Ok, I really hate to do this, because I love James Horner, and I'm afraid this will turn into a bashing thread (I hope not), but I just have to point something out. I was listening to the track "Kung Fu Heaven" and I kept thinking, "I KNOW I've heard this before". I was scanning through all my other scores trying to remember where I'd heard it before and then it dawned on me. I heard in John Debney's "Crucifixion" track on The Passion of the Christ.
Its Vaughn Williams "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis"
Its everywhere in film music, most famously as David Arnold's Stargate theme!.
What he said. Those "hymnal chords" have been used in music for CENTURIES. Not only film music, but also classical music. Vaughan Williams wasn't the first either. It goes way back...Palestrina operates with some of them too, as well as most early church music. It's one of my particular favourite sounds, one I label "The Religious Sound". I did a thread on it here:
Any news on this score, if it's available on regular CD in some other part of the world?
I would think so. Ninja Assassin was released by Sony in Europe but a CD-R here. I am sure there are other examples but it would make sense Sony would put this on regular CD in other parts of the world.
Just saw the film tonight with my family! We all loved it. Pure entertainment! Which is what I needed after a hard week. James Horner did a fantastic job.....why, oh why is this not getting a proper CD release?
I ordered the CDR from Amazon.com and had it imported to the UK for less than the price of a normal UK chart CD....was pleasantly surprised with what turned up - looks like just a regular old CD with all printing properly done etc.
At last! The CD for Karate Kid arrived today. Very surprised with this CDR product in that it looks exactly like a regular CD. so I have no problem with it.
The music is what counts.....and what music it is! A fantastic score with a brilliant theme - I think the 10 minute "From Master To Student To Master" is superb!
This is another quintessential Horner drama score, and it's a good thing. Wonderfully dramatic moments in the last 30 minutes accented by good character underscore in the first half of the album.
Has anyone checked the source the CD comes from? I had been unpleasantly surprised discovering some deffects in MP3 files are also present in the CD-R release.
