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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: The Village - James Newton Howard     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 2:54 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) This is an intelligently constructed suspense score with splashes of romantic orchestra flair. The Hilary Hahn violin solos which are peppered in throughout the score are very enjoyable to listen to. I can't say that I've seen the movie, but I'm sure the suspense underscore works very well for its intended role.    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:02 PM     By:   nuts_score   (Member) http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=47695&forumID=1&archive=0 Did I get that in before Thor? The suspense music is actually my least favorite part of this score, and some other JNH scores. I just feel that JNH often lacks any intelligible means for illuminating suspense and action through his music.    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:02 PM     By:   Hester_Prin   (Member) I adore James Newton Howard.... and while this score has a nice bit of music with violin, I find it very redundant. Other than an abrasive moment repeated twice, the music is much the same throughout. JNH has done better. Snow Falling On Cedars excells... but again, different tastes and all that. ;-) (Damn... Nuts got here before me... looks pretty neck & neck based on the time stamp)    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:03 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=47695&forumID=1&archive=0 Did I get that in before Thor? The suspense music is actually my least favorite part of this score, and some other JNH scores. I just feel that, like John Williams, JNH lacks any intelligible means for illuminating suspense and action through their music. It's a year old, get over it. It's not like it's a few weeks ago.    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:07 PM     By:   nuts_score   (Member) It's a year old, get over it. It's not like it's a few weeks ago. I think the "firstie" joke that we should establish here is guarding ourselves behind Thor's trusted "oath of linkage". I was doing it in jest, mocking Thor and apparently beating him before he got here.    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:08 PM     By:   nuts_score   (Member) (Damn... Nuts got here before me... looks pretty neck & neck based on the time stamp) I think that Lukas and the webmasters here should instate a seconds counter, because I'm standing by my victory.    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:19 PM     By:   Hester_Prin   (Member) (Damn... Nuts got here before me... looks pretty neck & neck based on the time stamp) I think that Lukas and the webmasters here should instate a seconds counter, because I'm standing by my victory. I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too! Try JNH's BLOOD DIAMOND & VERTICAL LIMIT. (drat, drat, drat, drat....)    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:48 PM     By:   JJH   (Member) I highly recommend seeing the movie this score was written foe. a lot of people hate the movie...I happen to like it and think it's pretty underrated.    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 3:51 PM     By:   Juanki   (Member) My favourite written score of the decade so far. Film was horrible though    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 8:52 PM     By:   scottyboipdx   (Member) Agreed...film, not so good...score, lovely. I adore it, and it's probably my fave JNH score. It's so delicate and shot through with such a sense of yearning and melancholy...it immediately conjures autumnal images for me...the whole bittersweet thing. I'd actually love to see a complete score for this...there are quite a few theme development/variation cues in the film that didn't make it to the cd.    Posted:   Aug 4, 2009 - 10:40 PM     By:   Zooba   (Member) I recently performed in a stage production of Charles Dicken's GREAT EXPECTATIONS playing Magwitch. I was listening to this score throughout rehearsals and used it for slideshows of photos from our production. This score to me, would be a perfect score for a film version of GREAT EXPECTATIONS. It's profoundly haunting and sadly beautiful. Perfect for the Dicken's classic and it's wide array of characters. One of it's main themes is just spot on for the sadness of Miss Havisham and the dark mansion she lives in. To me, it was too good for M. Knight's film. It's probably my favorite music, on it's own, by J. N. Howard. Zoob    Posted:   Aug 5, 2009 - 9:24 AM     By:   Nix   (Member) The suspense music is actually my least favorite part of this score, and some other JNH scores. I just feel that, like John Williams, JNH lacks any intelligible means for illuminating suspense and action through their music. Signs?    Posted:   Aug 5, 2009 - 9:29 AM     By:   PhiladelphiaSon   (Member) I love this film and its score. They're both perfection.    Posted:   Aug 5, 2009 - 10:09 AM     By:   Mark Ford   (Member) I adored the music and liked the film too although I was a bit disappointed I was able to figure out the ending well in advance. But then again, in a Shyamalan movie you are expecting a twist ending and many like me try to figure it out while watching and that's bound to happen at times. Can't help it!    Posted:   Aug 5, 2009 - 11:47 AM     By:   Howard L   (Member) http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=47695&forumID=1&archive=0 Did I get that in before Thor? The suspense music is actually my least favorite part of this score, and some other JNH scores. I just feel that, like John Williams, JNH lacks any intelligible means for illuminating suspense and action through their music. It's a year old, get over it. It's not like it's a few weeks ago. That's not the only thing a year old. Yeesh.    Posted:   Aug 5, 2009 - 4:45 PM     By:   nuts_score   (Member) The suspense music is actually my least favorite part of this score, and some other JNH scores. I just feel that, like John Williams, JNH lacks any intelligible means for illuminating suspense and action through their music. Signs? To clarify, I did say "some other JNH scores." I think that Signs, Snow Falling on Cedars, Waterworld and a few others (I couldn't be bothered to recite any more, because I also think those three are his best scores) include some great composition and orchestration around action and suspense music.    Posted:   Aug 5, 2009 - 5:04 PM     By:   KevinSmith   (Member) The suspense music is actually my least favorite part of this score, and some other JNH scores. I just feel that, like John Williams, JNH lacks any intelligible means for illuminating suspense and action through their music. Pardon me?    Posted:   Aug 5, 2009 - 8:16 PM     By:   nuts_score   (Member) Pardon me? You're excused.    Posted:   Jun 30, 2014 - 11:30 AM     By:   BrenKel   (Member) Have had this score for a few years and enjoyed some of it. Saw the film last night for the first time and thoroughly enjoyed it. JNH's score is perfect and creates an other worldly, mysterious atmosphere with some beautiful music graced by that solo violin. Revisited the album today and thoroughly enjoyed it! Sometimes you just need to see the film to really appreciate the score!    Posted:   Jun 30, 2014 - 12:21 PM     By:   bobbengan   (Member) It's a lovely and indeed very autumnal, peaceful work. It fits the tonal and visual qualities of the film perfectly - The color pallet, the setting, the earthen and old world aesthetic. It's very different than most of JNH's work, and while it's not one I visit as often as say WYATT EARP or WATERWORLD or ALIVE, it's still a terrific score that evokes a very specific time and place. In that regard it's a mature piece of scoring for sure. I wonder if Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending" was Howard's point of inspiration. It sure seems cut from the same mold of writing for solo violin over gentle orchestral support.     General Discussion: The Village - James Newton Howard    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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