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I like many of the tracks individually, but for me it really lacks the sense of narrative development I love about film music, so I very much prefer the episodic score albums. I know that not all of them are strictly chronological, but they tell a musical story (with the various themes really going on a journey of development) much better than the season album does.
Yavar
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Yeah I like Debney (especially his masterpiece CutThroat Island) but he’s certainly got less of a distinctive voice than McCreary does.
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Oct 7, 2024 - 8:58 PM
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I have no interest in seeing it & don't get the TV channel that shows it anyway, but I've been really enjoying those critical YouTube videos giving the series a good bashing, very entertaining (& the last one I watched said the music was a tuneless mess).
I’m sure those videos are entertaining, but they represent the lowest-hanging fruit of YouTube content. Bashing gets clicks – it’s much easier to generate views with hyperbolic, inflammatory criticism than with nuanced analysis. A thoughtful review that says, "I would have liked to see more of…" will never get the traction of "My cousin’s brain-damaged monkey could make a better show."
Calling something a "mess" is subjective but at least a valid critique. However, labeling it "tuneless" is simply inaccurate. The series is packed with distinct melodies, and they're not hard to discern.
I wanted to enjoy this series, but for me, it falls well short of the mark. While the production is stunning, to me, the storytelling feels too fragmented, and the characters come across as flat. The cast's stiff delivery of stilted dialogue ("The stars shall be your friends and make safe your steps") keeps me from connecting with them as anything more than tired archetypes.
Ultimately, to me, it feels like the world's most expensive department store window displays.
I'm not versed in Tolkien lore (I've only seen the Jackson films), so perhaps a more dedicated fan would find more to appreciate. While I enjoy Howard Shore's scores, I don't hold them in the same estem so many here do (they’re not even my favorite works of his).
I do, however, like McCreary's music for the series. There's a lot of it, and some themes recur more than I'd prefer (though this is probably both inevitable and necessary). I'm not sure I understand the criticism that it sounds like “trailer music,” since trailers can feature everything from John Williams' original Hook score to a melancholy cover of a pop song to, for a while, James Horner’s "Bishop’s Countdown" on endless repeat.
Of course, that doesn't mean these scores will work for everyone. Solium says there's no meat on these bones. I happen to disagree, but, as they say, one man's meat is another man's no-meat. (They say that, right?)
I'm surprised that Amazon has yet to announce a pick-up of season three of this series. There is no question that, whatever its creative merits, it has failed to generate the interest they anticipated when they spent more money on it than has ever been spent on a television series. But Amazon can afford it, and surely doesn't want the embarrassment of an early cancelation. So what's holding them up?
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Yeah, I would have thought a Series 3 would be a given, based on how S2 ended and the effort and expense Amazon have put behind it so far.
It's impossible for me (or anyone not sat high in Amazon, I suppose) to determine how they 'score' these shows nowadays, without box-office numbers or transparent viewership/subscriptions to see.
They would need to get a move on though.
Young Nori already looked like she'd aged about 10 years between S1 & S2 (that's the trouble when starting lengthy saga's that involve young players*).
* didn't LOST also suffer with a young cast member (Michael's son?) who sprang up between seasons and had to be written out?
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I wonder if less people will buy the S2 two disc edition, hoping it will be included in a possible 10 disc edition, as was the case for S1.
And if that's the case, will they think it's a poor seller and not bother with a 10CD edition?
Oh, the conundrum.
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