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Your Did They Mention The Music? section is a bit out of date!
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Your Did They Mention The Music? section is a bit out of date!
You only just noticed? I've been reading so many reviews for each film that for a very long time, I'm only caught up to about two years ago.
But that's just for the movies I've actually seen. For the films I haven't seen, the reviews are caught up to about one year ago (for foreign and other indie films, there are much fewer reviews than for the latest big studio product)
Think of it as a guide for tracking down scores on home video.
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Your Did They Mention The Music? section is a bit out of date!
You only just noticed? I've been reading so many reviews for each film that for a very long time, I'm only caught up to about two years ago.
But that's just for the movies I've actually seen. For the films I haven't seen, the reviews are caught up to about one year ago (for foreign and other indie films, there are much fewer reviews than for the latest big studio product)
Think of it as a guide for tracking down scores on home video.
I hadn’t noticed! I was just reading the titles and thinking, “Wait a minute, they made another movie called Captain Fantastic already??”
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I don't get Tiomkin. Just don't...get it.
If anyone can get me there, I think it's Stromberg. I'm understanding The Golden Age much more after hearing his re-recordings.
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I don't get Tiomkin. Just don't...get it.
If anyone can get me there, I think it's Stromberg. I'm understanding The Golden Age much more after hearing his re-recordings.
I'm somewhat with you on Tiomkin. He's definitely my least favorite of the Golden Age A-list, though I love The Thing from Another World and have fondness for others, especially Dial M and the 60s epics.
To me, each generation of film composers has one A-lister who isn't up the caliber of the rest, either musically or dramatically. There are three specific ones I'm thinking of, Tiomkin being the earliest. All are capable of fine scores, but overall I find their musical/dramatic approach inelegant, and for me elegance (as I think of it -- not in a tuxedo and cocktail quips way) is one of the hallmarks of a great film composer. I don't want to mention the other two by name, one of whom has passed on and one of whom is still working regularly, for fear of turning this into one of THOSE threads.
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Fall of the Roman Empire is definitely one of the Tiomkins I'd be most likely to give a spin for sheer listening pleasure. It's a rare joy when a composer maintains -- or even expands -- their gifts towards the end of their career.
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Tiomkin is a hit-and-miss composer for me, though of the scores of his I've heard, Fall of the Roman Empire is my absolute favorite of his (with Land of the Pharaohs slowly but surely rising in my list). While I can't say I'm fond of Dial M, I share hopes for the project's success and have tried to spread the word about it as I mentioned in the buildup thread.
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Land of the Pharaohs is another one very high on my Tiomkin list.
I've been making mix CDs of Oscar-nominated music for my own enjoyment, starting with the 30s, and one composer whom I'm only now starting to really appreciate is Korngold. A truly remarkable talent.
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