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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3      General Discussion: Apollo 13 or Braveheart?     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Sep 16, 2009 - 8:12 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) In honour of the coming 15th anniversary of James Horner's double Oscar nomination, I think a poll is an order. Personally, I like Apollo 13 better, but then again they are completely different.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2009 - 9:44 PM     By:   Ado   (Member) In honour of the coming 15th anniversary of James Horner's double Oscar nomination, I think a poll is an order. Personally, I like Apollo 13 better, but then again they are completely different. Apollo 13 is good, although like a lot of other Horner, whereas Braveheart has more originality.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2009 - 10:07 PM     By:   drivingmissdaisy   (Member) For me, Apollo 13 by far.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 1:23 AM     By:   Lokutus   (Member) Apollo 13 works better for me but the album presentation really sucks. Braveheart still have some incredible moments though. Anyway, expanded edition of Apollo 13 would be HIGHLY appreciated.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 6:12 AM     By:   sergioleone   (Member) Braveheart    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 6:46 AM     By:   Mike Shehan   (Member) FREEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!...ahem, sorry, I meant to say Braveheart. On a similar note, I kinda always felt like Horner's Titanic Oscar was kind of a consolation prize - the Academy's way of saying, (in a shamed demeanor) "Here you go, sorry about the whole Braveheart thing. Yeah, we know! We don't really know what we were thinking either. But here, just go ahead and take this one - yeah, ok, sure it's four years late...but it's still just as pretty and shiny though. Right?!"    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 8:23 AM     By:   Shaun Rutherford   (Member) Horner's Oscar for Titanic was no consolation prize. While the majority of the music was, ahem, watered-down versions of his previous scores, the themes were great and having that awful song as its, ahem, anchor did not hurt it's chances at winning. Consolation prize = Russell Crowe's Oscar for Gladiator    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 8:27 AM     By:   Mike Esssss   (Member) IMHO, nothing in BRAVEHEART reaches the, ahem, heights of "The Launch," but on the whole I think BRAVEHEART is a stronger score. And it helps that the movie leans on it much more heavily than APOLLO 13 does. I still feel like he deserved the Oscar for BRAVEHEART (one of the few trophies the film did deserve).    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 8:35 AM     By:   Mark Ford   (Member) Apollo 13 for me. One of my favorite scores, but that could be a by-product of the movie being one of my all time favorites. I didn't like the album presentation at all because of the dialog and songs mixed in throughout, so I sprung for a pretty expensive Academy score-only promo with 17 to 18 minutes more of the score.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 10:45 AM     By:   spielboy   (Member) APOLLO 13 derivative but excellent score. The expanded dialogue-free promo CD, of course.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 12:51 PM     By:   BrenKel   (Member) Cracking scores the pair of them! Love them both but Braveheart just pips Apollo 13 to the post! They are both in my fave top 10 of James Horner scores. NP TIMELINE (Jerry Goldsmith)    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 4:43 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) IMHO, nothing in BRAVEHEART reaches the, ahem, heights of "The Launch," but on the whole I think BRAVEHEART is a stronger score. And it helps that the movie leans on it much more heavily than APOLLO 13 does. I still feel like he deserved the Oscar for BRAVEHEART (one of the few trophies the film did deserve). What about "Re-Entry and Splashdown"?    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 5:49 PM     By:   Hadrian   (Member) Apollo 13 for me too.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 6:21 PM     By:   Mike Esssss   (Member) What about "Re-Entry and Splashdown"? It's certainly a nice cue, and it's a great moment in the movie. But for me it's not as attractive a piece on its own as "The Launch." It is another example of Horner nailing a dramatic moment. But still I'd give BRAVEHEART the nod.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 7:57 PM     By:   MoxFulder   (Member) Legends of the Fall. Joking aside though, I love both Apollo 13, Braveheart, and Legends about equally -- well, maybe Legends gets a slight nod -- and I consider that period in the mid-90s to be Horner's finest.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2009 - 8:20 PM     By:   antipodean   (Member) Apollo 13. Although in my case, that's not saying much because I've never actually gotten around to watching Braveheart, and do not have either volume of the soundtracks.    Posted:   Sep 18, 2009 - 8:28 AM     By:   Luigi   (Member) Apollo 13 by far !!    Posted:   Sep 18, 2009 - 12:02 PM     By:   Michael24   (Member) Apollo 13. Then again, I've only seen Braveheart once, while I've seen Apollo 13 dozens of times. I'd like to see a good soundtrack release one day, with just the score and none of the dialogue weaving throughout. With the exception of the John Houseman track on The Fog (since it's at the very start and doesn't interfere with the score proper), I really dislike dialogue snippets in scores.    Posted:   Sep 19, 2009 - 11:42 AM     By:   danbeck   (Member) Apollo 13 by far. Braveheart has a beautifull theme, but other than that I just find it borring.    Posted:   Sep 19, 2009 - 11:58 AM     By:   bdm   (Member) Another nod to APPOLLO 13. Love that score (and I did get my hands on the promo - wee!). I do have the BRAVEHEART score, and just can't get through it; it just fades into the background for me. As a nod to the BRAVEHEART fans out there, my best friend (who does not come to this board, or any others) would give a hands down nod to that score over 13.     General Discussion: Apollo 13 or Braveheart?    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3

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