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I was really looking forward to this movie. And was utterly disappointed. The concept was potentially very good, but the execution was not. The script was bad, the sets were bad (space is at a premium on a spacecraft) for a crew of 5, all of them knowing the lyrics to a Neil Diamond song that would have been 80 years in their past was bad, the science bad . . . etc. I might have liked it when I was 12, but this was so underwhelming I wish I had not turned it on. And the score matched. An utter waste of time.
Your opinion is based on wrong assumptions and perceptions. But I‘m glad you’re feeling better now.
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Haven't seen the movie. The score is ok. Sounds like Desplat in his usual self mixed with RCP/modern type synths. It never got me excited, but at times, felt pleasant enough.
There are exclusively RCP synths?
First notice about this... :/
Specially when Desplat uses electronic, there are more with his touch than the typical copy/paste Zimmer
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Yes, but that's far from the Desplat we like to listen to...
That's your thoughts, not mine, i'm listen all of his albums and love his variety of ideas in his scores: action, drama, comedy.
Largo Winch have electronics and still a damn good score from Desplat and maybe i'm of that people who have found very entertaining Firewall, even isn't as good as Hostage.
Desplat isn't only a really good composer with drama, in fact, in one of the best, not just for drama.
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Dec 26, 2020 - 10:54 AM
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Yes, but that's far from the Desplat we like to listen to...
That's your thoughts, not mine, i'm listen all of his albums and love his variety of ideas in his scores: action, drama, comedy.
Largo Winch have electronics and still a damn good score from Desplat and maybe i'm of that people who have found very entertaining Firewall, even isn't as good as Hostage.
Desplat isn't only a really good composer with drama, in fact, in one of the best, not just for drama.
Of course those are my thoughts! 
I, too, have the scores you mentioned and I consider "Largo Winch" to be prime Desplat ("Hostage" is one step below), miles ahead of what I've heard from "The Midnight Sky". Hey, I don't mind the presence of electronics, it's how you use them and in the case of his newest effort I don't find the synth work appealing...
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Dec 26, 2020 - 12:26 PM
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Mephariel
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Yes, but that's far from the Desplat we like to listen to...
That's your thoughts, not mine, i'm listen all of his albums and love his variety of ideas in his scores: action, drama, comedy.
Largo Winch have electronics and still a damn good score from Desplat and maybe i'm of that people who have found very entertaining Firewall, even isn't as good as Hostage.
Desplat isn't only a really good composer with drama, in fact, in one of the best, not just for drama.
Of course those are my thoughts!
I, too, have the scores you mentioned and I consider "Largo Winch" to be prime Desplat ("Hostage" is one step below), miles ahead of what I've heard from "The Midnight Sky". Hey, I don't mind the presence of electronics, it's how you use them and in the case of his newest effort I don't find the synth work appealing...
Getting off the electronics topic, you don't even have to go back to Largo Winch to find music miles ahead. Just this past year, he did Little Women, which is a masterpiece compared to The Midnight Sky. While I think The Shape of Water is overrated, it is also much better than The Midnight Sky. Staying with dramas, you can also include The Imitation Game among others.
With that said, The Midnight Sky has highlights and is not a bad score by any stretch of the imagination.
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Some of the more emotional/beautiful passages reminded me of John Williams (Stepmom maybe).
I'm so glad someone noticed that, I was thinking the same thing. Some moments definitely had a STEPMOM vibe. Not like there was any direct quoting, just sounded very much like Williams in that mode.
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Of course those are my thoughts!
I, too, have the scores you mentioned and I consider "Largo Winch" to be prime Desplat ("Hostage" is one step below), miles ahead of what I've heard from "The Midnight Sky". Hey, I don't mind the presence of electronics, it's how you use them and in the case of his newest effort I don't find the synth work appealing...
Well, you started with 'we like to listen', there is a Desplat 'we don't like to listen'?
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Getting off the electronics topic, you don't even have to go back to Largo Winch to find music miles ahead. Just this past year, he did Little Women, which is a masterpiece compared to The Midnight Sky. While I think The Shape of Water is overrated, it is also much better than The Midnight Sky. Staying with dramas, you can also include The Imitation Game among others.
With that said, The Midnight Sky has highlights and is not a bad score by any stretch of the imagination.
I don't recall Little Women to have something to compared to The Midnight Sky (aside are to very different movies), and quite like it back when i listened in 2019. The Imitation Game are far better than that score.
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Dec 27, 2020 - 2:29 PM
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JohnnyG
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Of course those are my thoughts!
I, too, have the scores you mentioned and I consider "Largo Winch" to be prime Desplat ("Hostage" is one step below), miles ahead of what I've heard from "The Midnight Sky". Hey, I don't mind the presence of electronics, it's how you use them and in the case of his newest effort I don't find the synth work appealing...
Well, you started with 'we like to listen', there is a Desplat 'we don't like to listen'?
Never cared for ZERO DARK THIRTY. That's a Desplat score I can certainly live without.
It's the exception, of course, not the rule. That's why Alexandre is one of my favorite modern composers!
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