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Mar 6, 2012 - 3:42 PM
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Michael2
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There's something very special about the animated scores that Horner composed in the 80's and the 90's, resulting in some of his best scores (in my opinion), filled with brilliant melodies and very rich orchestrations. It's a shame that no one offered him any more animated movies to score after 1996... Or maybe he felt he was done with the "genre" (if you can even call it that) and wanted to move to other stuff...
Having that in mind, though, which of Horner's animated scores for feature films do you like or enjoy the most? Here's the list, just in case...
- An American Tail
- The Land Before Time
- An American Tail 2: Fievel Goest West
- Once Upon a Forest
- The Pagemaster
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
- Balto
While each of these scores have something special that make them different from each other, I think my personal favorite is Balto. I don't know exactly why, but it's the one that feels the most mature, so to speak, and the melodies and orchestrations are very different from his previous efforts. Compared to the others, though, it doesn't have that much thematic material, but Horner uses the very powerful main theme in so many variations that I don't felt the need for much more primary themes.
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Mar 6, 2012 - 4:32 PM
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mnrvason
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AVATAR is not an animated film. It may have computer generated effects, motion capture photgraphy and such, but nothing in the film was hand-drawn, "classic" animation. Now, as to AVATAR being his best score, that's debateable as well, but I DO happen to enjoy it immensely (and the film as well).
Now, back to the topic at hand. Horner's "classic" animated scores (by which I believe we can all agree were made in the 80s and 90s) are, indeed, some of his best works. At the very least, I find them to be the most emotional of his scores, without the later attempts at thematic saturation (Legends of the Fall, Titanic and Perfect Storm...these are three examples of scores whose main theme was hear over and over and over ad nauseum).
I pretty much like every single one of them. I'll go for the sentimental favorite, An American Tail, although Land Before Time and Blato are also right up there.
SheriffJoe
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I couldn't agree with you more there is something SPECIAL about Horner's music.
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Balto, hands down! Land Before Time follows not too far behind.
Both could really use remastered, complete releases...especially since they're going for a lot (particularly the latter) on the secondhand market.
Yavar
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Do not forget his score to the pilot of the 1992 animated series "Fish Police", which has not been released on CD.
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That's what makes Horner's score so special, you listen to them and say , where did i here that nice piece before, well, look at it this way, at least James, keeps our musical minds active like a quiz being taken.
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