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#4583262 - 10/22/21 09:17 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Apparently the score to the new Dune movie is pretty good.


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#4583263 - 10/22/21 09:24 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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We have the Oblivion (M83) and Inception (ZImmer) soundtracks on our car usb. I also insisted we added the Bourne theme, puts my daughter and i stupid mode while we hunt for a carpark at the shops.


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#4583270 - 10/22/21 10:27 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: BUFF]  
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Originally Posted by BUFF
Apparently the score to the new Dune movie is pretty good.



I'll find out tomorrow night when I see it in the movie theater. Toto's score for the David Lynch "Dune" will be a very tough act to follow but I'll keep an open mind.


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#4583276 - 10/22/21 10:45 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Yeah I listen to Lynch's Dune movie score pretty regularly. It's one of the reasons I still quite like that movie version. That & the visual design.


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#4583380 - 10/23/21 04:51 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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I think something is missing in scores today that seemed to be more common from cinema of some decades ago and further back. The only not so recent memorable soundtracks that I can think of right now are from The Straight Story with Richard Farnsworth directed by David Lynch scored by Angelo Badalamenti and maybe the Gladiator. There are others I'm sure but I just can recall them right now. That being said it sure does seem like we don't get unique, memorable scores like we used such as The Mission, Chariots of Fire and so on. I recently just watched Dances With Wolves for the first time in a long time and was reminded of how great that score was too.

Nimits reminded me of LOTR. That has some excellent music throughout with the Rohan theme being quite memorable. I also agree with Nimit's sentiment that cinema in general has been lacking in many ways in the past couple of decades.

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#4583381 - 10/23/21 05:33 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: Arthonon]  
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Originally Posted by Arthonon
I think the Batman Begins/Dark Knight themes aren't too bad, but I also agree with the sentiment that movies have changed, and the soundtracks are serving a slightly different purpose.


The Batman theme from the Dark Knight trilogy is quite good, but unlike John Williams (or some older Hans Zimmer stuff) IMO it does not really "stand on its own (i.e. the Imperial March or Raiders of the Lost Ark March are good compositions in their own right even without the movie association).

The last movies I can recall that had sound tracks that were good music in their own right might be Return of the King (Lords of the Ring), the first Pirates of the Caribbean, and Master and Commander (though this last one might not be completely fair, given that most of the music was just various period compositions).

But then again, I would argue it is cinema in general, and not just cinematic music, that is and has been for the last 5-10 years) a dead and lifeless art form. To the extent there is any real creativity going on, I would argue it is found in video/computer games and, maybe to a lesser extent, streaming shows.

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#4583384 - 10/23/21 09:28 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Apologies, I couldn't think of anything in the last 20 years but the sound track to The last of the Mohicans gets me every time. https://youtu.be/9tjdswqGGVg

That reminds me, I must watch it again!


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#4583385 - 10/23/21 09:48 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: Friday]  
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Originally Posted by Friday
Apologies, I couldn't think of anything in the last 20 years but the sound track to The last of the Mohicans gets me every time. https://youtu.be/9tjdswqGGVg

That reminds me, I must watch it again!


I loved when I watched the first time but later I started to dislike this song... Strange change of mind but this is what happen










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#4583392 - 10/23/21 11:19 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: Gigolety]  
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I loved the song when I watched the film the first time and even now it brings a tear to my eye when I hear it, but don't tell anyone ;o)


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#4583426 - 10/23/21 04:20 PM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: Friday]  
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Originally Posted by Friday
Apologies, I couldn't think of anything in the last 20 years but the sound track to The last of the Mohicans gets me every time. https://youtu.be/9tjdswqGGVg

That reminds me, I must watch it again!


It was just on terrestrial again in the last week or so, I watched it smile The Gael is a classic.


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#4583468 - 10/23/21 10:30 PM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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The soundtrack for “Last of the Mohicans” is brilliant and the film is one of my all time favorites. On a side note, I have a special interest in the military history of the 18th century so films like “Last of the Mohicans” and “Barry Lyndon” are right up my alley.


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#4584002 - 10/30/21 08:40 PM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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The Thin Red Line for me... so emotive.

#4584013 - 10/30/21 09:46 PM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: Trooper117]  
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Originally Posted by Trooper117
The Thin Red Line for me... so emotive.



I really tried to like that movie but it just didn’t work for me. Maybe one day I’ll revisit it and see if I get a different impression 23 years after I saw it in the theater.


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#4584081 - 10/31/21 09:57 PM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings work pretty well as a backdrop to our family boardgame evenings :-)

I also liked the soundtracks of the Cars movies.


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#4584094 - 11/01/21 03:05 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: Johan217]  
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Originally Posted by Johan217
Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings work pretty well as a backdrop to our family boardgame evenings :-)

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The LOTR trilogy is really the magnum opus of Howard Shore. Nothing else that he's done comes close in my opinion.


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#4585123 - 11/14/21 02:00 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
The soundtrack for “Last of the Mohicans” is brilliant and the film is one of my all time favorites. On a side note, I have a special interest in the military history of the 18th century so films like “Last of the Mohicans” and “Barry Lyndon” are right up my alley.

I just ran across this video, and thought you might like it and am posting in here in case you haven't seen it (he even talks about the music towards the end):


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#4585124 - 11/14/21 04:37 AM Re: The death of cinematic music? [Re: Arthonon]  
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Originally Posted by Arthonon
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Thanks Arthonon! I will most definitely check this out.


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