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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      General Discussion: Composer You Love in One Film Genre But Not Others     1 2 3    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 9:42 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) Are there any composers who completely do it for you in a particular genre of film, but not others? I have a few: Howard Shore - I love his work for Cronenberg, but have zero interest in something like "Lord of the Rings." John Barry - I love his Connery-era Bond scores and a few similar things from that period, like "The Ipcress File" and "Persuaders" theme, but most of the other stuff does nothing for me. How about you?    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 9:52 AM     By:   Willgoldnewtonbarrygrusin   (Member) I have to admit: Goldsmith´s comedy scores do not work so well for me. I prefer him in action, drama or scifi/fantasy mode.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 11:06 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) James Horner- Love his orchestral work. Don't care for any of his synth or jazz scores.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 11:18 AM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) James Horner- Love his orchestral work. Don't care for any of his synth or jazz scores. I didn't even know he did jazz scores. I never heard anything by him that I liked, but I've seen only a tiny number of the films he scored.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 1:12 PM     By:   JB Fan   (Member) Love James Horner's 80s orchestral (+jazz) works. Indifferent in his synth & music from 90s and 2000-10s. For me he lost something in his unique language. You know - sometime you listen unknown cue, but can guess composer in a second. So for me Horner form 90s worked without his "Horner's sound". Maybe it's good music but this one could be composed by any 90s - 2000s newcomer, and no-one will notice difference.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 1:21 PM     By:   Tobias   (Member) Howard Shore - I love his work for Cronenberg, but have zero interest in something like "Lord of the Rings."/endquote] A little bit similar for me. I am no fan at all of Howard Shore except there are one score that I do love and that is She-Devil so I guess his comedy scores are apparently the genre I prefer him. Just like you I have zero interest in LOTR or The Hobbits.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 1:27 PM     By:   Replicant006   (Member) I have to admit: Goldsmith´s comedy scores do not work so well for me. I prefer him in action, drama or scifi/fantasy mode. While I agree that his comedy scores don't compare to his bigger efforts, I think you should give Fierce Creatures a listen (or relisten). I was pleasantly surprised by the fun energy he brought to this score. While the movie leaves a lot to be desired, Goldsmith's score left a smile on my face.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 1:41 PM     By:   kaseykockroach   (Member) I'm not really into John Powell when in 'Bourne' mode, but I recognize his Bourne work is at least a step above other minimalist scores of the same caliber nowadays.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 4:27 PM     By:   Leorx   (Member) I love Zimmer in Inception, but have very little interest in superhero scores or his animation scores. I think I prefer his more "serious" scores above anything else.    Posted:   Sep 16, 2018 - 9:21 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) Howard Shore- Love LOTR’s. Indifferent regarding the rest of his output. John Powell- Love his animated scores, generally indifferent to his live action scores.    Posted:   Sep 17, 2018 - 12:10 AM     By:   acathla   (Member) I LOVE Christophe Beck's tv score (Buffy, Angel, The Practice i.e.), but not so much his movie work. It's entirely different.    Posted:   Sep 18, 2018 - 4:26 AM     By:   Stovepipe46   (Member) I love the western and war film scores of Bernstein, Goldsmith and Tiomkin but I sometimes struggle with their more 'dramatic' scores. Similarly I love the epic scores of Rozsa and North but their contemporary scores for the likes of "The V.I.P's " and "A Streetcar Named Desire" leave me cold. Everything, however, that Herrmann, wrote is fascinating and brilliant .    Posted:   Sep 18, 2018 - 3:14 PM     By:   Dana Wilcox   (Member) I'm a big fan of James Newton Howard's more well-developed orchestral scores (WYATT EARP or PRINCE OF TIDES for example) but am put right to sleep by his big-bombast junk like WATER WORLD -- loud but lacking in recognizable melody or thematic development. Boom Boom Boom Boom. I thought that film sucked big time as well. (Hmmm, maybe there's a connection there.)    Posted:   Sep 18, 2018 - 5:18 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) I love the western and war film scores of Bernstein, Goldsmith and Tiomkin but I sometimes struggle with their more 'dramatic' scores. Similarly I love the epic scores of Rozsa and North but their contemporary scores for the likes of "The V.I.P's " and "A Streetcar Named Desire" leave me cold. Everything, however, that Herrmann, wrote is fascinating and brilliant . "Streetcar" leaves you cold? Wow. We have very different tastes. I categorically avoid scores for epics, westerns, and war films.    Posted:   Sep 18, 2018 - 5:18 PM     By:   OnyaBirri   (Member) I'm a big fan of James Newton Howard's more well-developed orchestral scores (WYATT EARP or PRINCE OF TIDES for example) but am put right to sleep by his big-bombast junk like WATER WORLD -- loud but lacking in recognizable melody or thematic development. Boom Boom Boom Boom. I thought that film sucked big time as well. (Hmmm, maybe there's a connection there.) The only thing I've heard by him is Glengarry Glenn Ross. I think there are only six of his tracks on the album.    Posted:   Sep 20, 2018 - 3:12 AM     By:   Stovepipe46   (Member) It's not that I don't like 'dramatic' films it's just that my first album was Ben-Hur, my second was Lawrence of Arabia, my third was 55 Days at Peking, my fourth How The West Was Won and my fifth was The Guns of Navarone. I grew up with those films and I didn't discover the likes of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf until much later.    Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 5:46 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) I'm a big fan of James Newton Howard's more well-developed orchestral scores (WYATT EARP or PRINCE OF TIDES for example) but am put right to sleep by his big-bombast junk like WATER WORLD -- loud but lacking in recognizable melody or thematic development. Boom Boom Boom Boom. I thought that film sucked big time as well. (Hmmm, maybe there's a connection there.) Lacking in MELODY? It has one of his best and most memorable themes of all time. I consider WATERWORLD not only JNH's best score, but also one of my top 10 favourite scores of all time. Also a big fan of the movie. But good to see that there's a 'junk----masterpiece' spectrum here where we can both place ourselves at each end, respectively.    Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 6:21 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) As to the topic at hand, for me it has less to do with 'genres' and more to do with particular sounds or soundscapes. For example: Love Morricone in thematic/melodic/bittersweet mode, but generally detest his more dissonant efforts. Same with Delerue. Love Barry's broad, romantic themes, but can't stand his staccato suspsense and action writing. Don't like Shore's "Cronenberg sound" (in general), but like a lot of his other stuff; like LOTR, ROSEWATER, MAPS TO THE STARS (yeah, I know, that's Cronenberg). Etc.    Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 6:26 AM     By:   Lokutus   (Member) Love James Horner's 80s orchestral (+jazz) works. Indifferent in his synth & music from 90s and 2000-10s. For me he lost something in his unique language. You know - sometime you listen unknown cue, but can guess composer in a second. So for me Horner form 90s worked without his "Horner's sound". Maybe it's good music but this one could be composed by any 90s - 2000s newcomer, and no-one will notice difference. yeah... let me know when you find any newcomer capable of Horner's level of craftsmanship, working with an actual orchestra a providing music that is still music rather then just a filler compromised of dozens of brief bits and making no sense as the overall work. There are some well educated composers out there - even from the younger generation but pretty much nobody anywhere near Horner's level.    Posted:   Sep 21, 2018 - 8:30 AM     By:   Solium   (Member) I'm a big fan of James Newton Howard's more well-developed orchestral scores (WYATT EARP or PRINCE OF TIDES for example) but am put right to sleep by his big-bombast junk like WATER WORLD -- loud but lacking in recognizable melody or thematic development. Boom Boom Boom Boom. I thought that film sucked big time as well. (Hmmm, maybe there's a connection there.) I love most of his bombast scores though at first Water World fell flat for me. However I love the expanded edition. I don't know if that made the difference or if I just warmed up to it, or if it sounds like a masterpiece today compared to the droning bombast we get nowadays.     General Discussion: Composer You Love in One Film Genre But Not Others    < 1 2 3  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3   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

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