Early in my film score buying years, I loved James Horner. I picked up a bunch of his scores and now can hardly listen to any of them. I find them too boring. The only one I still consistently listen to now is Glory.
Of course I didn't mean that. Big symphonic scores can be calm too!
What I meant is that I no longer have the energy of my youth, and not the same listening stamina in terms of listening to loud action music over extended periods of time. Combined with my tinnitus, it has meant a higher focus on calmer and more textural material.
ok, i should have looked up what tinnitus means. Anyway, it's just that you said "it has with a maturation in taste", and I took it like you were implying that when someone is being mature in taste (meaning his taste and aesthetics become better) he doesn't like the "immature" symphonic scores..
Sorry for the misunderstanding. 'Maturity' was a poor choice of wording on my behalf.
For many years, I used to think "The Challenge" and "Total Recall" were cures for people who didn't have a headache but wanted one. But over the years I've come to like them both.
I don't think I've ever actually gone off a score I originally liked, although I certainly play some less often these days.
Name a score you used to like, but for reason have changed your mind. Maybe even the score is the same to you, but you now associated with someone/something you hate.
My examples come from the growth of the listener over several decades.
During the late 1980s, I collected new release soundtracks by Basil Poledouris and also used LPs of John Barry albums from the 1960s (which I typically found in used book stores).
Not long after that (in 1993 to be more precise), I got into classical music and discovered modern/contemporary works by composers such as Iannis Xenakis. After this sort of horizon-expanding listening, I lost whatever interest I had in John Barry and Basil Poledouris soundtracks. I continue to own these soundtracks but rarely do I listen to them any further. Basically, any composer who remains within the tonal realm of 8 tones no longer intrigues me that much.
Almost any by Christopher Young. I have more than 50 of his CDs and a few years ago his scores used to be an almost automatic buy. But these days I never have even the remotest desire to play any of them.
Not long after that (in 1993 to be more precise), I got into classical music and discovered modern/contemporary works by composers such as Iannis Xenakis. After this sort of horizon-expanding listening, I lost whatever interest I had in John Barry and Basil Poledouris soundtracks. I continue to own these soundtracks but rarely do I listen to them any further. Basically, any composer who remains within the tonal realm of 8 tones no longer intrigues me that much.
With me, the exact opposite happened! When I expanded my horizons with atonal music and started composing too, I appreciated tonal music even more, since i realized it's extremely difficult to use the limited means of the tonal system and write something sophisticated and not simplistic. The danger of sounding banal, kitsch and uninteresting is much larger when writing tonal music. You're walking on a tightrope.
I still like scores I enjoyed 30 years ago. They may not be high on my playlists these days but that's because in general my listening time overall is more limited. The whole "I've outgrown" certain types of scores comments seemed kinda stick-up-the-ass to me but then there are movies that were favorites when I was 10 but seeing them now days I'm like, what the hell was that...?
...but then there are movies that were favorites when I was 10 but seeing them now days I'm like, what the hell was that...?
That happened to me just last week with Warriors of Virtune, having revisited it for the first time in around 15 years. Loved it when I was a kid, and while my recent viewing experience was still enjoyable, it has less now to do with the awesomeness of anthropomorphic kangaroos who practice kung fu, and more to do with Angus Macfadyen's hammy, over-the-top performance.
I wouldn't quite say I don't like them anymore because I do find them fun to listen to from time to time when I'm in a particular frame of mind. but i'm finding myself not as enthralled with the music of Steve Jablonsky as I once was.
For a while anything I had by him were the most listened to songs on Itunes, but now when I put my itunes on shuffle,, I skip past every song of his that pops up