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YOR believes that the new movie is much more violent e filled with action scenes than the original from Carpenter. The music probably reflects this...
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Oct 13, 2011 - 11:25 AM
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nuts_score
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I don't know. Carpenter's scores have always, to my recollection (not being an expert on his oeuvre), been fairly minimalist, and Morricone has always forged his own path and not always worked the way other composers were working -- hasn't he frequently been a composer of the record some tracks and themes to be rearranged by the filmmakers to fit the film later variety?
And Beltrami's scores, while modern and often aggressive, are rarely so in the same way as other composers of his own generation.
Definitely. Carpenter has always used his music to build the suspense over the course of the picture, rather than letting the music inform the audience that they need to feel on edge like most contemporary composers are asked to do. I think the time of minimalistic Horror scores is past us, though Jeff Grace had an incredibly noble attempt with House of the Devil a few years ago.
Morricone is Morricone. Indescribable, unpredictable, a genius of our time. It's been an immense pleasure being able to grow up and grow older listening to his music -- within films and outside of them. 'Nuff said.
Beltrami flirts that fine line between the old and the new school. Goldsmith himself complimented his pupil ever so on his ability to craft melodic thematic material, and Beltrami's style is so defined now that he's a master amongst his contemporaries. Just imagine is Brian Tyler had scored The Thing! Headache! (I'm joking but he's not as crafty on Horror material like Beltrami is.)
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Will Ed Nassour ever chime in on this one?
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The new THE THING is getting some very nasty reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.
But as far as YOR remember, Carpenter's THE THING also was bashed by critics at its release, yes?
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Indeed, but sometimes most critics are dead wrong about movies too.
So, ONE must judge for himself always...
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YOR likes to see monster movies at the theaters!
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Indeed, but there a lot more critics these days so you can rest assured that if a film is universally derided then it's a pretty bad film.
Yes and no... there's a certain amount of herd mentality involved with online criticism... once the word goes around that a new film is awful, commentators can be hesitant to stick their neck out if they disagree.
Indeed! Jon is quite right!
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