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Jun 13, 2024 - 8:22 PM
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GoblinScore
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Play Goldsmith's THE MUMMY.....as I did today.
And I nearly wept hearing 'The Caravan' on a Saturday afternoon, Summer 99, hearing those glorious 3mins of needless camel riding....set to Goldsmith's glorious music.
I still hear those tambourines, echoing in DTS, and those incredible fr.horns blaring, proper, in my theater (long gone, strip mall now).
That film is junk, we know that. Entertaining, but junk. Yet, that experience of trekking to a downtown theater in May of 99 (right?) on a Saturday, and just being bowled over by Goldsmith in DTS....its a beautiful memory.
Themes & intelligence are anathema now, best of luck to you. Sound design and lazy repetitive us in.
Here come the "seek foreign films out" brigade.
At risk of being (insert PC phrase here), I understand what you are asking.
Large scale & scope, epic films with memorable thematic scores that make you wanna run to the record store and buy the album.
Not some obscure Scandanavian film you may or may not be able to see, nor the score to find.
These days you speak of are well over my friend. Likely in our lifetime....
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'Far, far away' . Altogether now.
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Jun 14, 2024 - 1:21 AM
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Kentishsax
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Play Goldsmith's THE MUMMY.....as I did today. And I nearly wept hearing 'The Caravan' on a Saturday afternoon, Summer 99, hearing those glorious 3mins of needless camel riding....set to Goldsmith's glorious music. I still hear those tambourines, echoing in DTS, and those incredible fr.horns blaring, proper, in my theater (long gone, strip mall now). That film is junk, we know that. Entertaining, but junk.
Some UK cinemas are re-releasing films from 1999 this year, including The Mummy!
Personally, I don't think it's junk, it's entertaining, has a witty script, has one of Jerry's last great scores and is huge fun. I remember comparing it and saying I preferred it to the mock seriousness and tedium of the first Bored (sorry, Lord) of the Rings films back in the day - and being lambasted by Rings fanboys.
I do enjoy Alan Silvestri's sequel score a lot, btw, it's just as strong as Jerry's. I can't recall Randy's 3 score, as only seen the second sequel once and only on DVD, not at te cinema - I'll have to give it another viewing. Actually, I don't think I've watched any of the three Mummy films for a good 16 years.
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I think part of this is the changing role of the soundtrack album.
If you were a Bond fan in 1965 and you'd just seen Thunderball, how do you take a piece of the film home with you?
You buy the picture book and the soundtrack album.
That made the soundtrack album more important for big films, making the musicality of the score more important too.
Plus, in the days before social media, radio was important for marketing, which also made themes and songs important.
WE love thematic scores because, well, we love them, but they were once an important commercial and aesthetic choice too.
They were once an important means for film companies to extend their engagement with the audience.
Now, nobody needs the soundtrack album to take the film home. Radio isn't the primary marketing tool it once was. There are new ways for film companies to extend their engagement with the audience.
So, the commercial demands on what film music should be have changed.
And to seemingly "tame" the art form, it is driven into genericness.
I do not believe today's composers are less capable. They're making careers in a less "musicality" friendly media industry.
Cheers
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