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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 4      General Discussion: Howard the Duck     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 9:58 AM     By:   marooncartoon   (Member) Do you ever think that the HTD complete score and/or complete soundtrack will ever be released. I love this score and those cheesy 80s Cherry Bomb songs. Would love to see this released. Has anyone ever heard any rumors etc?    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 10:05 AM     By:   Timmer   (Member) After THE BLACK HOLE I don't think anything is impossible. I certainly hope HOWARD THE DUCK gets a release, it's a fine score.    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 10:07 AM     By:   goldsmith-rulez   (Member) For a fine film! Kidding!    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 10:14 AM     By:   Tobias   (Member) I have the LP release and my copy is going to be signed (by the actor who played Howard) at the Scandinavian Sci-Fi Convention this upcoming weekend.    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 10:25 AM     By:   Sirusjr   (Member) Yes please! I know someone who would be very excited for this even more than I am!!    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 10:35 AM     By:   marooncartoon   (Member) For a fine film! Kidding! I love this film... one of my favorites. I think it's hilarious just how much people hate this film. ah well... each to there own as I say :-)    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 10:38 AM     By:   mike_paschke   (Member) I would love to have this expanded and on cd! Growing up in Pittsburgh, I remember going to the now-defunct Record-Rama (which at the time had a huge soundtrack selection), and searching for Howard the Duck on cd. The guys at the counter said it wasn't available, but that I could pay to have a cassette copy made for personal use. My parents got me that and A View to A Kill (this was back before the Bond rereleases) for Christmas that year. I was in heaven! Now that I think about it, was it legal for Record-Rama to do that? Probably not. _______________ I've also thought the love theme from Howard the Duck was very similar to a Tiomkin theme found in "A President's Country", but maybe that is just me.    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 10:54 AM     By:   Stephen Woolston   (Member) Ha ha! I *HATE* the film! As a score ... well when I first heard THE GOLDEN CHILD, I thought: Hey, this is HOWARD THE DUCK's big brother. Except it's way better too! (No insult to HOWARD, but I do think THE GOLDEN CHILD is the better score.) I think the score is fine and would certainly snap up a release. Is it possible? Well, someone said "After THE BLACK HOLE anything is possible". Actually I think it's more THE GOLDEN CHILD that makes HOWARD THE DUCK seem possible. Cheers    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 3:04 PM     By:   swayland7   (Member) If a release is ever possible, I hope it also includes the additional scoring by Sylvester Levay (including the music heard during the ultralight airplane chase).    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 3:09 PM     By:   Francis   (Member) It's definitely a sign of the times when most grails are basically released, you guys are down to Howard the Duck    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 4:09 PM     By:   Redokt64   (Member) I hope it is released... John Barry's score was a lot of fun... and the music for Jeffrey Jones' "Dark Overlord" role is quite stunning. The film... hey, it was a dumb, expensive time filler with impressive effects and a great score.    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 6:39 PM     By:   Timmer   (Member) I hope it is released... John Barry's score was a lot of fun... and the music for Jeffrey Jones' "Dark Overlord" role is quite stunning. The film... hey, it was a dumb, expensive time filler with impressive effects and a great score. It's very watchable, I know it's not good ( a bit of an understatement ) but it is watchable, and weirdly enjoyable, Jeffrey Jones is the star turn.    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 6:45 PM     By:   Yen Fai   (Member) An excellent John Barry score which suffers a similar stigma to that of his "The Black Hole." I have the LP release and my copy is going to be signed (by the actor who played Howard) at the Scandinavian Sci-Fi Convention this upcoming weekend. Would that be Chip Zien (Howard's voice) or Ed Gale (Howard's onscreen presence)? Of course there were several puppeteers but these two men did such a wonderful job of making Howard real. I do like the movie, and I found the DVD making-of documentaries to be quite interesting. Chip Zien has been a favorite of mine since I saw him as The Baker in Into the Woods on PBS.    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 6:55 PM     By:   dogplant   (Member) It's very watchable... I also enjoyed the John Barry score but, at this point, I feel it is my duty to post a picture of Lea Thompson getting into bed with the duck -- a highlight of my movie-going youth. You're welcome.    Posted:   Sep 28, 2011 - 7:55 PM     By:   Mr. Jack   (Member) This movie isn't nearly as bad as people think it is. Like a lot of 80's special-effects comedies, it's overproduced, overlong and just plain...over, but it has it's charms, from the excellent ILM effects to Lea Thompson at her hottest to Jeffrey Jones' droll performance to, of course, John Barry's lovely score. I can think of a lot of mega-blockbuster, Oscar-winning movies I'd rather watch less than Howard The Duck.    Posted:   Sep 29, 2011 - 12:51 AM     By:   Alex Klein   (Member) I think this score is underrated. Barry provided some beautiful, laid-back jazz cues for many parts of the film and an effective "hero" theme for the duck that had the composer in one of his rare, faster tempo moments (in the context of his style of the decade, at least). The movie, however, is really one of the very worst ever made. I thought criticism was exaggerated until I saw the film myself (although, yes, "so bad they're good" moments abound for sure). An expanded release of the score would be great and a sure seller considering the cult following the film has developed. Alex    Posted:   Sep 29, 2011 - 1:12 AM     By:   Mike_J   (Member) I like the score a lot (and really dislike most of Barrys stuff) and I actually like the movie too. Sure, it is lame in parts and the duck just doesn't work at all (although the facial expressions are pretty well executed) but I actually think bits of it are actually good fun - the Dark Overlord especially ("she took my eggs" is a great line) and I always thought Men In Black's baddie bug ripped of Jeffrey Jones' performance in Howard. And of course the film had the ever-hot Lea Thompson running around in skimpy underwear, which would make any film watchable. Its interesting that people always cite this film as George Lucas' turkey (pun intended) which is really unfair because he only produced it, plus it is infinately superior in every way to Indiana Jones & The Valley Of The Crystal Sucks... sorry, Skull. Heck, even Lea Thompson's perfectly dimpled bum wouldn't have improved that film.    Posted:   Sep 29, 2011 - 8:14 AM     By:   scrapsly   (Member) I am glad to see this thread. I made the comment about HOWARD THE DUCK in THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER thread. I hope all of BARRY'S music gets a proper release but have been playing both of these much lately. I am not sure how much music is missing from the two films but it would be great to have complete releases on CD for the first time. If there is not much music missing, it would make for a great two scores on one CD. If I am not mistaken, (and I may be), I think both LP's were released on MCA.    Posted:   Sep 29, 2011 - 8:19 AM     By:   mildcigar   (Member) I am glad to see this thread. I made the comment about HOWARD THE DUCK in THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER thread. I hope all of BARRY'S music gets a proper release but have been playing both of these much lately. I am not sure how much music is missing from the two films but it would be great to have complete releases on CD for the first time. If there is not much music missing, it would make for a great two scores on one CD. If I am not mistaken, (and I may be), I think both LP's were released on MCA. Add my name onto the list for any form of (re)releases. Mild.    Posted:   Sep 29, 2011 - 6:06 PM     By:   Simon Underwood   (Member) The film is...well, it's a fascinating watch. I have a VHS tape hanging around the house somewhere from when I was 12. Love Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones and Tim Robbins, love the Thomas Dolby songs, love the Dark Overlord, but can't stand the very lame comedy - especially the more slapstick moments, which drag the film way down. But that score...ba-da-bah, ba-da-ba-ba-baahh...I would love to have a pristine version of that theme on CD. The jazzier parts are lovely, but I think they're in the wrong movie - nothing wrong with the music itself though. So yes, I'd snap a up release - though it would be great if Sylvester Levay, Thomas Dolby and Cherry Bomb were along for the ride.     General Discussion: Howard the Duck    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4   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 4

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