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I like Powell a lot, but hiring him to replace Marianelli (who has an Oscar and 3 nominations for his other Joe Wright films) seems like a really bad omen, as does the fact that the film has two cinematographers (two-time nominees Seamus McGarvey -- Wright's usual guy -- and John Mathieson), which suggests at the very least a troubled production.
The Soloist was the last Wright film I've liked -- Hanna seemed much ado about nothing (with an uncharacteristically bad Cate Blanchett performance) and Anna Karenina put me to sleep when it wasn't annoying me with its showy, half-baked theater-style staging.
Also, am I the only one who's seen the Pan trailer and thinks that Garrett Hedlund's acting (as "Jim Hook") seems embarrassingly bad? Like, I-can't-believe-I'm-seeing-acting-this-amateurish-in-a-hundred-million-dollar-movie bad?
I suspect I'll still enjoy it more than Spielberg's Hook, while I think the 2003 Peter Pan is really underrated.
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The tracks posted by Khan (thanks) sound like Powell was asked to produce something like Pirates of the Caribbean. Dense, oppressive head-candy. I'm not a big Dario Marrinelli fan, and I generally like Powell's work, but I don't think this is going to turn out well. Maybe it's time for another CD of rejected scores--Pan, Shore's King Kong ... What else?
Gary
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Apart from his HTTYD scores, I've not really been able to connect with Powell's music. Technically proficient but emotionally lacking, and those samples didn't really change my mind.
Shame they didn't stick with Marianelli, as I've got a fair amount of his work which I enjoy.
My favorite Powells have tended to be his more action-oriented works like Paycheck, The Italian Job and the Bournes. I liked his Dragon but the orchestrations had a lack of delicacy, a trait I associate with a lot of the Media Ventures/Remote Control composers. I would have liked to see what he'd have done with Edge of Tomorrow; still a little surprised that he didn't do it. After ducking out on that and Captain Phillips, I was starting to wonder if he was giving up movie work entirely.
My favorite Powell piece might actually be his main theme from, of all things, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, a really catchy and fun tune.
My favorite Marianelli is still The Brothers Grimm.
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My favorite Powells have tended to be his more action-oriented works like Paycheck, The Italian Job and the Bournes.
Rio, Kung Fu Panda, Ice Age, Happy Feet, Horton etc. don't tend to provide the sort of music I like for animated scores, they are usually too comedy-like in order to appeal to the very young age group. And I'm also quite choosy with action scores, as it's not a particular favourite genre of mine if the music has to be adrenaline-fuelled and pulsating like it often is these days. I've owned a few of those you mentioned, but got rid of them as they didn't engage me. So unfortunately, I guess he hasn't had much chance to work on things that are going to appeal to me, stuff where he can add more depth and grown-up(!?) emotion.
Maybe he could stretch out more if he got some dramas or genre flicks to work on. Or something like that new Ben-Hur...
He just seems a bit "typecast" on films that are somewhat generic.
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Apart from his HTTYD scores, I've not really been able to connect with Powell's music. Technically proficient but emotionally lacking, and those samples didn't really change my mind.
I actually feel this way about Marianelli's work for the most part.
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Eventhough I like certain Powell scores, for me Marianelli can do no wrong. I have loved every single one of his scores that have been released so I'm dissappointed he didn't score this one. As for the movie itself... meh.
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