 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
i watched/listened to a few of the clips and they continue with arnolds style.its missing the amazing dodd orchestrations, but there is a chance for this to be the best score they have done yet.pretty big shoes to full, maybe it inspired them.
You're post inspired me to watch the clips on YouTube and I'm happy to say that the music in the clips sound great! Very promising. The only concern I have now is that Amazon lists the album as totaling only 52 mins, including the two songs.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Posted: |
Jun 17, 2016 - 3:23 PM
|
|
|
|
By: |
jlj93byu
(Member)
|
Just listened to the album. It was at work so I wasn't really able to close my eyes and absorb it, but first impressions are......I shouldn't have been hoping for a similar work to the original, which was an amazing score. If you listen to this score with that in mind, it will be lackluster. The main victory theme from the original was only briefly reprised once. I didn't hear any other nods to the first film, but they may be there subtly and I just didn't catch them. Nothing obvious or grand, though. They do include at the end of the score a simple 2 minute reprise of the original theme, probably something that simply plays during the credits.
If you compare this to Batman v. Superman, however, this is a glorious score! There have been some truly horrible scores as of late and at least this one isn't bad, it's just not great, either. After seeing the movie, and a couple more listens, it may grow on me, but after my first listen, I'm definitely left wanting and a little disappointed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: |
Jun 17, 2016 - 3:47 PM
|
|
|
|
By: |
desplatfan1
(Member)
|
I know people are gonna bash the score like the worst thing in the world only because Arnold didn't wrote it, but I found it very decent (Kloser actually wrote a new theme that referenced Arnold's but it works as a standalone), and like it happens with most of Kloser's score releases, the omision of a lot of music bogs down the second half of the album (since half of the film will be action, there's very few action cues on the CD).
Instead of going for a more dramatic turn ala 2012 or Anonymous, Kloser decided to go full Arnold with an adventure score, with orchestra (and woodwinds playing loudly), choir (though it's too low mixed like in 2012), and a couple of electronic cues from Thomas Schobel to represent the aliens. Since the new Independence Day is about new characters, a new war, and new heroes, the score should be and it's new (And I think Arnold would have done the same), but at the same time it homages the previous one (Kloser does actually uses Arnold's theme at the end, plus the end titles in ID4 Reprise).
And like 2012, Kloser channels more of JNH's scores from the 90's, plus taking some inspiration from Beltrami, and Desplat's Godzilla. Yet, the score sound nothing like his previous's works for Emmerich (which unlike most, I found them much more fitting and diverse than Arnold's one-size-fits-all approach) and sounds much more fun and inspired than some of the blockbuster scores that we're still getting, so please don't let your Arnold fanboyism ruin this score like the others.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
