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I may have written this already in the thread, but I really loved the movie and the score, but really, you could've put Mothersbaugh's name on this and no one would have ever been able to tell he didn't do it.
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Shaun: Re your 50 times? I'm surprised that, for as much as I listen to music, I rarely hit 50 plays of anything.
On my first iTunes with my old Mac, I hit several things more than 50 times, mainly certain soundtrack cues. Years later, with another Mac, a friend gave me the 1st piano concerto of Russian Sergei Bortkiewicz (who moved to Germany before WWII) played by Stephen Combs, and played it over a hundred times. And the same for cues like "Bella's Lullabye" from Carter Burwell's soundtrack for the first "Twilight." In the case of the latter, I included it on several playlists, so it would often come up, adding to the frequency in which it was played.
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Shaun: Re your 50 times? I'm surprised that, for as much as I listen to music, I rarely hit 50 plays of anything.
On my first iTunes with my old Mac, I hit several things more than 50 times, mainly certain soundtrack cues. Years later, with another Mac, a friend gave me the 1st piano concerto of Russian Sergei Bortkiewicz (who moved to Germany before WWII) played by Stephen Combs, and played it over a hundred times. And the same for cues like "Bella's Lullabye" from Carter Burwell's soundtrack for the first "Twilight." In the case of the latter, I included it on several playlists, so it would often come up, adding to the frequency in which it was played.
I think I just have too much music. I don't replay tracks over and over and over, either.
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How many of us here feel the need to get up and dance during that final track? =raises own hand=
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ONE MAN'S (Hot Off The Press) OPINION
I just got back home after seeing this film at the Arclight in Sherman Oaks. FWIW, I liked the movie very much, the score less so. In fact, not knowing much about the movie ahead of time, I was rather disappointed to learn from the End Title Credits that the composer was the talented Monsieur Desplat.
During the film, the score generally seemed to evoke the right tone for the characters and story, but it struck me that it could have and should have contributed so much more to the movie if it had been a lot less minimalistic and a lot more melodic. In fact, the music only came to life, for me, and leapt out from behind the screen, when the balalaikas were blasting away with a couple of zesty selections (presumably from folk tunes), and I found myself wishing the whole score had been that melodic and, yes, catchy.
Maybe if I hear this score in the clear on an album I'll hear virtues which eluded me in the theater, but frankly I have no plans to purchase such a disc any time soon, if at all.
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How many of us here feel the need to get up and dance during that final track? =raises own hand=
YES! THIS! How can you not dance and clap to this track?! My wife and I both find ourselves dancing around to the last track.
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