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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 3 4 5 6 7 8 9      General Discussion: OnyaBirri's Alex North Odyssey    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2 3 4    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 5:52 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Well, may I suggest THE SOUND AND THE FURY as a good way to come down to earth when your outer space endeavour ends? I've always considered this sultry score as one of North's best! Don't have it.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:00 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) My favourite North will forever and always be THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY. Love those modern takes on religious music.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:06 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) My favourite North will forever and always be THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY. Love those modern takes on religious music. Those are the kinds of albums I avoid. That title alone is a complete turnoff.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:30 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Well, if you want more tailormade suggestions to your taste, you'd need more specific parameters (beyond what I already know about you). I'm guessing you want more jazz, for one. Or wildly experimental.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:34 AM     By:   villagardens553   (Member) I agree about Sound and the Fury. The complete album is on youtube.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:38 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Well, if you want more tailormade suggestions to your taste, you'd need more specific parameters (beyond what I already know about you). I'm guessing you want more jazz, for one. Or wildly experimental. Oh, well I would say that being turned off by certain titles is less about taste in music than it is about marketing decisions. A&E may have great music, but the title is a complete turnoff. There was actually a film once called "The Nun's Story." Can you think of a title that would make you want to see a film any less than that?    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:38 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) I agree about Sound and the Fury. The complete album is on youtube. Thanks. Can you buy it still?    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:44 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Oh, well I would say that being turned off by certain titles is less about taste in music than it is about marketing decisions. A&E may have great music, but the title is a complete turnoff. There was actually a film once called "The Nun's Story." Can you think of a title that would make you want to see a film any less than that? You're weird.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:49 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) You're weird. Oh, come on. Titles like "The Agony and the Ecstasy" scream of pomposity, self-conscious importance, and push-button Oscar-worthiness: everything that your beloved albino koala seeks to avoid in his film choices.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 6:55 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Never really cared about titles, unless they're really, really generic. I tend to care more about the films themselves. THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY is a fine film, from what I can remember; never read the 1961 novel, though. I'm guessing it refers to the turmoil of Michelangelo's struggles (his ups and downs) while creating the Sistine Chapel; as mirrored in the Christ himself.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 7:01 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Never really cared about titles, unless they're really, really generic. I tend to care more about the films themselves. THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY is a fine film, from what I can remember; never read the 1961 novel, though. I'm guessing it refers to the turmoil of Michelangelo's struggles (his ups and downs) while creating the Sistine Chapel; as mirrored in the Christ himself. They should have called it "Bipolar." Catchier, less pompous, and more to the point.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 7:04 AM     By:   Nono   (Member) I agree about Sound and the Fury. The complete album is on youtube. Thanks. Can you buy it still? It was released on CD by Varèse Sarabande in the early 90s. Used copies don't seem hard to find. It's an excellent score, indeed.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 7:25 AM     By:   JohnnyG   (Member) Never really cared about titles, unless they're really, really generic. I tend to care more about the films themselves. THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY is a fine film, from what I can remember; never read the 1961 novel, though. I'm guessing it refers to the turmoil of Michelangelo's struggles (his ups and downs) while creating the Sistine Chapel; as mirrored in the Christ himself.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 7:32 AM     By:   villagardens553   (Member) Sound and the Fury MP3 on Amazon/cd 24.95 screen archives.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 7:35 AM     By:   Jim Phelps   (Member) No other fans of "I'll Cry Tomorrow"? Damn you all to Hell. Sure, it may be to Streetcar what Joy in the Morning is to Vertigo, but it's still a wonderfully atmospheric, immersive score. There's also Susan F_ckin' Hayward. Her vocal on the title song is transplendent.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 7:39 AM     By:   Nono   (Member) Shanks is rarely mentioned but it's a great score: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoRFwcAznpk Orchestrated by Henry Brant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPBS2Kc0gL8 The mezzo-soprano part is really interesting to compare.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 7:40 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Sound and the Fury MP3 on Amazon/cd 24.95 screen archives. Is there a hi-rez option? I won't pay those prices for mp3s.    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 8:22 AM     By:   Tom Servo   (Member) Well, it's now or never. I'm going to finally force myself to love Alex North's music. Everyone is invited, from the Alex North experts to the neophytes. I'm starting in the outer space/fantasy section of my accumulation, with North's score for a 1950s industrial film, "Decision for Chemistry." If you're interested in learning about North's music from a study of his compositional style and approach, check out video excerpts from the recent Scorings Arts event here in Los Angeles. I attended and it was really great. The study focused mainly on The Misfits and North's rejected 2001 score. https://scoringarts.com/eventlibrary/alex-north-the-misfits/ https://scoringarts.com/eventlibrary/alex-norths-rejected-score-to-2001-a-space-odyssey/    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 8:24 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Well, it's now or never. I'm going to finally force myself to love Alex North's music. Everyone is invited, from the Alex North experts to the neophytes. I'm starting in the outer space/fantasy section of my accumulation, with North's score for a 1950s industrial film, "Decision for Chemistry." If you're interested in learning about North's music from a study of his compositional style and approach, check out video excerpts from the recent Scorings Arts event here in Los Angeles. I attended and it was really great. The study focused mainly on The Misfits and North's rejected 2001 score. https://scoringarts.com/eventlibrary/alex-north-the-misfits/ https://scoringarts.com/eventlibrary/alex-norths-rejected-score-to-2001-a-space-odyssey/ Thanks. The Misfits is on deck!    Posted:   Apr 13, 2020 - 8:48 AM     By:   Tom Servo   (Member) Well, it's now or never. I'm going to finally force myself to love Alex North's music. Everyone is invited, from the Alex North experts to the neophytes. I'm starting in the outer space/fantasy section of my accumulation, with North's score for a 1950s industrial film, "Decision for Chemistry." If you're interested in learning about North's music from a study of his compositional style and approach, check out video excerpts from the recent Scorings Arts event here in Los Angeles. I attended and it was really great. The study focused mainly on The Misfits and North's rejected 2001 score. https://scoringarts.com/eventlibrary/alex-north-the-misfits/ https://scoringarts.com/eventlibrary/alex-norths-rejected-score-to-2001-a-space-odyssey/ Thanks. The Misfits is on deck! Fabulous! Until attending this event, I was only aware of The Misfits by reputation, I hadn't seen the movie nor heard the score. I own maybe 10-12 North scores, but that wasn't one of them. After this event, I immediately ordered a copy of the album, mainly for that big "round-up" set piece, which is simply incredible.     General Discussion: OnyaBirri's Alex North Odyssey    << < 1 2 3 4  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   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 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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