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I have reached the conclusion that Mr. Giacchino is one of the best current film composers.
I have a number of his scores on CD, such as JOHN CARTER, the 2-CD STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, JUPITER RISING, UP, and RATATOUILLE, among others, and I plan to get a few of the recent ones, like TOMORROWLAND and JURASSIC WORLD, which sound pretty good in the previews.
Can you good people please recommend other scores of his? (I should tell you: I'm more interested in melody than noise wall... )
Thanks.
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Jun 20, 2015 - 12:46 PM
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TxIrish
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Yes, I agree, Giacchino is one of the better younger composers right now. I don't know all of his music, but his music for 'Lost' is incredible and almost overwhelming. Virtually every character has at least one theme, and many have several, and there are dozens if not hundreds of themes and motifs (some of which are mentioned at the link http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Musical_themes). As was said above, try a used copy of season 1; seasons 4, 3, and 6 are probably the next best. They are phenomenal, a career achievement.
I haven't heard any of his music from this year yet; up until now I'd say that 'John Carter' is his best, with 'Incredibles' just behind it (it could go either way, they're just so different, and I favor Carter a little more). 'The Incredibles' is amazing, at the time perhaps the best Bond score since John Barry (although I really like David Arnold's Bond work). "Super 8" has some beautiful music on it; give it a listen on Youtube (its on sale at Varese for $5). I think "Speed Racer" is a lot of fun, but it's a really wild score, so it's hard to recommend (again, give it a listen on Youtube before buying).
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SEMPER FI and SKY HIGH would be instant buys for me.
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Oct 6, 2015 - 8:01 AM
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CapitalJ
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I have reached the conclusion that Mr. Giacchino is one of the best current film composers.
I have a number of his scores on CD, such as JOHN CARTER, the 2-CD STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, JUPITER RISING, UP, and RATATOUILLE, among others, and I plan to get a few of the recent ones, like TOMORROWLAND and JURASSIC WORLD, which sound pretty good in the previews.
Can you good people please recommend other scores of his? (I should tell you: I'm more interested in melody than noise wall... )
Thanks.
Some other people already mentioned it, but the Medal of Honor series has some really great scores. The tracks "Manor House Rally" and "Sturmgesit's Armored Train" have some catchy melodies in them. Also, the main themes from the first Medal of Honor, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and Medal of Honor: Airborne are great, and each with a different style. Super 8 is another one of my favorite scores. The tracks "Letting Go" and the "Super 8 Suite" are beautiful. I can't get those themes out of my head. Also, "Evacuation of Lillian" has some cool action themes. I think it's a very underrated score. I also have entire albums from The Incredibles, Up, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Dawn of the of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, and Ratatouille. The song "Roar!" from Cloverfield is another good one. I haven't listened to much of the Lost score, but I always loved the walking theme "The Good Shephard" from Season 3.
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The first few Medal Of Honor scores are great-to-good, as is Inside Out, which is still my favorite score of the year. His first Star Trek score is way better than Into Darkness, but the most interesting cue ("Jehosafats") is only on the out-of-print Deluxe Edition. Generally his scores wear me out, either because of the shrill sound or that he runs out of ideas at about the halfway point of almost every score.
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Oct 7, 2015 - 4:02 PM
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CapitalJ
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I've been following his career since the early 2000s with his Medal of Honor scores, which are indeed awesome. But for me, his most impressive scoring achievement is doing all 120 episodes of Lost. Starting with a handful of themes in the pilot, he instantly brought a film-quality level of scoring to a weekly network show. He went to on write many other stunning themes/motifs for characters/situations throughout the show's 6 year run. Now there's certainly a lot of quiet and suspenseful underscore across the 10 available CDs, but the brilliant way he wove his themes into the texture of the show more than makes up for the occasionally uneven listening experience on CD.
My Giacchino top 5:
-- Lost (the show as a whole, but the best overall CD is "The End", the 10th disc)
-- Tomorrowland
-- Up
-- Medal of Honor
-- John Carter
I was listening to the albums for Lost, going season by season, and it seemed like a lot quiet and suspenseful underscore like you said, so I haven't found any tracks I really liked besides "Hollywood and Vines" and "The Good Shephard" which was the walking theme from Season 3. I haven't listened to seasons 4-6 tho, because I am not there yet in the show. I just started watching the show recently, I'm at episode 8 in the 4th Season right now. Maybe there will be some more good tracks from the later seasons.
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