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 Posted:   May 27, 2016 - 6:59 AM   
 By:   1977   (Member)



Following in the footsteps of Harry Potter, The Hunger Game novels have become a worldwide publishing sensation followed by a series of four films which have grossed close to $3 billion. Composer James Newton Howard took on scoring the original Hunger Games film when a scheduling conflict took Danny Elfman off the project, thus beginning a sequence of magnificent film music. In a 30 year career his range of composition has been formidable. Scores include The Prince Of Tides, The Fugitive, Batman Begins, King Kong, I Am Legend, The Dark Knight and the worldwide TV hit ER. His work has received eight Oscar nominations and he has been named BMI Icon at this year's BMI Film & TV Awards. The fifteen tracks assembled here from the film series, in this unique set, highlight his epic composing skills. Performed by The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the most respected and recorded orchestras in the world, this collection represents some of the most skillful and exquisite symphonic music in cinema today.

This item has a planned release date of June 24th.

01. The Hunger Games (From The Hunger Games)
02. Horn of Plenty (From The Hunger Games)
03. Rue's Farewell (From The Hunger Games)
04. Tenuous Winners / Returning Home (From The Hunger Games)
05. The Tour (From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
06. Katniss Is Chosen (From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
07. I Need You (From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
08. Arena Crumbles (From The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
09. The Mockingjay (From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1)
10. The Hanging Tree (From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1)
11. Air Raid Drill (From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1)
12. Victory (From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1)
13. Your Favorite Color Is Green (From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 2)
14. Primrose (From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 2)
15. There Are Worse Games to Play / Deep in the Meadow / The Hunger Games Suite (From The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 2)

 
 
 Posted:   May 27, 2016 - 7:01 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

As someone who's not familiar with these scores (and only seen the first movie), this was a bit of a revelation. Some really great stuff here. I'm curious if Prague's symphonic renditions differ from the original recordings (do the latter have more synths, for example?).

 
 
 Posted:   May 27, 2016 - 7:35 AM   
 By:   1977   (Member)

As someone who's not familiar with these scores (and only seen the first movie), this was a bit of a revelation. Some really great stuff here. I'm curious if Prague's symphonic renditions differ from the original recordings (do the latter have more synths, for example?).

Most times Silva are quite good at replicating the electronica from the original scores. For example, I actually prefer the City of Prague's rendition of "Young Peter" from the Amazing Spider-Man to the OST.

Their recording of Goldsmith's Baby Secret Of the Lost Legend is also excellent in this regard.

 
 Posted:   May 27, 2016 - 7:37 AM   
 By:   mstrox   (Member)

I still haven't picked up the score to the last movie yet - I'll probably grab this eventually, though.

 
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