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Jun 2, 2011 - 9:56 AM
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Solaariz
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Maybe I'm missing something, but why does he have to compose a John Williams score for this film? I understand the expectations for this film and score are high, but let him do his thing. Abrams + Giacchino is a brilliant combination, and I have no doubt the score will perfectly compliment the film for which it was written.
He doesn't, and I don't think anyone ever said he had to. The whole John Williams thing only came into this discussion because someone compared Giacchino's thematic breadth from LOST to John Williams' Star Wars and we got into comparisons only based on that, not Super8.
I'm afraid that I'm responsible for the Williams/Gia comparisons on this discussion, it was the purpose of my original post. Although this has been a debate for quite some time it's an especially hot topic now because Super 8 is supposed to have the "spirit" of Spielberg's earlier films. John Williams scoring of Jaws, Close Encounters and E.T. proved to be more than just underscore playing in the background, it very much had life. His scores were integral parts of those films, and it's at least 50% of why I enjoy watching them so much. If Giacchino approached Super 8 in the same manner that say Zimmer approached The Dark Knight ( Joker's theme - one long distorted guitar note) it would probably stifle the effectiveness of this film as a Spielberg tribute, which is what I understand Abrams has envisioned this to be. But I highly doubt that Abrams, who seems to be a supporter of an individuals creative integrity would ask or even expect Giacchino merely to carbon copy Williams style. Both J.J and Giacchino are huge fans of Spielberg and Williams, personally I can't think of any other two people who would be more suited to handle such a project other than Spielberg and Williams themselves.
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Am sitting by myself at a bar (lame,I know- but not the point) and didn't realise u was humming this score from 2 years ago. As a fan of film scores, I did a quick google search for underrated scores. After read all these posts I am absolutely stunned by some of the criticisms. This music really moved me & I think it's Michael G's best. I remember being upset that it didn't get an oscar norm. But I put that down to it being a "monster movie". Just because it's reminiscent of a John Williams score doesn't mean it doesn't have merit in its own right. I feel some of you need to give it another chance - without the alien in your minds. The reason I was compelled to write this maiden post of mine is because the music to Super 8 almost brings a smile to my face together with a tear down my cheek - that's some damn good music in my book. Ta
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It's probably my favorite Giacchino score and yea, "The Evacuation Of Lillian" is fantastic - the theme is that track is good enough to be the main theme of an entire other score!
Shameless plug for my breakdown and analysis of the score:
http://www.jwfan.com/forums/?showtopic=20890
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Oct 7, 2015 - 4:06 PM
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CapitalJ
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The thing is, is that this movie is a direct descendant of the Spielberg films of the late 70's and early 80's, but there is no way that Giacchino could produce a score as iconic as those films. I think the score is great, but we cant put it up there with Jaws, CE3K or even ET.
You can see where he tried to make the Alien Motif simplistic like the shark theme in Jaws, but it is just not as iconic.
I agree that it probably should not be up there with Jaws, CE3k, or ET, but I personally just love the score, and the movie.
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