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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2016 edited
    Martijn wrote
    What IS a problem (for me) is that, being in the Zimmer stable and jumping on the drone bandwagon, he is getting more and more high-profile assignments. So while this fad continues your gain IS my loss. sad


    Oh, I hear a lot of Zimmer clones doing drones (are we having this discussion in 1995, btw?), and even more traditional composers doing second-rate versions and approximations of what they THINK it sounds like. Demetris mentioned some of these earlier, like all the talented Spaniards' fates in Hollywood.

    I've never grouped JXL with these. Quite the contrary, he has something unique to offer -- drawing from his own non-film music experiences -- which easily sets him apart. And also a great dramatic insight.

    I'd rather have ten JXLs than one Federico Jusid or Roque Banos or Laurent Eyquem trying to channel the ostinato-heavy drone sounds in thrillers.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2016
    Thor wrote
    Oh, I hear a lot of Zimmer clones doing drones (are we having this discussion in 1995, btw?)


    Gimme 1995 Zimmer ANY day! lick

    Quite the contrary, [JXL] has something unique to offer -- drawing from his own non-film music experiences -- which easily sets him apart. And also a great dramatic insight.


    I'm really, really, really trying to figure out whether you have found something truly special and unique that pretty much no one in the entire world can hear, or whether it's really just a matter of wishful thinking on your part.

    Or, of course, a case of personal preference.
    But hey, where's the fun in debating that? wink
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2016 edited
    If we're talking MAD MAX, both film and score have received mostly positive reviews -- from what I can recall. So I'm hardly unique there.

    Beyond that, there are great bits and pieces in stuff like BLACK MASS, DIVERGENT, BAT VS. SUPES and especially DEADPOOL (which, I agree, I seem to be the only one who really like). These are scores clearly done by a man who knows his way around samples and electronics, who's not afraid to paint in broad strokes or settle in a groove. It's hard to put into words, but I can hear stuff here that are remants of his studio albums.
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2016
    Thor wrote
    If we're talking MAD MAX, both film and score have received mostly positive reviews -- from what I can recall. So I'm hardly unique there.


    As far as the score goes, most positive sounds are coming from fairly casual listeners who -sorry- like the ïncessant "war drumming" bits (and actually complain quite a bit about the "ambient" parts). -Quotation marks to indicate that these are not my phrases: this is from several...well, MANY reviews on Amazon, Rakuten and what have you.

    They like the energy the drums give off, so not much different -in effect- than his dance remixes!
    But that is really quite a different kind of appreciation than a musical or virtuoso one!

    These are scores clearly done by a man who knows his way around samples and electronics, who's not afraid to paint in broad strokes or settle in a groove. It's hard to put into words, but I can hear stuff here that are remants of his studio albums.

    No argument.
    But, like Forbidden Planet (to name another score that has massive roots in another discipline), it's still quite unlistenable. Interesting, maybe. If you like that sort of stuff.
    Gutsy, yeah, maybe.
    But by its nature terribly dated (like an old Shaft score).
    And (UNlike an old Shaft score) unenjoyable in its own right.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2016
    Well, I get plenty of enjoyment from it, so...

    For me, this is far more accesible and musical than the sound design for stuff like FORBIDDEN PLANET or TERMINATOR (which -- like MAD MAX -- are also brilliant in their respective movies).
    I am extremely serious.
  6. Interesting you mention The Terminator, because that score has been absent from my collection until this year. That's 32 years and I've finally decided to own it and appreciate it for what it is outside of the film.

    By the time I start appreciating Mad Max: Fury Road I'll hopefully die of old age first. tongue
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2016
    Steven wrote
    Junk XL is a Hollywood producers' phase. I suspect this one-hit wonder will soon find his projects drying up. A limited and inappropriate set of skills will only get you so far in film scoring.

    #ThanksHans


    True words. Don't resurrect dead people for Mad Max people. Just give it to Elliot Goldenthal for instance.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 3rd 2016
    I watched a film "The Widower" which was about the infamous killer Malcom Webster which I'm sure many of you are familiar with Alan, Timmer, Thor, and others. What put me on the edge of my seat a bit is the drug in the film that he used to drug the women with was Temezepan, a drug that I take to control my foot from going into uncontrollable spasms. I take it as prescribed and it has never made me sleepy. Perhaps Alan could comment on it as I'm curious.
    Tom
    listen to more classical music!
  9. sdtom wrote
    I watched a film "The Widower" which was about the infamous killer Malcom Webster which I'm sure many of you are familiar with Alan, Timmer, Thor, and others. What put me on the edge of my seat a bit is the drug in the film that he used to drug the women with was Temezepan, a drug that I take to control my foot from going into uncontrollable spasms. I take it as prescribed and it has never made me sleepy. Perhaps Alan could comment on it as I'm curious.
    Tom

    Not sure what I can add to this Tom. I was quite surprised to see temazepam being mentioned (I am assuming that this is the same drug as you mention: the spelling is different). I seem to recall it being quite an abused prescribed drug when I was young (not by me!) and news items must have been quite frequent back then. Other than that, I don't really know much about this.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2016
    The problem with stories like this is you don't know what is truth or not. The pill size looked like 1000mg Vitamin C capsules.
    listen to more classical music!
  11. Edmund Meinerts wrote
    yeah

    The proof, as our Norwegian just said, is in the pudding.


    And by pudding, we of course mean donkey dung packaged in a pudding cup.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2016
    would be curious to read a book on it if one was done.
    listen to more classical music!
  13. Did anyone in the UK see the recent Attenborough's Life That Glows? There was some spectacular examples of how bioluminescence is used in the natural world.

    The footage of dolphins swimming through water that bioluminesces when disturbed was spectacular. Below is a link to a YouTube video that I hope doesn't have regional restrictions.

    I've seen some footage of this phenomenon before but never as impressive as seen here:

    https://youtu.be/Hu0Bggv0doc?t=27m14s
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMay 12th 2016
    I think we all know which score would go well with this...
  15. ...Atlantis: The Lost Empire! cheesy
  16. Rhapsody in Blue
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
  17. Heh, I just listened to that one. Weird. shocked
  18. Spock would say it's only logical. There's the overwhelming presence of one blue-ish color. The flowing movements of the creatures made you think of a rhapsody.

    I posted it, you've heard it. Some sort of psychic connection going on. Further investigation is recommended. smile
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
  19. Tomorrowland

    I liked it, somehow it has an 80's vibe in it. And I liked how the movie continuously surprised me with its enthusiasm. It's all harmless entertainment. At the end I was even quite moved too. And the final seconds show a director at work who's not afraid to paint a lovely calm ending to an otherwise big blockbuster film.

    Oh, and Giacchino's sccore works well in context. All in all, good old fun

    8 / 10
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
  20. One thing I didn't like about Tomorrowland was that [spoiler]Hugh Laurie's villain was killed at the end. That felt fairly heartless for a film that is so otherwise dead-set on having heart. That character was more misguided than truly evil, and he needed to be redeemed rather than murdered in such an unceremonious way (and especially not with a groan-worthy final line like that).[/spoiler]
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeMay 15th 2016
    Tomorrowland was a great premise but absolutely died during its latter half!

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
  22. Erik Woods wrote
    Tomorrowland was a great premise but absolutely died during its latter half!

    -Erik-


    Agreed.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 16th 2016
    The music?
    listen to more classical music!
  24. No, the film. The music was consistently good, I thought.
  25. I like the music except for that bastard version of the Henry Jones Sr. theme. (although the fact that it's a bastard child of the Henry Jones Sr. theme is not the reason I dislike that theme, but rather because there are some really awkward and clumsy chord shifts in there).
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeMay 17th 2016
    ^ Yeah... as much as I REALLY enjoyed the score that one theme really annoyed me. I wish there was more variation of the theme.

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
  27. Edmund Meinerts wrote
    One thing I didn't like about Tomorrowland was that [spoiler]Hugh Laurie's villain was killed at the end. That felt fairly heartless for a film that is so otherwise dead-set on having heart. That character was more misguided than truly evil, and he needed to be redeemed rather than murdered in such an unceremonious way (and especially not with a groan-worthy final line like that).[/spoiler]


    I understand what you mean. Then again, [spoiler]he went through with his idea to destroy the world. That makes him pretty villainous to me[/spoiler] tongue

    EDITED BY BREGT: use spoiler tags
    waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh
  28. The Philadelphia Story, with a class-act score by Franz Waxman. A case study in excellent Mickey Mousing: The cascading harp when Katharine Hepburn downs three glasses of champagne in quick succession.
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      CommentAuthorLSH
    • CommentTimeMay 21st 2016 edited
    I've recently been caught up in a lot of 2nd unit filming for the upcoming Kingsman sequel, both outside where I work and around the corner where I live. Lots of loud gunfire, stunts and car chases through the last few nights. Very cool to watch (and very loud) but fascinating to see how such a huge production operates (I was even invited to catering for facilitating their shoot of one particular sequence outside my bar!). Also got to know a few of the crew, mostly from the special effects team, who had some very impressive experience on some other big films; Bourne, Transformers, Casino Royale...

    cool
  30. How cool!

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