See the trailer here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/dragonfly.html

As for the movie itself, it looks like it might be another piece of Sixth-Sense-inspired mediocrity, but the trailer is good enough to give it the benefit of the doubt.

S~

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From the Varese Upcoming Releases page:
The soaring music score for chorus and orchestra represents some of composer John Debney's most exciting work to date. Big themes, a stunning flying sequence, and a stirring and adventurous spirit make for an early film music highlight for the year.

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>[b]From the Varese Upcoming Releases page:
The soaring music score for chorus and orchestra represents some of composer John Debney's most exciting work to date. Big themes, a stunning flying sequence, and a stirring and adventurous spirit make for an early film music highlight for the year.<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hmm... I wonder if this is just the normal Varese hype, which we've seen before, or is Debney coming out of his post Cutthroat Island crap-producing phase?[/B]

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I hate Kevin Costner movies....
and this also looks like a shameful copy of the 6TH SENSE.

JOHN DEBNEY
Dragonfly Varese 66338 $16.99
(31:17) Ghost story with Kevin Costner gets impressively mounted score for orchestra, chorus. Subtle string effects, clusters, swelling chords evoke James Newton Howard. Sometimes eerie, sometimes compelling album hampered by brief playing time.

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Originally posted by OHMSS76:
....Let the gripes begin! Back to the 30min. rag it seems!

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Oh come on Sean! Not every score NEEDS a 78-minute release..... Also, maybe Debney only wrote 35 minutes of score, and this is the best of what he had to offer?

Besides, Doug started it....he said the album was hampered by a brief running time anyway

It just seemed that the days of the 30min release were over. Personally, I could care less, I have no time for any of this stuff
I just like to read everyone else's complaints.....

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Originally posted by OHMSS76:
Besides, Doug started it....he said the album was hampered by a brief running time anyway

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Well, if you saw the film, you'd say that it was hampered by the running time as well.....

I was intrigued to look into this one when it was announced, but it just sounds too silly.....however, I'm jumping for joy that C Young didn't get into this mess

--Brian

Shipping News is a great score!

I love it my first C Young score!

Jz

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Originally posted by John Zimmer:
I love it my first C Young score!

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Oohh - fresh blood!! Sean - quick! Give this guy a primer list of CY scores he NEEDS to get!

No problemo, I'm all over it.....introducing our pal John Zimmer into the world of Young,Poledouris,Goldenthal and a smidge of Golden Age

As soon as my damned pc is going again!!!!!!

Sean

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Originally posted by monkey:
Hey,
Can somebody give more details about this score like a review or something. I`m dying to hear more about this
The sound clip on Debney`s site is excellent though in horrible sound quality.
Sounds a bit like his I know what you did last summer (excellent score)

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And it is an excllent score!
Although I missed the first half hour of the movie I really liked the music I heard. It is very James Newton Howard like in sound (Sixth Sense, Unbreakable) But highly effective. The CD release is very short. 31 minutes spread into 7 tracks. The problem the lenghth creates is that it does not give the listener a satisfying cohesive listening experience. And by that I mean you can't listen to the CD and re live the movie nor form any other images in your mind while listen to the CD as a whole. Because every track just about has its own vibe. For example track 1 "Main Title" is a driving percussion based choral cue, which is very exciting and a good way to start the CD. But it is the only track in this style. The rest of the tracks are totally different in sound mainly more lower key.
The same situation for the next 2 tracks. Each one is completly different from the other. One is a soft reflective piece with use of the subtle mainn theme and the next a suspene/action builder. This is really bad because this doesn't let you get into the score as a whole, the music is always changing. You'll either like this aspect of it or another, but probably not the whole thing.
The last 3 tracks are the ones that I enjoy the most, because its only towards the end that it seems the score really begins to take some sort of form. The reason is because these cues are almost back to back in the movie so there isn't much variation to get lost in.

In the end though every indivisual track is really good, theres nothing wrong with Debney's cues, besides the Newton Howard influences, and I'd give it a solid 4-STAR rating. The main problem is the presentation.
We are given only a little peak at Debney's expanded thoughts and ideas in the score CD. Which unfortunetly doesn't make a good engaging listening experience, its rather chopy and blantly obivous that it isn't complete.

After playing around with the score for a while I've discovered a CD programming sequence that might make the score sound more enjoyable. I tried to make the chopiness not as noticable by trying to make it seem like there is some meat to the score's CD release. It works out pretty good I think, much better than what Varese provided.
Here's what I came up with.
program your tracks as followed.
5, 2, 3, 6, 1, 7 Yes track 4 is gone, it has sacrificed itself, it's quantity for quality.
And let me know what you think. And post your suggestions as well. We just may stumble on to something.

Dragonfly 2/5 (on CD) 4/5 (in film)

Other recent purchases.
Green Dragon by Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna 4/5
Harrison's Flowers by Cliff Eidelman 2/5

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Originally posted by TimT:
Dragonfly 2/5 (on CD) 4/5 (in film)

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0.5/5 (film itself)

eesh.

But John Debney still rose to the occasion and composed a JNH-inspired score that, in my opinion, out-does The Sixth Sense. A simple descending motif representing the sad Costner character provides a surprisingly strong backbone for the score. It is toyed around with a bit by strings, some choir and woodwinds now and then, but it all comes together at the end.

Np- Green Dragon

Just so cheesy.