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Stare-Out posted: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. The Thin Red Line track just reaffirms how much Zimmer lifts from himself. Not that he is the only composer that has a habit of doing that.
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Zimmer uses the gradually building layers template from Thin Red Line all of the time (see "Time" from Inception for how he's matured it), but that was the most noticeable "first" time he did it. Thin Red Line was pretty influential, as TONS of composers started doing more of that after that as well.
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Darko posted:Zimmer uses the gradually building layers template from Thin Red Line all of the time (see "Time" from Inception for how he's matured it), but that was the most noticeable "first" time he did it. Thin Red Line was pretty influential, as TONS of composers started doing more of that after that as well. It's actually one of my favorite things in soundtracks because it usually works really well with whatever is on screen. Are there any other notable examples of this because any time I think of it I can only think of "Time" and "Chevaliers de Sangreal" off the top of my head?
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Chaotic Flame posted:It's actually one of my favorite things in soundtracks because it usually works really well with whatever is on screen. Are there any other notable examples of this because any time I think of it I can only think of "Time" and "Chevaliers de Sangreal" off the top of my head? These are to varying extents, but they all contain elements - Much of Interstellar is built like that; just has different instrumentation style. - Leave No Man Behind from Black Hawk Down is a prime, prime example (and possibly his second best of that style, and ripped off in the Battlestar Galactica score). Things like Barra Barra in that score still use that structure as well, while being more vocal and fast pace. - The first half of Idyll's End from Last Samurai is going like it will be structured that way before breaking off into an action piece - Pearl Harbor has one in there somewhere as do some of his smaller, lesser known movies - Injection from Mission Impossible 2 - Solomon from 12 Years A Slave definitely applies That's off the top of my head; there are more.
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I thought this was appropriate today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMIeql69TXo
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Skoll posted:I thought this was appropriate today. We're finally back to the future
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Chaotic Flame posted:It's actually one of my favorite things in soundtracks because it usually works really well with whatever is on screen. Are there any other notable examples of this because any time I think of it I can only think of "Time" and "Chevaliers de Sangreal" off the top of my head? I really dig that too, and I would add "Surface of the sun" from Sunshine as well as "Waking up" from Oblivion.
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Maloya posted:I really dig that too, and I would add "Surface of the sun" from Sunshine as well as "Waking up" from Oblivion. How could I forget "Surface of the Sun"?! And thanks for the other suggestion. My playlist for this type of song is growing. 
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Maloya posted:I really dig that too, and I would add "Surface of the sun" from Sunshine as well as "Waking up" from Oblivion. Thanks for these. Just listened to each a few times and then added them to my permanent playlist. Good stuff. Not exactly in the same vein, but I was recently reminded of another great slow-build track that gradually builds in intensity to the payoff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrjs93NIaJY
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Nov 4, 2015 21:45
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"Fearful Odds" is another similar track on the Oblivion soundtrack.
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Nov 5, 2015 02:44
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If you have a couple hours, this is fantastic: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365596258/ Anyone with an interest in Danny Elfman's film work should watch it. And that violin soloist, holy poo poo.
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Zimmer is touring Europe next year; unfortunate for those of us in the U.S., but oh well. http://www.themarysue.com/hans-zimmer-tour/
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poo poo, of course no Finland dates. Just the UK and mainland Europe.  Would've killed to go to that.
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Joe Hisaishi conducts music from The Wind Rises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6QYAm5Wd-0 Love that man 
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Necro-ing this thread to post the new Star Wars soundtrack. https://play.spotify.com/album/3fUKGTsiYL1kSroBWBLmmR In my opinion it's REALLY solid. I've said it in a few other threads but it really reminds me of Prisoner of Azkaban. Less emphasis on repeated melodic themes and more on really nice orchestration and timbre to convey mood. March of the Resistance is a great track, but the only one I don't love in context. It sounds more like an Indiana Jones piece than a Star Wars one. Thoughts?
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I think it's one of his strongest Star Wars scores. Rey's Theme alone is worth the price of admission.
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I can't believe Jóhann "The Theory of Everything" Jóhansson scored "Sicario". Really surprised me that it was the same dude. What a drat score, it's basically "Encounter in London and Bomb Malfunctions" from Williams' "Munich" score stretched out to a full score with a pinch of the broodiness of Howard Shore's "Seven" score. It's broken up with some more traditional bits which are really nice and provide some excellent contrast to when it gets all sinister and dark again.
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Carol has the best soundtrack of the year for me. Lots of woodwinds, it's a very distinctive sound.
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Forgot about this thread, any scores from this year so far worth looking for?
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effectual posted:Forgot about this thread, any scores from this year so far worth looking for? Captain America: Civil War has a few decent tracks but isn't as good overall as the two Avengers soundtracks, which themselves weren't really that great. X-Men: Apocalypse also has a few good tracks but is nothing spectacular overall. They just don't make big blockbuster film scores like they used to. Next up, I'll be looking forward to Michael Giacchino's scores for Star Trek Beyond this summer and Doctor Strange near the end of the year. I'll also hope the score for Independence Day: Resurgence is good, but I'm bummed they didn't bring David Arnold back as composer.
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I really liked Zimmer's scores for both The DaVinci Code and Angels & Demons so I'm pretty curious about Inferno.
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effectual posted:Forgot about this thread, any scores from this year so far worth looking for? As someone else said, Civil War had a decent score. I actually liked the Batman v Superman one as well. Those are the two that really stood out for me so far. Even though its not from 2016, I managed to get my hands on the Bloodsport OST and it's actually pretty good. Sith Happens posted:I'll also hope the score for Independence Day: Resurgence is good, but I'm bummed they didn't bring David Arnold back as composer. I'm hoping the Resurgence score is better than the original one. David Arnold isn't bad at all but the first ID4's complete score was pretty fuckin' repetitive.
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Skoll posted:As someone else said, Civil War had a decent score. I actually liked the Batman v Superman one as well. Those are the two that really stood out for me so far. Bloodsport is a classic. And it has three montages during 80's rock ballads, it's almost parody. The original music during the final fight is perfect though and I can still remember it.
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The Neon Demon's score should be fantastic once that comes out.
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Sith Happens posted:Captain America: Civil War has a few decent tracks but isn't as good overall as the two Avengers soundtracks, which themselves weren't really that great. X-Men: Apocalypse also has a few good tracks but is nothing spectacular overall. Civil War missed a golden opportunity by not incorporating Bryan Tyler's Iron Man 3 theme for some of Stark's scenes. That brief quote of it when the Hulkbuster comes together in Avengers 2 is probably the best bit of that score.
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Timby posted:Civil War missed a golden opportunity by not incorporating Bryan Tyler's Iron Man 3 theme for some of Stark's scenes. That brief quote of it when the Hulkbuster comes together in Avengers 2 is probably the best bit of that score. Agreed. Not having a cohesive set of themes throughout the MCU has been really disappointing. But in the few instances where they have used recognizable themes from one movie to the next (like part of Cap's original theme appearing a couple of times during Cap-centric moments in the first Avengers movie), it's extremely satisfying. I wish at least a brief quote of Ant-Man's theme from his movie had made it into Ant-Man's big (hurr!) moment in Civil War.
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If the MCU movies just brazenly copied the score from The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith, I would be happy.
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My biggest disappointment was that, in a Captain America movie, we didn't hear any of Alan Silvestri's awesome march. Like...not even a little bit.
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Speaking of Silvestri, I've always thought his Judge Dredd theme was sweet as all hell. As much as I dig the 2012 Dredd soundtrack, this is still the defining Dredd theme to me.
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Stare-Out posted:Speaking of Silvestri, I've always thought his Judge Dredd theme was sweet as all hell. As much as I dig the 2012 Dredd soundtrack, this is still the defining Dredd theme to me. The movie that The Cure did not remember recording a song for. Alan Silvestri has so much good stuff. He even made the Super Mario Brothers movie enjoyable with his music.
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Skoll posted:The movie that The Cure did not remember recording a song for. Alan Silvestri has so much good stuff. He even made the Super Mario Brothers movie enjoyable with his music. Fun fact about the 1995 Judge Dredd movie; the end credits song was originally supposed to be "Judge Yr'self" by the Welsh band Manic Street Preachers but they had to axe it because one of their members went missing.
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Stare-Out posted:Speaking of Silvestri, I've always thought his Judge Dredd theme was sweet as all hell. As much as I dig the 2012 Dredd soundtrack, this is still the defining Dredd theme to me. I've always said this should have been Captain America's theme. Imagine a subdued version of this as Cap drops his shield at the end of Civil War.
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Timby posted:I've always said this should have been Captain America's theme. Imagine a subdued version of this as Cap drops his shield at the end of Civil War. Even though it always makes me think of Dredd, it definitely suits Cap better than Judge Dredd, that's for sure. It's too heroic to be as fascistic to suit Dredd anyway.
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I always really dug the Predator soundtrack. It matches the tone of the movie so perfectly, and it has a couple of great standout motifs like the main theme, He's My Friend, and Billy Stands Alone.
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I think if we're going for overly bombastic, martial themes, you can't really beat Basil Poledouris. 
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Skoll posted:I think if we're going for overly bombastic, martial themes, you can't really beat Basil Poledouris. Seriously, the whole Starship Troopers soundtrack is amazing but there just is no surpassing "Klendathu Drop".
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Stare-Out posted:Seriously, the whole Starship Troopers soundtrack is amazing but there just is no surpassing "Klendathu Drop". Poledouris recycled and re-orchestrated much of his awesome RoboCop 3 score for this, and it's great.
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Timby posted:Poledouris recycled and re-orchestrated much of his awesome RoboCop 3 score for this, and it's great. Literally the only thing about that movie that was great.
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Skoll posted:Literally the only thing about that movie that was great. Oh, come on. John Castle was chewing scenery left and right, as was Rip Torn, you've got Bradley Whitford doing his Bradley Whitford thing, and watching Robert John Burke try to move around in a suit that was built for an actor like five inches shorter than him is kind of hilarious.
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