What are the chances for this score to receive a more comprehensive release by one of our intrepid labels? I don't need the full six hours that HanZ reportedly wrote for the film, but a well-put together edition that showcases this score's many facets would be very welcomed.
One of these facets is this sublime arrangement of the Melanesian spiritual, Jisas Yu Holem Hand Blong Mi" (does anybody know if this is HanZ's handiwork or somebody else's?).
ps fyi "MELANESIAN CHANTS FROM The Thin Red Line" contains the three choral versions featured in the film plus a bunch of other chants. Sublime, indeed!
I just can't fathom how people can STILL claim this is not a landmark score in recent film music history? Its influence seems felt in every other 'drama' score I hear, even now -- almost 20 years later.
THE THIN RED LINE is a supremely fine film score, it is a dramatic, narrative element within the context of the movie, and holds up extremely well when listened to on its own. One of my favorite film scores of the 1990s, and I do consider it a seminal score as well, both for Hans Zimmer as well as for film music in general. So, yes, I'd say it is a landmark score as well.
Well it's one of Zimmer's best as well as being pretty influential, if not quite so much as some of his other stuff. Don't know if I'd call it a landmark though.
What are the chances for this score to receive a more comprehensive release by one of our intrepid labels? I don't need the full six hours that HanZ reportedly wrote for the film, but a well-put together edition that showcases this score's many facets would be very welcomed.
One of these facets is this sublime arrangement of the Melanesian spiritual, Jisas Yu Holem Hand Blong Mi" (does anybody know if this is HanZ's handiwork or somebody else's?).
I believe this particular piece was arranged by Klaus Badelt, would very much welcome an expanded release of the score with this and other pieces included. To me it would exist as a compliment to the original release, in my opinion one of the greatest film score albums of all time.
With an expansion pending I played the score on YT for the first time. Very subduded score thought a surprisingly "pleasant" listen. It reminds me of Tears of the Sun which I love. But unlike that score it this one never "takes off". It's all foreplay.
Far from his best work though. Prince of Egypt is his landmark achievement. Lots of other scores rank much higher than TTRL.
With an expansion pending I played the score on YT for the first time. Very subduded score thought a surprisingly "pleasant" listen. It reminds me of Tears of the Sun which I love. But unlike that score it this one never "takes off". It's all foreplay.
Far from his best work though. Prince of Egypt is his landmark achievement. Lots of other scores rank much higher than TTRL.
Did you ever see the movie? Or is listening to it on YT the only exposure you have to the music?
With an expansion pending I played the score on YT for the first time. Very subduded score thought a surprisingly "pleasant" listen. It reminds me of Tears of the Sun which I love. But unlike that score it this one never "takes off". It's all foreplay.
Far from his best work though. Prince of Egypt is his landmark achievement. Lots of other scores rank much higher than TTRL.
Did you ever see the movie? Or is listening to it on YT the only exposure you have to the music?
No, I haven't seen the film. I know that sometimes makes a difference.
With an expansion pending I played the score on YT for the first time. Very subduded score thought a surprisingly "pleasant" listen. It reminds me of Tears of the Sun which I love. But unlike that score it this one never "takes off". It's all foreplay.
Far from his best work though. Prince of Egypt is his landmark achievement. Lots of other scores rank much higher than TTRL.
Did you ever see the movie? Or is listening to it on YT the only exposure you have to the music?
No, I haven't seen the film. I know that sometimes makes a difference.
It would help make clear why the score never "takes off", for sure.
It reminds me of Tears of the Sun which I love. But unlike that score it this one never "takes off". It's all foreplay.
That's precisely why I loved it ever since I saw the film in theaters 20 years ago. It felt pretty different and a very emotional journey, it never needed to "take off". The film itself wasn't asking it to be. It's a very different, poetic and philosophical score as the film was. Loved both Prince of Egypt and The Thin Red Line, but for me TRL will always be the crowning achievement from Zimmer... it influenced Hollywood approach to drama score much more than is credited for.
Not sure if it is one of my favorite Zimmer scores, but some of the cues are for sure his most philosophical and psychological. I honestly haven't heard a cue that makes me think of the human condition as much as "Light."
