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Jerry Goldsmith - Alien
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| A L I E N |
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Jim_A
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29 Aug 2008 |
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In Space ... No One Can Hear You Scream ... but they "can" hear what is arguably the best score of Jerry Goldsmith's career. Every movement is a perfect blend of accompaniment, and symphony.
p.s. it has been my honor to write this review. Rest In Peace, Jerry.
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11 of 12 found this review helpful |
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Mark Snow - X-Files, The: I Want To Believe
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| X-Files: I Want To Believe |
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Jim_A
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29 Aug 2008 |
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Though the film itself did not impress anyone, including me, the score is a good piece of orchestrated electronica, and feels like it should have accompanied the initial film, X-Files: Fight the Future. To sum it up, nice music for fans of the show and fans of electronically orchestrated music.
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5 of 6 found this review helpful |
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Craig Safan - Last Starfighter, The
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| The Last Starfighter (1984) |
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Jim_A
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9 Aug 2008 |
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Truly one of Craig Safan's best, along with Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. And though it's clear that Safan was given the job of attempting to imitate musical arrangements and orchestrations earlier accomplished by John Williams -- he makes the best of it, and manages to produce a very romantic and original score.
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4 of 4 found this review helpful |
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George Fenton - Madness Of King George, The
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| Handel's music in this film |
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Twopop
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16 May 2008 |
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The soundtrack is comprised of non-original classical music, such as Handel's Water Music, carefully selected by George Fenton.
All of it is period appropriate and so skillfully integrated with the action that it may as well have been composed expressly for the film.
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2 of 2 found this review helpful |
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Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Batman Begins
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| Anderson8989's Review of BATMAN BEGINS |
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I will start off by saying that I love both Hans zimmer's & James Newton Howards' works. When I first saw the movie "Batman Begins", directed by Christopher Nolan, I was extremely impressed by the special effects, acting, deep characters, and the wonderful storyline. Also, I loved the music and after seeing the movie, I immediately looked into buying the soundtrack. Yet, when I heard the soundtrack outside of the movie I learned that most of the songs make a very darker slower music to listen to. If you are planing on buying this soundtrack I would suggest listen to it first and picking out the songs that sound good outside of the movie. Overall, I will give this soundtrack a 3&1/2 stars because eventhough it sounds great in the movie, most of the songs do not make for the best casual listening.
Anderson8989
"victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival" Winston S. Churchill
Dreambuilder15@hotmail.com
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4 of 6 found this review helpful |
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Carl Davis - French Lieutenant's Woman, The
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| The Diverse Score of Carl Davis |
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Twopop
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8 Apr 2008 |
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981) is a story within a story – with a span of a hundred years or so, so it’s no surprise that Carl Davis’ beautiful and interesting score is diverse.
A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna and Mike, who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the film, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.
Most of the score is full, symphonic beautiful and brooding music, very much what you would expect of a 19th century period movie. But several tracks for the present day scenes are original disco, dance, or synth cues:
03-Period Research
07-Location Lunch
09-Domestic Scene
12-End Of School Party
These four were arranged by Brian Gascoigne.
In addition, Track 11-A House In Windmere is actually "Adagio" from Mozart's Piano Sonata in D, K576.
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3 of 3 found this review helpful |
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E.S. Posthumus - Cartographer
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| Cartographer by E.S. Posthumus |
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E.S. Posthumus has worked their magic once again with their second album; Cartographer is definitely superior to its predecessor (which was still genius of course). Cartographer is a 2 CD collection with each CD being unique and being able to stand alone as a single album, yet at the same time, each CD is a good reflection of the other. The first CD, while quite different from Unearthed (their first album), is a unique blend of many different ethnic orchestral sounds, with lyrics sung by the beautiful (both in appearance and sound) Luna Sans. The lyrics were written by the Vonlichten brothers (the founders of E.S. Posthumus) in a Latin-derivative language that they created especially for this album. In order, these songs tell the story of the inhabitants of the island of Numa, a fictional ancient civilization, their rise as a civilization, their exploration of the world, and their eventual fall. Listening to this CD, it is hard not to be swept away in the spirit of exploration, and to see what they may have seen. It is truly beautiful music.
The second CD is much more akin to Unearthed, and is a remix of every song on the first CD, along with two bonus tracks. It follows the same cinematic orchestral tone of Unearthed, but at the same time it creates its own new tone. It would likely be easy to tell the difference between an Unearthed song and a Cartographer song. Cartographer “Peri Reis Remixes” makes use of a grand choir with almost every track, and does not have any of Luna Sans vocals. To me, this CD seems another adaptation of the story of Numa, even if it is in a different order, and while it may sound very different from the first CD, the same spirit of exploration, hope, and adventure is present. Together, these two CDs form one of the greatest albums that I have listened to, and one that has quickly become one of my favorites. My favorite songs from this album include: Oraanu, Mosane, and Marunae (along with their remixes).
-LOTRKing
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7 of 7 found this review helpful |
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Graeme Revell Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel Robert Rodriguez, Rick Del Castillo Robert Rodriguez (...) - Grindhouse: Planet Terror
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| Rodriguez at his best |
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Robert Rodriguez wrote the movie and also did the music for it, a fantastic coupling of talents. His signature latin guitar sound makes the music uniquely his. The main guitar theme can be heard in the Main Titles track, along with bits in other songs such as Go Go not Cry Cry, El Wray, Killer Legs and Cherry Darling. Gindhouse Blues is a great track, combining the main theme with a blend of jazzy saxophone blues. The most upbeat tracks are Cherry's Dance of Death, which has a great acoustic guitar solo mixed in with the original guitar theme and Useless Talent #32, with Rose McGowan doing a little bit of la la la singing with that track. Excellent soundtrack all around, gruesome guitar and electric sounds make the movie come alive in the music.
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7 of 7 found this review helpful |
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