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Will Oscar® Winner	Which score do you think is the most disappointing or unappealing to you from a well known composer? I heard some saying that The Lost World is Williams' most disappointing score (no offense to those who love this score )
posted 04-23-1999 03:43 AM PT (US)

pietari Oscar® Winner	Jerry`s all synth scores are very dissapointing. Also some of TRevor Jones` mid80`s work are not really good
posted 04-23-1999 08:04 AM PT (US)

S Smith unregistered	I know, I know, it's been said before. But I say "Saving Private Ryan." Now, I'm not saying it's a BAD score, but I was personally sort of let down.
posted 04-23-1999 09:53 PM PT (US)

Sean Bires Oscar® Winner	How is Will labelled "Junior Member" and Pietari & Smith labeled "Member"? I think I'm labelled "Junior Member"... does it have something to do with age? I didn't enjoy Jerry Goldsmith's "U.S. Marshalls" that much. It sounded very, very "generic" and uninspired. Also, Trevor Jones' "Desperate Measures" was absurdly similar to his "Dark City" score. Also, anything Elfman did recently like "A Civil Action" or "Men in Black" sounded like a pile of Elfman-style jibberish (MiB had a good opening credit song, though), and is definently not as good as his other, Tim Burton-inspired scores like "Edward Scissorhands, A Nightmare Before Christmas, and Mars Attacks". Hopefully Elfman will compose a great score once he "teams up" with film director Tim Burton again.
posted 04-26-1999 08:56 PM PT (US)

Matt Oscar® Winner	Sean, im gonna let SFT jump on you about your comment, cause i know he will when he sees it, hehe, but Elfman just did what i consider to be his best score, which was A Simple Plan, just wondering if you have hard it id have to say Lost WOrld, very dissapointing score for me, for everyone who complains about SPR(which i rather liked) they should look at Lost World first(no offense intended to those who disagree) NP: The Abyss
posted 04-26-1999 09:31 PM PT (US)

S Smith unregistered	Sean, if memory serves me correctly, membership status is based on how many posts you've made. But to the point at hand. Elfman's recent work may be stereotypical Elfman, but I REALLY liked his score to "Simple Plan." Yes, it's Elfman, but man is it good.
posted 04-26-1999 11:57 PM PT (US)

Sean Bires Oscar® Winner	I've been meaning to see the film, "A Simple Plan", but never got around to it. It's supposed to be very good. I didn't hear Elfman's score to "A Simple Plan", though. I'll check it out (while I see the movie). I was talking about Elfman's other recent stuff, like "MiB", or "Good Will Hunting", or "A Civil Action", and etc. so I wasn't "roasting" on his recent score, "A Simple Plan". NP - AKIRA Original Soundtrack
posted 04-27-1999 01:41 PM PT (US)

S Smith unregistered	O.K.
posted 04-27-1999 04:23 PM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	Sean, regarding the question on the Junior Member and Member "label"; a Junior Member will be "promoted" to a Member after he or she posts 30 or more times. Hope it clears your queries.
posted 04-28-1999 05:50 PM PT (US)

LesterMoos unregistered	I was not impressed at all with Williams score to Stepmom. Very unappealing IMO.
posted 04-29-1999 01:10 PM PT (US)

SFT Oscar® Winner	I was VERY dissapointed with Kamen´s score to Event Horizon. And Sean, I´m not going to jump on you because of your comment about Danny Elfman, as Matt said, but I do disagree with you...that is´nt a surprise to anyone is it? SFT NP: NightBreed, Danny Elfman [This message has been edited by SFT (edited 05-01-99).]
posted 05-01-1999 07:56 AM PT (US)

Steve Hughes Oscar® Winner	Personally I like Kamen's Event Horizon, but I hated Circle of Friends and Inventing the Abbotts. They're sooooo boring.
posted 05-05-1999 12:54 AM PT (US)

spunkyxl unregistered	John William's score to Saving Private Ryan, was something very hard to get into. It just didnt work for me.
posted 05-05-1999 09:03 PM PT (US)

LesterMoos unregistered	I'd have to agree with you on that one Spunk!
posted 05-06-1999 07:32 AM PT (US)

Maestro Sartori Oscar® Winner	How many times does it have to be said that the score to Saving Private Ryan was for background atmosphere, not for action pulsing, because the graphic and stirring elements of the film did that job for it? As for most unappealing... I'm not sure. I just listen to soundtracks. If I singled out a piece of poor work, I'd be subject to scrutiny about my own poor work. No thanks. The composers work hard enough, given limitations of the directors and the editors. Give them all a little credit, please.
posted 05-13-1999 03:52 AM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	As for me, it should be Con Air by Trevor Rabin and Mark Mancina. It is just unappealing to me.
posted 05-13-1999 07:21 AM PT (US)

Matt Oscar® Winner	Thank you Maestro....something I have been saying for a very long time. SPR was background and atmosphere, not action. No music was need nor used during the battle sequences, only in aftermaths. NP: The Untouchables
posted 05-13-1999 11:18 AM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	The Replacement Killers could have been much better
posted 05-13-1999 06:19 PM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	Alan Silvestri's DEATH BECOMES HER. Yuck. I don't think anything good came of that movie.
posted 05-13-1999 08:22 PM PT (US)

Widescreen Oscar® Winner	Con Air is not a bad score, nor it MiB. In fact, the worst score you never heard is an easily dismissable one- but if you get a chance to hear it to back up my claims- check out Rising Sun by Toru Takemitsu. It is boring. Other than the Taiko Drum pieces, and the Cole Porter track, the score has may be three chord changes, stays in the same notes every track- follows no ethnicity of the Japanese as it could have, even with a Japanese composer. Ryuichi Sakamoto would've been a better choice- but more importantly, I'm not a fan of Toru Takemitsu after this- and have never been so wasteful of my money since. (I got the Godzilla soundtrack for free, so I guess that sort of ranks, but it was still free.)
posted 05-17-1999 09:39 PM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	Here's my thought on Saving Private Ryan. I didn't get the point. Sure, it was not used to score the war scenes. I understand. It was used only to score the aftermath. The problem is.. it's emotionally unaffecting. It's not a terrible score, but if it isn't used to build suspense.. action or emotional... why is there a score at all? I understand the Hymn's place in the film. After all, there had to be something during the end credits.
posted 05-18-1999 02:20 PM PT (US)

Dawk Oscar® Winner	Hmm.. I'm going to piss off about 9/10s of people when I say this. But I think a composesrs least unappealing score to me would have to be James Horner's Titanic. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't special, out of most stuff Horner's done, this is one I didn't fall for. Once again, I'm not bashing his work, I think he is a fine composer, and as a matter of fact, according to my stereo, I have about 11 minutes until the Aliens CD comes on. once again, didn't mean to offend anybody. -Dawk
posted 05-18-1999 11:53 PM PT (US)

Aaron Collins Oscar® Winner	There's a couple of scores that do not appeal to me. They are: Patriot Games(Horner) Daylight(Edelman) Volcano(Silvestri)
posted 05-28-1999 12:52 PM PT (US)

pietari Oscar® Winner	Yes,Private Ryan was pretty worthless during the film. Like Al, I felt the score was pointless in the film and in my opinion intruded on the events taking place. Of course the Hymn was very good, but the fact that it resembled Young´s Murder in the First a bit too much detracted from the enjoyment of the piece. C´mon Volcano was a great score though the Varese cd was not. Silvestri´s Contact was dissapointing, just Forrest Gump again but quieter (though the action scenes were good)
posted 05-29-1999 01:02 AM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	Sometimes it's the album's release that can be disappointing. Volcano's problem was the lack of music. Contact's problem was its seperation from the film. The score worked wonders in the movie. Accompanying visuals and acting on the screen, some parts managed to give me goosebumps. On the album, these parts were simply loud moments. And I second the nomination of Horner's Patriot Games..
posted 05-29-1999 08:59 PM PT (US)

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