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Author	Topic: Getting ready for Lord of the Rings / Bought my first Shore score today.

TimT Oscar® Winner	Uh, well this is actually my second Howard Shore score. The first one is Dogma, which I honestly liked like Alanis Morisette's song more than the score which is boring, and the movie is a disgrace. But today I bought another Shore score. Mrs Doubfire. What do you all think of that one?
posted 07-06-2001 07:25 PM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	Loved Dogma, both movie and score, and I hate the Alanis song. But hey, one man's poison, &c. Don't remember much about Mrs. Doubtfire's music. I recently got Looking for Richard and was blown away... great stuff, perfect for Tolkien's universe.
posted 07-06-2001 07:37 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	yessir, if you get yerself that Looking for Richard, you might be impressed. NP -- Dave, JNH
posted 07-06-2001 07:51 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	TimT, honestly........ If you think Dogma is a boring score, you must be stupid. Have you seen the disgraceful film, or is it just disgraceful based on what other people who also haven't seen the movie have told you? If you actually have seen it, why is it a disgrace? I guess you can prepare yourself to be bored by Lord Of The Rings. Not liking Dogma?!? Shaun
posted 07-06-2001 07:55 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Shaun Rutherford: TimT, honestly........ If you think Dogma is a boring score, you must be stupid. Have you seen the disgraceful film, or is it just disgraceful based on what other people who also haven't seen the movie have told you? If you actually have seen it, why is it a disgrace? I guess you can prepare yourself to be bored by Lord Of The Rings. Not liking Dogma?!? Shaun I watched it several times when it was showing in theater. (No I didn't pay to see it, I see all movies for free) Anyway.....I'm a religous person, and I found it to be offensive. As for the score, I just couldn't connect to it, it doesn't really have anything that catches my attention. I read that it has themes, but I never found any.
posted 07-06-2001 08:25 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	I won't get into why the movie was offensive (and we wonder why everything is rated PG-13 anymore), but seriously man...........the themes are there. Stop your buying frenzy, sit down and actually absorb the music. If you can't notice that certain notes from an early cue in the score are repeated verbatim in subsequent cues, buy yourself some ears! Shaun NP---Hans Zimmer, The 'One Hand Programming The Synth, Other Hand Raking In The Huge Piles Of Money' Years (featuring such miniscule compositions as Pearl Harbor, Gladiator, Mission Impossible 2, and a horde of others too numerous to elaborate upon from the years 1994-2001)
posted 07-06-2001 11:39 PM PT (US)

Dave Oscar® Winner	If I had a dime every time a religious person was offended, I would be a BILLIONIARE!!!! Dave NP - The Last Temptation of Christ
posted 07-07-2001 12:04 AM PT (US)

Hasta Oscar® Winner	Shaun you bastard just because TimT doesn't notice any themes in a Shore score doens't mean you have to go dissing Zimmer... Zimmer DOES create powerful and memorable themes, IMO... at least most of the time. So there!!!!
posted 07-07-2001 12:22 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	But themes aren't everything. I still haven't found the entrance to Looking for Richard, I don't know what to "do" with the music. I won't mind if parts of LOTR are like Richard, but I'm not sure if I'll enjoy the scores if they're entirely like that. My suggestions for preparing for FOTR: Shore: Ed Wood (certainly different, but it's melodic Shore, and I'm sure there are melodic parts in LOTR), Dogma, Se7en (in the film, for very effective underscore that would fit Mordor perfectly) Jackson: Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners Tolkien: Read the books again! NP: A.I. (John Williams)
posted 07-07-2001 05:46 AM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Shaun Rutherford: NP---Hans Zimmer, The 'One Hand Programming The Synth, Other Hand Raking In The Huge Piles Of Money' Years (featuring such miniscule compositions as Pearl Harbor, Gladiator, Mission Impossible 2, and a horde of others too numerous to elaborate upon from the years 1994-2001) That sounds interesting. Where'jah get that?
posted 07-07-2001 07:05 AM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Shaun Rutherford: but seriously man...........the themes are there. Stop your buying frenzy, sit down and actually absorb the music. If you can't notice that certain notes from an early cue in the score are repeated verbatim in subsequent cues, buy yourself some ears! Yeah I guess its just like with Kamen's Iron Giant and Elfman's Instinct. Everybody claims those don't have themes, but I notice them with every listen.
posted 07-07-2001 07:10 AM PT (US)

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