Austin Powers 3

Spider-Man

Sum of All Fears was nice, though overly clicheed in parts. Will get the CD someday, but probably won't buy full price for it.

ROAD TO PERDITION (hasn't left my cd player since June)
AOTC
INSOMNIA
SUM OF ALL FEARS
and
MINORITY REPORT (which would place higher, if more tracks had been like the 2nd half of the first cue...still, I think Williams has outdone himself w/this and AOTC in the same summer, much less the same year, so he earns my pick for "Summer MVP" by far)

Best Collection of Songs: UNDERCOVER BROTHER

Best Theme: "Across the Stars", AOTC

Best Trailer Music To Wind Up In the Final Film: SIGNS

Most Improved: Randy Edeleman, XXX (what little of it I could make out over all the noise and Rammstein, I actually dug)

Worst Score: 2-way tie

SERVING SARAH (easily the most aggressively awful romantic comedy score I've heard in recent memory; I mean, IMO, all one has to do is listen to some James Newton Howard DAVE/MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING-type stuff to hear how it could be done right, pleasantly, and memorably)

and

PLUTO NASH (and just when I thought Powell was on an upswing, though I think this had more to do w/the crappiness of the movie - how can one be inspired to write anything good for this?)

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Originally posted by MillsSomerset:
MINORITY REPORT (which would place higher, if more tracks had been like the 2nd half of the first cue

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...still, I think Williams has outdone himself w/this and AOTC in the same summer, much less the same year, so he earns my pick for "Summer MVP" by far)

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Oh yeah, I agree with you there.

Marian said...

Spider-Man was a really bad score.[/B][/QUOTE]

Totally agree! This was a missed opportunity, Spidey should have had a proper score with proper themes, not something you should have to strain to hear...Danny E, unfortunately was a bad BAD choice for composer IMHO!

NP - La Mer - Debussy - Ernest Ansermet

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Originally posted by Timmer:
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Spidey should have had a proper score with proper themes, not something you should have to strain to hear...

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Excuse the excess wit, but if your stereo isn't on mute, you should be able to hear the theme in just about every track. The main one that is - cos there are others.

It's Iron Giant all over again...

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Originally posted by Camillu:
Excuse the excess wit, but if your stereo isn't on mute, you should be able to hear the theme in just about every track.

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Re muting...my biggest problem with he score is that it was so loud. Fully blasting brass batteries for scenes that should have been scored softly, if at all. It really annoyed me in the film.

Hey Timmer, I do agree with you about Spider Man. The movie demanded an
EVIDENT, well-articulated theme for Spidey AND a love theme that should have
taken on tragic proportions at the end. I know some of you say it has themes. I guess if I
wanted to listen to a stand alone CD several times, I could find one, but I don’t care to. I
didn’t stand up in the middle of SUPERMAN and yell, “Hey, rewind some of the movie so
I can see if I can hear is a theme for Superman. Here is Lois so please replay this part so
I can see if I can identify a love theme. Is there a theme for Lex???” Did anyone miss the
theme for the Vikings in The 13th Warrior? The workouts in Rudy? The shark in Jaws?
Indie’s main theme? I think movies about larger than life people need themes or melodies
people can actually HEAR during their viewing of the movies. (And I ain’t deaf.) Just my
humble opinion.

The score I’ve enjoyed most this year is from last year’s rather poor Disney movie Snow
Dogs. Debney composes several marvelous compositions (action themes, comedic music,
Americana sounds, love themes, etc.) that are better than anything I’ve heard this year.
Oh, well, I have hope for the next four months.

Henry Mancini would have nailed this film spot on, Basil Poledouris or Lalo Schifrin would have been good choices (Basil's the only one who 'might' have had a shout here) as would Jerry Goldsmith!

Rant over, Nuff said

SFT