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This is why I don't get on with these threads—they eventually start bringing out the negative.
Personally, I think John Barry's action music is classy and I love it way more than the headache inducing noise I hear in so many action film scores.
The thing I can't stand is what everyone outside these circles think film music is—the three hours of music crammed in a two hour film for the crash-bang-wallop orchestra playing on twenty double espressos, Dolby thud of doom on every bar and the great grand choir of the apocalypse.
Ugh.
But it seems I am in the minority these days.
Give me more intimate film music any day of the week.
Cheers
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Mancini in jazzy pop mode.
Badalamenti in 'Twin Peaks' mode.
Goldenberg in 70's suspense mode.
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Fielding in his hard edge modernist mode.
Schifrin in jazzy funky action mode.
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Mancini in jazzy pop mode.
Badalamenti in 'Twin Peaks' mode.
Goldenberg in 70's suspense mode.
Good Lord Mr Marshall, so what DO you like from them?
Read the thread title .....
"Composer you love in ONE Film Genre..."
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I have to admit: Goldsmith´s comedy scores do not work so well for me. I prefer him in action, drama or scifi/fantasy mode.
You answered the question "What composer do you like in many genres but don't like him in one genre?"
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Sep 23, 2018 - 3:41 AM
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Thor
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Zimmer can be brilliant in Sci-Fi (Interstellar), but when it comes to historical movies or movies taking place in ancient times, his modern style can be quite inappropriate and annoying (Gladiator). There are tons of examples that a more orchestral classic score would have been way more suitable for.
Weird notion to have (but not unusual, sadly), as Zimmer's historical scores are almost always appropriate for the style of the films. An old-fashioned orchestral score would not only be against the visual style of the said films (like GLADIATOR, LAST SAMURAI etc), but in many cases also no more appropriate in a historical sense than one that blends electronics and orchestra.
So vice versa, I think Zimmer is at his BEST in historical and/or ethnic settings. Also action films, sci fi films and darker dramas.
I'm NOT generally a fan of his "lighter" drama or comedy scores, however.
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Sep 23, 2018 - 9:59 AM
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Solium
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Zimmer can be brilliant in Sci-Fi (Interstellar), but when it comes to historical movies or movies taking place in ancient times, his modern style can be quite inappropriate and annoying (Gladiator). There are tons of examples that a more orchestral classic score would have been way more suitable for.
Weird notion to have (but not unusual, sadly), as Zimmer's historical scores are almost always appropriate for the style of the films. An old-fashioned orchestral score would not only be against the visual style of the said films (like GLADIATOR, LAST SAMURAI etc), but in many cases also no more appropriate in a historical sense than one that blends electronics and orchestra.
So vice versa, I think Zimmer is at his BEST in historical and/or ethnic settings. Also action films, sci fi films and darker dramas.
I'm NOT generally a fan of his "lighter" drama or comedy scores, however.
He's the worst when it comes to historical film scoring. And how does the visual style of Gladiator or Last Samurai preclude classic scoring? I love a lot of Gladiator, but no surprise as it borrows from the classics. But his scores for the Pirate movies are an abomination of the genre. Not every film needs the same approach for sure, I'm just not with the avant-garde sound for period pieces.
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