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Aside from the entirety of Titanic, I'll always hear this when I think of Horner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czwr9T_bPPo
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Not a fan of his quiet stuff, I think Horner's true calling is Panic Attack Music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtvQUYXbQk Even with a poo poo budget and tiny orchestra, I think his Star Trek II soundtrack was the best work he ever did.
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Jun 23, 2015 07:37
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FUUUUCK. Horner was my favorite film composer aside from Williams. I even enjoyed his score from Troy! I really enjoyed some of the specific motifs he share between compositions even if it may have been because he was kind of lazy. His Avatar score was 1/3 Titanic and 1/3 Troy and 1/3 tribal singing but by god I still loved it. Dammit
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Jun 23, 2015 08:39
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I always thought Apollo 13 had a great score. That was my favorite of his.
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Jun 23, 2015 10:06
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The insane brass and steel drums of Commando, man. I love the poo poo out of that. Terrible, terrible news.
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Jun 23, 2015 10:24
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R.I.P James Horner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psbY8KaqUX4
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Jun 23, 2015 13:09
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I know you guys mentioned The Last of the Mohicans, because that OST is boss as gently caress, but James Horner didn't score that one. Still though, I'm pretty bummed out. I liked what he did on Avatar, even if he managed to use one of his repetitive themes in it. RIP dude.
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Jun 23, 2015 16:19
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Xenomrph posted:Instead of posting the usual Aliens soundtrack stuff you'd expect from me at a time like this, I'll just post this track from 'A Beautiful Mind' that I've always been a big fan of: Well, as is typical with Horner, if you loved that, you'll love this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I0pf-t08Jw Horner might have been film scoring's biggest plagiarist ever, but I still am sad to see him go. His early stuff that he re-used over and over again was instrumental in the films they were used in.
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Jun 23, 2015 16:26
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My favorite Horner score is probably The Land Before Time. John Williams is getting old too, dang. How is Danny Elfman doing these days? 
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Jun 23, 2015 16:33
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The elevator theme in Aliens owns bones. RIP James Horner.
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Jun 23, 2015 16:38
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I expected Williams to be next. He is a generation ahead of everyone else working. He's in his 80s. Horner was only 61.
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Jun 23, 2015 16:38
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Darko posted:Well, as is typical with Horner, if you loved that, you'll love this! Horner post-Titanic (really post-95) is where he really became the reuser that he is known as now. But he had a magical decade (mid-80s to mid-90s) of extremely good and important work. Compared to most, that's more than enough.
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Jun 23, 2015 16:42
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:The elevator theme in Aliens owns bones. RIP James Horner. The entire Aliens score owns. Futile Escape is probably my favorite track from it though. teagone fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 16:48
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ComposerGuy posted:Horner post-Titanic (really post-95) is where he really became the reuser that he is known as now. Didn't Star Trek II lift liberally from Battle Beyond the Stars, though? And of course so much of Aliens is note-for-note from Star Trek III. Edit: Jesus, I had forgotten how much he lifted from BBtS for Trek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mSgqMOKJho Timby fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 16:55
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ComposerGuy posted:Horner post-Titanic (really post-95) is where he really became the reuser that he is known as now. But he had a magical decade (mid-80s to mid-90s) of extremely good and important work. He was always a re-user, he just got terrible with it in the late 90s/2000s. For example, Aliens is a mix of Wolfen and Star Trek 2 (to be fair, Cameron rushed him on that). My favorite of his is probably Legends of the Fall. He has some great ones in there (and his greats are often revisions of prior stuff, but that doesn't make them sound any less good) and he'll definitely be missed. Darko fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jun 23, 2015 |
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Jun 23, 2015 17:07
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His work for Bluth is his best stuff to me.
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Jun 23, 2015 17:39
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Timby posted:Didn't Star Trek II lift liberally from Battle Beyond the Stars, though? And of course so much of Aliens is note-for-note from Star Trek III. Thank god he did because no one should have to endure that trash movie just to hear that wonderful score.
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Darko posted:He was always a re-user, he just got terrible with it in the late 90s/2000s. For example, Aliens is a mix of Wolfen and Star Trek 2 (to be fair, Cameron rushed him on that).
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Jun 24, 2015 02:16
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James Horner made the same score over and over again, but it was a good score by god. Star Trek II and Aliens and who knows what else are practically the same score and they're amazing, part of my childhood.
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So, I was watching Man in the Iron Mask recently and couldn't help but notice how amazing the score by Nick Glennie-Smith is. I think this is my favorite piece from it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9EdPe510uo
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Skoll posted:So, I was watching Man in the Iron Mask recently and couldn't help but notice how amazing the score by Nick Glennie-Smith is. I think this is my favorite piece from it : Nick Glennie-Smith did some really amazing stuff in the '90s. He was responsible for a lot of The Rock, Man in the Iron Mask was really great, he actually did some great work on Highlander Endgame of all things, and I've always been a fan of his work for We Were Soldiers.
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Timby posted:Nick Glennie-Smith did some really amazing stuff in the '90s. He was responsible for a lot of The Rock, Man in the Iron Mask was really great, he actually did some great work on Highlander Endgame of all things, and I've always been a fan of his work for We Were Soldiers. Speaking of amazing scores from bad movies, I've always been amazed at how good Steve Jablonsky's work on the Transformers films were. I'll have to go through and re-watch We Were Soldiers now though because I haven't seen it in awhile and don't remember the score sticking out.
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Jun 30, 2015 01:06
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Jablonski's themes for the Transformers movies were all fantastic. I don't think I like ANY of his other stuff, though.
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Darko posted:Jablonski's themes for the Transformers movies were all fantastic. I don't think I like ANY of his other stuff, though. The Pain & Gain score had a lot of character- Bay seems to elevate him somehow.
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Jablonsky's stuff is the same to me as Trevor Rabin's in that they do scores that are functional but completely soulless. There are a few decent themes here and there but pretty much all the Michael Bay movie scores were ruined for me by Harry Gregson-Williams' score for Team America which completely nails the music in Bay movies. But on the topic of good music in bad movies, I stumbled upon Alan Silvestri's score for Judge Dredd, the 1995 Sylvester Stallone.. thing, and I'd forgotten how much I like it. The main theme is really awesome and I've had it stuck in my head for days now. And apparently Intrada just released a 2 CD remaster of it which even includes the theme Jerry Goldsmith wrote for the trailer.
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Alan Silvestri has done a LOT of good work. I actually have his Judge Dredd score as well. He does a lot of action movie scores, including both Predator movies, Delta Force, Captain America, The Avengers, etc. He's also no stranger to bad movies. He did Super Mario Brothers.
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I made a last.fm group if any of you are  enough to have one.http://www.last.fm/group/Goon+Film+Scores
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:James Horner made the same score over and over again, but it was a good score by god. Star Trek II and Aliens and who knows what else are practically the same score and they're amazing, part of my childhood.
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So I was listening to the London Philharmonic episode of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review Podcast and it made me think of two of my favorite pieces of film music ever. I won't make the case that they're the best or anything and they're not the most iconic but there's something about them that gives me shivers every time I listen to them. The first is Paul Buckmaster's theme from 12 Monkeys which is absolutely mental and conveys the paranoia and schizophrenia of the movie extremely well. I was quite distressed to learn he hasn't done any movie scores since. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNOzVkvRU1w The second is probably my favorite piece of movie music ever from my favorite film ever. This theme can still give me goosebumps despite watching the movie at least once a year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4NCC0dUXks I'm not very knowledgeable about movie music as I've never really listened to instrumental or orchestral music, but as I'm currently studying for my medical board licensing exam and sometimes find pop music too distracting I was hoping some of you folks could point me in the right direction for some instumental or orchestral music that could do the job. Just no Hans Zimmer please.  I like weird and/or melodramatic music if that helps.
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A Pale Horse posted:So I was listening to the London Philharmonic episode of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review Podcast and it made me think of two of my favorite pieces of film music ever. I won't make the case that they're the best or anything and they're not the most iconic but there's something about them that gives me shivers every time I listen to them. Buckmaster may have arranged it but that's an Astor Piazzolla piece.
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I've been listening to Max Richter's "The Leftovers" soundtrack today. It's quiet, but quite good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAodLtVPLT8&list=PLDuLJKLkYkG_dcIan6jYmmanY9kTIwhJl The first track is pretty different from the rest of the album. The second track is probably the most commonly played song from the previews.
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Seeing this thread again reminded me that I've enjoyed Christophe Beck's score from Ant-Man. The main theme is catchy, memorable, and hummable, and it's used enough throughout the score/movie that you have a chance to subconsciously get familiar with it. Every single person I saw the movie with walked out with that tune stuck in their head. For a composer, I'd think that meant "mission accomplished"... and yet it's not something that many film composers accomplish much anymore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_5NwVy8L5M
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I recently stumbled over this track from 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZnP1eAkcU Part of it reminded me strongly of a very popular movie theme that came out a bit later. In fact so much so that I find this melody really irritating because it doesn't continue in the expected way (I wont say to which theme I think it's similar to not influence anyone). Now my question is, do you hear it as well or am I going nuts? And if you hear it too, is this just in the realm of coincidence or would you think one melody inspired the other? Just out of curiosity.
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Jul 23, 2015 22:44
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Well, I hear two songs: Oh Danny Boy, the pipes are smoked by hobbits. But yeah, that can be annoying.
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true.spoon posted:I recently stumbled over this track from 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZnP1eAkcU I'm guessing it's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyCX9ExkFg It's most likely just a coincidence.
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Jul 23, 2015 23:13
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Yeah, this is exactly what I was expecting to hear listening to that.
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Jul 24, 2015 03:53
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At least I am not crazy. I would also think that it is a coincidence because it's just a couple of notes and what are the chances that Howard Shore would listen to some random anime soundtrack? On the other hand the timing is pretty close and Yoko Kanno is a pretty respectable composer in her own right.
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Wow I feel bad for not knowing who James Horner was considering he scored four movies that really marked my childhood: Jumanji, Land Before Time, Balto and Casper.
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So I watched The Thin Red Line all the way through for the first time yesterday and one of Zimmer's pieces in it kept bugging me because it sounded so familiar. I thought maybe I'd heard it in a trailer or something but it turns out it reminded me of a track from a completely different movie by a different composer. Going by the comments I'm not alone there. For comparison: "Journey to the Line" by Hans Zimmer, from The Thin Red Line (1998) "Unravelling" by Harry Escott, from Shame (2011) Could be a coincidence but that's pretty drat close.
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I rewatched candy man last night and god drat, that score is just fantastic. It's just so creepy and really compliments the candyman.
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