance from a technical perspective. As is inevitable in the live concert environment (not to mention the horrifically oversized orchestra - 200 people is ridiculous; past 80 or 90 players you are adding basically nothing, but taking away a lot in terms of ensemble playing) it is beautiful but flawed. The orchestra is fine, but they cannot match the studio recording by the LSO; nobody can.

I had no idea this even existed and I am now adding it to my Xmas list. Thanks Christoballito2007. :)

Your welcome tangotreats. Totally agree with your first statement. I really love Hisaishi. Just gorgeous, fleshed out music.

Guys, I'm sorry to ruin your day, but it turns out Hans Zimmer scoring "Superman" was just a rumor. I'll leave you all to weep over what might've been. :)

Guys, I'm sorry to ruin your day, but it turns out Hans Zimmer scoring "Superman" was just a rumor. I'll leave you all to weep over what might've been. :)

Hate to say it bud, but most of us are probably celebrating. :)

EDIT: Oh, and klnerfan, I have to say this: Napoleon is an absolutely magnificent score! It's beautiful; it goes beyond how I can describe it. I know I keep on saying how videogames are the next incarnation of western orchestral music, but Napoleon has proven it without a doubt. Even with a quarter of the files being ripped straight from cinematics, the music still pulls at the heart strings. This is fantastic, marvelous stuff!

I wish I could say more detail: I really wish I had the vocabulary of Tangotreats here. Because this score deserves more praise than I am able to give it.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

If you ask me, you should save your celebrations 'til it's confirmed Bryan Tyler isn't onboard. (Not that I dislike the guy or his work, but I don't think he and the Man of Steel would be a good fit.)

I do wonder who Synder will go with. If I had to choose, it'd be Michael Giacchino. He's exactly the kind of guy I'd like to see doing a Superman score.

If you ask me, you should save your celebrations 'til it's confirmed Bryan Tyler isn't onboard. (Not that I dislike the guy or his work, but I don't think he and the Man of Steel would be a good fit.)

I do wonder who Synder will go with. If I had to choose, it'd be Michael Giacchino. He's exactly the kind of guy I'd like to see doing a Superman score.

My God, yes! I agree on both counts.

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David Newman Conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Includes Music from 1) It's A Wonderful Life by Dimitri Tiomkin
2) A Christmas Carol by Richard Addinsell,
3) Miracle on 34th Street by Cyril J. Mockridge
MP3 192kbps - Total Size 92MB

Download (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y7KB0K4Q)

A good portion of this music is orchestral arrangements of Christmas tunes so I thought now is a good time to post it. It is also rare and out of print so I am glad that my friend was able to share this version with me.
Despite some of the Christmas tunes, we also get some nice action music by Tiomkin.

Warriors of the Silver Screen

City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Nic Raine, Paul Bateman and Kenneth Alwyn



I believe this compilation deserves a place in the orchestral thread. It's a collection of suites and other main themes, but this case in particular only for historical and adventure movies. Click on the spoiler to see the movies included in the set.
Some of the great composers (from past to present) are here, like Rozsa, Herrmann or Goldsmith, among many others. It's a very enjoyable listen to hear all of these great themes together one after another. Hope you like it :)


Disc 1
- Taras Bulba
- Anthony And Cleopatra
- 300 Spartans
- First Knight
- Rob Roy
- The War Lord
- El Cid
- Henry V

Disc 2
- Prince Valiant
- Spartacus
- The Last Valley
- Braveheart
- The Thief Of Bagdad
- Conan The Barbarian
- Ben-Hur
- Jason And The Argonauts
- The Vikings
http://rapidshare.com/files/435543829/Warriors_Of_The_Silver_Screen_-_Disc_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/435562039/Warriors_Of_The_Silver_Screen_-_Disc_2.zip

Joe Hisaishi + the LSO...!!! I am so about to be in heaven!

Christobalito, my man, you are awesome :D

And I'm right there with you Tango, this is on my Christmas list now :D

Well, Dawn Treader has turned up.

Rather than talk about it, I think I'll just quote some wise words spoken on this thread six months back...


I'd be enthusistic about Narnia, but let's be honest -what we're hoping for is another Stargate, or another Independence Day. We're not going to get it. We don't even know if Arnold can still write like that. Arnold himself even wonders if he's going to be able to recapture his old sound.

Add to that the dubious honour of writing the third score in a series which has a previously established musical style courtesy of Harry Gregson-Williams... combined with the fact that this is 2010 and realistically we're just not going to get a sudden miraculous return to good old-fashioned symphonic scoring.

This is going to be Arnold lite. It's going to be good enough to better Gregson-Williams' efforts. It's going to be good enough to make us think "Cor, David Arnold used to be really good."

It's not going to be any good in itself though.

'Nuff said, methinks.