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I just don't get it. The score is the score, regardless of what the cues are called. Why are simple, artless descriptive titles like The Trial, The Hunt, The Enterprise, Ilia's Theme, Collision Course, Boarding any more "culturally ascendent" than someone having some fun coming up with goofy titles? There are literally dozens of cues titled "The Kiss" and "The Battle" "The Speech" in my library, more if you count variants with adjectives like first, big, final, president's etc. At least Giacchino's way there's something distinctive about the titles. And it's not as if they record the cues differently depending what they're called on CD. Is Elfman not taking his work seriously because he repeats certain cue titles from score to score?
The point is that it's impossible to remember which cue is which because we can't easily look at it and say, "Oh, this is obviously the scene were such-and-such happens." The albums are way too damn long for the quality of the music we're getting, so I'm not going to sit down and listen to 77 minutes of this shit. I'm going for the one or two good cues and then I'm out. You can look at the track listing for something like Total Recall and instantly...recall the scenes the cues were written for. I'd be OK with him doing the bullshit titles, so long as he also gave titles that were more scene specific. But that would be crazy, I guess.
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I hope it's been pushed back to rewrite the track titles, because the movie, so-far, is getting excellent reviews, and the goofy title track names seem really out of touch with a movie that looks to be more than just a "fun," empty-headed summer blockbuster, and more a thoughtful and significant science fiction film. Giacchino's gonzo cue titles disrespect the entire production.
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-is-a-daring-and-dazzling-accomplishment
http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1201252833/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/dawn-planet-apes/review/715555
Probably not gonna happen, seeing as it looks like he is just now becoming aware of this very thread, and it's also no secret that some of his actual cues during recording sessions are named the same as the tracks...
https://twitter.com/m_giacchino/status/483302149246308352
If you have a problem with the cue titles, get over yourselves. It's his album, he can name them whatever the heck he wants. I'm not so shallow that I'm going to avoid an album because I don't like the track names. Besides, it sounds like plenty of thought has gone into his track titles, they're just not your cup of tea.
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That's cool that he acknowledged that there's a spirited debate about this. I respect that.
Mr. Giacchino's titles are a playful signature gesture, much like Alfred Hitchcock's cameo appearances in his films.
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Jun 29, 2014 - 2:44 PM
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Weird how Giacchino's score releases seem to have a habit of getting bumped. Super 8, Star Trek: Into Darkness, now this?
I don't know that it's weird. Possibly, because Giacchino produces his albums and is a very busy guy, things get delayed. (I fully grant that this comes from circumstantial evidence only.) Typically, when these delays happen, people here blame Varèse. But this is a Sony release, so people will have to be very clever to blame Varèse this time. (I'm sure it'll happen, though.)
The typical reason this happens is that the labels have to meet strict release deadlines for physical product shipments. If you can't make the CDs by a certain date, they bump the dates.
Reasons this happen are simple --- mastering delays, artwork not being approved by the studio, producers, even the actors in some cases and even recording the music late.
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