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Is it J.B. is like Glover but he still goes about doing his job? Maybe only J.B. can tell us.
I guess there's a language barrier at play here, given it is Australia. I do not believe the joke needs to be explained psychologically. Like someone else said, it's just a reference for people who have seen the movie (or have lived life under the umbrella of pop culture and meaningful junior high school friendships).
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Ok so we know in LW3 the hockey game chase across the ice was tracked from LW2 or 1 I think, but what about the cue that precedes it? When Riggs is announcing Travis' name over the loudspeakers? I remember a pretty cool tense cue for this but not on the set. Guess that is tracked as well but from what?
That is still part of the stilt house fight from LW2.
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I hesitated quite a while to buy it since I`ve never been a fan of Michael Kamen. Somehow his scores are missing structure and don`t make a nice listening experience apart from the films. IMO. And I have the old Lethal Weapon promo CD from 2002 and never liked the music. But since literally everybody around here is going crazy over this new release and I thought maybe the rest of the scores sound different I finally bought it. And sorry to say, unfortunately everything that I think of Kamen and the Lethal Weapon music has been confirmed. I mean there are some furious action pieces. But musically they are not going anywhere. I don`t hear any thematic movement. It`s just a wall of action sound and it`s getting tiring after a while. And the guitar and the sax are really annoying. I mean I enjoy sax and e-guitars in filmscores. I loved the sax in Fugitive and in Russia House and the use of e-guitar in the “Turbo Man Marching Band #1” cue in Jingle All The Way. But the way those instruments are being used in the Lethal Weapon scores are too much and too noisy for me. It almost sounds like some improvised free jazz. I am happy for anyone who likes it but this set is a release I could have lived without.
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I hesitated quite a while to buy it since I`ve never been a fan of Michael Kamen. Somehow his scores are missing structure and don`t make a nice listening experience apart from the films. IMO. And I have the old Lethal Weapon promo CD from 2002 and never liked the music. But since literally everybody around here is going crazy over this new release and I thought maybe the rest of the scores sound different I finally bought it. And sorry to say, unfortunately everything that I think of Kamen and the Lethal Weapon music has been confirmed. I mean there are some furious action pieces. But musically they are not going anywhere. I don`t hear any thematic movement. It`s just a wall of action sound and it`s getting tiring after a while. And the guitar and the sax are really annoying. I mean I enjoy sax and e-guitars in filmscores. I loved the sax in Fugitive and in Russia House and the use of e-guitar in the “Turbo Man Marching Band #1” cue in Jingle All The Way. But the way those instruments are being used in the Lethal Weapon scores are too much and too noisy for me. It almost sounds like some improvised free jazz. I am happy for anyone who likes it but this set is a release I could have lived without.
You really honor your alias, Mr. Counterpoint.
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Jan 13, 2014 - 3:16 PM
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Mike Esssss
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Slowly but surely making my way through the set.
Some thoughts on LW2:
- Right off the bat, in the marvelous BMW chase sequence cue, it's clear that Kamen and co. took a more integrated approach with the solo instruments, with Clapton's frenetic guitar woven much more closely into the orchestration rather than sort of dancing around on top of it.
- I didn't realize how much I missed not ever having the film track of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door/Riggs Dying," which is gorgeous. So much of the score is so abstract that it's really a quietly galvanizing emotional moment.
- It's hard to say if I prefer this to the first score. LW is more consistent and tighter, but LW2 hits higher highs. LW2, after the first explosive chase cue, takes a lot of time noodling around until it really locks in place with the helicopter sequence. The last 20-25 minutes is probably the best extended sequence of score in the entire series.
- What was "The Stilt House" track on the OST all about? Was there a pool party at the Stilt House that I didn't know about? I get the OST was more of a concept album made up of the major thematic ideas, but calling it "The Stilt House" makes no sense unless the conversation was "Hey, we need a reference to the Stilt House here." "Okay, just call that jam band party track The Stilt House." "Works for me." It was 1989 so maybe somebody confused it with "The Roadhouse."
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Mike, that's like the "Leo Getz Goes To The Hockey Game" cue from the third soundtrack. Has nothing to do with the scene whatsoever, much to my dismay. Then the film cue ends up being tracked! What a world, what a world...
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Finally got the box set, my girlfriend gave it to me for our year and a half anniversary.
Listened to the first two scores. Absolutely love the first score. I expected Lethal Weapon 2 to be my favorite, but must admit I find it a bit disappointing. While the action tracks are great, the theme for the bad guys dominates the score a bit too much which makes a feel a bit too repetitive.
Looking forward to the third one, it was the first soundtrack I ever owned.
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I'd gladly buy it from you at a discounted price. 