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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5      General Discussion: Brian May:Mad Max II The Road Warrior    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2 3 4 5    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Jan 29, 2015 - 9:23 AM     By:   Josh "Swashbuckler" Gizelt   (Member) I remember hearing some where that it was released as "Mad Max 2" overseas and called "The Road Warrior" in the US. Was this true? Yes. The first film wasn't widely distributed in the States, so the sequel couldn't really trade on the association.    Posted:   Jan 29, 2015 - 9:40 AM     By:   DeviantMan   (Member) Why is there no KICKSTARTER to get MAD MAX 2 rerecorded??    Posted:   Jan 31, 2015 - 2:23 PM     By:   indyray   (Member) I,m in! Brian May Mad Max II Road Warrior must be rerecorded because of the lost recordings and most important! They belong in ower ears in fim music History.    Posted:   Feb 7, 2015 - 1:06 PM     By:   indyray   (Member) http://36.media.tumblr.com/4293cbe2ef8422439bbd612ee30ae8f5/tumblr_nj7ko4iTSX1qa41tjo1_1280.jpg I,m so waiting for the complete score from MAD MAD II The Road Warrior,that i hope not only this feature has an isolated score track,but the second Mad Max The Road Warrior has it included too. Great Artwork from Paul Shipper. Could a release of this great score become reality? I,m still hoping. Ray    Posted:   Jun 12, 2015 - 9:48 AM     By:   Josh "Swashbuckler" Gizelt   (Member) I recently re-watched The Road Warrior along with the other Mad Max pictures because of Fury Road. My enthusiasm for Brian May's score was rekindled. The music for the first film is actually somewhat harsher and angrier, while there is a melancholy tone that hangs over the second film's score that broadens its scope somewhat. I found the soundtrack album from the first film to be pretty satisfying as far as what's in the film, and of course Tadlow release of Maurice Jarre's score for Beyond Thunderdome is complete and definitive. So that just leaves The Road Warrior. The Road Warrior is a highly thematic, very detailed score that I think would make a great listening experience in complete form. From what I can tell watching the film, the themes are introduced slowly over the course of the score from the spare main title on, but then culminate in the rousing orchestral setpieces heard during the big truck chase at the end. The gyro captain's theme is one of my favorites, and there is an extended treatment toward the end of the truck chase. It's a shame that it probably wouldn't be financially viable to make a new recording. If the stems do exist, hopefully one of our specialist labels could work their magic with it to expand the score to its full length someday. I really, really love this score. If I were to win the lottery (not likely since I never play), I wouldn't put it past myself to ask James Fitzpatrick to make a new recording of this score.    Posted:   Jun 12, 2015 - 10:33 AM     By:   GoblinScore   (Member) Amen Josh, amen... Try having this be your all time favorite score, the work that is responsible for fostering a life long love of music - and not really being able to hear it! The old CD is an embarrassment - when you start subtracting sound efx tracks and repeated cues (not to mention horribly muddy sound), your left with around 25 odd minutes of pure scoring. 30 minute albums laugh at this!!! :-/ I also have the same fantasy, and DO occasionally play the lottery - this would be number 1 to finance if I had the - what, $50 odd thousand for around 55 minutes with a 75-85 piece orchestra? - I'd do it in a heartbeat. -Sean    Posted:   Sep 21, 2015 - 2:39 PM     By:   indyray   (Member) .    Posted:   Sep 26, 2015 - 2:29 PM     By:   indyray   (Member) If only some Label could reply if there is going to be a new release. Ray    Posted:   Sep 26, 2015 - 2:29 PM     By:   indyray   (Member) If only the Label could reply if there is going to be a new release. Ray    Posted:   Sep 26, 2015 - 2:30 PM     By:   indyray   (Member) sorry for the dp.    Posted:   Mar 4, 2017 - 5:06 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) Brain May's score replaced with Fury Road's score. I know this is just a fan project, but this is DREADFUL! I just got a huge headache watching this. Glad I never saw Fury Road. (Sorry Henry)    Posted:   Mar 5, 2017 - 9:48 AM     By:   Ado   (Member) When I watch Fury Road it just makes me see "junkie XL' at his laptop pushing buttons for his samples. A pathetic score to try to follow in the footsteps of Brian May    Posted:   Mar 5, 2017 - 10:30 AM     By:   Timothy J. Phlaps   (Member) They're completely different composers working in completely different styles. Maurice Jarre's BEYOND THUNDERDOME probably wouldn't work cut into the first two films, but is anyone gonna call that a "pathetic attempt" at film music? FURY ROAD is a fine modern day action score that works great in the film, which is probably the greatest American action film of the millennium.    Posted:   Mar 5, 2017 - 1:15 PM     By:   henry   (Member) The only way I would like FURY ROAD and THE ROAD WARRIOR more is if they replaced the scores with Conti's BABY BOOM score!    Posted:   Mar 5, 2017 - 1:16 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) They're completely different composers working in completely different styles. Maurice Jarre's BEYOND THUNDERDOME probably wouldn't work cut into the first two films, but is anyone gonna call that a "pathetic attempt" at film music? FURY ROAD is a fine modern day action score that works great in the film, which is probably the greatest American action film of the millennium. You missed the part where I said it gave me a huge headache. That's fine if you like it, but with or without the visuals it was intended for, I find it painful to my ears.    Posted:   Jan 28, 2019 - 8:20 PM     By:   Steve H   (Member) Thought I'd bump this thread to see if there were any new tidbits of info out there regarding the score. Even comparing his other scores May was clearly at the top of his game here. Sure he was obviously influenced by Holst's Mars and IMO maybe a little from Star Wars but he hit a bullseye nonetheless. I would even be curious to learn about the production of the original Varese album which is, content wise, strange at best. Oh, and it's Mad Max 2... not The Road Warrior!    Posted:   Jan 28, 2019 - 10:54 PM     By:   Steve H   (Member) For anyone interested here's a breakdown of the somewhat confusing and sometimes erroneous Varese album. 1 Montage/Main Title Montage - Actually an exciting action cue from near the end of the film after Max has turned the rig around and heads back in the same direction. It was called The Chase Continues on the Japanese LP. Main Title - I presume is what they mean by 'Montage' as it's really the dirge like main theme presented with 4:3 movietone style images with a recap of the previous film The prologue if you like? 2 Confrontation 3 Marauders Massacre As Ive said earlier in the thread this seems to be an edit excising the build up but I've listened to this track in the film many times and can't really find where or how they made the edit cleanly. 4 Max Enters Compound 5 Gyro Saves max 6 Breakout 7 Finale and Largo Finale - this is actually 'Largo' which is the Main Title. Largo - this music is the head on collision between the rig and Humungous' vehicle. The ending is cut off and edits rather awkwardly into the actual finale. 8 End title - This a repeat of the Montage music which is the end titles as in the film. 9 SFX Suite Boomerang Attack - Gyro Flight - The Big Rig Starts - Breakout - The Refinery Explodes - Reprise After the Boomerang attack sound effect we get two short musical stingers. The first is as the body of the truck driver falls out as Max opens the door. The second as the boomerang hits Wez' partner in the skull and Wez return throws. Gyro Flight, The Big Rig Starts, Breakout and The Refinery Explodes all play out with sound effects. Reprise is just a repeat of the Rig/Humongous head on collision/truck roll cue from earlier. The Japanese LP did resequence and correct a lot of the cue titles but the content remained the same. Like i said, a bit of a head scratcher?    Posted:   May 15, 2019 - 7:29 PM     By:   Steve H   (Member) Just got back from a road trip we did out to Broken Hill / Silverton in far western NSW. For those who dont know this is where most of the locations were filmed for Mad Max 2. In Silverton there is a neat Mad Max 2 museum which was set up in 2015 by a yorkshireman who is a huge fan of the film. Over the years he has become good friends with a lot of the cast and crew who worked on the film. The museum is an awesome collection of memorobilia, photos, props and actual vehicles from the production which have been collected over the years. Some of which were collected years later after being left in various locations. After talking with the owner for some time we eventually got on to the subject of the music. He informed me that it is possible that the sound effects editor (whose name elludes me right now) may still have copies of any existing tapes which he worked with at the time for the sound effects. I guess this avenue would have been explored already but you never know? Maybe this is something Doug, Roger or MV could investigate further. Im happy to correspond with MM2 museum for names etc if required. Just maybe this could lead somewhere.    Posted:   May 15, 2019 - 8:21 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) US release was also 70mm six track    Posted:   May 15, 2019 - 8:34 PM     By:   GoblinScore   (Member) Nice posts Steve, thanks for that. My all-time favorite score & one of the most poorly produced (and sounding in most parts) albums there is. Grateful for what is here, but a shame on album. The one I'd make a beeline to re-record if I win the lottery. Hire me John Scott to conduct this mutha....     General Discussion: Brian May:Mad Max II The Road Warrior    << < 1 2 3 4 5  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5

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