Malte Müller
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(like the music for the first Monkey Island games… I guess “high-res” makes not sense for that music anyway. 🙂 ).
A real game score gourmet. I grew up with the Amiga versions. In case you didn’t know they updated the games as Special editions a few years ago and also updated the original scores.
I’ll try to write up something as well the next days but a lot is probably quite similar.
Ah, I see, you probably mean the display on mobile. (I never use this on the mobile as I hate typing there ;-). As a admin I have a few more links there but I see if I can do this via theme styling perhaps.
Thanks for the explanation. What about inserting a space or vertical line between the time and “EDIT”/”REPLY” in the header of each post? 🙂
Not sure I understand that… The reply link is at least on desktop on the right and the time is on the left. Besides that I cannot simply edit such small details as they come like that from the forum plugin.
I think the scores would be less bland if they hired someone capable of composing in the SW idiom.
I fear if they wanted that they would have done it…
Spotted this question on another topic:
When I select “reply” on a post, isn’t that post supposed to get quoted in my own post?
It’s not possible to auto-quote things (and such an automatism can “pollute” replies a little as well). The reason for this “reply” link is that theoretically comments in WP do support hierachical or nested views. This is rather uncommon on forums and makes everything a little hard to read so it is disabled…
I am sure that there weren’t many who thought that Howard Shore was a bizarre choice for Lord of the Rings (and, perhaps, hadn’t heard Looking For Richard but couldn’t see how that style would have been a good fit for Middle Earth).
While I did knew Richard III I was indeed surprised about the choice back then. Not sure who I expected but certainly more someone like James Horner. WHile I liked Shore’s score I originally found it a bit too traditional and would have loved more “roughness” it originally.
With taking over Start Wars the question is, do we need someone to mimic the style of Williams exactly actually? Mandalorian did part a lot and I found interessting.
We surely have people like McNeely (SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE is great), Debney who can mimic “anyone” and Kiner can do Williams more or less as well. Maybe give Gordy Haab a movie finally… Or Conrad Pope or William Ross. Ross’ adaption on OBI-WAN KENOBI were more convincing that Nathalia Holt’s parts but that’s maybe a bit unfair as there was no collaboratin… Or what about John Powell. As unnecessary SOLO was the score was entertaining.
I have not seen the new shows expect some free epsiode or excpert here and there but partly listened some score so far. Most were bland/servicable but they have big shoes to fill…
Let me first explain that we choose bbpress being a plugin to WordPress to keep maintenance low. The alternative would have been a standalone more sophisticated forum software which would require its own updates and such. We probably more sophisticated than the FMS forum but certainly less than the jwfan forums some of youre may be “spoilered” by (which is using a commercial software which here is naturally out of question).
THe bbpress plugin does not have an awful lot of functions. There a plugins to this plugin to extend functionality but while the forum is maintained its not that actively maintained and lots of those plugins seem to be not. So I probably frequently will not be able to fullfill request (and while I theoretically code things myself that causes some overhead).
On my desktop browser the forum seems to load the Norwegian version and I must use Google Translate to switch to English.
There is a language selector on your user account you have to set as your language explitly. Its set to the default language by default which unsurprisingly is Norwegian 🙂
And, I am asked to log in to the forum but it fails to log in. I think because my own WordPress log in details for my blog are filled into the log in boxes.
The form at the bottton indeed misses the captcha. Sadly the plugin taking over the main login form does not cover the form of the forum, it literally is not compatible as the forum does it’s own thing… I have to look if I can remove that one…
And, I am asked to log in to the forum but it fails to log in. I think because my own WordPress log in details for my blog are filled into the log in boxes.
You own WP login surely does not have to do with that. Its just the above issue.
Thor, any chance of a “like” function for posts?
I have to look if there is a working plugin for this. Otherwise………
Good selections!
I’ve always considered TOUCH OF EVIL more blues than jazz, but the boundaries are sometimes fleeting.
The main title even is Latin jazz.
Jazz is really a fluid genre and didn’t it have its origin in blues/gospel as basically any US pop music has? As mentioned some jazz scores may not “really” be jazz because too much composed. Maybe excpet the Miles Davis one which as far as I know was improvise to picture.
I could list lots of 70s groove crime scores that also are or have jazz parts…
Also not really a specific composer but originally – decades ago I mean – I always needed a good tune (I still like good themes) and I had to work hard on appreciating more experimental and dissonant scores. Some Alex North scores I really needed to get into but now I like for example DRAGONSLAYER a lot and Goldsmiths PLANET OF THE APES is one of my favorite scores.
Interstingly BLACK ROBE is also a favorite of mine. I like a lot of him but often its a bit too much theme and minor variations. Truffaut scores, SALVADOR in a more unusal action mode at times oder DAY OF THE DOLPHIN come to mind. Would love to get some release of his miniseries score to SWORD OF GIDEON.
TOo bad, our French-German broadcaster was supposed to show the two Paris concerts even as a live stream these days. But due to a strike on Radio France that was canceled. Currently does not look as if it is recorded at all and maybe ends up on their site’s mediathek later.
I will probably will contribute for the digital only tier. Would love the actual CD but 50+% because of insane shipping and custom taxes I cannot justify…
His scores for the Costeau documentaries are also nice. And his score to LIONHEART (that Van Damme action movie) is far better than the movie 😉
Here in Germany their shorts ran in the early evening time for kids being named “Thick and dumb” (“Dick und doof”) and with new music. Same with of Charlie Chaplin shorts.
Somehow I have no memory of seeing any Abbott and Costello. I have only sampled that new release – it’s on the streaming service of my public library – and it is quite micky mousy.
