Now, people, does anyone have any info on the soundtrack release? I would assume Sony Classical and I have been digging around but can't find any info.

Oh, and if you have read the review at Ant It Cool News, don't listen to it because the guy if full of crap, the film is going to be COOL.

I am trying to get a hold of Michael Collins, I hear its great.

I did not like Sphere myself.

Good to see you hear buddy.

I HAVE been exposed to Final Fantasy. I got FF7 on year for Christmas, and played almost evry day for like 6 months. There's so much to do in that stinkin' game, it's unreal.

the score was pretty darned good, I must say.
not a MUST have, but I certainly enjoyed it nonetheless.

so, now I CAN buy you about it Kyp.

let the kidding commence!

BTW -- Michael Collins is pretty darned good, but I like Interview With the Vampire and Cobb much more.

viva la Elliot!

FF VII is good, very good, but IX is better, check that out. It's great!

I'm looking forward to this upcoming Final Fantasy movie, because it should contain the elements I found enjoyable in the games--a clever and developed plot, great visuals, and if Goldenthal takes the project seriously, perhaps the best music written for the FF genre.

Also, unlike these games, I'll be able to see how it ends and won't have to play the damn thing.

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Originally posted by Al:
I'm looking forward to this upcoming Final Fantasy movie, because it should contain the elements I found enjoyable in the games--a clever and developed plot, great visuals,

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I'm not so sure about that. I fear projects like this easily focus mainly on the gaming aspect of the original - use as many spells and as many different weapons everybody knows from the games etc. This can make a film really ridiculous.

Hey Crono/Kry, I've seen copies of Michael Collins floating around here. Let me know and I'll look for a copy for you.

But thanks for the offer.

I like the opening trumpet fanfare played by the venerable Phil Smith, principal trumpet of the New York Philharmonic.

The "Unknown Event" cue, however noisy, is a great example of Goldenthal's genius. But in order to appreciate it, it must be seen with the visuals. In a way, the cue functions as both music and sound effects for the scene.

My point?

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Originally posted by Jeron:
I assure you, Marian - I doubt there will be much "spell usage" going on in this film. Also, spells and weapons only add extra spice to the game. It's not what makes it. Don't be so sad faced. It's gonna be a great movie.

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Hm. I've seen parts of Records of Lodoss War and it seemed to me just what I described above (it's reportedly based on a Japanese role playing game): Interesting from a role playing game point of view, but stupid as a film/series.

I should mention that I'm not to keen on the Final Fantasy genre. I like good fantasy, but Final has such a strange twist on the genre.

But with 4 purchased Elliot Goldenthal scores under my belt I have to say, the guy is a frickin genius! It may be 'noise' but damn is it flawlessly composed.

Tracks like Finale from Titus,(which is the finest 8 min that I've ever heard from Goldenthal) Lento from Alien³, Funeral - Coda from Michael Collins and Libera Me from Interview with a Vampire not only blew me away but have now put aside any doubts and feelings of dissapointment that I once had. Film and score, this is my most anticipated movie of the year.

NP: Michael Collins - Elliot Goldenthal (see what you people make me dO!!)

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--Brian
Writer & Film/Video Editor

- I have heard a lot of Goldenthal's work and while I greatly enjoy some of it, I also greatly dislike some of it. While would not say I am an 'expert' on his music, I would say I am knowledgeable about it.
- I have played every Final Fantasy game ever made(at least the english releases), and I have played them THOROUGHLY(finished each at least thrice, most more). I also play a lot of other RPGs and I have many informed and considered opinions about RPGs in general and the FF series in particular. On this topic, I would consider myself an expert. BTW, while FFVII was great and FFXI is, indeed, fantastic, I would have to say that I think that FFIII(released as XI in the excited states) is still the best FF game, and probably the best RPG ever.

- I own every Nobuo Uematsu video game score every released(as near as I can determine) and am VERY familiar with the music of the Final Fantasy series in particular(I don't find the Chrono series' music as good). I also consider myself an expert on this.

So, yeah, I want to dish out some crap. If nothing else, surely, Brian, we can discuss(or argue about) Final Fantasy for a while?

To get to the topic at hand, I've only heard little of Goldsmith's work (Titus was absolutely brilliant and In Dreams was interesting, a very nice theme although I think the varied instruments may have detracted in that case). Has Nobuo Uematsu scored any movies? I'd think that if Square was going to hire a composer for thier first outing in the world of cinema, they'd hire someone who'd been in the business for a while (and I'm not bashing Uematsu, FF7 was a beautiful score, but I don't know if he's had any experience in scoring films, so please excuse my immeanse ignorance ).

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Originally posted by Observer:
To get to the topic at hand, I've only heard little of Goldsmith's work (Titus was absolutely brilliant and In Dreams was interesting, a very nice theme although I think the varied instruments may have detracted in that case).

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Dang, never knew Goldsmith did those.

I meant to say Goldenthal.

DAMMIT!!!!!!!!

Please exuse me while I bash my empty head against a brick wall for commiting such a dumbass mistake.

Goldsmith...
Goldenthal...
How could I have mixed those up?

DAMMIIT!!!!

Arrggh!

Hulk SMASH!!!
Wait...Hulk go over to "'Nother ? for Peterk" and SMASH!

--Brian
Writer & Film/Video Editor

As for Chrono Cross, I rather enjoyed it but thought it was rather overrated. Aside from a couple of great tracks, I thought the rest of the score was rather mediorce. I'll take Uematsu's amazing thematic material any day over Mitsuda's overblown and hyped 'real instrumentation'.

oh well different strokes for different folks I guess.

NP: Dangerous Beauty - George Fenton

anyway, Sphere OST = raw. People don't appreciate experimental stuff enough. The music works really well with the images from the film in mind, as Al mentioned.

Chrono Cross game = generic. Wow, it's so generic Squaresoft. They haven't done anything original, gameplay and story-wise, since FF:Tactics (well, not gameplay wise... it's Ogre Battle for SNES! hehe... story was great though, more important party member deaths and betrails than FF7 [all one of them]!). Plus, the badly translated dialoge is always amusing.

I'll have to go with Probable with this one... the soundtrack (C-cross) wasn't horrifically interesting either... wasn't bad at all, but wasn't special save a track or two.

And people tend to forget how good FF7 was. Generic Squaresoft at is best, hehe. I'm kinda straying away from FF9... everybody tells me it's the pretty generic/predictable stuff that you'd expect from Squaresoft nowadays. + the characters look fruity, I can't possibly take them seriously

Marian Schedenig mentioned something of Record of Lodoss War. It's some old-school anime (and a movie, Legend of Crystania maybe?) that was recently re-animated into a new series called... well, it has the same damned name except for the subtitle "Record of Lodoss War: Something or other Heroic Knight". I saw it, it's not horribly interesting. The older series is entertaining to watch, since it is very high budget stuff for its time period (like Bubblegum Crisis, the 80's one. The new one isn't bad either, check it)

I think it's a shame to dismiss things ot of hand on the basis that they are 'generic Squaresoft.' I'd take a so-called 'generic Squaresoft' game, game OST, or game-to-movie adaptation any day over any 'generic' game, game OST, or adaptation by any other company. Besides, you're allowing for an awful lot of variance within a 'generic' heading.

I think I'm going to go and watch a generic David Fincher film, and then maybe I'll listen to a generic Pink Floyd song, or check out some generic sci-fi sh-t like Dark City or some other dumbass-looking movie.