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coffeesp00ns  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Any synth lovers here?

Frankly, these are two of my favourite movie sound tracks of the last 30-40 years.

Maybe it's because I know where Hans Zimmer, John Williams and Howard Shore steal from, and I'm not as familiar with the "literature" of electronic music, but I feel like there's a level of individuality and creativity, and of mood-setting that just doesn't come across in a lot of the sweeping orchestral sounds that have become stereotypical of film scores as of late.

There's definitely something to be said of the film music of an older time, however. In my opinion, it saved classical music from itself. Props also to Nino Rota, who not only wrote some amazing film music but also the best piece for Bass and orchestra ever written.





kleinbl00  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fun Fact: I used some royalty-free Saint Saens and some royalty-free Berlioz in a ripoff of Indiana Jones last year. Aquarium is so obviously Indiana Jones it hurts.

Here's my two favorites. I'm nowhere near as literate as you but I have my preferences.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that's one of the fun things about classical music - no one can know everything about it. As ignorant as you may or may not think you are, what you and I know are drops in the ocean in 500 years of music.

I love that.

I'm listening to the first link now. Diggin' it. thanks for the share.

kleinbl00  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mark Isham is a crazy-ass scientologist but he's got some real skill. Thomas Newman I know less about, but more people know him for this thing than for less than zero:

By the way, were you aware that in Europe, Legend didn't have a Jerry Goldsmith score it had a Tangerine Dream score?

Changes the hell out of the movie.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3320 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I did know about the Tangerine Dream score. I think that as a standalone piece, the Jerry Goldsmith score is better, but in-movie, the Tangerine Dream score is a little less intrusive. It definitely has a creepier vibe, though. The Goblins in particular come off a lot more darkly comedic.