Malte Müller
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The backbeat is only used for goofy action setpieces and transportation scenes, in which case it works wonderfully as a pace setter, and in line with the tone.
Have to disagree as well. I think without the drum kit especially the action themes as they are (which I otherwise find great fun) would not throw me out of the mood that quickly.
Yeah, sorry. I am a John Williams fan. Cheap are the synth farts, the repetitions, short melody lines…
The synth effects sound a little dated like many mid 80s synths sound nowadays but that’s all to me… JW and JG fan so I guess we can agree that disagree 😉
ELMER BERNSTEIN FILM MUSIC COLLECTION -FSM
There are some I would like to have if not funds would always get in the way. Might not help you but the Bernstein Collection at least is – I think – completely available digitally.
Also often he seemed to give away his best themes for low profile projects.
Well, Goldsmith is the king of good score for not so good moves, isn’t he?
Yes, on some of his 80s synth score it sounds a bit cheap. At least nowdays. I think I read somewhere that he basically always used factory sounds and perhaps that is a bit too “plain”. Although other 80s score often suffer from the same.
I don’t like to use the term “dated” because every music is a child of its time. I think it primarily affects his scores from the mid-80s on. UNDER FIRE, LEGEND or GREMLINS find less problematic. I find RUNAWAY exspecially weird. I like it but I always felt it is actually written for orchestra and not really for synths.
Guess, I need to revisit Hollow Man… Another good later one is FIRST KNIGHT, although I only know the old album.
I actually do listen to them apart from the game.
Me, too 😉 But the contributions by Clint Bajakian and Peter McCOnnell should not be forgotten (although I don’t know who did what). I always thought about playing Return to Monkey Island but didn’t get to fit that in so far sadly…
Speaking of Bajakian did a good Indy game score years ago (although that needs some whittling).
I like all Jerry Goldsmith scores (well, okay, except for ANGIE), but of course I don’t like them all the same
Good summary fitting me as well generally. As the say gois “A bad Goldsmith is always better than some good by others” 😉 Hollow Man never really grabbed me as didn’t Nemesis. But since I am sort of Trekkie I tolerate it 😉
I did also play Monkey Island in the 90s. Those days with handling a dozend of discs 😉 Also a great old classic is Turrican (wiht music by the already mentioned Chris Huelsbeck)
Same for me, probably around 20+ years ago. Already on the C64 or Amiga I was probably the only person who listened to the music instead of really playing the games 😉 Classics like the still active Chris Huelsbeck, Rob Hubbard and the like (if anyone remembers those…)
But I also listen to them often. Classic but also newer ones. I like Olivier Deriviere oder Austin Wintory a lot.
I did see two if I remember right. Pirates of the Caribeann and a few years ago Star Wars. The 2nd indeed lacked a bit thte same acoustic venue issue but nevertheless it was nice.
Probably not fitting but I did see some silent movie with live music as well which I prefer.
To me it’s probably The Mummy. Even though, I found L.A. Confidential great, too.
Yes, those and other scores like City Hall, The Shadow or even the rather unusal Fierce Creatures are some of later scores I like, too. But they all miss the “edgyness” especially in action stuff of his earlier works.
Jerry Goldsmith
John Williams
Ennio Morricone
Miklos Rozsa
Bernhard Herrmann
Elliot Goldenthal
Lalo Schifrin
John Barry
Christopher Young
Dimitri TiomkinIt’s just an attempt annd hard to limit it. The positions after 3rd are more or less random…
And that was the reason for my high Goldsmith ranking. Yes, he wrote great scores. But I am not a huge fan of his 80s and 90s super reverb synth heavy sound.
I generally like Goldsmith best until mid-80s. The 80s synths can really be hit and miss. TOTAL RECALL is to me the last really great score. There are some good ones in the 90s but they pale against the others for me, too.
ENTER THE DRAGON is a must, but only in later expanded and remastered editions, as the original album contained inserted yells and “Kung Fu vocals”.
Yes, not on all tracks but right on the main and I think end title.
Don’t have that Schifrin box as I had most already in some form.
Oh, there are lots of them. Bullit is an all time favorite of his, especially on the FSM with the original score and the also great album re-recording. The other re-recording by Schifrin is nice but misses the feeling. I feel similar with Mannix.
Some others, especially those 70s groovy ones
– Enter The Dragon
– Rush Hour
– The Liquidator (Great “Bond song” 😉
– Dirty Harry
– Magnum Force
– Joe Kidd
– Coogan’s Bluff
– The Concord – Airport 79
– The Hellstrom Chronicle (very experimental)
– Amityville Horror
