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Willow and Apollo 13 - solid films and their scores continue to be my favorites by Horner. Ron Howard really pushed him, it seems, to write some of his best scores. Can't wait for an expanded, remastered Apollo 13.
Dimitri
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I'll be odd man out.
Favorite film: Splash (particularly for the opening when they meet as children). Favorite score: The Paper.
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Score:
1. Rush - Hans Zimmer
2. Backdraft - Hans Zimmer
3. Gung Ho - Thomas Newman
Film:
1. A Beautiful Mind - by a mile
2. Backdraft
Worst film:
Apollo 13 - a bore
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Jan 9, 2017 - 11:28 AM
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John Mullin
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This is terrible news! My condolences to his wife Cheryl, his daughters Bryce Dallas and Rebel Alley, his brother Clint, his father Rance and the rest of the extended Howard family. Screw you, 2016!
But his untimely death aside, my favorite movies that he made are probably GUNG HO and PARENTHOOD.
I like the bigger Hollywood blockbusters he made in the 90s just fine, but they all felt a little "empty' to me... well made and competently executed, but lacking in a lot of personality and heart. If you look at his wildly diverse credits on IMBD, it's hard to kind of figure out what might motivate him as a filmmaker... I think he wants (wanted?) to be successful and to make many different kinds of films well. He does, I suppose, but the majority of them seem to be a little light on soul.
As for the scores, he and Horner did some great work together (COCOON, WILLOW, APOLLO 13, et al) and it's hard not to think of those when you think of his great film music. I also like the two scores he has done with Thomas Newman (GUNG HO, CINDERELLA MAN), Randy's PARENTHOOD. Some of the Zimmer stuff has been great, FROST/NIXON in particular.
But this is all taking away from the main point which is that a man has died here. It's callous to limit our discussion to film music at a time like this. RIP, Opie Cunningham.
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Jan 9, 2017 - 12:44 PM
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Coco314
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.. well made and competently executed, but lacking in a lot of personality and heart.
Well, the common remark that Ron Howard movies lacks personnality, that he's no Capra or something...
Well, may be, but I would absolutely not say that they lack heart imho. In fact, a welcome constant in his fimmography is that (the Dan Brown crap aside), they deal with what looks real people that we feel strong empathy for and identify with - Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood, The paper, and even bigger than life stories like Apollo 13 or Frost/Nixon etc..
Anyway, when looking at his filmography, you realize that you don't find that often a director with such a constant track record of well made films, particularly in the 80s/90s and even now - "Rush" for example certainly deserved better. And with good scores!
Favorite movie : PARENTHOOD
Favorite score: Williams marvelous FAR AND AWAY - with a few early Horner scores probably not far behind, and I liked also the R. and T. Newman scores
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Willow and Apollo 13 come to mind.
Also love A Beautiful Mind.
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Hey, I liked Willow.
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