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Topic: Dragonheart score
Alwin
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I finally got this great score today, but the tracks are really misplaced, ruining any continuity from the film. As I've only seen the film once, could someone help by placing the tracks in the order in which they appeared in the film? Thanks!Alwin
posted 11-30-1999 04:58 PM PT (US) Dan Brecher
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If no one does it before me, I'll do my best to give my DTS Laserdisc a spin tomorrow and work it out for ya.Dan (UK)
posted 11-30-1999 05:36 PM PT (US) Alwin
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Please don't go through any extra effort for me. I appreciate the offer, but don't do it for me. I can go rent the movie for myself. I just thought a lot of people might have been wondering the same thing.Alwin
posted 11-30-1999 06:35 PM PT (US) S Smith
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Great score. And while I don't know the proper track listing, it brings up an interesting point. How many people really care if the music on the CD isn't in the same order as in the film? I don't mean for that to sound snide, even though it comes across that way.Personally, I usually won't remember the order in the film. Of course, sometimes it's extremely obvious, and that annoys me a tad.
Yeah, yeah. That was off topic, but I thought it brought up an interesting question.
NP: "Goofy Movie" Carter Burwell et al.
posted 11-30-1999 09:09 PM PT (US) Audacity
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Alwin,Don't worry about making Dan go through extra effort. He needs to "test-out" his new sound system, and I think Dragonheart is a great movie to do just that.
Audacity
posted 12-01-1999 05:20 AM PT (US) Jeron
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Yeah, don't worry about Dan. It's all in good fun for him. =) Right Dan?Jeron
posted 12-01-1999 06:17 AM PT (US) SEBULBA
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I like to have a cd in chronological order. It may not be the best way as far as musical content goes. You could end up having 10 minutes of slow cues then one action, then slow, whereas in non chronological, it can be mixed. But I like chronological, and I quite often (on older cd's anyway, most new ones are correct) program my cd player to play in chronological.
posted 12-01-1999 07:51 AM PT (US) Scott
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I don't care about the order. It is challenging IMHO to figure out the corect order by myself. All I really DO care about is getting the whole score (if possible) and that none of the tracks are re-arranged into medleys, a habbit John Williams often does. I just hate that. Yet I LOVE Williams...Scott
posted 12-01-1999 08:02 AM PT (US) Dan Brecher
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Oh sure, I love spinning Dragonheart DTS laser, I'll do it tonight and try and work out the order, I'd kinda like to know myself.Dan (UK)
posted 12-01-1999 09:24 AM PT (US) Aaron R. Brown
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I really loved that movie and score. The music has been used on movie trailers ranging from Seven Years in Tibet to Mulan. So you've probably heard it even if you never seen the film. I'm not familar with anything else Randy Edelman has written but that is a really good score! It's a little strange that I have heard that it didn't do well at the box office yet it sold very well on video.
posted 12-01-1999 03:17 PM PT (US) Al
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Many times it doesn't matter if the music isn't in the same order as presented on film. As long as the end track is satisfactory, I am fine. Usually, no matter the order of the other tracks, the end credits are on the last track.
Morricone's UNTOUCHABLES album is confusing. I still don't know why the end credits, the best piece, was placed on the first track.
Even more mind-boggling is the SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION album. The problem is not with the order of the score but with its confusing, random placement throughout the CD. One of the best score cues is not even on the track listing! I recorded it onto tape into a very easily accessable suite. The score becomes much more enjoyable without the hassle!Also, I think Edelman's real talent is for writing simple but very effective choral music- even if much of it is synthesized. THE HUNLEY has a short but wonderful choral piece. It's basic Edelman, but it's good.
NP - Legend of 1900
posted 12-01-1999 04:09 PM PT (US) Jeron
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Wasn't the end track from Deep Blue Sea also placed at the beginning of the album?Jeron
posted 12-01-1999 10:54 PM PT (US) Scott
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Edelman has composed(among others) the following scores:The Kindergarten cop
Dragon
Gettysburgh
Daylight
He writes very memorable themes but his orchestrations usually bug the hell out of me.Scott
posted 12-02-1999 08:10 AM PT (US) Dan Brecher
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Hmmmm, this is proving harder then I thought. *goes off to watch it again*Dan (UK)
PS: A Fave Edelman score of mine is The Indian in the Cupboard, check that out, it's lovely. Nice movie too.
posted 12-02-1999 09:09 AM PT (US) Al
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Yeah Jeron, you're right about Deep Blue Sea. I do not have the CD, but I remember the confused reaction it received on this board.
And in response to Scott- Orchestrations? I think the only orchestrations he does is playing a chord to go with a note on a keyboard(which may be more than Rabin does). For the most part, Edelman's simple harmonic themes are what make his music easily enjoyed. They can also grow tiresome easily. posted 12-02-1999 08:50 PM PT (US) Scott
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Well Al,
I know the guy tends to be keyboard oriented, but he DOES use conventional orchestrations for orchestra. It's just that all his scores esentially sound the same.Oh well,
what do I know...Scott
posted 12-03-1999 07:50 AM PT (US) Al
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Yes, but his orchestrations for orchestra, often consisting of simple three note chords to go along with a theme, seem to have been thought up on keyboard. There's not much to them.
Anyway, I like a lot of Edelman's work. His style is just so simple that it quickly becomes predictable.
Scott, you know as much as I know. I'm agreeing with you, after all. posted 12-03-1999 01:10 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB