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Jan 26, 2018 - 10:06 AM
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Rexor
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Well, after having checked out many of the cues I must say I like James Horner! I also had the pleasure of listening to a couple of cues from Wolfen (which was very pleasing as well, too bad the Intrada is insane price wise). I would love to hear any and all input
I love James Horner, but he was a controversial figure. Some loved his approach to scoring (which included a lot of referencing/borrowing), and others hated it. People (at FSM) loved to kick him around, like Richard Nixon, and it seemed like he was more hated than Hans Zimmer is today.
I can understand why some folks could take a "he was a crook, I cant listen to his music" view. There have been several occasion when I couldn't fully enjoy a scene, in a film, because I was already familiar with the music. Stuff like the "Lacrimossa" scene in "Tree of Life," or the "Raindrops falling on your head" scene in "Spiderman," and some stuff in Kingdom of Heaven... Fortunately, I was able to enjoy Horner's approach (things like Glory), and I think he did some amazing things.
In order to fully appreciate Horner's approach you should revisit some of the films. I would check out
1. Apollo 13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-rXEH0JR8
The Launch scene is cool too, and I love the end credits.
2. Glory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVSn_bno8IQ
3. Braveheart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHMnx5fqUXY
A great love theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAZEZfkM2YQ
and of course the "freedom theme
4. Field of Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjz-M_6eN8
5. The Zorro films (Mask of Zorro, Legend of Zorro)
Diego's Goodbye is like a homage to Rozsa's love theme from El Cid
6. House of Sand and Fog
Then there is also
Brainstorm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GipzUFvj1nk
Gorky Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8jxoaFiSY
Casper (and the great lullaby)
Sneakers (the sneakers theme is a great theme to whistle)
New World
The Missing
Legends of the Fall
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Four Feathers
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Btw, these discovery threads are great. It presents me with a chance to rediscover music. So, WA, keep rolling out the "new" threads. Part of me gets annoyed when i click on a thread, and I remember (or can't rembember) that I read the same thread ten years ago.
-Rex
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"Might Joe Young" leaves me mightily bored, and cold too often.
James Newton Howard would have been a better choice.
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I love Balto and I'm hoping it gets an expansion because there are some great cues left off the original album.
Yavar
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"Might Joe Young" leaves me mightily bored, and cold too often.
James Newton Howard would have been a better choice.
Id....id....idi....
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I love Balto and I'm hoping it gets an expansion because there are some great cues left off the original album.
Yavar
Great cues left off!!!????
Wow.
Something to look forward to.
Maybe.....
Brm
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Yeah as I recall there's almost a quarter hour of missing cues that are in the film. Mostly really good stuff but I'd have to see the film again to get into specifics because it was so long ago...
Yavar
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Shameless plug time.
You might want to start here with Jason Drury's three-part radio documentary on the man.
http://www.cinematicsound.net/the-life-and-music-of-james-horner-radio-documentary-part-i/
Enjoy!
-Erik-
Wow. Just listened to this over the last couple of days. Fantastic.
I finally got to see the remake of The Magnificent Seven. When the first notes echoed (!) Battle Beyond the Stars I got a lump in my throat. How perfect to end where it began. I don't know if that was Horner or the people who finished the score. Good film. Terrific score.
Now I'm listening to Collage: The Final Work on Spotify.
Thanks again for this thread. It has reminded me how much I loved his work.
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Can Tummy Trouble count as a favorite score? It's technically a 7-minute piece, but one I've been playing a lot. Just pure unadulterated blissful cartoon music.
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