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Bogey

#540
March 12, 2010, 03:18:08 PM
Three pieces of vinyl bought today.  The fairly rare Black Hole score:



and two Goldsmith efforts:

 

I grabbed the Patton due to it being the only recording of this score that seems to get decent reviews and has his speech at the start.

On cd:



There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#541
March 13, 2010, 05:43:43 AM Last Edit: March 13, 2010, 05:51:13 AM by Bogey
Some more movie listening:



Great scoring by Goldsmith. The underlying French music just works wondefully here. He has to be one of the few that can pull this off considering the setting of the movie.  5 out of 5 stars.



Heralded as a great score, I found it so-so with actually few memorable moments. I did not care for the movie at all either.  However, I can see the appeal to some.  2 out of 5 stars.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#542
March 13, 2010, 10:45:05 AM


Love the industrial overtones on this one. Not too over the top. Steady and very enjoyable.  5 stars out of 5. 
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

schweitzeralan

#543
March 19, 2010, 04:54:42 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on August 12, 2008, 12:33:38 AM
What are you favourite film scores?

Some of mine are:

Conan the Barbarian: (Poledouris), a great score, like Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevsky" (really!)

The Heiress: Copland

Ivan the Terribe: Prokofiev

War and Peace (Russian): Ovchinnikov (wish it was on CD)

Shawshank Redemption/Green Mile: Thomas Newman

2001 A Space Odyssey: Ligeti etc

Dead of Night: Auric

The Cruel Sea: Rawsthorne

There are many more, but that will do for now.


Anyone out there interested in the film scores of Laurence Rosenthal?  He's been a long time favorite of mine, including John Williama, and JG.

http://www.laurencerosenthal.com/Laurence%20Rosenthal.html

jimmosk

#544
March 19, 2010, 06:32:20 AM Last Edit: March 19, 2010, 06:34:14 AM by jimmosk
Anybody here familiar with Yoko Kanno, a Japanese film composer who mostly writes scores for anime? She's done some lovely stuff, in a wide variety of styles. Here's one track in a John-Williams/Erich-Wolfgang-Korngold vein: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ4jyFdsG-Q

I've heard only a few of her scores -- can anyone recommend more?
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Benji

#545
March 19, 2010, 06:26:17 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on March 10, 2010, 09:51:07 AM
Just bought this - one of Jerry Goldsmith's best scores I think:

Yeah, brilliant theme, very...muscular music! There are a few good other performances of the theme, much better than the one on the original soundtrack recording.

vandermolen

#546
April 03, 2010, 02:22:01 AM
Lovely new CD of Bliss's film music (from Marco Polo). I posted at greater length on the Bliss thread in the composer's section.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

karlhenning

#547
April 13, 2010, 10:07:42 AM Last Edit: April 13, 2010, 10:10:49 AM by k a rl h e nn i ng
Someone here must have known, but I didn't: John Williams (credited as "Johnny Williams") wrote the theme music for Lost in Space . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/v/80TAVW3paBA

Bogey

#548
April 13, 2010, 01:23:33 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 13, 2010, 10:07:42 AM
Someone here must have known, but I didn't: John Williams (credited as "Johnny Williams") wrote the theme music for Lost in Space . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/v/80TAVW3paBA

Indeed.  Just discussing this credit with my wife the other day, Karl as he was on CBS Sunday Morning discussing the time when he played piano for  Vic Damone.   I have him credited with this name on my Land of the Giants cd.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#549
December 23, 2010, 01:30:18 PM
Just snagged  these three on vinyl today:

   
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

DavidRoss

#550
December 23, 2010, 02:13:29 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on April 13, 2010, 10:07:42 AM
Someone here must have known, but I didn't: John Williams (credited as "Johnny Williams") wrote the theme music for Lost in Space . . . .

http://www.youtube.com/v/80TAVW3paBA
Re-orchestrate it for soprano, tone generator, and 16 riding lawnmowers and then label it as a work by Stockhausen.  Then let's see whether James approves!
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Bogey

#551
January 02, 2011, 04:06:50 PM
Was given these pieces of music over Christmas:



The Black Hole I had on vinyl, now I have digitally as well.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

karlhenning

#552
January 02, 2011, 04:15:25 PM
I don't think I ever saw Black Hole.

I mean, where could the movie possibly go? ; )

Daverz

#553
January 02, 2011, 04:46:45 PM
Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on January 02, 2011, 04:15:25 PM
I don't think I ever saw Black Hole.

I mean, where could the movie possibly go? ; )

As I remember, it was pretty bad.  Whether it was so bad, it was good, I don't remember.

Bogey

#554
January 02, 2011, 05:09:19 PM
Quote from: Daverz on January 02, 2011, 04:46:45 PM
As I remember, it was pretty bad.  Whether it was so bad, it was good, I don't remember.

Just dreadful....unwatchable, IMO, but great score!
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Lethevich

#555
January 03, 2011, 08:44:56 PM
Some good news for the fans of Poledouris' Conan soundtrack:

http://www.pragueorchestras.com/conan.htm
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Bogey

#556
February 28, 2011, 06:13:57 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on January 03, 2011, 08:44:56 PM
Some good news for the fans of Poledouris' Conan soundtrack:

http://www.pragueorchestras.com/conan.htm

Yup.  The Oscars have me in the mood for some soundtrack listening.

Today:


Good movie.  Great score.



Awful movie.  Very nice score.

and right now:



I believe though that I like this re-recording as much if not more than the original above.  Just cleaner sounding and I remember reading somewhere where Bernstein gave it his stamp of approval.




There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#557
March 03, 2011, 03:03:25 PM
Some more film score listening this week:

OOP, but worth every penny:


Horner's best?  Maybe.


One of the few scores that holds up with dialogue and pop music used in the movie added to the cd.  Or is this Horner's best? ;D


Some queues are absolutely iconic, but the rest of Johnny's efforts hear are well worth the listen as well:


Classic Steiner!


There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#558
March 03, 2011, 03:33:20 PM
Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on January 03, 2011, 08:44:56 PM
Some good news for the fans of Poledouris' Conan soundtrack:

http://www.pragueorchestras.com/conan.htm

Lethe,
This posted on the forum of the soundtrack board I haunt from time to time.  The last post is of the most interest:

http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/forum/displayquestion.php?topicid=14846

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#559
March 03, 2011, 06:00:36 PM


Great compilation album.  The cover is kind of misleading (there is one track from Psycho, but that is it).  The Phase 4 vinyl sounds great here.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz
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